DIGI CHOOSDAY! Tues 29th Oct..Fashion Divas!

Hi everyone and welcome to another Digi Choosday!!

Firstly we want to thank everyone for such a lovely response and such great comments on our first post last week! We really appreciate that you loved the challenge and all took time to enter, it made our week!  

So, as a big thanks for your support today we are repeating our 

40% off code 

for you so grab those digis while they're on this amazing offer, this is not a permanent thing but you can use the code until Friday this week!

 Just enter DCD001 at the checkout 

(PLEASE make sure you go through the SENDOWL checkout (you can't miss it, there is a big flashing arrow pointing to the checkout button!) to ensure you get your downloads immediately, if you go through the Polkadoodles checkout you have to wait for us to release the digis and the discount DOES NOT apply!)

As we give you 10 days to enter the challenges we don't have a winner to announce until next week, 
so let's get straight to our 2nd challenge...

Fashion Divas!

The team have loved this challenge and the projects are just stunning, these guys are really showing us how to use digis to their best arent they?

We have some fabulous fashion digis in the store so make sure you check them out here....

The winner of this challenge will receive a great download bundle and our Top 3 favourites of the week may be asked to Guest design with us next month! You have until Tuesday 5th November to enter and we will announce the results on Tuesday 11th November's post.
We also have a great new Facebook group where you can enter the challenge if you don't have a blog - just jump to the group here to join in! Don't forget to pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Scatty Jan - I loved making my little dressing table and thought it very apt for this week - Fashion Diva’s - I have used  Beach Day and Foxy Friend and coloured with promarkers , adding some black gems to Beach day to glam her up. On Foxy Friend I have used glossy accents and Black diamond stickles. I have also used the paper from the Girls hoot collection...

Anjie ....Here is my project for this weeks challenge, which is fashion Divas. This lady is obviously as fashion diva if she takes her little doggie for a walk dressed like this!

The image is Emma Canning Walkies and is coloured with Graph' It Markers. The papers are from the Cherryblossom Lane CD Rom Collection. I've also added some flowers and embellishments from my stash. Hope you come and join us for the challenge...

Zoe - I decided to make a gift for my niece as I've bought her a fashion wheel toy for Christmas & wanted to create a notebook/clipboard for her to keep her designs together. I used the fabulous digis from Emma Canning - Foxy Friend, Geek & Cute as a button. I coloured the images with a mix of markers. The background was created using the gorgeous Classic Hearts/Wedding collection it is a stunning collection with elements that can be used for almost anything. I mounted the main project onto some thick cardboard and added buttons, clips & sparkle!

Sarah - I thought I'd have a go at a shaped card for a change.  I used an Emma Canning image - Prom Day - which I coloured with my ProMarkers.  I used papers from Heart to Heart collection and Sugar Boys.  I then used some of my dies to cut out the base card, umbrella and circle in the middle.  Finished off with some lace, flowers and a chipboard sentiment from my stuff.

Debbi – Well this little lady is getting ready in her room for a night on the town. I made a diorama card, using a gorgeous patterned paper download from the Tail Father download bundle. And the ‘Fashion Diva’ is from Emma Canning’s digi stamp range. I coloured her with my Promakers. Then as a finishing touch, I added some flat back pearls. Am I the only one who has now got the Beyonce song 'Diva' in their heads :)

Sally - This Choosday challenge is Fashion Diva. So I made a bag using a plain paper bag and chose on of  Emma Canning's digi images called Christmas Shopping  and coloured her with Promarkers and Graph'it markers. Chose a background paper from Lulu Ladybug digi bundle and a dotty heart from the Owl Always love you digi bundle. Matted the paper on red and black cardstock, tied a ribbon around it and added "Shopping" on the bottom - My Love Shopping gift bag.

Katrina - Ohhhh to be a Diva! I just loved this challenge and so knowing I had a special birthday coming up I chose to make my friend a special notebook (she loves keeping notes!) using the lovely Emma Canning Foxy Friends :) My friend is such a bright cheerful person I tried to make my creation as bright as I could!

Susan - This week i have made my first ever spring card,the digi papers are from the fab download Feather Birds and the image is Walkies by Emma Canning coloured with Graph'it markers

Cara

For this challenge i've used the super sweet Emma Canning Geek download, isn't she sweet! I've teamed her up with papers and sentiment from the Girls Hoot download bundle.

Jo
For this challenge I made a wardrobe gift box with gorgeous papers from the Sugar Boys collection. The fashion diva is from Emma Canning's digi stamp Playing Dress Up. Love her shoes ;)

Kevin

For this challenge I have made a Handbag style card, Using Emma Canning's fabulous image called Taylor camping. I have coloured her with my Graph'it Markers , the paper is from Emma Canning Animal/nature download bundle.

Jo Austin

Hi all.... I am totally loving this challenge today, and felt like this beautiful girl, Cute as a Button by Emma Canning, is just wonderful and worked so well with the challenge this week. I coloured her with watercolour pencils, adding deep shading direct to paper. 

So there is all the fab inspiration from the team - I'm sure you'll agree that they're all superb makes again this week, love love love all the work these guys have put in!

Remember you do NOT have to use our products (although obviously we would love it if you did) , just add your entry to Mr Linky below (you have until Tuesday 5th Nov to enter and the winner will be announced on our Week 4 post Tues 11th Nov) and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

..Oh and don't forget to get busy with that Discount Code!!...
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Clean and Simple at Studio 12

Hi there crafters,

JAN here today to show you a really quick 'Clean and Simple' card using two stamps from the fabulous Studio 12 range.  I do tend to spend forever on my cards, but occasionally we all need to make a 'quickie' at the last minute - so here's what I made ...

I used the leaf stamp from the 'Shabby Owl Blossom' set and stamped the image three times in black ink, inverting the middle image.  I added a little colour to the leaves with my Promarkers and drew a doodled border to frame them.  I stamped out the sentiment from the 'Leave a Little Sparkle' set and added a few adhesive gems.  I mounted the whole thing on green pearlised cardstock before adding to my card base.

Quick and simple! What do you think?

Hugz, Jan xx

Week 43 - Christmas Anything But A Card Polkadoodles and Studio 12 challenge

Happy Friday Doodlers!

Well it's been a REALLY busy week at Doodle Towers! We have 3 fantastic pieces of news for you....
1. We hope you all checked out the brand new Digi Choosday challenge (see here) .... gorgeous work from the team and don't forget that discount code! You still have time to enter and to use the code and we will be back on Tuesday with another fantastic challenge for you!

2. In addition, make sure you check the Polkadoodles site as we have some Terrifyingly good offers every day in our Trick or Treat week of discounts for you!

3. We'd also like to give you a heads up to a brand new venture which we know you will all LOVE - if you've started your Christmas shopping then this is a must-see, they're amazing!! We also have a very special discount code for you too - use DHD001 to save a special 10% off your first order!

So this week we challenge you to make anything 

Christmas

(we'd prefer it not to be a card but if you can't manage that then any Crimbo project will do! The winner of this challenge will win £30 of stamps from the Polkadoodles store!

The random winner of our Week 41 Halloween challenge is: 

Lucky 13, Denise! 

Well done Denise, you have won a £10 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store! 

Our Top 3 favourite entries are: 43 Elena, 44 Debbie, 16 Shell - well done everyone, pick your blinkies from the sidebar and Denise please email us here to claim your prize! 

So, let's get on with what the wonderfully talented Design team have been up to this week, you have until Sunday 3rd November to enter!......

Alethea - My head has not been in crafting lately and wasn't too sure what to make for this challenge but remembered I had a spare door hanger lying around  so I decorated that. I have used everything from the Home For Christmas CD. I printed some elements off separate so that I could give the hanger a bit of dimension and I just added a bit of kindyglitz and rock candy stickles for some sparkle!

Asha - Did you know that the Home For Christmas CD collection makes gift giving breeze? No?! You've come to the right place. About a week before Christmas I leave large home made festive cookies on my colleagues' workstations and to house these delights I painstakingly make little boxes from scratch. Not this year! Look what I found in the CD! A cookie box template...actually there are 3 and I chose this vintage looking one. All you have to do is print, glue and dress. It even comes with a sheet of embellishment. Yay! Extras from my stash: bling and ribbon - that's all. Here's to a hassle free Christmas!

Karon - I decided to use the pre-coloured images on the fabulous Home for Christmas CD.  All the images including the lovely background scene are in this wonderful collection. I first printed out the scene and secured this to an 8" x 10" artist board.  I then printed the houses out and add some foam dots to give them depth on the background scene.  Santa's sleigh and Rudolph is attached to some acetate to make it stand freely away from the background. The trees and church were printed and cut and I added glitter to them; after all what's Christmas without glitter :-)

Jo - When I saw the title of the challenge this week, I knew immediately what I wanted to make! A Christmas wreath using papers, embellishments and images from the Home for Christmas CD... and I just love how it turned out. I don't have a wreath hanging outside the house, but I do like nice decorated ones hanging indoors. With the images, I have flipped them around to face each other, printed them out and cut them leaving a small white border around the edges to give definition. I added some glitter glue to finish.

Lidia I made a Christmas wreath with Studio 12 stamps so I hope you Like this idea that can help you to decorate the Christmas Tree....

Miria  I made a milk box : it was so easy following the template from cd Paper Boutique I !
Paper and coloured digis are from fab  Home for Christmas CD Rom , the tickets are from Picknix Collection 2 Gingerbread Twist....

Sally - This weeks challenge - has been great fun as I have been making all kinds of gifts for a Craft Fair that we are having on base.  I was fortunate to find some wooden trays in a cheap store which I thought I could alter.  So, I painted the tray white then used papers, embellishments and digi images from the Home for Christmas CD Rom to decorate the tray.  It is an ideal size for a Cookie Tray to leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve....

Rebekah - Hi everyone for this challenge I have made an altered tin using some fab papers and elements from the Home for Christmas CD. I love the brown and blue colour scheme and both the cute gingerbread topper and the cute vintage style ticket sentiments are also from the CD.

Zoe - For this challenge I decided to set myself a task of using the digi images from the amazing Home For Christmas CD  to create a wreath. I chose the fabulous Poinsettia and the super santa. I took both into Serif Craft Artist and digitally manipulated the images - flipping to face the opposite way & changing sizes - positioning them around a rough circular shape. Once happy I printed it off and coloured every single image with a mix of markers including some Graph It markers. I chose more contemporary colours to match my home decor and once coloured I attached a ribbon.

Anjie 

It's not my turn for the challenge at Polka Doodles this week but I wanted to join in as I'm loving working with the A Home for Christmas CD Collection so thought I'd gate crash and join in!
The challenge is to  make anything but a card, and here is my project. I cut out 3 tags in Kraft card and then printed some papers, embellishments and sentiments from the CD. I cut out three strips of papers for each tag and distressed the edges using distress ink. I glued the papers onto the tags and added some faux stitching with a white opaque pen. I then cut out all the embellishments and stuck them in place. I then used a distress ink on the sentiments and added them. I finished off the tags with some ribbon.



Claire C I've used some of the adorable images on Home for Christmas to create some Christmas Tree Decorations. I gave the images a coat of glossy accents and layered them up over one of the gorgeous polkadot backing papers and popped them on some die cut bauble shapes.

Hopefully the DT have inspired you to make your project for this weeks challenge and we cannot wait for you to share it with us. Please use Mr Linky to add your details so we can come over and see your project in full.   Remember you have until Sunday 3rd November noon to enter this challenge and follow our rules:

1. No backlinks please!

2. Please follow the challenge! 

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