{July} Blog Hop and Inspiration Challenge!

Welcome! We are so glad you could join us for our third Inspirational Blog Hop! June has been a busy month, but July promises to hold even more wonderful things, and it begins with this blog hop. We are so excited about what the design team has come up with based on the July Inspiration and .... the sponsors this month have gone over the top with some fabulous prizes for our participants.

Here is what the lead design team came up with to get you started!

Don't you just love the flowers? They were very generously donated by our sponsor Accents and Petals for the lead design team to work with. The winner of our inspiration challenge receive 100 of these birch wood blooms!

Ready to see what the rest of the team came up with? Once again we were privileged to work with an extremely talented group of designers who have made projects based upon the July Inspiration. Be sure to hop through the blogs and leave a little note at each stop along the way. Once you are done the hop, be sure to finish with the Polkadot Door, because by commenting on this post and following the Polkadot Door you have a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Scrapbits, just for playing along!

Jennifer
Valerie
Diana
Sabrina
Nicole B.
Court
Tenny
Tammy
Dee Dee
Mazlina
Lindsay
Smitha
Polkadot Door Designs

PRIZES

Our Challenge winner will receive 100 of these

birch wood blooms from Accents and Pearls!

Our feature designer will receive these beautiful pieces, as well
as a selection of custom ordered handmade flowers from Scrapn4mygirlz.

 

Just for hopping, one lucky participant will also recieve a 

$20 gift certificate to Scrapbits!

As well, three to five authors of the most impressive creations
will be chosen to join our July Design Team and Blog Hop, and 

compete for the Feature Designer prize in August!

Inspiration Details :

• Create a paper crafting project (card, layout, off-the-page item), based on provided inspiration (photo, sentiment, or element : doillie).
• Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code PDD), and link it here with the Mr. Linky widget below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog. 
• A new challenge is being posted the first of every month, and you've got until midnight on 15th to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but you're asked to provide a newly designed project. We ask that you combine this challenge with no more than 3 other challenges.
• We will choose one winner  from the list of players who will receive the prize provided by the sponsor(s). In addition, the authors of the three to five most impressive creations will awarded the design team positions for the following month, as well as the opportunity to be our featured designer. Special consideration will be given to participants who use all three of the inspiration elements. 
• We will announce the Inspiration Challenge winners on the 20th. Design team members will be contacted before then by email.
• Above all, have fun - and be inspired!

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Tall Wishes for You!

Its Tuesday again, and I have another card to share with you all. First off, thanks to everyone who has been leaving comments and following the Polkadot Door. Each and every visit here means so much to us, I love hearing from you!

I created a simple card based on this weeks sketch. The part of the card that took the most time was colouring in the little giraffe. In all I think the card took me 15 minutes or so. Don't I wish all my projects came together this quickly! There isn't a whole lot to say about the card, I think it pretty well speaks for itself.

Be sure to check the ICSketches blog for more inspiration from the rest of the design team. I know I say this every week, but you don't want to miss out on all the beautiful creations that are posted to the blog this week.

The paper is left overs again from the scrapbook page you haven't seen, but I'm so excited to be showing you in a few days time. The 3rd Polkadot Door Inspirational Blog Hop and Challenge is just around the corner and you don't want to miss this one. The sponsors we have lined up have been so generous. There are loads of goodies to be given away to blog hop participants, challenge winners, and of course, our fantastic design team. Be sure to check the blog on July 1st!

SUPPLIES
My Minds Eye Paper, Rhinestones

Misc Thread, Buttons, Image

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Sending you showers of Thanks!

 I recently made a scrapbook layout (you'll see it on July 1st) with some of my favourite papers from the Fine and Dandy line from My Minds Eye and as it always turns out, I had lots of scraps to use. Its one thing I love about card making, I get to use the papers I love, again and again, especially when I make the smaller cards (5" x 3.5").

This card is based on the fabulous ICS sketch created by Dawn.  I happen to know that there are free stamps being offered as a prize this week, so hurry over and play along with the rest of the team!

I printed off the sentiment from this card from an image I created in Paint Shop. I've been looking at a lot of sentiments recently and bemoaning the fact that I didn't have any creative stamps for sentiments and then I realized that I can just make them up, and print them myself! Its not quite as handy as having the stamps, but I am enjoying the flexibility of being able to resize if I need to, or come up with custom sayings. I don't know why I didn't think of it before :)

SUPPLIES

My Minds Eye Paper

American Crafts Stamp

My Minds Eye Brads

Misc Pearls

Its been raining for quite a number of days here, apparently its affecting my card making :) Hoping that you day is a little more sunshiney and cheerful!

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{June} Inspiration Challenge Winner and Design Team

Kline!

We loved your page, right from the cut-outs to the dictionary page backdrop. The details on you page are beautiful. Congratulations on winning the June Inspiration Challenge! You have won a $20 gift certificate to the Pink Pearl Studios.

Please contact us to claim your prize.

polkadotdoordesign (at) gmail.com

We are so excited to have two more members added to our design team for the month of July. These ladies are incredibly creative and we look forward to seeing what they will create with the newest inspiration! 

Dee Dee

Tenny

We will be posting the July inspirational blog hop and Challenge on the 1st!

See you then ...

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A bit behind!

If you are looking for the Polkadot Door blog hop winners post, its directly below this one!

Its been a crazy busy summer already, even though its only just begun! I hardly seem to have time to think these days, let alone put up posts for every card that I have been making, which with 20 birthdays/anniversaries coming up, have been quite a few. I thought I would put a few of them up today and get all caught up on my duties on design teams, and postings.

 This first card was made for the most recent ICSketches on the 14th of June. So I'm not to late posting this one! I love how this card came out, I had just the right coloured accessories for this card! It took a while, because I was trying some new things, like making the roses out of old fashioned lace and hot glue, but in the end I was rather happy with how it turned out. It also uses some of my favourite papers by My Minds Eye.

The sketches over at ICSketches keep getting better and better. I think this is one of my favourites thus far. I've enjoyed this design position so much, and its been an honour to work along side all the wonderful ladies on the team. Be sure to take a peak at the site for all sorts of wonderful inspiration, plus the oppertunity to win some digital stamps from DZDoodles. Dawn is also looking for a guest designer for the month of July, what are you waiting for, better check it out before the spot if filled!

This next card was also made for ICSketches, and I'm almost 2 weeks late posting this card. Sorry Dawn! You may have noticed, but I seem to be on a bit of a butterfly and doillie kick the last few weeks. I can't seem to help it. When I see and element I like, I have a hard time not using it over and over again, especially when its something that doesn't actually use up my supply. With the Martha Stewart punch I can make as many butterflies as I like, and never run out! The doillies come in a large package so it doesn't really feel like I'm using that many.

There is no sign of me stopping the use anytime soon either, because doillies are part of the July Polkadot Door Inspiration Challenge. Shhh....don't tell anyone I just gave you a heads up on the challenge :)

I have a few more projects to make today to get all caught up, so I might be back with some more pictures later on!

Have a wonderful day!

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{June} Blog Hop Winners and Featured Designer

I can't hardly believe that it is time to post the winners from the June Blog hop already! The last two weeks have just flown by, which means only a few more days until we reveal the July Design Team and challenge winner. Be sure to check back for that!

Our Featured Designer is Jennifer G.!

We love the unique way you handled the inspiration challenge this month. The project that you came up with had every element of the challenge in some way. We were blown away with your creativity! If you haven't already, I suggest you go and take a look at her blog, Jennifer has some beautiful work and we have been honoured to have her on our team!

Congratulations Jennifer, be sure to collect your badge and email us so we know where to send your prize.

and the winner of our blog hop is Diana!

Please email Marivic berry71bleu (at) gmail.com to collect your prize.

Congratulations! You'll receive three tags from the Berry71Bleu etsy shop!

Be sure to check back on the 20th when we announce our July design team and the challenge winner!

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{June} Blog Hop and Inspiration Challenge!

We had so much fun with our first Inspiration Challenge and Blog Hop, we're so excited that you are joining us again for the second time! 

Each month we want to showcase some very talented ladies. Starting with the Polkadot Door be sure to work your way through the blogs and see what the design team has created using our inspiration photo. As you hop be sure to leave a comment on every blog and head back here once you are done. Leave a comment on the Polkadot Door to let us know you completed the blog hop and tell us who your favourite designer was.

POLKADOT DOOR INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

Ready for some fun inspiration? Along with the blog hop designers, we've come up with some fun inspiration for you in your crafting endeavours with some more great prizes. We'll be giving away some great prizes to our participants, as well as choosing 6 - 10 designers to be part of our July Design Team!

Here is what the Polkadot Door Lead Designers came up with:

SARAH

REBECCA

Ready to start hopping? 

Be sure to check out the other designers work for more inspiration
through the bloghop!

Marivic
Jennifer
Valerie
Amanda
Diana
Sabrina
Nicole B.
Jennifer G.
Polkadot Door Designs

PRIZES

Our Challenge winner will receive a

$20 gift certificate to Pink Pearl Studios!

Our blog hop winner will receive
three tags from Berry71bleu!

As well, six to ten authors of the most impressive creations
will be chosen to serve on our July Design Team and Blog Hop, one of whom
will receive this adorable vintage kit from the Polkadot Door!

Inspiration Details :

• Create a paper crafting project (card, layout, off-the-page item), based on provided inspiration (photo, sentiment, or element : scrabble tiles).
• Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code PDD), and link it here with the Mr. Linky widget below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog. 
• A new challenge is being posted the first of every month, and you've got until midnight on 15th to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but you're asked to provide a newly designed project. We ask that you combine this challenge with no more than 3 other challenges.
• We will choose one winner  from the list of players who will receive the prize provided by the sponsor(s). In addition, the authors of the six to ten most impressive creations will awarded the design team positions for the following month, as well as the opportunity to be our featured designer. Special consideration will be given to participants who use all three of the inspiration elements. 
• We will announce the Inspiration Challenge winners on the 20th. Design team members will be contacted before then by email.
• Above all, have fun - and be inspired! 

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