Saturday, 30 May 2026

Challenge 6 wk 1 - Craft, Card Making, scrapbooking challenge - Anything Goes

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 💖
This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts - check out the store and take a peek at the latest releases!

So let's see what the team have made to inspire us this week!

Liz - How cute is this MDF Daisy Dwelling? it is one of three in the pack, I will show the others later.
I decided to colour the project in acrylics, using beige and Taupe colours, you could of course colour it anyway you like, but I quite the Scandinavian look and the colours fit in with my room.

Julie - I wanted this Graduation card to be colorful & playful, like a box of crayons. I chose images from Graduation Object Digital Stamps- a stack of books and a graduation cap along with a diploma, and colored them with Copic Blends into simple shades of red, green & blue, with the hat being black.
Books: Red-R39, R27, R24 Green-G19, G09, G05 Blue- B26, B24,B21 Black-100, N8, N6, N4 Diploma & Book pages- C3, C1, 0
Tassel and Book Detail- Gold Gel Pen
To create the background I started with a red embossed layer of cardstock. I printed 2 pattern papers from the Graduation Paper Bundle, and tore one on the top and bottom to create a diagonal layer to glue onto the cardstock layer. The second pattern paper resembled lined paper from a notebook, I punched 3 holes in this and layered it onto a matt of blue cardstock to create a landing space for the focal point. I added different heights of foam tape to the books and diploma and attached them to this focal layer, and then added that to the cardfront. The HOORAY sentiment from Graduation sentiments was a perfect greeting for this card paired with a sub sentiment that rests on the ruled lines of the lined paper. A few gems for added sparkle and this card is ready to send!
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Taty - Hello creatives today I share my DT inspiration for the graduation theme. I created a greeting card for a girl who graduated from medical school. I used the image Cute Girl in gown Graduation School Student that I colored with pencils Prismacolor. 

I'll leave you the pencil numbers: academic robe 935-1069, shoes 1061-1054, hair 1033-1034-917-942, face 1018-1013-1014-927, red ribbon 924-1030-122. With stencils and distress oxide I created the hexagonal flooring using the color iced spruce and the little stars with the fossilized amber. I framed the image with colored cardboard ecru, embossed with the star folder.  Finally I glued everything onto the base of the grey card.

Robbie - Hello everyone, Graduation season is upon us and I have a Cute Girl Graduation image idea for you. I colored it with watercolor inks. The pattern paper is from the graduation polka dot collection. The sentiment and diploma is from the Graduation school student clip art . I used a pencil from the Graduation school clip art collection to separate the pattern paper from the white background.

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Maria - What a stunning bloom, right? This hydrangea from the Hydrangea Ribbon Stamp Matchables Set is an absolute dream to work with, and I really wanted to make it the star of the show. To do that, I decided to use the Spotlight technique. I started by stamping the image onto my white top layer using a stamping tool for perfect placement. Then, I stamped the image again onto a smaller piece of cardstock and colored only that portion with alcohol markers. To add some depth, I used a masking technique to blend some grey ink around the focal point. Once I layered the colored piece back onto the main panel in perfect alignment, I matted everything and adhered it to my card base. The Congratulations sentiment is from the Wedding Day Set—isn't that font just gorgeous? I think the final result is a very sophisticated card, perfect for a graduation celebration!
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Nelly - The inspiration for this card came from my Granddaughter, she’s just turned 4 and graduates from nursery this year. So with her in mind, I chose to go cute. Using distress ink I stencilled the background in frayed burlap, and abc123-stencil I coloured up this image taken from the graduation bundle found here cute-girl-with-glasses-books--bag, other elements, pencils, sentiment, bunting and balloon was taken from the big bundle which you can find HERE you will find so much inspiration from this bundle.


🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟

Winners from Challenge 5

🏆 PRIZE 1: $20 Voucher
for one Random Winner to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!


Congratulations!

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK06001
1. Claim MUST be received by 18 June 2026.
2. Claims are processed in a batch approx every 30 days - at busy times it can take longer. Winners will receive an email reply - please DO NOT KEEP EMAILING if you don't have a reply during this time. If you do not hear from us within 40 days please let us know. 

🏆 PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher for 2 lucky winners
voted our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.


Congratulations!

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK06012
1. Claim MUST be received by 18 June 2026.
2. Claims are processed in a batch approx every 30 days - at busy times it can take longer. Winners will receive an email reply - please DO NOT KEEP EMAILING if you don't have a reply during this time. If you do not hear from us within 40 days please let us know. 

THANK YOU ALL for your entries - there were some amazing creations this month, it's always hard to just choose 3 winners!

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 with the Design Team!

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Saturday, 23 May 2026

Challenge 5, wk 4 - Craft, Card Making, scrapbooking challenge - Anything Goes

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 💖
This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts - check out the store and take a peek at the latest releases!


So let's see what the team have made to inspire us this week!


Nelly - Hello lovely crafters! Today I made this interactive card using the All the Dirt stamp and die set. Firstly I stamped the images All the dirt and water coloured using my pens onto water coloured card. You can find the stamp and matching outline die collection Here - all the dirt, the design papers were taken from the work and play 4 digital collection. The inside sentiments was taken from all occasion stamp set. I hope you like it!

Enrica - Hello again my crafty friends! I'm so happy to share with you my Father's Day card using a few characters from the super cute Fathers Day digideal bundle. I chose the black and white images and colored them with Copic markers but, in case you need a last minute project, you can find precoloured images as well! You can use this Family Bundle for anything... 54 files included it's a crazy deal!
Big hugs, Enrica

Jenn - The Polkadoodles DT was tasked with creating a Father's Day card this go-around, and I thought this adorable Bamboo Snack Time Panda was the perfect digi for this! I colored him with Copics, fussy cut, and attached him with foam dimensional tape. I added some die cut leaves around him which blend in nicely with that Noodle Panda Set 3 paper!

Revati - I created a fun and playful Father’s Day card featuring an adorable chef gnome grilling up something yummy. The image was printed and colored with Ohuhu alcohol markers, and paired with coordinating sentiments to build a cheerful scene. I used a postage die for added texture on the main panel and layered it over a striped patterned paper background, creating a bright and festive card perfect for celebrating Dad. More details on my blog.
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BBQ, Chef Gnome for Men Digi Stamp • Gnome Men Sentiment Digi Stamp • Gnome Dad Men/Father Digi Paper Pack
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Sana - For fathers day i choose the halloween creepy cute bird digi stamp. I thought it looked soo cute it would go best for what i had in mind. Its funny and cute to give something like this for your dad. The pattern papers are also from the same halloween collection.
 
Judy - My Fathers Day inspiration card is created with the Retire & Snooze Gnome for Men Printable stamp. The image colored with markers is popped onto a die cut & stenciled circle. A pattern paper forms the background. A sentiment and some embellishments are added.

🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, 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 with the Design Team!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Saturday, 16 May 2026

Challenge 5, wk 3 - Craft, Card Making, scrapbooking challenge - Anything Goes

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 💖
This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts - check out the store and take a peek at the latest releases!


So let's see what the team have made to inspire us this week!

Nelly - firstly Spritzed alcohol inks onto Yupo paper in blues, pink and gold, next I printed and coloured Winnie Sunshine bouquet digi stamp image with alcohol pens you can find the image HERE.
The flowers were die cut and coloured with oxides, you can get the dies HERE. The Sentiment was stamped using All Occasion stamps (also comes with a die Strip) HERE
Liz - Hi there! Today I've made Hubby's retirement sign for his man shed!! lol!  I've used this great MDF board from the Altered Art Board and chipboard set which you can decorate to anything you wish, so I added lots of gardening elements from the SUMMER GARDEN collection which I really love. The tools and leaves are all from the gorgeous Green Fingers chipboard elements, along with these lush die cut leaves called leafy Fronds and I just layered some torn papers from the Not so plain kraft paper pack.

Julie - The Horace and Boo digi stamps are always so much fun to create with, however when it's a friends birthday card - it only adds to the fun! I chose to color the See Saw Friends image with Copic Markers. I added the image using foam tape to a die cut background that I had first embossed to give the design some texture. I also blended a slight bit of ink around the edges of the embossed layer to tie it in with my background panel of the same shape cut from a pattern paper in shades of orange and yellow. After adding the background layer to a card base, used foam tape to give the embossed layer a bit of a boost so it would pop out from the card base. A few coordinating gems and a perfectly paired sentiment finished the card off.
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Maria - I went for a slow, mindful crafting session today, focusing on coloring this sweet Winnie image with my Polychromos pencils. Her big hat and tiny pup are just too cute for words! For the background, I used the Boho perfect poppies layering stencils to create a floral scene that matches my coloring perfectly. I kept things simple for the greeting by using the Everyday sentiment strip pack, the perfect no-stamp solution. To finish it off, I added mats in a deep blackberry shade to give the colors extra depth and contrast.
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Taty - Hello creatives, today I'm sharing my DT birthday-themed inspiration, a quick project for those who are short on time but want to personalize greeting cards. I created a card, starting from a cream-colored, 250g cardstock that I folded into a Z. On the front half of the cardboard I glued a green sheet and then I decorated everything with the pre-colored poppy images from the collection Winnie Stepping Stones digital stamp.  On the front I glued the poppy background and on the inside I applied the precisely cut poppies. To give a touch of light and movement I applied the Nuvo red Drops glitter on the poppy petals and the Cristal Drops transparent morning dew on the butterfly's wings.
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Robbie - Hello everyone, We all need birthday cards and I don't know about you but once in a while you need one for the little people in our lives. Here is an idea using a fun Surprise Cake image. I colored it with some colored pencils. The pattern paper from Alcea Hollyhock Flowers bundle had colorful dots to add to the fun image. The Spring Flowers Mother's Day Friends greeting had a simple birthday I punched out. I finished it off with some silver candle gems from my stash.
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🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, 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 with the Design Team!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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