Gem of A Craft Challenge

Saturday 20 April 2024

Wk 8 Anything Goes Card Making & Paper Craft Scrapbook challenge - Gem of a Challenge

Welcome back to our card making & paper craft scrapbook challenge!

We appreciate you all entering and supporting this Card Making & Paper Craft scrapbook challenge challenge and all the other PD challenges, we truly love seeing your work every week and sharing your crafty passions!

This challenge blog is sponsored by Polkadoodles. The winners of the last challenge are at the end of this post. Thanks so much to all of you who entered!

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THE CHALLENGE IS

ANYTHING GOES

So let's get to the inspiration for today's new Card Making & Paper Craft Scrapbook challenge...

RACHAEL - Have you been asked to make some wedding cards, invitations, save the dates, or other table wear for a wedding? This clear stamp set called Wedding Season is perfect for making them. For this invitation, I used a gatefold design with a wraparound front, embellished with the stamps in the set. To make matching backing paper I used the tiny heart in the set to randomly stamp making perfect matching papers! simple but elegant!

Wendy L - I created this pop up box using precoloured digital stamps from the Perfect Peony collection - unusual for me not to color myself but sometimes you just need to make something different to the norm. Hope you like it!

Janelle: Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing this super cute Bathtime Elephant. I just can't get over how sweet this one is and how fun it was to color!!
Elephant: C00, 0, 1, 3
Cheek/Ears: R01, R000
Nails: W00, W0, 2
Wooden Tub: W41, 42, 43
Stool/shelf: E30, 31, 33
Towel: BV 0000, 00, 02
Shower head: T0, T2
Bottles: B0000, 000, 01/ BG 10, 11,13
Sponge: Y21, 23
Water: B0000, 000, 01
Bubbles: Y11, B000, BV00, RV02,
Maz - For my 'Spring' project, I created this card featuring Sleeping Lily Ladybug and coloured using markers. I attached florals and a butterfly from the Kindness Blooms Stamp Set. All details can be found on my blog.

Wendy - Hello everyone I hope that you are having a lovely week ! I love Spring with all the flowers and wonderful fragrances in the air and Spring has definitely arrived here so perfect timing for the theme for our projects this week...to use pretty Spring colours and an animal.
So I chose to use one of the sweet bunnies from the Springtime Smiles collection, this is Bunny with Roses and two of the pretty pastel papers from the same collection. I used the papers to pick my colour palette for my Promarkers, sticking to the yellow and green colours. The sentiment is from the Darling Buds collection and I've foiled it in a pretty mint green foil. Have a wonderful week - crafty hugs x

Thanks so much to the team for all this wonderful inspiration!

Over to our winners from Card Making & Paper Craft challenge 7...

Our main Random Winner is...

21 Birgit

You won 3 digital Stamps from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the 3 digital stamps you would like to receive.
Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK8001 to claim your prize of 3 free digital stamp downloads (not bundles/digideals) from the digi store -
Claims must be received by 27/4/24.
(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 28 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)

Our Top 3 favourite picks for this challenge are....

7 Inkami (cool layout!)

32 Louise NZ

65 Elle-Jeanne

You won 1 digital Stamp from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

Please take our WINNERS & TOP 3 badge from the Sidebar

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the 3 digital stamps you would like to receive.

Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK8123 to claim your prize of 1 free digital stamp downloads (not bundles/digideals) from the digi store -

Claims must be received by 27/4/24.

(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 28 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)

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Saturday 6 April 2024

Wk 7 Anything Goes Card Making & Paper Craft Scrapbook challenge - Gem of a Challenge

Welcome back to our card making & paper craft scrapbook challenge!

This challenge blog is sponsored by Polkadoodles. The winners of the last challenge are at the end of this post. Thanks so much to all of you who entered!

We have 1000's of great images in the store - and check out our Digi Choosday DISCOUNTS - don't miss the Tuesday code you can make sure you signup to the NEWSLETTER here

so it's delivered straight to your email every single Tuesday...

THE CHALLENGE IS

ANYTHING GOES

So let's get to the inspiration for today's new Card Making & Paper Craft Scrapbook challenge...

Betsy - Lily Ladybug is so adorable sitting atop her mushroom! I printed out the image with the sentiment using Lily Ladybug Bundle 7 and Love Always Sentiments. I die-cut the panel before coloring. I colored her and added patterns to her clothing. I chose bright colors for my background panels and I added white gel pen highlights and tiny sequins to embellish!

Åsa -Hi crafty friends! This week´s theme was a Birthday card with a different fold. For my card I used three different digis, Flying Balloons Elephant, Birthday Cake Elephant and Flowers for you Elephant. Can you tell that I love elephants? I placed my sentiment among the balloons. I colored my images with my copics and added them to my little scene.

Judy: My DT card for this week's challenge is a fun birthday card featuring Toadal Sweetheart 4x4 Stamp Set. I stamped this cute frog onto white card stock and colored with Spectrum Noir Markers. I also stamped and colored one of the bees. Patterned papers from the Toadally Cute 6x6 Paper Pad were die cut and arranged on the card base. The sentiment from the stamp set was stamped.

Renske - Hello everyone! This time, as a design team, we got to work on a spring birthday card. To create the card, I used the digital stamp "Bella Bear Gift-Fuzzypufs" and coloured it with my alcohol markers. For the background, I used yellow patterned paper from the "Spring Gnomes Pattern Paper" set. I also cut out flowers and bees from other patterned papers from the same set. To complete the spring scene, I place Bella Bear in the grass with flowers and sun behind passing clouds. To make the card fit the birthday theme, I added the text "Happy Birthday" from the "Birthday Sentiment & Greetings" set. I hope you like the creation and Happy Crafting! My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you. Facebook: Renske.wishes.you

Pinterest: Renske.wishes.you

Jennifer @pueen_queen - I don't usually make fold cards so this one was a little out of my comfort zone but it turned out great in the end, I think it's good to test yourself and change things up sometimes! I decided to work with the Wanda ephemera pack which includes lots of great printables that are 'things' and objects perfect for this type of card. I used the Rainbow digital paper pack for my background papers and the Birthday candle digital stamps and birthday sentiments digital stamps too = hope you like it!

ENRICA - Hi crafty friends! For my spring birthday card I’ve used 3 cute pandas from the ‘Noodle Panda Bear’ collection Balloon Flowers, Birthday surprise and Flower Bouquet, colored with Copic. The patterned papers are from the Spring into Easter paper patterns – set 2 and the sentiment is from the Winnie Celebrations 3 digi kit. This is absolutely one of my favorite set, so cute and easy to color! Have a great weekend xx

Wendy - Hello everyone and happy April the month of the birthstone Diamond - that was the them for this challenge for the team so I've used a super sweet Winnie digital and sentiment from Let's Hang Out collection, this is Blossoming Winnie, coloured with my promarkers in some pretty pastel colours - not my normal colour palette I have to say but it was fun. We were asked to create a card with a wraparound or a belly band and also use diamonds and white on white so quite a challenge. I decided to create a Pop out Gatefold card featuring diamonds on the inside and on the outside. The pretty papers that I have used to decorate the card are from the Noodle Panda collection.

Christina P - Hi everyone. This week's theme was to make a wrap around on an April themed birthday card.I used the lovely Aries digital stamp which I coloured with my alcohol markers then I added it onto the wrap around with some glitter card and gems. I added a sentiment at the bottom using the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Sentiment/Quotes Bundle. I also used my cricut to cut the Diamond lattice SVG file to add onto my cards base.

Natalia Kuzak - I used the No Rain No Flowers Stamps and stencils from the latest Polkadoodles One of A Kind collection. I love how it's so easy to add lots of layers and inks to something like this tag...

Thanks so much to the team for all this wonderful inspiration!

Over to our winners from Card Making & Paper Craft challenge 6...

Our main Random Winner is...

31 Clare

You won 3 digital Stamps from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the 3 digital stamps you would like to receive.
Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK7001 to claim your prize of 3 free digital stamp downloads (not bundles/digideals) from the digi store -
Claims must be received by 20/4/24.
(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 28 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)

Our Top 3 favourite picks for this challenge are....

12 Mervi

19 Bunny Hoyle

67 Francesca

You won 1 digital Stamp from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

Please take our WINNERS & TOP 3 badge from the Sidebar

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the 3 digital stamps you would like to receive.

Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK7123 to claim your prize of 1 free digital stamp downloads (not bundles/digideals) from the digi store -

Claims must be received by 20/4/24.

(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 28 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE...

Saturday 23 March 2024

Wk 6 Anything Goes Card Making & Paper Craft Scrapbook challenge - Gem of a Challenge

Welcome back to our card making & paper craft scrapbook challenge!

This challenge blog is sponsored by Polkadoodles. The winners of the last challenge are at the end of this post. Thanks so much to all of you who entered!

We have 1000's of great images in the store - and check out our Digi Choosday DISCOUNTS - don't miss the Tuesday code you can make sure you signup to the NEWSLETTER here

so it's delivered straight to your email every single Tuesday...

THE CHALLENGE IS

ANYTHING GOES

So let's get to the inspiration for today's new Card Making & Paper Craft Scrapbook challenge...

Wendy - Hello everyone I hope you are having a good week. It's not long until Easter now so why not have a look on the Polkadoodles website as there are some beautiful collections perfect for your Easter projects. Today I'm sharing a card made with one of the gorgeous digital stamps by Lucy Monkman. This is the Cute Hen and Chicks image and I think they really don't need a lot of colouring to make a fabulous and very arty card. I've teamed this with a gold foiled sentiment from the Spring into Easter Collection and some simple mat and layering for a lovely and classy Easter card.

Åsa -Hi there crafty friends! It´s all about Easter gifts today and I made this candy box. I´ve used this adorable digi Cute Bunny Rabbit sitting on Easter Egg. I colored my image with copics and made some grass in the background. The sentiment comes from Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends greetings sentiments.

Betsy - Today's card features Gil Rabbit Growing Sunflowers. In honor of spring I've turned them into daisies! I composed my card in the computer using Winnie's Celebration Kit 1 Papers 2 for my background. I used an excess piece of the green stripe and die cut it with a grass border die. I colored up Gil using Copic markers. I used a side folding card base with a white scalloped panel, then the panel I popped up on foam. I adhered the sentiment to the top left. I embellished with a white gel pen, tiny iridescent butterflies, a heart button on Gil's overalls and tiny yellow flowers.

Copic colors used: Yg00, Y02, Y15, Y17, YG11, YG63, YG23, B000, B01, B93, B95, B97, Roo, R02, E33, E35, E37, B1, C3, C5, W0, W1, W3, W5

Nunzia: With Polkadoodles digi you have a thousand possibilities to making a card. I designed this one by centering a digi doily from Winnie Celebrations Banners on a pink patterned sheet included in Flower meadow digi stamp. Then I pasted Winnie-daisy-fairy and Happy Easter included in Winnie-celebrations sentiments. Finally I coloured with alcohol markers the scene and cut out the frame from the base.

Wendy - Hi everyone! I just love spring! The flowers are blooming and everyone is ready to throw those windows open to let the fresh air in. This image is Winnie in the Window from the Winnie Special Moments bundle, and she has the right idea. She's looking fabulous and enjoying the warmer temperatures. Thank you for looking!

Copic Colors:

Brick - E41, E11, E13, E15. • Window - E25, E27, E29; C1, C3, C5
Bench/Shoes - E31, E33, E35, E37 • Wall - Y000
Cup - V12, V15, V17 • Bird - R35, R37, R39; YR04
Pillows - RV21, RV13, RV14; V12, V15, V17
Hair - E41, E42, E43, E44, Y21. • Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R30
Dress - BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18
Flowers - V12, V15, V17; RV21, RV13, RV14; Y02.
Leaves - YG03, YG25, YG63, YG67; YG06, G14, G17.

Naomi - Hello! I am sharing the card I created for this week's challenge using the Fluffy Friends Winnie Digi. Coloring Winnie was an absolute joy; I used my alcohol markers and placed her on a pretty yellow base card. Thank you for taking the time to read about my creation, and I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with!

Janelle: Hello crafty friends! I made a cute round card with these super sweet pets Wheel Barrow -Horace and Boo and Paper Heaven 1 As always for more inspiration you can check out my IG @janelle.paper.sparkles

Cat: C 0, 1, 3, 5
Dog: E 41, 42, 43,
Fence/Wheelbarrow: E 30, 31, 34
Nose/Ears: R01, 11
Mouse: W0, 2
Flower: Y11, 13,
Flower: R22, 32
Leaves: G40, 43

Jennifer - Hi again crafty friend, today's project is is a really fun one for giving Easter candy a one-of-a-kind twist! Let me tell you how I made 3 custom candy bars, so easily! I started with Polkadoodles digital products "daisy lily ladybug", "little bunny rabbits", "hoppy easter", and "rebel printable paper bundle 2". I measured my candy bars to find out how big to make each wrapper. I made the bunny 5¼x5¾", and the other two 4¾x6¾".

After I got the images I wanted layered onto the different pattern paers, I printed them all out as a single layer, on a color printer. To finish the designs, I just colored each of the little characters with alcohol markers.

Now that each wrapper is finished, I attached each one to some shimmery cardstock, from my stash. All 3 wrappers are now 5⅝" by 6¾". The bunny wrapper is a vertical design, so it only has a shimmer boarder of about ¼", where the two horizontal designs have a boarder of about ½". But the border is simply a design choice, and the entire wrapper can be done in a single layer, if you print your wrapper to be at least 5½"x6".

I used some double sided adhesive tape to attach my wrappers to the candy bars. The easiest way I found, was to put the adhesive directly onto the top side of the chocolate bar, then lay my custom wrapper on top. This way, I could be sure that my images were centered on the front of the bar. Then I added more adhesive to each side and folded them over the back of the bar. And that's it!

I hope you like this quick and easy custom candy wrapper idea! It can be great in easter baskets, stocking stuffers, valentines, and as party favors. You can use any pattern paper, and any images you want (even pre-coloured to make them even faster) to make them match your theme. Hopefully I've inspired some new crafty ideas for you. Enjoy your weekend, and have a creative day! ❤️Jennifer S @pueen_queen

***all dimensions are to fit a standard U.S. sized hersheys milk chocolate candy bar.

Candace - For today's challenge project, the theme is Easter and make an Easter gift or treat. I used the Bundle, Spring into Easter to make this darling treat basket. The bundle comes with black & white images, colored images, pattern papers and sentiments. It's an awesome bundle to have an all in one to make a project!

Martine - Hello everyone, i have got a new card for you and because it is almost Easter it is a eastercard! lol I made a basket and two of the same cards with a little basket between them. So you can put chocolate easter eggs in it and giving it away . I used a embossing fold to make it look like a basket and colored it with Distress oxide. I used Butterfly Chick for it . Isn't she cute? There are more of them in the store, under the name Spring into Easter . That word...easter... is from Doodlebug Design . And as always i colored it with Distress ink.

Have a great Easter time!.... and don't eat too many eggs ;)

KIM STEWART - Happy DIGI DAY! For our challenge this week it was "create a gift for Easter". Since my kids and now grandkids, All love Lindt Gold Bunnies i decided to create little baskets for them to sit in. I did 2 smaller baskets for the mini Gold Bunnies and a large square basket to hold a bigger bunny. Lots of piddly cutting but so worth it in the end; The baskets turned out so cute. I added a few mulberry flowers to the handles and die cut out some tags from the Spring Into Easter digi bundle https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-into-easter/ It has the cutest Toppers in the set. My paper are all from my extra pieces bin. Don't forget to enter the challenge. You might win. We'd love to see what you're creating this week.

CHRISTIN B - I used this Cute Bunny Rabbit with butterfly from the Lucy Monkman range in the Polkadoodles store.

Thanks so much to the team for all this wonderful inspiration!

Over to our winners from Card Making & Paper Craft challenge 5...

Our main Random Winner is...

14 Vannessa

You won 3 digital Stamps from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the 3 digital stamps you would like to receive.
Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK6001 to claim your prize of 3 free digital stamp downloads (not bundles/digideals) from the digi store -
Claims must be received by 29/3/24.
(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 28 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)

Our Top 3 favourite picks for this challenge are....

11 Meghan

19 Valerie

27 Marjeta

You won 1 digital Stamp from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

Please take our WINNERS & TOP 3 badge from the Sidebar

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the 3 digital stamps you would like to receive.

Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK6123 to claim your prize of 1 free digital stamp downloads (not bundles/digideals) from the digi store -

Claims must be received by 29/3/24.

(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 28 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)

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