Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Project | Magnetic Shopping List Notepads with Winnie

This week’s Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Design Team challenge is all about shopping, so I created these cute and practical magnetic shopping list notepads featuring Winnie!

I used both the Sunshine Delight Busy - Winnie Sunshine Delights and Busy Day Shopping - Winnie Fruit Punch digi stamps to decorate my notepads. If you’ve been following my Digi Choosday projects for a while, you’ll know that whenever I can’t decide between adorable digis, I simply use them all! That was definitely the case here, so both Winnies made an appearance.

This project is simple to make but incredibly useful. These notepads are perfect for keeping on the fridge for grocery lists, meal planning, reminders, or little notes. They also make great gifts, craft fair items, or giveaway prizes.

Materials Used

• Ohuhu Alcohol Markers
• Digi Stamps: Sunshine Delight Busy - Winnie Sunshine Delights and Busy Day Shopping - Winnie Fruit Punch
• Pattern Papers: Plain Janes Wanda and Wanda Printable Digital Paper Patterns
• Magnetic Sheet scraps
• Paper Trimmer
• Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
• Foam Tape
• Circle and Scallop Dies
• White Paper for the notepad pages
• Thermal Binding Machine
• Glue Gun
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Optional: Perforated Cutter

Instructions

1. Prepare your digi stamps and color them. I used Ohuhu Alcohol Markers for mine.

2. Cut your paper sheets to 2¾” x 8½”. The number of sheets will depend on how thick you want your notepad to be.

3. If you plan to perforate your pages, it’s best to do this before trimming. I decided to do it afterward and made things a little harder for myself. Hehe.

4. Prepare a piece of cardstock measuring 1½” x 2¾” to hold the sheets together.
Score the cardstock at 5/8” and 7/8”.

5. Add the glue strips from your thermal binding machine. If you don’t have one, regular glue will work as well.

6. Place the cardstock with glue strips on top of the notepad and secure everything with binding clips.

7. Run the notepads through your thermal binding machine.

8. Create the notepad base using the Plain Janes Wanda and Wanda Printable Digital Paper Patterns. Print them back-to-back and cut:

One piece measuring 3¼” x 10¼”
One piece measuring 3” x 9¾”

9. Score both pieces at 1” and 1¼” on the long side and adhere them together, layering the solid-colored piece on top of the patterned piece.

10. Using a glue gun, adhere the bound notepad to the base.

11. Die cut a scalloped circle and a circle from the coordinating pattern papers.

12. Glue the circles together.

13. Adhere your colored digi stamp using foam tape for added dimension.

14. Attach magnetic strips to the back of the notepad base. I added one at the top and one at the bottom for extra hold.

And tadaaa! Your magnetic shopping list notepads are ready to use.

These were so much fun to make, and I love how practical they are while still being cute and colorful. Plus, it’s always nice to use up leftover magnetic sheet scraps from previous projects. A little bit of crafting and a little bit of organization - definitely a win-win!

Don’t forget to stop by the Digi Choosday blog and join this week’s anything goes challenge for your chance to play along and be inspired by the Design Team projects! 

Polkadoodles Layered Cards with Monty from the Fluffy Friends Collection

If you’re anything like me, you probably love making and receiving layered cards. There’s just something so nice and special about a card with lots of dimension, pretty papers, and thoughtful details. I always feel that heavily layered cards look extra fancy and show the love and effort that went into creating them.

So for today’s project, I created two cards using the same layout and products, but with a slight variation. One card uses patterned papers only, while the second version adds solid cardstock mats for even more depth and contrast. Both feature adorable Monty from Polkadoodles’ new Fluffy Friends collection, along with several coordinating patterned papers from the same release.

Materials Used

• White cardstock
• Digi stamp
• Patterned papers
• Sentiment
• Foam tape
• Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

Instructions

1. Start by creating an A2-sized card front using a piece of patterned paper trimmed to 4.25” x 5.5”.

2. Choose a coordinating patterned paper and cut it to 2.75” x 5.25”. Adhere this vertically along the right side of the card front, leaving a narrow border around the edges.

3. Next, trim another patterned paper to 2.25” x 4.75”. Position it on the left side of the card front, centering it between the top and bottom while leaving a small border around the edge.

4. For the focal panel, cut a piece of patterned paper measuring 3” x 4”. If desired, use a notebook border punch along the top edge for added detail. 

5. Color and fussy-cut Monty, then adhere him to the focal panel using foam tape or adhesive of your choice.

6. Attach this panel with foam tape, positioning it slightly above the center of the card to create dimension.

7. Create a sentiment banner by printing or stamping your chosen greeting onto a small pennant shape. Layer it onto a slightly larger pennant for contrast, then attach it to the lower right area of the focal panel.

8. Finish the card with embellishments such as enamel dots, enamel hearts, ribbon, or any coordinating accents you like.

Adhere your card base to your card. Prepare the card by trimming a white cardstock to 5.5 x 8.5, scored at 4.25.

Alternate Version with Cardstock Mats

To create the second version of the card, follow the same layout but add solid cardstock layers beneath the patterned paper panels.

For the right-side panel, cut solid cardstock to 2.75” x 5.25” and layer a patterned paper piece measuring 2.5” x 5” on top.

For the left-side panel, cut solid cardstock to 2.25” x 4.75” and layer it with patterned paper measuring 2” x 4.5”.

This simple change adds extra dimension and helps the patterned papers stand out beautifully.

I really enjoyed creating these cards because they allowed me to mix and match several of the pretty patterned papers from the collection. Sometimes it’s fun to showcase more than one favorite design, and this layout is perfect for doing just that while still keeping the card balanced and cohesive.

I hope these cards inspire you to pull out your favorite papers and experiment with layering. If you’re a pet lover, an animal enthusiast, or simply someone who enjoys cute and whimsical designs, be sure to check out Polkadoodles’ brand-new Fluffy Friends release. It’s packed with adorable characters, beautiful coordinating papers, and plenty of elements to inspire your next crafty project.

Happy crafting!