Polkadoodle Current Challenge Details

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Week 20 - Spring Colours / Pastels - Closing Date:  12 noon GMT Sunday 26 May
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Week 19 - Anniversaries - Closing date:  12 noon GMT Sunday 19 May

Studio 12: You are Sew Sweet!

Hi, Miria here. This is my new project for Studio 12. I made a card using images, paper and sentiment from cd Picknix Collection 1.
Just for a change, I printed buttons on fabric with freezer paper, then I cut them out and adhere to an embossed and distressed card.

 I made a background with the papers, added the sentiment, some buttons, a die cut heart, a needle and a pin.
 

Here's a closer view ...

Hope you like it. Wishing you a very creative Sunday, Miria.

Week 20 Challenge - Spring Colours / Pastels

Welcome to another Polkadoodles challenge!

But before we go onto this week's challenge we need to announce the top three from Week 18 Challenge which was Anything But A Card.  Some really lovely creations were entered but there can only be three lucky winners and they are:

1st Place - Lisa Jane - you win a Sugarplum Daisy cd  - please use the code PD1W2018 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Catherine - you win a download bundle - please use the code PD2W2018
3rd Place - Dawn Watson - you win a download bundle - please use the code PD32018

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it!  Blinkies are in the sidebar for you to grab.

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

Right, onto the challenge for this week and the theme is:

Spring Colours / Pastels

Please don't forget our rules and good luck - the challenge ends on Sunday 26 May at 12noon GMT! 

Ruth:  I've made a calorie free cupcake with papers from the Fredericka cd!  The sentiment is from the Cherry Blossom Lane cd and I've inked it and then added it to the front of the cupcake with embroidery threads from my stash.

 
Lou: I wanted to use something different as my focal point on my card this week, so I decided to use the ticket sentiments from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD. I printed out the tickets and then fed them through my printer again with different pastel shaded papers from the same CD. I have layered some of the tickets to add depth. Finally I added a central strip of card, ribbon and pom poms and in the centre, I have added a layered topper with a further ticket and additional letter stickers. As a little extra (!), I have added some pastel coloured blooms.

Margaret - I have been dying to use some papers I printed out when I first got the cherryblossom lane CD so my card has been made up using papers from that cd and an image from candy doodles.  The flowers and corner are Marianne design dies and the circle is a spellbinder die a few pearls, and some pan pastels

Anjie - for my project this week I have decorated a bag. My beautiful Niece Daisy is expecting a baby in October and I am buying and stocking up on baby toiletries for her, well everyone always buys clothes so I like to buy things I know will be useful. So I have made this gift bag to give her them in.

The image and papers are from the fabulous Fredericka CD. If you like these images but don't like CD crafting you can now also buy them as digital downloads which you can find here or as pre-printed images in a pack. You can also buy the papers as a paper stack. You can find them all here. I have coloured the image with Graph It Markers and used chalks to create the background. The sentiment is a Studio 12 stamp which you can find here, isn't it just perfect for this! I've added some Marianne D die cuts and some lace from my stash.

Kim - I've made what I describe as a 'CrissCross Gift Card' using papers and topper from the Cherryblossom Lane cd.  I think it's a nice way to give a little gift or a voucher!  A tutorial for how I made this is on this blog! 

Pinky - made an 8x8 card using papers and sentiment from Cherryblossom Lane Cd. The butterfly is also from there and I have coloured it with promarkers and punched some tiny butterflies which I also coloured with promarkers and added some glitter. The ribbon is from my stash.

Lizzie - I decided to use this lovely paper from the  Cherry Blossom Lane CD to cover some boxes to make a desk tidy. I used a Punch to make the edges look pretty, and added some ribbon!

JAN:  I was inspired by our Dee on last week's Polkadoodles show and loved the project that she demonstrated - so here's my version using pretty 'Spring' colours. All the papers, image and sentiment are from the fab 'Sugarplum Daisy CD'. 

Shell-For my pretty pastel card  I have used papers and image from the Fredericka collection. the image is coloured with copics and I used a few dies to complete the card.

Anne -  I printed my paper from  Pen and Paper kit 5, to make the little gift bag and paper for the gift tag.

The cute honey bee and sentiment are from the Sugarplum Fairy CD.  Quick and simple:)

Good luck with the challenge and don't forget our rules - the challenge closes at noon GMT on Sunday 26 May!

   

Tutorial - Criss Cross Gift Card

Hi, it's Kim here with a little tutorial for you of the card design I made for this week’s challenge and what  I describe as a ‘CrissCross Gift Card’ !  And there are quite a lot of pics so please bear with me!  The papers and topper I’ve used are from the Cherryblossom Lane cd – with some added wording on the topper.

I’ve started with :-

2 x 6” square card blanks 

or  2 x A4 sheets of card, cut to 148mm x 295mm and scored & folded in half

2 (or more if you wish!) sheets of design paper

A topper of choice

Ribbon or twine, embellishments, etc.

Cut the fronts of the two card blanks at a diagonal and keep the offcut pieces.

Trim a 2cm wide strip from the long edge of the offcut triangle pieces.

Cut and stick the design papers to fit the two front triangles on the card, the inside square of one of the cards and the two smaller triangle pieces

Edge the triangle edges with border punches, edge dies or lace, etc.  Then glue the two base cards together so the front flaps overlap.  The smaller triangles are then glued on the inner card along two sides (probably easier to use double sided tape to do this – not sure it shows up too well on the photo!)

I’ve mounted the topper onto some coloured card, then used a length of sheer ribbon that wraps around the card with plenty of length to tie a bow. Glue the topper to the top overlapping front triangle - making sure it's only stuck to one side lol! 

And this is the finished card with some buttons added for embellishments!   The inner triangles form a pocket that could take a voucher or gift card – as this is a ‘garden’ themed card I’ve added a packet of flower seeds!  But it would be great with different papers and topper and a gift card added for a teenager, or Christmas papers with vouchers inside!  A nicer way of giving a little gift!

 

Hope you liked the tutorial! 

Kim x 

In The Pink With Studio 12

Hi there, it's Fliss here today to share a quick and easy themed card with you to use up some of those paper scraps which I'm sure like me, you have in a box somewhere.
My card is made with my leftovers from projects made with the gorgeous Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD which is a real favourite of mine with its' vintage floral style and opposite to Lou's fabulous blue creation have gone for a pink one.

My kraft card base is covered with 2 panels of the pretty pink paper from the All Sewn Up collection which is my favourite as I adore roses. I distressed the edges with an emery board before sticking them on.
I then die cut the gorgeous lacy oval (a new Marianne Design die set) from some beige parchment card and inked the edges pink. I die cut the trellis style die centre piece from a scrap of the brown and beige diamond pattern paper from the same collection as before and attached this with glue by brushing it on the reverse.
I then printed out the beautiful vintage rose spray from the Heavenly Garden collection together with the lovely Emily Bronte quote and cut these out.
I inked the edges of the quote and added this to the card then stuck on the oval panel and finally the rose spray which I added with foam tape for dimension.

I hope you like this and we'll be back tomorrow with all the details of the new challenge.
Hugs,
Fliss xx

Blue is the colour ....

DON'T PANIC, I'm not going to burst in to song ... you know the one ..... that well known football chant but it does give you a clue about the colours I have used on my Studio 12 project.

I am getting back in to loving making tags again as I did drift away from them for a long while. They are so rewarding to make and at times, less daunting than a card because you mostly create them for yourself, which does take the pressure off you sometimes. I have used the gorgeous Studio 12 "Art Girl" stamp and papers from Fredericka midi CD layered on to a Rangers large manilla tag.

I have stamped "Art Girl" and coloured her with distress inks, paper pieced her dress and then smoothered her in glossy accents. I have layered the papers on top of each other and stamped around the edges with the Studio 12 Shabby Checkers stamp.

I adore this sentiment  (Studio 12 "Leave a little sparkle" sentiment stamp) and have used it loads on my recent projects as it can fit any occasion and always brings a smile to me, when I read it. A few discovered brads and metal butterflies and my tag was finished.

Here's a summary of the PD products I have used .....

      

    

 Thanks for visiting today,

Lou

x

Week 19 - Anniversaries

Good morning everyone it's Friday again and time to welcome in a new challenge at Polka Doodles.

We hope you're all enjoying the fab Tutorials our talented Design Team members are now creating for you but if you've managed to miss them, do scroll through and see the amazing inspiration - you really don't want to miss it!

Before we get to the challenge inspiration, we need to announce the winners from the Week 17 Birthdays With Bling Challenge - there were loads of fabulous entries as always which made it very hard for the DT but there can only be 3 winners and here they are:

1st Place - Sharon Gurnhill  - you win a Cherryblossom Lane CD and please use the code PD1W1917 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Eret  - you win a Download and please use the code PD2W1917
3rd Place - Lisa Jane  - you also win an Emma Canning Download and please use the code PD3W1917

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it! 

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

This week's challenge is to make something for Anniversaries and which sort is totally up to you. As you'll see, the Design Team have gone for quite a few variations.This week's winner will receive a Colour Therapy DVD which is chock full of Nikky's fab colouring techniques and tips - how great is that!

Karon - I decided to go with a CAS card this week and so this didn't really take long to make, once I had decided on which papers I wanted to use.  I used papers from the All Around and Everywhere CD, there are really are stunning papers in this collection.  The sentiment is one off the Cherryblossom Lane CD, another wonderful collection, and I just merged it with the backing paper.  A little bit of tulle and an embellishment to finish it off.

Fliss - My card features one of the lovely images from the Emma Canning CD Digistamp Heaven called (very appropriately) Happy Anniversary. I coloured the image with Aquamarkers having printed it out on to thick cartridge paper then cut it into a heart shape and inked round the edge. I covered my card blank with papers from a mix of CDs including Sugarplum Daisy and added bunting and die cut hearts to embellish.

Asha - I made this little gift for our neighbour's 18 year old daughter. She wants a little keepsake to give her boyfriend on the anniversary of their 1st date. I used papers and labels from the Love and Cherish CD to make this simple booklet with pockets for a little card and a photo matt. I like it so much I might just make one for myself!

Alethea - I enjoyed making this card!! It was quick and easy using paper from the Love and Cherish CD Rom. I then duplicated the paper and cut out the heart so that I could 3D it! I then painted it with smooch spritz and covered it in with crystal effects. I then just added the ribbon and rhinestones to the middle of some of the flowers.

Miria  A clean and simple  shaped card, no coloured image, unusual for me :). The punched sentiment is from Love and Cherish CD , the grey patch is from Candy doodles Collectors edition and the dotted paper  is from Pretty Tuff. I just added some washi, a charm and ribbon and lace.

Anjie For my card this week I have used papers, embellishments and an image from the Love & Cherish CD. I haven't done any colouring on this which is unusual for me! I've glittered some of the embellishments and some of the petals on the roses. Everything is matted onto gold mirror card, with a few flowers and a bow added.

Sally - Hi, for my card this week I have used the Double Sprinkles of Kraft CD Rom which I love, it is cute and whimsical and I love the colours.  I have chosen one of the Winnie and friends image in the Wellies and customised one of the tags to say "I  Welly love you". I used some backing papers from the CD also and other cardstock from my crafty stash! Added a bow, buttons, punched flowers and butterflies.

Some fabulous creations I'm sure you'll agree! You have until 12 noon GMT on Sunday 19 May to enter and good luck!
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Studio 12 tags

Today I want to share with you some gift tags I have made.

All the papers and embellishments are from the Studio 12 CD-rom...Picknix Collection 1.
I cut the bases out of Kraft card. I cut some paper into strips and cut out all the embellishments and ink around the edges with distress ink. I glued the paper to the tags and added some faux stitching. I then added all the embellishments with a die cut and a bit of lace. I then punched holes into the tops and added some ribbons

Week 18 Challenge - Anything But A Card

Welcome to another Polkadoodles challenge!

But before we go onto this week's challenge we need to announce the top three from Week 16 Challenge which was a New Home theme.  Some really lovely creations were entered but there can only be three lucky winners and they are:

1st Place - Cass - you win a Sugarplum Daisy cd  - please use the code PD1W1816 to claim your prize
2nd Place - Heidi - you win a download bundle - please use the code PD2W1816
3rd Place - aNNie - you win a download bundle - please use the code PD3W1816

Congratulations to you all.  Please email Nikky and don't forget to quote your winners code - we cannot release prizes without it!  Blinkies are in the sidebar for you to grab.

We have a few little rules which makes our life a lot easier when we come visiting your blog:

1.  Please follow the challenge theme!
2.  Only enter your creation into a maximum of 10 challenges including Polkadoodles
3.  Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry
4.  And please, no back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our top three voting
5.  If you have word verification on your blog it really does slow us down when leaving comments - please consider turning off word verification especially as the comment moderation has a spam section.

Right, onto the challenge for this week and the theme is:

Anything But A Card

Please don't forget our rules and good luck - the challenge ends on Sunday 12 May at 12noon GMT!
Shell- I have made something totally different for this weeks challenge, I made a key ring. To make it I used clay and pressed the butterfly stamp from the Bevvieboo stamp set. Once the clay set I covered it in pink and purple paint.

Ruth: I've made a little hanging plaque by using papers from Paper Boutique Vol 1 and a rather cute Emma Canning digi which I've coloured with Promarkers.  I've used Spellbinder Nestabilites for the shape, aded some doodling and some silver cord to the reverse and its all complete!

Lucy: for this challenge, I decided to do another journal page! I used the image from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD Rom, coloured with Pro Markers. The backing papers are from the Sugar Plum Daisy CD Rom. The papers torn in to pieces and stuck down with gel medium. The border is drawn with markers.

Margaret after a stay in a hotel near christmas I fell in love with the idea of door decorations and decided to do one for each room, and this is my first, using the incredible Polka Doodles cd  Creative Christmas I made a Holly Wreath.  Just cutting out lots of Holly and attaching to a gold covered circle then smothering it in red  doodle dewdrops.

Lizzie - I decided to make a Watering Can gift box! I made the one with the purple handles first to test the template. Oooh it was sooooooo easy to make. I used the beautiful paper from the CD Back to Nature It really didn't need anything else adding to it!

Then I decided to go wild and do one I could decorate with my dies ! This time  I used a beautiful blue paper with butterflies on. From the CD Cherry Blossom Lane The idea being it would look like the butterflies were flying in the sky to go with my "picture" I created around the can.

I used various Marianne dies to create the effect. Of course I had to use my Stickles to glitter up the butterflies and add gems for pizzaz !

Ok, I got inspired by making something other than a card and I so love the new Fredericka CD so I got playing and came up with this place card. I thought that I would try to use something I had in the house that was for another purpose. This is made from a Bulldog clip really used for clipping papers together!  I covered it in paper and cut out one of the pre-coloured images from the CD (re-sizing). I added some bling, tied some ribbon in a bow at the back of the place card (after all some-one sees the back!). For the name card I used a Spellbinder die cutting it out over a printed picture and name, used distress inks, added a butterfly and voila! VERY quick to make and so easy!

JAN:  I decided to make a little gift bag using papers and a cute little image and sentiment from the 'Sugarplum Daisy CD'.  Watch out for my tutorial which explains how to make this little bag from one piece of A4 paper.

Pinky - For my project I decided to make some little bootees and a tag. The papers I used came from  the Cherry Blossom cd. I printed both sides of the paper so the shoes would be lined. The image is from Fredericka cd and I coloured her with promarkers. The ribbon is from my stash.

Anne - I've a load of old and unloved CD's so thought I'd alter one of them. I started by loading the papers and images from Double Sprinkle of Craft into my graphics programme and created the little scene digitally.  Resized it to fit onto the CD and added a few more bits and pieces to give it some dimension.

                            

Kim - It's that time of year when I start to venture out into the garden again, so decided that I would alter a little cheap notepad and make it into a personalised garden notebook! I've used all papers from the Cherryblossom Lane cd  with some added distress inks. Then added embellishments printed and cut out from the cd with some added ribbons & buttons and die cut fence. And then added some wording to one of the tags on the cd. 

Lou: I decided to make a tag with my Studio 12 stamps and some papers from the Picknix Vol 1 CD. I have been itching to use "Art Girl" for ages and this challenge was just the kick I needed! I have stamped her, coloured with distress inks and then paper pieced her dress. I couldn't resist covering then in glossy accents.

So that's it!  Over to you now!  Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 12 May at 12noon GMT and please remember our rules!