Challenge No. 23 - Animals

This week's challenge is sponsored by my good friend, Claire, from Hope Jacare.  Claire kindly let us have images for our cards and as you can see there is a great variety in her catalogue.  If you haven't visited Hope Jacare before, you really should.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Our theme this time is Animals which should give plenty of scope.  The prize available to the random winner is a Rubber Stamp from Claire's first release,

Isn't it wonderful?  I think so and you'll find an example in our DT creations.

But there's more!  I have a fab Robin image to give away as well.  This will be emailed to anyone who enters a card in the challenge and leaves a comment requesting it.  Please remember to leave your email in the linky tool so that I can send it out.  Here's a preview of the image and again you'll find examples in our DT cards.

Now that's all done and dusted, here are the examples from the Design Team to give you some ideas:

Patricia

Shirley

Sarah

Alison

Mandy

Issy

Kitty

Kym

Donna

I always love seeing the different ideas the Design Team come up with.  Now for some 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.

The challenge will close at 12 midnight (BST) on the 21st November 2010.  Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool 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 21 - Winner & Top 3

It took a long time this week going through everyone's card and picking the top 3.  Without further delay, here's the winner of the digis from Fresh Brewed Designs is

Natascha.  Congratulations, Natascha, take a look at Heather's shop and let me know which 3 digis you'd like.  You can email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

Now for the top 3, in no particular order,

19 - Lori

53 - Roberta

74 - Merkkari

Congratulations to you all.  Please grab the top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Don't forget, our current challenge runs for another week and you can join in here.

Challenge No. 22 - Anything goes (as long as it's male)

Wow, what a fortnight.  As I'm scheduling this we've had 138 entries which is fab.  It really is wonderful seeing everyone's ideas and we just want you all to keep on coming back to us.

Our theme this week is sticking with some general ideas, Anything Goes.  The sponsor is the fabulous 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 is a $10 gift certificate, to spend at Digital Delights which I'm sure you'd all love.  Please pop over and take a look around.

Here's what the wonderful Design Team came up with this time:

Patricia

Shirley

Alison

Sarah

Mandy

Kitty

Donna

Kym

Aren't they wonderful.  It never ceases to amaze me what wonderful ideas the team can come up with.  Now for some 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.

The challenge will close at 12 midnight (BST) on the 7th November 2010.  Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool 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. 20 - Winner & Top 3

Wow, 97 entries, woohoo!  I've used Random.org to choose the winner of that wonderful stamp from Crafts & Me,

So, congratulations go to Theresa P.  Email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your name and address and I'll pass it on to our sponsor.

On to our top 3, which as always, is the hardest job ever....

8 - Happy Days

17 - Lorraine A

71 - Linda P

Well done to you all.  Grab the top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.  One more thing before I go, I just had to give a special mention to Michael (age 3) who made this wonderful card for our challenge

Take a look here for all the details.

Challenge No. 21 - Happy Birthday

Another fortnight whizzes by.....and onto our new challenge.  The challenge this time should be useful to most people as the theme is 'Happy Birthday'.  No other stipulations except our golden real ' it must be for a boy or man'.

I'm so pleased to welcome back our sponsor, Heather, from Fresh Brewed Designs.  She's always a great help and lets us pick images for our cards, but this time she has also given me an image for you guys.

Now, you don't have to use the image, but if you do, please remember to give credit and a link back to Fresh Brewed Designs.  Please don't pass it on to friends but refer them back to here to get their own copy. EDIT:  Image now removed as challenge closed.

Here's what Heather told me about herself and her company, when I asked her.

Hi. I am Heather Dennis. I am a homeschooling mother of 2 wonderful children, the wife of 12 years to the love of my life, a Christian and the owner of Fresh Brewed Designs.  I have loved to draw and create ever since I was a child. My daughter has inherited my love of art and recently inspired me to start creating again.

All the images in my shop are hand drawn. I offer a wide range of images from coffee, cute and inspirational.I also  love to create custom drawn images, so if you are looking for anything in particular, please feel free to drop me an email.

So guys are you ready for some inspiration?  Here goes.....

Kitty

Patricia

Shirley

Donna

Sarah

Alison

Mandy

Kym

Aren't they wonderful?  Hopefully we've given you a number of ideas.  The prize up for grabs is 3 images of your choice from Fresh Brewed Design so to help you get started here are 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.

The challenge will close at 12 midnight (BST) on the 24th October 2010.  Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool 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. 19 - Winner & Top 3

Sorry this is late, but it is soooooo hard picking a top 3.  We had 61 entries for the last challenge which was fab.  As usual the winner of the prize is chosen using Random.org and this time was

which is Alicia.  Congratulations, Alicia!  Send your name and address to cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass them on to our sponsor to send out your prize.  I'm  soooooo jealous!

The top 3 this time are

44 - Suzanne J Dean

52 - Linda P

58 - Lori

Well done to all of you, grab our top 3 badge from the side bar and add it to your own.

So that's it for now.  If you haven't entered  our current challenge, why not take a look now and have a go.

Challenge No. 20 - Autumn

So here we are with another challenge, it'll soon be Christmas, oh no!  Our theme this time is 'Autumn' which to me means orange and rust colours with leaves.  But to you it could mean country walks, toasting marshmallows or a multitude of different things.  That's the beauty of a theme, we get to see everyone's interpretations and we love visiting your blogs to look around.

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful, Crafts & Me:

Crafts and Me has everything for the card maker, with a wide range of rubber stamps from around the world. Teresa has just introduced her own range of rubber stamps from three international artists Hannah Lynn, Molly Harrison and Sara Burrier.

The prize this time is a gorgeous stamp designed by Sara Burrier and is exclusive to Crafts & Me.

If you haven't had a look around Crafts & Me before then go over and be amazed.  Teresa has all the makes you'd expect and some wonderful ones that you don't see elsewhere.

If you'd like some inspiration then our DT have been working hard for you:

Patricia

Shirley

Sarah

Mandy

Alison

Kitty

Issy

Donna

Hopefully, you've got some ideas from us.  Here's 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.

The challenge will close at 12 midnight (BST) on the 10th October 2010.  Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool 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.