Friday 19 December 2014

Merry Christmas Reds and Blues!....Polkadoodles Challenge

Hi everyone!! Just a quick post from us today.....

We know you are all busy, baking, shopping and getting those last minute
gifts made and about to break under the strain.....  

We are giving the team a little time off over Christmas but if you'd like to enter this special challenge we'd love you to show us your
Christmas Reds and Blues
as a special one off challenge to take us all through into the New Year!
Closing date for this one is 31st December so you have plenty of time to enter and upload your photos during those many many boring hours between Christmas and New Year LOL!!

We will choose our favourite 3 makes and each of you will receive a special prize of a
Work and Play Download bundle worth £5 each
so make sure you enter your cards - max of 2 entries per person though so no cheating!!

Our Secret Santa challenge has ended and our winners, who each receive a Digi prize are:
#1 - Hazel
#3 - Vannessa
#4 - Fabiola

So could the following people please contact
Polkadoodles HERE.   Quote PD51001wk49 to claim your prizes.

Thank you so much for taking the time to take part at this busy time of year.

Nikky, and all the Polkadoodles
Design Team, would like to
wish you all

A
Very
Merry Christmas
and
a
Happy New Year

We are taking a little break over the festive season.

We will see you all back here on Friday 3 January, 2015
for our first challenge of the New Year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Friday 12 December 2014

Week 50 - Secret Santa (part 2)...Polkadoodles challenge

We've gone all "Secret Santa" here at Polka Doodles and this is week 2 of our challenge. 
We wanted to make our last challenges of 2014 a little bit different with the festive season looming.
You can find the Challenge Here

Each of the DT has made a card for someone else on the DT but nobody knows who is making for whom ... hee, hee, hee.

So the challenge this fortnight is ...

"Who would you make a Secret Santa card for and why?"
This special Secret Santa will last for 2 weeks so you have until 18th December to enter - if you're canny you could win 3 digis and we will also have 3 fabulous overall prize winners chosen at random, each of whom will receive a copy of one of our amazing Collections worth at least £10.99 each!

Link up to the challenge using Mr Linky below ...... now you don't necessarily have to make a card or project for this challenge but you could do a short post instead sharing your Secret Santa (crush/hero/heroine etc etc). Link up to your post as normal and use the photo of your secret crush Santa in Mr Linky. If you do make a project, link as per normal.

NOW as an added bit of fun, visit each DT blog and have a guess, using the clues, as to whom they may have made their project for .... leave a comment on their blog with your idea and you could be in with the chance of winning a prize of a wonderful Polka Doodles digi image. We will randomly chose 3 DT blogs (names in a hat thing) and then randomly chose a comment from each blog and the winning comment will each receive a Polka Doodles digi image.

The winners of our Nordic Challenge Weeks 48 are at the end of this post!

So let's see who has made what this week .....

Kasia -I'm glad really that I can take part in this fun. So funny and secred... ciiiiiiii :) so, I used CD Festive Hollybobs and I did my card :)
Does not show the whole photo card in order not to mess up surprises... ciiii.....:)
But who will receive these card? Can you say that:
first clues:  Englishwoman but does not live in the UK
more clues you can find on my blog ..:P ^^
Have a great day all! :)
Claire C  How exciting, we all love a surprise don't we?? For my Secret Santa card I've used Festive Hollybobs for my card starting with the gorgeous red polkadot backing paper and adding lots of precoloured images (liberally glittered for some Christmas sparkle lol) The main image is one of the digis from the collection, coloured with my Graph'It markers. Here's a peek at the main image, pop over to my blog to see the finished card and of course find some clues too :-)
My first clue is...... my Secret Santa Teamie enjoys cycling!!

Bev I've used the brilliant Poinsettia Stamp set, stamped it out a few times for the layers and coloured it with my Graph'it Markers then shaped the petals,  glued the layers together with silicone and added a bit of glitter glue to the centres. The backing paper is from Work & Play Festive Hollybobs. I added a scalloped, embossed, contrasting semi circle to the top of the card wrapped some festive bakers twine around it and stamped out my greeting onto a tag, inking the edges.
The first clue is...... This needs to be sent via air mail....

Susan - Well isn't this exiting ! Secret Santa . I have used a digi from one of my favourite collections   the amazing Rose Budd ,I just love the elegance and era of this CD.I must apologies for the Picture ,I have use pearled card stock and cant get rid of the shine .
And now for  My first clue to my Secret Santa.has a nick name. For more clues please visit my blog,

Yvonne  - Hi there, well this was HARD! Making the card was nice and easy, relaxing even - the secret santa clues............................well..........!!!  Like the rest of the team I used Work & Play Festive Hollibobs, which you can also get as an instant download collection.  The image is coloured with my Graph'It Markers, the papers and embellies are from the collection.
The first clue is.........................this lady lives by the seaside but is not originally from there.

Jenny  Hi there, isn't it exciting trying to guess who is getting each of the secret Santa cards, I hope you're joining in.  Here is a little of my card but you'll have to come over to my blog to see the rest and get all the clues.  I've used the fabulous Festive Hollybobs for my card and now you can get it either on a cd or as an instant download so what are you waitng for?
My first clue is this lady is very black and white!

Anita here and has fun this week with the secret santa challenge hope your joining the fun... I have used this awesome digi which is available on here comes christmas cd rom ..
I coloured using alcohol markers for more details pop across to my blog :)
My first clue is this lady Has long Hair

The "Secret Santa" challenge will end on THURSDAY 18th DECEMBER at midnight (GMT) and winners will be announced on FRIDAY 19th DECEMBER. along with the challenge winner.

You will get all the clues and loads more info on all the blogs so make sure you pop in and see all the team and leave comments to be in with a chance of winning their digistamps - we're keeping it secret who has the key to the digis so you have to enter on everyone in case you miss out LOL!!
Link to the challenge is Here

Our winner as chosen by Random Org for our Nordic Challenge
26 - Chanya

Please email us here to claim you prize, quoting PD50001wk48

Our Top 3 this week, as chosen by the DT, 
you all made such fabulous creations it was really difficult.

Congratulations to everyone, don't forget to take your blinkies from the sidebar.

Friday 5 December 2014

Week 49 - Secret Santa (part 1)...Polkadoodles challenge

Welcome back to another fabulous challenge!

We've gone all "Secret Santa" here at Polka Doodles for the next fortnights challenge as we wanted to make our last challenge of 2014 a little bit different with the festive season looming.

Each of the DT has made a card for someone else on the DT but nobody knows who is making for whom ... hee, hee, hee....

So the challenge this fortnight is ...
"Who would you make a Secret Santa card for and why?"

Link up to the challenge using Mr Linky below ...... now you don't necessarily have to make a card or project for this challenge but you could do a short post instead sharing your Secret Santa (crush/hero/heroine etc etc). Link up to your post as normal and use the photo of your secret crush Santa in Mr Linky. If you do make a project, link as per normal.

NOW as an added bit of fun, visit each DT blog and have a guess, using the clues, as to whom they may have made their project for .... leave a comment on their blog with your idea and you could be in with the chance of winning a prize of a wonderful Polka Doodles digi image. We will randomly choose 3 DT blogs (names in a hat thing) and then randomly chose a comment from each blog and the winning comment will each receive a Polka Doodles digi image.

This special Secret Santa will last for 2 weeks so you have until 18th December to enter - if you're canny you could win 3 digis and we will also have 3 fabulous overall prize winners chosen at random, each of whom will receive a copy of one of our amazing Collections worth at least £10.99 each!

The winners of our Clean and Simple Challenge Weeks 46/47 are at the end of this post!

So let's see who has made what this week .....

Scatty Jan Wow how much fun are we going to have over the coming weeks - I made my card using the Festive Hollybobs collection - This is available as a cd or download collection.
For my first clue I am going to tell you I live in the UK but to reach my Secret Santa's destination my card has travelled by aeroplane..... For more clues , and some more photo's  and to leave your guess come visit my blog xx
Asha - Secrets, surprise and Santa ... these are a few of my favourite things! The background paper is from Angelberry Christmas, the cosy houses and trees are from A Home For Christmas and the greeting is from Festive Hollybobs. To accentuate the snow I used Texture Paste and glitter. For extra sparkle and shimmer I used Liquid Pearls and Stickles.
Clue: My Secret Santa is into crafting, cooking and cats. She lives way across the pond and ... tell you more on my blog! 

Karon - This is so much fun and great that you can all join in too :-)  I have also used the fabulous Work and Play 5 Festive Hollybobs collection for my card.  I coloured this little lady with pencils. She is also available as a single download, along with other characters off this wonderful CD.
For my first clue, my secret Santa keeps herself very fit and is very busy throughout the year.  There are some more clues on my blog - so why not stop by and have a guess :-)

Ashley-What a blast this week has been making my Secret Santa Card for a Secret Friend! I used the amazing Festive Hollybobs collection.(Yes I am addicted to that one) Since this is a Christmas Challenge I just had to do a whimsical Winter scene. I tried a fun zig zag snowflake print for the background and I think it makes the card all the more "whimsy" 
Now for the fun part : 
My very first clue for the recipient of this card is that she has beautiful blue eyes. Need another hint? Hop on over to my blog and catch the rest of the clues!

MelI had great fun making my Secret Santa card - the CD I opted for is once again Festive Hollybobs, and I've gone a bit dotty for beautiful big satin bows since using this gorgeous ribbon on a gift bag recently. I love the sumptuous effect it gives for this time of year! And of course you can't go wrong with a lovely stick pin and some sparkly silver skeleton leaves.
My first clue for the recipient of this card is that she's got blonde hair. The rest of the clues are on my blog, so do pop by to take a look :)

AnnaAs a surprise for a very nice friend living in England, and who creates beautiful things (you can read more about her on my blog), I decided to make a round, Holiday card using paper from the Picknix Collection 2...Gingerbread Twist CD collection, without a picture, but with my favourite die cut deer, a poinsettia, which I made myself, and a Polish saying “Magia Swiat Bozego Narodzenia”, which means “The Magic of Christmas”. Besides blue, which I used here, all accessories are in two colours – white and red (they are symbolic of Poland, a country in which I live) - because I wanted the friend, for whom I made this card with great pleasure, to know where I am from.



Leah - Hello everyone!  It's a might chilly up here right now, so the heat is on full blast!  I have made a Christmas card for my Secret Santa recipient using Maddie with Present, and some of the cut out printable tags from the Festive Hollybobs Collection.  I coloured Maddie with my Prismacolor pencils and used a Wink of Stella pen to give her an all around halo.
I have a special clue for you:  my Secret Santa recipient has a special pooch!  :)


Cheremane - I love this fab idea and I hope you will enjoy and join in the fun with us. I have done a clean and simple Christmas card for my Secret Santa and I have used Octavia Friendly Hugs Digi and the Papers and Bow are from Work and Play Festive HollyBobs Cd
Now onto a clue: She is a lovely lady and loves Fairy's, for a few more clue's pop on over to my Blog.
                                              


Lou: I hope my Secret Santa person likes my card as I have been brave and used glitter just for them. I have used an image from the Work and Play Festive HollyBobs CD and papers from Angelberry Christmas. My first clue is that this person lives by the coast.



The "Secret Santa" challenge will end on THURSDAY 18th DECEMBER at midnight (GMT) and winners will be announced on FRIDAY 19th DECEMBER. along with the challenge winner.

You will get all the clues and loads more info on all the blogs so make sure you pop in and see all the team and leave comments to be in with a chance of winning their digistamps - we're keeping it secret who has the key to the digis so you have to enter on everyone in case you miss out LOL!!

Our winner as chosen by Random Org for our Clean and Simple Challenge is

#57 - Leona
You have won a fabulous download bundle worth £5 from the digistore
Please email us here to claim you prize, quoting PD49001wk46

Our Top 3 this week, as chosen by the DT, 
you all made such fabulous creations it was really difficult.

#5 - Kathyk
#11 - Novinka
#50 - Sue N

Congratulations to everyone, don't forget to take your blinkies from the sidebar.

Just to let you know that the winner for our Nordic Christmas Challenge, will be announced next Friday, 12 December.

See you next week for Round 2!! Good luck!!
*****

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