Saturday, 17 December 2022

Wk 26 - Card Making & Craft challenge - Anything Goes

Welcome back to our cardmaking and papercrafting challenge!

This is our last challenge of 2022 but we'll be back on  7th January with our next one once we've had a little break, which means you have an extra week to enter!  We just want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR
We appreciate you all entering and supporting this 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!

We have 1000's of great images in the store -
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So let's get to today's inspiration... 

Candace - For today's challenge project, the theme is December Birthday, make anything for a boy.  Slip & Slide Ice Skating Elvis Wesley Moose image was perfect for a boy birthday card!  I used Posydoodles Circle DiesAll About the Dudes paper pack and the sentiment is from Elvis Wesley Moose themed sentiments.


Catrin - HI Everyone!For todays card December Birthday Boy I have used this adorable Gnome and snowman image from the 'Gnomeazing Christmas Stamp set' and coloured with Promarkers before fussy cutting. I have then used different Sizes of Oval nesting dies and backing paper from 'Winnie White winter paper pack 3 and 2. I distressed the top of the sky oval with Chipped Sapphire and the bottom with Stormy Sky distress ink and splattered with White and gold watercolour paint. I then added the Gomes and Snowman and stamped the sentiment, from the same stamp set, on to Vellum. I finally added some snowflakes and gems to complete.

Melanie - Morning All, this week the design team have been challenged to create a project for a December Birthday and anything for a boy. For my project I have created a birthday card with a bit of a twist. I first created my background using Wild honey, pine needles and abandoned coral Distress Oxides. I then used the tree from The Tweetest Christmas stamps and stamped repeatedly on to the background using tone on tone inks. For my digital image I used the Party Little Dude Digi and to finish off the card I did a mashup of sentiments which reads – ‘Merry Birthday’ both parts cropped from other sentiments using the Winnie white Christmas and the Zodiac collection sentiments. Happy Crafting! Mel

ENRICA - Hello everyone! For my project of this week I've made a square easel card using the super sweet Birthday Gifts - Winnie winter celebration digital papercrafting download colored with Copic markers. On the inside I made a paper rosette and added a few precoloured gifts from the Baked With Love - Embellies digital craft paper download. Happy Birthday to those who celebrate these days! xx 

 Judy:  My DT project for this week's challenge is a card that is perfect for someone with a Christmas birthday! I used the Wonderful Christmas Clear Stamp SetThe large poinsettia from the set was stamped 3 times with Versamark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder. The flowers were colored with Castle Arts Pasteltint Pencils. I layered the flowers onto a die cut background and added a sentiment from Winnie Celebrations 1 Sentiment Digital Kit, which was printed and die cut with a label die.

Natalia - Christmas time is a beautiful time and it gets even more special when you also celebrate your birthday. For this occasion, I created a Christmas shaker card, albeit at the same time sweet, shiny, and ideal for a birthday. The Rockin Robin Christmas stamp was perfect for this. The whole front page is painted with Distress and splashed with water. Inside the card, I placed a tiny gold hologram glitters. Hopefully ... you like this idea.
Sarah - Christmas Birthdays can be hard, so for this card I chose a wintery birthday card with just a little hint of Christmas with that cute little robin! 
Sarah - Christmas Birthdays can be hard, so for this card I made a wintery birthday card with just a little hint of Christmas with that cute little robin! It was very simple to make, I just created a soft background using the Land & Sea stencil, then added lots of die cut trees. I finished it with a cute little robin from the Christmas Tweetings stamps & a sentiment.
Jane – This is a birthday card I made for one of my brothers using the fabulous CAPRICORN digi from the ZODIAC collection.  I played around with the image in Word and added a hat and bear bottles from the GNOMES FOR MEN bundle. I also cut away the flowers and added some balloons from the BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS stamp set where I also got the sentiment. The paper is from the ALL ABOUT THE DUDES paper pad.

A great selection of Christmas inspiration for you this week - thanks so much to all the team!
Ariadna  - I love this little Cable Car digistamp from the new Theo Penguin collection - it's the perfect image for this challenge and I loved using it! I outlined the image with a fine liner pen to give it a more mixed media look, I hope you like it...
Rachael - I'm not really a winter sports kinda person, but I can see how much fun these two cute penguins are having skating and sledging.  They are from a stamp set called Latte Christmas tweetings paired with the tree from Curly Christmas and  a sentiment from Merry & Bright christmas greetings.   I decided to make a different shape of card so it really stands out on someone's mantle this Christmas!

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You won 3 digital Stamps from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

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Our Top 4 favourite entries for this challenge are....


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Saturday, 3 December 2022

Wk 25 - Card Making & Craft challenge - Anything Goes

  Welcome back to our cardmaking and papercrafting 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...This challenge blog is sponsored by Polkadoodles.

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So let's get to today's inspiration... 

Maz - I just adore the Theo Penguin Collection. For this pocket project, I used Theo Penguin, Little Gift and coloured using ProMarkers. The backing papers were from the same collection. The little presents are from Pile of Gifts/Presents Stamp Set. I attached a white border using a fancy border punch and finished off with contrasting pink and green bows (which closes the pocket) and gems.

Wendy - Wendy - Hello everyone I hope you are all well, 'm here today with a front pocket fold card with a winter theme.  I've used the very sweet Christmas Kitty digital stamp and coordinating papers and sentiments  from  Winnie White Christmas, Baked with loveand the new Gingerbread Holly collections.
Natalia - Today we inspire you to make Christmas gifts. I made a Christmas wooden box. I was encouraged by the Lets Go Gnome stamp. I thought it would look great on the box. I painted it half and half with acrylic paints and Distress. To decorate the sides of the box, I used a stencil of Polka Dot Mesh and blue Distress Oxide. It's ideal for small bits of chocolates and cookies or as house decoration. I'm waiting to see your Christmas gifts.

ENRICA - Hello everyone! For my gift this week I made a simple Explosion Box using the cute Baked With Love - Stocking Filler digital craft download colored with Copic, and two papers from Baked With Love - Paper Heaven 1 digital craft paper download.  I completed my project with another small box inside and decorated with elements from the Baked With Love - Embellies digital craft paper download.  Crafty hugs! xx


Donna Parrott - For this weeks project I created a little bag by first embroidering over a stamped image from the Night Sky set onto fabric. Once I’d finished stitching, I created a simple zip up bag and matching tassel.

Sam - This week's DT challenge is Winter cards Ruth a use of an Animal in our image and to include a pocket.  I took inspiration from Nikky's recent video and made ca card to put some money in.  I've used Elvis Wesley Moose with Snowman  for the image, the new Theo Penguin Paper Bundle 4 for the papers and Gnome Worth Melting For for the sentiment. Happy Crafting xx



Rose Hello friends, how all is well . Today I have my new project to share, using digital image Snowman - Elvis Wesley Moose with digital papers Festive Christmas. Coloured the image with copic markers. Created a pocket in front of the card, where I will place gift voucher. Added few snowflakes and, leaves and sentiment. 


A great selection of Christmas inspiration for you this week - thanks so much to all the team!

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Over to our winners from Challenge 24...

Our main Random Winner is...


You won 3 digital Stamps from Polkadoodles - congratulations!

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:    
Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the ONE digital stamps you would like to receive. Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK2501 to claim your prize of 3 free digital stamp downloads (not inc bundles) from the digi store - Claims must be received by 9/12/22

(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 21 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)


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



And the RANDOM winner of 1 digital stamp (chosen by Random.org) is:


Congratulations!

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: 
Email us with the SKU & NAME or link of the ONE digital stamps you would like to receive.  Please email us HERE, quoting the following code PGWK25123 to claim your prize of 1 free digital stamp download (not inc bundles) from the digi store.
Claims must be received by 9/12/22.
(PLEASE NOTE - WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A REPLY WITHIN 21 DAYS, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP EMAILING IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A REPLY BACK DURING THIS TIME)


Please take our WINNERS & TOP 3 badge from the Sidebar...

Don't forget to enter our other challenges too!
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WeLove2Create - LAST SUNDAY EACH MONTH

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