Saturday, 9 May 2026

Challenge 5, wk 2 - 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!

We are thrilled to welcome Nelly back to the team - it's been too long since she was here, so make sure you pop over to her socials and say hello again!

Nelly - Hello everyone, it's great to be back creating with Polkadoodles again! I missed you! For my project I made an A2 waterfall card using The Bubble stencil to complete the backgrounds on the 4 panels using watercolour. Next I stamped and watercoloured images from Birthday Surprise and Sweet Birthday stamps. The sentiments were all stamped and cut from the Bright and Beautiful stamp and die cut set.
Products used:


Renske - For this card, I created a soft arch-shaped base by hand-cutting the shape from white cardstock and layering it with a lilac mat for subtle contrast. The background was blended using Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Dusty Concord, keeping the centre light to highlight the image. I coloured the Bluebell Flower Girl digi stamp with alcohol markers, using a mix of blue and purple tones in the flowers to tie in with the background. The image was fussy cut with a fine white border and popped up with foam tape for gentle dimension, while the extra flowers were adhered flat. I finished the card with a “Thinking of You” sentiment from the Every Day Greetings and Quotes set, keeping the overall design clean so the colouring remains the focus. Hugs Renske
My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you

Enrica - Hi crafty friends! This week the DT was asked to make a card with a not standard shape and I immediately thought of a honeycomb shaped card. The idea came from the will to use some cute digis from the Bee Buzzy digital set.. I love this release and couldn't wait to color some more!
Products used:
Happy crafting! xx Enrica


Jenn B - The digi I used from Polkadoodles is called Mocha Coffee Cup and the papers I used to paper-piece the coffee cup were from the Rebel Papers 3 pack. I simply fussy cut the cup out twice from cardstock, then fashioned a tiny card to attach each piece along the edge. I printed the cup again onto patterned paper to paper-piece it and did the same with the sentiment. I created the I love you a sentiment in Canva and used a heart nesting die to cut it out. The word Latte is from the Coffee, Tea and Cake Word Art set.


Revati - Who says cards have to be rectangles? I’m sharing this unique shaped card today using the Mocha Cup Coffee Digi Stamp. I paired it with a sentiment from the Winnie Daisy Messages set for those Happy Whatever kind of days. I used a simple hinge fold to turn this caffeinated cutie into a standing card. More details on my blog.
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Liz - I felt in the mood for an art journal page again, so this time I played with a stencil and some texture paste. When dry, I used Gelatos and Distress Crayons for the colours, creating a more grungy look. I used the gorgeous Every Wish stamp set again, masking off to create a hidden flower peeking out behind the stem, then simply adding the butterfly stamp from the same set above. These were coloured with Distress pencils. I used the smaller stamps from the set to add a little interest here and there to finish the page. I love doing a grungy look now and again and love how different the stamp set looks depending on the colours and mixed media you use.
Products used:
Judy - My scalloped circle card was created with the Bunny with Carrots Colour Printable as the focal image. It was fussy cut and popped onto a circle die cut placed onto a patterned paper background. I added the sentiment, printable flowers and a bow.
Products used:
Rose Budd Craft Download Collection (flowers) - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/rose-budd-craft-download-collection/
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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!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
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Saturday, 2 May 2026

Challenge 5, wk 2 - 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 Design Team have been making... 


We are delighted to welcome Robbie to the team this week - we're looking forward to sharing her lovely makes with you all and hope you'll all follow her (and the rest of the team) on social for a follow back too! Welcome, Robbie!

Robbie - Hello everyone, I have my first project to share with you. I am sharing a Mother's Day card using several digital products from Polkadoodles. The paper in the Blooms butterfly bundle was a pretty teal plaid and perfect for a feminine card. I used some alcohol markers to color the flower spray from Blooms 1 Flower bundle. The Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends greetings sentiments bundle had a fancy script sentiment. To finish my card I created a triple loop bow using some polka dot organdy ribbon from my stash.
Products used:
Blooms 1 Flower Bundle - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/blooms-1-flower-bundle-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/
Blooms Butterfly bundle - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/blooms-butterfly-bundle-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/
Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends greetings sentiments - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-flower-mothers-day-friends-greetings-sentiments-printable-digital-stamp-for-card-making-craft-scrapbooking-printable-stickers/
My Social Media Links:
Blog - https://creationsinpaper.com
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583296004556
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/creationsinpaper/
You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@robbierubala




Maria - Mother’s Day has already passed here in England, but it’s still coming up in my home country Germany – and my mum’s birthday is just around the corner as well. She’s a florist, so naturally she loves flowers. She’s usually a big fan of pink, but I think these soft pastel tones will make her happy too. The flowers from the Chamomile Flower Dies Set are just so adorable, don’t you think?
I coloured them using brushing pencils, just like I did with the leaves. The background was also created with the help of the pencils and the wonderful Happy Celebrations Stencil.
I’ve become a big fan of the Sentiment Strip Pack and used another lovely phrase from it here. And of course, the obligatory polka dots had to make an appearance again – both on the flowers and in the background!
Materials I used:
Happy Celebrations Emboss Ink Stencil: Happy Celebrations Emboss-ink Layering stencil for card making, crafts, scrapbooking - Polkadoodles card making, craft, scrapbooking supplies and digital stamp, svg, clipart printables
Chamomile flower dies: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/search-magic.html?query=pd9085
Sentiment Strips: Christmas & Everyday Sentiment Strip Pack, 300gsm, A5/6x8" – 1225 Printed Greetings, Messages for Crafting, Card Making & Scrapbooking - Polkadoodles card making, craft, scrapbooking supplies and digital stamp, svg, clipart printables
Here´s my socialmedia:
https://www.instagram.com/stempelmariele?igsh=bzg1emRobmxsMWdp
https://www.facebook.com/share/16DYyAdSg1/
https://youtube.com/@stempelmariele?si=_HBi7-VDId3ZULNK


Taty - Hello creatives, today I share my DT inspiration for the Mother's Day theme. I created a greeting card for my mom, using the pre-colored image Waffle Cream Frosting Cupcake. The card is layered with two-tone blue cardstock, blue paper and digital paper featuring cupcakes from the collection Coffee Tea and Cake. I glued the cupcake image thickly and added glitter to the cream and the glossy accent to the wafer and the little pink bow. To embellish, I added small hearts by die-cutting paper cutouts of the digital pattern from the same collection Coffee Tea and Cake. Thanks to the fabulous pre-colored Polkaddodles collection, creating cards is quick and fun.
My social media: https://scrapperconpassione.blogspot.com/2026/05/dolce-per-mamma.html
Products used:
Cupcake digi: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/waffle-cream-frosting-cupcake-precoloured-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-with-free-svg-dxf-files/
https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/coffee-tea-and-cake-printable-cardmaking-craft-paper-patterns-download-bundle/



Julie - This card came together easily using a classic layout that uses a 4 x 5 1/2 inch piece of Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Paper (embossed with any embossing folder you choose) layered on an A2 sized color cardstock panel. Adding a secondary 2 inch x 5 1/2 inch strip of similar pattern paper gives the eye more to see through a 3 1/2 inch circle of vellum. On top of the vellum is where this cute little digi Earlie Hedghog Dandelion was added using foam tape. Earlie was colored using a combination of Copic Markers - Brown E57, E55, E53, E51. Teal B15, B11, B10. Green YG63, YG61. Orange YR68, YR21,YR14. Pink R85, R81. The butterfly was from an additional Earlie image, colored and added with foam tape and just a touch of sparkle. A Just For You Sentiment works perfectly for Mother's Day greeting, and a few sequins in a coordinating color finish the card off.
My Blog: www.thepaperartist.ca
Instagram
Facebook


🌟 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!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
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Saturday, 25 April 2026

Challenge 5, 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!

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So let's see what the Design Team have been making... 


Renske - For this graduation card I created a fun interactive pocket slider design featuring the adorable Noodle Panda digital stamp. I coloured the panda with alcohol markers and built a soft blended background using Distress Ink for the sky and layered die cut grass for depth. The slider reveals a hidden sentiment, adding a playful surprise element to the card. I used patterned paper from the Gnome Men Celebrations collection together with sentiments from the Noodle Panda themed messages and Winnie Daisy Greetings set. This design is easy to adapt and works well for celebrating any graduation. Hope you like it. Happy Crafting.My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you
Facebook: Renske.wishes.you

Liz - I love to create different pieces of art – card making, mixed media etc – so I thought it was time I did an art journal page.I got this gorgeous stamp set from Nikky called Every Wish Stamp Set – I love it!! The flower heads are separate along with a stem stamp, so you can use as many or as few as you wish.I stamped the main larger flower, then used a mask to cover this so I could add the stem to look like it came from under the flower head. I used a mask on the other side too for the added flower head, leaves and squiggle.My background is created using Gelatos, Distress Crayon and a little acrylic ink, simply smooshing the colours to blend a little. I then went over with the Bubbleicious stencil with Antique Linen Distress Ink for a little added feature to the overall design. The small circles are another two stamps from the same stamp set.I finished off with a sentiment strip stamp set, which I then cut down into smaller pieces. I coloured the flowers, leaves etc with my watercolour pencils in matching tones to tie it all in.
Products used:


Judy - I printed the Cute Girl with Stationery Pens Pencils digi from Graduation School Student. She’s coloured with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut. My card background is made up of ephemera and sentiments from the same collection.
Products used:
Cute Girl with Stationery Pens Pencils
Graduation School Student Ephemera
Graduation School Student Sentiments Quotes
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Enrica - Hi crafty friends! This week the DT was asked to make a graduation project using a given colour palette, and I decided on a slimline card using the Cute Girl in Gown Digital Stamp and Printable Clipart from the Graduation School Student release available at: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/graduation-school-student/ I love this set – it is absolutely perfect for graduation cards and handmade gifts!

Jenn - The digi stamp I used for my graduation card is called Cute Girl in Gown Graduation School Student. I coloured her with Copics and fussy cut both her and her graduation cap, then attached them with foam dimensional tape. The papers are from the Graduation School Student paper pack. I used my paper punch on the lined paper to mimic paper being ripped from a notebook. I printed out the entire sheet of sentiments from the Graduation School Student Sentiments Quotes, then trimmed and attached the congratulations and so proud.I printed out the Graduation Day graphic from the same set and used a reverse scallop circle die to cut it out.

Revati - I’m sharing a new graduation project featuring the Cute Girl in Graduation Gown digi stamp. After printing the image on 80lb cardstock, I used my Brother ScanNCut for precision cutting before colouring with Ohuhu alcohol markers. To build the scene, I paired a brick-patterned background with a sentiment from the Graduation Word Art Sentiment set. Layering the coloured image over the sentiment strip added the perfect dimension to finish the card. For more details, please visit my blog.
Products I used:
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Sana -For this week’s blog post the DT was given the theme of graduation, and I made a really simple tag this time. I have used the Winnie Congratulations digi – did I say Winnie digis are one of my favourites! The background paper is from the School Graduation papers. I used the cracked stencil from Tim Holtz Sizzix and did some shading with Distress Oxide. A really simple and easy tag or bookmark. Don’t forget to join in the fun.
Products used:

🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟

Winners from Challenge 4

🏆 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: PDWK05001
1. Claim MUST be received by 18 May 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: PDWK05012
1. Claim MUST be received by 18 May 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!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
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