Winners, winners, winners (part 2)

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

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

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

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

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.

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:

Jen

Shirley

Sandra

Tracy

Patricia

Michelle

ALAN

Mandy

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

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

Shirley

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

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

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...

Shirley

Tracy

Sandra

Jen

( 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.....