Week 14 - Use a Die - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge

Hello out there - hope you have all had a fabulous week of creativity.

Now I hope that the Easter Bunny brings you lots of delicious chocolate to eat, 

but no taking it in the craft room.

Afterall, we don't want chocolatey creations, unless of

course they are edible LOL!

Have you all seen the latest new release to the Work and Play Collections

Work & Play 10 - Country Life

It is another amazing collection of 10 beautiful country characters and themes, stunning papers,

embellishments and cute animal digis too!

You just have to go check out the different bundles and even available as single digi stamps.

HERE

The winners of our Birthdays Challenge are at the end of this post.

We are here with our inspiration creations for Week 2 of our current challenge

Use a Die

You can enter HERE

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

The rules are in the side bar over there ----->

Now, lets see what the DT have for you.

Scatty Jan - Ohhhh I really loved making my little bird house this week. The die that I used is the Jolly Bumblebees memory box havent used it for far to long - I glittered up his wings using star dust stickles.I cut the little house on my portrait . The roof  was cut from paper from Work and Play 1 collection (as was the branch) - The nuts and ladybird were from Cherryblossom Lane collection. The flag banner is from Picknix cd and the main paper , birds, and flowers from the Eden collection. It's so much fun working with all the collections , there are plenty on each but it's also great that they mix and match. The little tiny leaves ontop of the house are a punch- lots more piccy's on my blog xx

Asha - I made a card for a friend who is expecting a baby girl. Here's a sweet and simple card made with papers from my all time favourite indispensable CD for patterned papers - Sugar Birdies. The pre-coloured digi and sentiment are from the Fredericka Mini Collection. I'm using heart dies in various sizes to cut and frame as well as a few sequins and sheer ribbon for a soft and delicate finish.

Penny - I was delighted when I saw the theme of Use a die for the challenge and immediately ran off to play with my Little B and Spellbinders dies to create.  I used the wonderful Eden collection papers and embellishments.   I love how easy it is to coordinate everything, I think I was smiling the whole time I created this.

Karon - My hubby's nephew is getting married later this year, so I decided to get my Wedding card made and done.  I used several sizes of oval dies behind the main image and on the inside.  I have used the wonderful Bride and Groom rabbits off of the wonderful Cherryblossom Lane Collection, they are also available as a single digi download.  All the elements are from this fabulous CD.

Lou - I have used one of the card templates from Work and Play 8, Music; adore their shape with the music notes on the side. Papers, embellies, sentiments and flowers are also from the same CD/download. Dies were a Sizzlet set to create some frames and a Sizzix butterfly die.

Cheremane - I have used the stunning Eden Cd to create my card and used Fairy Wings Digi I adore everything about this collection the colours are very feminine teamed with stunning images it really is a must for all your girly creations. I teamed this up with Spellbinders and Memory box die's to suit the theme.

Agnieszka - hello Crafters :) Today I want to share with you my card with image from the
Work & Play 10 CD Collection - Country Life. I used pre-coloured image Gamekeeper :) I also printed papers from CD - they are so pretty and softy colours. I created card for a man, added some white and craft carton, few flowers and dies (Cheery  Lynn Designs - lace and leaves and Crafty Ann - honey comb lattice, sentence - "for you".

Anna - For the Use a Die Challenge, I decided to make a last Easter card for this year, in my favorite color - violet. It has flowers, lace and a cardboard bunny . Card made from  Winston collection.

Our winner (chosen by Random Org) for our last challenge

Wk 11/12 Birthdays is

#92 - Ane Lene

You have won a download of the amazing Eden Collection

Please contact us HERE and quote PD14001Wk11

So many amazing projects for our Birthday's challenge, we found it really difficult to choose

a Top 3 so this week, we have a Top 4 :-)

Our Top 4 this week, chosen by the Design Team are

#33 - Jacee

#85 - Nancy Brown

#88 - Margaret A (Granmargaret)

#100 - Shell B

Thanks and congrats to you all, don't forget to take you blinkies from the side bar.

Thanks to all those that take part in all our challenges, we love coming to visit and seeing

all your wonderful creations and inspiration.

Don;t forget our current challenge

Use a Die

and enter 

HERE

From all of us here at Polkadoodles, we would like to wish you all a very

HAPPY EASTER

Week 10 - Ribbons and Lace - Polkadoodles Challenge

Hello everyone!  It's Friday!

Have you got any plans for the weekend?

No?!

Then why not take a look at the fabulous new realease!

Out this week and available now!!

Either by CD or

immediate download if you don't want to can't wait for the postman!

This is EDEN

Stunning new collection.  You will love Nikky's amazing art work in this collection, so beautiful!

You have to check out all the bundles too.  Maybe you just want the papers, the digis, even individual digis are available  HERE

Anyway, so it's inspiration week for our 

Ribbons and Lace Challenge

which started last week and you can enter 

HERE

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

The Random Winner of this challenge will receive a download of the Love and Kisses Collection which includes 16, YES, 16!!! Digital stamps, whoop whoop!! Well worth entering for this one so make sure you don't miss it!!

The winners of our All Things Kraft Challenge will be announced at the end of this post.

Now onto this weeks beautiful inspiration from our Design Team.....

Dawn:   I have used a precoloured image from Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses, which can be purchased  here or the full CD set here & mirror imaged it to show 2 brides as I have a friend whose daughter is marrying her  partner  later this year. The papers are from the same CD as well, as is the sentiment & champagne bottle & glasses. More details on my blog.

Asha: I was in a super girly girl mood when I reached out for the adorable Pretty Sweet Mini CD collection. Calling it Mini is an understatement! This CD is packed with the prettiest, sweetest, most darling images and papers. I used little Maddie as my focal image and she was a delight to colour with my Graph'It markers. Maddie with Present is also available as a single download digistamp. 

Scatty Jan - I decided to make a shaped card for this challenge - I made this sweet little baby card - The Pink checked paper is from Cherryblossom Lane collection. Added in some lace, Ribbon and a little Bow. I then added on little Etty from the Winston collection CD, which is also available as download,an also Etty as a digi that you can find here. layered up to give a little depth.

Ashley Lydia- I decided to make a very girly card using the fabulous princess and carriage from the Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses which you can find here. I made a glitter frame for dimension, and added some flowers that I dyed with chalk to match the purple and pink theme as well as some adorable hearts from the embellies of the WP9 collection. The princess is pre-colored but I added some vibrancy using my markers, its a great idea to go over the colors and practice your coloring skills =) 

Cheremane - I have used the fabulous Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses Cd you can also get the Bride & Groom as a Digi download Here. I adore Ribbons & lace so this was a very easy challenge for me. I printed the papers and distressed the edges with Milled Lavender distress ink, I used a lace edge punch on one of the papers, I die cut the pre-coloured digi image and distressed inked it before removing from the die to get a shadow. Finally added Ribbon Lace, flowers pearls and heart charm and a touch of glitter to the brides dress to finish. Pop on over to the Polkadoodles Shop as you will find everything for all your crafting needs and wants all in the one place.

Karon - I decided to use the wonderful Rose Budd Papercraftng Cd collection.  Everything on the card is from this fabulous collection, except the real bit of lace down the left side and the pearl dot on the ribbon.  Even the lace underneath the lace (lol) is off the CD.  Inked the edges and added a little dimension to the flowers with foam pads.

Christine I used Saucy Wedding Night   digi, I colored her with Spectrum Noir Markers and colored pencils.  The fold is one I found on Pinterest.  I used the cut files from the Work And Play 9-Love and Kisses Collection, and the papers from this wonderful set. I added some ribbon and lace on the folds of my card. 

Agnieszka - hello Crafters :) Today I want to share with you my card, which I prepared as an inspiration for Ribbons and Lace.  I  used pre-coloured image from Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses - Full Download Bundle.  As I love a lot of embellishments on my cards - it was a pleasure created this card. I added a big ribbon bow in purple, paper and fabric lace, a few flowers, cristals and dies cut - my card is ready, hugs.

Anna -  This time, I made an Easter card again, in shades of violet, with lace, ribbons, eggs and flowers. The card is made from paper from the Winston collection CD , more pics on my blog .

Lou: I have used one paper and oodles of embellies from the Octavia CD/download to create my card for this challenge. I had a great time fussy cutting all the pieces; it was so relaxing and rewarding. More photos can be found on my blog ...

Fabulous inspiration!

Now onto our winner, as drawn by Random Org, from our All Things Kraft Challenge.

#13 - Cass

You have won a £10 voucher to the Polkadoodles Digi Download Store, 

to claim your prize, please contact us HERE and quote PD10001wk7

Our Top 3 as chosen by the Design Team are

#32 - Lisa S

#33 - Rosina

#36 - zetkaArt

You have all won a free digi in the Digi Download Store,

to claim your prize, please contact us HERE and quote PD10002wk7

Well done everyone and congratulations.

Don't forget to take the blinkies from the sidebar too :-)

And remember to take part in our

Ribbons and Lace Challenge

HERE

Week 7 - All things Kraft - Polkadoodles Challenge

Hello out there!  Wow - what a week this has been.

It's the start of a new challenge this week, but before we get to that,

we have a few new teamies to introduce!

Please welcome

Agnieszka

Christine

Dawn
Wendy

Naz

Jane

They have fabulous inspiration for you and wonderful blogs.  Click on their name and go take a peek!

Catch Nikky on Create and Craft this Friday 13th February, 8am!!

Your chance to check out the fabulous new releases.

Octavia Moonfly

Work & Play 9 - Love and Kisses

Work and Play 8 - Music

Now onto our new challenge this week

All things Kraft

s
o include Kraft somewhere in your creation.

You have until Noon GMT, Friday 27th February to enter.

You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges

The rules are over there in the side bar ----->

The Winner of this challenge will receive a £10 gift voucher to the Polkadoodles

Digi Download store to spend on whatever you like!! Whoop Whoop!

And our Top 3 favourites will all win a £2 voucher to spend on digis in the store too - even better!

Now let's hand it over to the Design Team to show you their inspiration for you this week.

Scatty Jan - E is for Etty and I just adore her - She is part of the Winston collection and also available as a download. I have used one of the pre-coloured images but Etty is also available as a digi, how cute is she. The E box is made using paper from the  Kraft paper section on the CD , and all the embellies, flowers etc that I have used can be found in the collection.

Agnieszka - for my Kraft card I have used the lovely Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses - Full Download Bundle.  I have used one of the pre-coloured images, it is also available as a digi Bride & Groom.  I also added pink flowery paper and sentiments "Just Married".

Dawn - For my All Things Kraft I have used various elements from the Work & Play 9 CD Love & Kisses. I chose to use one of the templates included in the CD & cut out by hand the stepper card, I then covered it with papers, and coloured an image with Prisma pencils onto Kraft card. The word bliss was made by printing out the scrabble letters, again onto Kraft card. All of these are found on the CD. I added a Magnolia flower flourish die & Christmas lace die & all ribbon, flowers & dew drops are from stash.

Asha - I'll be honest, this week's challenge crept up on me. If it's not a challenge, it's somebody's birthday. A card is never at hand when I need it. Not anymore. Enter - DESIGN SHEET. This krafty creation is made entirely from bits and pieces from a design sheet from the Winston Deluxe Papercrafting CD. There are several designs to choose from. I just added twine from my stash, some foam tape to give the little guy some dimension and my card is done  - all in under an hour! Fabulous!

Cheremane - I adore Kraft card so love this theme and just had to use the fabulous Winston Deluxe Cd I couldn't resist choosing the cutest Etty Bear New Dress Image which you can also get on a Digi Download. The papers, flowers, butterflies,bow and sentiment are all from the Winston Cd and teamed up with some pearls, lace, glossy accents and a spellbinders grand circles die and of course Kraft card. Pop on over to the Polkadoodles Shop as there are heaps of goodies for all your crafting needs.

Melanie - I use a lot of kraft card so decided to challenge myself to do something a little different with it than my usual style. This card is about as fussy as I get! I love the colours - pink and kraft go so well together. Of course I just had to use the Winston Deluxe papercrafting CD, as it contains so many truly gorgeous kraft papers. I distressed some polka dot kraft paper then layered a girly pink floral paper over the top to off-set the sepia-toned Etty image - this one was taken from a design sheet on the CD, but it's also available as a digistamp! A birthday tag and ephemera, lilac organza, lace ribbon, kraft tag, stick pins and pastel flowers finished the look.

Karon - I have played with the new cut files that are now available at Polkadoodles as of this week. They are fabulous and I couldn't resist making some teeny flowers.  I used a Kraft card base and then a craft coloured paper from the In the Garden section off of the Studio 12 - Picknix 1 Collection.  The sentiment is from the Cherryblossom Lane CD Collection.

Christine  I got to play with  Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses - Full Download Bundle and the

Cutting File Ivy 2.  I used the wonderful Princess/Bride Carriage Digi and I colored my image with Spectrum Noir Markers and Colored Pencils.  The background  papers come from the Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses - Full Download Bundle .  The base of the card is Kraft paper, and the Ivy Cuts are from Kraft cardstock also.  I added some pink gems to her hair and on the vines and finished it off with some pretty pink bows.

Anna -  Today, my card is a compilation of craft paper and very light heather colored one from the Winston Deluxe papercrafting CD . The paper was torn into uneven stripes glued one on top of another and separated in certain spots with lace or ribbon. Besides that, I arranged a bouquet of beautiful flowers, to which I added colorful wire, dried leaves, a little clothes pin, and a cord arranged in a specific, and characteristic for me, manner. I inked everything with brown. The card was made for a Name Day. More details can be found on my blog.

Once again, the Design Team out did themselves - fabulous!

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

Winners of our Flower Power challenge will be announced next Friday 20th Feb.

Have a wonderful week everyone.

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Week 6 - Flower Power - Polkadoodles Challenge

Yay! Friday is here again.

I can't believe that we are already into February.

Octavia Moonfly made her debut this past week and you have all

fallen in love with this wonderful collection.  All the different bundles

are available by clicking on the image below.

Isn't she gorgeous!! And the fact that she is not only available as a full CD collection

or immediate download collection, but she is also available as

individual digi downloads.

Also a quick reminder that we are currently having a

Design Team Call and not just one but two!

We are looking for some new Challenge teamies and also

some new teamies for our all new Facebook Team.

You can read all about it HERE!

The winners of our Case It Challenge will be announced at the end of this post.

Out current challenge Flower Power is open until

Friday 13th Feb, 12 noon GMT

You can enter your creations

HERE

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

The rules are in the sidebar over there ----->

Now onto the fabulous Design Team inspiration for you this week,

without further ado.......

Scatty Jan for my Flower Power card I have used the lovely  CD collection Bonbon Belles - It has two CD's absolutely full to the brim with so many goodies - All the papers, flowers and embellies I have used are from the collection. Georgia is one of the many characters that can be found on this collection and I have coloured her with Graph'It markers 

Asha: For my project, I'm travelling back in time to this pretty CD released in December 2012 called Cherry Blossom Lane. Adorable characters and cute papers and embellishments fill this spring themed CD. I've coloured the cute bunnies having fun around the Maypole with Graph'It markers and added a floral border. The sentiment is from the In The Garden CD. More papers flowers from my stash for extra power!

Susan  -  Flower Power !!!!!!! for my card this week I have used papers and a precoloured digi from one of my favourite collections Rose Budd CD. The flowers are from the amazing New Octavia collection  also available as a download.  Just goes to show how you can mix & match all of your collections.

Karon - Thought I would try something a little different this week and made this little gift.  The frame is 3.25" square and I have used the Dollie Daydream Goes East collection.  The backing paper, butterfly and flower are all from this wonderful collection.  I layered up the butterfly and added some glossy accents and then layered up the flower too, also adding some glossy accents.  

Melanie - I've once again used the amazing Picknix collection for my card, specifically the In The Garden bundle, which is full of gorgeous images, sentiments and papers. I layered the digital sentiment over a journaling card in a Word program before printing out, then coloured the flowers around the image with a red Spectrum Noir pen. I layered the journaling card with a lovely green polka dot paper from the CD and some scrap dictionary paper from my stash, then embellished with paper flowers, gems and lace ribbon. 

Cheremane - For my take on Flower Power I have used the adorable pre-coloured Etty Bear from the Winston Cd. You can also get Etty as a Digi download on her own, isn't she just the cutest, I have also used the papers and flowers all from the Winston Cd. Head on over to the Shop where you can get all your accessories to complement your Cd's & Downloads for all your crafting needs.

Claire C I've used the gorgeous Work and Play 8 collection for my card, I love this cd and used my trusty Graph'It Markers to colour up the supercute image! I've die cut the flowers from some scraps of the pretty backing papers on the CD and added a sentiment, some lace, velvet ricrac, pearls and die cuts. To finish off i've used one of the fabby paper bows from the CD too

Anna -  I really like challenges with flowers. I love arranging flowers on cards into bouquets, or using only two or even one, large flower. Flowers add charm to projects and I always associate them with a beautiful garden. This time, I present an Easter card in violet colors from from the Winston Cd, layered with beautiful doily and gorgeous flowers.  

WOW - haven't the team done a fabulous job this week.

Gorgeous inspiration.

Now onto our winner, as chosen by random org, from our

Case It Challenge

#4 - Mary Demmons

Please contact us here, and quote PD6001wk3, to claim your prize

You have won a copy of our fabulous

Work & Play 8 collection on download.

Now onto our Top 3 as chosen by the Design Team

#1 - Vannessa

#2 - Kym

#4 - Mary Demmons

You have all won a digi!!

Please contact us here, and quote PD6002wk3, to claim your prize.

Well done and congratulations to everyone.

Don't forget to take you blinkies from the side bar too.

So, off you go now and get crafting my lovelies :-)

Flower Power Challenge - open until the 13th February, Noon GMT

Enter

HERE

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.