Cards for men

ALAN

Pat K

Michelle

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT (Grenwich Mean Time) on 8 December 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 23 - Merry Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest challenge, this time sponsored by 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.

To enter, we need to see your Christmas cards and the winner gets 3 images of their choice.

The design team have been working hard to provide the following inspiration:

CAZ

Pat K

Patricia

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT (Grenwich Mean Time) on 24 November 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 22 - Way To Go

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:37:00 +0000

I must apologise for being late, I can't even believe that a fortnight has gone by. The latest challenge, this time is sponsored by Paper Pretties and we are looking to see your Congratulatory cards.

PRETTIES IS AN ONLINE CRAFTING STORE, AND HOME TO ZAC, LILY, SOPHIA AND COOPER - THE CUTEST KID STAMPS AROUND! (AT LEAST WE THINK SO). WE HAVE MANY EXCLUSIVE STAMP LINES, FROM ELEGANT TO WHIMSICAL, SWEET TO CLEVER; THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERY STAMPER IN OUR PRETTIES' BOUTIQUE.

ALONG WITH OUR FULL LINE OF HIGH QUALITY CLEAR STAMPS, WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE SELECTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES.

The prize on offer is 6 digis of your choice.

The design team have been working hard to provide the following inspiration:

Patricia

Michelle

Pat K

CAZ

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) on 10 November 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 21 - Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest challenge, this time sponsored by The Paper Shelter.

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.

To enter, we need to see your Halloween cards and the winner gets a $20 gift certificate.

The design team have been working hard to provide the following inspiration:

ALAN

PAT K
(Using Paper Shelter image A Great Harvest)

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT (Grenwich Mean Time) on 27 October 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 20 - Myth & Magic

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest challenge, this time sponsored by Bugaboo Digi Stamps.

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

To enter, we need to see your magical creations and the winner gets 7 free digis. We are a bit thin on the ground with our Design Team this week, for a variety of reasons. I just thought I'd take this opportunity to say thankyou to them all for their hard work and reliability. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Now let's see what we have to inspire you:

ALAN

Pat K

Now that your ideas are spinning, 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 13 October 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Winner & Top 3 for challenge 17

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:00:00 +0000

So we had lots of wonderful entries to our 'Funny Birthday' challenge. Our current challenge is still open and can be found here.

Without further ado, the winner chosen by random.org was #23 - Lisa Lynn. Congratulations, Lisa, email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your choice of 5 digistamps from QKR Stampede and I'll pass your details on to the sponsor.

Our top 3 in no particular order are:

#5 - Dawn

#11 - Mian Sweden

#27 Linby

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

Winner & Top 3 for challenge 16

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:00:00 +0000

So we had lots of wonderful entries to our Heavy Metal challenge. Our current challenge is still open and can be found here.

Without further ado, the winner chosen by random.org was #40 - Debs. Congratulations, Debs, email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your choice of 4 images from Kenny K and I'll pass your details on to the sponsor.

Our top 3 in no particular order are:

#5 - Jessie L

# 26 - coops

#32 - Lisen

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

Winner & Top 3 for Challenge 15

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:48:00 +0000

Back to catching up with the admin. So we had lots of wonderful entries to our 'Christmas in July' challenge. Our current challenge is still open and can be found here.

Without further ado, the winner chosen by random.org was #4 - Lorraine A. Congratulations, Lorraine, email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk with your choice of 4 images from Meljens Designs and I'll pass it on to the sponsor.

Our top 3 in no particular order are:

#5 - Lorraine B

#8 - Ruth

#53 - Jennifer H

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

Challenge 19 - String It Up

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest challenge, this time sponsored by Digital Delights.

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!!http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/

To enter, we need to see your string or twine ideas and the winner gets a $5 gift certificate.

The design team have been working hard to provide the following inspiration:

Casey goes Fishing - This is a old image now not availiable

Joshua the Vampire - no longer available

Pat K

Patricia

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 29 September 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 18 - Tag It

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest challenge, this time sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs. The prize up for grabs is a $10 gift certificate, so if you haven't had a look at our sponsor before why not pop over now.

Hi. I am Heather Dennis. I am a homeschooling mother of 2 wonderful children, the wife of 12 years to the love of my life, a Christian and the owner of Fresh Brewed Designs. I have loved to draw and create ever since I was a child. My daughter has inherited my love of art and recently inspired me to start creating again.
All the images in my shop are hand drawn. I offer a wide range of images from coffee, cute and inspirational. I also love to create custom drawn images, so if you are looking for anything in particular, please feel free to drop me an email.

To enter, we need to see your Tags (either on their own or on a card). The design team have been working hard to provide the following inspiration:

Michelle

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 15 September 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Top 3 & Winner for challenge 14

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:00:00 +0000

Now for challenge 14 which was our BINGO challenge. Again there were lots of wonderful entries hoping to win the Stampin Up prize. Our current challenge still has a few hours to go and can be found here.

Without further ado, the winner chosen by random.org was #8 - papersniffer. Congratulations, Wendy , email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll let you have details of your prize.

Our top 3 in no particular order are:

#1 - Kaijan

#28 - Danielle (again)

#29 - Lisen

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

Winner & Top 3 for challenge 13

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Cracking on with catching up, here's challenge 13. We had lots of wonderful entries to our 'Let's Get Sporty' challenge. Our current challenge is still open and can be found here.

Without further ado, the winner of our wonderful prize from That Craft Place, chosen by random.org was #8 - Samih (who's 8). Congratulations, Samih, please ask your mummy to email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass your details on to the sponsor.

Our top 3 in no particular order are:

#1 - Turid

#34 - Olivia

#37 - Danielle

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

Top 3 & Winner for challenge 12

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:05:00 +0000

I'm very behind on announcing winners and top 3 spots so I'm hoping to catch up over the next week. First off, challenge 12. So we had lots of wonderful entries to our 'Boys will be Boys' challenge. Don't forget challenge 17 is still open and can be found here.

The prize for this challenge was a $20 gift certificate at The Paper Shelter. Without further ado, the winner chosen by random.org was #76 - Spyder. Congratulations, Spyder , email me on cardsformen@donnasden.co.uk and I'll pass your details on to the sponsor.

Our top 3 in no particular order are:

#10 - Shelby

#24 - Ivonne H

#76 - Spyder

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

Challenge 17 - Funny Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest challenge, this time sponsored by QKR Stampede

Do you have a sense of humor? Are you looking for a cute stamp? Then, we are the company for you! QKR Stampede is the somewhat cute somewhat quirky rubber and digital stamp company. We showcase the artwork of Ken Herrod, who had a unique, somewhat quirky style with lots of humor and character. You are sure to get a chuckle out of our stamps! We have been offering our unique stamps and supplies to the craft industry for over 15 years. At QKR Stampede our images are available as un-mounted, natural red rubber stamps OR as digital stamps! If QKR Stampede Stamps aren't exactly what you are looking for, don’t miss out on the sister companies: Eureka Stamps, Biblical Impressions Rubber Stamps, or the newest addition; Alluring Impressions.

To enter, we need to see your funny side and the winner gets 5 digistamps from QKR Stampede.

The design team have been working hard to provide the following inspiration:

Anne

Shirley

ALAN

(Going Fishing 6605)

Pat K

(using #15503 News Boy)

Michelle

CAZ

Donna

Patricia

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 1st September 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 16 - Heavy Metal

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 07:49:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest challenge, this time sponsored by Kenny K

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

To enter, we need to see somethng metal/metallic on your cards and the winner gets 4 digistamps from Kenny K.

The design team have been working hard to provide the following inspiration:

Pat K.

ALAN

Patricia

CAZ

I'm sure you'll agree that we have a great design team and will be fully inspired and ready to join in. 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 challenge.
4. You may combine our challenge with others up to a maximum of 10.

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 18 August 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 enter you in before the draw. Good luck

Challenge 15 - Christmas In July

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:56:00 +0000

Wow, time sure is flying fast! It's time for the traditional 'Christmas in July' challenge which is being sponsored by Meljens Designs. The prize is 4 images of your choice so pop over and start thinking about what you'd like if you win:

Meljen's Designs (http://meljensdesigns.com) is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We have new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Mondays and a monthly Guest Designer at the Meljen's Designs Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!

The DT were lucky enough to get images to use and boy did they do a great job!

Michelle

Pat K
(using Dog Angel)

(Penguins Little Letter)

ALAN

Patricia

CAZ

I hope we've got you in a festive mood, 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 post must mention Cards for Men and include a link back to this post.
4. You can combine this challenge with other challenges up to a maximum of 10

The challenge will run from now until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 4 August 2013. Leave a link to your post (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.

Challenge 14 - BINGO!

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 07:00:00 +0000

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:

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)

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.

Challenge 13 - Let's Get Sporty

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

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:

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.

Winners and Top 3 for challenges 9 to 11

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:13:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

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.

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.

Challenge 11 - Dad

noreply@blogger.com (Donnas Den) — Mon, 27 May 2013 07:43:00 +0000

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: