Week 10 Polkadoodles Challenge - MUM's THE WORD

Oh my goodness, can you believe it?  We are already into March - where are the months going?!

And of course it's Friday and we have a new challenge for you, for this fortnight.  

Our theme this time around is 

Mum's the Word  

Mother's Day is sneaking up on us here in the UK, but you don't have to do a Mother's Day card, it could be a card for your Mums birthday, or your Grandma.  Let's see what you come up with this time.
Remember you don't have to use one of our products to enter but we'd love it if you did and you have until 21st March to enter!

Don't forget Polkadoodles has a fantastic new collection available and shipping now which might also be great for this theme! It's an absolute snip at only £8.99!

The prize for this fortnights challenge, Mum's the Word, is a copy of this fantastic collection! Wow!

The winner and top 3 from our Week 7 Challenge Love/Romance, can be found at the end of this post.  But first we have some wonderful DT creations for your inspiration.

Alethea - Well it's not even close to Mother's Day here in Australia so I am going to be well prepared this year...LOL! I have made a Mother's Day card using papers and elements from Bonbon Belles Double cd. And this fab image Dollie Daydream - Bouquet digi  is one of the new Dollie Daydream images which I coloured in with tria markers.

Zoe - We had this photo taken at my parent's Ruby Wedding anniversary meal and I love it, so it was a perfect choice for me to create a scrapbook layout for this 'Mum' challenge. I used the gorgeous Studio 12 Picknix collection 1 (mainly the home set) I took the images into Serif Craftartist to create this layout using background papers, embellishments (our fav things - coffee, cake & chocolate!) and a frame. I've saved it as a JPEG so that I can then print it out at my leisure to put into my memory book.

Karon - Well, with Mother's Day coming up - what a fabulous challenge to set.  I chose to use one of the characters from the Bonbon Belles collection.  The frame, character (pre-coloured) and sentiment are from this wonderful double CD and I decided to make a shaped easel card.  The little floral paper is from the Sugar Birdies CD.

JAN - I decided to go a little different this time and make a word book for 'Mum' using the lettering template from the 'Candy Doodles CD'.  I used papers and images from the 'Cherryblossom Lane CD' to embellish, along with a few bits from my stash.

Claire C I've used one of my favourite images from Dollie Daydream Girl Talk Collection, coloured with Graph'It Markers. The dp is also from the same collection.

Asha - My card is a demo on the versatility of Polka Doodles products. I made this Mother's Day card - a commission from my 4 year old Goddaughter. In her words, she describes her mummy as "soft and cuddly, warm like the sun and prettier than all the flowers in the garden". Tall order, but I found all I needed from various CDs: Bunny and ticket tags from Cherryblossom Lane, background paper from Bonbon Belles, vertical floral panel from Sugar Birdies and the layered blossom from Dolly Daydream Girl Talk. Don't they all work together in perfect harmony? 

Kerrie With Mother's Day in a few weeks this Challenge is just right - I've used Papers and Digi Image (coloured with alcohol markers) from Digi Stamp Heaven - Fredericka CDrom I just love the Images on this CDrom and the soft tones in the Papers are so so gorgeous. I have chosen Sentiments for this card using Dollie Daydream Goes East CDrom I love the phrases and words on there. The Lettering I have cut out using an electric Machine but using the Papers again for perfect colour matching. I like to mix and match between the CDrom's by Polkadoodles as they are all so versatile. 

Sally - This weeks challenge is Mums the Word!  So I used my Picknix Collection1 CD Rom for a digitally crafted card this week.  I took the Welcome Home Section into My Craft Studio and chose all my papers and embellishments to create this card.  I am really pleased how it turned out.

Aren't they fabulous creations!

Our Week 7 Randomly chosen winner is 

#3 Dee

You have won our fabulous Dollie Daydream Goes East Collection

Well Done!  Email us here to claim your prize.

Our favourite Top 3 chosen by the Design Team are:

#13 Joyce

#16 Jackie Bowman

#21 Bo

Well done everyone and don't forget to grab your blinkies!

You have until Friday 21 March at noon GMT to enter 

the Mum's the Word Challenge and please make sure you follow the rules.

1. No Backlinks

2. Please follow the challenge theme!

3. Maximum of 2 entries per person!

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Wk 9 ...SUGAR and SPICE part 2...Polkadoodles Challenge 8

Friday and time for Polkadoodles again!!

So before we get to the challenge news this week we have some awesome news for you....

Have you seen this amazing new collection we've just launched this week?

No?....You are going to LOVE this!!!...

It's time to Work and Play!!!

http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=6724

This great new mini collection is superb and is the first in this new series of Work and Play themed collections - we're bringing you more soon! 

10 adorable Digi Characters in both black and white and colour, papers AND sentiments, toppers and more - OR you can also get these great digis on download separately from the Download store.

Just click on the image to see more and find out what you get in the full collection!! 

YOU WILL LOVE IT!! 

The digis are all £2 each or you can get the whole collection for only £8.99 - total bargain or what! 

Ok, so let's get to the challenge! 

Last week we set you the challenge of SUGAR AND SPICE and the theme is still running until 7th March so you can still get your entries in HERE.

This week the team is bringing you more inspiration for our 

Sugar and Spice 

challenge so there are no excuses not to enter!!

The winner of this great challenge will be in a Random draw to win a
 Polkadoodles goodie Bag worth £50!

Woohoo!! This will include all sorts of stash including dies, cd's, stamps and who knows what else!

You have until Friday 7th March at noon GMT to enter and please make sure you follow the rules which are in the sidebar ------>

PLEASE ADD YOUR ENTRIES TO THE MR LINKY HERE

You can see the winners of our last challenge from Week 6 at the bottom of this post, but let's see what the team have made for you this week...

Karon - I decided to use the lemonade stand from the In the Garden section of the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1CD.  I made a shaped card by sizing the pre-coloured digi of the lemonade stand, layered it up to add dimension.  The boy and girl pre-coloured images, and the sentiment, are from the Sundae of Seasons CD.

Zoe - I instantly thought of the colour palette when I saw this challenge so decided to colour an image I hadn't attempted before, this Daisy Lady (as I call her) is from the gorgeous Double Sprinkle of Kraft CD. I coloured her with a mix of markers including the fabulous Graph It's. Once finished I decided to keep it simple. I added a few flowers and some candi. I wanted to keep this card for any occasion so didn't put a sentiment on it deliberately.

Sally - For this week's project I have made my step-granddaughter's birthday card. I took the image from Dollie Daydreams goes East CD Rom and coloured her with Graph'it markers. Then I took a backing paper and the alphabet into my graphic programme and made the card base. I then matted it onto black cardstock. I then matted the image on black cardstock also. Die cut out some cherry blossom and branches and then printed a sentiment scroll.  I love how this has turned out. I hope she loves it too.

Asha - I'm using a girlie rubber stamp called "Gracie"  from Polka Doodle's Fairy Flutterby series for my Sugar and Spice project. I coloured her with Graph It and Promarkers. I stamped the butterfly from the Gracie set on vellum, heat embossed it in white and used it as wings for Gracie. The background paper is from the Bonbon Belles Double CD and the flower is from the Dollie Daydream Girl Talk CD. And voila! A sweet birthday card for a little girl.

JAN - I used one of my favourite Polkadoodles CDs - 'Candy Doodles' to make my card this week. The Sugar & Spice theme made me think of sugared almonds - hence the colour scheme. The little girl is coloured to match using my Promarkers and I made the tickets, using a blank one and adding my own wording to match the theme.

Alethea - When I think of sugar and spice I automatically think of yummy cakes and slices. So I made this card using one giant cupcake from the Cherryblossom Lane cd collection and Dollie Daydream - Birthday digistamp which I coloured with tria markers! I then just added a few embellishments to finish off the card and the Polka Doodles birthday wishes sentiment from the Sensational Sentiments stamp set.

Kerrie - Wow I have really enjoyed the Theme this week - 'Sugar & Spice' - for this I chose to decorate a Notebook to make myself a Recipe Book and decided to use the 'Sundae of Seasons' CDrom as I really love all the baking themed Embellishments and the Ragdoll charaters. The only things that were added not from the CDrom were Mirror Board & Gems from my Stash and the Notebook of course. I coloured the Digi Image from CDrom using alcohol markers.

Claire C - I've used precoloured decoupage images from one of my favourite Polkadoodles CDs, Candy Doodles, I've added glitter, glossy accents and faux pearls to the cupcakes and added some of Nikky's fab ticket sentiments to finish off

Fantastic inspiration from the team as always!

Our Week 6 Randomly chosen winner is 

#34 Beth F

Well done!! Email us here to claim your prize!

Our favourite Top 3 chosen by the Design Team are:

#16 Karen Foy

#20 Angelique

#45 Ira

Well done everyone! Don't forget to grab your blinkies from the sidebar!

You have until Friday 7th March at noon GMT to enter the SUGAR AND SPICE challenge and please make sure you follow the rules which are in the sidebar.  See you next week! 

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Wk 6 Polkadoodles Challenge - Love is in the Air

Welcome to the start of another Polkadoodles Challenge. Wow where are the weeks going - February already? Lots of news to share with you this week....

1. Don't forget that Nikky has now opened  the new Polkadoodles Digi Store on Etsy, and it will

be updated regularly with new Digis.

2. You can also join Nikky on Create and Craft TV today at 2pm for another great colouring show with Graph'It markers - if you've never seen them before you really need to tune in! Sky 671 or Freeview 36 and if you're overseas you can watch online at www.createandcraft.tv

 Now, onto the important stuff!!....
We have made a couple of changes to this blog which we hope will make things a little better for you!
Firstly, we are returning to a themed challenge - we'll keep it general so it's really easy for you to enter and the great news is - YOU NOW HAVE 2 WEEKS to ENTER!! Woohooo!! So this makes it much easier for you to combine your entries into other challenges so make sure you keep a note each week of the challenge themes! Our closing date will move from a Sunday to Friday and the Random winner will be announced the following week. EASY PEASY! :D 
We are also now taking sponsors too so if you are on any teams which wish to sponsor us please email us! 

So our challenge for today is

Love Is in the Air 

The DT were challenged to use the new Dollie Daydream Goes East collection but they were not allowed to make cards! Of course YOU can make any paper project you wish!
So you have until Friday 21st Feb at noon to enter this challenge and to celebrate the changes we will give a copy of our fabulous GIRL TALK Collection on DOWNLOAD to our Top 3 Favourites AND the Random Winner will also receive the collection too!! This download is worth £14.99! So make sure you get your entries in! 
You can see the winners and Top 3 from last time's challenge at the end of this post so just scroll down...

Here is what the fabulous DT have to offer you for inspiration this week!.....

JAN:  Well, if it isn't a card it seems to be a tag these days! I love them - here's what I did with the fabulous new 'Dollie Daydream goes East' collection. Everytime Nikky designs a new collection, I think it's my favourite - but I really fell in love with this one. All papers and elements are printed from the CD and Dollie is coloured with my Promarkers to co-ordinate with the lanterns - don't you just love the tiny little scroll!

Asha - The brief for the DT this week is to show a little oriental love but not in a card. Perfect! I went ahead and made this money / gift voucher wallet... who says money can't buy you love! This image is just one of the many gorgeous ones found in the Dolly Daydream Goes East Download Collection. I coloured the little dollie with Graph It and Promarkers. The backing paper is soooo lush, you really don't need (or want) to over-embellish. I just used some sheer lilac ribbon for the belly band.

Bev here with  a lovely bottle tag (my own design) made using the fabulous new Dollie Daydream Goes East CD. The  tag itself is printed using the lush backing papers, I added a sentiment in my graphics programme before cutting out. I decorated it with one of the beautiful digi stamps that I coloured in with Graph'it Markers adding a flower and die cut foliage. It makes a lovely little finishing touch to a bottle/gift.

Sally - Well how cute is this?  This little box is on the template section of the Dollie Daydreams Gone East CD Rom.  I printed the template onto cardstock, then printed the backing paper over the top, cut it out and put it together.  I need a flower or some thing for the top, so I cut out two of the flowers from the backing paper and then added a button for the centre and then a sentiment.

Alethea - I can't seem to get into the whole love thing I guess cos I have been single so long :) but I do love the new  Dollie Daydream Goes East cd. I decided to put together this fan using the template from the  Dollie Daydream Goes East cd. I printed the papers (which are also from the  Dollie Daydream Goes East cd) first then printed the template on top of that! I needed to incorporate love somehow so ended up printing the word "love" (also from the Dollie Daydream Goes East cd) onto one of the fan sections. I then printed off one of the Oriental girls and I think this is the first time in a very long time that I actually coloured in the image myself! 

 View of the fan closed

View of the fan opened

Karon - Well we are all in love with this fabulous new collection - Dollie Daydream Goes East.  I decided to make an Oriental Valentines banner :-)  All the elements are from this fabulous CD.

Anjie - It's not my turn for the Polka Doodles challenge this week but I'm having so much fun with the new Dollie Daydream Goes East CD Collection that I thought I'd gate crash! This box folds flat to fit in an envelope and is so eye catching, I just love it! Everything I have used on it comes from the CD. 

Kerrie - Oh Wow!!! I love this 'Dollie Goes East' CDrom collection and when I saw the theme of this Challenge I was very pleased the DT have been challenge to 'Oriental Love' but not a Card eeeek!! So I had a think of what I could make and decided on an upcyle project a pot for some of my fave pens using a famous crisps mini-tub and then I wanted to make a tag to go with it. I have used Papers, Embellishments, Digi's, Sentiment, Build-a-Fleurs and Letter Tiles from the CDrom.

WOW!! AMAZING makes from the team this week I'm sure you'll agree!!

So the winner this week drawn by Random Org is...

#27 - Mags

Well done, please Email us here to claim your prize, you won a copy

 of the Dollie Daydream Collection worth £15!

This weeks top 3 as chosen by the Design Team are

#24 - Leeann

#31 - Tina-Maree

#32 - Angelique

Well done everyone, don't forget to grab your blinkies!!

PLEASE REMEMBER we only allow 2 entries each per challenge,

this makes it fair as we now choose the winner with Random Org.

Rules:

1.  No back links.

2.  Maximum two entries per person!

3. Follow the challenge!

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Get in Shape Tutorial!!

Hello, Alethea here with a quick tutorial to share!! It's coming to the end of the school holidays  and we have been away a lot so the tutorial I had planned never eventuated... So today I decided I would do a Joy fold card but while browsing through the fabulous Polka Doodles cd rom collection that I have, I came across these fabulous Get in Shape cards from the All Around and Everywhere cd so thought I would share that with you..
I decided to use Benny Mouse Get in Shape card so I printed out all the elements I wanted for my card. I made the base of the card to the measurements of 4"x 5 3/4", then sized the rest of the elements to fit.

I then cut them all out and pasted the back and fronts of the images together

Because these were not printed on proper cardstock I decided to stick it onto some white cardstock but before doing that decided to add some ribbon.

 Before sticking this panel on the white cardstock I added the cupcake and mouse elements. I was going to 3-D the mouse and cupcake but decided because I stuck it at the back it would look a bit silly and not sit properly, glued it on instead.

I then stuck it all down on the base cardstock and finished the card off by adding  kindyglitz to the sentiment, the cupcakes and the centres of the flowers. I also added some crystal effects to the cherries to make them look shiny.

Such a sweet card.. I love these Get in Shape cards and there are loads to choose from... Lots of other things on the All Around and Everywhere cd that I want to create now so watch this space....

Don't forget there are so many cd collections over at the Polka Doodles store including the new collections Dollie Daydream and Dollie Daydream goes East.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alethea xx

Wk 4 - Polkadoodles Challenge ....Anything Goes/Shop till you Drop

Wow Friday again where is the time going...

More exciting things to share with you again this week - wow! Nikky as been so busy creating and she has two new fabulous collections available for pre-order.  Dollie Daydream - Girl Talk and also the fabulous new Dollie Dayrdream - Goes East. You can get them both on the website NOW!

This week as always our challenge theme is

Anything Goes

but the DT were challenged with Shop till you drop, so if you would like to take part please do.

The winner of this challenge will win a copy of the brand new Dollie Daydream collection worth £15!

You can see the winners of our last challenge at the bottom of the post so scroll down, but in the meantime here are the fabulous DT creations for your inspiration this week....

JAN - I used papers and elements from the 'Dollie Daydream CD' to make a card this week. I absolutely love this little shop and the colours are fab!

Sally - Hi, today's challenge is "Shop till you Drop"  so I used one of the images from the Dollie Daydream CD Rom which I coloured with my Graph'it markers. I used pan pastels for the background and then matted and layered the image on plain cardstock.  I then printed off some backing papers, sentiment and  flowers from the CD Rom to finish the card.  Added some buttons for the centres of the flowers.

Alethea - I decided to make a shaped card using one of the shop images from the Dollie DayDream Girl Talk CD Rom. I painstakingly card the pre-coloured shop image out by hand cos I don't have any fancy machine to cut it out for me :) I then cut out the Dollie Daydream pre-coloured image and the shopping bag and put them at the shop door as if she has just purchased something. To give the card a little something more I covered the windows of the shop in with crystal effects so that it looks like glass and also on the La Mode sign. I then just added Kindyglitz to the middle of all the flowers.

Asha - My friend just had a baby  and I got the little darling a two pairs of  booties. Inspired by this week's shopping theme I decided to make a gift bag to house the baby shoes. I'm using papers, Build-a-Fleur flowers and a sentiment from the Dollie Daydream CD. This collection is not just for big girls. Start them young... get those babies onto the shopping bandwagon! 

Bev Oh how lush is this fab Dollie Daydream Girl Talk CD the digi's are just wonderful to colour in all the papers used are from the cd as is the sentiment. I made the the roses by hand from the papers on the cd just adding 2 punched borders and some distress ink creating a bright funky card.

Karon - Great minds think alike and I too made a shaped card with the shop that is on the CD.  Don't you just love all the elements this Dollie Daydream - Girl Talk CD has to offer.  Love the colours too.  I actually coloured my Dollie with pencils this time around.

Kerrie - I really love the 'Dollie Daydream - Girl Talk' CDrom and for this Challenge 'Shop Til You Drop' I chose to use some the Turquoise and Beige Elements from the collection and I could resist mixing it up a bit Polka Dot Papers and the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun script papers - the 3D Flowers and Rolled Rose are from the CDrom's Build a Fleur section which I absolutely adore, I cut out the flowers and curled them with a bone-folder tool, the rolled roses are formed using a quilling tool. I've coloured the Digi from the CDrom to match the colour theme. The sentiment is also from the CDrom and I have also used the Matching Insert from the CDrom to finish the card xx

Lidia Hi! Girls and here is my Card for this challenge, I use the Girl Talk´CD rom my colors are in pink!!!  So I hope you Like it. 

Isn't the DT amazing!

Finally our Random org Winner from Week 2 is

#28 Crafting Vicky

Well done! Email us here, to claim your prize.

Our DT faves for Week 2 are:

#58 Eret

#73 Julie P

#87 Sharon Gurnhill

Well done everyone, please grab your blinkies from the side bar!

Closing date for the challenge is Sunday 2 Feb at 12 noon GMT and don't forget to link your actual blog post so we can come and visit you!

Rules:

1. No Backlinks

2. Maximum of 2 entries please, to be fair for Random Win.

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Wk 2....Anything Goes/Girly Girly Girly - Polkadoodles Challenge

Happy Friday! 

Wow, 10th Jan already doesnt time fly!!

This week we have all been busy playing with the brand new Dollie Daydream collection which everyone has gone crazy for - you'll see that all the team have used it this week! If you're super quick you can also save 15% off so don't miss it! 

This week as ever our challenge for all of you is 

Anything Goes

but if you can join in we have challenged the DT to go 

GIRLY GIRLY GIRLY! 

The winner of this challenge will win Downloads to the value of £10 - woohooo!!! Make sure you get your entries in by Sun 19th at noon!

Remember you do NOT have to use our products 

(although obviously we would love it if you did)

Our random Winner from Week 51 as chosen by Random.org is....

#27 Cristina - well done Cristina! 

Email us here to claim your copy of our Picknix Collection worth £17.99!

The Design Team's favourite Top 3 entries from the same week are:

 #28 Maria #21 Angelique #27 Cristina

Well done everyone, your makes were stunning! Grab your blinkies from the sidebar and thanks for entering!

OK, let's see what the team have for us!....

JAN:  I made a Tag using the brand new 'Dollie Daydream Girl Talk Collection'. I am absolutely loving the shoes and this has to be one of my favourite colour ways too. All the elements are printed from the collection and the flowers are printed, cut out, inked and assembled from the 'Build a Fleur' section. All I added was some brown co-ordinating cardstock and a few embellishments from my stash!

Sally - This week's challenge is "Girly" - Well who doesn't love shoes?  This fabulous image is from the new Dollie Daydream CD Rom which I coloured with my Graph'it markers, it took a while but I am pleased with the results.  I printed off the papers from CD rom also. Printed out the sentiments and cut them out using Spellbinder dies. I punched out some flowers using the left over papers. I also die cut out a banner and put "SALE" on the hearts.  Made a stepper card and put it all together.

Karon - Girly!  Well I just had to make a card using one of the shoes. I created a template and then cut the shoe shaped card.  After printing out the papers from this fabulous new CD, Dollie Daydream Girl Talk, I then printed the shoe on top of the paper.  Cut it out and then also cut out the bow to give some depth. Used one of the rolled flowers off the CD too, to top the bow. Also used one of the toppers off the CD, and added Happy Birthday to it.   

Bev what a great start to the New Year with the fab new Dollie Daydream CD from Nikky. The colour scheme of this collection is right up my street. I printed off some fab pink backing paper then got on with colouring my digi girl & shopping bags. I put it all together adding the very apt sentiment and used some ink, lace & buttons from my own crafty stash. I just adore this collection.

Alethea - How fab is this new Polka Doodles collection  Dollie Daydream Girl Talk. I love the girls and all the elements that go with them. I used this pre-coloured Dollie Daydream image and cut her out. I created the paper using papers and borders  then added the sentiment. I made the flowers from the 'Build a Fleur' section. I then just added some bling to finish it off.

Asha - I made this 6" square card for my friend's daughter. She'll be celebrating her 18th birthday at the end of the month and rumour has it she's partial to shopping.... aren't they all at that age! Polka Doodles' stylish new mini collection called Dollie Daydream Girl Talk really is a dream to work with.

Kerrie - Such a Perfect Start to the New Year, creating with this Beautiful Collection 'Dollie Daydream Girl Talk' it's just so pretty and perfect for all those Girlie Makes for Shopping Addicts, Fashionista's and Girlie Girls in your life. I love the collection and so do my little girls. I made my card using a beautiful Paper some of the Build a Fleur elements with a Dollie Daydream Digi and Sentiment all from the CDrom - I used 2 Nesting Dies, some Black Cardstock and some gems and buttons from my stash

Lidia Hi girls! happy to start 2014 with this new PolkaDoodles challenge and this beautiful collection   Dollie Daydream Girl Talk I hope you like my projects, a bag with ribbon and beautiful flowers this beautiful card and wish you a very happy 2014 full of success and many blessings.

Remember you do NOT have to use our products (although obviously we would love it if you did) , just add your entry to Mr Linky below and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Rules: 
1. No backlinks
2. Please FOLLOW the challenge theme!

3. ONLY 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON ALLOWED to make it fair for the random winner!

See you back here on Tuesday for the Digi Choosday challenge!

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