Challenge 14 - Wild West

Would you believe it, another challenge come and gone.  It'll soon be Christmas as we crafters know, lol.  The theme this time is 'Wild West' which  I think is a fab idea.  It was set by our teamie, Pat, and it suits our sponsors images really well.  Our sponsor this time is Meljens Designs and she has some fab cowboys/cowgirls over in her shop.

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

The prize is 4 digis of your choice but if you can't wait to see who wins, pop over now and get a few, lol.

Melissa kindly sent us some images to play with and here's what we came up with:

Wenche

Jen

Shirley

Sarah

Alison

(I'm offering this sentiment as a freebie on my blog- if you would like it, just follow the link and snag it!)

Patricia

So, what do you think?  Hopefully they've given you some inspiration.  Now for the 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 17rd July 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.

Challenge 12 - Winners and Top 3

Hi everyone

Well another week, another dollar lol, and without further adieu - here is the winner of the Heart Song Designs 3 Digi's of your choice:-

Using Random.Org, the winner was No 14 which is 

Tiffany Did

Congrats Tiffany, please contact Donna at cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your choices from Heart Song Designs :)

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

22 - Beth

33 - Lisav

24 - Theresa

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

Challenge 13 - Stars

Hi everyone

Goodness where are the weeks going!!! Its that time again for another Cards for Men Challenge, and this week we are going with "Stars" and our fabulous sponsor this week is going to be The 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. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

The prize will be five digi's of your choice!!! fabulous

We were given some gorgeous images to work with this week, and here is what the Design Team came up with:-

Wenche:

Alex

Shirley

Sarah

Jen

Tussemaja

Alison

Patricia

Donna

Mandy

Aren't they gorgeous!!? What're you all waiting for then? Here's the 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 3rd July 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.

Challenge 11 - Winners and Top 3

We had a wonderful turnout for our 'no paper' challenge.  I used Random.org to choose the winners and they were:

1st Prize (3 digis) - 45 - Sue C

2nd Prize (2 digis) - 24 - Simone

3rd Prize (1 digi) - 58 - Stamp Fairy

Congratulations girls.  Please have a look at KennyK and let me have your choices.  Email on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

The top 3 this week were

Carole of Brum

Sazzlecraft

Craftymathchick

Well done girls, grab the top 3 badge from or sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 12 - "Blue and Black"

Hi everybody! I'm really excited, time for a new challenge! It's really fun and inspiring to visit blogs every week looking at all the fabulous creations!

So over to this weeks challenge, a color combo: Black and blue!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is:

Prize: 3 Digi images
Heart Song Designs offers hand drawn digital stamp images perfect for all your papercrafting needs. We offer a variety of images from elegant to super cute. Come visit us at www.heartsongdesignsshop.com and find digis that make your heart sing.

We had some really great images to work with and here are what the Design Team came up with:

Jen

Wenche:

Shirley

Mandy

Sarah

Patricia

Alison

Tussemaja

Donna

Kitty

Aren't they fab? What're you all waiting for then? Here's the 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 19th June 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.

Challenge 10 Winner & Top 3

Just a quick post tonight to let you know the all important winner details.  Using Random.org our winner is:

Debbles Dabbles.  Congratulations.  Please email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your choice of 3 digi images from Digital Delights.


Our top3 this time are

97 - Merete M

70 - Julia - Justwaitdesigns

37 - Grace N

Well done to you all. Please grab the top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own. There's still plenty of time to enter the current challenge which is 'No Paper'.

Challenge 11 - No Paper

Wow, what a successful challenge that was!  As I am scheduling this post, we're fast approaching 200 entries.... I can't believe it.  I'd like to apologise on behalf of myself and my team mates to anyone who didn't get a comment.  We try our best to visit every entry but I know that some comments were removed by blogger during their problems last weekend and sometimes the odd one gets overlooked.  If you didn't get a comment from someone on our team, please be assured that we do appreciate everyone's entry.

So this week we challenge you to design a card without any design papers.  We want you to let your images do the talking.  We have a fab new sponsor, Kenny K, and a bumper prize package:

1st Prize - 3 digis

2nd Prize - 2 digis

3rd Prize - 1 digi

I'm sure you're all familiar with the wonderful work of Kenny K's Shop but what about the man (and woman) behind those wonderful creations.  Take a look here to see their journey, http://www.kennykdownloads.com/about-kenny-and-elena.php

We were lucky enough to get some wonderful images from Kenny K's Shop and here's what the design team came up with for your delight:

Alex  

Jen

  

Patricia

Wenche

(Sentiments says something like: From one cool dude to another - Happy birthday)

Shirley

Alison

Mandy

Sarah

Tussemaja

The sentiment reads something like: You own.

Donna

Kitty

Aren't they fab?  What're you all waiting for then?  Here's the 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 5th June 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.