Week 9 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Tic Tac Toe

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Hello everyone - Happy Friday!

This week is inspiration week here at Polkadoodles for our 

Tic Tac Toe
Challenge
You can enter it Here

You can make Anything you like as long as it follows the theme. Remember, you do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges. The few rules we do have, are over there in the side bar ---> You have until Noon GMT, Friday 11 March  to enter and our Random winner for this challenge will receive a $10 voucher to the Polkadoodles download store.

The winners from Lucky Green can be found at the bottom of this post

Now, let's take a look at what the Design Team have for you...

Katrina - I'm thrilled to be doing my third challenge at Polkadoodles and I love this sort of theme.  I found some cat charms in my stash so decided to make a card with the cute little kitty on the Sticks and Bones CD. The background papers are also from the CD but I've made the tiger skin look fuzzy using CraftArtist.

Ruth:  I've managed to complete the top horizontal line and also the central vertical line!  All elements are from the Sticks and Bones collection plus I've added chocolate brown card from my stash, a cute dino charm, twine and some dewdrops to finish off.

Caz - For my Tic Tac Toe, I chose to go with Wings/Tag/Flowers..Made a Tag box using the gorgoeus image Serenity-fairy-kisses...Also available in the Serenity-fairy-wishes-download-bundle. Papers used on box and for tags are from Baby-boom-download-bundle. Large flower is a cutting file Flowers-1-cutting-file. Rest are from my stash.

Anjie - I chose to use the bottom line, wings, tag and flower. Everything I have used on my make is from the Sticks and Stones collection. I coloured the image with my pens and fussy cut around it. I printed out lots of embellies, word art and tags and fussy cut them too. I stuck them all onto strips of acetate to make them look like they are floating in mid air. More photos and how to make the box are on my blog.

Anita - I chose to use the bottom line, Wings, Tag and flower. I usual like to mix all nikky's collection to show how they compliment each other, but this week I have used one which is the Octavia Moonfly collection so much to choose you be spoilt for choice. Octavia  Moonfly Rose Garden is also available as a digi download Here.

Mia - I choose the middle line, Animals, Nature and Tag. I used the Sticks & Bones collection to create my card. I used my Brother Scan 'n' Cut to fussy cut around all the elements and to create my mats and layers. For more information please check out my blog.

Bev here with my tic, tac, toe inspiration I opted for the horizontal middle row, Polkadots, Nature & Lace. I used Work & Play 10, Countrylife for my creation, this week. I cheated and used a pre coloured image) but I've mixed it up a bit by having the picure on the inside and greeting on the outside!

Claire C I love this challenge theme, such fun!!! I went for a full house making this quick card using lots of elements from the gorgeous new collection Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime  Collection which you can find here as a CD or if you prefer you can get it as a download here. I'd got it all finished and realised I'd forgot to add a tag, I'll have to try a bit harder next time

Our winner (chosen by random org) for Lucky Greens is.....

Well done! You have won a $10 gift certificate to the Polkadoodles Download store.

Please contact us HERE and quote PD09001wk06

21 - Tinz

Our Design Team favourite Top 3 are....

11 - Jen

14 - Elena

15- Wendy

Congratulations everyone!  Don't forget to collect your winners badges from the side bar.

Thanks to everyone who enters, we really enjoy coming to see your creations each week.

 You can enter the *Tic Tac Toe* challenge Here

Week 6 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Lucky Green

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Happy Friday Everyone!
We have a new challenge for you and our theme is

Lucky Green

You can make anything you like for the challenge, as long as it follows the theme.

You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

Our rules are over there in the side bar ---->

You have until Noon, GMT, Friday 26th February to enter

Our random winner for this challenge will win 
 $10 of downloads from the store

Now lets take a look at the fabulous creations this week...

We're thrilled to have the lovely Katrina joining us as a Guest Designer again this week, we are loving her creations!....

Katrina - So happy to be taking part once again as Guest Designer.  I couldn't resist using the Sticks and Bones collection for my latest creation.  I have made a Good Luck with your Driving Test card. This image is also available as a digi download for you to colour, Riding High.

Ruth:  Can't resist a cute good luck!  Everything (apart from the dino charm) is from the Sticks and Bones collection - I've layered up using foam pads and added glossy accents to the letters for a more prehistoric look!

Anjie - Everything I have used on the card is from the collection. I have used a background scene image but printed some extra houses out and decoupaged them. I have also mounted the tree and all the dinos on 3D foam to make then stand out.

Julie -- 'Lucky Green' -  perfect for the new, fun Polkadoodles Sticks and Bones Collection! Available in CD and Digital Download.  I thought a green dinosaur would make the perfect friendship card. The papers, alphabet (spelling out 'Roar'), sentiment, and dinosaur are all from the Sticks and Bones collection.

Caz - For my lucky green creation i have used the cute digi image called  Just sitting here...I have sat her on the pre coloured image Tortoise-turtle-5.  These can also be found, along with the frame, and papers..In the fab Sticks n Bones collection, either on cd. or if you prefer download.

Bev here with something a bit different (for me) this week I used the Sticks and Bones collection to make a keyring. It's such a cute collection. I can't put it down!

Anita - Hi everyone I'm back with a collection I have never used before and so glad I did ,
Dollie goes East Collection and for the backing paper just to show how nikky's collections work so well together I have chosen my backing paper from the yummy Rose Budd cd Collection.

Claire C I've used lots of elements from the fabulous new Polkadoodles collection 'Sticks and Bones' which you can find here as a CD or here as a download, the paper, image, sentiment flowers and leaves are all printed from the CD and just added some embossed card, Doodle Dewdrops and a few little pearls from my stash. 

What fantastic makes from the team!

Can't wait to see what you come up with, we love visiting your blogs 

to take a look  at your wonderful creations.

Remember only 2 entries per person please.

Don't forget to check back next week for more inspiration and the winners of our Love & Romance challenge - Have a great week!

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Week 5 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Love and Romance

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Hello everyone.  Happy Friday!

This week is inspiration week here at Polkadoodles for our 

Love and Romance 
Challenge
You can enter it Here

You can make Anything you like as long as it follows the theme. Remember, you do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges. The few rules we do have, are over there in the side bar ---> You have until Noon GMT, Friday 12 February to enter and our Random winner for this challenge will receive a $10 voucher to the Polkadoodles download store.

The winners from Winter Birthday can be found at the bottom of this post

We are so pleased to have the lovely Katrina joining us, hope you will stop by and see her lovely makes you can find her blog here

Now, let's take a look at what the Design Team have for you...

Katrina - Thank you so much for having me as a Guest Designer, I am thrilled to bits.  For this challenge I have made a shaker card using an image from the Work and Play 9 'Love and Kisses' collection which I have coloured in with Graph'It markers.  The papers are from the Pretty Sweet CD, Pretty Tuff CD and Work and Play CD 6 and the sentiment is from the Cherryblossom Lane CD.  You can find instructions on my blog :-)

Nikky...I used the Polkadoodles Lilybug collection for this cute card - such a lovely image to colour and perfect for love and romance...

Julie -- There are so many collections in the Polkadoodles store that would be excellent for our "Love and Romance" challenge! I used Cupid from the Work and Play 9 Digital Collection. It's also available in a CD.  I colored Cupid with Copic markers.  The designer papers and the sentiment tag are all part of the Work and Play 9 - Love and Kisses Digital Download.

Anjie - I have used the pretty Rose Budd collection for everything on this. You can also get the image, Miss Charlotte as a clear stamp. I've cut out the balustrade and mounted it on 3D foam to make it look like she is stood behind it. I have used my Graph'It Markers to colour her.

Caz..For my creation i have used everything from the fab new collection Sticks n Bones collection available as a download.  or if prefer a cd.  Ive used the pre coloured image called Ride with me. More detail on my blog.

Bev here with my inspiration this week. I'm currently addicted to the Sticks and Bones collection and coloured this digi up with my Graph'it markers, everything else except the distress ink, markers, ribbon & gems is from the collection.

Ruth:  I've gone a bit cute for this challenge!  Used the very delightful Winston cd to make an Anniversary card for a male - just enough cute and blue to make it work!  A bit of light distressing and it's good to go!

Anita - hi there everyone today I had fun playing with the Work and play 9 - Love and Kisses collection I have chosen Cupid and the yummy backing paper is from this collection too, I have coloured using pencils.

Claire C I've made this card using one of the gorgeous images and some of the precoloured embellies from the new Sticks and Bones collection, the image is called Aim High and you can find him here as a digi stamp or you can get the whole collection here. I cut the image out and popped him on to the large heart with 3d foam pads and layered it all up over a sheet of acetate to help it stand up.

Such great makes this week, we love them all and can't wait to see what you come up with too!

Our winner (chosen by random org) for Winter Birthday is.....

16 - Shirley

Well done! You have won a $10 gift certificate to the Polkadoodles Download store.

Please contact us HERE and quote PD05001Wk02

Our Design Team favourite Top 3 are....

2 - Sheena

10 - Traceymo

13 - Beatriz

Congratulations everyone!  Don't forget to collect your winners badges from the side bar.

Thanks to everyone who enters, we really enjoy coming to see your creations each week.

 You can enter the *Love & Romance* challenge Here

Week 2 - Polkadoodles Crafting - Winter Birthday

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Happy Friday Everyone!
We have a new challenge for you and our theme is

Winter Birthday

You can make anything you like for the challenge, as long as it follows the theme.

You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

Our rules are over there in the side bar ---->

You have until Noon, GMT, Friday 29th January to enter

Our random winner for this challenge will win 
 $10 of downloads from the store

Now lets take a look at the fabulous creations this week...

Julie -- This is Winston, and he's celebrating!  Why?  His birthday is in January, and we're having this Winter birthday Challenge with him in mind! The Full CD collection can be found here.  The Digital Craft download can be found here.  The pre-printed image, sentiment tag, and Kraft paper are from the Winston Deluxe collection.  The Wintery blue designer paper is from the Frosted Winter Octavia Collection (digital download) or CD.

Ruth:  Perfect for an avid Blackburn Rovers fan who has just turned 10!  Papers and pre coloured digi image taken from Work and Play Vol 6.  I resized the papers to print A5 size and used my own number templates.  I printed the pre-coloured image to save time.

Caz -For my winter birthday creation i have made a shadow box card..Using the gorgeous Octavia-Winter Time...This digi is also available in the Frosted Winter-Octavia collection. Either on Cd, or if you prefer as a Download. Background is from the fab Twiggy n Toots Festive Fun.. More detail on my blog.

Anjie - I've changed the colours of some of the papers and embellishments from the Octavia Frosted Winter collection in the My Craft Studio program to dark winter colours. I then coloured the fab Oddella Bow image in with my Graph'It Markers to match the papers and embellies. I used the same markers to colour a white piece of card to use as a mat behind the image. I raised the embellies onto 3D foam. Just look how real the bow looks and it's card! Then I cut a sentiment and again coloured it to match. Finally I added some glitter to the foliage die and flower embellie to make it look like frost.

Bev here with my take on a winter birthday. I started with a blue/grey colour combo and coloured the delightful Piper up (colours used are on my blog) & sat her on a fence from Octavia Frosted Winter, the backing paper and flower embellishment are from the same collection. I can't wait to see what you come up with x

Claire C I've used a cool colour palette to create this winter birthday card. I've used papers and embellies from the fabulous Octavia Frosted Winter Collection (available as a CD here or a download here) and combined them with one of the beautiful images from the Serenity Collection (you can get the full collection here or the image 'Serenity Blossom' as a digi here) The image is coloured with Lyra pencils and I've added some silver glitter for a little frosty sparkle

Lou: I decided to make a winter birthday present using a cool colour palate. I have used Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun papers and the owl bag template (which I have tweaked). A small tutorial of how I did it, is on my blog.

What fantastic makes from the team

Can't wait to see what you come up with, we love visiting your blogs 

to take a look  at your wonderful creations.

Remember only 2 entries per person please.

Don't forget to check back next week for more inspiration and the winners of our *Anything Goes Challenge*

Have a great week

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Week 1 - Polkadoodles Crafting - Anything Goes

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Hello everyone. Happy New Year to you all

This is week 2 for our  challenge it's everyone's favourite

ANYTHING GOES

You will have until Friday 15th January 2016 to enter,
As a special for Christmas/New Year we will choose TWO WINNERS for this challenge who will both receive a $20 voucher for downloads in the Polkadoodles Store!

Don't forget you do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

We only have a few rules and they are over there in the side bar ----> Please, only 2 entries per person - thank you.

You can enter the challenge Here

Now, let's take a look at what the Design Team have for you

Ruth:  I've made another gift card wallet this week but used papers from Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun.  Again, no actual template used - just made it up as I went along!  I've recycled a thick kraft envelope as my base and then added papers from the cd plus the sentiment.  Quick and easy!

Caz-For my Anything goes creation i have made a shadow box card. Using  the lovely Octavia. Best Friends..Available as a single digi Here. Papers are from the fab Rose Budd collection available as a Cd or as a Download.Flowers are a cutting file available Here

Bev here with an easel card made using the fabulous Twiggy & Toots collection. Due to being poorly over the holiday I used one of the design sheets to make a quick card.

Anjie - I have used a pre-coloured image and sentiment from the Octavia Moonfly download collection to create a CAS card. You can also buy this collection as a CD should you wish to do so. 

Julie -- I've been wanting to color up this image for a long time, and the Anything Goes Challenge gave me the perfect chance.  This is Octavia Moonfly, Washing Day.  You can get the full collection here in CD or digital download.  The designer paper and sentiment are from the same collection.  The card shape, also from Polkadoodles, is Elegant Card 3.

Our winner (chosen by random org) for our  Traditional Christmas is.....

15- Pamellia

Well done! You have won a $10 gift certificate to the Polkadoodles Download store.

Please contact us HERE and quote PD01001Wk50

Our Top 3

16- Jane

41- Nela

 48- Bernadette

Congratulations everyone!  Don't forget to collect your winners badges from the side bar.

Thanks to everyone who enters, we really enjoy coming to see your creations each week.

 You can enter the *Anything Goes* challenge Here

Week 49- Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Traditional Christmas

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Happy Friday Everyone!
We have a new challenge for you and our theme is

Traditonal Christmas

You can make anything you like for the challenge, as long as it follows the theme.

You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

Our rules are over there in the side bar ---->

You have until Noon, GMT, Friday 18th December to enter

Our random winner for this challenge will win 
 $10 of downloads from the store

Now lets take a look at the fabulous creations this week...

Ruth:  I've made a gift card wallet and used papers printed from Picknix 3:  Nordic Winter and added a bow made from contrasting papers.  No template used for the wallet - I just made it up as I went along!  The chunky button I found in my stash (attached with a fair amount of glossy accents) and the bow slides off so you can open the wallet.

Naz - The image I have used here on this project is called "OWL IN A PEAR TREE" and it is part of the "TWIGGY & TOOTS FESTIVE FUN" collection.

I used Lyra pencils and Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen to colour the image and then added some

Glitter Snow.

The sentiments are also from the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Collection.

Caz.- I have gone along with the Reds and Greens for my easel christmas card...And ive used the cute Happy Christmas Digi available as a single digi here...Also the Digi, Papers, sentiment. And  the Candy cane and holly leaves cutting file...Can be found in this fab collection..Available as a DOWNLOAD. Or if you prefer on a CD.

Julie -- I've spent the week decorating the nursing home where I work.  I've seen all the tinsel, baubles, and glitter I need to see for quite some time now, so you won't see too much of it on this project.  I used the Picknix 3 -- Nordic Winter Collection on this card.  It is available in digital download for instant gratification (yes!) or in CD.

Bev here with a little hybrid crafting. I too used Picknix 3, Nordic Winter to make my traditional Christmas card. Its fabulous for all your Christmas crafty projects and you can download it instantly here too so ideal for those of you (like me) who have left everything until the last minute.

Anjie -  I've used papers and embellishments from the amazing Picknix 2 Gingerbread Twist collection.  I've printed this onto 300gsm cream card and then used my scanNcut to cut all the embellishments out. The base card is an 8x8 cream card. I've decoupaged the Santa image to make it stand out even more. Please visit my blog for more info and more photos.

Claire C We're spoiled for choice this week as there are so many gorgeous Christmassy goodies in the Polkadoodles store!! I've used lots of goodies from the  Picknix 2 Gingerbread Twist collection. to create this card. All the precoloured images and embellies are so handy for this busy time of year.

What fantastic makes from the team!

Can't wait to see what you come up with, we love visiting your blogs 

to take a look  at your wonderful creations.

Remember only 2 entries per person please.

Don't forget to check back next week for more inspiration and winner of our *White and one other colour challenge*

Have a great week!

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Week 48 -Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - White and One other Colour

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Happy Friday Everyone!

Here we are for Week 2 of our challenge

White and one Other

The winner of this challenge will receive a $10 voucher for the store!

You can make anything you like for the challenge, as long as it follows the theme.

You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

Our rules are over there in the side bar ------>

You can link up your entry
Here

You have until Noon, GMT, Friday, 4th December  to enter.

Our Winner and top 3 for our challenge Autumn/ Fall can be found at the bottom of this post

Before we share the DT's wonderful projects, we are very pleased to welcome another two new members to the Polka Doodles family
Caz  and Lorna

Now onto this weeks Inspiration here at Polkadoodles

Naz - For this project I have used AMELIA CONTEMPLATING from Polkadoodles.

I coloured her using Copics and Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen.
The sentiment I have used for this project is from Work and Play 10 - Country Life.
These sentiments are the ones I've been using a lot on my projects, I like the look of circle sentiments.

Lorna I have used Twiggy n Toots Festive Fun Collection available as a CD. or if you prefer as a Download. More details can be found on my blog

Caz ..For my project, I have  gone with Red and White...I have made a Owl Gift bag..Really enjoyed making this bag.  So easy to make..And defo intend making more...They are fab..The Owl Bag template can be found on Twiggy n Toots Festive Fun Collection available as a CD. or if you prefer as a Download. Sentiment and tag can also be found in this collection..Along with papers ive used..(except lashes).

Ruth:  I've been busy making baby cards - there is an abundance of expectant mums at work!  I've used a cute spotty pink paper from the Serenity paper bundle download, made some large letters and then added my own twist to the banner.

Jessie - For my one colour plus white I chose brown, and went with every shade of brown that exists in my Polychromos set, so I used white plus 10 different shades of brown to colour up Octavia Whistful. One piece of patterned paper from the Violin Theme Paper Collection frame the image perfectly for a super clean and simple card! 

Julie -- I started with a Kraft base, then used white with shades of brown.  I just HAD to use these two beautiful deer.  They are so sweet, they speak to me.  It's deer hunting season right now here in NW WI, and while I know we have more deer in this state than people, I still don't like hunting season.  This card is my tribute to all the deer out there.  You can get the image individually here.  The whole Frosted Winter Octavia Collection Digital Download can be found here.  If you're more patient than me, and want the CD, that link is here. The shaped card design I used on this is also from Polkadoodles.  This is Elegant Card 2 SVG cutting file.  The sentiment is a freebie, found in the Polkadoodles store.

Bev here with my inspiration post. Anyone up to there eye's in 'stuff' at the moment with little time for crafting? So I made a quick card this week using the Winston collection & not a character in sight. There's just so much within the collection if you haven't tried it please do you won't be disappointed x

Claire C I've gone for a sepia tone for my little altered notebook and coloured up the beautiful  digi stamp 'Cinders'  (you can find her here). I've coloured the image with my Lyra pencils and used her to cover a little notebook, adding ribbon, lace bead trim and a little flower. I've inked around the edges with distress inks and added a little gilding wax to finish off

Anjie -  I have used 2 papers and lots of embellishments from the fabulous Picknix 3, Nordic Winter collection.. I have distressed the edges of the papers and added some drawn lines for added interest.

Our Winner (chosen by random org) for our Autumn/Fall Challenge is...

55- Nick

You have won a $10 gift certificate to the Polkadoodles download store.

Please contact us HERE and quote PD47001Wk44 to claim your prize.

Our Top 3 this week

14 - Susan

44 - Crafting Vicky

53 - Jennifer

Don't forget to grab your winners badges from the side bar!

Congratulations to everyone, thanks to everyone that takes part in our challenges, we always appreciate you taking part and we love to see all your work each week - Happy Crafting!

You can enter our current challenge

White and one other colour

Here