Gem of A Craft Challenge: June 2023

Welcome back to our card making & papercrafting challenge!

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!

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

Catrin - Hi Everyone! for my card today I and using the digital image 'Bookworm' from the Rebel release. She has been coloured with promarkers and then fussy Cut. For he background I have used the Funky Daisy Smile 2 in 1 stencil and the Polkadot Mesh Stencil with Distress inks I then used the Stamps from the Funky Flower Daisy set to add the red dots and Flourishes. Finally i drew the border lines and added the sentiment from the Rebel Messages with Attitude...

Merja - This time I used pre-coloured image from Toadstool Delight digi deal set. The background paper is from Spring Into Easter Set 2 papers and the sentiment is from Winnie Celebrations Kit 2 sentiments. I love that magical feeling on this card 💚

Pam ~ For today's challenge, I've use Red Truck and added a few of the precolored images from USA 4th July. My image is Copic colored with Glossy Accents on the window and Diamond Dust Stickles on the stars. The background paper is also from Polkadoodles, the Colour of Spring.

Nunzia: It's time for a delicious Ice Cream. I coloured this one, cut it out and glued it with a double side foam on a base made with Umbrella background SVG Files. The sentiment is part of Coffee, Tea and Cake Greetings and Quotes,

Rachael - Hi crafting friends, Rachael here with more inspiration. I just adore these funky flowers - this one is called Funky daisy smile, and along with the stamp is a fantastic stencil you can use for colouring, or I used alcohol markers instead for this striking CAS card.

Wendy - Hi everyone! Have you seen all of the amazing backgrounds in the Polkadoodles store?!? I LOVE coloring them! This is Coast Scene and it's one of the new summer/beach themed backgrounds that would be perfect for all of those tropical and mermaid cards. I've had a lot of fun pairing it with the Winnie Starfish and Sandcastle and those adorable Pandas. I can't wait to see what you create! Thank you for looking.

Candace- For today's challenge project, the theme is Birthday, use geometric patterns and bright primary colors. I used the printable craft digital stamp - Birthday Mouse. Comes with 2 images, papers, sentiments and SVG cut file. I also used the die cut - Stitched Circles....

Melanie - Morning everyone, for this weeks project I have made a birthday card using the Too cute bee heart basket digital image which I have coloured using my spectrum noir alcohol markers sticking to the primary colour theme we were tasked to use. I have also created a geometric pattern at the top and bottom of my card using basic hexagon dies and the card stock I used for that is from The Theo Penguin co-ordinate papers. To finish the card off I used a sentiment from Winnie Daisy quotes and sentiments bundle which read It's your big day! However I cropped this to read It's your B Day. Hope you like it and I'll look forward to seeing all of your challenge submissions. Happy Crafting! Mel x

Shruti - Hello Wonderful crafters 😇 I've created 4 different shapes birthday gift tags❤ and all of them are created using geometric patterned papers' scraps. When I'm trying something new, unusual then why not Triangle shaped gift tag 🤗 If anyone has created or seen any unusual shaped gift tags let me know in comments and stay tuned @minal_magic to watch the reel of these tags.❤ To make these tags I've used below digi stamps and pattern papers :)

Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime DESIGN SHEET 3

Love Birds Valentine - Wings of Love cute printable craft papers 1

Spring Gnomes - printable paper patterns

Waffle Cream Frosting Cupcake

Coffee Tea and Cake paper patterns bundle

Love Birds Valentine - Wings of Love cute printable craft papers 3

Super fun projects from the team this week - thanks so much for all your wonderful inspiration, ladies!

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4 Pauline C

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Welcome back to our card making & papercrafting challenge!

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 - 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...

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

Natalia - Hello everyone today I have for you a card full of Anemones from our new collection and with a bird from one of the winter collections. It is kept in warm colors with a background using Distress Inks and various stamps which beautifully shows the mixed media effect. I hope you like it!

Melanie - Morning crafters, for my project this week I have used Scruff the dog pre-coloured digi. For my background I've used a green spot pattern paper from Spring Gnome's and also a teal textured paper from Cactus Succulent textured paper The sentiments I've used are both from the Winnie Daisy greetings quotes and sentiment. I love how the patterned papers coordinates with the colours of the dogs scarf. To complete the card I added a green sparkle star and circle to add a bit of bling. Happy Crafting!

Merja - On my card I used BBQ, Chef, Cook digi bundle. I used a text editor program to design the layout, printed it and then coloured it with alcohol markers. Simple but cute 😊

Jane – Have you seen the amazing DIGI DEALS in the store? Well, this little cutie is just one of them and he is called BOB THE DOG PAINTING KENNEL. I kept it pretty simple, colouring him with pencils and adding a tiny ‘Hi’ from the REBEL EASY SNIP MESSAGE STRIPS.

Maz - for my floral project to follow a colour palette, I used Thinking of You Blossom Stamp Set. I stamped a few times, coloured with ProMarkers and decoupaged for some dimension. I stenciled the background using a combination of Square Trellis Stencil and Blossoming Rose Stencil. More details can found on my blog

Wendy - Summer is HERE! I'm so ready for the long nights and warm temperatures in my neck of the woods. This adorable little gnome is having my kind of picnic - burgers and wine. He's part of the amazing BBQ, Chef, Cook bundle - Gnomes for Men and it comes with everything that you see here (and MORE) to create your own summer picnic scene. I drew a sunset background and colored everything with Copic markers. It's perfect for Father's Day, or anything for the summer. Thank you for looking!

Rose- Hello friends in blogland ! Today we have another fabulous challenge - using colour palette. For this challenge, I have created a Tag using digital floral Lilac Haze watercoloured flowers bundle . printed the flowers and coloured the image with Copic Markers . Added in few layers with sentiment . Read more details here

Renske - I coloured this great digistamp from the Gnome for Men collection and made a shaker card. I fussy cut the little beer glasses from the paper.

Natalia - Hello everyone, Special day for our fathers is just around the corner. I prepared a card for a traveling dad who loves spending time in seaside resorts. It's a simple, interactive card. When you open it a window with the inscription Bon voyage is revealed. I used Distress inks for the background and ready-made digi stamps from the collection - Winnie Starfish/Sandcastles Craft Printables, ad lots of layers to make waves and dunes. It was great fun with this card!

Enrica - Hello crafty friends! I colored a lot for my Father’s Day themed card this week! I’ve combined the super cute Retire & Snooze Gnome For Men (digital stamp and message) with the Country Road Scene background. I might get boring, but I really enjoy creating scenes with these amazing backgrounds!