Winners & Top 3 for challenges 1 & 2

I've finally managed to catch up with the winners post, thanks for being patient. Here goes,

Challenge 1 - £10 voucher for One Stop Card Crafts

The winner chosen by Random.Org was #31 - Cindy Groh.  Congratulations, Cindy, email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass your details on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for this challenge is:

IreneM

Sue C

Lis-M

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

Challenge 2 - 3 digis from Hope Jacare

The winner chosen by Random.Org was #64 - Jane A.  Congratulations, Jane, pop over to Hope Jacare and email your 3 choices to cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.  

The top 3 for this challenge is:

Jenni

Marie Gamber

Chris C

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

So there you have it, congratulations to everyone.  There's still time to enter the current challenge - it closes tonight.

Challenge 3 - Seeing Red

Wow, sorry I'm late today but very hectic at home lately.  I can't believe how many entries we've had for the last challenge.  Here's hoping this weeks theme will prove equally popular.  I thought we'd have a colour challenge this time so our theme is 'Seeing Red'.  Hopefully that ties in with all your valentine projects.

Our sponsor is 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. 

Our prize is a six pack of Letraset's flexmarkers

Isn't that fab?  I'll be back later on with the winners of the last two challenges and hope to see you guys entering the current one.  If you need any ideas, our wonderful design team have done it again:

Jen

Michelle

Shirley

Tracy

ALAN:

Sandra's 

Patricia

Finally some rules.

1. The card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men.
3. The card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight on 12 February 2012.  Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the list below.  If the link list is not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw.  Good luck

Challenge 2 - Boys and their toys

Welcome to our second challenge of the year.  We had some fab entries into our recycling chalenge.  I'll be back later on with the winner and top3 post.

This challenge is sponsored by one of our first ever sponsors, Hope Jacare.

"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" 

The theme is 'Boys & Their Toys' and we have a prize of 3 digis from Hope Jacare to give away.  If you're in need of some inspiration, here's what our team came up with:

Michelle

Shirley

Tracy

Sandra

Alan:

Patricia

Jen

Mandy

Donna

I hope you're all fired up and ready to go. We love seeing all the entries.  Now for some rules:

1.  The card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
2.  There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men
3.  Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 29 January 2012.  Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below.  If the link list is not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw.  Good luck

Challenge 1 - Recycling

Welcome to 2012!  I can't beleve it - a whole new year and we have a year full of wonderful challenges and fabulous prizes ahead.  You'll see a lot of our regular sponsors but we always have room to welcome a few new ones too.  Whether old or new, we appreciate all our sponsors and followers.  Here's to a great year!

Our theme for this challenge is 'Recycling' and you'll see from our samples that we have included projects as well as cards.  Please bear in mind that any entries should be geared towards a boy or a man.  To sponsor this challenge we have one of our regular sponsors, One Stop Card Crafts and the prize is £10 gift voucher.

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount card making and cardmaking craft supplies.We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more.

Our card making craft supplies include free UK postage* and our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.

Our prices are very competitive and this makes us an ideal place to buy your cardmaking supplies online.

So let's see what we've come up with to help you along with inspiration:

Michelle

Tracy

Shirley

Sandra - mine takes no introduction lol used toilet rolls

Jen - Using Quality Street Wrapper

Donna -  I used ribbon band from Christmas Cake and image/sentiment from 2010 Christmas Cards.

  

Patricia - I made these for my son. I will fill them with different kinds of candy. His birthday is not til January 9th - did not want to fill them to soon.

I hope that's given you a few ideas.  Now for some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.

2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men.

3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 15th January 2012.  Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If the link list is not there for some reason, leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw.  Good luck.

Winners, winners, winners (part 2)

Here I am again with more winners.  Last night we announced the challenge winners and top 3 picks.  Tonight we have all the blog hop candy winners.

Stop 1 (Jen) was sponsored by

The prize of 3 images was won by #14 - Mary J. Congratulations, Mary, click on the badge above to have a look at Digital Delights and then email your 3 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 2 (Patricia) was sponsored by

The prize of 3 images was won by #22 - Rose. Congratulations, Rose, click on the badge above to have a look at Fresh Brewed Designs and then email your 3 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 3 (Shirley) was sponsored by

The prize of 4 images was won by Marianne. Congratulations, Marianne, click on the badge above to have a look at Karen's Doodles and then email your 4 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 4 (Me) was sponsored by

The prize of a $10 gift voucher was won by #12 - Lorraine.  Congratulations, Lorraine, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

Stop 5 (Sandra) was sponsored by

The prize of 4 images was won by #17 - Dora. Congratulations, Dora, click on the badge above to have a look at Kenny K and then email your 4 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 6 (Tracy) was sponsored by

The prize of 4 images was won by #18 - Rose. Congratulations, Rose, click on the badge above to have a look at Meljen's Designs and then email your 4 choices to nicole.anderson@insightbb.com

Stop 7 (Alan) was sponsored by

The prize of 3 images was won by Debbie. Congratulations, Debbie, click on the badge above to have a look at Hope Jacare and then email your 3 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Stop 8 (Mandy) was sponsored by

The prize of 7 images was won by Mags.  Congratulations, Mags, click on the badge above to have a look at Bugaboo Stamps and then email your 7 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk

Stop 9 (Michelle) was sponsored by

The prize of £10 gift voucher was won by #23 - LeAnne.  Congratulations, LeAnne,  let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

So that's all the winners announced, thanks for your patience.

Before I finish, I want to say thankyou to all our followers and participants, to the Design Team for their hard work and to all our wonderful sponsors.  Without you all this challenge blog would fail and I appreciate you all for being there.  Merry Christmas to you all and we'll be back with a challenge on 2 January 2012.

Winners, winners, winners

This is my favourite post of the year - announcing all the winners from our bloghop and challenges.  So here goes...

Challenge 23 sponsored by

The prize of 3 digis was won by #125 - Kate. Congratulations Kate, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for this challenge was

22 - Rachel

58 - Cheryl

121 - Scrappy

Well done everyone, grab your top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 24 sponsored by 

The prize of a $10 gift certificate was won by #1 - Ane Lene.  Congratulations Ane, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for this challenge was

3 - Maggie

4 - Berit Synnove

31 - Linda Dekker

Well done everyone, grab your top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 25

Prize 1 sponsored by

The prize of a 12 pack of promarkers was won by #17 - Lyn.  Congratulations Lyn, drop me an email on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your full name and address and I'll get your prize out to you.

Prize 2 sponsored by

The prize of 5 digis was won by #30 - Lynne in NI. Congratulations Lynne, click on the badge above to have a look at The Stamping Boutique and then email your 5 choices on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Bloghop sponsored by

The prize of a $20 gift certificate was won by #10 - Berit Synnove.  Congratulations Berit, let me know your email address and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

The top 3 for this week was

6 - Renata

15 - Nicky

22 - Simone

Well done everyone, grab your top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

It's getting late so I'm going to leave it there for tonight.  Tune in tomorrow for winners (Part 2) with all our bloghop candies.

Blog hop - a roaring success

Thanks to all of you who joined in our anniversary celebration.  We really hope you enjoyed it.  All the winners have been drawn and will be posted tomorrow night along with top 3 picks.

In the meantime a big thank you to all our sponsors, without whom we wouldn't have a challenge blog, and to the wonderful design team who are having a well earned break.  The next challenge will be 2 January 2012.

Bye for now xxx