Week 8 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Tic Tac Toe

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Happy Friday! 
We have a new challenge for you this fortnight - another favourite for everyone....
TIC TAC TOE
pick three items from the table below -  Which will you choose?!

Don't forget, you do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

The few rules we do have are over there in the side bar -----> Please remember only 2 entries per person. You have until Noon, GMT, Friday 11th March to enter.

Our Random Winner of this challenge will receive a 

$10 voucher to the Polkadoodles download store.

Did you all see Nikky on Create and Craft TV earlier in the week. If you missed it you can still watch online HERE and see the latest releases and some lovely demo's... 
Work & Play 12 is out...

and the cutest little lady bug Lily Bug Love collection.

Why not go check out the store now!

You can get the full collections or even the fabulous smaller bundles they are amazing and contain so much!

If you havent joined us on our Facebook group POLKADOODLES CRAFTING yet make sure you come over and join us - you'll get all the heads up on our weekly special offers and launch party deals, so head over and join in the fun with us all! 

Let's see what the Design Team have for your inspiration this week...

Ria - For my Tic Tac Toe card I used this cute Lily Bug Love that I coloured with warm grey alcohol markers only. (CHECK WINGS).  I used the black checkered paper from the Lily bug Love Collection and the Hi embellishment (CHECK Sentiment) that I fuzzy cut. and to check off Nature I used a cutting die with butterflies. no idea which brand it is as I have had it for ages and I need a good Die organizing system hahahahhaha as now I have NONE :)

 Jenny - Tic Tac Toe is the challenge and I have used the new Sticks and Bones collection for my card. I have made the entire card from bits left over from other projects, the topper is from a design sheet and backing papers always have bits left that usually get wasted because you put them to one side and they end up getting creased. My line of choice is sentiment, lace and flower, I love the circular sentiments and now I have a die which is the right size it makes using them a breeze.

Karon - I used the third column for my Tic Tac Toe card, Sentiment, Lace and Flower.  Returning to an older collection is always good fun, you never know what you might find. So, everything on my card is from the All Sewn Up collection, you can get it as a small bundle on it's own or you can buy the full bundle Studio 12 Picknix 1 - which this collection is part of.  All the edges of all the layers were inked and some were place on foam tape to add some dimension.

Jackie - I have chosen to use wings, polka dots and charms in my take of the tic-tac-toe challenge. The Serenity Dancing digi I have used is available on it's own or in the  Serenity collection. The gorgeous range of papers I have used are also in the collection.  Details on my blog for colouring.

Scatty Jan - For this weeks make I used the wonderful Lily Bug Love  collection and for my Tic-Tac- Toe, I used Wings, Nature and Sentiment. I love all the pretty papers, such a beautiful girly collection that would fit many occasions. I made a cute little box cut on  my portrait, which holds a few chocolates ...yummmy!! How cute are those bugs!!

Aunty Sue - Well for my Tic Tac Toe I have completed all the boxes except the animal. I have made a bag using our New Lily Bug Love Collection. Everything except the lace and charms are available in the collection Here 

Melanie Smith - here using the beautiful Serenity Princess digital stamp. For my Tic Tac Toe I have used "Wings, Nature, and a Sentiment"

Fabulous inspiration.  Now it's over to you!  Lucky Green challenge winner and top 3 will be announced next Friday.

Can't wait to see your fabulous creations.

We love coming by to visit your blogs. Remember only 2 entries per person please.

Have a great week!

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Week 7 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Lucky Green

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Happy Friday everyone.  Hope you all had lots of 
flowers and chocolates for Valentines Day!

We are inspiration week this week for our 
Lucky Green challenge
You can enter
HERE
Don't forget you do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.
The few rules we do have are over there in the side bar ---->
Please remember, that the limit is 2 entries per person.


Before we get to the inspiration we need to let you know that you can join Nikky on Create & Craft TV
this Tuesday 23rd Feb at 1pm - make sure
you tune in to catch some loveliness, she will be unveiling a brand new collection which you will just adore! 
 Make sure you sign up for the Polkadoodles newsletter, then you will never miss all the news and special offers that come along.

The winners of our Love & Romance challenge will be announced at the bottom of this post.

Lets see what Lucky Green inspiration we have for you from the Design Team.

Karon - I wanted to wish a friend Good Luck with a move and couldn't resist playing around with the fabulous dig's from the Sticks & Bones collection.  I found stone wheels for the house on one of the topper images, so cut out four.  A cut the house out twice and cut out the window so a could insert a little dinosaur looking out. Added a little bit of twine to the necks of Mom & Dad Dino and there you have they are all set to move house :-)

Scatty Jan - As soon as I saw the fantastic Alphabet in the Sticks & Bones collection , it so reminded me of a nursey with the alphabet going around the room, so it had to be done - I adored making this card and adding all the little details , I think the egg may hatch any day soon! Spot the little scan picture on the wall to -The clothers were borrowed from The Baby Boom Collection - Lots more photos on my blog xx

Aunty Sue - Hi as soon as I saw the word Green I thought of all the Green Trees and elements in the new collection STICKS & BONES and just had to have a play. I have made a Stepper card so I could add different layers of elements. I have used a pre-coloured  image and elements from one of the Topper sheets and also a Digi which I coloured and placed on the oval as if she had just flown through. I think they are all off to a party don't you. You can get the whole collection as a download HERE. Topper sheet and digi can also be purchased on their own.

Jenny - Lucky Green is the challenge and I thought of these two cheeky birds straight away, after all someone bringing you birthday goodies is very lucky indeed.  I use a pre-coloured image from Twiggy and Toots but also the backing papers from the new Sticks and Bones collection.

Mia - I made a Clean and simple card using the Sticks & Bones Collection. I have used some of the papers and one of the digi stamps. Please see my blog for more details.

Ria - For my lucky green inspiration I used this cute Dino from the Sticks & Bones Collection collection. I used watercolouring pencils to colour the little Dino. 

Jackie - Green brought to mind dinosaurs and there are certainly lots of those to choose from in the Sticks and Bones collection. I coloured this digi from the collection using Copic markers. The photo frame, paper and caption are also from Sticks and Bones.

Melanie here sharing my "Green" project with all of you. I have used the "Serenity Dancing" digital stamp from the "Serenity Collection" I absolutely love this entire collection.

Fabulous inspiration from everyone.

Now lets get on with announcing the winner and Top 3 for our Love & Romance Challenge

Our winner (as chosen by Random Org) is.....

#63 - Jacky/Paddington Fan

Congratulations!  You have won a $10 voucher to the Polkadoodles download store.

Please contact us HERE quoting PD07001Wk04 to claim your prize.

Our Design Team Top 3 are...

#2 - Judith

#33 - Norma

#52 - Ellabella

Congratulations everyone and don't forget to take your winners badges from the side bar.

Thanks to everyone that enters our challenges, you are all a great inspiration and we 

enjoy stopping by and visiting you  blogs each week.

So, get crafting and enter our current challenge

Lucky Green

You can enter

HERE

Week 4 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Love and Romance

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Happy Friday everyone!
Aww, love is in the air this week and our challenge theme is...
Love and Romance
That could mean a Valentines, Anniversary, Wedding or even a creation with hearts!
Anything you like as long as it follows the theme.
Remember, you do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.
The few rules we do have, are over there in the side bar --->
You have until Noon GMT, Friday 12 February to enter and our Random winner for this challenge will receive a $10 voucher to the Polkadoodles download store.

Before we have a look at the Design Team creations don't forget to take a look at the newest Polkadoodles Releases!
Look at this baby - just released today!! Whoop whoop!! This is adorable and not just a Love collection either, this can be used all year round!

  

Soooo many pretties to play with in this collection! EEEK!! Too too cute! 

Check the preview magazine HERE

AND We also have our lovely Sticks & Bones collection released last week....


Did you know that you can buy single digis, different bundles and of course thecuteosaurus whole mammoth bundle!  Why not check out the store now!

Now lets see what the Design Team have been creating....

Scatty Jan - For my Love/ Romance project I decided on a little bag for a hen night. I have used Work & Play 9 - love & Kisses .And have done a mini tutorial on my blog so hop across to find all the details and plenty of photos xx

Melanie Smith - I have used Work & Play 9 - Love & Kisses. I choose this image because it reminded me of my husband and I :-) It was such fun to color.

Karon - Seems we all had similar ideas as far as which collection to use.  I have something a little different to share today.  I did this book fold for my nephew and his new wife.  All the papers, embellishments and cut files are from the wonderful Work & Play 9 - Love & Kisses collection.  If you would like to see what the book fold is, you will have to pop along to my blog :-)

Jessie - Who says we can't love our pets, even if that pet is a dinosaur! I used Walk the Dinosaur Girl from the new Sticks & Bones Collection in Digital and CD form! I coloured her and her best friend up with my copic markers, all of the paper's and embellishments (aside from the twine) all come from this collections, its seriously a fantastic TON of product to work with and I can't wait to see what you do with it, and with this weeks challenge!

Ria- I think this Cupid from the Work and Play 9 Love and Kisses is my all time favourite from this collection. I coloured her with watercolouring pencils.

Jenny -I have used the Work and Play 9 Collection - Love and Kisses, I love this collection and after all this time just got around to doing one of the Rocker Cards, these are in PDF format and you just print. cut out and use whatever bits you need. I have been out of the house so much that crafting has been just what I can fit in so these kind of designs that are ready to go are perfect for such times.

Aunty Sue - Well as Valentines day approaches we turn to Love and Romance. So I found this fab design sheet on Twiggy & Toots of the Happy couple sheltering from the rain (and those of us in the UK know about that). Dont they look cute in their wellies. The design sheet is a decoupage and this was my 1st love when I started crafting. So guess double Love. You can find the collection here 
The spotted paper is from the collection and the rose one is from Love & Kisses collection available here

Jackie- I have been busy cutting out heaps of the gorgeous images from the new Sticks and Bones collection available here. I love how it is something different for a loved one. I chose to make a stepper card this week and coloured in the main image. Don't forget that the images are available pre coloured if you prefer. The papers and sentiment are also from the collection.

Mia - I have used the gorgeous Work & Play 9 - Love & Kisses Collection to make this cute Valentines card. The images and papers are perfect for any romantic card and it was so hard to choose between them. I loved colouring in these couple especially the girls hair for more details come and visit my blog.

Fabulous inspiration once again from the team.

Now it's over to you for our

Love and Romance Challenge

We love coming to visit you all, so lets see what you create for this challenge.

Please remember only 2 entries per person.

Don't forget to check back next week, for more inspiration

and our winner of the Winter Birthday challenge.

Have a fabulous creative week!

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Week 3 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Winter Birthday

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Happy Friday everyone!  Wow can you believe we are approaching the end of January already!

We have an inspiration week for you this week here at Polkadoodles 

for our

Winter Birthday challenge

you can enter HERE

Don't forget you don't have to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges.

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

The winners of our Anything Goes Challenge will be announced at the end of this post.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIKKY!
from all the Design teams we
want to take this opportunity to thank
you for all that you do.  For you
are one amazing creative chick
and continually amaze us with each new
collection you design.
You are one amazing lady and
we are so happy and lucky to be on this
continuing journey with you.

Have a fabulous Birthday Nikky!
xxxxx

Before we see what the design team have been up to, have you seenthe latest new release

STICKS & BONES

There are amazing bundles, individual digi images and also the fabulous

whole Sticks & Stones collection to be had in the store!
If you click on this image you can see a great magazine preview of the collection - 
and as a special treat, because it's Nikky's birthday today she is giving you a SPECIAL CODE to SAVE 15% 
on this awesome collection until 29th January! 
So just enter the code 
Birthday15 
at the checkout on both CD's and downloads in this collection!
see mag below..........                         shop collection below.....

  

Let's see what the fabulous design team have for your inspiration this week......

Mia - This card is made using the papers from the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun CD ROM and the beautiful unicorn is the Arctic Unicorn digi stamp please check out the rest of the details on this card over at my blog xx

Ria- For the winter birthday challenge I created a shakercard, I used one of my favourite stamps from the Octavia Frosted Winter Collections , this is Frosted Fox  and coloured it with watercolourpencils.

Scatty Jan - For my make for this challenge I went with winter colours of Blue, and made a cute owl bag perfect for a Birthday.  I used the template from Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun , and re-sized to 65% before cutting out.( I used pale blue card stock to make the bag shell.) I used some papers from the same collection and also some from Picknix 3 Nordic Winter.

The presents, cake, candle, and heart button are from Winston Collection

The Bow and Flowers from Octavia Moonfly Collection

and the sentiment from Rose Budd Collection

What a mix and match I just love using all different elements from the collections.

Lots more photo's on my blog xx

Jenny - Here's my idea for a winter birthday, I always think of blue and purple tones for winter. This card is made using Oddella Twig which I coloured with my Graph'its, the backing paper is from Octavia Frosted Winter and the sentiment comes from Work and Play 6, more details on my blog.

Melanie - I have done a hybrid project with the wonderful Work & Play 9 - Love and Kisses. This printed image from the CD was a beautiful match to my designer papers and the bling I added to her tiara just fit for a princess birthday card.

Jessie - Octavia has always been one of my favorite characters! And Frosted Penguins from the Octavia Frosted winter is no exception! I wanted to colour her in pinky purples and blue so I pulled papers from the Octavia Moonfly Collection which still made for a fantastic winter birthday card! She was painted with my inktense pencils.

Aunty Sue - Hi for my Winter Birthday I didn't want to go down the Blues colour theme, so went with a nice warm Red and the Blues with my background paper from Octavia Frosted Winter collection.  The Tree is also from this collection in the shop HERE.  The Cute girl is from Our Love and Kisses collection which you can find HERE you can purchase the image on its own also.  But do checkout this collection with Valentines just around the corner.

Jackie - I have used the gorgeous Work and Play10- Country Life collection for this week's card. The papers, image and sentiment are all found in it.The fox image on it's own is available here as a digi stamp to colour. I used lots of die cuts to create a white winter effect for the current challenge theme. Details on my blog.

Karon - I went back and used an older collection.  Studio 12 Picknix 2 - Gingerbread Twist for my papers and the sentiment.  Made a little faux shaker element and then added a single snowflake :-)

Wonderful inspiration from the design team.

We have two winners from our Anything Goes Challenge

chosen by Random Org and they are....

#104 - Sharon G

You have won a $20 voucher for downloads in the Polkadoodles store

please quote PD03001wk51 

#10 - Craftyfield

You have also won a $20 voucher for downloads in the Polkadoodles store

please quote PD03002wk51

Congratulations!!

You can contact as HERE to claim your prize, please quote the codes as given above :-)

For our Top 3 as chosen by the Design Team

#68 - Deni

#114 - Irene M

#137 - Elena F

Congratulations everyone and don't forget your blinkies form the side bar.

We loved everyones amazing creations and enjoyed visiting your blogs.

Now it's over to you once again for our 

Winter Birthday

challenge

HERE

See you next week - don't forget to use that great code for the new collection!

Week 51 - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes

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Hello everyone.  Well, here we are another Friday and guess what

Christmas is just a week away ahhhhhhh!

Are you all ready and prepared - have you finished all your crafty bits?

It's the start of the final Challenge of the year and this one goes on for 4 weeks!

The theme for this final challenge is everyone's favourite

ANYTHING GOES

You will have until Friday 15th January 2016 to enter, Nikky is giving the Design Team a little break.
As a special for Christmas we will choose TWO WINNERS for this challenge who will both receive a $20 voucher for downloads in the Polkadoodles Store! 

We will be back on Friday 8th January with an inspiration post and the winners

of our Traditional Christmas Challenge.

Take the time to take a peek in the Polkadoodles store

Maybe there's some last minute downloads you could give

as Christmas Presents - watch out because over Christmas and New Year there *wink wink* could be some amazing deals up for grabs in the store!....So Keep up to date too with all the offers and goodies at Polkadoodles by signing up for the newsletter.

Now let's see what the Design Team have for you for the last time this year :-) - we'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your amazing support, entering your beautiful creations and all your lovely encouragement and comments during 2015 - we're all looking forward to a brand new start in January and will be taking a little break over the festive period to recharge our crafty mojo's!...

Scatty Jan - Showing you today a card I have made for my lovely Mother In Laws Birthday . I have used lots of different collections but look how good they all work together. Using Kraft card I cut the dresser on my portrait. I then covered it using the Distress wood papers dabbing a little distress ink here and there. I Framed a photo of my MIL using the frame from Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun. The bag and little hat were borrowed from the Winston collection. And the flowers and butterfly from Rose Budd collection. Added some lace , pearls and buttons to finish , oh and some little drawer handles , More photos on my blog xx

Mia - This card I made using the fabulous Florabunda Colouring Book Pages. I just love these pages and had to but both this one and the Inspiring Foliage download. They are amazing to colour please check out the rest of the details on this card over at my blog xx

Ria - Ohh my last Polkadoodles card for 2015 ;) makes me wonder what 2016 will bring us hahaha so I decided to use my favourite Twiggy stamp Twiggy hats off combined with the fence and the birdhouse from the Twiggy and Toots collection. I coloured it with watercolouring pencils and Peerless watercolours. White dots with molotow marker. I didn't use any designer papers just an 8x8 Embossing folder and Die from Tattered Lace. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...

Karon - For my creation this week I have made a Gift box Easel card.  All the papers, embellishments are from the wonderful Studio 12 Picknix 3 - Nordic Winter collection.  Even the Merry Christmas is from this collection as a cut file for your cutting machines.  You will have to stop by my blog to find out what the box contains LOL!

Jenny - I love these anything goes challenges and it's ever so easy with all the luverly stuff Nikky brings us. This time I've used Serenity Earthstar, because I've been busy making Christmas cards I have used a pre-coloured image but she is a dream to colour in yourself too.  you can buy her on her own or for pure indulgence buy the full collection. more details on my blog on how I made this.

Melanie - I am using this adorable Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun Collection this week. I had such a fun time coloring her using my Copic markers. Visit my blog to see all the details. 

Aunty Sue - Wow well the mad rush is on for the big day and if you are like me still trying to get some last minute cards done. Also gosh the price of posting. Well to solve both what better way than to use Work & Play Festive Hollybobs. I have used all pre coloured embellishments and 3 papers and layered them all up in Word. This solves the extra weight and thickness as you print as 1 sheet. I just added a couple of think gems some fluffy stuff, glitter and twine and hey presto. 1 quick and cost effective card which I can print time and time again. You can get Festive Hollybobs as a download here if you fancy doing some quick projects. On top of this these are just the embellishments wait till you see the Characters.

Jackie- This week I have played with the Serenity Collection for the Anything Goes challenge. My card features paper, sentiments and a digi from this range. The digi image is called Serenity Joyful. Details for this card are on my blog. I love that the image is available in colour if you are after a quick make, too!

Jessie - I love the holidays and making traditional Cards. I also adore how Nikky adds little gems of images in with her collections (you really do get so much stuff when you buy the full collections) I used the Work and Play 5 Hollybobs collection for this card, and it is an example of one of those great images you can find Rudy in this collection as well as all the patterned paper I used.

So, now it is over to you. ....The theme, everyones favourite

ANYTHING GOES

Please remember we only have a few rules, they are over there in the side bar ----->

Only two entries per person.

Nikky and all of the Design Team wish you all

A

Very

Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New Year!

See you all in 2016!!!

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