Saturday, 3 October 2026

Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, week 1 – Polkadoodles Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. 

You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

This challenge is Monthly - giving you a whole month to enter with 
$45 in prizes per month. 
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 1 month.

Ready to get creative? 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.
• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖
••• ••• •••
This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts 
Cute Autumn Fall Halloween girl craft printable downloads, autumn leaves, cute characters

Christmas at the Cottage beautiful printable craft downloads

Autumn Fall Halloween cute critters and animals craft printable downloads


So let's see what the team have made for you this week!

Liz - The weather has turned cooler so time to craft! Christmas is coming so I created a star shaped card, then decorated it with the fabulous Sparkling wreath and stars dies. I die cut it out of gold mirri card, even though the die is so fine and it cut so well first time through the mirri card. 
On the kraft card base I added some stars with the 
Night stars stencil using some of the fabulous Sunbeam Shimmer stencil butter/. Once it was dry I built up the card using the wreath and the Sweet Poinsettia die which I cut from white mixed media cardstock, sprayed with festive berries oxide distress spray, then highlighted areas when dry with Lumberjack Plaid oxide distress ink. I adhered this in place on my card, simply adding some of the Winter Botanical Bits dies here and there around the Poinsettia, to create a classic looking Christmas card.


Maria - This week’s challenge theme is Food and Drink, and since I urgently needed a few birthday cards, it felt only natural to choose the best kind of food: birthday cake and muffins! The adorable treats come from the 
Big Birthday Surprise stamp set. I coloured them with alcohol markers and added highlights with a white gel pen to make everything pop.
Of course, I wanted to showcase the matching 
Birthday Fun paper as well, so I decided on a split triangle card design to really let those patterns shine. I stamped the sweet little bunting from the same stamp set onto the cardstock for extra detail. A sentiment from the set and a few Polka Dots 3D enamel dots embellishments as accents — and just like that, I ended up with two wonderfully cheerful cards guaranteed to make someone’s day. Crafty, colourful, and full of birthday joy! Products I used:
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Julie - I kept this card simple and let the fun fall details do the work! I started with two strips of patterned paper from Freddy Fox Paper 3, matted them on coordinating cardstock, then printed the precoloured pie and leaves from Autumn Fall Halloween Treat Bundle, cut them out and layered them onto the card front. A little gold sparkle splatter, some gold twine and a few embellishments finished things off. The big “Thankful” sentiment is a FREEBIE from PolkaDoodles—so definitely grab it and give it a try! I typed up my own “for pie” and “(and you)” underneath because, really, being thankful is important…but so is pie!
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Liz - I created this using one of the fabulous MDF trees from the Create and Decorate Christmas MDF Stacker Tree blanks kit.
I painted the tree with a cream coloured acrylic paint and then when it was dry lightly sanded it back here and there to distress a little. I kept the NOEL in it's natural colour which is also part of the kit - it's huge, you get a ton of MDF so if you love having bits and pieces to decorate it's a must have buy (and an amazing price for what you get too!) I created a floral arrangement as a focal point along with a die which I cut down for the top using these dies which have been my go to's on my desk so far this year, they're all so useful I can't stop using them: 

Nelly - Another Saturday, it comes around so quickly! This week I have for you a food and drink project, yummy yummy! I wanted to create a soft palette for this birthday card so I chose sage green and soft pink. I stencilled the background of the centre panel using the Stone/Brick stencil, again using the pink and green theme. Next I stamped, coloured and cut out the images from the Birthday Celebrations Stamps and placed them onto the 3 squares. I also used the glasses/drink stamps from the Ready To Stumble Male set of stamps which is just so great and usable for life!  The backing paper is from the Not so Plain Kraft paper pack too. There you go another card for you all…..did someone say cake?

Thanks so much to the design team for their gorgeous inspiration this week - wow!


Winners from Challenge 9

🏆 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: PDWK19001
1. Claim MUST be received by
16 October
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: PDWK10012
1. Claim MUST be received by 
16 October 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

Saturday, 26 September 2026

Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 9, Week 4 – Polkadoodles Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. 

You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

••• ••• •••

This challenge is Monthly - giving you a whole month to enter with 
$45 in prizes per month. 
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 1 month.

Ready to get creative? 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.
• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

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 look at the

Cute Autumn Halloween printable digital stamps, clipart, paper downloads
Christmas at the Cottage beautiful printable craft downloads

Let's see the beautiful projects from the DT this week!

Beautiful Autumn Card by Rachael...

Hello! Rachael here, sharing one of the cutest images from our latest Winne release using the super sweet wishes in the wind stamp. I wanted the image to be the star of the show so I printed it onto a card panel slightly smaller than A6 size and coloured it with a combination of markers and pencils for detail. Don't be put off by the colouring; there is detail showing where you can shade, or if colouring isn't your thing - there are pre-printed images you can use. I finished it with a sentiment and stamp from my stash. Perfect for an autumn birthday, or even just to say 'hello'
Handmade autumn card by Rachael featuring Winnie holding a large orange leaf beside her dog and a basket, beneath the greeting “Hello beautiful.”


Fun Pink Friendship Card made by Renske...

Hello everyone! For this card, I used the Ruby Flowers digital stamp as my main focal point. I coloured Ruby in a pink and peach palette, with a soft bouquet to bring the image to life. I paired her with the Spring Tons of Love pattern paper, using the pretty dotted design as the first layer. The background for Ruby is a light textured panel to give Ruby some space to stand out. I finished the card with a sentiment from the Noodle Panda themed Messages set. I kept the design simple so the beautiful Ruby Flowers image remains the star of the card. Hope you like it. Happy Crafting!
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Handmade friendship card by Renske featuring the Ruby Flowers digital stamp coloured in pink and peach, a pink polka dot paper border, floral bouquet and “The best friends always help you grow” sentiment.

Gorgeous Pink Friendship Card by Revati...

To create an uplifting friendship card instead of a traditional birthday greeting, I colored the Ruby Birthday Cake Digital Stamp with alcohol markers, framed the image, and foam-mounted it offset to the right over a soft floral pattern from the Bee Buzzy Flowers and Plains Digi Paper Pad. To build a flowing, encouraging message, I arranged multiple sentiment strips time to celebrate, you are amazing,  and  you are incredible from the Graduation School Student Sentiment Bundle in a gentle cascade across the design. Finally, lightly inking the edges of both the focal panel and the sentiment strips tied every sweet element seamlessly together.
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Handmade friendship card by Revati featuring Ruby in a pink dress holding a birthday cake, layered over pale pink daisy patterned paper with the sentiments “time to celebrate,” “you are amazing” and “you are incredible.”

Gorgeous Mixed Media style Friendship Card by Nelly...

Morning everyone, hope you’re enjoying the cooler weather! This weeks team theme is friendship, I used to Ruby Gift digital image from the Ruby collection and you can find it by clicking HERE. I coloured with alcohol markers and created the background using Ruby ons. The heart is from the Scribble Heart die - she’s quite a cool character isn’t she?
Handmade “hello friend” card featuring Ruby Gift holding a small present, a white scribble heart die cut and a colourful green, yellow and turquoise mixed media background inside an arched frame.

Colourful Ruby Girls Friendship Card by Enrica...

Hi there! This week the DT was asked to celebrate friendship using the Ruby collection and for my card I’ve colored with Copic the beautiful Ruby Gift with glasses/specs, Ruby Party Girl and Ruby Oo-la-la
digital images. I’m quite sure my friends would be happy to receive such a sweet card! Big hugs x Enrica x

Whimsical Woodland MDF Craft Project by Liz...

I love the colours this time of the year so I used one of these great journal book/folio covers to create a decorated house.  I added some texture with a brick/stone stencil, then painted over with some acrylic paint and sanded back parts for more texture once it was dry. The toadstools are part of the MDF kit and again, I painted them with acrylic paints. I added some die cut leaves from the 
Winter Botanicals Bits dies which are amazing, added some enamel Polkadot embellishments and a little moss from my stash. I used the Chamomile flower dies to create the flower near the window along with some stuff from my stash.
Decorated MDF house by Liz Marsden with a textured cream wall, brown patterned roof, colourful toadstools, layered autumn leaves, berries and a floral decoration above the arched window.


Thanks so much to the design team for their gorgeous inspiration this week!

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

Saturday, 19 September 2026

Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 9, Week 3 – Polkadoodles Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. 

You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

••• ••• •••

This challenge is Monthly - giving you a whole month to enter with 
$45 in prizes per month. 
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 1 month.

Ready to get creative? 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.
• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

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 look at the


Cute Autumn Halloween printable digital stamps, clipart, paper downloads

Let's see the beautiful projects from the DT this week!


Cute Pumpkin handmade card idea by Julie

I started this spooky little card with a Creepy Halloween Paper from PolkaDoodles, but before hitting print, I added a few digital spider webs at a low opacity along with the “EEK!” sentiment, also from PolkaDoodles. Once printed, I added some black acrylic paint splatters to give the background a slightly messier, spookier finish, then matted the panel onto a black card base. The Stacked Pumpkin Trio image was printed separately, coloured with Copic markers, and fussy cut before being attached with a wobbler mechanism— three pumpkins now wobble and sway! For a little extra drama, I added Glossy Dots to the EEK sentiment and the pumpkins’ eyes, giving them that shiny, dimensional finish. A few sparkly bat embellishments from my stash finished everything off with just the right amount of Halloween sparkle. Cute, spooky, and it moves... I’m calling that a Halloween win!
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How to create a shimmery gold Autumn card using dies and watercolours by 
Maria

Hello! Autumn is welcome to move in with me, joyfully! I absolutely love this golden season, and staying true to that theme, I’ve made leaves glow with radiant golden shine! I started by creating a watercolour background using warm brown, yellow and terracotta inks, then die-cut the leaves straight from that painted panel. You’d never guess it, but I used the 
Sweet Poinsettia flower Craft Cutting Dies for this! It works perfectly for autumn foliage too don’t you think?  For the second background, I blended yellow, orange and red inks into another soft watercolour wash, trimmed it to a strip, and layered it onto my card base. Then it was time for plenty of liquid gold! I brushed it over every leaf and flicked delicate splatters across the card for that extra sparkle.
To finish, I added a lovely sentiment from the 
Christmas & Everyday Sentiment Strip Pack because if this card doesn’t sparkle, I don’t know what does!
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Hello, crafty friends! Today, I’m sharing another autumn-inspired card but this time, featuring this oh so adorable Cute Bunny Sweeping Leaves Pre-Coloured Digi Stamp from Polkadoodles’ newest collection, Hello Autumn! For this project, I paired the digi stamp with the coordinating pattern papers from the Hello Autumn Collection. And since this was made to work together perfectly, card making is just oh so easy. Be sure to check out the Hello Autumn Collection for more adorable autumn and Halloween inspiration, and don’t forget to join the Challenge, we’d love to see what you create!
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A Cute handmade Witch card making idea by Nelly

Happy Saturday everyone! What are you up to today? This weeks card is one of many Halloween cards I have made, blended background using distressed inks, picked raspberry, fosilled amber, wilted violet and mariner blue. The images were coloured with alcohol markers. The Halloween images were taken from the Hey pumpkin stamp set and you can find them on the Polkadoodles website by clicking HERE they are reduced in price so go and grab a bargain!

Create a pretty handmade Christmas Joy card using simple dies and stencils by Liz

Hello again! I have another Christmas card for today, using some fabulous products from Polkadoodles. I used the brilliant Joy text stencil on the base of the card with salvaged Patina distress oxide ink, then die cut the Joy dies set in silver Mirri and a blue pearlised card from. my stash.  I cut out some some Sparkling snowflakes from the dies  in the mirri card too, simply layering these up to create the finished look, some holly and berries from the Sparkling Delicate Baubles Dies in the same colours filled in a corner and continued the theme. Happy Crafting!!

Thanks so much to the design team for their gorgeous inspiration this week!

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