Digi Choosday Wk 10...Anything Goes/Christmas Birthday

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Just one more sleep and it's here!

All of us on both the Digi Choosday and the Polkadoodles team would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas with your loved ones and we hope you have a super festive season with stockings stuffed with stash!

Our challenge this week as always is

Anything Goes

but the DT were challenged to make something for a 

Christmas Birthday 

so if you can join in then feel free!

The random winner of our Week 8 challenge is

Sarah J

Well done Sarah, you won a big download bundle! 

Our Top 3 from week 8 also all win downloads so our favourite entries were:

#11 Joyce, #9 Karen I, #23 Debbie S

Well done everyone! Please all email me here to claim your prizes!

Right, let's get onto this week's challenge and see what the DT have for us - and yes we will be back next Tuesday as usual but don't forget to check out our usual Polkadoodles challenge on Friday : )

Anjie - As it was my wonderful Husbands birthday on the 21st I made this card for him.
The image is Jock by Emma Canning and is coloured with Graph 'It Markers. The papers are from the Boys Hoot Download Bundle. I've used a distress ink around the edges of everything and added faux stitching. I've also pierced the card around the image to give a more realistic stitch effect. I've added some dies and sentiments from my stash.

 Sarah I was unsure what to do with a Christmas birthday theme - until I remembered this lovely sentiment and then inspiration struck!  I used Christmas Sentiments 1 Download Bundle, lots of shimmering card, an embossing folder, a Nestabilities and a flower die, ribbon, glitter glue and a gem or two.  With some ink for definition on the sentiment I think this would make someone a lovely winter themed birthday card - well I hope it would anyway!! And it didn't even take that long to make!

Scatty Jan I really enjoyed making this after all the Christmas makes - It did get me thinking though
The box is cut on ,my portrait using the Xmas Joy collection paper and the liitle owl and balloon from Girls Hoot collection - I was so pleased with my little creation xx

Zoe - Birthdays always seem to be forgotten around Christmas, but not by us! Here's my card using the gorgeous Emma Canning Birthday Wishes I have coloured her in seasonal colours and even coloured the candle glow! I kept the card clean and simple - a spot of sparkle on her leggings and some colour matching embellishments along with the stamp which is a Polkadoodles sentiment finishes it all off.

Debbi - With everything so busy with Christmas, people who have birthdays at this time of year seem to get forgotten. For my card I used the Chirstmas Joy bundle and the Emma Canning Bauble Gown digi stamp, which was coloured with Promarkers. The birthday sentiment tag was taken from the Birthday Wishes bundle. I edged most of the element with Fired Brick and Peeled Paint Distress ink

Jo- It was my little brother's 13th birthday last week and I made this card for him using the Emma Canning digi Jock and a paper and star embellishment from the sugar boys download collection. I added a sentiment to the star in my graphics program and used blue washi tape and patterned ribbon for dimension. Christmas birthdays are hard to make for, but teenage-boy, Christmas birthdays are a challenge and a half!

Susan ...This week I have only used things from Christmas Joy and no colouring at all.

I have used Craft Artist to put together most of the elements ,then just mated onto one of the papers from the digi bundle added some sparkle and snowflakes .This is for my granddaughter she will be 14 on Boxing Day. 

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 2nd Jan to enter and the winner will be announced on our Week 12 post Tues 7th Jan) 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!

3. MAXIMUM of 2 entries allowed!

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Digi Choosday! Wk 5... All About Craft

Tuesday again - where do the weeks go??

Before we get to this week's challenge, let's announce the winners from last time! 

Our random winner from week 3 is No. 9 Donna - well done Donna, email us here to claim your prize, you've won a download bundle!

Our Top 3 favourites from Week 3 which was the Autumn colours challenge are:

No 3 Annie, No 11 Kym and No 15 AJ - well done everyone, grab your blinkies from the sidebar!

So onto today's Design Team challenge!

This week is ALL ABOUT CRAFT for the DT! 

We have some great crafty downloads in the store so make sure you check them out, they're so cute! 

For you guys at home, YOUR challenge is Anything Goes 

but if you can add something crafty you'll get extra points and likes so show us what you got! The winner of this challenge will win £5 of downloads! 
Let's see what the Design Team have to show you!...

Anjie... The image on my card this week is called Emma Canning To Die For and is available as an instant download so you can get crafting straight away! She is coloured with Graph 'It Markers. The papers are from the fabulous Sugarplum Daisy CD-Rom. I've added rolled roses using the same papers and some die cuts. The sentiment ticket is also from the same CD.

Zoe - This week I set about making something I've wanted to do for ages. A sign for my craft room door! I took a MDF 'Create' word and decorated it with paint, but Pan Pastels would work. I created a wire coil to attach my image which was matted and layered a number of times on colour coordinating card. The image is Emma Canning's Colour Me Happy digi which I coloured with a mix of markers including Graph It's.

Scatty Jan - This week I decided on a card using Emma Canning's Colour Me Happy digi - How great is she brilliant for any crafters birthday- coloured using promarkers and white gel pen - The front of the small card I added a sentiment and some glamour dust - The paper is from Tail Feather download bundle and the flowers are from Back to Nature download bundle which I finished off with some candi xx

Debbi - I have to admit that my craft stash needs a bit of a tidy. So this week I made a start (all be it a small start...lol) and have made a pen organiser for my Promarkers. The Emma Canning 'Colour Me Happy' digi stamp was perfect to add to the front.The panel were made using papers from the 'Christmas Joy' bundle, which is great as it can be used all year round and not just at Christmas.

Cara....I've gone with something different for me this week and done a very CAS style card ..I've used the Emma Canning Colour me Happy Digi, we all seem to have taken a shine to this image but if you pop by the store there are loads of "Crafty" themed images.

Jo - For this week's crafty project I used my graphics program to merge a cute polkadot paper from the Emma Canning animal and nature digi kit and a button embellishment from Sugar Boys digi kit, to create a completely different backing paper. I love how creative you can be with digital papers and embellishments :) The gorgeous image is Sew and Sew by Emma Canning. 

Katrina - for this challenge I have used the sweet Emma Canning Colour me Happy Digi - I decided to make a small hanging sign that I will be giving to a friend this Christmas! The image was coloured with copics and I stuck it to the sign using silicone - the words are cut from vinyl on my cameo :) 

Susan - I just love to sew ,so this was the perfect digi for me to use in this challenge, it's Sew and Sew by Emma Canning and the paper is from da! da! you've gest it Girls Hoot

I have listed everything used on my blog...

Sally - Hi there folks!  What a busy weekend I have had.  I got home late last night and knew I had to get this week's Digi Choosday challenge done.  I chose one of Emma Cannings lovely images and coloured her with my Graph'its and Promarkers.  I cut her out and mounted her onto a Spellbinders scalloped circle and then mounted her onto a easel card. I covered the background with some dotty paper which I had in my crafty stash and I am sure it is off of one of my Polkadoodle CD Roms and then cut out some hexagons using scraps again and made it like she was sewing a patchwork quilt. 

So this is my " Miss you Sew much" card x

Kevin I have used this gorgeous image called To die for from Emma Canning, and as always I have coloured her with my Graph'it Markers.

So there is all the fab inspiration from the team - I'm sure you'll agree that they're all superb makes!

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 and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Rules: No Backlinks and no copying another blogger's work and passing it off as your own!

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DIGI CHOOSDAY digital challenge! Week 1...Anything Goes!

Hi everyone - welcome to the first Digi Choosday challenge post!

Digi Choosday is our opportunity to bring you some fantastic inspiration using our DIGI products which can be found in the Polkadoodles store - AND some fantastic special offers for you each Tuesday (hence the name Choos-day, get it?)...

I'm so happy to also say we have a totally new Digi Choosday Design Team, all of which will be sharing their amazing creations with you at 9am sharp every week, so make sure you don't miss the feed, I have a feeling it's going to be awesome! 

So to kick off our very first challenge our theme is...

Anything Goes!

And to go along with this great challenge we have a super special offer for you 

save a massive 40% off in the Digistore here until Saturday - just enter the code DCD001 at the checkout! 

(PLEASE PLEASE go through the digi checkout or your order will not be despatched immediately AND you will not receive your discount and this cannot be applied retrospectively!)

Now, to enter these challenges you do NOT have to use our products (although obviously we would love it if you did) so the world is your oyster - just share your most fabulush creations with us!
We will choose a RANDOM winner each week and our fave Top 3...then each month we will choose someone from our Top 3 to join us as a Guest Designer the following month - woohooo!
Along the way we will have some great prizes and some great special offers on our digistore, so make sure you don't miss out on the weekly offerings.

The winner of this challenge will receive 3 free downloads!

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! 

So let's get on with the challenge and see what the Fabulushly talented team have to show us this week. Add your entry to Mr Linky below (you have until Tuesday 29th Oct to enter and the winner will be announced on our Week 3 post Tues 4th Nov) and pinch our badge for your blog sidebar - we'll see you back here on Friday for our usual Polkadoodles challenge....

Scatty Jan.....How cute is little Ralph, I could not wait to get him coloured. He sits perfectly on my little Nesting/bird box. The Papers and Tag are from the download pack Christmas Joy and the Flowers and Holly Leaves from the download pack Back to Nature.

Anjie- Isn't the digi image just adorable! It is called Teddy hug and can be found here. I have coloured him with my Graph' It markers and then sprayed him with Graph'It Mix It Fluid which gives some texture. The papers and embellishments are from the Home for Christmas CD Collection. I have embossed a piece of white card and then used gold, copper and green Pan Pastels. I'm in love with the metallic pans, they give such a great effect!

Zoe - I decided to make a gift card to allow me to send a book voucher/card as a present, and as soon as I saw Emma Canning's Bookworm I knew I had to use it. I also chose elements from the Love Will Flourish digi collection even though this says it's for wedding stationery.  The papers and embellishments are so suitable for many an idea so it's always worth looking beyond the collection title. I took all of the images into Serif Craft Artist to create the main topper & bookmark. I matted & layered both onto coordinating card  before creating a simple pocket for the gift card/voucher to slot into along with a matching bookmark.

Debbi - You can't help but love Ralph, who is all ready for winter in his furry hat. I loved making this shape card, which can be used for winter birthdays as well as Christmas. The great thing about digi stamps  and downloads is the variety of things you can make. I made this card by importing the digi into the Silhouette Cameo software, which I separated  into sections and coloured each one. And the little secret of the furry hat...is a makeup cotton pad split in half :)

Sarah - Am very excited to be doing my first Digi Chooseday post and looking forward to using all the fabulous digi stash! For my very first project with the team I used an Emma Canning image - To Die For which I coloured with my ProMarkers and matched her with papers and embellishments from Sugar Boys download and Tail Feather download.  I then added a die-cut, a sentiment from Marriage Download bundle and some lace to finish off.  I thought maybe the card could be sent to a crafty friend who just purchased their first die-cutting machine, or even just someone who really loves their die-cuts (oh that would be me!!).

Cara
I'm so pleased to have been picked for this brand new design Team, I love working with Digital downloads, they are just so flexible to work with.  For my first card I used this super cute image called Christmas Cuddle by Emma Canning and coloured her up with my fabulous Graph'it Markers.
 I used the Christmas Joy download bundle for all of my papers and embellishments.

Kevin
I am very excited to be on this brand new design team, I enjoy working with Digital images and Polkadoodle download bundles, I have used this gorgeous image from Emma Canning called The Happy Couple which is coloured with Graph'it Markers. and the beautiful Boundless Love Digital download bundle.

Jo....
Hi everyone... I'm soooooo pleased to be able to do a little playing designing with the fabulous products from Polkadoodles. For my first project, I totally fell in love with this Emma Canning Sew and Sew digi image which was printed onto some fantastic white card, and then coloured with alcohol markers. After she was mounted with some die cuts, I trimmed up some of this paper and layered it onto brown cardstock. The card was finished with a die cut bunting and a border punch.

Joanne
Hello everyone, I am sooo excited about being a part of Digi Choosday! For my first project I couldn't resist colouring the gorgeous Emma Canning digi, Skate Away With Me. I added a sentiment, available here, and a glittered, kraft card snowflake embellishment for a bit of added sparkle. The background paper is from Christmas Joy, available here.

Susan - I was so exited when I got picked for the brand new Digi Choosday DT . I have used the Digi collection Girls Hoot ,and an image from the very talented Emma Canning Prom Day coloured with Graph'it markers . All are available at Polkadoodles.

Katrina

I decided to give a Christmas feel with this Emma Canning Angel digi but it can be used all year round - very clever design! 

Sally - Hi there, so excited to be on the new Design Team!  I have used one of my favourite digis from Emma Canning called "All lit up" which I coloured with my Graph'it markers. I then used the a backing paper, embellishments and sentiment from the digi bundle Christmas Joy to complete my card. I matted it on brown cardstock and die cut a holly tag for my sentiment.

So there is all the fab inspiration from the team - I'm sure you'll agree that they're all superb makes!

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 29th Oct to enter and the winner will be announced on our Week 3 post Tues 4th 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!!...

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

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Week 42 Challenge - Christmas Is Coming!

Welcome to another Polkadoodle challenge! We have some REALLY EXCITING NEWS to share this week! 

WELCOME TO

From now on, here on this blog we shall be publishing a brand NEW CHALLENGE EACH TUESDAY! 

If you love using digi images and want to be in the know about some fantastic offers, new stuff and inspiration then you need to drop in every Tuesday to see what we bring you! We have a fantastic new Design Team, specially for the Digi Choosday Challenges and we are delighted to announce that the new team joining us are:

Jo Austin

Anjie 

Sally

Kevin 

Zoe

Debbi

Scatty Jan

Susan      

Jo

Katrina

Sarah

Cara

Our first challenge kicks off this Tuesday 22nd October so don't forget to drop in and join us - we will have some fabulous free candy to share with everyone!

On with the current challenge for today!...

We have tweaked our challenge rules and we are now picking a RANDOM WINNER each week to get one of our great prizes! We're doing this as a massive thanks to you all for entering each week and we think it's much fairer that everyone gets an equal chance to win some lovely goodies, so from now on, if you enter then you're in the draw! We will still choose our favourite top 3 as well and they will receive a little prize too. IN ADDITION, you can now enter as many challenges as you wish and are no longer restricted to 10!

So our randomly chosen winner for Week 40 is ..... number 19 - Jackie Bowman

Well done, email us to claim your prize of a £10 gift voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store!

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

no 27 - Sue Bearhouse *~* no 23 - Darlene Pavlick *~* no 7 - Vickie O'Dell

Well done everyone! Grab your blinkies from the sidebar!

Now onto the theme for this week which is

Christmas Is Coming!

Have a look at the fab samples from the Design Team - you can almost smell the mince pies and hear the crunch of the snow!
Closing date for the challenge is Sunday 27 October at 12noon GMT and don't forget to link your actual blog post so we can come and visit you!

Ruth:  Something a little bit different from me - I went for an unusual fold card and made this!  Use papers from A Home For Christmas along with some ribbon, half pearls I found in my stash and some die cuts.  The sentiment ticket is also from the cd.

Shell- I decide to go for a very simple but effective Christmas card this week.  I have a lot of cards to make this year and I need something that would be quick but also look good too. I think this fits the job nicely.
I used some papers and a sentiment off  A Home For Christmas CD

JAN - I chose to make a 'Three Panel Screen Card' for my folded design, using the fabulous 'A Home for Christmas CD'.  The baubles are also cut and folded to give a lovely 3D effect.

Anjie -  I decided to do a gatefold easel for this challenge for something a little bit different.I have used images and papers from the A Home for Christmas CD Collection. The images are coloured with Graph'It Markers and slightly distressed with a distress ink. I've added some spider web, flowers and buttons. There's some real fun images in this collection, it's not all about people, although there are some in it, it's more about houses and Christmas Characters, so there is something for everyone.

                                          

Lizzie - I used the wonderful A Home For Christmas CD for the papers and embellies. I printed a piece of card both sides and then printed a template I have had for ages on one side and cut out and adhered it together. I did the shoes papers opposite to each other as I thought they would make great place settings on my Christmas table, alternating them along the table. I printed and cut out lots of holly, used gems to bling up.

One shoe I added Stickles glitter glue, I didn't want the shoes the same ! I added some chocolates in a bag with ribbon and printed names, adding holly again.  

This is what the shoes look like empty .........NO I didn't eat the chocolates .......... honest !!! 

Kim  I've made an envelope gift bag (a tutorial for this is below the challenge post) using papers, topper and sentiment from the A Home for Christmas cd

Bev Oh this weeks challenge was so much fun! I made a never ending, kinetic card, using papers and embellies from A Home For Christmas I just added a bit of sparkle to make it pop.

Patty I used the wonderful A Home For Christmas CD  to make this cute boys and girls Christmas tags! I use lots of tags at Christmas.  I printed the cute girls and boy images on white cardstock and cut them, then aged the white tags, cut a piece of white border and when all the pieces were cut I adhered it all together. I added the red ribbon and tied a small bow with the twine to add with the brown button.

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.

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