Digi Choosday - Darling Buds collection - Thank you card - with Polkadoodles

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday... I hope that you all had a Wonderful Christmas and New Year! 

The Polkadoodles DT has been taking a well earned break and I'm hoping that Nikky got to enjoy Christmas too but it must be so difficult when its your own business to get a good balance between work and relaxation.

Today the team is back and we're here to kick off the new Digi Choosday challenges for 2026 - I hope you will join in as you could win a fantastic prize.

It's that time of the week to share some more inspiration for our current 'Anything Goes' challenge over on the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Blog so I hope you are going to join in and don't forget the amazing Digi Choosday discount off all crafty printable downloads!  

Don't Forget that our challenges our now 4 weekly so there's loads of time for you to join in and more chances to win too!

The theme set for the DT this week is Thank you so I d4ecided to create a special card for my best friend back in the UK - to say thank you for being such a wonderful friend.  I don't get to see her much since we moved to Spain and she doesn't really like to travel so I miss her loads but I know that she is there if I need her and we do chat from time to time via messenger.

I chose to use one of the beautiful girls from the Darling Buds collection - this is one of my absolute favourites - Crocus Flower girl.  I adore crocuses especially the yellow and purple ones.  We have a few in our garden here that I brought with us when we moved and they are just so pretty in bloom.  I was hoping they would spread more but I think the pesky fruit rats eat the bulbs - naughty things!  My BFF loves the garden and flowers so I think she'll love this card - fingers crossed.

I resized the Crocus girl to suit my DL card before colouring in with promarkers, using a yellow and purple colour palette before fussy cutting out.

Next I decided to create a fresh looking background directly onto the card base starting with one of the Switchable stencils.  I used the Triptych Square  stencils and yellow and purple distress ink to create my design.

 

I splattered a little yellow and purple ink across the panel and  then blended more yellow ink around the edge of the card.

To finish off the background I used one of the Funky Borders stamps and purple Distress Oxide ink to stamp into each of the corners, adding some very sparkly glitter to the little circles.

Next I adhered my little Crocus girl to the card base using foam tape for dimension and the sentiment was tucked into the design towards the bottom.

To finish the card I added some sparkly gems, more stickles to the dress, white pen highlights and clear sparkle pen to the flowers.  I wish you could see the sparkle as its so pretty but photos don't do it justice.

I hope that you like my project today and you'll enjoy the next that I share from Polkadoodles.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe: 

Polkadoodles digital stamp - Darling Buds collection  - Crocus Flower girl

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Darling Buds collection  - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles Creative Stencil - Switchable - Triptych Squares

Polkadoodles Craft Stamp - Funky Borders

Distress Oxide ink - wilted violet

Distress ink - fossilized amber, villainous potion

stickles - diamond

Crafters Companion sparkle pen - clear

Gems

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x