Week 15 Challenge - April Showers

Good morning everyone and welcome to a new challenge at Polka Doodles. We hope you're all having a good week and surviving the still rather chilly temperatures. It certainly doesn't feel like April in the UK, more like February!

Before we get to the challenge inspiration, we need to announce the winners from the Week 13 Paper Piecing - there were loads of fabulous entries as always which made it very hard for the DT but there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Debbie S - you win a  Sugar Birdies CD and please use the code PD1W1513 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Olivia - you win a Download and please use the code PD2W1513
3rd Place - Cass - you also win a Download and please use the code PD3W1513

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

This week's challenge is to make a project inspired by April Showers and as you'll see, the Design Team have cooked up some fabulous creations for you. There are some fantastic prizes this week too as the winner will receive the new Emma Canning CD and the 2 runners up an Emma Canning Download.

Astrid - This time I made a Gabble Box in pink. The digi is from the CD Love and Cherish. This cutie image has an umbrella and its raining lovely hearts. I coloured her with my copic markers. The paper is from the CD All Around and Everywhere. Flowers and lace are from my stash along with the pearls.

Fliss - I've made my card with this sweet digital image from Emma Canning called Rainy Days. You can buy her as a single image HERE or as part of the new Digistamp Heaven CD which has loads of Emma's images and some sentiments which you can find HERE (fabulous value too!). I printed her out on to thick cartridge paper and coloured her with a mix of Aquamarkers with added pencil detail. The papers are from the Cherryblossom Lane CD and I added loads of faux stitching detail and some inking for added definition. Cute, huh?

Asha - I made this card for my friend, who spent most of this year complaining about the weather. Here's a cheeky number for her birthday using this cute digi called Rainy Day by Emma Canning, which I coloured using alcohol markers. With an a blender pen I hit her brolly with great big blobs of rain! The patterned papers are from Love and Cherish and Sugar Birdies CDs. Some lace and bling complete this card.

Karon - I too have used the Emma Canning image called Rainy Days - great minds think alike :-)  My striped paper is from the new Frederika CD, the spotted paper and sentiment are both from the Double Sprinkle of Kraft CD, and the clouds are from the Studio 12 CD - Picknix Collection 1.  I inked all the layers with a blue ink, including the clouds.  Coloured the image with alcohol markers.

Miria Another quick and easy card! I used a coloured digi from cd Cherryblossom Lane, the paper and bumting are from the same cd. I die cut an aperture and adhered acetate to it. The sentiment is from Candy Doodles Collectors' Edition; I added buttons and washi tape to embellish.

Sally - Hi there.  This weeks challenge I have used an image from the Sugar Plum Daisy CD Rom

I mounted her on some red cardstock and inked the edges with a black Promarker. I printed out two background papers from the Sugar Plum Daisy CD Rom and mounted the blue on red and edged the red paper in black. Added some ladybirds, sentiment (also from the CD Rom) and a swirly die cut. This little card would brighten any rainy day.

Alethea - I've gotta say, this turned out better than I had imagined!! I used papers from the All Around and Everywhere CD. I used a pre-coloured image of Noah from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD Rom and I added some sparkle to his umbrella. I then added the pre-coloured rainbow from the Studio 12 CD Rom - Picknix Collection 1  and the sentiment is from Double Sprinkle of Kraft CD. To finish off the card I added the rik rak and buttons!!




Monica - I really enjoyed this weeks challenge. I decided to use an umbrella and make it the highest point of my card, put all the attention on it. And I think I got it. Take a look. ;-) For this card I just used simple papers (gray, black and white) and let all the glamour to the umbrella, in which I used the paper from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD Rom. And to complete the card, I wrote the words "now and forever" as a raindrops. Have a great week pals! :-)



Lidia - This time I´ve made my Card with a digital image and sentiment from the brand new Federica CD the papers are from Cherry Blossom Lane CD Rom finally I added a few drops onto the base paper of my card with Glossy Accents.

Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 21 April at 12noon GMT.

Week 13 - Paper Piecing

 Good morning folks, Happy Easter to you all and hoping that you get lots of lovely choccies but make sure you don't eat too many at once!

Before we get to our winners and the challenge details, we have some great news for you. Our Nikky has been hard at work designing and has a brand new mini CD now available. It's called Fredericka and is chock full of gorgeous new digis and lots of fabulous papers and embellies. There is also an exclusive paper pack free with the Cd at the moment so don't delay! There's a sneak peek pic below and you can find it HERE in the online shop. The Design Team have been playing with the new images so there might be a few creations coming up very soon!

Now for the winners from the Week 11 Easter Challenge - there were loads of fabulous entries which made it very hard for the DT but there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Zoe M  - you win a Sugarplum Daisy CD and please use the code PD1W1311 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Dewi Lestari  - you win a Download and please use the code PD2W1311
3rd Place - Stella  - you also win a Download and please use the code PD3W1311

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

This week's challenge is to make a project using Paper Piecing and as you'll see, the Design Team have created some fabulous inspiration for you.


Asha - This card is a response to a blog buddy who said that Polka Doodles papers are too whimsical for simple, grown-up cards. She couldn't be further from the truth! I made this with papers exclusively from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD. The butterfly and greeting are from the Gracie Fairy Flutterfly rubber stamp set. I paper-pieced the butterfly, added some bling and we have a simple (almost CAS) card, perfect for any adult.

Fliss - I've made a rather girly card with the gorgeous vintage lady digi stamp from the All Sewn Up Collection on the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD. I paper pieced her frock with the pretty deep rose paper from the Pretty Sweet CD which is where the grungy rose background paper came from too. I coloured the unpieced areas with watercolour pencils. I added a Marianne Design doily and roses from the Sugarplum Daisy CD layered up to finish.

Astrid - I have made girly tag with this lovely girl from the CD All Around & Everywhere

I paper pieced her skirt from this CD and also her jumper. The rest is coloured with copic markers.

The flowers are also from the same CD.

I distressed the paper with the Tim Holtz distresser, behind the image I added blue cardstock with a Cuttlebug embossing folder with little birds. Some pearls from my stash.

Karon - For my card I used papers from the Sundae of the Seasons and Cherryblossom Lane CD's.  My image is one of the Fairy Flutterfly stamps, this one is called Meeshelle.  I have paper pieced her top, trousers, bag and the little flower in her hair.  She was coloured with alcohol markers.  A sallsentiment and ribbon flower finish her off.

Sally - This is my first paper piecing card I have ever made and loved making it. I used papers from my crafty stash to paper piece my image and for my background. The stamps are from the Pen & Paper Circle No. 5. Also the image is coloured using my Promarkers. I cut out a frame for my little lad using a Spellbinders die. Cute eh?

 

Miria I made a small card using an insert from cd Cherryblossom Lane , I think it was a perfect background for this cute bunny from Emma Canning . I paperpieced  it with a paper from the same cd The sentiment is from cd Candy Doodles Collectors edition . I just added some pearls.

Alethea - I decided to make a card with a different fold today just for a change! And I used some new stamps I got from Polka Doodles - Meeshelle from the Fairy Flutterfly Rubber Stamp Set and Maxine from the Fairy Flutterfly Rubber Stamp set. The papers are from my scrap stash and I found the perfect stamp sentiment in my collection for these two fab girls!!! I then added these fabulous dew drops that finished off the card perfectly!!

Patty - I decided to make a CAS card for a friend on her Anniversary! And I used some new stamps I got from Polka Doodles Federicka- and also use the sentiment from the Rubber Stamps set i got from Polka Doodles - Stamp Doodles. The papers are from my scrap stash and I found there perfect from the card  I then added these fabulous the Ribbon and few half pearl to finished off the card !!

How's that for some fabulous inspiration! You have until 12 noon GMT on Sunday 7 April to enter and good luck!

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Week 11 - Happy Easter

Good morning folks, Friday is here again and we have a new challenge for you.

If you're going to GNPE at Harrogate this weekend make sure you pop by the Polkadoodles stand where there are lots of yummy new goodies on offer including our latest new Digistamp Heaven collection, paper packs and all the new stamps, plus Nikky will be demonstrating the new Graph'It markers and Pan Pastels too - we think she'll be a busy girl at the show!

Before we give you all the details of this week's theme,  we need to announce the winners from the Week 9 challenge - Spring Flowers and you certainly loved this challenge but sadly there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Cass  - you win a Cherryblossom Lane CD and please use the code PD1W1109 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Scrappymax  - you also win a Cherryblossom Lane CD and please use the code PD2W1109
3rd Place - Dreamlaine  - you also win a Cherryblossom Lane CD and please use the code PD3W1109

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

Now for the challenge and this week we would like to see your Easter creations - just take a look at all the fabulous goodies the Design Team have cooked up for your inspiration. We have some fab prizes this week too as the first prize winner will receive a Cherryblossom Lane CD and the two runners up a download! 

Asha - My Easter offering for this week's challenge is made entirely with papers and image from the Cherryblossom Lane CD. Everything in this CD is irresistibly pretty, made extra special by Nikky's flawless colouring. I'm using a pre-coloured image of Maisie. Come summer, you can very easily dress her up in vibrant colours but for spring she'll remain a pastel beauty. To wrap up, I used purple gingham ribbon and 2 purple pearls.

Karon - Thinking cap on for this one, well a little.  The Cherryblossom Lane CD was my perfect choice for this weeks inspiration, as it's full of rabbits!  I chose to use Lily on her bicycle and made her basket a little 3D by printing it out twice, she is coloured with alcohol markers.  I made some little Easter eggs from the same papers that were used for the main backing papers (all from the same CD), and placed these in her basket.  Made a little banner and added some ribbon and a bow to finish her off.

Astrid - I made this Easter card with paper from the  Cherryblossom Lane CD, It's a great CD for papers and images and all the stuff you need for the Spring.

I have used the new image from Fall Love digi, Time for Tea  they are soo cute.

The flowers are from Marianne Design dies and the rest is made by myself. The paper doily and tags are from my stash.

Sally - This is my Easter Card made with an Emma Canning Digi, available from www.polkadoodle.co.uk. I used the bunny image and coloured him with my promarkers. I printed of some backing papers from the Double Sprinkle of Kraft CD cut a frame using a Sizzix die out of kraft card which I had in my crafty stash, punched out some flowers out of the backing papers, added a bow, button and sentiment.

Miria I made an easel card with this lovely new digis from Emma Canning available from Polka Doodles , I coloured the image with Zig Kurecolor, I also used glossy accents for the egg. Papers are from cd Sugarplum Daisy. I just added some washi tape, buttons and pearls.

Alethea - I don't usually make easter cards so found it a bit hard to be creative but finally decided to use this Emma Canning Image - Bunny, which you can get from Polkadoodles. I used an insert from the Cherryblossom Lane CD. I then added some easter eggs which I cropped and resized from the Emma Canning image - Happy Easter,  which is also available from Polka Doodles. I then just added some rhinestones and kindyglitz!!

Fliss - I've made a card with the cute Easter chicks by Emma Canning (aren't they just adorable) and had to hunt through my paper scraps for papers in Spring shades of yellow and green as a certain person home last weekend practically wiped out the coloured ink in my printer! I hit upon the idea of cutting the scraps into strips and hope you like the effect. The papers are from CDs too numerous to mention but it does give you an idea of how well they all go together.

Lidia - I made my card in an Easter egg shape with the Fairy Flutterby stamp Gracie,  in pastel tones and added some flowers from the same stamp set. I cut several out and layered them to give dimension.

How about this for some fabulous inspiration! You have until 12 noon on Sunday 24 March to get your entries in and good luck!

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Week 9 - Spring Flowers

Good morning everyone, Friday is here again and it's time for a new challenge here at Polka Doodles. However, before we get to that, we're delighted to announce that we have a new Design Team member joining our overseas ladies - Manderly from the USA. You'll find her first creation below and it's a real stunner despite her being somewhat printer challenged at the moment! Be sure to go and leave her some love too.

We also need to announce the winners from the Week 7 challenge - Shabby Chic and you really rocked this challenge but sadly there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Paper Profusion (Nicola)  - you win a £10 Voucher for the Polka Doodles shop and please use the code PD1W0907 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Alyce  - you also win £10 Voucher and please use the code PD2W0907
3rd Place - Lady E  - you also win a £10 Voucher and please use the code PD3W0907

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

Over at Polkadoodles and Studio 12 we've launched a HUGE range of stunning new stamp designs which are FLYING out of the door - we know you're going to LOVE them all! It's been so busy the DT don't even have their samples yet but here's a little peek at some of the goodies you can get your hands on...

 Nikky has collaborated with super talented Canadian designer Susan K Weckesser to bring you a wonderful range of clear stamps for the Studio 12 range....pure delight! But Nikky has also brought you lots of other designs for Studio 12 which we know are long awaited...they will make you squeal!

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

Now for the challenge and this week we would like to see your creations with Spring Flowers and just take a look at all the fabulous floral projects the Design Team have whipped up for your inspiration. We have some fab prizes this week too as the Top 3 will all win a copy of the latest Cherryblossom Lane CD!

Asha - I'm celebrating Spring with a flower-fest. PolkaDoodles Cherry Blossom Lane is just perfect for this season... and I went all out with the flower theme! I started with a lovely soft pink floral background, next came a soft blue panel of white blossoms, then I fussy cut a blossom border and lastly, a quintessentially Spring image, Maypole Dancers.... all from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD. To finish a bodacious blue (floral) bow from my stash.

Sally - I thought I would make a little gift box using the Sugar Plum Daisy CD Rom images and toppers. I love this CD Rom there are so many super images to choose from. I made a five inch box and lined the inside with papers from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD Rom and then printed out one of the background toppers and the little flower fairy (I scaled her down to fit the background image) Sprinkled her with fairy dust and the roof of the little toadstool house and edged the image with a Martha Stewart around the page punch (ladybugs) adhere a butterfly from my crafty stash.

 

Fliss - My project this week is a very flowery wreath with a cute bunny centre piece made with lots of elements from the Cherryblossom Lane CD which is full of very pretty Spring papers and embellies. I printed out the flowers and cute bunnies and a butterfly then covered a recycled grey board circle with some peach polka dot paper then added all the elements with foam tape. I finished off with some bright yellow ribbon and the friends text.

Astrid - I have made a card with a lovely image from the CD Double Sprinkles of Kraft.

Its a lovely lady and I coloured her with my Copic Markers. I wanna do it in blue, green and yellow because for me those are the colours of spring.

I used paper of my local store and the flowers are handmade with an ornament from Marianne Design.

Some pearls in the corner and my card is finished.

Karon - My project this week is a card for my Grandmother who turns 92 in May.  I decided to use the topper/paper and sentiment from the Cherryblossom Lane CD.  The plain papers are from my stash and I added a lovely bow and some brads to add some more detail.  I have popped up the topper and the sentiment and added the extra butterfly.  All my layers have been inked.

Miria With this card I gave a go to the new supercute Time for Tea digis you can find here , I coloured this pretty girl with Zig Kuretake Art & Graphic and waterpencils and paperpieced her clothes. Papers and sentiment  are from cd Sugarplum Daisy . Just added a bow, some gems and washi tape from stash.

Alethea - I used this cute image, Lily - Bicycle from the Cherryblossom CD. Unfortunately my printer is broken so was unable to print out some papers so decided to create  a little scene instead with some dies with the addition of clouds and rhinestones.

Patty - My card uses cute Bella from the Pretty Sweet CD. I chose bright spring colours and layered up plain and patterned papers with a pretty punched border and some flowers with pearl centres.

 Lidia - My spring card is a pretty shaped style using papers and embellishments from the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD and cute Fairy Flutterby stamp, Maggie.

Manderly - I'm really excited to share my first card with you today and was a bit challenged as I've run out of coloured ink for my printer so have used lots of plain colours with die cuts and Emma Canning's lovely image from the Valentine challenge for my shaped creation. My sentiment is from the Heritage Download Bundle that Nikky sent me. Hope you like it!

What fabulous inspiration! You have until 12 noon on Sunday 10 March to enter and hope to see you here. Good luck!

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Week 7 - Shabby Chic

Good morning folks, Friday is here again and the year seems to be flying by very fast. Hoping that you all had a lovely day yesterday and all received a Valentine from a loved one.

Before we give you all the details of this weeks challenge,  we need to announce the winners from the Week 5 challenge - Lots of Layers + Pink and Red and you certainly rocked this challenge but there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Phi  - you win a Cherryblossom Lane CD and please use the code PD1W0705 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Zoe  - you also win a Cherryblossom Lane CD and please use the code PD2W0705
3rd Place - Mags  - you also win a Cherryblossom Lane CD and please use the code PD3W0705

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

Now for the challenge and this week we would like to see your Shabby Chic creations and just take a look at all the fabulous shabby chicness the Design Team have cooked up for your inspiration. We have some fab prizes this week too as all the Top 3 will receive a £10 Gift Voucher to spend in the Polka Doodles Online Shop!

Anjie For this weeks card I have used the gorgeous Sugarplum Daisy CD. The papers, image and sentiment are all from the CD. I have distressed all the edges of the papers and image with a file and then used a pink distress ink. I've then added some ribbon, flowers and pearls. I've added a bit of glitter to the wings to make them sparkle, and added some faux stitching.

Sally - This card is one of my favourites - I used the stamp which was with the Pen and Paper No.5 CD and Magazine, I decided to colour in sepia tones as I had just watched my Colour Therapy DVD.

I cut out the image using a Spellbinders die, matted her on papers from the Pen & Paper CD and edged it in lace added a lace bow and wooden button. I used more papers from the CD rom to create the background for the card. I added a sentiment and some swirly vines.

Asha - I mixed and matched 2 CDs to make this shabby chic encouragement card for a girlfriend. The beautiful papers are from the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD and I picked the sentiment from the brand new Cherry Blossom Lane CD. Embellishments from my stash: cream lace, flatback pearls and soft pink mulberry roses. To complete the shabby chic look I distressed and inked the edges and did some stitching. 

Karon - This week I really had to think out of the box for me; I have never made a shabby chic card before, but this is what I came up with.  I used the All Sewn Up section from the Studio 12 CD Picknix Collection 1 for my backing papers,  I have distressed the edges with a scissors and then inked.  For my flowers, leaves and sentiment, I used the new Cherry Blossom Lane CD. I layered the flowers to give them dimension and added some detail to the leaves with a stylus.  The sentiment was distressed a little and then some lace and a bow, and some pearl dots to finish off.

Astrid - I have also used two CDs, one for the paper and one for the image.

Tha image is from the CD Double Sprinkle of Kraft. The paper I used is from the CD

Cherry Blossom Lane, The gorgeous Lace is from a lovely friend, and the flowers handmade with the EK succes punch and a little bit of Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

And behind the flowers a Marianne Design Creatable LR0157.

Fliss - For my card this week, I decided to give my Alice stamp set a well deserved inking up. I stamped Alice, the curiouser sentiment and a row of toadstools on white card and coloured with a mix of Promarkers and Zig Art & Graphic markers. I trimmed round the toadstools for my corner piece. I printed out some pink and green papers from the Wonderland CD and covered the card blank with several layers distressed with an emery board. I set Alice in a frame and added pearls, faux stitching and a butterfly from Candy Doodles to finish.

Alethea - I had no idea what Shabby Chic was so I kind of fumbled around with this one!!! All the papers, images and the sentiment are from the  Studio 12 CD Picknix Collection 1 . I put this all together on the computer and printed off an extra mannequin so that I could give the card a bit of dimension!! I ditressed around the edges of the card, then added some buttons, pins and the ribbon which I inked with walnut stain distress ink!! I also added a little rhinestone and a bit of glitter on the blue buttons!!

Monica: I loved the challenge this week, I really enjoyed it.  :-) For this week I used papers from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD and embellishments from my stash: laces, pearls and strings. Good luck for all of you. xxx

 Lidia - My card for this week uses elements all from the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD from the All Sewn Up collection. I did some distressing with ink and added stitching. I dressed up the lovely mannequin with lace and a doily skirt and finished off with some flowers.

So there you have it and what fabulous inspiration, I'm sure you'll agree! You have until 12 noon on Sunday 24 February to get your entries in and wishing you lots of luck!

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Week 5 - Lots Of Layers + Pink and Red

Good morning folks, Friday is here again but before we go on to the details of this weeks challenge, we have some news for you.
Our Nikky is on Create and Craft TV at 10am and 4pm on Saturday 2nd February (that's tomorrow!!!) so make sure you check it out as she has something lovely to show you! Definitely not one to miss so do set the recorder if you can't watch at the time so you can put your feet up with a cuppa when you have a spare hour later on.

Now we need to announce the winners from the Week 3 challenge - Stitching With Lace and you created the most gorgeous entries but there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Lynda  - you win a £30 Goodie bag and please use the code PD1W0503 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Debbie Johns  - you win a Hoots Download Bundle and please use the code PD2W0503
3rd Place - Chrissy  - you also win a Hoots Download Bundle and please use the code PD3W0503

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

Now for the challenge and this week we would like to see your creations with:

Lots Of Layers Plus Pink And Red

You don't want to miss this opportunity to make any necessary Valentines as the prizes are the latest Cherry Blossom CD - a definite must! You have until 12 noon on Sunday 10 February to enter and now here's some fabulous inspiration from our Design Team to get you going.

Asha - The gorgeous papers for this card came from the Sugar Birdies - the first ever Polka Doodles CD. The image and sentiment are from the latest CD called Cherryblossom Lane. Isn't great when you can mix and match the CDs so beautifully? Kept my embellishments to a minimum: sheer ribbon and bow which I stained with red distress ink and a couple of red bling from my stash.

Anjie I made this weeks card for Mrs Polka Doodles' birthday. The papers are from the fabulous Studio 12 CD Picknix collection 1. I've printed them onto printable canvas to give some texture, frayed the edges and layered onto red card and kraft card. The cute image is from the new Cherry Blossom Lane CD. I've added some Marianne D diecuts, some flowers and gems. Everything is distressed with a red distress ink. Finally I've added some faux stitching.

Fliss I've made a rather romantic card this week inspired by those colours and love is definitely blooming lol. The papers and all the other elements come from the latest Cherryblossom Lane CD. I covered my card blank and added layers of panels all distressed with an emery board and inked fuchsia pink. I hand cut my hearts using paper patterns, embossing one red pearl heart with a hearts folder and layering the second one up with a lovely sentiment printed on pink stripy paper and cut to a heart shape. I finished off with a decoupaged rose.

Astrid  I have made a card with red and pink with a beautiful stamp of Polka Doodles, called
Babsie You will find her in the shop. Also with the text. The edge at the bottom comes from  the  Cherryblossom Lane CD. The flowers are handmade. And the cute little hearts from my local store.

Sally - I have made this cute card with an image, sentiments and papers from Cherry Blossom Lane CD Rom. I love all the papers on this CD Rom.  I cut him out and mounted him on a Spellbinder die which I embossed first, dusted it with pan pastels and inked the edges. Backed the papers on red cardstock and created a background.

Karon - I have used a couple of CD's to make my card this week.  First there is Winnie, from the Double Sprinkles of Kraft CD,  I coloured her with my alcohol markers and popped her up, as well as the flowers.  The patterned papers came from the new Cherry Blossom Lane CD and I have layered them up on some red card stock.  I added a little bit of tulle and a button to finish off.

Alethea - I found this theme a bit of a challenge as I'm not a fan of red and pink together so it's not

totally red and pink like some of the other cards. My images and papers are from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD and the sentiment is from the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD. I used this gorgeous pre-coloured image and layered it on a spellbinders die, then finished the card with buttons, flowers, pearls and ribbon and some kindyglitz for a bit of sparkle!!

  

Monica - Usually I don´t use red and pink together. I think it´s hard to match them in the same project and this week was really a challenge to me. But at the end of the journey, I really liked it. I made my card this week using these two CD's: Cherry Blossom Lane CD (I love all the papers on this CD) and Studio 12 CD Picknix collection 1. Everything is distressed with brown makeup. The flower was my creation, some laces and rustic strings,  and a gem to finalize it. And as always, I wrote with my own handwriting the sentiment. Have a great week and good luck. xxx



Miria  I made this big tag using gorgeous Alice in Wonderland stamp set, you can find it on offer in the shop now :) I dabbed the manila cardstock with Distress, sprayed with water, let dry and stamped. I coloured all the images with Distress as well and cut them out. To give dimension I add some corrugated paper, die cuts and a bottle cap with a button

Anne  This week I played with the new Cherryblossom Lane CD.  This is my new favourite so all I've added was a little red ink around the edges and some bakers twine to finish the card.

Lidia  For my card this week I've used the cute fairy Maggie combined with some bright polka dot paper from the Sundae of Seasons CD . I added a glittery heart and button bow to embellish my creation.

Patty  I used a girl from Pretty Sweet CD.  My card  has 3 layers of white, red and pink and I used Prismacolor pencils to colour the girl. This is a birthday card for a little girl.

 

You have until 12 noon on Sunday 10 February to enter and good luck!

Lots of Layers Plus Pink and Red

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