Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Challenge 4, week 1 - Anything Goes card making, craft, paper craft, scrapbook challenge

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...

As it's Digi Choosday that means you also get this amazing HUGE discount offer on selected crafty printable downloads in the Polkadoodles store until midnight!

Today's discount code is DC50 & will give you
50% Off
SELECTED* DIGI STAMPS INCLUDING COLLECTIONS/BUNDLES
(*not valid in conjunction with any other offer, applies to certain products only, if your discount does not show in the cart it is not valid for that product.)

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This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $45 in prizes per month. You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks. 

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
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So let's see what the Design Team have been making... 


We have to make an apology this week: 
We keep having continuous issues with Blogger - it deletes posts, corrupts our text and removes photos and doesn't like our links...it is a real nightmare the past year! We are now therefore removing most of the hyperlinks - which we hate - but it seems to be the only thing we can do to get the post to be ok. 
So I apologise for the long, messy posts with loads of messy long URL links - it seems to be the only way! 
We've tried AI to help us but randomly it just seems to lose an entire post or part of the post disappears or corrupts...if any of you know what causes this and are experiencing it too, please let me know because it's driving me crazy and I'm spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to put the posts together each week, it's been going on for a year now and I can't get to the bottom of it even with ChatGPT. It's so bad I am seriously thinking of finding a new platform or just closing the challenge blogs down because it's such a hassle - which I don't want to do.  So any of you that are code experts - please reach out! I'm sure it must be happening to someone else too - so maybe we can resolve it for all of us! Just on Saturday, after scheduling and checking the PD challenge blog, I go on there today and the entire thing has completely vanished! So I apologise for the long messy blogposts you are seeing, I'll continue to try and find a fix! 

Anyway, on with the DT inspiration!....


Wendy - Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful 1st April.

This week we have a new mini release just in time for Easter so I've been having fun creating with these new digistamps...DOWNLOAD them here

It's time for a new Digi Choosday challenge so I hope you will join in with the fun. Today the team was asked to create a Spring Animal themed project and I was inspired by all the flowers and the the sounds of the birds for my simple one layer card today. I love all of the cute and quirky images in the Lucy Monkman collection as they are super easy to colour. You can create a no fuss card in minutes. I printed out the Bunny and Birds image onto marker friendly cardstock and also onto paper so I could create some little paper masks, with a little easy fussy cutting. Next I coloured in the simple images with Promarkers before adhering the little paper masks with repositionable glue. I gently blended distress inks to create my background and then carefully removed the masks before finishing the card with white gel pen highlights. Have a fantastic week. Love and crafty hugs x.

Products I used:

www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunny-and-birds-lucy-monkman-printable-clipart-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/

www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-gnome-fun-puns-quotes-and-sentiments-printable-stamps-for-cardmaking/

I would love it if you could follow me on social:

olivefarmcrafts.blogspot.com/2026/04/digi-choosday-spring-animals-lucy.html

www.facebook.com/LaGranjaOrgiva

www.instagram.com/olive_farm_crafts/

Jane - Hi everyone! I also have been having fun creating with these new digistamps...DOWNLOAD them here

So, spring has sprung and my last card today features a gorgeous bunny couple out in some seasonal sunshine. This is FIRST DATE and I have coloured this image with Copics and added some die-cuts to give the impression that they are out together in a park. I didn’t use any paper this time, I simply inked the background and added some ‘falling blossom’ with a gel pen and included a sentiment from the LOVE ALWAYS SENTIMENT BUNDLE.

Products used:

Love Always Bunny Rabbits Collection: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/love-always-bunny-rabbits/

First Date: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/first-date-love-always-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-with-free-svg-dxf-files/

Love Always Sentiment Bundle: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/love-always-printable-sentiments-big-bundle-craft-digital-stamp-downloads/

Judy - Like Jane and Wendy I have also had my hands on the new digital release this week and here's what I made...check them out here: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/march-april-2026-releases/

In addition, my inspiration card for this week features Bunches of Love - Udderly Cute cow. I colored this adorable little highland cow with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut. The background is comprised of ephemera pieces. The sentiment was printed onto the background.

Products used:

Bunches of Love Udderly Cute - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunches-of-love-udderly-cute-cow-valentine-s-romance-love-friendship-digital-stamp-printable-for-card-making-scrapbooking-junk-journal-svg-craft-stickers-planners/

Printable Ephemera Udderly Cute - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/printable-ephemera-udderly-cute-love-digital-papers-for-card-making-scrapbooking-junk-journal-svg-craft-stickers-planners/

Spring into Easter Messages - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-into-easter-messages-cute-spring-easter-printable-cardmaking-digital-stamp-craft-download/

Kathie - Good morning and welcome to all my crafty friends and welcome to another Digi Choosday. I can’t believe it’s the first day of April already. This week we are celebrating Spring and Spring animals. Spring to me mean warmer weather, beautiful Spring flowers out in the garden and summer is just around the corner. For me here is New Zealand, we have the reverse its Autumn. These are my two favourite seasons, it’s not too hot and not too cold. I’ve been working with this image this week https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunny-rabbit-with-bunch-of-flowers-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/?searchid=0&search_query=easter+bunny+blower+bunch.

This imagecomes black & white for you to colour and is also available in a pre-coloured image. The design paper used was https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-into-easter-printable-cardmaking-digital-craft-paper-patterns-set-3/. I made an Easel card and the image was coloured with the following Copic Ciao markers: C1, C2, C3, RV02, RV10, RV13, YR20, YR61, YG00, YG03, YG63 and a black & white gel pen and a Green Prismacolor pencil. The sentiment was from https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/alcea-hollyhock-flowers-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-svg-papers-greeting/. I look forward to commenting on whatever you make. Happy crafting everyone. You can find my complete instructions on my blog https://kathiezkardz.blogspot.com/

Ana https://mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com/2026/04/polkadoodles-digi-choosday-project.html - Hi crafty friends! I’m back for another Digi Choosday project and this week’s Design Team theme is Spring Animals. I couldn’t choose between these two adorable digis, so I made two mini notebooks instead!

Digis I used for this project are Chicks in a Basket https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/chicks-in-a-basket-printable-clipart-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/, Bunny Rabbit with Roses https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunny-rabbit-with-roses-flowers-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/, and Paper Patterns 4 – Winnie Daisy Fairy https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/paper-patterns-4-winnie-daisy-fairy-printable-digital-stamps-clipart-card-making-crafts-scrapbooking-sticker-with-svg-print-and-cut-outline/.

I colored the digi stamps with alcohol markers. For the notebooks, I made small 3x4 covers using recycled cardboard and wrapped them with patterned paper from the Winnie Daisy Fairy paper pack. I added 3x4 pages inside, punched holes using my Mini Cinch and bound everything together.

To decorate the covers, I layered some gauze and string for texture, then popped the colored digi images on top and finished them with a few sparkly gemstones.

These cute little notebooks are perfect for notes, gifts, or even adding to an Easter basket!

Don’t forget to join use here at Polkadoodles Digi Choosday! You can also follow my crafty adventures here: Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts

Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts

Zel - I prepared my background by making a pastel purple A4 card base. Then I used a nesting rectangle die to cut Set 2 - Wanda printable digital paper patterns to create a layer. Then I cut a piece of pastel green cardstock using a nesting oval die to create an egg impression. I adhere these pieces together.

For My focal point I scan n cut the birds from Winnie's fruit punch embellies and using a foam tape to create dimension and adhere it to the card. the sentiment I used is from Simon Says stamp

Products used:

SET 2 Wanda Printable - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/set-2-wanda-printable-digital-paper-patterns-for-card-making-crafts-digiscrap/

Winnie Fruit Punch Embellies Bundle - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-fruit-punch-embellies-bundle-printable-crafting-digital-stamp-craft-scrapbooking-download/

Follow me on social media:

https://www.instagram.com/sprinklewithcards/

https://www.facebook.com/springklewithcards

Eve https://thepurplepaperpuncher.blogspot.com/2026/04/polkadoodles-gil-bunny-rabbit-growing.html

For today's card I created a little scene using Gil Bunny Rabbit growing Sunflowers which I cut out using my scan and cut machine. Along with some sunflowers from Autumn fall bundle and added some glitter to the centres. The cloud background paper is from Pretty Spring papers, and the gingham paper is from Perfect Peony, which I used to die cut a grass border. My greeting is from Christmas everyday sentiments. To finish off my card I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges and added Glossy Accents to the watering can and brads in the corners.

For today’s card I used:

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/gil-bunny-rabbit-growing-sunflowers-precoloured-digi-stamp-with-svg-dxf-cutting-file/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/autumn-fall-bundle-of-colour-clipart-printables-for-crafts-card-making-scrapbooking-stickers/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/pretty-spring-papers-printable-clipart-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/perfect-peony-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-svg-papers-greeting/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/christmas-everyday-sentiment-strip-pack-300gsm-1225-printed-greetings-messages-for-card-making-scrapbooking/


Thanks so much to the team for all their amazing makes this week!

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WINNERS - CHALLENGE 3

PRIZES: 
1 x Random winner of a $20 voucher 

The winner is:

 Congratulations! You won a $25 credit to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage quoting DCW4001 to claim your prize before 21 April 2026...(If you do not already have an account registered at www.polkadoodles.com please register so we can issue a credit to your account - if you pre-register it will save time arranging your credit). 
Allow 28 days for a response to your claim, please do not keep emailing, your claim will be dealt with as soon as possible.


Top 2 DT Favourite winners
2 x Winners of a $10 voucher

The winners are:

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage quoting DCW4012 to claim your prize before 21 April 2026...(If you do not already have an account registered at www.polkadoodles.com please register so we can issue a credit to your account - if you pre-register it will save time arranging your credit). 
Allow 28 days for a response to your claim, please do not keep emailing, your claim will be dealt with as soon as possible.
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