Hello crafters - welcome to a new challenge!
This challenge is monthly - enter with $40 in prizes up for grabs!
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects.
PRIZES:
• 1 x Random Prize (we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win) : $20 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.
• 2 x $10 prizes : we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.
• The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next 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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Make sure you check out all the gorgeous new items in the Polkadoodles store this month - there's amazing new dies, stamps and so much more!
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So let's see what the Design Team have been making this month...
Rosanna - Hello all my creative friends! I wanted to do something different and not use cardstock as usual for the background. But I wanted to make a large tag (even though it looks small in the photo) made with a magnificent sheet of clear acrylic, a generous thickness of 0.5-0.2 mm, which is still very easy to cut. Using a stencil and a paste that looks like transparent, glittery ice, I created a large snowflake. The effect is beautiful, right? Then, with my Copics, I colored Wanda and Mabel, a beautiful digital stamp from the new Mabel release HERE. For the leaves, I used the beautiful, large, and striking Holly Spruce die, which is available at a discounted price. Code PD7369. The leaves are colored with Distress Oxide stamps. Don't miss out on this die :-) I hope you like it, and I look forward to hearing from you all for a warm hug and endless Merry Christmas!
Natalia - Hello, crafters, and welcome back to the Polkadoodles blog! Today’s project is all about creating a card with high impact - focusing on luxurious texture, rich shimmer, and a refreshing take on Christmas colours. I loved combining some of my favourite Polkadoodles essentials to bring this festive scene to life! We're exploring a beautiful, tactile background for this Christmas card! I used the versatile Leafy Stencil to create a stunning, intricate pattern on a vibrant blue base. This background is then generously highlighted with the gorgeous Gold Stencil Butter. The metallic paste settles beautifully, emphasizing the texture and creating a sophisticated, shimmering contrast with the cool blue tones. This base immediately gives the card an elegant, upscale feel.
The stunning layered flower at the centre is created using the amazing Dotty Poinsettia Die. This multi-layered die is perfect for adding incredible dimension to your floral elements. I chose to colour the petals in soft, smoky pinks and purples, giving the traditional Christmas flower a fresh, modern twist.
The resulting flower is a beautiful, eye-catching focal point that stands proud against the textured background. To complete the holiday scene, the Holly Berry Die brings in essential deep green accents, beautifully framing the central poinsettia. The pops of vibrant red from the berries and the simple "CHRISTMAS WISHES" sentiment tie the entire elegant design together. I love how combining beautiful texture with non-traditional colours can result in a truly unique holiday creation!
If you'd like to see the full creative process for making this card, you can find the video tutorial on the official Polkadoodles YouTube channel as well as on my personal channel, NataliaKuzakArt. What is your favourite Polkadoodles stencil for creating a rich, textured background? Let us know in the comments below!
Enrica - Hi crafty friends! Do you realize that Christmas is just over a month away? For my Christmas card this week I colored with Copic the cute Snow mail Theo Penguin digital stamp, together with the Colouring scene 1 Christmas printable craft card making coloring page for the background.
Hope you like this sweet snowy scene!
Rosanna - Hello creative friends! It's Saturday again, the day of this wonderful team. Today is dedicated to birthday wishes. I used a digital stamp that I really like, I find it joyful and cheerful. How much joy is there in that girl in jeans jumping for happiness? Do you like it? It's the digital stamp Jump for Joy. I used a die to make cloud-shaped edges and vellum paper with delicate white dots. I then made some white hearts that I used at the bottom, while near the girl, I left the vellum visible underneath. It was coloured with Copic markers. I hope you liked it, big hugs.
Jenn B - I really enjoyed making this card and I knew what I wanted to do with it the second I saw the Boy Gingerbread Cookiedigi! I knew I wanted to use him in coordination with a clear stamp set that I have that includes a mixing bowl and utensils. The papers are from the Christmas Paper Patterns 2 paper pack. I paper pieced the bowl, colored the gingerbread boy & utensils with Copics, fussy cut and attached with foam dimensional tape.
Ana - For this week’s Digi Choosday DT challenge, our prompt was to make a gift that holds chocolate, and I created this diagonal lid gift box — perfect for sweets and treats, a box but with a unique lid opening! I used Polkadoodles’ Icy Winter Papers Set 2 – Theo Penguin for the base and decorated it with the adorable Beary Christmas Topper Sheet. To make it extra festive and sparkly, I added a glittered poinsettia embellishment! It’s such a fun and elegant way to level up your gift giving this season! Follow me for more crafty ideas: Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts | Facebook: My Cat and Crafts
Nina - Hello! I created 2 small vintage-style tags using the wonderful girls from the digistamps Oddella Twig and Oddella Fairy. I Colored them in soft blue and brown-gray tones – calm, harmonious, yet full of expression. I added the sentiments It’s Party Time and Happy Birthday – little eye-catchers with vintage charm that add that special touch to any occasion.
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KIM S - Happy Digi Choosday everyone, Christmas creating mode is in full swing. Have you finished all your Christmas crafts? My personal cards are usually the last to get done sadly. And always late. 😂
For my design team project this week I created a bag/purse/satchel to hold lots of yummy Christmas treats. I haven't used my favourite girl for awhile so I chose Winnie from the White Christmas line called Fairy Gifts. I also added a tag using one of the pre-coloured Winnie White Christmas images called Snowballs and Snowmen which comes in handy for quick little projects if you don't want to colour. I added a piece of decorative paper to the front of my bag to add a bit of interest and break up all the red from the Jolly Santa line from paper pack download 1.I added some extra little details like white faux stitching along the trims on the bag using my white gel pen. And finally some die cut greenery and red and pink mulberry flowers to finish my project off. Lastly some gold glimmer mist to make everything sparkle.
Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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So, just a reminder....
the challenge theme is ANYTHING GOES.
This is Challenge 1 and this challenge will end on 16th January 2025.
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Winners from Challenge 12...
$20 RANDOM WINNER
$20 credit to spend in the Polkadoodles store!
Congratulations!
TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
PLEASE CONTACT US VIA THE WEBSITE, QUOTING THE FOLLOWING CODE PGWK1001 TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 31/12/25.
(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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Our Top 2 favourite entries for this challenge who win a
$10 voucher to the Polkadoodles store are....
Congratulations!
TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
PLEASE CONTACT US VIA THE WEBSITE, QUOTING THE FOLLOWING CODE PGWK112 TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 31/12/25.
(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)
Thanks so much for all your entries!
Please take our WINNERS & TOP 3 badges from the Sidebar
WE LOVED ALL YOUR CRAFTY PROJECTS, THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR ENTERING!
Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**
Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Polkadoodles Challenge (starts today!)
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge
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As this is our last challenge of 2025 we want to take this opportunity to thank you all for entering and supporting this challenge this year - may you all have a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for the New Year, however you celebrate it!
