Saturday, 13 December 2025

Challenge 13, wk 3 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Challenge Theme: ANYTHING GOES - 4 weeks to enter!

Enter this fun, creative Craft & Card Making Challenge competition following the instructions at the end of this post and you could win a prize – we make it random so everyone has a chance to win, whether you're a beginner or not! Enter anything you wish, as long as it’s handmade by you.$40 in prizes every month Enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects

🏆 PRIZE 1: $20 Voucher x 1
1 x Random Prize – we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win - $20 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!
🏆 PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher x 2
2 x $10 prizes – we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.


Cozy Christmas release:

As always, lot's going on here, so let's see the inspiration from the team for this week - this is our last challenge of 2025!

Hello crafters! There’s something truly special about sitting down to make a Christmas holiday card that you know will brighten someone’s day, and this beautiful Mabel project by Maz is a perfect example of how a simple digital stamp can turn into a heartfelt keepsake. The soft gingham background creates a warm, nostalgic feel, while the florals and berries bring in that cosy traditional Christmas look so many of us love. When Mabel is added on top with her little Christmas gift and festive outfit, the entire card comes to life.
One thing that makes this digi especially enjoyable to craft with is how versatile it is. If you love colouring, the black and white version gives you space to add your own shading and style. If you want something quick, the precoloured version looks beautifully blended and ready to go. And if you enjoy electronic cutting, the included SVG outlines mean you can create perfect cut layers for Cricut, Silhouette or ScanNCut without any effort. It’s a great option whether you’re crafting for family, for teachers, for neighbours, or even for charity card boxes during the festive season.

This card is a lovely example of how a small handmade gesture can feel incredibly thoughtful. Giving someone a card you crafted just for them isn’t about the card itself – it’s about the feeling it gives them when they realise you spent time creating something beautiful with them in mind. If you enjoy this sweet Mabel design, you might also love the rest of the Mabel Christmas collection, which features more adorable characters perfect for Christmas holiday cards and gift-making.

And don’t forget to share your makes with us in the Facebook group – we’d love to see what you create!

Julie - You simply can’t do gift wrapping without a bow—so I created this fun, dimensional paper bow using a mix of Pretty Winnie Daisy Papers that instantly turns any package into a little work of art. To finish things off, I added an adorable bow charm featuring a Strawberry Cream Cupcake image, bringing a playful pop of personality to the presentation. It’s a fun reminder that sometimes the wrapping is part of the gift—especially when it’s crafted with love and pretty paper. Find all of the details on my blog. Instagram Facebook

Taty - Christmas Birthday, a lovely theme to create a tag, in shades of blue, perfect for embellishing a gift package. I used the penguin and Christmas tree rubber stamps from the PD8187 Gnome For Christmas collection and then cut them out with the matching die, from the PD8188 Gnome For Christmas glue collection. I colored the penguin with Prismacolor pencils. The numbers are: blue 903-919-1087, orange 118-1002, pink 928-1014-927. For the tree, I used Tombow pencils, numbers 476-443-452. To add brightness, I added Glossy Acents to the beak, legs, gift package, and star. The tag base is a snowflake-patterned paper, paired with the white dot-patterned inner tag. I leave you my DT inspiration and hope you have fun creating.


Maria - A Christmas Birthday – Without Red and Green? Absolutely! 🎁❄️ Who says Christmas has to be all about red and green? Not me! Especially when you’ve got this adorable gang from the Gift of Christmas set. These cute little gnomes bring gifts in every colour imaginable — and in my case, in gorgeous shades of blue and turquoise to match the shimmering, snowy winter landscape.
I combined the card with the sentiment from the Snowball Kisses set. Don´t they just fit perfectly?
It was such fun arranging them on this special fun fold card, which folds down into a tiny, compact design. I coloured everything with my Stylefile markers, added some silver accents with a Staedtler metallic pen, and finished off the highlights using a Gelly Roll pen.
And by now you probably know me… I couldn’t resist adding a few polkadots to tie everything together — as always! Here's my instagram, facebook and YouTube - I'd love to follow you back!

Rosanna - Hello all my creative friends! I wanted to do something different and not use cardstock as usual for the background. But I wanted to make a large tag (even though it looks small in the photo) made with a magnificent sheet of clear acrylic, a generous thickness of 0.5-0.2 mm, which is still very easy to cut. Using a stencil and a paste that looks like transparent, glittery ice, I created a large snowflake. The effect is beautiful, right? Then, with my Copics, I colored Wanda and Mabel, a beautiful digital stamp from the new Mabel release HERE. For the leaves, I used the beautiful, large, and striking Holly Spruce die, which is available at a discounted price. Code PD7369. The leaves are colored with Distress Oxide stamps. Don't miss out on this die :-) I hope you like it, and I look forward to hearing from you all for a warm hug and endless Merry Christmas!

Rachael - Today I'm sharing a card made with the cozy Christmas stamp and die collection from Polkadoodles. To make this I used a rectangle stencil to ink a green panel, and then used the poinsettia dots 2 layer stencil set (PD9040) to add more texture and interest while keeping the rectangle stencil in place. The holly dies are from a polkadoodles set called Holly Berry Craft dies (PD9055) I cut two of these from white paper and used red nuvo drops for berries. To finish with the sentiment, this is a happy die also from Polkadoodles (but its now sadly sold out!) along with the word Christmas from one of the cozy christmas stamp sets. Lovely texture and interest and almost flat for posting.

I've also been busy creating TV samples with some of the latest Polkadoodles MDF Kits - and having a ball! If you've never crafted with MDF you really need to check out the ones in the store, there's a great choice building up and they make amazing gifts for the holidays - or just a nice afternoon project for yourself to make and get all. messy with.

Kerri - There’s something very special about crafting during the Christmas holiday season. It’s not just about making a card — it’s about creating a moment of warmth that you get to send out into the world. This cardy captures that feeling perfectly with the Mabel Hot Chocolate digital stamp.
The soft winter palette, those tiny cocoa-steam reindeer slippers and Mabel’s sweet little jumper all come together to create a card that feels comforting the second you look at it. Whether you choose the black and white version to enjoy a mindful colouring session or the precoloured clipart for a quick but beautiful make, this digi gives you endless versatility. Because this set also includes SVG and DXF outlines, you’re not limited to card making. You can turn Mabel into stickers for planners, print-and-cut elements for festive journals, tags for gifts, or even decorations for hot chocolate station displays. It’s a wonderful way to personalise your holiday crafting and make your projects feel genuinely heartfelt.
Sending a handmade card like this makes such an impact. The recipient instantly knows you took time to create something just for them, and that feeling of being remembered during the busy festive season is something people treasure. If you enjoy Mabel, you may also love the rest of the Mabel Christmas Holiday collection — several coordinating digis pair beautifully together for gift sets and card bundles. We’d love to see what you make — share your creations in our fabulous Facebook group!

🌟 More Gorgeous Inspiration This Week, big thanks to the team! 🌟

Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**

Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Gem of a Challenge
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge


We will be back next week with more inspiration from the Design Team!

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