Welcome back to our Craft, Card making & Scrapbooking mixed media challenge!
We have some wonderful inspiration with some of our favourite projects from the past month from the team....
As always, the theme this month is
Anything Mixed Media/paper crafting Goes
You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges, use any products you wish...
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Winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post...
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Let's see what the Design Team have created to get you inspired this month!...
Hydrangea inspired card made by Nelly...
For my project this week I was inspired by a plant in my garden, hydrangeas! The purple and blue hues are captured in the flower image on the MDF plaque which has been stencilled from layers in the matchable stamp, die and stencil set, aren’t they just gorgeous? I used acrylic paints to cover the MDF plaque and the jug and honeycomb are also from the mdf set. I wrapped garden twine around the handle. The home sweet home is a rub on I had in my stash.
Pretty handmade circle card by Liz - I'm back with a Christmas themed project today, using some of the latest fabulous dies and stencil from Polkadoodles. I used some of the speckled egg distress oxide pad to go over the Winter Village Scene stencil on the base of my card, then in silver mirri cardstock I added the Sparkling wreath and stars dies,
houses from the Sweet glass dome/snowglobe dies and some winter type foliage from the Winter botanical bits dies too.
For my project this week I was inspired by a plant in my garden, hydrangeas! The purple and blue hues are captured in the flower image on the MDF plaque which has been stencilled from layers in the matchable stamp, die and stencil set, aren’t they just gorgeous? I used acrylic paints to cover the MDF plaque and the jug and honeycomb are also from the mdf set. I wrapped garden twine around the handle. The home sweet home is a rub on I had in my stash.
Pretty handmade circle card by Liz - I'm back with a Christmas themed project today, using some of the latest fabulous dies and stencil from Polkadoodles. I used some of the speckled egg distress oxide pad to go over the Winter Village Scene stencil on the base of my card, then in silver mirri cardstock I added the Sparkling wreath and stars dies,
houses from the Sweet glass dome/snowglobe dies and some winter type foliage from the Winter botanical bits dies too.
houses from the Sweet glass dome/snowglobe dies and some winter type foliage from the Winter botanical bits dies too.
How to create a shimmery gold Autumn card using dies and watercolours by Maria
Hello! Autumn is welcome to move in with me, joyfully! I absolutely love this golden season, and staying true to that theme, I’ve made leaves glow with radiant golden shine! I started by creating a watercolour background using warm brown, yellow and terracotta inks, then die-cut the leaves straight from that painted panel. You’d never guess it, but I used the Sweet Poinsettia flower Craft Cutting Dies for this! It works perfectly for autumn foliage too don’t you think? For the second background, I blended yellow, orange and red inks into another soft watercolour wash, trimmed it to a strip, and layered it onto my card base. Then it was time for plenty of liquid gold! I brushed it over every leaf and flicked delicate splatters across the card for that extra sparkle.
To finish, I added a lovely sentiment from the Christmas & Everyday Sentiment Strip Pack because if this card doesn’t sparkle, I don’t know what does!
Here's my social media: https://www.instagram.com/stempelmariele?igsh=bzg1emRobmxsMWdp
https://www.facebook.com/share/16DYyAdSg1/
https://youtube.com/@stempelmariele?si=_HBi7-VDId3ZULNK
https://www.tiktok.com/@marielemakes?_r=1&_t=ZG-99F5QBIDkP2
Happy Saturday everyone! What are you up to today? This weeks card is one of many Halloween cards I have made, blended background using distressed inks, picked raspberry, fosilled amber, wilted violet and mariner blue. The images were coloured with alcohol markers. The Halloween images were taken from the Hey pumpkin stamp set and you can find them on the Polkadoodles website by clicking HERE they are reduced in price so go and grab a bargain!
Create a pretty handmade Christmas Joy card using simple dies and stencils by Liz
Hello again! I have another Christmas card for today, using some fabulous products from Polkadoodles. I used the brilliant Joy text stencil on the base of the card with salvaged Patina distress oxide ink, then die cut the Joy dies set in silver Mirri and a blue pearlised card from. my stash. I cut out some some Sparkling snowflakes from the dies in the mirri card too, simply layering these up to create the finished look, some holly and berries from the Sparkling Delicate Baubles Dies in the same colours filled in a corner and continued the theme. Happy Crafting!!
Pretty Daisy card using chipboard made by Nelly
Hi everyone1 Saturday means a new project to share with you all! I’ve used the Daisy wings stamp matchable stamps, dies and stencils for the main feature on this card, distress inks in yellow and orange tones for colour. Perfect Autumnal card and it’s only a few weeks away!
MDF Owl and Tree project created by Liz
How cute is this little Owl sheltering on the xmas tree? The MDF owl is from the Critters/animals MDF kit (so adorable) and I used one of the larger MDF trees from the Christmas stacker set for the base. My owl has a jumper on which I stencilled with the Cute little trees stencil and Ocean Sparkles stencil butter through it. He's coloured with acohol markers and then I layered up some of the Winter botanical bits dies with a flower from my stash. One of the Sparkling snowflakes dies was used behind him on the tree along with some faux snow which I added to his hat too, along with a flower from my stash and some die cut Holly from the Abundant Holly die set.
Hello! Autumn is welcome to move in with me, joyfully! I absolutely love this golden season, and staying true to that theme, I’ve made leaves glow with radiant golden shine! I started by creating a watercolour background using warm brown, yellow and terracotta inks, then die-cut the leaves straight from that painted panel. You’d never guess it, but I used the Sweet Poinsettia flower Craft Cutting Dies for this! It works perfectly for autumn foliage too don’t you think? For the second background, I blended yellow, orange and red inks into another soft watercolour wash, trimmed it to a strip, and layered it onto my card base. Then it was time for plenty of liquid gold! I brushed it over every leaf and flicked delicate splatters across the card for that extra sparkle.
To finish, I added a lovely sentiment from the Christmas & Everyday Sentiment Strip Pack because if this card doesn’t sparkle, I don’t know what does!
Here's my social media:
https://www.facebook.com/share/16DYyAdSg1/
https://youtube.com/@stempelmariele?si=_HBi7-VDId3ZULNK
https://www.tiktok.com/@marielemakes?_r=1&_t=ZG-99F5QBIDkP2
Happy Saturday everyone! What are you up to today? This weeks card is one of many Halloween cards I have made, blended background using distressed inks, picked raspberry, fosilled amber, wilted violet and mariner blue. The images were coloured with alcohol markers. The Halloween images were taken from the Hey pumpkin stamp set and you can find them on the Polkadoodles website by clicking HERE they are reduced in price so go and grab a bargain!
Create a pretty handmade Christmas Joy card using simple dies and stencils by Liz
Create a pretty handmade Christmas Joy card using simple dies and stencils by Liz
Hello again! I have another Christmas card for today, using some fabulous products from Polkadoodles. I used the brilliant Joy text stencil on the base of the card with salvaged Patina distress oxide ink, then die cut the Joy dies set in silver Mirri and a blue pearlised card from. my stash. I cut out some some Sparkling snowflakes from the dies in the mirri card too, simply layering these up to create the finished look, some holly and berries from the Sparkling Delicate Baubles Dies in the same colours filled in a corner and continued the theme. Happy Crafting!!
Pretty Daisy card using chipboard made by Nelly
Hi everyone1 Saturday means a new project to share with you all! I’ve used the Daisy wings stamp matchable stamps, dies and stencils for the main feature on this card, distress inks in yellow and orange tones for colour. Perfect Autumnal card and it’s only a few weeks away!
MDF Owl and Tree project created by Liz
How cute is this little Owl sheltering on the xmas tree? The MDF owl is from the Critters/animals MDF kit (so adorable) and I used one of the larger MDF trees from the Christmas stacker set for the base. My owl has a jumper on which I stencilled with the Cute little trees stencil and Ocean Sparkles stencil butter through it. He's coloured with acohol markers and then I layered up some of the Winter botanical bits dies with a flower from my stash. One of the Sparkling snowflakes dies was used behind him on the tree along with some faux snow which I added to his hat too, along with a flower from my stash and some die cut Holly from the Abundant Holly die set.
🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team!
🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team!
WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 8Thank you everyone who entered this challenge - we really loved looking round your blogs, you all left us some awesome work to look at and there were so many great projects it was SO hard to choose our winners this week!
OUR 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 contact us via the Website Chat here, quoting 'L2C winner'.Please include this claim code L2CWK009 in your email and claim by 15 Oct 2026. PLEASE NOTE: If you are in the EU you will be expected to pay the NEW EU CUSTOMS CHARGES on any free prize orders - we are unable to ship items as 'free gifts'.
Allow 28 working days for a reply please.
DESIGN TEAM TOP FAVOURITES:
Sorry, there's no prize but we all loved your creations! There were so many amazing entries this month to choose from, thankyou all!
Don't Forget to enter our other blogs too...All our challenges are Anything Goes!........Find us here:Digi Choosday Blog - starts Wednesdays, weeklyPolkadoodles Blog - starts Saturday, weeklyGem of a Challenge - starts Saturday, monthly
WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 8
Thank you everyone who entered this challenge - we really loved looking round your blogs, you all left us some awesome work to look at and there were so many great projects it was SO hard to choose our winners this week!
OUR 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 contact us via the Website Chat here, quoting 'L2C winner'.Please include this claim code L2CWK009 in your email and claim by 15 Oct 2026.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are in the EU you will be expected to pay the NEW EU CUSTOMS CHARGES on any free prize orders - we are unable to ship items as 'free gifts'.
Allow 28 working days for a reply please.
DESIGN TEAM TOP FAVOURITES:
Sorry, there's no prize but we all loved your creations! There were so many amazing entries this month to choose from, thankyou all!
Don't Forget to enter our other blogs too...All our challenges are Anything Goes!........
Find us here:
Digi Choosday Blog - starts Wednesdays, weekly
Polkadoodles Blog - starts Saturday, weekly
Gem of a Challenge - starts Saturday, monthly
