Challenge No. 3

Here we are again with another challenge for you and a small announcement - our challenges will now be set fortnightly and we have some wonderful new sponsors lined up for the next few months.  Before we get onto this challenge, our prize for January is yet to be claimed!  The winner was ~Jeri~ and if you don't claim be 14th February when this challenge finishes, I'll draw another winner.  Please email me your name and address on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

This months challenge is based upon a sketch with the optional theme of 'Love/Valentine'.  You can rotate the sketch and alter proportions but it must be clearly recognisable that you have followed the sketch.

So what's stopping you all?  Aha, the rules...

1. The card must be for a man/boy.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. It must be a new card.

That's all, I don't mind if you combine challenges with other blogs or anything like that.   The challenge will close on the 14th February 2010 at midnight GMT.  The prize is  a 'No Scissors Required Die Cut Decoupage' book which contains 8 sheets of die-cut decoupage, 3 sheets of pop-out captions and 8 sheets of craft board.

The design team have been busy getting their samples together for you so let's have a look.  Hopefully, you'll be inspired...

Lisa

Pat

Donna

Shirley

Viv

  

Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) in Mr Linky below.  If Mr Linky is not there for some reason then leave the details in the comments and I'll add you in when I'm doing the draw.

Challenge No. 2 - Winner

So we had 45 entries this month which I'm really pleased about.  Using Random.org the winner is

~Jeri~!!  Congratulations.  Please send your name and address to blogcandy@donnasden.co.uk and I'll get your prize out to you as soon as possible.

Now onto our top 3.  Again, the standard of entries were very high and I sought assistance from the DT members.  The top 3 for January were,

Jeri

Nicky

Sharon

Well done, ladies.  Grab the 'Top 3' badge from the sidebar and wear it with pride.

We'll be back again on Feb 1st so keep a look out for us.

Challenge No. 2 now closed

Wow we've had loads of entries this month.  I'll go through them all and get my DT members to help with picking the top three.  Will make the announcement over the weekend.

Thanks to everyone who joined in, keep spreading the word and come back for the next one on February 1st.

Challenge No. 2

So here we are with our second challenge.  Last month's challenge was a great hit and the entries we had and comments were very encouraging.  This month's theme is 'New' which can be interpreted as 'New Year', 'New Job', 'New Home', 'New Baby' to name a few.

The prize this month is Crafters Companion CD Rom - Male Occupations which is brand new and full of lots of great designs.

So here we have our Design Team examples to give you some inspiration.  I'm sure you'll agree that they are wonderful and hope that you'll take the time to have a look at their blogs were you'll find more details of how they made them.

Lisa

Patricia

Donna

Shirley

Viv

Good Luck everyone.  The challenge will run until January 14th 2010 and here are a few rules:

1. The card must be for a man/boy.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. It must be a new card.

That's all, I don't mind if you combine challenges with other blogs or anything like that.  I haven't been able to sort out a 'Mr Linky' so please just leave a comment on this post with a direct link to your entry.

Challenge No. 1 - Winner

Well I think our first challenge can safely be called a success.  We had 29 entries and a lot of positive comments from followers.  The standard was excellent and I've had a hard time picking a top three (so hard I needed the DT members to help me out).  Without further ado, our top three cards were

Payne Holler Cards

Mel X

Jana M

Congratulations girls, you can take our 'Top 3' badge from the sidebar and wear it with pride.

And now onto the winner of the challenge prize...

I used random.org and typed everyones names in (will have to sort out mr linky) and here is the result

So congratulations to Nicky, send your details to blogcandy@donnasden.co.uk and I will get the prize out to you as soon as possible (hopefully you'll get it before Christmas).

A big thanks to everyone who entered and look out for our next challenge on 1st January 2010.

Our new challenge is here, woohoo!

I hope everyone is looking forward to this new challenge as much as we all have been.  There's been lots of really positive comments over the last few weeks which have been very encouraging.  So given that our challenge is starting on December 1st, I've set the theme of Christmas.  There are a few rules:

1. The card must be for a man/boy.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. It must be a new card.

That's all, I don't mind if you combine challenges with other blogs or anything like that.  I haven't been able to sort out a 'Mr Linky' so please just leave a comment on this post with a direct link to your entry.

What's the prize, you might ask?  Well since it's our launch and nearly Christmas, our sponsor,

 has put up the prize of a Crafter's Companion Ultimate Pro.  You can find out all about it here.

Now isn't that a great prize.  Now onto our Design Team, who have been very busy behind the scenes.  We're all quite new to this but raring to go...

Donna

Lisa

Patricia

Shirley

Viv

Kath (no blog)

So you've seen all of our ideas, now it's your turn.  The closing date is December 14th 2009 so hopefully the prize will get to it's winner before Christmas.  Hope everyone has fun.

Sneak Peak No. 3

So here's the final set of sneak peeks.  Sorry it's so late but I'm cutting it close tonight.  Tomorrow we launch our new challenge and since it's nearly Christmas the prize will be a goodie so make sure you check us out.

Well on with the peeks...

Donna (that's me)

and I also have a card from my Mother-in-law who doesn't keep a blog but who has kindly done a card for us.

Kath

So there we have it, no more teasing, tomorrow it's all for real.  Bye for now.