Saturday, 17 January 2026

Challenge 1, week 3 - Craft, card making, scrapbook 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!

Let's see what the Design Team have created to get you inspired this week!...

Enrica Hi everyone! For my cold project this week I go on using another image from the Octavia Frosted Winter collection... Did you understand that I like it a lot? This time I used the Hot Chocolate together with the Colouring scene Mountains and glaciers digtal stamps, colored with Copic. Her ethereal and icy forest feel is perfect for Winter cards, it's very versatile! Big hugs x

Jenn B I had a blast creating this scene, these images are just so much fun to play with!I started by printing Snow Slide Playing Theo Penguin and the sentiment from the Christmas Greetings Kit on a piece of watercolor paper (I use Microsoft Publisher so I can put the images anywhere close together without overlapping) and then I created my background around the image. I carefully blended Stormy Sky Distress Oxide Ink on the top 3/4 of the paper, leaving some white around the little penguins so they'd pop. I colored with Copics, a white gel pen, and some Fluffy Stuff. I used some die cut snowflakes as accents, coordinating my coloring with the little guy's scarf. Don't you just want to go join them on their sledding adventure?


Sana Today we had the theme for winter. I was being cheeky and used the cute retire snooze gnome digital stamp. For me it was perfect for this theme and i used the Winnie paper pack for the background. I wrote the brrr sentiment. I made a half fold card this time. I think these kind of cards look really elegant for any occasion. Have fun

Revati I created this card around a cute, cozy winter scene that truly captures that bundled-up feeling of a chilly day outside. I began with the Helping Out the Birds digi stamp, printing the image and coloring it with my Ohuhu alcohol markers to bring the scene to life. Once the coloring was complete, I die-cut the image along with the sentiment from the Spring Tons of Love Sentiment stamp set, which I printed at the same time. I used a scalloped frame die to keep the focal point soft and charming. For the background, I chose a beautiful, lightly textured pattern paper from the Lilac Haze Flowers Bundle. To finish the card, I layered the scalloped focal frame over the patterned paper and added a black postage frame. More details on my blog.

Kerri I am sharing a card I made using Digital Paper, Digital Ephemera, and an adorable Digital Image. These two cute Cows are called Love Moo. The Pattern Paper is called Printable Paper set #4 Udderly Cute. The Daisies are from the printable Ephemera. I added a piece of lace in antique white. I colored with Prisma Pencils and Image was printed onto white card stock.Pencils Used: Black, Cool Grey 90, 70, 50, 30, 10 percent, Dark Umber, Light Umber, Sandbar Brown, Ginger Root, Tuscan Red, Crimson Red, Scarlette Red, Blush Pink, Dark Green, Olive Green, Apple Green, Golden.

Judy My inspiration for this week is a winter themed card created with Theo Penguin Cable Car. These cute penguins were colored with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut. I used papers from Theo Penguin Paper Bundle 3 for the background. The sentiment is from Theo Penguin 109 Winter Christmas/Birthday Greetings Sentiments Bundle. It was printed and die cut with a stitched circle die from my stash, which is placed on top of a snowflake die cut. I cut it with Fancy Snowflake Cutting Die. I added twine and some snowflake gems to complete.

🌟 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

Saturday, 10 January 2026

Challenge 1, wk 2 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

🌸 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!


Let's see what the Design Team have created to get you inspired this week!...

Rosanna The cold weather has arrived in Italy too, so we're staying warm in our homes and, after a few stressful days, we're back to work. I've created a new project: the base is a raw wooden heart, which I painted blue with acrylic paints. It measures 13.5 x 15 cm and is 1 cm thick (5.5 x 5.7 inches). I used the PD7125 You're Flying High - Winnie Celebrations 3 digital stamp, which I coloured with Copic markers. I added the word “Love” (Valentine's Day is coming up), clouds and stars in shades of sky blue. To hang it, I used a thin cream-coloured string, and I used the PD8013 Flower Flourish die to make the flowers, which I glued on top, adding a small coloured pearl.

JulieThis bright and cheerful slider card was created especially to celebrate Nikki’s birthday — and it just had to include her favorite pinks and oranges along with a little interactive surprise! With layers of colorful, festive fun and a hidden sliding sentiment tucked inside, this card brings all the happy vibes as you pull to reveal the message. The image —Party Balloon Bunny Rabbit, is colored to match the playful palette and topped off with a few sparkly details. A joyful card with movement, color, and a smile built right in — just the way a birthday card should be! My Blog, Instagram, Facebook


Maria - Nikky’s birthday is coming up soon, and of course that called for a very special card!She loves orange and pink, and slider cards are her absolute favourite – so why not combine all of that in one project? As her birthday is in winter, the choice of theme was an easy one. I immediately thought of the adorable sledding trio from the “Most Wonderful Time” stamp set. In my mind, I could see the three of them happily sliding towards a big pile of presents from the “Pile of Gifts” set – and as you pull the slider, sweet birthday greetings are revealed one by one.For colouring, I used Stabilo Point 88/65, Stampin’ Blends (dark & light Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Cinnamon Cider, Crumb Cake and SU1000, SU900) as well as Stylefile markers (452, 454, 458, CG0). I added highlights with a Gelly Roll pen, and the fluffy hat was created using puff paint.The slider mechanism itself is very simple – I just cut a channel and mounted everything using foam tape to create dimension for the stripe to pull out.The result is a bright, playful slider card that combines movement, winter magic and birthday cheer – I sure hope, the way Nikky loves it! Here´s my socialmedia: Instagram, Facebook, Youtube


Taty - Hi friends, today I'm sharing a pink and orange slider card. The flower is from the Perfect Peony color collection (DLPD9345), which I printed and precisely cut out to glue to the slider. The sentiment hidden under the flower is from the Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends collection. The sentiment and leaves I stamped on the white cardstock are from the Every Wish photopolymer stamp set. The final card measures 12 x 10 centimeters. As you can see, it's beautiful to combine the various Polkadoodles products; they have wonderful graphics. I hope you have lots of creative fun!


Kim D Today I am sharing this adorable birthday card using Mabel Starry Celebrations. She is perfect for any occasion that is a cause for celebration. I paired her with the Mabel Starry Celebrations paper pack. I colored her with copics and added a sentiment! She is ready for a party.

Rachael Hi everyone. Today I'm sharing this cute little project I made to send to someone special. This is a tiny little MDF embroidery hoop that is SO cute - get it here! I combined a chipboard watering can and stamped using the gorgeous Anemone Stamps and dies - this time, stamping onto the chipboard which is sized to fit if you don't have the dies. A really lovely little make that was super quick and easy. See you again soon!

🌟 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

Saturday, 3 January 2026

Challenge 1, wk 1 - 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.

Thank you to everyone who joined us last year. We hope you will continue to enter in 2026 too.

Let’s kick off our first challenge of 2026 with inspiration from the Design Team...


Renske Hello everyone! I had so much fun making this winter thank you card with the Hello Frosty Snowman Too cute digital stamp. I blended the background with Distress inks to create a calm, snowy night sky. The moon is a round shaker filled with white sequins and tiny hearts for a soft, playful effect. I coloured the snowman with my alcohol markers and placed them on a snowy hill. I used the sentiment Thanks for all you do from the grateful sentiment set. I hope you can find inspiration from this. Happy Crafting. xx Renske. My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you Facebook: Renske.wishes.you

Judy Hey there! My inspiration project for this week is a Thank You Card. I know it's still winter but, I opted for a more spring themed card. The card is a slimline design using the Toadal Sweetheart Stamp Set. The cute frog image was stamped and colored with markers before fussy cutting. Papers from Toadally Cute Paper Pack were used. The Thank You sentiment was printed from the Winnie Daisy Greetings, Quotes and Sentiments and die cut. You're a Toadal Sweetheart sentiment was stamped from the stamp set and die cut. I added some twine and a button.

Enrica Hi crafty friends, happy new year! For my card I colored with Copic the wonderful Husky Hugs and Colouring scene Mountains and glaciers digtal stamps. I added a bit of sparkling by adding snowflakes (from my stash) and a background, both colored with metallic watercolors. I really love this stamp, it reminds me of how much my faithful furry friend loved playing in the snow. Big hugs xx

Jenn B I used a fun yellow gingham digi paper for my background. I applied a honeycomb stencil in a diagonal strip to create dimension and flow. I used a tag die cut on a piece of cardstock and attached it with an old flower brad from my stash. I printed the Buzzing Around Bee Buzzy Gnome digi stamp twice. I die cut the first image using a stitched edge rectangle die and then fussy cut the second image. I coloured the images with Copics and Stickles. I layered the fussy cut mushroom and bee on top of the die cut using foam dimensional tape. To finish the card, I added a sentiment sticker along the bottom and sponged ink around the edges of the card.

Revati For today’s project, I created a clean and simple thank-you card featuring the beautiful floral bunch from the Alcea Hollyhock Flowers digi stamp. I love how the soft oranges on the petals blend with the gentle green shadows on the leaves. The detailed patterned background, also from the same digi set, was printed on watercolor paper, and I layered my floral image right on top. Using the pre-colored reference, I added my own watercolor touches to bring the design to life. The “Thank You” sentiment comes from the Winnie Daisy Messages Digi Stamp, which is packed with thoughtful messages in gorgeous fonts. To finish it off, I added a sprinkle of sequins around the sentiment and a touch of gold to the centers of each flower for a soft, elegant sparkle. More details on my Blog.

Sana So today we had to make a Thank You themed project for our blog challenge day. I made a card using one of the cutest fuzzy puffs scruff the dog digital stamp. The background paper is from winnie papers collection. A really simple and easy to make card for someone close. Dont forget to join this weeks challenge. Happy New Year.


🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟


Winners from Challenge 13

🏆 PRIZE 1: $40 Voucher
for one Random Winner to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!

Congratulations!

To claim: Please EMAIL US HERE, quoting code: PDWK01001
1. Claim MUST be received by 17 Jan 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 EMAIL US HEREquoting code: PDWK01012
1. Claim MUST be received by 17 Jan 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. 

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!

Click here to enter