Digi Choosday Challenge...Wk 8 - Food, Glorious Food!

Welcome to another Digi Choosday challenge! Can you believe it's only a couple of weeks till Crimbo - oh my goodness it's sneaking up fast!!

Our random winner for our Week 6 Thanksgiving challenge is

No 5 Joanna...well done! Email us here to claim your prize!

As always the team choose our Top 3 favourites so a special mention goes to:

No 2 Donna, No 5 Joanna and No 8 Carol - well done ladies, choose your blinkies from the sidebar and thanks to all of you for entering the challenge : )

Don't forget - our challenges for Digi Choosday and Polkadoodles Friday are always 

ANYTHING GOES! 

But we like to add a little twist here and there!

So this week we asked the Design Team to show us their 

Food, Glorious Food creations! 

So many things you can do with this theme! 

Of course, for you guys at home this is another 

ANYTHING GOES challenge 

You have until Thurs 19th Dec to enter and we will announce the winner on Tues 23rd Dec. The winner of this challenge will win a HUGE download bundle and our favourite Top 3 will also win downloads too!

So, let's take a look at the DT's fab makes...

Zoe - For this card I used the fabulous Emma Canning Christmas Pudding as my main image. I also used papers from the stunning Angelberry collection to create the background. I added some ribbon from my stash and also added the Christmas tickets which are also from the Angelberry collection. Simple matting and layering and a few gems finished it all off.

 

Anjie - The image is Christmas Pudding by the lovely Emma Canning. I have coloured her with my Graph 'it markers and added some cosmic shimmer dots to look like snow. The papers are from the Christmas Joy Download Bundle which has loads of fab papers and images in. I've then added a ginger bread man and a Christmas pudding as my food elements. I've also added some die cuts for extra pizazz.


Scatty Jan  Ohhhh yummy who doesn't like Ginger bread men! I made this little carton using my portrait and the Ginger bread men/ladies from the fabulous collection Christmas Joy - Added some Ribbons and twine , filled with tiny Gingerbread men an ideal little gift .

Sarah Hi everyone, I decided to go for something other than a card for this challenge.  I'm making fudge as presents this year and thought this would be a cute presentation box. I used a milk carton template from Paper boutique vol 1 and printed off two sheets of paper from Paper Boutique creative Christmas.  Unfortunately my printer is playing up a bit and printed a line through the paper - but I thought it looked fine so used it anyway!  My image is Emma Canning  - Christmas Pudding and coloured with my ProMarkers. I also printed off a Polkadoodles sentiment and highlighted it with chalks and glitter glue - a little bit of ribbon and the box is done!

Debbi - With all out Christmas crafting in full swing I thought I'd take a change in direction for all the Christmas Birthday people out there. And what better to have for your birthday than cake. I made this cute little cupcake box using the the Heart to Heart and Tail Feather bundles...yummy and between me and you, the cake was too ;)

Jo- I have also made a gift box using the cute toppers from Xmas Joy collection as my inspiration. I printed two of the toppers off and decoupaged the gingerbread lady, then tucked the sentiment tag just behind her ear. The green festive paper is from the same kit and I've added a bit of green ribbon to keep the gingerbread in, and me out lol!

Susan : Food glorious food ! who could resist a great big cupcake or a gingerbread man ?

I have used the cupcake digi stamp and enlarged it, then paper pieced to cover it .

The pattern paper and the topper are both from Christmas Joy and the sentiment is from Sentiments 1

Pop over to my blog for more inspiration .hugs and happy crafting Susan xx

Sally - Doesn't time fly! Its Digi Choosday again!  Today our challenge is Food Glorious Food. So I picked this lovely digi sentiment and Gingerbread Man from Christmas Joy. Printed him out added some fur to his hat and icing to his feet. Matted and layered the sentiment, inked the edges and adhered it to Mr. Gingerbread Man and then onto a Scalloped circle.  I had some backing paper left in my crafty stash from the Home for Christmas CD Rom and matted that onto some red cardstock. That is it folks!

Kevin This week I have made a note book using this gorgeous image called Maisie Baker from Polkadoodles she is coloured with my Graph'It markers....

So there's the inspiration for today! 

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 Thursday 19th Dec to enter and the winner will be announced on our Week 10 post Tues 23rd Dec) and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Rules: 
1. No backlinks
2. Please FOLLOW the challenge theme!

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Making a pretty flower pin

Good morning folks, Claire C here with a tutorial on how to make a pretty little flower pin. I've used one of the gorgeous backing papers from the Here Comes Christmas CD and printed the paper on some printable canvas that I've had for years (if you struggle to get it to print try using some DST to stick it to a sheet of copier paper, leaving a tiny bit of paper to go through the printer first). You'll also need flower die (I've used Sizzix Tattered Florals), some strong glue, a hole punch, a button, some faux berries (or you could use beads), a button, a needle and thread, a brooch back and some twine.

First die cut an assortment of different flowers from the printed canvas

Curl the petals and layer them up (use as many or as few as you like) and add a little strong glue between each layer.

Add another flower on the reverse to keep the back tidy

Once the glue has dried, use a pen to mark the holes for the brooch back 

Use a crop-o-dile or a pokey tool to make the holes so you can stitch the brooch back in position

Make sure you fasten the ends on the inside

I wanted my pin to look a little shabby and distressed so I gave it a very light spritz of water and scrunched it up

Here's a pic of the back

Lastly add a pretty button with a twine bow to the centre with some glue and pop some faux berries or beads around the button, again using some strong glue

If you want some more ideas for some gorgeous Christmas gifts, scroll down to this weeks PolkaDoodles Challenge as my teamies have created some stunning projects to inspire you

thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Week 49 - Polkadoodles challenge... Make a gift for Christmas

Welcome to another challenge everyone!

Just before we get to our weekly business - we've been wondering why we only had 2 entries to last week's challenge and I realised I'd confused things! Last week it looked like you had to follow our sketch but 
each week our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with a little twist -
 so you can still enter the challenge with an Anything Goes make but we would love you to use 2 elements from the sketch if you can (this is optional!)...you can still enter the challenge here and we will extend the deadline until Tuesday for you to enter!!
Sorry for the confusion!!

Before we get to our theme and the inspiration, there is still time to enter our

DESIGN TEAM CALL!

We are looking for someone talented to join our fabulous team. 

If you love creating cards, journals, scrapping, whatever it might be, we would love to hear from you! This is open to both UK and International crafters. 

You must be: Committed for at least 6 months

BE able to use digital products and enjoy stamping and papercrafting

A regular BLOGGER and on Facebook and participate in social media promotions

You will be expected to post a minimum of every other week PLUS one tutorial per month. 

You will be required to comment and vote each week on a rota basis

Able to make physical samples for products to be shown on TV and in shows around the UK as & when required.

We will give you: Plenty of lovely stash to use and keep during your term

Exposure for your blog and your makes

A discount for the Polkadoodles store

Lots of fun and laughter along the way!

CLOSING DATE 15th December (please note: we cannot acknowledge all the emails but you will receive a reply no matter what the outcome once we have picked the team)...We look forward to receiving all your emails! x

So, let's announce last time's winners!...

So our randomly chosen winner for Week 47 is ..... number 5 Leona

Well done, email us to claim your prize!

In addition, the Design Team have picked their favourite Top 3 and these are:

No 5 Leona, No 13 Inger, and No 17 Jane

Well done everyone! Grab your blinkies from the sidebar!

Now onto the theme for this week which is:

Make a gift for Christmas

Although we set this challenge for the team, this week we've decided that 

you can enter ANYTHING GOES as a theme for Christmas.

Have a look at the fab samples from the Design Team.  Closing date for the challenge is Sunday 15th December at 12noon GMT and don't forget to link your actual blog post so we can come and visit you! 

Claire C I've made a pretty flower pin using printable canvas and one of the beautiful papers from Here Comes Christmas Cd, I loved the paper so much I printed some more off and used it to decorate a little gift box and a card. The image is also from the same cd, isn't she adorable? I've coloured her up with Graph'It Markers. I'll be back tomorrow with a quick tutorial on  how to make the flower pin 

Zoe - I've made a small gift card set using the gorgeous Home For Christmas collection. Many of my friends have younger children so this makes a perfect gift for them as they always send 'Auntie Zoe' a thank you card! I took papers and embellishments from the collection into Serif Craft Artist to design the note cards and to print paper to cover the box. I love recycling packaging & this box was perfect! I tied ribbon around the gift and finished it off by adding tickets from the cd tied on with twine.

Karon - I decided to make a gift for chocolates, so made this lovely 4-drawer easel card.  My papers and elements are from the A Home for Christmas CD collection.  The red polka dot paper is from Sundae of Seasons.  I inked up all the edges of all the layers, added some pop dots to add a little depth. And there you have a great "sweet" gift.

Sally - Our challenge this week is to make a gift.  So I thought it would be nice to make a box with Thank you cards in it.  I already had a template for this card box, I used two pieces of A4 cardstock for the box, drew around the template and cut it out and put the box together.  I then chose some backing papers and an image from The Angelberry CD Rom.  I matted and layered the Rudolf paper on red cardstock and covered the front, back and sides.  I then made 6 cards, same design but with different backing papers. I then used my peel off "thank you's" and matted and layered the Rudolf image.  There it is! What a nice gift to give someone!

Miria This is my take on the challenge: a quick and easy festive bookmark. I used paper and digis from A home for Christmas , the tickets are my fave from Picknix Collection 2 Gingerbread twist. I distressed them all and just added a ribbon. On picture two you can see how it works on the page.

Alethea- I am making fudge for the teachers presents this year and was too sure what to present it in, so I quickly made up this little bag!!! I used a border from the Angelberry CD Rom,  and a sentiment and pre-coloured image from the A Home for Christmas CD collection. I then just added the eyelets and ribbon!! Simple but perfect for what I wanted!!

Rebekah - Hi everyone! I chose to make a recipe book as my gift for Christmas. I have used papers and elements from the Here comes Christmas CD, this includes the cute gingerbread digi, the frame for my title and the tag on the side. Sometimes you just need a book to keep all those festive recipes in for this time of year!

Asha - I made this cute little purse with paper and a Santa digi element from the A Home For Christmas CD. Super simple to make and just the perfect size to house 3 succulent Mon Chéri chocolates - my kinda Christmas gift! Pop by my blog for measurements... chocolates not included!

   

Closing date for the challenge is Sunday 15th December at 12noon GMT and don't forget to link your actual blog post so we can come and visit you!

Rules: 

1. No backlinks

2. Please FOLLOW the challenge theme!

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