Challenge 23 - Winner and Top 3

I swear I don't know where the weeks are going.  I'm really sorry for the time I've taken to publish the winner of our last challenge.  Without further ado, the winner of the wonderful Rubber Stamp from Hope Jacare is

Christine Craig.  Congratulations, Christine, email your name and address to cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass it on to Claire.

The top 3 this time were,

41 - Anneke

88 - Cheryl

107 - Kylie

Well done to you all.  Please grab our top 3 badge from the sidebar and add it to your own.  That's all for now, but please take a look at our current challenge which still has a week to go and a fab prize from Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Challenge No. 24 - Christmas Cards

We had some wonderful entries for the last challenge, thank you to everyone who entered.  Before I introduce this fortnight's challenge, I just want to give you advance warning of our fast approaching 1st Anniversary.  We started our challenges on the 1st December last year so, to celebrate the success, we are having a blog hop on the 6th December.  We have lots of prizes up for grabs together with challenges and, of course the blog hop.  Please make sure you put the date in your diaries and come back to join in.

So now lets get on with the current challenge which is sponsored by the wonderful Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Bunny Zoe's Crafts is a family run online Craft store who ships worldwide.  We provide friendly and efficient customer service, with quick processing and dispatch of orders.  We sell a great range of Rubber Stamps from around the world, Digital Images, Personalised Stamps, Designer Papers, Stamping Essentials, Copic Ciao's, Distress Inks, Dies, Flowers, Ribbons & Lace, Buttons. Charms, Flat back Pearls and many, many  fabulous card making goodies.

The prize is a £10 voucher to spend at Bunny Zoe Crafts where I'm sure you'll find lots of goodies to tempt you.

Here's the examples from our Design Team which I'm sure you'll think are wonderful:

Patricia

Shirley

Kym

Sarah

Alison

Kitty

Mandy

Issy

Donna

Sadly, this is Issy's last challenge with us.  I'm really sorry to see you go, Issy, and wish you all the success in the future.  Hopefully, we'll still see your wonderful cards entering into our challenges in the New Year.

Finally 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 (GMT) on the 5th December 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 please leave details in the comments and I'll add you in before I do the draw.

Challenge 22 - Top 3 and Winner

Wow, nearly 300 entries!  That's beaten our Father's Day record, lol.  I couldn't possibly have managed the top 3 without the wonderful suggestions from the Design Team.  It was a true team effort.  Thanks so much to you all.

The winner of the prize from our fab sponsor, Digital Delights, as chosen by Random.org is

Linda.  Congratulations, Linda!  Please send your email address to cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk so that I can pass it on to the sponsor to organise your prize.

Our top 3, in no particular order, were

36 - Amy

226 - Annika

237 - Crissy Armstrong

Congratulations girls, please grab the top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Finally, a special mention to some of our younger entrants.

Maddie - age 9

NiMu - age 4

It's really wonderful to see your creations.  Keep on crafting! xx

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.