Week 5 - Flower Power - Polkadoodles Craft Challenge

Happy Friday Everyone!
Before we get onto our new challenge this week, we have some great news for you!.....
Polkadoodles is having a 
Design Team call 
and we are looking for some super talents!! 
You can find all the details you need here


Have you see the latest release?? 
You really must check this out it's absolutely jaw-droppingly gorgeous and we are all fawning over it!! 
This is available both as downloads and on CD format so there's choice for everyone and you will ADORE it!

Octavia Moonfly Crafting Collection
and you can get it here - just click the image!

This little Baby is Octavia Moonfly herself and is just one of the amazing images you can get right now on download! 

So, now the excitement is over, onto our Challenge this week which is 
Flower Power

You have until 12 noon, GMT, Friday 13th February to enter.You don't have to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges....The rules are in the side bar over there ------>

The winner of the challenge is chosen at random and will receive a fab digi bundle from the store, together with 3 runners up who will all receive a digi too! Awesome sauce!

SO, lets see what the Design Team have for you this week...

Ria: For my Flower Power card I used Seashore Shannon and the sentiment comes from the WP1 collection. I coloured her with Copics- Spectrum Noir and Stylefile markers and enhanced with pencils. I used a mini border die, lacy chrysanthemum and primrose flourish die by Tattered Lace.

Anjie - The papers and all the flowers are from the fabulous Rose Budd CD, this is also available as a download if you can't wait for the post. I have printed out and cut out (by hand) lots and lots of lush flowers then emphasised the black outline with a marker pen. I then shaped all the flowers using a ball tool. I added some faux stitching to the paper and a few die cuts to finish it off.

Anita - Hi there I just loved this challenge the flowers all came from the Winston cd-rom back to the old days of hand cutting them ... so relaxing ... the backing paper has come from the pretty sweet cd-rom. image I have chose to you is Maddie Shy and she is adorable coloured with Alcohol markers.

Yvonne -  Hello there! I decided to use this great digi stamp this week for the challenge, but don't fret if you don't use markers, this greta digi also comes as a precoloured image too!! You can see both of them here.  The sentiment is from the Rose Budd Collection. I coloured with my Graph'It Markers, a full list is on my blog.

Jenny - Hi there, this is my idea for Flower Power. I decided to revisit the Dollie Goes East collection for my card.   I printed out a backing paper twice so I could make a flowery frame. Full details on my blog.

Lou: For my flower power card, I have used the Winston Deluxe CD. Etty is Winston's friend and I have used a precoloured image which I have layered up putting her on to a backing plate (found on the same CD). I have then added lots of flowers and a cute butterfly. The sentiment and backing paper are from the same CD too.

Wow - Amazing inspiration from the Design team this week - aren't these all beautiful makes!!! 

Please do not forget, there are a maximum of 2 entries per person.

Have a fabulous week everyone.

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Week 2 - Tic Tac Toe - Polkadoodles Challenge

Hi everyone.  How has your first week of the New Year gone?  We are all busy here with a new release and also some new members of the Design Team to introduce to you.

Firstly, lets start off with the fabulous new release of 

Work and Play 8 - Music.

An amazing collection of fabulous character digi's, papers, sentiments, embellishments

for you to get your teeth into.  It is available as a CD and also as an immediate download collection.

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce two fabulous new members of our Design Team

they are

Ria and Jane 

I am sure you will make them feel really welcome!

They are a great addition to our team and if you click on their names you can take a visit to their fabulous blogs.

Jane was so excited to be joining us, that she created this fabulous card as a big hello to the team and to all of you out there.  Isn't it gorgeous.  She has used the fabulous Piper with Bunches digi.

The winners of our last challenge from 2014

Christmas Reds and Blues will be announced at the end of this post.

Now onto this weeks fabulous inspiration from our Design Team.

To enter the challenge you can go HERE!

Don't forget you do not need to use Polka Doodles products to enter our challenges.  But please remember to follow the rules of there ---->

Scatty Jan For my Tic, Tac, Toe I have gone for the middle row - Image , Ribbon and Buttons - The lovely image is Maddie Twirling Curls -I printed her onto the lovely ultimate Graphic and  I have coloured her using Graph'It markers - I have paper pierced her hat using one of the papers from the Baby Boom collection

Ruth:  I've gone for something simple and used the bottom row - Embossing, Buttons and Polka Dots. I found some laser cut hearts (perfect for Valentine's Day!) in my stash when having a tidy up and teamed it with some hot red polka dot paper from Work and Play 5 - Festive Hollybobs.  Everything else is from my stash.

Karon - I decided to use the diagonal for my card - Sentiment, Ribbon, Polka dots.  I used the fabulous Work and Play 7 Collection for this card and just inked around the edges.  This karate girl is is from one of the design sheets and is a pre-coloured digi.

Asha - I made a Valentines's card for my young nieces using the image from the Sugar Birdies CD and sweet button paper from the Bonbon Belles Double CD. I've also thrown in the following: polka dot ribbon, dotted flower, diecut hearts, embossed heart, buttons and stitching. My design follows the right column (Diecut - Stitching - Polka Dots) or the middle column (Image - Ribbon - Buttons) or the bottom row ( Embossing - Buttons - Polka Dots) or the middle row (More Than 2 Layers - Ribbon - Stitching) or the bottom left to top right diagonal (Embossing - Ribbon - Diecut). Decisions ... decisions!

Jane - Really couldn't wait to get started as a new Design Team member and therefore here is my creation for this latest challenge.  I used the wonderful Amelia with Basket digi.

Anna -  This time I made a card in shades of violet for a Name Day, which as it turns out, is celebrated only in Poland. I prepared the card with paper from the Winston Deluxe Papercrafting Collection , using left row : Sentiment, More than 2 layers, Embossing or  the bottom left to top right diagonal row : Embossing, Ribbon, Die cut, or  the bottom row : Embossing, Buttons, Polka Dots. A layered card with die cut accessories, flowers and a string of pearls.

Lou:  I think I may have used more than one line when making my card ... well I just needed to make sure ...! I have used the line "sentiment, more than 2 layers, embossing". I have used Drummer Troy clear rubber stamp (now sold out) on my card, although he is available as a digi download and also can be found on the Work and Play 1 CD. 

Cheremane - Hi everyone and New Year Wishes to you all. For this challenge I went with straight down the middle of the grid, Image,Ribbon,Buttons. I have decided to use the Brand New

Work & Play 8 Cd. Wow wow its jammed packed and a major must and I couldn't wait to use it. I have used the Violin Girl which also comes as a Digi just on her own, I also used three of the papers and one of the sentiments from the CD. Be sure to take a look at the

 Brand New W&P 8 Collection over at the Shop.

Absolutely stunning creations!

Now onto the winners from our final challenge in 2014

Christmas Red's and Blues.

The Design Team had great pleasure in visiting you all and have chosen a Top 3 for this challenge.

You are all winners and have won a Work & Play download bundle worth £5 each.

#1 - Niki1 

#7 - Helen

#8 - Margaret A

Please contact us here and quote PD2001wk51 to claim your prize.

That's it for this week folks.  Have a fabulous one and don't forget to

enter our

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

HERE!

You have until 12 noon, GMT, Friday 16 January to enter.

Wk 22 - Men on our Minds...Polkadoodles Challenge

Welcome to the start of a new challenge here at Polkadoodles.

Our theme for this fortnight is

Men on our Minds

so you can create anything for the men/boys in your life.

You have until noon GMT on Friday 13 June to enter this challenge and we will announce the winner on Friday 20 June.

Don't forget that you do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter the challenge, but please make sure you follow the rulesthat are in the side bar ---->

The winner of this challenge will receive a copy of our Work & Play 1 Collection - fantastic prize worth £11 and includes 10 digis and 60 papers plus sentiments and a load of other stuff too!

The winner and top 3 for our Week 20/21 challenge, Things with Wings, will be announced next week.

Now it's time to see the Design Teams creations for this week...

Scatty Jan I have made a little tool box, gift box for this challenge cut on my portrait, perfect size for a small gift or some candies.. I used the little Handy Man from Work and Play collection 1 and coloured him with Graph'It Markers xx

Asha - I made a birthday card using the Scottish boy named Jack, papers and greeting from the BonBon Belles CD. I coloured the young man with Graph'It and Promarkers and adhered him on the inside of the card, to be seen through a window on the card-front. In keeping with the butch theme, I'm using some black bling and twine to finish the card. You can also buy Jack as a single digi from Nikki's Etsy Shop.

Karon - Birthday card, cowboy style :-)  I have used an image off the Work and Play 3 collection, coloured with my alcohol markers.  Then I used the pre-coloured image of the saloon (also off the CD) to make a shaped card.  I did two layers of the saloon so that I could snip open the swing doors and have hidden another sentiment behind the doors.  

Lou: I have made a card for my Dad using Work and Play 3 as the image was just perfect. A simple layout from me letting the image and sentiment take centre stage. I have coloured my image using Promarkers.

So there you have it.  Our theme is

Men on our Minds

could be Father's Day, Birthday, Congrats; just make sure it's for a male :-)

Once again, you have until the 13 June, noon GMT to enter

and add you entry to Mr Linky below.

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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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