Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: Challenge 7 wk 3 - Craft, Card Making, scrapbooking challenge

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Ready to get creative? This month’s challenge theme is anything goes, and you’ve got a full four weeks to play along!
We love seeing what you make, so this challenge is all about having fun, getting crafty and sharing your handmade projects with our lovely community. Whether you’re brand new to crafting or a long-time card maker, everyone is welcome — and because one of our prizes is chosen at random, everyone has a fair chance to win 🎉

You can enter any handmade project, in any style, using any theme — as long as it’s made by you. Cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media, tags… we want to see it all!

Even better? You can enter up to four times each month with four different projects, so don’t hold back!

🏆 Prize 1 – Random Winner
One lucky entry will be selected at random to win a $20 Polkadoodles store credit. Spend it on anything you like — yes, even physical products!

🏆 Prize 2 – Design Team Picks
Our team will also choose their top two favourite entries from across the four weeks.

Each of these winners will receive a $10 Polkadoodles store credit.
That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖
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So let's see what the team have made to inspire us this week!

Ana - Hi crafty friends! Today I’m sharing another fun card featuring the adorable Pickles from Polkadoodles’ new Fluffy Friends collection. If you’ve seen my previous Fluffy Friends projects, you probably already know how much I’ve been enjoying creating layered cards with these cute pattern papers. I love mixing different prints together to create fun and playful backgrounds, and since I’m definitely not a minimalist crafter, more layers always make me happy! Hehe!
For this card, I used several pattern papers from the collection to build a layered background, adding a scalloped border, string, and little banners. I then added the super cute Pickles Dog Flower Bouquet 3 digi stamp and paired it with the sweet Friends Make Life Pawsome sentiment. Both were popped up with foam tape to make the cuteness stand out.
I love love how bright, cheerful, and pawsome this card turned out!
Products used:
Fluffy Friends Pretty Papers Set 1
Fluffy Friends Pretty Papers Set 2
Fluffy Friends Pretty Papers Set 3
Fluffy Friends Greetings and Sentiments
Pickles Dog Flower Bouquet 3 Digi Stamp
Be sure to check out the full Fluffy Friends collection at Polkadoodles for more adorable digis!
For more photos, measurements, and step-by-step instructions, visit my blog:
https://mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com/2026/07/fluffy-friends-pickles-friends-make.html
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NELLY I simply love colouring up little fishes, it’s something about how their personality bursts into life! So for this weeks project I have taken the fish digital stamp from Winnie starfish and sandcastles digi download and coloured with zig watercolours. A little stencilling in the background and textures using texture paste created the ocean feel. I also used The Scribble Heart dies and the Heavenly Circles stencil. I thought this card would work perfect for an anniversary card? What do you think?

Maria - Hello again! I’ve been wanting to try these wonderful Pretty Shutter Window dies for such a long time, and now I’ve finally got around to it! I’ve created this lovely card using them. Combined with the magical Adalene Craft Papers designer paper, it gives a beautifully romantic, dreamy view into the evening sky. I added a brickwork texture to the paper using a stencil and purple ink. The sentiment from the Everyday Sentiment Strips pack is the perfect finishing touch for this handmade thank‑you card.
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Robbie - Hello everyone! Who wouldn't love to see a mermaid? Well if you can't see one in real life you can create with them. I used various alcohol markers to color this underwater scene digistamp and Coral mermaid. Some blue ink was blended on the underwater scene panel to look like it is underwater. The Coral Mermaid paper made a great mat behind the scene. I shrunk the sentiment, printed, and then I cut it out. It was mounted on the same mat paper. The mermaid was fussy cut and then mounted on a spinner so she spins like she is swimming through the water. Who wouldn't smile when they open this card and the mermaid spins around!
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Julie - Hello! Today's project is simple and easy to create. I started by printing an Ocean/Sea themed sentiment from Winnie Starfish Sandcastle about 1/3 of the way down on a card front. There are many sentiments to choose from so pick one that suits the mood of your card. I then cut a piece of printable paper from Winnie Starfish Sandcastle, and cut it at 4 1/8 x 3 1/2. I cut the 4 1/4 side across into a wavy design and attached it to the bottom of the card front. I chose a couple of vibrant colored fish from the Winnie Starfish Sandcastle Embellies and printed them in different sizes. I added some glitter to the fish before adding them with some foam squares into the water. I drew in a few bubbles and added some pieces of coral cut from a random die. I finished the card off with a few sparkly blue gems to coordinate with the water. I added a small strip of the water paper cut in the same wavy design to the card inside with an additional sentiment. The card was quick, beautiful and sends out a fun, relaxing vibe! Give it a try!
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