Cards for men

Monday, 8 July 2013

Challenge 14 - BINGO!

So we have something different this time, a bingo board designed by our very own Patricia. I'm sure you know the rules, pick a line and use the elements to make your card.

Die cut Or punch	sentiment	Multifolds
Metal Or charm	Stamped image Or digital images	Tag Or ticket
Dry embossing	Paper piercing	Twine Or Scrappers floss

We are sponsored by Stampin Up (courtesy of Carole at http://heartfullyyours.blogspot.co.uk) and she is going to let you choose your own prize from a selection of goodies. I'm a big fan of Stampin Up myself and would recommend you have a look if you haven't seen their products before.

I am an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator in Lancashire & surrounding areas. I teach large and small scrapbooking and craft classes. I can arrange parties in your home for crafting and non-crafting friends to suit your requirements, and where everyone is guaranteed to have a great time ! I also run a crop in the Rochdale area. Please contact me for more details at carole.bryson@gmail.com xx

The design team have been busy working with our BINGO board to help give you some ideas. Let's take a look:

Shirley

Image - Kenny K - Paper Pieced - Sentiment (middle down line)

Kate

Middle horizontal line - Metal (sprocket/brad) - Stamped Images - Ticket (sentiment)

Caz

Middle vertical line - Sentiment , Image, Paper piercing ( corners around image )

Pat K

(Blackout - all boxes used - see blog for easel )

Patricia

Die cuts, punches, image, sentiment, metal, and twine

Anne

Left Vertical - Die Cut, Charm, Dry Embossing (on sentiment)

Michelle

Middle Row: Metal, Digital Image, Tag

Donna

Middle Horizontal: Charm, Stamped Image. Tag

So what do you think? Hopefully we've given you some ideas to be going on with. Now for the rules:

1. Your card must be for a man or a boy.
2. Your card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
3. Your post must mention Cards for Men and contain a link back to this post.
4. You cna combine our challenge with other challenges up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 21st July 2013. Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below. If it's not there for some reason just leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw. Good luck.

Monday, 24 June 2013

Challenge 13 - Let's Get Sporty

Here we are again, challenge time. The theme this time is sports, so let's see your ideas of all things sporty. The sponsor is That Craft Place, which is a fab shop here in the UK. The prize is some pretty embellishments of Lisa's choice -

Welcome to That Craft Place

This is a Shop run By Lisa Horton .. I run an actual bricks and mortar shop in Eastbourne, East Sussex

We have every Kind of craft for sale ...

If you can't find it I will try my best to source it for you. We stock most leading Brands  and have a huge collection  of rubber stamp's, Saturated Canary, Kraftin Kimmie, My Craft Sentiments, Crafter's companion, Indigo Blue, My Favorite Things, CC Designs to name a few . We also stock a large selection of Die's  Memory Box, Sizzix, Spellbinder's, Cherrylyn, Marianne Dies. We  have new deliveries arriving each day. 

The design team have been busy getting ideas for your inspiration:

Michelle

I hope you're all raring to go now, here are the rules:

1. Your card must be for a man or a boy.
2. Your card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
3. Your blog post should mention Cards for Men and contain a link back to this post.
4. You may combine your challenge with other challenges up to a maximum of 10 challenges.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 7 July 2013. 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.

Monday, 10 June 2013

Winners and Top 3 for challenges 9 to 11

So I promised to be back with a round up of winners and here I am.

Challenge 9
The prize is 6 Digis from Paper Pretties and the winner is #12 - Anda. Congratulations Anda, email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your choices and I'll contact the sponsor.

Our Top 3 for this challenge were:

#8 - Chrissy

#62 - Kath

#96 - Brook

Congratulations, ladies. Please grab the Top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 10

The prize is 3 digis from Scibbled Kidz and the winner is #15 - I don't do straight. Congratulations. Please email your choices to me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll get your prize sent over.

Our Top 3 for this challenge were:

#1 - linda dekker

#3 - Lisa

#17 - Kim

Congratulations, ladies. Please grab the Top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 11

The prize is 2 digis from Dr Digi's House of Stamps and the winner is #109 - Dora. Congratulations, Dora, email your choices to me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll contact the sponsor.

Our Top 3 for this challenge were:

#11 - Coops

#16 - Lorianna

#28 - Janja

Congratulations, ladies. Please grab the Top 3 badge from our sidebar and add it to your own.

Challenge 12 - Boys will be boys

So our 'Dad' challenge went well with well over 100 entries. Thank you to everyone who took part, I'll get back later on with some prize winners for the last few challenges.

Our challenge this time is sponsored by The Paper Shelter and we have a fairly open theme. We just want to see your interpretation of 'boys will be boys' and one lucky winner will get a $20 certificate.

If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects, The Paper Shelter is your one-stop boutique! This growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps with many different kind of options offers a multitude of themes such as everyday items, holidays, special occasions, children, adorable characters and creatures. Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, as well as in pre-colored format.Images are wonderful for coloring and make perfect additions to greeting cards and scrapbook albums.

We were lucky enough to get images to use from The Paper Shelter and here is what the team came up with:

Patricia

CAZ

Pat K

Donna

I hope they've given you some food for thought, now lets have the rules:

1. Your card must be for a man or a boy.
2. Your card must be new for the challenge and follow the theme set.
3. Your blog post should mention Cards for Men and contain a link back to this post.
4. You may combine our challenge with other challenges up to a maximum of 10 challenges.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (Britsh Summer Time) on 23 June 2013. Leave a link to you 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.

Monday, 27 May 2013

Challenge 11 - Dad

Time sure is flying! I can't believe we're almost in June - soon be time to start Christmas Cards. Not quite though. Our challenge this time is 'Dad' which is apt because the finishing date is the week before Father's Day in the UK. Traditionally, we get a lot of entries to this challenge, so please don't be disappointed if we don't get around to comment on your card. All cards get looked at for our top 3 and all cards go into the draw.

Our challenge this time is sponsored by Dr Digi's House of Stamps and the prize is 2 digis of your choice.

Welcome to the brilliantly bizarre brain of Dr. Digi's House of Stamps. Here you will find Monsters, Aliens,
Odd balls and Dundertons as well as many many more wonderful digital stamps. Our artist and founder cut
his teeth in the craft world at the company "Just Inklined", where his unique digis made a huge impression.
We're hoping to continue to entertain and amuse, with our growing catalogue of great value digis with
a sense of humour.

The Design Team got some great images to work with, here's what we came up with:

Shirley

ALAN

Anne

CAZ

Told you they were fab, didn't I? So now it's your turn..... here are the rules:

1. Your card must be for a man or a boy.
2. Your card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
3. Your post must mention Cards for Men and contain a link back to this post.
4. You can combine your entry with others up to a maximum of ten challenges.

The challenge will run from now until midnight (BST) on 9 June 2013. Enter a link to your post (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.

Monday, 13 May 2013

Challenge #10 - Fancy Folds

So we had over a hundred entries for our last challenge which is great. Let's hope we can interest so many of you again with this one, which is sponsored by Scribbled Kidz. The theme is Fancy Folds, by which we mean, anything but the basic square fold card. You could do a stepper or a joy fold or any number of fun folds, we'd love to see what you come up with. The prize is 3 digis from Scribbled Kidz,

Scribbled Kidz is all about fun images largely inspired by my family and what they might get up to. They are all hand drawn originals scanned in at 300dpi and saved as jpegs. If you have any suggestions or special requests please let us know.Please pop along and see what we have to offer.

Here's what the DT have come up with to get you started:

Caz

Hopefully that's got you interested and ready to go, now for some rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and follow the theme set.
2. Your card must be for a man or a boy.
3. Your post must mention Cards for Men and contain a link back to this post.
4. You can combine your entry with others to a maximum of ten challenges.

The challenge will run from now until midnight (BST) on 26 May 2013. Enter a link to your post (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.