Cards for men

Tracy

ALAN:

Sandra's

Finally some rules.

1. The card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men.
3. The card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight on 12 February 2012. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the list below. If the link list is not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 2 - Boys and their toys

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:02:00 +0000

Welcome to our second challenge of the year. We had some fab entries into our recycling chalenge. I'll be back later on with the winner and top3 post.

This challenge is sponsored by one of our first ever sponsors, Hope Jacare.

"I'm a SAHM with three young children. I trained in Textile Design at the Glasgw School of Art and I love all things handmade, but especially papercrafts. I love to doodle ... and my doodles are available to purchase as digital images through Stitchy Bear Stamps"

The theme is 'Boys & Their Toys' and we have a prize of 3 digis from Hope Jacare to give away. If you're in need of some inspiration, here's what our team came up with:

Jen

Donna

I hope you're all fired up and ready to go. We love seeing all the entries. Now for some rules:

1. The card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 29 January 2012. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If the link list is not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 1 - Recycling

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Welcome to 2012! I can't beleve it - a whole new year and we have a year full of wonderful challenges and fabulous prizes ahead. You'll see a lot of our regular sponsors but we always have room to welcome a few new ones too. Whether old or new, we appreciate all our sponsors and followers. Here's to a great year!

Our theme for this challenge is 'Recycling' and you'll see from our samples that we have included projects as well as cards. Please bear in mind that any entries should be geared towards a boy or a man. To sponsor this challenge we have one of our regular sponsors, One Stop Card Crafts and the prize is £10 gift voucher.

Our card making craft supplies include free UK postage* and our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.

Our prices are very competitive and this makes us an ideal place to buy your cardmaking supplies online.

So let's see what we've come up with to help you along with inspiration:

Michelle

Tracy

Sandra - mine takes no introduction lol used toilet rolls

Jen - Using Quality Street Wrapper

Donna - I used ribbon band from Christmas Cake and image/sentiment from 2010 Christmas Cards.

Patricia - I made these for my son. I will fill them with different kinds of candy. His birthday is not til January 9th - did not want to fill them to soon.

I hope that's given you a few ideas. Now for some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.

2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men.

3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 15th January 2012. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If the link list is not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw. Good luck.

Winners, winners, winners (part 2)

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:56:00 +0000

Here I am again with more winners. Last night we announced the challenge winners and top 3 picks. Tonight we have all the blog hop candy winners.

Stop 1 (Jen) was sponsored by

The prize of 3 images was won by #14 - Mary J. Congratulations, Mary, click on the badge above to have a look at Digital Delights and then email your 3 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 2 (Patricia) was sponsored by

The prize of 3 images was won by #22 - Rose. Congratulations, Rose, click on the badge above to have a look at Fresh Brewed Designs and then email your 3 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 3 (Shirley) was sponsored by

The prize of 4 images was won by Marianne. Congratulations, Marianne, click on the badge above to have a look at Karen's Doodles and then email your 4 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 4 (Me) was sponsored by

The prize of a $10 gift voucher was won by #12 - Lorraine. Congratulations, Lorraine, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

Stop 5 (Sandra) was sponsored by

The prize of 4 images was won by #17 - Dora. Congratulations, Dora, click on the badge above to have a look at Kenny K and then email your 4 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 6 (Tracy) was sponsored by

The prize of 4 images was won by #18 - Rose. Congratulations, Rose, click on the badge above to have a look at Meljen's Designs and then email your 4 choices to nicole.anderson@insightbb.com

Stop 7 (Alan) was sponsored by

The prize of 3 images was won by Debbie. Congratulations, Debbie, click on the badge above to have a look at Hope Jacare and then email your 3 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 8 (Mandy) was sponsored by

The prize of 7 images was won by Mags. Congratulations, Mags, click on the badge above to have a look at Bugaboo Stamps and then email your 7 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

Stop 9 (Michelle) was sponsored by

The prize of £10 gift voucher was won by #23 - LeAnne. Congratulations, LeAnne, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

So that's all the winners announced, thanks for your patience.

Before I finish, I want to say thankyou to all our followers and participants, to the Design Team for their hard work and to all our wonderful sponsors. Without you all this challenge blog would fail and I appreciate you all for being there. Merry Christmas to you all and we'll be back with a challenge on 2 January 2012.

Winners, winners, winners

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:54:00 +0000

This is my favourite post of the year - announcing all the winners from our bloghop and challenges. So here goes...

Challenge 23 sponsored by

The prize of 3 digis was won by #125 - Kate. Congratulations Kate, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for this challenge was

22 - Rachel

58 - Cheryl

121 - Scrappy

Well done everyone, grab your top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 24 sponsored by

The prize of a $10 gift certificate was won by #1 - Ane Lene. Congratulations Ane, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for this challenge was

3 - Maggie

4 - Berit Synnove

31 - Linda Dekker

Well done everyone, grab your top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 25

Prize 1 sponsored by

The prize of a 12 pack of promarkers was won by #17 - Lyn. Congratulations Lyn, drop me an email on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your full name and address and I'll get your prize out to you.

Prize 2 sponsored by

The prize of 5 digis was won by #30 - Lynne in NI. Congratulations Lynne, click on the badge above to have a look at The Stamping Boutique and then email your 5 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Bloghop sponsored by

The prize of a $20 gift certificate was won by #10 - Berit Synnove. Congratulations Berit, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for this week was

6 - Renata

15 - Nicky

22 - Simone

Well done everyone, grab your top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

It's getting late so I'm going to leave it there for tonight. Tune in tomorrow for winners (Part 2) with all our bloghop candies.

Blog hop - a roaring success

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:21:00 +0000

Thanks to all of you who joined in our anniversary celebration. We really hope you enjoyed it. All the winners have been drawn and will be posted tomorrow night along with top 3 picks.

In the meantime a big thank you to all our sponsors, without whom we wouldn't have a challenge blog, and to the wonderful design team who are having a well earned break. The next challenge will be 2 January 2012.

Bye for now xxx

2011 Bloghop

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

So here I am, scheduling our 2nd Anniversary blog hop. I'm always very nervous about these things, hopefully there are no hiccups. This is a first time for some of us, so please bear with us.

There's a lot to get through this week so please bear with me and such a long post. Our theme this week is the number '2' since we're two years old. You can interpret this however you like, be it by making two cards, a 2 year-old's birthday card, a twinset (card & gift), it's up to you. In keeping with the theme we have two prizes:

Prize 1

A set of 12 Promarkers from Letraset

Prize 2

5 Digi Images from Stamping Boutique

I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique. My team and I are very happy to sponsor Cards for Men. My store has been open since September 2009.I am currently a stamp artist for UnityStampCo. and I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack in the past. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.

"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best.

Two wonderful prizes there, I'm sure you'll agree. Our Design Team have been busy working to give you some inspiration and here's what they've come up with:

Sandra

Patricia

Donna

Aren't they fab? The usual rules apply:

1. Your card(s) must be suitable for a man/boy

2. It must be new for the challenge

3. It must follow the theme set.

Both challenges will close at midnight (GMT) on 18 December 2010 and winners will be chosen at Random on the 19th. Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below. If the link tools are not there for some reason, then please leave details in the comments and I'll add you in before I do the draw.

Now for our second event, the anniversary blog hop. The hop has 9 stops and at each stop you'll get a word. When you have finished you should have 9 words which can be re-arranged to make a festive phrase. You'll need to come back to this post and leave your phrase in the comments. I've turned the review function back on for this challenge so your comments wont be visible until the end of the hop. I'd like it if you can post about us on your own blog but it's not a requirement for entry, just a request.

The full list of stops are here, so if at any point you get lost or you find a broken link, come back here and check it out.

Stop 1 - Jen - http://thetinybluebutterfly.blogspot.com
Stop 2 - Patricia - http://rubberstampingismygame.blogspot.com
Stop 3 - Shirley - http://nannieflash.blogspot.com
Stop 4 - Donna (me) - http://donnasdenofcrafts.blogspot.com
Stop 5 - Sandra - http://sandra-mummy-of-one.blogspot.com
Stop 6 - Tracy - http://ahintofmagnolia.blogspot.com
Stop 7 - Alan - http://wwwaswcrafting.blogspot.com
Stop 8 - Mandy - http://craftyfoxcards.blogspot.com
Stop 9 - Michelle - http://1krazeemama.blogspot.com

Along the way, you'll find each stop has a candy to give away which has been provided by a selection of our wonderful sponsors. Leave a comment at each stop to be in with a chance of winning their prize. At the end of the hop we'll choose a random winner who will get a $20 gift voucher to spend at Peach Keen Stamps.

Peachy Keen Stamps is a family owned and operated leading clear stamp manufacturer based out of Northeast Wisconsin. Our stamps are made with the highest quality polymer on the market today, giving them their unique peach tint. The whimsical images designed by Kathy Jakopovich coupled with their durability make them a favorite amongst scrapbookers, card makers, and artists alike. These stamps are sold exclusively online at www.peachykeenstamps.com and at independent stamp and scrapbook stores worldwide. Please visit our website for a complete list of retail locations.

I think I've covered everything. Good luck and we hope you enjoy our blog hop. Finally, a big thankyou to all our sponsors throughout the year. We wouldn't be here without you.

Challenge 24 - Fancy Folds

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Wow, what wonderful entries we had last time. It's going to be tough picking a top 3 this time!

This is our last traditional challenge for 2011. In December it's our 2-year anniversary so we will be having a blog-hop with lots of prizes and candy giveaways so please make sure you join us on 5th December and tell all your friends.

Onto this challenge. Our theme this week is 'Fancy Folds' and we're pleased to welcom a new sponsor, Whimsie Doodles.

Whimsie Doodles is so excited to be sponsoring the new challenge! In March of 2009 Melyssa Connolly, artist and owner, began turning her whimsical hand-drawn images into digital files for sale online. Whimsie Doodles' digital stamp line features images that range from cute little boys and girls, to punny stuff, and everything in-between. We enjoy sharing lots of samples on our company blog, where we also post challenges and tutorials.

The prize on offer is a $10 gift certificate, but we also have a discount code for all our readers. Simply use the discount code CFM10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from today.

We got some great images from Whimsie Doodles to work with. Here's what the design team came up with:

Jen

Michelle

Tracy

Sandra

Patricia

Mandy

ALAN

Donna

I hope they've given you some ideas. Now for the rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and must follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 4th December 2011. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If it's not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add your link in before the draw. Good luck.

Winners & Top 3 Challenge 22

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:23:00 +0000

So, I'm back with winners and top3 awards to give away.

For Challenge 22, we had a prize of 3 digi images from Digital Delights . I used random.org to generate the winning number and it chose #48 Tracey MacDonald . Please email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass your info on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for challenge 20 were:

12 - Hazel P

59 - Wishcraft

113 - Lorraine

Well done girls. Grab our top 3 blinkie from the sidebar and add it to your own.

Hope you re having a great week

Jen x

Challenge 23 - It's Nearly Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:53:00 +0000

Well can you believe we are into November already and we are back with another challenge which is an easy one for you this time with "Its Nearly Christmas" and we want to see all those Christmas Cards for the special men in your life... We are sponsored by Karen's Doodles and the prize is 3 Digi images.

Karen Johnson has been drawing all of her life. She has worked on the feature film, “Ferngully The Last Rainforest” and has created animations for Disney, Fisher Price and Mattel. She has illustrated several children’s books and is currently teaching animation at a college in Wisconsin. She started Karen’s Doodles so she could share her whimsical drawings with crafters from around the world.

We have used some of the fab images from Karen and here is what the DT came up with...

Tracy

Sandra

( I made 2 ... love the images so couldn't resist lol)

Mandy

Michelle

Hope that has given you some inspiration. Now for the rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and must follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 20 November 2011. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If it's not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add your link in before the draw. Good luck.

P.S don't forget to pop back later to see who has won and the DT's top 3.....

New DT members

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:59:00 +0000

After much deliberation, we have reached a decision and picked our new team members. I'd like to say a huge thank you to all the people who applied and hope you will try again the next time. The successful crafters were:

You'll see their work over the next couple of challenges and I'm sure you'll love their work as much as we do. Congratulations to you all.

Winners and Top 3 (challenges 20 & 21)

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:14:00 +0000

So, I'm back with winners and top3 awards to give away.

For Challenge 20, we had a $25 gift certificate from Peachy Keen Stamps. I used random.org to generate the winning number and it chose #1 - Salma. Please email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass your info on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for challenge 20 were:

7 - Alicia

18 - Doreen

48 - Coops

Well done girls. Grab our top 3 blinkie from the sidebar and add it to your own.

For Challenge 21, we had 3 digistamps of choice from Fresh Brewed Designs. Again I used random.org and the winner was #6 - Hazel. Take a look over at Fresh Brewed Designs and let me know which 3 images you'd like. Email me your choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

The top 3 for challenge 21 were:

9 - Pinky

13 - Ellie

27 - Joyce

Well done girls. Grab our top 3 blinkie from the sidebar and add it to your own.

Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who made an entry for our DT call. After much deliberation, we have managed to whittle it down and I will be emailing the winners over the next few days. We really appreciate the efforts you all put in, but we (unfortunately) couldn't take you all.

That's it for now!

Challenge 22 - Animals

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:01:00 +0000

Well done to all our entrants for the last challenge. Funny cards are not easy and it was great to see a good amount of you were up for our DT call. I'll be back tonight with the winners of challenges 20 and 21 and hope to contact the DT winners over the next day or two.

This weeks challenge theme is animals and we had some wonderful images to work with from our sponsor, Digital Delights.

Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with my little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!!

http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/

The prize we have is 3 digital images of your choice and, believe me, you'll have a hard time choosing. Here's what the great girls from the design team came up with:

Jen

Tussemaja

Mandy

Donna

Hope that has given you some inspiration. Now for the rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and must follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 6 November 2011. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If it's not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add your link in before the draw. Good luck.

Challenge 21 - Make Us Laugh (and a DT call!)

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:20:00 +0000

Good morning everyone,

I'm a little late with this today - I normally schedule the night before but didn't have time. Well done with all the entries for the last challenge. Keep an eye out for the winners post and top 3 later on.

The challenge this time is to 'Make Us Laugh' and we have a wonderful sponsor, Fresh Brewed Designs.

HI! I am Heather, a christian, homeschooling mommy of two. I started cardmaking in 2007 and have not been able to stop!

I love creating with pretty papers, ribbons and sparkle. I am also the artist and owner of my own rubber stamp and digi shop: Fresh Brewed Designs. Fresh Brewed designs is an online shop that opened in November 2010 selling a wide variety of rubber and digital stamps as well as specializes in many coffee themed images. It started with a dream and with the prodding of a very supportive husband, family and friends, with a lot of help and a lot of headaches:) and a lot of lessons and prayers turned into something bigger.
Fresh Brewed Designs has become a place to share, create, laugh and build lasting friendships.

Our motto is:
Fresh Brewed Designs... where creativity is brewed fresh daily.

We always have a pot brewing, so stop by and join us for a cuppa whenever you want!!!

Heather has donated a prize of 3 digi stamps so get along and have a look at what she's got! The design team got some great images to play with. Here's some of our ideas:

Mandy

Donna

Jen

I hope they've given you some ideas - we can't wait to see what you come up with. It says in the title that we're having a DT call. We're looking for 2-4 new team members to join us from November. You need to be able to make a card each fortnight (using sponsor images if we get them), comment on entries on a rota basis and generally just join in our happy team. Making Cards for Men each time is not always easy, but the challenge is rewarding and you end up with a great stockpile of cards for those unexpected occasions. If you're interested, then enter the challenge and put 'DT' after your name. Good Luck.

Here's some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and must follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 23 October 2011. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If it's not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add it in before the draw.

Winners- challenge 19 'Anything but Square'.

noreply@blogger.com (Alison) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:02:00 +0000

I'm pleased to announce the winner of the 2 wonderful digis from Pixie Dust Studio and our brilliant Top 3 creations.

The winner of the Pixie Dust Studio digis (chosen by random.org) is:

56- Fabiola

Congratulations. Please have a look at the site and choose your digis then contact Donna on mailto:cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

Now for our top 3.

29- Dorte

55- Julie B

87- Jolanda Cuper

Congratulations on your fabulous entries ladies. Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar to display on your blogs.

Challenge 20- 'Sports'.

noreply@blogger.com (Alison) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000

It was great to see all your differently shaped cards for our last challenge! Hope you're all keeping well and are looking forward to playing along with our new challenge.

This time we would like to see your cards on a sports theme.

We are being sponsored by Peachy Keen Stamps for this challenge. Here's what they say about themselves:
Peachy Keen Stamps is a family owned and operated leading clear stamp manufacturer based out of Northeast Wisconsin. Our stamps are made with the highest quality polymer on the market today, giving them their unique peach tint. The whimsical images designed by Kathy Jakopovich coupled with their durability make them a favorite amongst scrapbookers, card makers, and artists alike. These stamps are sold exclusively online at www.peachykeenstamps.com and at independent stamp and scrapbook stores worldwide. Please visit our website for a complete list of retail locations.

The prize will be a $25 gift voucher to spend in their store, so get picking!

Here are some cards from the design team to inspire you:

Aren't they just fabulous!! Hopefully you're all raring to go. Our theme is 'Sports' so we want to see lots of different sporty themed cards. Here's some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge (no backlinking to older posts).
2. Your card must follow the theme set.
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run until 12 midnight BST (British Summer Time) 9th October 2011. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If it's not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add it in before the draw. Good luck!

Winners Galore!

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:36:00 +0000

Well I have let thing slide a bit haven't I? I must apologise for not announcing winners through the summer but hopefully now that school has started, things will improve. So I find myself announcing lots of winners which is nice. Here goes....

Challenge 16 - Clean & Simple

The winner of our £10 gift voucher to spend at One Stop Card Crafts is number 50, Linby. Congratulations, Linby please email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I will pass you on to our sponsor.

The top 3 in no particular order is

46 - Lyn

70 - Georgina

114 - Janice

Challenge 17 - Anything Goes

The winner of 3 digital images from Hope Jacare is number 182, Shelby. Congratulations Shelby, take a look at Claire's images and let me know your choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

The top 3 are

192 - Pink Dandelion

230 - Faye

243 - Paula

Challenge 18 - G is for ...

The winner of a 5 pack of Promarkers (Autumn) from Letraset is number 11 - Dawn. Congratulations, Dawn, please email your full name and address to cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

The top 3 this time are

45 - Nicoletta

100 - Brook

127 - Suzi

Many congratulations to all our top 3 picks. Please grab our top 3 badge from the sidebar and add it to your own.

Finally, there's still time to enter the current challenge so why not have a go!

Challenge 19 - Anything but Square

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Time certainly is flying, the night's are getting darker and hopefully, we're all getting more time for crafting. Our last challenge seemed popular and hopefully this will continue with our current theme.

This month we have a new sponsor to introduce, Pixie Dust Studios. Please pop over and take a look at the fab digis they sell and also, have a go at our challenge where you can possibly win 2 digis of your choice.

Pixie Dust Studio is a land, full of fairies, trolls, Glitter Bugs, Royal Frogs and MORE..look out, you might find everything you ever wanted or something that you did not even know you were looking for! The STUDIO is full of creative and fun digital stamps created by illustrator Kathy Fronczak.

We were lucky enough to get some images to play with. Here's some of the designs that our team came up with for your inspiration:

Sarah

Aren't they just fabulous!! Hopefully you're all raring to go. Our theme is 'Anything but Square' so we want to see lots of shaped cards and fancy folds. Here's some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge (no backlinking to older posts).
2. Your card must follow the theme set.
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run until 12 midnight BST (British Summer Time) 25th September 2011. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If it's not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add it in before the draw. Good luck!

Challenge 18 - G is for ....

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Well it looks like it's time for another challenge. What a success the 'Anything Goes' challenge has been (nearly 300 entries as I schedule). The current challenge is sponsored by the fabulous Letraset.

ProMarkers are made by Letraset and are a twin tipped, dye based alcohol marker offering a high quality product at a great price. Avilable in 148 colours, they give incredible tonal range and can be applied to a diverse range of materials, not just paper and card. ProMarkers produce vivid, bright colours right through to the subtlest pastel shades - the translucent inks can also be overlaid and blended, even further extending the range of shades and hues on offer. ProMarker's quality nibs and inks provide flawless colour lay down with consistent coverage and no unsightly streaking.

I'm scheduling this from my holidays and I only just realised that I haven't checked the prize but I'm sure it'll be wonderful. I'll update the post as soon as I can but don't think I'll have internet access for a few days.

The current challenge was set by our team mate, Alex, who is currently taking time out to move house. It's a nice open challenge so no excuses for anyone. Here are the ideas that we came up with, hope you like them:

Mandy

Donna
(G is for GOOOAAAL!)

Alison
G is for guitar.
(The sentiment I have used is a freebie on my blog)

Sarah
G is for Green

G is for Garden Shed

Wenche:

G is for Guitar

G is for Grow

Because I'm scheduling this in advance, not everyone's cards are ready but there's a list of the Design Team's blogs at the top right. Please take a look at the rest.

So there you have it, now for some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge.
2. The card must follow the theme set.
3. The card must be for a man/boy

The challenge runs until 12 midnight (British Summer Time) on 11 September 2011. Enter you card in the list below, or leave a comment if it's unavailable.

Challenge 17 - Anything Goes

noreply@blogger.com (WencheP) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000

We are ready for another challenge here at Cards for Men, and this time we have a really fun one for you:

ANYTHING GOES

(but remember, the card/project has to be for a boy/man)

Our Sponsor is the wonderful Hope Jacare and the prize is your choice of 3 digis from her designs.

I'm a SAHM with three young children. I trained in Textile Design at the Glasgw School of Art and I love all things handmade, but especially papercrafts. I love to doodle ... and my doodles are available to purchase as digital images through Stitchy Bear Stamps.

Some inspiration from the DT's:

Marita

Aren't they great? Now for some rules

1. Your card must be for a man/boy

2. It must follow the theme/sketch set

3. It must be a new card for our challenge.

The challenge will close at 12 Midnight (BST) on 30th August 2011. Leave your name and a direct link to your project (not just your blog) in the link tool below. If the link tool is not there for some reason, then please leave details in the comments and we'll add you in before we do the draw.

Winner & Top 3 Challenge 15

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:04:00 +0000

Another week has flown by and it's time to announce the winner of challenge 15 - Use a key sponsored by Prairie Fairy

Using Random.Org, the winner was No 6 which is:

Mias Mix

Congrats Mia, please contact Donna at cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Our top 3 this week are, in no particular order:-

2. Natascha

3. Eva's Scraproom

7. Sarah T

Well done ladies, please grab the logo from the blog and add it to yours :)

Challenge 16 - Clean & Simple

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Well it's time for another challenge at Cards for Men and this weeks Clean & Simple theme has been chosen by Jen. Our sponsor this time of One Stop Card Crafts

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount card making and cardmaking craft supplies.We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more.

Our card making craft supplies include free UK postage* and our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.Our prices are very competitive and this makes us an ideal place to buy your cardmaking supplies online.

Prize: £10 Gift Voucher

Here are what the design team have come up with...