Challenge 15 - Christmas in July

Well the last challenge was very popular (just under 150 entries) and I imagine this one will be too!  Our sponsor is the fabulous, One Stop Card Crafts,

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.

The prize is a £10 gift voucher and we want to see your Christmas cards for the loved men in your life.  Here's some ideas from my wonderful DT:

Shirley

Michelle

Sandra

Patricia

 

Now all you need are the rules:

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

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

Challenge 14 - 'Happy Birthday'

Oh my goodness, the time is flying past.  Another great challenge has finished with some fabulous entries.  The challenge this time is a nice easy one.  We want to see your Birthday Cards, but remember it must be male!  We have a new sponsor this week, Di's Digi Downloads

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

So if you haven't already take a look at Di's Digi Downloads, I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.  While you're there you can think about how you'd spend the $10 prize (should you be the lucky winner).

We can't wait to see your entries, but in case you need it, here's some inspiratin from our wonderful design team:

Shirley

Sandra's

Michelle

Patricia

Donna

Hopefully, that's got you raring to go!  Now for some rules:

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

The challenge will run from now until midnight on 15th July 2012.  Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below.  If it's not there for some reason then leave a comment and I'll enter your details before the draw.  Good luck!

Challenge 13 - Sports with a sentiment

I'm so sorry to be late this morning with the new challenge.  I have to confess, I completely forgot!  Thought I'd done it and was happily going about my housework (not!) when I remembered.

So the last challenge was very popular with 256 entries.  Please understand if we didn't manage to comment on your entry but our team is quite small at the moment and we can't always manage it on large numbers.  We do, however, appreciate all of you who take the time to enter and follow us.  We'd be nothing without you all.

The challenge this time is sponsored by Digital Delights who have been a regular sponsor for a while now.

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!!

Prize

For your inspiration, the design team have the following ideas:

Shirley

ALAN

Jen

Michelle

Sandra's

Patricia


Donna

Hopefully, you're all fired up now and ready to go.  Here are the rules:


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

The challenge will run from now until midnight on 1st July 2012.  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 12 - Father's Day

Welcome to a new challenge.  I see we had a good number of entries for our last challenge and our DT call.  I'll be back this evening with the challenge winners and would hope to contact the DT winners by Friday.

This challenge is for Father's Day and is sponsored by 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. 

The Prize

What a great prize!  If you're looking for inspiration, then look no further.  The team have come up with some fab samples for you to see:

Shirley

ALAN

Patricia

Jen

Michelle

Sandra

Donna

Now all we need are the rules:

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

The challenge will run from now until midnight on 17th June 2012 (Father's Day).  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.

A multitude of winners !!!!

So here I am back with a long list of winners, as promised.  All the winners have been chosen using Random.org.

Challenge 6 - 7 digis from Bugaboo Stamps - winner is #61 Lisa-Jane.  Congratulations, Lisa-Jane, please email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk to claim your prize.

Challenge 7 - 3 digis from Karen's Doodles - winner is #5 Kelly.  Congratulations Kelly, take a look at Karen's Doodles and email your 3 choices to cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Challenge 8 - $10 gift voucher from Digi Doodle Shop - winner is #67 Scarlett.  Congratulations Scarlett, email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass your details on to the sponsor.

Challenge 9 - 4 digis from Kenny K - winner is #82 Del.  Congratulations Del, please choose your 4 digis from Kenny K and email them direct on digis@kennykdownloads.com.  You'll need to tell them that you're the prize winner for Cards for Men (22nd April).

Challenge 10 - 3 digis from The Stamping Boutique - winner is #75 Nina Macauley.  Congratulations Nina, take a look at The Stamping Boutique and email your 3 choices to me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk.

Phew!.  That's all the winners, I'll be back on Monday with the Top3's.  Have a good weekend xx

Challenge 11 - Congratulations and we have a DT call

The weeks just seem to whizz by - we're nearly all the way through June!  (oops. meant May!)

We had a great turn out for the last challenge, just under 100 entries.  Hopefully this challenge will prove just as popular.  We have a great challenge and a fabulous sponsor, Meljen Designs.  The theme is 'Congratulations' and our only rule is that we must have the word 'Congratulations' on the card.  The prize is 4 digis and here's a bit about the sponsor:

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 http://www.meljensdesigns.com/ and browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

We got some great images to work with and here is the ideas from the Design Team:

Michelle

Shirley

Sandra

ALAN

Patricia

Jen

Aren't they wonderful.  I'm really proud of my design team, they're great to work with.  We currently need about 4 new members to join our happy team so if you're interested in working with us then enter the challenge and put DT after your name.  We don't have a lot of rules but you do need to be able to make a card for each fortnightly challenge, often using sponsor images.  Comment on the entries on a rota basis and take turns at posting the challenge and winner/top 3 posts.  I hope you will be encouraged to enter because it's great to see everyone's work although it is really hard to choose the best.

On the subject of winners, I am a bit behind but will post a round up of winners and prizes this evening.

Lastly, we need some challenge rules:

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

The challenge will run from now until midnight on 3rd June 2012.  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 you in before the draw.  Good luck!

Challenge 10 - Kicking Back

The challenge this time is sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and our theme is 'Kicking Back'.  We want to see all your 'relaxing' ideas.  As a prize we have 3 digis and here's a bit about our sponsor,

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 design team were lucky enough to get some images to work with and here's the result:

Shirley

Sandra

Jen

Michelle

I'm sure you'll agree they're very inspiring.  Now it's your turn but first the rules:

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

The challenge will run from now until midnight on the 20th May 2012.  Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below.  If it's not there for some reason, please leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw.  Good luck!