Showing posts with label card making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label card making. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 January 2026

Challenge 1, week 3 - Craft, card making, scrapbook challenge - Anything Goes

🌸 Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge! 🌸

Ready to get creative? This month’s challenge theme is anything goes, and you’ve got a full four weeks to play along!

We love seeing what you make, so this challenge is all about having fun, getting crafty and sharing your handmade projects with our lovely community. Whether you’re brand new to crafting or a long-time card maker, everyone is welcome — and because one of our prizes is chosen at random, everyone has a fair chance to win 🎉

You can enter any handmade project, in any style, using any theme — as long as it’s made by you. Cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media, tags… we want to see it all!

💡 Even better? You can enter up to four times each month with four different projects, so don’t hold back!

🏆 Prize 1 – Random Winner
One lucky entry will be selected at random to win a $20 Polkadoodles store credit. Spend it on anything you like — yes, even physical products!

🏆 Prize 2 – Design Team Picks
Our team will also choose their top two favourite entries from across the four weeks. Each of these winners will receive a $10 Polkadoodles store credit.

That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖

This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts - check out the store and take a peek at the latest releases!

Let's see what the Design Team have created to get you inspired this week!...

Enrica Hi everyone! For my cold project this week I go on using another image from the Octavia Frosted Winter collection... Did you understand that I like it a lot? This time I used the Hot Chocolate together with the Colouring scene Mountains and glaciers digtal stamps, colored with Copic. Her ethereal and icy forest feel is perfect for Winter cards, it's very versatile! Big hugs x

Jenn B I had a blast creating this scene, these images are just so much fun to play with!I started by printing Snow Slide Playing Theo Penguin and the sentiment from the Christmas Greetings Kit on a piece of watercolor paper (I use Microsoft Publisher so I can put the images anywhere close together without overlapping) and then I created my background around the image. I carefully blended Stormy Sky Distress Oxide Ink on the top 3/4 of the paper, leaving some white around the little penguins so they'd pop. I colored with Copics, a white gel pen, and some Fluffy Stuff. I used some die cut snowflakes as accents, coordinating my coloring with the little guy's scarf. Don't you just want to go join them on their sledding adventure?


Sana Today we had the theme for winter. I was being cheeky and used the cute retire snooze gnome digital stamp. For me it was perfect for this theme and i used the Winnie paper pack for the background. I wrote the brrr sentiment. I made a half fold card this time. I think these kind of cards look really elegant for any occasion. Have fun

Revati I created this card around a cute, cozy winter scene that truly captures that bundled-up feeling of a chilly day outside. I began with the Helping Out the Birds digi stamp, printing the image and coloring it with my Ohuhu alcohol markers to bring the scene to life. Once the coloring was complete, I die-cut the image along with the sentiment from the Spring Tons of Love Sentiment stamp set, which I printed at the same time. I used a scalloped frame die to keep the focal point soft and charming. For the background, I chose a beautiful, lightly textured pattern paper from the Lilac Haze Flowers Bundle. To finish the card, I layered the scalloped focal frame over the patterned paper and added a black postage frame. More details on my blog.

Kerri I am sharing a card I made using Digital Paper, Digital Ephemera, and an adorable Digital Image. These two cute Cows are called Love Moo. The Pattern Paper is called Printable Paper set #4 Udderly Cute. The Daisies are from the printable Ephemera. I added a piece of lace in antique white. I colored with Prisma Pencils and Image was printed onto white card stock.Pencils Used: Black, Cool Grey 90, 70, 50, 30, 10 percent, Dark Umber, Light Umber, Sandbar Brown, Ginger Root, Tuscan Red, Crimson Red, Scarlette Red, Blush Pink, Dark Green, Olive Green, Apple Green, Golden.

Judy My inspiration for this week is a winter themed card created with Theo Penguin Cable Car. These cute penguins were colored with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut. I used papers from Theo Penguin Paper Bundle 3 for the background. The sentiment is from Theo Penguin 109 Winter Christmas/Birthday Greetings Sentiments Bundle. It was printed and die cut with a stitched circle die from my stash, which is placed on top of a snowflake die cut. I cut it with Fancy Snowflake Cutting Die. I added twine and some snowflake gems to complete.

🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟

Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**
Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Gem of a Challenge
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge

We will be back next week with more inspiration with the Design Team!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Saturday, 2 December 2023

Wk 48 - Card making & paper craft challenge - Anything Goes creative craft challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to a new Craft Card making Challenge!

The winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post!

Challenge theme:
ANYTHING GOES
Enter the Craft Card making Challenge competition following the instructions at the end of this post and you could win a prize - we make it random so everyone has a chance to win whether you're a beginner or not!

Enter anything you wish if it's handmade by you.
All the challenge details and how to enter are below!
THE WINNERS of our last challenge are at the end of this post.

Let's see the inspiration from the team - we've been creating lots of lovely inspiration for the coming season!...   

Pam ~ I've selected three packages to incorporate into my design today. Coloring Scene 4 is my background, Santa Stop Here Bella Christmas Bear is the next layer, and Lantern Bella Christmas Bear is added as the top layer. I used Copic markers for coloring, and added a thin line of Diamond Stickles around the fur and on the snow lines. The image is triple mounted with the centre patterned paper from the Spring Surprise Craft paper pack.


Nunzia: for today's challenge I thought of a winter scene with this cute Cable-car Theo-penguin stamp. I've duplicated the stamps in different sizes and coloured them with alcohol markers. The background is blended with distress oxide inks using a leftover die-cut heart as a stencil. The sentiment is part of Wings-of-love sentiments bundle.

Rachael - Hello everyone. I am in love with this stamp set called Jingle all the way - I have used it so many times to make really cute and contemporary cards. I decided for this that Santa and his sleigh were going to be bright pink - I mean, why not?


Wendy - I love the Beary Christmas release, I had so much fun colouring this cute Bella Christmas Tree printable with my Copics.  I added the trees in the background too...

Naomi  - This week I used Winnie White Christmas collection, with all the snow around this week this is just how i feel!

Janelle - I used the Beary Christmas digital collection this week to make a circle card, I hope you like it...


Wow!! Lots of gorgeous inspiration for you this week to use - we hope you'll share what you make with your Polkadoodles products on our Social Media!


So, just a reminder....the challenge theme is
ANYTHING GOES
We have Random prizes which means it's a really fair competition and ANYONE can win (regardless of how great a crafter you are) so there's nothing to lose, just follow the instructions on how to enter at the bottom of the blog and use the Linky section to upload your projects.

Winners from Challenge 46:

RANDOM WINNER - 3 DIGITAL STAMP DOWNLOADS:


TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: 

EMAIL US WITH THE SKU & NAME AND/OR LINK OF THE THREE DIGITAL STAMPS (EXCLUDES BUNDLES) YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. PLEASE EMAIL US HERE, QUOTING THE FOLLOWING CODE PDWK48001 TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. 
CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 9/12/23.
(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 14-21 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)


Top 3 favourite entries for this challenge are.... 

21 IRENE M 

You won 1 digital stamp! 

TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: 

EMAIL US WITH THE SKU & NAME AND/OR LINK OF THE THREE DIGITAL STAMPS (EXCLUDES BUNDLES) YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. PLEASE EMAIL US HERE, QUOTING THE FOLLOWING CODE PDWK48123 TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. 
CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 9/12/23.
(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 14-21 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)

WE LOVED YOUR CRAFTY PROJECTS, THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR ENTERING!

Here are your Winners Badges to display on your blog...
 
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Thanks for taking part in this Craft Card making Challenge - we love visiting all your blogs and links!
 
Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**
Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Gem of a Challenge (starts today!)
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Saturday, 25 November 2023

Wk 47 - Card making & paper craft challenge - Anything Goes creative craft challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to a new Craft Card making Challenge!

The winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post!

Challenge theme:
ANYTHING GOES
Enter the Craft Card making Challenge competition following the instructions at the end of this post and you could win a prize - we make it random so everyone has a chance to win whether you're a beginner or not!

Enter anything you wish if it's handmade by you.
All the challenge details and how to enter are below!
THE WINNERS of our last challenge are at the end of this post.

Let's see the inspiration from the team - we've been creating lots of lovely inspiration for the coming season!...  


Judy: I've created an ornament for my DT project this week. The focal image is Santa's Suit - Winnie North Pole, which I colored with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut. The base of the ornament is a scalloped circle die cut. I fashioned a rosette for the next layer using one of the
printable papers from the Christmas Joy Digiscrap Download Bundle. Two more layers die cut circles were added. I die cut a tree using Layering Trees Cutting Dies and placed it behind the focal, which is popped with foam tape. I added a piece of sparkly twine to finish.

Renske - The design team was tasked with making something other than a card. I made a tag using the digital stamp 'North Pole - Winnie North Pole' and the digital paper 'Theo Penguin Paper Bundle 1'. I used sentiments from the set 'Christmas Greetings, Quotes, and Sentiments' and added dimension to the tag by colouring the edges with blue ink and adding two snow hills. I coloured the stamp with alcohol markers, added paper glaze for dimension and used glitter pen for shine. I decorated the tag with embellishments resulting in a festive tag that really captures the spirit of the holidays!
My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you

Tinne - Hi everyone! Tinne here and today I want to show you a gift tag that I made. I cut the tag out using a die from my stash, and covered the edges and top with low tack tape. I applied some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink on the tag, heavy on the bottom, lighter when I went up. I splattered the tag with water, dried it, and splattered it with Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink and white acrylic paint. I also cut out a snow hill using a curved die. I put some foam tape behind it and glued it on the tag. I colored the Which Way Theo Penguin digital stamp using the following Copic colour combo’s:
  • Scarfs and pole: R39, R37, R35
  • Blush cheeks: R32, R30
  • Penguins: W10, W8, W6, W4
  • Shadows penguins: W1, W0, W00
  • Shadow in the snow: G00, G0000
  • Beak penguins: Y35, Y32
I put foam tape behind my image, and glued it on the tag. As a finishing touch, I gave the tag a red and white ribbon and two little silver bells. I hope you like it!
my Instagram page: Tinne Peeters (@robinette_crafts) • Instagram-foto's en -video's






Deborah  - Hello everyone! This week I am excited to be working on my Christmas gift tags. For my tag, I selected the adorable "Snowy Footprints" uncolored digi from the Winnie White Christmas Collection. I just love the sweet image of Winnie with her animal friends. For the background, I added a printable paper and a sentiment from the Baked with Love Bundle. This bundle is a "one stop shop". You get great digital images, papers, sentiments, embellishments, tags, and design sheets all at a discounted price. Listed below are the Copic marker colors that I used if you would like to color her using the colors that I selected...
  • R: 08, 27, 29, 39, 59
  • BG: 10, 11, 13, 32, 57, 72, 75, 78
  • B: 000, 01
  • RV: 11
  • C: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
  • E: 000, 00, 11, 31, 33, 70, 74

Natalia - This time I've prepared a small wooden hoop with a Christmas message. The most commonly used colours for this occasion are red, green, and white. So, I decorated it using coloured printable Poinsettia Wreath from one of our latest collections.
It's simple to make and would be a nice home decoration!



Sabina - Hello crafty friends. Today I'm sharing my Christmas tag. I've used papers from Gingerbread Holly Papers set 1 and Distress ink papers plain set. Stamp  Polar Bear - Gnome Festive Fun is coloured with markers and the sentiment is part of Christmas greetings, quotes, sentiments bundle.

Enrica - Hello everyone! For my project this week I made a gift box featuring the fun Winnie Hang On digital stamp colored with Copic. I added Word Art sentiments from the Christmas Joy bundle, patterned paper from the Helga Hippo Paper Heaven 4 bundle, a little tag and a ribbon. I would be particularly happy to receive a box like this, especially now that I have discovered that candy canes are delicious!


Jane Robinson - With the festive season almost upon us, how about a quick and simple way to make your own gift tags? I used the Beary Christmas collection. It's a collection I paid for with my own money before becoming a member of the design team. I bought the whole collection and that means I'm able to play around with the pre-coloured images to my hearts content. When time is of the essence, go for pre-coloured. If you have an hour to spare, go for a digi.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Love 
Jane R xoxo





Wow!! Lots of gorgeous inspiration for you this week to use - we hope you'll share what you make with your Polkadoodles products on our Social Media!


So, just a reminder....the challenge theme is
ANYTHING GOES
We have Random prizes which means it's a really fair competition and ANYONE can win (regardless of how great a crafter you are) so there's nothing to lose, just follow the instructions on how to enter at the bottom of the blog and use the Linky section to upload your projects.

Winners from Challenge 45:

RANDOM WINNER - 3 DIGITAL STAMP DOWNLOADS:


TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: 

EMAIL US WITH THE SKU & NAME AND/OR LINK OF THE THREE DIGITAL STAMPS (EXCLUDES BUNDLES) YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. PLEASE EMAIL US HERE, QUOTING THE FOLLOWING CODE PDWK47001 TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. 
CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 2/12/23.
(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 14-21 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)


Top 3 favourite entries for this challenge are.... 


WE LOVED YOUR CRAFTY PROJECTS, THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR ENTERING!

Here are your Winners Badges to display on your blog...
 
. 

Thanks for taking part in this Craft Card making Challenge - we love visiting all your blogs and links!
 
Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**
Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Gem of a Challenge (starts today!)
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter