Week 41 - Anything Goes - PolkadoodlesCrafting

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It's Inspiration Week for our 
Anything Goes Challenge

You can find it HERE

Our winner of the challenge will receive a $10 gift voucher to the Polkadoodles Download Store.

You have until Noon, GMT, Friday 21st October to enter.

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

However, we do love seeing your fabulous makes with Polkadoodles images.

We only have a few little rules and they are over there in the side bar ----->

Our Winner and Top 3 of our Anything Goes Challenge Weeks  38/39  

will be announced at the end of this post....

Now onto the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

Lou: I have again used the wonderful Festive Christmas soup stamps to create my card. I have kept my colour palate very autumnal with reds, golds and green. Except for the ribbon and lace, Everything else has been created using the stamp sets

Scatty Jan I adore the colours of Autumn and for my project this week I decorated a large leaf shaped card using the wonderful  Autunm Fall digi stamp collection, of course the star of the show had to be Mr Scarecrow. The Paper used is from Work and Play 10 Country Life 

Anjie - I have used the frabjous Winnie In Wonderland Collection CD to make  this. You can also get this in a download format HERE, and in smaller separate items HERE.

I have used Tweedledee image twice here.

Bev here with my seasonal inspiration, Autumn is my favourite time of year so I chose to use it as Colouring Therapy.... using Inspiring Foliage

Tracy - today I have used Serenity Earthstar and tag from Serenity collection. Loved colouring her in and using the Autumn colours 

Gail - I've gone for  Halloween make, a pre-made wooden stand decorated using spooktastic images from the Sundae of Seasons collection, available on CD-Rom here.

Katrina - I love the colour of trees in the autumn so for my inspiration card I've stamped a few tumbling leaves using the 'poinsettia' petal from the new Festive Christmas Soup stamps and coloured them with diluted Brushos. The sentiment was printed from the Daisydays CD straight onto some watercolour paper and I extended the twirly bits with a black fineliner pen.

Michelle  For this project I have used the Festive Christmas Collection  I love this collection so easy to make your christmas cards you can get them done so quick and easy

Claire C I've been playing with some of the gorgeous new Polkadoodles dies to make this card. I love these dies and they cut beautifully. I used Bubblicious Frames to create the base and layers. I made the little window using the Versatile Door/Window Die. The flowers and branches were created using Cherry Blossom Branch and Flowers 2. The sentiment is from Lemonade Fizz Stamp Soup set.

Ruth:  I've used the Twiggy and Toots cd to make a card for my Mum's birthday.  I covered the chipboard letters with paper and then coloured with Promarkers.  Chocolate colours always remind me of autumn.....!

Such fabulous creations!

Now onto our Winner and Top 3 of our Anything Goes Week 38/39 Challenge

The Winner, chosen by Random Org, is.....

8 - Lucy Woods

Please email us HERE to claim your prize of $10 worth of downloads quote code PD41001wk38

from the digi store.

Here is your Winners Badge to display on your blog...

Onto our Top 3, and in no particular order, chosen by the DT.....

32 -Lucy Woods Lucky week for you 
42 - Elena F
93 - Vicky

Here is the Top 3 Badge for your blogs...

Congratulations to everyone.  We thank you all for taking part in our challenges.

We love coming o visit and seeing all your wonderful creations.

Now it's over you....

You can enter our current challenge

ANYTHING GOES 

HERE
See you next week!

Week 13 - Use a Die - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge

Happy Friday Everyone!! 
Firstly, make sure you check out the Polkadoodles store this weekend as we have a brand new release coming your which is just to die for! 

and if you use the code COUNTRY at the checkout you can save 15% until 31st March!

Its time for a brand new challenge - The theme is 

Use a Die
You can make anything you like -  maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this week
The rules are in the side bar over there ----->

Remember, you do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

You have until 12 noon. GMT, Friday 10th April to enter.
Our Random Winner of this challenge will win a copy of our gorgeous 
OCTAVIA COLLECTION

Now let's see what the Design Team have been up to.

Naz -  The image I have used here is the Bride/Princess Color digi from the Work & Play Collection 9 - Love & Kisses - I have added some glitter accent and a pearl to the image for embellishment. All the papers I've used on this card are from the same collection. I've used some distress ink on the edges of the papers.I have finished off the card with a sentiment and a heart banner.

Jenny - I've used the pretty collection Cherry Blossom Lane for my card this week. We all use dies quite a lot so for this card I decided to go back to a bit of decoupage.  My die is a Tattered Lace one and is very useful. I hope you can come on over for a visit to see what I did to make this.

Ruth:  This was a special Birthday card for a Manchester City mad lady - I used the Work and Play Footballer Girl digi stamp and coloured her up with Promarkers.  The die used is the grass Sizzix die and I hand wrote the Birthday flag.

Anjie - The image and papers are from the Work and Play 6 CD. This is also available as a download HERE. Or you can just buy the Landlord digi image HERE. I've coloured him with my Graph'It Markers. I have used a Spellbinders die to cut the image out, a Marianne die for the clock and a Tattered Lace die for the bottle and the sentiment.

Bev here and his fortnight I've made a card is for my neighbour. Pretty Tuff is a fab resource for male cards. I used pencils to colour in Dylan, The papers and sentiment are all from the CD. The hb2u lettering is from another fab CD Cherryblossom Lane but coloured in with Graph'its to change the colour.

Susan ~ Happy Friday everyone and believe it or not I have used a die, but most of it is covered with embellishments. I have used the Stunning Eden  collection yet againI have used Graph'it Markers and Pencils to colour her.

Anita ~ Hello there today I brought to you paper from the sugarplum daisy collection and flowers from sundae of seasons and used the gorgeous piper with bunches and yes I used 1 die and coloured with alcohol markers.

Ria: For my card I used the Work and Play 8 collection Music. I coloured guitar girl with alcohol markers and enhanced her skin with pencils. The white dots are made with a white Molotow marker. The 2 red star dies are not from this collection everything else on my card is from the Music collection.

Claire C I've used lots of papers, embellies, flowers and butterflies from the gorgeous Octavia Moonfly collection (which you can get as a download here or on CD here). There are so many goodies in this collection I went into a bit of a printing frenzy so I didn't need to add much else, just a little lace and some die cut flourishes.

Jane: I have used "Amelia Contemplating" image from the Pretty Sweet collection (which is available as a digi download). Papers are from the Pretty Sweet CD. I have added a window die cut as my embellishment.

Wendy -  I've made a notelet set for this challenge. Inside the box are 4 mini cards, which have all been printed directly onto with colour co-ordinating papers from the Rose Budd Collection. The images on each notelet are pre-coloured and from the same collection, however each can be bought as an individual stamp aswell. here  Miss Rose, Miss Constance, Miss Harriet & Miss Hetty.

 

What stunning makes the team have made!

Remember, our the theme is 

Use a Die
You can make anything you like -  maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this week
The rules are in the side bar over there ----->

Remember, you do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

You have until 12 noon. GMT, Friday 10th April to enter.
Our Random Winner of this challenge will win a copy of our gorgeous 
OCTAVIA COLLECTION

Looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations again and thanks for joining us this week!

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Wk 13...SPRING IS IN THE AIR - Polkadoodles Challenge

Hi everyone.  It's inspirational Friday, here at Polkadoodles.   More wonderful creations for our

 Spring is in the Air Challenge.

It's officially Spring now, so we need to see lots of Spring flowers and colours, to bring that sunshine back in your life.  You could get those Mother's Day cards made (if you haven't already) and then Easter is not that far off either.  

Nikky has been at it again with another new release this week!  Work and Play 2 Collection.

And of course the fabulous Work and Play 1 is available too!

If you want to see some great samples and inspiration you can see Nikky on Create and Craft TV on Monday 31st with a Colouring Crazy with Graph'It markers show at 9am! Worth tuning in for all those colouring hints and tips!...

Our winner, drawn by Random Org, for week 10/11 Mums the Word

who wins a copy of the fabulous Work and Play 1 Collection, is...

#33 Leean
email us here to claim your prize!
In your email please quote the code PDWK10001 and you have two weeks to claim your prize!

In no particular order our Top 4 (we couldn't narrow it down this week) are..

#2 Anet

#11 Lady E

#29 Sharon 

#34 Papersniffer

Well done everyone and don't forget your blinkies.

Now for our fabulous DT inspiration.

Anjie - On my card this week the image is from the new Work and Play 2 CD, as are the papers. I have added some die cuts and flowers from my stash. I have used a red distress ink on the die cuts and bottom flower. I have used the Dutch Doobadoo Mask/Stencil Art A5 - Flower Swirl to create the embossed panel behind the image.

The image is coloured with Graph'It Markers and the colours I used are:

Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170, 4175, 4135

Hair: 1210, 1230, 1250, 3110, 3180

Apron: 9503, 9504, 9505

Reds: 5210, 5215, 5220

Karon - Hi everyone.  I dream of Spring at the moment, loads of snow still on the ground here in Canada. However, being able to play with these fabulous CD's this week, really cheered me up.  I decided to use the Bird house template off the Candy Doodles Collection CD.  My papers and the birdies are from the Love and Cherish CD.  I added a picket fence, after all every house should have a white picket fence and some butterflies; these are from the Sundae of Seasons CD.  More details are my blog :-)

Kerrie - I got quite a bit excited about the Spring Theme of this challenge and started thinking of Daisies and Yellow which are two things I love about the Season. Ive made an Easel card with a set of Drawers underneath. I chose to use the CDrom 'Sundae of Seasons', I love the Ragdoll Characters from the collection and all the fun Images. All the Papers and Embellishments are from the same CDrom too. I just had to use these cute Bee's and Daisies. I've mixed it up with the Dutch Doobadoo Honeycomb Mask. More details about my Project are over on my Blog xx

JAN - I used one of my all time favourite CDs this time to create my Spring themed card. All papers, image and elements are from the 'Sugarplum Daisy CD' with a little added ribbon, a die-cut and some flowers for extra embellishment.

Claire C - I've used the gorgeous singer from the new Work and Play collection 1, the sentiment and backing paper are from the same cd - soooooo pretty . The image is coloured with Graph'It Markers and I've added lots of flowers, lace and ribbon from my stash

Sally - My card today hasn't any characters as I decided to do this lovely little flower pot card made from plain cardstock and papers from the Sugar Plum Daisy CD Rom.  I cut out a template for the card and matted one of the papers on the front. I then cut out a border to go around the flower put to keep it together, I then added a tag and bow.  I then cut out some cream card and matted it on the brown cardstock for the flower tag.  I stamped Happy Mother's Day at the bottom and then added my punched out flowers from the two background papers, added little buttons for the centres. I also die cut a flowery twine and cut it in half and put it at the back of the flowers.  I really love how this has turned out.

You have until Friday 4th April at noon GMT to enter - click HERE to take you to Mr Linky.

Only a few rules for you to remember

1. No Backlinks

2. Please follow the challenge theme!

3. Maximum of 2 entries per person!

So looking forward to seeing what you create! See you next week!

Week 12...SPRING IS IN THE AIR - Polkadoodles challenge

Happy Friday and time for a new challenge!
Firstly, we have a little reminder for you this week -

Nikky will be on Create and Craft TV next Tuesday 25th March at 8am 

with something fabulous and brand NEW and it's top secret right now! 

It will be launched exclusively on the show so make sure you watch or hit record! 

She will also be back on the 

same day, Tues 25th March at 11am and 1pm for another two hours which are mega exciting !!!!

and she will be teaming up with someone else who we all know and love in the crafting industry - so make sure you watch these shows too because it is SO exciting!!!!

Despite the turn in the weather this weekend, Spring is just around the corner and we're all getting our spring colours of card and pens out. So we had to challenge you this week with...
Spring is in The Air
Yes, we want to see all your lovely spring/floral themed projects, a perfect opportunity to get those Mother's Day cards and Easter projects made!

You have until 4th April to enter this challenge and the Random Winner will be announced here on 11th April.
Our random winner for this challenge will receive a copy of our Work and Play collection worth £10!

The Random winner of our Week 8 and 9 challenge Sugar and Spice is 
No 1 RIA - well done! Email us here to claim your prize and please quote Reference PD121 to claim your prize!

and our Top 3 chosen by the Design Team are
#16 Suzi
#33 Julie
#43 Julie
Well done everyone, thanks for joining us and don't forget to grab your blinkies!

Let's get to the Design Team inspiration - they have some fantastic makes for you today! ......

Katie Yeah Spring is here!  I cannot wait to see my first little lamb. But with this weeks inspiration I thought I would go 3D. I used the digi image from Emma Canning and the backing paper I used for the swirls on the bird cage was from Bon Bon Bells CD . Have fun with this challenge and Keeeeeeeeeeep Crafting Katie xx

Scatty Jan - ohhhh what great fun I had making my project this week - I cut out the wheelbarrow on my portrait and then I used the fantastic CD Bonbon Belles and cut out the flowers and the butterfly.

Bev here with this weeks DT piece a cute little shaped tag. It's made using the oh so versatile Sundae of Seasons CD Rom this is all printed out using one sheet!  All I added from my crafty stash was a button, a bit of sparkle and some raffia around the handle.

Shell-For my "Spring is in the air" card I have made a card in a box, I did cheat a little and used a cutting file to make the box...I'm rubbish at measuring lol....The image is off the Fredericka mini collection and the sentiments are from the Fairy Flutterfly stamp sets (half price at the moment too)

And here is a photo from the side. The layers on the box have been embossed and inked with distress ink...I went with yellow for this challenge cause it always reminds me of the daffs in spring.

Susan - For my challenge card I have used Papers and an image from the new Work and Play 1 CD
I used Graph.It markers to colour the image,( List of Graph'Its used can be found on my blog )
Looking forwards to seeing all your entries.

Patty - I made a Birthday card using papers from Candy Doodles and the Girl is from Sugar Daisy I accent her colors using color pencils, then I stamped the flower from Fairy Flutterfly Stamps on pink and yellow CS cut them and put them together and added one Doodle Dewdrop to each of the flowers. And finished my card with the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Stamp Doodles Rubbers stamps set. I had so much fun making this card and  love how it turned out.

Ruth: I've gone literally this week and made an exploding box with springy MUM letters! The papers are from Pen and Paper Circle issue 9 and I've used a Sizzix die to cut the letters and then added them to some craft wire which has been very much glued underneath the rolled flowers. I've added some clear doodle drop gems to the centres for extra sparkle - and they are reduced in the shop too!

I'm sure you 'll agree the inspiration from the team this week is just stunning! We'll see you back here next week, thanks for joining us! x

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Week 11...MUM's the WORD Polkadoodles Challenge Inspiration

Hi everyone, welcome to another Friday at Polkadoodles.
Today we are bringing you some additional inspiration for our current challenge from last week

Mum's the Word

Yep, we want to see all your Mother's Day/Mum projects!
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!

You can also get these adorable characters as digis from the store too on instant download! 

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 8 Challenge Sugar and Spice, can be found at the end of this post.  

But first we have some wonderful DT creations for your inspiration.

Scatty Jan I loved making up my project this time - I used the very, very scrummy CD Bonbon Belles - I chose the character Georgia who I coloured with Graph'it Markers Apart from the pink card all the elements and papers used are from the CD - A little Distress ink used around the edges and also some detail sparkle in the center of some flowers - The card shape was cut on my portrait but everything else I cut out by hand xx

Katie Not long now till we have to tell our mothers how much we really love them. Be it your Grandma, Mum, Friend or someone whom you love very very much a great way to show them how much they mean to you is a handmade card. This is because not only have you thought about them but you have taken time to make them something special. This card was made with a cutting pattern on my electronic cutting machine.  I have used backing paper from Pic N Mix Cd  . The ticket is from the Cherry Blossom CD . Have fun and give love to all the mums out there. Keeeeeeeeep Crafting Katie DT xx

Bev here with my take on this weeks challenge. I've used a couple of Cd Roms this week. The backing paper, striped border and oval 'Mum' sentiment are from Dolly Daydream Girl Talk and Billie the gorgeous digi stamp is from Fredericka which I coloured in with Graph'it Markers the colours used are on my blog. A couple of die cuts and a bit of bling brings the whole thing together.

Anjie - I have used a real mash up of products on this card. I started with 3 pieces of chip board and covered them in paper from the Wonderland CD-Rom. I distressed the papers with a distress ink and added faux stitching using the Graph'It Shake WHITE pen, which is a great pen. As you can see the colour is really strong and goes on in one go! I then created some panels using the same CD and technique. The letters are from the Magical Winter 2 CD-rom which proves the CD isn't just for Christmas. I have added the letters onto die cuts. I then printed out embellishments from the Sundae of Seasons CD-Rom and again used distress ink on them. And finally I printed out the heart shaped doilies from the All Around & Everywhere CD rom and distressed them too. I slightly altered the colours of the letters and doilies in a graphic program (MCS) to go with the project. I hope this gives you some inspiration to have a look through your older CD's and dust them off.

Shell- For my card this week, I have used one of the older cd roms from Polkadoodles. I simply printed a topper of the Love & Cherish CD. The actual card took about 15 mins to make but I spent hours going over the cd and finding all the things I had forgotten about...I cut the MUM on my cameo then simply added a few gems and some ribbon.

Susan - What a lovely challenge ,Mothers Day .I have used papers and an image from one of the new collections Girl Talk which is available on CD or download ,its an amazing bundle of everything you could wish for.

Ruth: I've gone back to Paper Boutique Vol 3 for my card! I printed all the elements plus some extra flowers in A5, cut everything out and then layered it up. The butterflies are chipboard that I've coloured with Promarkers. Sentiment tag is handwritten.

So there's our inspiration this week!

Remember you have until 21st March at noon to enter this one

just add your project to the LINK HERE

Our Random Winner from Week 8 is

#37 Jo L

Well done Jo! You've won a goody bag worth £50!! Email us here to claim your prize!

The Design teams top 3 were:

#16 Suzi

#33 Julie P

#37 Jo

We look forward to seeing all your great creations as always and we'll see you here again next week!