Sunday 26 December 2021

Craft, Card making & Scrapbooking mixed media challenge - Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

Thank you for your support in 2021 - here's the first challenge of 2022!

As always, the theme this month is 
Anything Mixed Media Goes
You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges, use any products you wish... 
RANDOM WINNER PRIZE:  $10 OF CRAFT SUPPLIES (YOUR CHOICE) 
for our lucky winner, (chosen by random.org) - this voucher can be spent across the whole store, so you can use it on dies, stamps, papers, whatever you wish...
Winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post...

Our sponsor for 2022 is Polkadoodles and you can check out all the wonderful selection of Polkadoodles goodies in the shopMake sure you check out the POLKADOODLES store here!

SO, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE DESIGN TEAM HAVE MADE THIS MONTH!...


Gabrielle - Merry Christmas, crafters! I hope you like my latest project. For the main image I used the Nature Lover – January digi stamp which I coloured using Copics and Promarker pens and die cut the image using a Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangle die.  I created the background by covering a circular board with a co-ordinating coloured paper from the Octavia Moonfly - Paper Heaven Paperholic collection and edging the board with ‘Salvaged Patina’ embossing glaze.  I then stamped the flowers and leaves stamps from the ‘Queen of Hearts Collage’ and ‘Flower Collage’ stamp sets on to Octavia Moonfly - Paper Heaven Paperholic papers and plain card stock from my stash, fussy cutting to create a floral frame around my central image. I took the butterfly stamp from the ‘Flower Collage’ stamp set and heat embossed directly on to the board using ‘Worn Lipstick’ Distress Powder and on to a darker teal card stock. I used the toadstools from ‘Winnie Wonderland Embellies 1&2’ to add extra detail and interest, shading the spots with a Gelly Roll Sparkle Pen ‘Clear Star’ pen. To tie in the scalloped edges from the main image, I punched small circles out of white card stock and spritzed using ‘Dylusions’ ink sprays in shades of Fushia and Hot Pink.
  • Nature Lover – January digi stamp
  • Octavia Moonfly - Paper Heaven Paperholic collection
  • ‘Queen of Hearts Collage’ stamp set
  • ‘Flower Collage’ stamp set
  • Copics – Rose Red, Frost Blue
  • Promarkers – Amethyst, Blossom, Cool Aqua, Denim Blue, Lilac, Lime Green, Magenta, Oatmeal, Pear Green, Satin
Sasha - Hello crafty friends, I’m so excited to be joining the Polkadoodles crafty family. For this card I used the snowmen friends digital stamp to create a non traditional version of a Christmas card. Hope you like this frosty friendly take on a holiday card. 

Caroline -  Stamp, heat emboss and fussy cut flower and circle design from stamp set Sunburst Trees-PD8051Create background using Stencil-Distressed Trellis-PD8008.
Add ribbon and layer designs.




Sam Laing
Sam Laing
Maz
Maz
Maz
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Gorgeous projects as always from the team!

WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 12
Thank you everyone who entered this challenge - we really loved looking round your blogs, you all left us some awesome work to look at!

RANDOM $10 WINNER IS...

Well done!
PRIZE: $10 gift voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything you like including mixed media goodies, stamps, papers & anything else!....

To claim your prize please email Polkadoodles, quoting 'Love 2 Create winner'.
Please include this claim code L2CWK01001 in your email and claim by 2 January.
Allow 14 working days for a reply please.

DESIGN TEAM TOP 3 FAVOURITES - WINNING A DIGITAL STAMP, ARE:

Congratulations - the team loved your work!
To claim your prize please email Polkadoodles, quoting 'Love 2 Create winner'.
Please include this claim code L2CWK01123 in your email and claim by  2 January
Allow 14 working days for a reply please.

Don't Forget to enter our other blogs too...
All our challenges are Anything Goes!........Find us here:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Sunday 28 November 2021

Craft, Card making & Scrapbooking mixed media challenge - Challenge 12 - Anything Goes

WOW! It's the last challenge of 2021 - these last 3 months have flown by so quickly!

Thank you for supporting this challenge every month - we have some truly talented people who enter and we appreciate your support and LOVE to visit your blogs to see what you've all been making!

  

As always, the theme this month is 
Anything Mixed Media Goes
Closing date for entries: 22 December, Noon. 
You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges, use any products you wish... 
RANDOM WINNER PRIZE:  $10 OF CRAFT SUPPLIES (YOUR CHOICE) 
for our lucky winner, (chosen by random.org) - this voucher can be spent across the whole store, so you can use it on dies, stamps, papers, whatever you wish...
Winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post...

Our sponsor for 2021 is Polkadoodles and you can check out all the wonderful selection of Polkadoodles goodies in the shop. They have lots of fab new products in store perfect for all you mixed media lovers out there, make sure you check them all out - there are some amazing mixed media stamps and stencils in stock right now including these cute new printable releases - we'd love to see some of these cuties turned into mixed media projects! 
Make sure you check out the POLKADOODLES store here!
We are also delighted to welcome some new teamies - we are thrilled to be showing you some inspiring work from GABRIELLE & Natalia - we'd love it if you could follow the team's blogs, it really means a lot! 

SO, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE DESIGN TEAM HAVE MADE THIS MONTH!...

GABRIELLEHello there, crafters!  Here is my latest make using the delightful ‘Winnie in Wonderland’ collection.   For this mixed media art board I used the ‘Time is Running Out’ digi stamp and the white rabbit from the ‘Let’s Hurry’ digi stamp, colouring with my Copics and Promarkers.  I created the background by painting the art board with black gesso and edging it with embossing enamel.  I used one of the background papers from the ‘Winnie Wonderland Paper Heaven 8’ collection which I tore to create a textured edge and coloured using distress ink.  I really enjoyed playing with the ‘Winnie Wonderland Embellies 1&2’ to create the scene and I particularly liked having the white rabbit pop out of a tea cup!  I used Crackle Accents on the large clock face to add shine and texture and included some embellishments from my stash to tie it all together and add extra interest and dimension, including sprocket dies which I covered with embossing enamel for a colourful, rusty look. I look forward to seeing your beautiful makes, Happy Crafting!

  • Copics – R85
  • Promarkers – Amethyst, Blossom, Cocoa, Cocktail Pink, Cool Aqua, Cool Grey 2 & 3,  Honeycomb, Lilac, Pastel Beige, Peach, Poppy, Soft Green
  • Gelly Roll Sparkle Pen ‘Clear Star’
  • Distress Ink ‘Victorian Velvet’
  • Stampendous Embossing Enamel ‘Aged Scarlet’
  • Spellbinders ‘Sprightly Sprockets’ die set
  • Crackle Accents



Natalia Kuzak...Today for my inspiration I've created a little bit of vintage Christmas frame. On the front of my project, I've placed the cute Rudolf from Winnie White Christmas collection. I colored him with alcohol markers, fussy cut him out, and used foam tape to stick him to the wreath. As a background, I printed a frame from Twigge & Toots Frame It Bundle and made her look more vintage using the Distress Ink. I completed my project by adding also tag and sentiment from Winnie Winterland - Tags/Frames, and a wreath from Baked With Love Gingerbread buNdle. Happy crafting to everyone!

Jane – Hello everyone! I have an mdf Christmas bauble to share today featuring one of the fabulous new ELVIS WESLEY CHRISTMOOSE digis. This is ELVIS CHOOSING THE TREE and I used a crumpled piece of painted rice paper to make the background and covered it with Polkadoodles stamps and stencils.

Irre - Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a Christmas card with Winnie Heavenly Shining Star. I used a stencil and stamps to create the background. I also enhanced the stamps with stickles. I decorated with wool and added gesso to the page. 

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Gorgeous projects as always from the team!

WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 11
Thank you everyone who entered this challenge - we really loved looking round your blogs, you all left us some awesome work to look at!

RANDOM $10 WINNER IS...

Well done!
PRIZE: $10 gift voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything you like including mixed media goodies, stamps, papers & anything else!....

To claim your prize please email Polkadoodles, quoting 'Love 2 Create winner'.
Please include this claim code L2CWK12001 in your email and claim by 7 December
Allow 14 working days for a reply please.

DESIGN TEAM TOP 3 FAVOURITES - WINNING A DIGITAL STAMP, ARE:

Congratulations - the team loved your work!
To claim your prize please email Polkadoodles, quoting 'Love 2 Create winner'.
Please include this claim code L2CWK12123 in your email and claim by  7 December
Allow 14 working days for a reply please.

Don't Forget to enter our other blogs too...
All our challenges are Anything Goes!........Find us here:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Sunday 31 October 2021

Craft, Card making & Scrapbooking mixed media challenge - Challenge 11 - Anything Goes

Thank you for supporting this challenge every month - we have some truly talented people who enter and we appreciate your support and LOVE to visit your blogs!

  

As always, the theme this month is 
Anything Mixed Media Goes
Closing date for entries: 26 November, Noon. 
You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges, use any products you wish... 
RANDOM WINNER PRIZE: $10 gift voucher
from Polkadoodles for our lucky winner, (chosen by random.org) - this voucher can be spent across the whole store, so you can use it on dies, stamps, papers, whatever you wish...
Winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post...

Our sponsor for 2021 is Polkadoodles and you can check out all the wonderful selection of Polkadoodles goodies in the shopMake sure you check out the POLKADOODLES store, they have lots of fab new products in store perfect for all you mixed media lovers out there, make sure you check them all out - there are some amazing mixed media stamps and stencils in stock right now! 

LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE DESIGN TEAM HAVE MADE THIS WEEK!...

Jane – Hello everyone! I have a round canvas board to share today decorated for Christmas (even though it's Halloween). I used one of the gorgeous WINNIE HEAVENLY ANGEL stamps, giving her extra wingspan with some double embossed craft board wings.

Polkadoodles products used:

Clear Stamps: BLESSINGS – WINNIE HEAVENLY - SLEIGH THE SEASON – SNOWFLAKE GARDEN

Dies: SNOW GLOBE

Irre: Happy Halloween! Today, I'm sharing a Halloween art journal page for you. For this one I had a lot of fun with stencils, watercolors. And as a focal point, I colored Winnie Wednesday bat girl with copics and added her to the page. I added some spider web too, to get that really Halloween feeling. 


Terry: For this month's challenge I made a Christmas Card. The background was made with Distress Oxides. I played with those amazing Fancy Snowflakes Dies. I embossed them with Embossing Enamel and made them look like they are covered with snow, what do you think? Wanna see more than please click my name and it will take you to my blog.

Products used: 

Gorgeous projects as always from the team!

WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 10
Thank you everyone who entered this challenge - we really loved looking round your blogs, you all left us some awesome work to look at!

RANDOM $10 WINNER IS...


Well done!
PRIZE: $10 gift voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything you like including mixed media goodies, stamps, papers & anything else!....

To claim your prize please email Polkadoodles, quoting 'Love 2 Create winner'.
Please include this claim code L2CWK10001 in your email and claim by 1st October
Allow 14 working days for a reply please.

DESIGN TEAM TOP 3 FAVOURITES - WINNING A DIGITAL STAMP, ARE:


Don't Forget to enter our other blogs too...
All our challenges are Anything Goes!........Find us here:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Sunday 26 September 2021

Challenge 10 - Anything Mixed Media Goes Card making & Crafting challenge

Thank you for supporting this challenge every month - we have some truly talented people who enter and we appreciate your support and LOVE to visit your blogs!

  

As always, the theme this month is 
Anything Mixed Media Goes
Closing date for entries: 28 October, Noon. 
You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges, use any products you wish... 
RANDOM WINNER PRIZE: $10 gift voucher
from Polkadoodles for our lucky winner, (chosen by random.org) - this voucher can be spent across the whole store, so you can use it on dies, stamps, papers, whatever you wish...
Winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post...

Our sponsor for 2021 is Polkadoodles and you can check out all the wonderful selection of Polkadoodles goodies in the shop.

Make sure you check out the POLKADOODLES store, they have lots of fab new products in store perfect for all you mixed media lovers out there, make sure you check them all out - there are some amazing mixed media stamps and stencils in stock right now!

 Irre: Hi, sharing today a new canvas for this month's challenge. I've colored Ula Be Strong with alcohol markers. Played along in the background with the distressed trellis stencil together with ink sprays and other embellishments. Stamped a title as the final touch. For more info check out my blog.

Jane – Hello everyone! I have decorated a tag today for Halloween!! Wooooooo!


Lou - Hi everyone. Sharing some quick, pretty mixed media cards using the wonderful Weirdre collection of stamps. I adore Weirdre as she can be used in so many guises: mixed media, art journal, card making & the list goes on. I began by creating the backgrounds on a gelli plate using paints & whole host of Polkadoodles stencils. Over on my blog, (here), I link to a YouTube video showing step by step as to how I created my cards.

Gorgeous projects as always from the team!

WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 9
Thank you everyone who entered this challenge - we really loved looking round your blogs, you all left us some awesome work to look at!



Well done!
PRIZE: $10 gift voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything you like including mixed media goodies, stamps, papers & anything else!....

To claim your prize please email Polkadoodles, quoting 'Love 2 Create winner'.
Please include this claim code L2CWK10001 in your email and claim by 1st October
Allow 14 working days for a reply please.



Don't Forget to enter our other blogs too...
All our challenges are Anything Goes!........Find us here:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter