Week 43 - Crafting Challenge at Polkadoodles - Add Sparkle, Bling or Glitter

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'Tis Friday, well it is!

Can only mean one thing - another week has gone by in the blink of an eye.

Talking of blinking :-)

Our theme for this fortnight is

Add Sparkle, Bling or Glitter

The winner of this challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate

to the Polkadoodles Download store :-)

Before you take a look at what the Design Team have on
offer for you this week,  why not go and take a look at the
What's New section of the Polkadoodles Store.

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more ;-)
Something totally awesome is waiting in the NEW section!! eeeek! We are SO excited!!! 

Ok now let's take a look at the Design Team inspiration for you.

Scatty Jan - For my card I have used the fantastic template from Twiggy and Toots collection I then used the uber cute little robin from Frosted Winter Collection. Also from that collection came the paper, and all the other elements. I cut some snow from white paper and glittered it up to finish.

Jackie - For my card this week I have continued to make good use of the brilliant collection of digi images in the Work and Play 5- Festive Hollybobs collection. It can be purchased as a cd or as a download and of course the digis can be purchased individually. The image here is Hollybobs Mistletoe Kiss. Details are on my blog.

Asha - I made a centre step card with image, paper and digital embellishments from the Angelberry Christmas CD. I coloured the Angel with Faber Castell Polychromos. You can also purchase the image as a separate download here - Angelberry Pressies. For that festive sparkle, I added bling, Stickles and sequins.

Jenny - For my card for the add some sparkle challenge is a big one! I used my Cameo to cut out the cards and it ended up with eight panels but I couldn't get them all on one picture. I edged all the pictures with glitter and also added glitter to the holly in the corners.  The images are all from the Octavia Frosted Winter Collection and I used the coloured ones for this.

Jessie - This challenge really stumped me, I use lots of basic things but glitter bling and all that is not a regular occurrence for me. So I started by blowing Odella with Bag up to fit a 5 1/4" x 3 7/8" panel to cover the entire front of my card, then I coloured her up with my Copic Markers. I decided that for my sparkle I would add some Wink of Stella in clear to the heart on her cheek as well as on her shirt (that is what the tiny white spots actually are.) Then when I finished that and matted it all and got the card built I remembered that Wink of Stella does not photograph well so I took one adhesive back rhinestone and adhered it to the heart on her shirt.

Ria -  For our Sparkle, Bling or Glitter challenge I choose this card with the pretty Serenity Stardust from the Serenity Collection. I coloured her with Pencils and added glitter(stickles) and I used my lovely glittery ribbon so love this I will cry my eyes out when it is all gone ;) hahaa well I hope you all join us .

Karon - I decided to make one final Halloween card for my challenge inspiration this week.  I used several of the new bundles for my creation.  Sentiment on the moon is from the Spooky Sentiments digi download, the papers are from the Halloween/Autumn Paper Heaven 1 download bundle, and everything else is from the Witchie Witchie 2013 download bundle :-)  I added glitter to the face pumpkin and the little bats :-)

Aunty Sue - Well when I think of Sparkle, Bling or Glitter and it is edging for Winter it just has to be a Christmas card. So what better than the fabulous Cd Octavia Frosted Winter. I have coloured my image with my Lyra Rembrandt Pencils and added snowflake embossing folder lots of Glitter card, gems and snowflake ribbon. A few dies to embellish and set the scene

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Wendy - For my glitter card, I've used one of the design sheets from Octavia Frosted Winter. I love these design sheets, they all have enough elements for at least 2-3 cards on a single sheet! I've teamed with some glittery pink card, lots and lots of Stickles and just a few Aurora Borealis stick on gems. Sparkle a plenty!

WOW - that should get you all inspired. So off you go and craft something amazing.

Then come back here and link it up to our challenge

Add Sparkle, Bling or Glitter

You have until Noon, GMT, Friday 6th November to enter.

Please remember only 2 entries per person.

And we only have a few little rules over there in the side bar ---->

Happy crafting everyone.

See you next week.

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Week 39 - Crafting Challenge at Polkadoodles - Favourite Card Shape

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Hellooo out there in blogland :-)
How are you all?  Have you all had a fabulous week?

Well, it's Friday and that means it's the start of a new challenge here at
Polkadoodles.

This fortnight's theme is

Favourite Card Shape
Now that could be absolutely anything
if it's your favourite then enter our challenge :-)

The winner of this challenge receive a $10 gift certificate to the Polkadoodles Downloads store :-)

You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.
The rules are over there in the side bar ------>

You have until Noon GMT, Friday 9th October to enter.

Are you looking for some fabulous and fun papers to make your
Halloween or Fall creations.

Then why not go and check out the latest additions to the store.



Some great paper bundles and fabulous Halloween digital images for
you to colour too :-)

The Design Team have been busy once again.  So let's see what they

have for your inspiration this week.

Scatty Jan - For my shaped card I have used the Work and Play 11 collection going for the golf theme.  I have used both the Male and Female Golfer although he is hidden - I coloured up with pencils . Everything used is from the collection - the images are available as digis too - Female Golfer  and Male Golfer.

Asha - My favourite card shape is rectangular. Not too boring when you have great material to work with. My card features images and papers from the Witchie Witchie CD, which is fabulously ghoulish and perfect for fun Halloween projects. I coloured the witch with pencils. She's called Witch Wendie and is also available as a separate download digi.

Ria -  Okay I think I will be the most boring one on the team as my favourite is Square cards... I just love to make them in all sizes. So for my card I used the papers and sentiment from the Work and Play 9 love and kisses collection.  And I used this gorgeous stamp called Winter Time from the Octavia Frosted Winter collection to show you that she is perfect for other occasions... She is coloured with pencils. 

Aunty Sue - Now for my card I have done a Stepper card. I just love these but do struggle with the measurements so is not my normal shape but one of my Favorites. My card features the fabulous CD - Octavia Frosted Winter. Oh the detail on these CD papers, embellishments and images are just awesome. You can find the cd/download in the shop HERE. I have coloured this with my Pens and used lots of embellishments and sentiment from the CD.

Karon - Now I made my favourite fold (the Z or S fold card) totally missing the point that it was favourite shape, but hey it's a shape right?!  I used the wonderful Winston collection for my card. Everything is from the collection and I added a little metal floral charm from my stash.  This is Etty's new Dress and she is also available as a single digi to download and colour.

Jenny - Here is my favourite shaped card, I love easel cards and the circle ones are just a little bit special. I have used Octavia Frosted Winter for my card and have printed onto photo paper as i used the collection but the image is also available as a stand alone digi.

  

Wendy - I'm really quite boring with my card shapes, my favourite is square. For this card I've used Spooky Mummy from this years Halloween release, the papers are from two different collections, Halloween/Autumn 2015 bundle 1 & bundle 2. The sentiment is from Spooky 2015 bundle and the frame is from the 2013 Witchie Witchie bundle.

Jackie - My creation for the favourite card shape is a box card. I have used the wonderful papers and pre-coloured digis from the Work and Play 5 Collection- Festive Hollybobs. Time to start getting ready for Christmas!

Fabulous inspiration from the ladies.

Our winners for the Shabby Chic challenge will be announced next Friday.

So now, it's over to you.

Get crafting and enter your card in this latest challenge.

Favourite Card Shape

You have until Noon GMT, Friday 9th October to enter.

Please remember only two entries per person.

We only have a few little rules, and we would hate for you to loose out on prizes.

The rules are over there in the side bar.

See you next week.

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Wk 7 - Digi Queens Colouring Inspiration

Hi everyone and welcome back to more inspiration from the

Digi Queens team!

Before we get to the inspiration, don't forget to pootle on over to the Digi Choosday blog today for another brand new challenge and chance to win some lovely digis! 

So let's see what the team are up to:

Cara - This week I chose to use the Witchie 2013 Digi image to make a Halloween tag. I coloured her with my Graph'it markers and added the silver glitter shake marker to all the highlights on her cloak and hat. I love Halloween and I've used this image soooo many times, she is one of my favourites.  I also used the Witchie 2013 Download bundle for the backing paper.

You can find the digi here:

Janine - Hi everyone, for this week's theme of Halloween I chose the gorgeous Witchie Skelton digi stamp together with elements from the Witchie Witchie bundle. I had great fun playing with Nikky's fab drawings which are so perfect for creating scenic cards.  Copic marker pens were used to colour the images, and the abstract background was made using Pan Pastels.

You can get the images here

Here is the list of Copics I used:

Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E02

Hair - YG03, YG11, V000, V01, V04

Bows - Y00, Y38, YR07, YR68

Tree - C2, C3, C5, C7, 100

Costume - C2, C3, C5, C7, 100 Y02, Y38

Pumpkin - Y00, YR04, YR07, YR68, W2, W3, YG03, YG06, YG663, YG67, 100 

Bats - C3, C5, V01

Mask - V000, V01, V04

Pan Pastels I used: Permanent Red, Phthalo Green Orange, Dairylide Yellow

Tait - Hi everyone, well I have been sick this week and didnt get a chance to make an actual card but I have coloured this really cute Little Witch from the Witchie Witchie collection. I have coloured her with copics and then to make it stand out a bit more I went around with edges with a light grey and yellow marker. I really love the way she has turned out and I hope you do too :D

Here is where you can find the image

 

Here are the copic markers I have used

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04

Hair - E41, E43, E57, E47

Purple - V01, V04, V06, V09

Orange - YR14, YR16, YR18

Black - C3, C5, C7, C9 

Christine - This week I used Amelia Witch Toad digi stamp for my Halloween themed card.  Although I generally live in a world of pink and pastels - I decided to go overboard with the deep colours.  I used a mix of Copics and Promarkers - then I dotted the background with a mixture of colours and blender pen to give a sort of magical effect!  This witch has a penchant for glitter too... through her hair, on her robe, and even on her socks!  The toad escaped though - you can see him looking a bit disgusted at all the shiney stuff landing around him!  The stars die is from MFT Dienamics - cut from glitter card, and the stars embossing folder is from Crafts Too.

You can purchase the digi image here:

Here's the list of Copics and Promarkers I used:

Grays/Blacks C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, 100

Greens G21, G07, Promarkers Pine and Fresh Meadow

Purples BV00, V17, Promarker Aubergine

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20

Fiona - The theme this week is Halloween and for my card I decided to go with this little digi called "Mummy"...funnily enough!!  I made the background using some of the images in the Witchie Witchie bundle.  The sentiment is also from the same bundle along with other fabby elements.  I used spectrum noirs to colour my image and glitter parts of the spooky tree...just for that extra moonlihgt spookyness!

Spectrum Noirs used:

EB1

EB2

GB8

GB10

IG2

IG4

IG6

Beverly - For this weeks Halloween theme card I decided to work with Amelia Witch she is jut too cute.  The pattern papers used is from my old stash and the die cutes are from MFT and Spellbinders.  To color this precious up I used my Copics and here is a list for you.

Skin - E000, E00, E02 R12

Hair - E19, YR14, YR18

Purple - V17, V15, V12

Green - G46, G43, G40

What fabulous makes we have again!

We'll be back again on Friday with another great Polkadoodles challenge so we'll see you then! Have a spookily good week!

Wk 4 Digiqueens with a Fabulous Freebie!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the fabulous

Digi Queens

The team are here with another great week of colour inspiration and ideas for you.  

And today we have a great FREEBIE for you - yes, it's just around the corner now so we thought we'd help your Autumn/Fall inspiration with a great Halloween image (just right click and save to your computer)....

Our standard Angel Policy applies so you are not permitted to share this image with anyone else or post it anywhere but feel free to send people here to get themselves.

Make sure you check the Polkadoodles download store this week - we have some lovely new digis up for grabs and if you are not yet a member of Polka Doodle Dandies on Facebook you should come over and join us as we have lots going on and freebies and special codes along the way for you.

Make sure you also head over to the Digi Choosday challenge today too - the team have some great projects and a fab challenge this week - plus you can win digis!!

Let's see what the team have made this week!

Nikky...I decided to colour in this lovely new digi which has just been added to the store recently, I just love her swirly cape! I've actually done something really different this week and coloured her with Pan Pastels of all things - such a cool result, I love it and I can see a new obsession about to start I think! 

You can get 2 different versions of this image - one with a Witchy Kitty and one with a Toad:

If you want to see how I coloured her with Pan Pastels you can see a YouTube tutorial over on our channel HERE and HERE 

Hi there Anita here :).....Today I bring to you a Gorgeous Halloween image called Mummy whom I coloured in with polychromos pencils.   I then fussy cut it along with the cat and mounted them with foam pads. I also used the awesome backing paper from Witchie witchy journal bundle you really should checkout the whole Halloween section over at there store....

mummy Get the digi here:

I used colours: Cold grey VI, Cold grey V, Cold grey IV, Cold grey III, Cold grey II, Cold grey I

Leah....Hello everyone, I chose to do a Halloween piece this week as well!  I colored Witchie Goth in a monochromatic color scheme, and added some orange to her to give her a more 'Halloween' color :) I added her to an altered kraft gift bag; she was a lot of fun!  Enjoy! -

I have used my beloved Prismacolor pencils in these colors: Beige PC997, Mineral Orange PC1033, Chocolate  PC1082, Dark Brown PC946

Hi everyone, it's Victoria here with a spooky little gift bag to pop your Hallowe'en treats in!!  I've used the handsome Dracula, along with a creepy tree and a polka dotty bat - just some of the ghastly elements from the Witchie Witchie bundle available instantly in the Polkadoodles DigiWorld store now!

Dracula digi stamp:

I used these ProMarkers to colour him: Skin: Almond, Blush....Hair, shoes, cloak and trousers: Cool Grey 1, 2, 3, 4,5.....Cane: Cool Grey 4, 5.....Cloak lining: Lipstick Red, Berry Red, Crimson, Cool Grey 4....Buttons: Tulip Yellow, Gold

Hi everyone, its Colleen here with a Halloween tag, perfect to add to your treat bags! I have used the awesome Spooky House 2, I trimmed it down slightly to fit my tag and stuck to typical Halloween colours of black, orange with a touch of white and finished it off with some burlap and twine.

Spooky House 2

Christine here now..  I used the very scary Witchie Goth – coloured with Copics (listed below) – then I gave her skin a greyish tinge..  no self respecting witch would have blush! I added some sparkle and some glossy accents to her too, but they are difficult to see.  For the background I used a scrap of Halloween paper and printed the SpookyHouse on top, then used a Wink of Sparkle pen to lift the black.  The cobweb die is from Memory Box and the ric rac die is PTI.  You can find more details on my blog.

Gothic Witch digi:

Copics used: 

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, C2; Dress and Hat - C5, C7, 100, BV00, V15, V09 - white gel pen for lace; Stockings and hat band: E08, YR04, YR18

Hi, Pami here with my Halloween make.  Today I have used this week's freebie image and Witchie Goth. Within Word I layered the two together, I wanted Witchie Goth in the foreground. I then coloured the image with Copics.  I played about a bit with the sky and in the end decided to go with orange to go with the orange and black theme.  For the background I laid down my darkest colour first and blended through to the lightest. I then went back over again a couple of times to soften the harsh lines.  

Get the digistamp here:

Here are the colours I used: Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04; Orange - YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, E17, E18; Black/Grey - C3 through to C10

Hi all, its Jackie here with my Halloween card... I have used the  Witchie Digi Stamp, along with two of the fabby papers from the Witchie Witchie paper bundle...

I have coloured her with copic pens.  numbers as given: Skin E00, E11, E13, R20  ; Hat, shoes and trousers... C1, C3, C5, C7, C9;  Cape V000, V01, V04, V05 and V09; rest of card described on my blog. 

There's some gorgeous makes here this week! 

We'll be back on Friday with another Polkadoodles challenge so see you then and hope you have a great week of crafting!