Winners- challenge 19 'Anything but Square'.

I'm pleased to announce the winner of the 2 wonderful digis from Pixie Dust Studio and our brilliant Top 3 creations.

The winner of the Pixie Dust Studio digis (chosen by random.org) is:

56- Fabiola

Congratulations. Please have a look at the site and choose your digis then contact Donna on mailto:cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

Now for our top 3.

29- Dorte

55- Julie B

87- Jolanda Cuper

Congratulations on your fabulous entries ladies. Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar to display on your blogs.

Challenge 20- 'Sports'.

It was great to see all your differently shaped cards for our last challenge! Hope you're all keeping well and are looking forward to playing along with our new challenge.

This time we would like to see your cards on a sports theme.

We are being sponsored by Peachy Keen Stamps for this challenge. Here's what they say about themselves:
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.

The prize will be a $25 gift voucher to spend in their store, so get picking!

Here are some cards from the design team to inspire you:

Shirley

Patricia

Alison

Jen

Mandy

Donna

Aren't they just fabulous!! Hopefully you're all raring to go. Our theme is 'Sports' so we want to see lots of different sporty themed cards. Here's some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge (no backlinking to older posts).
2. Your card must follow the theme set.
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run until 12 midnight BST (British Summer Time) 9th October 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 it in before the draw. Good luck!

Winners Galore!

Well I have let thing slide a bit haven't I?  I must apologise for not announcing winners through the summer but hopefully now that school has started, things will improve.  So I find myself announcing lots of winners which is nice.  Here goes....

Challenge 16 - Clean & Simple

The winner of our £10 gift voucher to spend at One Stop Card Crafts is number 50, Linby.  Congratulations, Linby please email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I will pass you on to our sponsor.

The top 3 in no particular order is

46 - Lyn

70 - Georgina

114 - Janice

Challenge 17 - Anything Goes


The winner of 3 digital images from Hope Jacare is number 182, Shelby.  Congratulations Shelby, take a look at Claire's images and let me know your choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

The top 3 are

192 - Pink Dandelion

230 - Faye

243 - Paula

Challenge 18 - G is for ...

The winner of a 5 pack of Promarkers (Autumn) from Letraset is number 11 - Dawn.  Congratulations, Dawn, please email your full name and address to cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

The top 3 this time are

45 - Nicoletta

100 - Brook

127 - Suzi

Many congratulations to all our top 3 picks.  Please grab our top 3 badge from the sidebar and add it to your own. 

Finally, there's still time to enter the current challenge so why not have a go!

Challenge 19 - Anything but Square

Time certainly is flying, the night's are getting darker and hopefully, we're all getting more time for crafting.  Our last challenge seemed popular and hopefully this will continue with our current theme.

This month we have a new sponsor to introduce, Pixie Dust Studios.  Please pop over and take a look at the fab digis they sell and also, have a go at our challenge where you can possibly win 2 digis of your choice.

Pixie Dust Studio is a land, full of fairies, trolls, Glitter Bugs, Royal Frogs and MORE..look out, you might find everything you ever wanted or something that you did not even know you were looking for! The STUDIO is full of creative and fun digital stamps created by illustrator Kathy Fronczak.

We were lucky enough to get some images to play with.  Here's some of the designs that our team came up with for your inspiration:

Jen

Shirley

Sarah

Patricia

Aren't they just fabulous!!  Hopefully you're all raring to go.  Our theme is 'Anything but Square' so we want to see lots of shaped cards and fancy folds.  Here's some rules:

1.  Your card must be new for this challenge (no backlinking to older posts).
2. Your card must follow the theme set.
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run until 12 midnight BST (British Summer Time) 25th September 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 it in before the draw.  Good luck!

Challenge 18 - G is for ....

Well it looks like it's time for another challenge.  What a success the 'Anything Goes' challenge has been (nearly 300 entries as I schedule).  The current challenge is sponsored by the fabulous 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.

I'm scheduling this from my holidays and I only just realised that I haven't checked the prize but I'm sure it'll be wonderful.  I'll update the post as soon as I can but don't think I'll have internet access for a few days.

The current challenge was set by our team mate, Alex, who is currently taking time out to move house.  It's a nice open challenge so no excuses for anyone.  Here are the ideas that we came up with, hope you like them:

Shirley

Mandy

Donna
(G is for GOOOAAAL!)

Alison
G is for guitar.
(The sentiment I have used is a freebie on my blog)

Sarah
G is for Green

Jen

G is for Garden Shed

Wenche:

G is for Guitar

Patricia

G is for Grow

Because I'm scheduling this in advance, not everyone's cards are ready but there's a list of the Design Team's blogs at the top right.  Please take a look at the rest.

So there you have it, now for some rules:

1.  Your card must be new for this challenge.
2.  The card must follow the theme set.
3.  The card must be for a man/boy

The challenge runs until 12 midnight (British Summer Time) on 11 September 2011.  Enter you card in the list below, or leave a comment if it's unavailable.

Challenge 17 - Anything Goes

We are ready for another challenge here at Cards for Men, and this time we have a really fun one for you:

ANYTHING GOES

(but remember, the card/project has to be for a boy/man)


Our Sponsor is the wonderful Hope Jacare and the prize is your choice of 3 digis from her designs.

I'm a SAHM with three young children. I trained in Textile Design at the Glasgw School of Art and I love all things handmade, but especially papercrafts. I love to doodle ... and my doodles are available to purchase as digital images through Stitchy Bear Stamps.

Some inspiration from the DT's:

Jen

Wenche:

Shirley

Sarah

Alison

Patricia

Marita

Aren't they great? Now for 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 (BST) on 30th August 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.

Winner & Top 3 Challenge 15

Another week has flown by and it's time to announce the winner of challenge 15 - Use a key sponsored by Prairie Fairy

Using Random.Org, the winner was No 6 which is: 

 

Mias Mix

 

Congrats Mia, please contact Donna at cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

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

2. Natascha

3. Eva's Scraproom

7. Sarah T

 

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