Cards for Men Challenge #11 - "Congratulations" and DT Call

Good Morning All, I hope youve had a good weekend, I have, Ive been in charge of taking the dog for a walk while hubby has been volunteering, hes does work with the local restoration Steam Railway and he does love it so I suppose I ought accept it, though at times it does rather take over our weekends.
Anyway back to this fortnights challenge over on Cards for Men and for this one we are being sponsered by Meljens, and we want to see the word "Congratulations" on your card somewhere.

And they are offering a prize of 4 digi images of your own choice, and here is what Melissa says about her company.

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!

And we were lucky enough to be given several images to play with and I decided as I have two friends who are expecting this year I would throw caution to the wind and make a new baby boy card just in case one of them did have a boy.

And of course its Mr.Stork delivering his little buddle, Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I cut him out with my rotatrim, the mount was done in the same way. The sentiment was created on my computer and printed and mounted in the same way as my image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and Ive used just one paper from one of my New Baby paper Pads. The pram diecut is one of the Marieanne dies and has been placed in the bottom left hand corner, afterwards I mounted my image towards the right with the sentiment below.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you also will want to create a "Congratulations" card for a special occassion.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://chalk-ah-lot.blogspot.co.uk/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Cards for Men - Challenge #9 - "Texture"

Good Morning Everyone, Im not sure if youve seen this new blogger design, but Im really confused as to whats going on, if I have a hiccup I do hope you will excuse me as its all a learning curve for me. Anyway this fortnights Challenge over on Cards for Men is "Texture" and we are being sponsored by Kenny K,

And theyve generously have offered us 4 digi images for winners choice,

and this is what they say about themselves:-

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

Wow thats some prize Im sure you will agree and here is my card.

For my card I have used this saucy lady "Cheyenne" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her then used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 to cut her out, and used a larger one for the mount out of brown card. 

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of brown card, and for my two papers I have used DCWV's "All about Boys" stack, the papers are cowboys ones and go brilliantly with the image, then on the other side I have used one of the co-ordinations papers thats been put through a cuttlebug and then sanded down to give it texture.

The mounted image was then positioned in the centre and the sentiment at the bottom on the right handside, to finish of I have used some rope and twisted it into a circle and stuck in the top left hand corner, at the bottom is a horseshoe and a boot.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit the "Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot" and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "Texture" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/ 
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Cards for Men - Challenge 1 - "Recycling"

Good Morning Everyone, and a Happy New Year to you all, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are already to start crafting again, I know I am so for our first Challenge this year we want to see you "Recycling" something, and Im sure you must have lots of things around the house that can be used either as a project or perhaps on your card. Anyway we are being sponsered by "One Stop Card Shop"

and they are offering you a Gift Certificate of £10. to spend in the webshop, and here is what they say about themselves:-

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.

Free postage is quite a rarity so I think it would be a good idea to give them a visit. And now here is my project for this Challenge.

I have used an empty Sudocream pot to create a store for all bits and bobs men seem to hoard.

I actually printed two sheets of paper from the My Craft Studio Steampunk set of designs, and wrapped the first one around the pot and stuck it down, then I used some silver trimmings around the bottom.
For the lid I cut out a circle and then cut lots of slits to mould around the lid and stuck them underneath, and Ive used a bit more of the silver rimmings around the rim. To finish of the lid I used a cog left from the front and stuck a large nut in the centre for a means of removing the lid. To finish of the front of my pot Ive used several cogs cut out with the Nestabilitie Tim Holtz cog set, and burnished them with some old gold cream and stuck them to the bottom of the pot for some texture.
I do hope that now youve seen my project for this "Recycling" Challenge I do hope that you will go and visit our Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and maybe you will also want to take part in this Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/ 
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ 
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ 
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ 
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/ 

Cards for Men - Challenge 19 - "Anything but Square"

Good Morning to Everyone, well yet another fortnight has flown by and weve now reached our 19th Challenge and this time we want "Anything but Square" so youd better get your thinking caps on deciding what you are going to make, and we are being sponsered this time by Pixie Dust Studio.  And they are offering 2 digi's of Winners Own Choice.

And here is what they say about themselves:-

PixieDust 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.

And Kathy generously gave us some fabulous images to play with and here is my choice:-

This image is titled "Boy in a Boat" isnt he gorgeous, I printed him onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour him, then decided that I would create a boat shape and cut him out ready to put him on my card and mounted him onto some dark blue card to.

The base card is really a 6"x 6" but has been cut into the appropriate shape, for my first mount Ive used dark card with two papers from Kay Millers "Do you see what I Sea" digi papers, these were cut in halve and stuck to the mount with a grosgrain ribbon along the seam. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was mounted on a tag and Ive threaded a bit more of the same grosgrain ribbon through the hole. I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment just tucked under one of the corners and a sailboat was then stuck on top of the ribbon. Ive also stuck a scull and crossbones button on the mast and a anchor at the bottom on the left hand side.

I do hope that now youve seen my card you will go across to the Cards for Men Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and Im sure this will encourage you to take part in this fortnights "Anything but a Square" card Challenge.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://scrappingcottage.blogspot.com/
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/
http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/
http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/
http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge Twelve - "Black and Blue"

Good Morning Everyone hope youve had a lovely weekend and well another two weeks have flown by and weve now reached our Twelfth Challenge for Cards for Men and this week its my fellow DT member Wenche's turn to pick a theme and she has chosen "Black and Blue" and we are being sponsered by a brand new sponser company Heartsong Designs

And they are offering us a fabulous prize of 3 digi stamps and this is what they say about themselves:-

Heart Song Designs offers hand drawn digital stamp images perfect for all your papercrafting needs. We offer a variety of images from elegant to super cute. Come visit us at www.heartsongdesignsshop.com and find digis that make your heart sing.

And we were lucky enough to be given several images to play with and this is my card for the Challenge.

And I chose to use this Air Balloon for my card and have printed it onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour it, I then used my circle Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and then used the crown circle die for the mount. The sentiment are the words from the very popular "Up, up and away" song from the 70s and Ive printed it onto white card and then mounted it onto blue pearlescent card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and Ive have used several papers from my stash, the first one is a blue background with white diamonds on, then on top is a blue and black stripe and the third is a black background with white spots, and the last mount is a square with a star paper pattern on.
The mounted image was then positioned in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of I have stuck three buttons with bakers twine threaded through the holes that has been knotted, arranged down the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop across to Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the design team has created for your inspiration and I do hope you will then decide to take part in it.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/
http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftyhoschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/
http://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/
http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 8 - "Easter"

Good Morning All, I sincerely hope youve all had a wonderful weekend, when this post is posted (Ive scheduled this) I should have had a wonderful weekend away and I should be getting ready to visit a dear friend of mine in Sussex. Anyway to get back to this fortnights Challenge "Easter" and we are being sponsered by a brand new sponser that is "Peachy Keen Stamps"

And they are offering you  a prize of  two fabulous stamp sets:-

Sweetie Pie Peepers

Happy Mothers Day

and this is what they say about their company:-

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 http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/ and at independent stamp and scrapbook stores worldwide. Please visit our website for a complete list of retail locations.

And this is my card for the Challenge.

I have used this gorgeous digi stamp from Teddy Bo, hes all dressed up in a bunny suit, I coloured him with my copic pens before cutting him out with my Egg Nestabilitie Die, then drew around the same die to create the mount for him. The sentiment is one from TLC and I have printed it onto a piece of white card and then cut it out with my rotatrim and mounted this also onto a piece of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount I have used a piece of blue pearlescent card, then I used three papers from the Nitwit Downloads set "Chicks and Bunnies", the first one being a all over egg pattern, and on top of this is a piece of yellow check paper down which one edge I have used a chick Martha Stewart border punch. Then on top of this is a all over sentiment pattern which was mounted on yet another piece of the same blue card.
I then wrapped a egg patterned ribbon around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount, I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. As its for a young man I didnt put any other embellishments on it this time.
I do so hope you will now pop over to our Cards for Men Challenge Blog and see what the rest of our very talented Design Team members have to show you, Im sure it will inspire you to get your Easter Cards made and take part in our Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/
http://michelle-pinkpaperparadise.blogspot.com/
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://www.alyssundaychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://bee-crafty.blogspot.com/
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://digiswithattitudechallenges.blogspot.com/
http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.com/
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 7 - "Embossing"

Good Morning All, well weve already reached our 7th Challenge on Cards for Men, and this time we are being hosted by Alison of Handmade by Tillymint do pop over to her blog and see what a very talented lady she is, and her theme she has chosen for us to do is Embossing it can be either with a embossing folder or embossing powder so the choice is yours. And this time we are being sponsered by Paper Pretties

This is what they say about their company:-

Paper Pretties is a full-service online crafting store. We have many exclusive stamp lines, from elegant to whimsical, sweet to clever; there is something for every stamper in our Prettie Boutique!

In case you haven't heard yet, Paper Pretties has a BRAND NEW owner, Heather Lee-Reppen. Now located in Madison, WI, we are pleased to offer you amazing customer service, faster and cheaper shipping, and a wider variety of stamping "must have" products to go along with all of our fun new stamps!! All orders are shipped within 24 hours. You will find there here.

And they are offering us a prize of this gorgeous clear stamp set:-

A really lovely set for any young man in your life, and heres my card for this fortnights Challenge:-

For my image Ive used this Karens Doodles "Grandpa Fix it" digi image and I printed him onto white card before colouring him with my copic pens, then cut him out with my rotatrim and mounted him onto a piece of blue pearlescent card, the sentiment is one that I googled and I also printed it onto white card before mounting it up in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue pearlescent card and one of two papers from Donna's Bearlymine "For the Boys" digi paper set, this first paper is an all over pattern of cogs and wheels, on top of this is the second paper thats had one of Martha Stewarts Border punches along the edges which cuts and embosses at the same time, then I put a strip of the same pearlescent card through my cuttlebug with a tool embossing folder, this was then positioned down the card.

I then stuck my image towards of the top with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, to finish of I have fixed some tool brads down the edge on the right side.

Now that youve seen my card do please pop over to our Challenge Blog Cards for Men  and see the rest of the teams stunning work, and we should be soon announcing the lucky people who are to join us and become part of our Design Team, good luck to all those that took part in the call to do so.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com

http://scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/

  



Cards for Men - Challenge 4 - Receipe Challenge

Good Morning Ladies, well guess what we have already reached our 4th Challenge for Cards for Men this year, the weeks are really flying by. Well this fortnights challenge is "A Receipe" and I do so hope that you will take part, we had over 160 entries for the last one, and you certainly make it difficult for us to pick winners as they are all stunning, well done all of you.
Anyway this is the Receipe for this Challenge:
 3 Designer Backing Papers
 2 Embellishments                      

 1 Image  (or any combination of 3 things)

And we are being Sponsered by:-

They have kindly offered as a prize a Voucher for £10 and this is what they say about themselves:-

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.

                                                                     -----------------
And heres my Design Team card for this challenge

This time Ive used one of Phindy's images and printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Nestabilitie label die No.1 to cut it out and then drew around the die to create the mount. The sentiment is one of the LOV circle stamps thats been stamped and cut out with a circle die.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green pearlescent card and one of three papers from the new Papermania "Woodland Babies" papers, the first a white base with lots of cute woodland images on, the second which Ive punched with my leaf all around punches from Marthat Stewart has been placed in the middle and the last paper another white based paper with trees and kites on, has been stuck in the top left hand corner.
I then arranged my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment at the bottom on the right, to finish of Ive stuck a kite and plane button at the top on the left hand side. I do so hope now that you will pop across to Cards for Men Blogspot  and see my fellow team members fabulous cards and Im sure they will inspire you to take part in this challenge
This card has been entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/

Challenge 26 - "A Sketch" by Myself

Well firstly I want to wish all our loyal followers of Cards for Men a very "Happy New Year" and to start a new year of Challenges, my Design Team Leader has asked me to design a sketch and here it is:-

And for this first Challenge of 2011 we are being sponsered by "Stamping Boutique" and they have offered us as a prize of five of their fabulous digi stamps:-

And this is what our sponser says about themselves:-

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.

I have actually used one of their stamps and this is of a knight standing in front of a castle, Ive printed him onto white card before colouring him with my copic pens, I then used my rotatrim to cut him out and then mounted him onto some brown card, the sentiment is one I created on my computer and this was also mounted in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with the first layer of brown card, the papers I have used are from one of Donna's of Bearlymine Designs Free downloads, and I chose two brick designs and one blue paper, these were arranged according to the sketch, and then my mounted image positioned in the middle and my sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have stuck three buttons down the left hand side.

I do so hope you will pop over to Cards for Men blog and see the rest of the fabulous cards that my fellow Design Team members have created for this Challenge.