Cards For Men Challenge 12 - Blue & Black

It's time for another new challenge over at Cards For Men

This week our challenge theme is 'Black & Blue'
We have a lovely sponsor this week - Heart Song Designs, the prize this week is 3 Digi's!
They very kindly gave the DT some images to play with, i used Hot Air Balloon and here is my creation...
I coloured the Balloon with my Copics, the papers are MME Lime Twist Fly A Kite & the Bakers Twine is MME Remember. I also added a Tiny Sentiment Tag and the ribbon & pearls are from my stash!

Make sure you pop on over to the CFM Blog to see the rest of the DT creations - they have done a fabulous job with the images - lots of inspiration there!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...
Stamp Something - Use A Digi
Charisma Cards - Something That Flies
The Stamp Man - Boys & Men
Scrapbook Sisters - Men
Craft Your Days Away - Fathers Day/Special Man

Supplies - Heart Song Designs Image, My Minds Eye Papers, Bakers Twine, Copics, Kraft Card, Tiny Sentiment, Ribbon & Pearls

Cards For Men - No Paper

Wow what a busy weekend i had - more about that later :)

It's Monday and time for the start of a new challenge at Cards For Men!
This week our challenge theme is No Paper, yes that's right no patterned paper :( This was quite a tricky one for me as i LOVE my papers to pieces! We are sponsored by the brilliant Kenny K and all the design team got some lovely images to work with too, so make sure you check out all there amazing ideas on the CFM Blog.
Here is my take on the challenge...

As you can see i kept it very simple to show off the main fun image! I used some Cuttlebug embossing folders for the backgrounds to give it a bit of texture. I coloured him with Copics of course! The music notes are a fab Die-namics Die and i added a few Card Candi round the sides!
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...

2 Sisters - Use A Digi
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Embossing
Alphabet Challenge - Clean & Simple
Digi Doodles - Embossing

Supplies - Kenny K Image, Copics, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Musical Notes Die-namics & Card Candi

Cards For Men Challenge 10 - Someone Special

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, it's Monday and time for a new challenge at Cards For Men. This week our theme is 'Someone Special'.

This week we have been kindly sponsored by Digital Delights

The prize this week is 3 Digis Of Your Choice!

All the DT were very kindly given Digi images to work with, here is what i came up with..

I did follow a sketch but i can't for the life of me remember where it was, sorry!I have used Echo Park Little Boy Papers. The Buttons are from Papermania. The Punches are X-Cut Stars, coloured with Copics and a Mini Message to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...

Stamps R Us - For The Men

The Crafty Pad - Spots & Dots

Crafty Calender - Teddy Bears

Stamp Something - Use A Digi

Supplies - Digital Delights Image, Echo Park Papers, Copics, Papermania Buttons, Card Candi , Mini Message, X-Cut Star Punches & Black Gems.

Cards For Men Circles Challenge

Good morning, i hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend and enjoy the bank holiday today. Hope your not all feeling too sick after too much chocolate, unlike my two girlies or should that be piggies!

It's my turn to host the new challenge at Cards For Men. This time i have chosen the theme of...
Circles
So we would like to see any sort of circles on your projects, this can be shaped cards, buttons,embellishments, die cuts - just anything circular!

This week we are sponsored by Freshly Brewed Designs and they are giving the winner 3 Digis of your choice! We are also all very lucky to receive images to play with for this fortnights challenge, so here is my take on the challenge..

I kept it nice and simple, as it is for a man and well i'm not sure they would appreciate lots of glitter, pink and flowers like i normally use, lol.

The papers i used are from my fav boys stack MME True Blue Fine & Dandy . I used my Nestabilities for the circles & scallop mat, Buttons i think are Woodware, Jewels are Meiflower & of course a Mini Message.

Make sure you hop on over to the CFM Blog and check out the rest of the DT's fab inspiration!

Supplies - Freshly Brewed Designs Image, My Minds Eye Papers, Copics, Brown Jewels, Mini Message, Nestabilities & Buttons

Cards For Men Challenge 7

Another couple of weeks has flown by again and its Monday so time for a new challenge!

This fortnight the challenge is Embossing.

This can be any sort of embossing dry embossing, heat embossing or any other type!

This week's sponsor is Paper Pretties, head over to the CFM Blog to check out the cute prize!

The DT were lucky enough to be given some lovely Paper Pretties images to play with!

Here is what i came up with..

For this card i used the Digi Image Balloons For You. The paper is Kaisercraft, lots of Card Candi to embellish & a mini message. It is of course coloured with Copics. The embossing is done with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.

Make sure you head over the CFM Blog to enter our challenge and check out the rest of the Design Teams cards for fab inspiration!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...

Sketch Saturday Challenge 148

Fresh Brewed Challenge - More Than 2 Embellishments

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts & Me Challenge 27 - Anything Goes

Supplies - Paper Pretties Image, Kaisercraft Papers, Copics, Stickles, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Card Candi, SU Cardstock & Mini Message

Cards For Men Challenge 6

Gosh don't the weeks fly by sometimes?!

It's Monday and time for another challenge at Cards For Men!

This week we have a lovely sketch for you designed by Mandy

This challenge is sponsored by Letraset and are very kindly offering the winner of the challenge a pack of 12 Promarkers! So get creating now and you could be the winner!

Here is my card

As you can see, i got a bit carried away and adding lots of bits to this card lol! I used a LOTV Cute Square and chalked the background to make it less white! Do you like the fabric flower i've made, if you pop over the simply sassy blog you will find a tutorial - they are super easy to make!

Make sure you head over to the CFM Blog as we are looking for more DT members and also check out all the other DT Members card - they are super stunning!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges..

Crafty Emmas Challenge - Men Only

Moving Along With The Times - Men

Supplies - LOTV Cute Squares, Doodlebug Papers, Bazzill Cardstock, Fabric Flower, Buttons, Chalks, Martha Stewart Punch, Card Candi, Mini Message & Ribbon (from stash)

Cards For Men Challenge 5 - Water

Another fortnight has flown by, which means the start of a new challenge at Cards For Men!
Our new challenge for this fortnight is Water, this can be anything inspired by water - sea, animals, boats fish etc.

Our sponsor for this challenge is the lovely Hope Jacare

The winner will receive 3 digi stamps of there choice!

The design team were all very lucky to get to play with some of her water themed images. My sidaughter Lissy helped me make this very quick and simple card...

Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Teams beautiful cards on the CFM Blog!

Cards For Men Challenge 4 - Receipe

Its time for a new challenge at Cards For Men!

This fortnight we are sponsored by one of our regular sponsors One Stop Card Crafts

They are giving the winner of the challenge £10 voucher to spend in there lovely online shop!

This fortnight our challenge is a receipe - 1 image, 2 papers & 3 embellishments!

No rules other than it must be suitable for a male, it can be a card, altered item, scrapbook page or anything you like!

Here is my bright funky card, with a valentines twist for today!

I have used one of my latest fav images called Bronty from Pink Cat Studio. I wanted to make it bright and funky and not too red or pink like normal valentines day stuff, so i used my Cosmo Cricket Delovely papers, i think thats there name! Don't forget to check out all the other fabby cards made by my fellow teamies on the cfm blog!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Papertake Weekly - Have A Heart

Simply Create - It's Bright In Here

Totally Gorjuss - Love

Supplies - Pink Cat Studio Bronty Image, Cosmo Cricket Papers, Copics, Prima Swirl Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Jewels & Mini Message

Cards For Men - Challenge & Blog Hop!!

OMG , it has been a year since Cards For Men Challenges started!! To celebrate our anniversary we have a ton of prizes available and two challenges for you too!! The theme for both is Christmas and you challenge is to make a card or present - or both!! Usual challenge rules apply!! Make sure you hop on over to the CFM Blog and check out the inspiration...

here is what i have made as part of the DT!

I love making these cute little boxes and love this little fella, i saw it at Ally Pally and spent hours searching in boxes of stamps to find it and finally i did!

We are also having an Anniversary Blog Hop. You can get the full list of blogs over at Cards for Men. At each stop there'll be a word to collect and a candy draw.

I have this lovely Pink Cat Studio Billy Stamp Set from MMCS to give away!

To be in with a chance of winning this you just need to leave a comment at the end of this post. A random winner will be drawn on 20 December 2010.Each stop will have a word which you should collect to make a festive phrase.

My word is 'Happy'.

At the end of the blog hop you should have 11 words, work out the phrase and leave it in the comments back at Cards for Men. The blog hop will run until midnight on 19th December 2010 and a winner will be chosen on 20th December.

Your next stop is Kym!

If you lose your way you can go back to Cards for Men to get the full list.

Good luck everyone.

Cards For Men - Challenge

It is challenge time again at Cards For Men. We had an amazing amount of entries last week too so thank you to all that entered. This fortnight we have another great easy challenge...

Merry Christmas!

Yes as long as it is Christmasy and suitable for a male then anything goes, so you have lots of scope on this one!

This week's sponsor is the fabby Bunny Zoe Crafts, they have the best little online shop cram packed full of goodies and up for grabs this week is a £10 voucher to spend instore!!

Here is my card for the challenge...

Make sure you pop over the CFM Blog and see the rest of the design team cards, they
are truly fabulous!

I used a massive new stack i bought by My Minds Eye, they do the best papers i reckon and of course a lovely LOTV image, so obsessed with these atm! I know its a mans card but i couldn't resist a bit of glitter :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...

LOTV Challenge 74 - Glitter & Glitz

The Crafty Pad - Red & Green

Supplies - LOTV Image, My Minds Eye Papers, Bazzill Cardstock, Glamour Dust, Brads, Half The Edge Borders & Glossy Accents

Cards For Men Challenge 23 - Animals

It's challenge time again! Wow there were so many entries for our last challenge, well done to all those that entered there were some fabulous cards!! Now onto this fortnights challenge...this time we have the theme of 'Animals' and we all love animals so it's a pretty good one to work with, just remember it must be suitable for a male!

We are proudly sponsored by Hope Jacare!

The DT were lucky to be given images to work with too! She is giving the lucky winner a lovely stamp, pop on over to the Cards For Men challenge blog to see a piccy. We also have a freebie image for all challenge entries...again hop on over to the CFM Blog.

Here is my card!

Supplies - Hope Jacare Image, Dream Street Papers, Copics, SU Cardstock, Ribbon, Dew Drops, Mini Message & Star Punches

Cards For Men Challenge 22

I know i keep saying this but where does the time go!?! Only seems like yesterday i was posting my last challenge card! Anyway on with the challenge...

This week's challenge at Cards For Men is an easy peasy one! Yup its time for 'Anything Goes'.. well as long as it's male that is!! This fortnight we are sponsored by the fabby Digital Delights, they were so lovely to supply us all with images but unfortunately i didn't get the chance to use any of mine (life, work & exhaustion has a real habit of getting in the way at the moment!! grrr!) but make sure you go check out the rest of the Design Teams examples!

Here is mine.. not a card but a lovely treat box!

Sorry about the poor photos i will try and take better ones sometime this week! This was super easy to make once i figured out the dimensions and sizes of paper etc! I am planning to make a few of these for a couple of craft shows i am hoping to have a stand at soon!! Hopefully i will get to show you more of these kinda creations this week!

I used my lovely new Echo Park Papers, they are lovely and have such fabby traditional colours which makes a change for me as i am usually all about the contemporary! I also teamed this up with my lovely new swirl die and of course a lovely LOTV image! I filled my treat box as you can see with loads of scrummy choccies, i have to say it was a job keeping Lissy away from these!!!

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges....

Totally Gorjuss - Sparkle

The Crafty Pad - Christmas

Crafty Sentiments - Anything But A Card

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Anything But A Card

Supplies - Lili Of The Valley Image, Echo Park Papers, Marianne Swirl Die, Bazzill Cardstock, SU Ribbon & Glamour Dust

Cards For Men - Challenge 21

God where does the time go?! Yes it's time for another challenge at Cards For Men!

This time our challenge theme is 'Happy Birthday', so a nice easy one.

This fortnight we have the lovely Heather from Fresh Brewed Designs sponsoring us. She has a lovely shop full of funky digi images! Heather has been very kind and given us some images to play with to inspire you & she has given us free image for you too, check the Cards For Men blog to grab yours!

Here is my card i made for the challenge this week. It's not my usual style but it was a very last minute make as i have had such a hectic week & weekend i have not had the time to do much!

I used the image called Desert Fiesta! Soo cute and definitely different!

Supplies - Fresh Brewed Designs Image, Copics, Bazzill Card, Cuttlebug Embossing, Nesties, Mini Message & XCut Star Punches

Cards For Men - Challenge 20 Autumn

It's that time again, yes it's time for another new challenge at Cards For Men.
We have gone all seasonal with this fortnight's challenge which is......

....Autumn!!!

Here is my take on the challenge

You can enter anything handmade into the challenge cards, tags, layouts whatever you like. The only rule we have is that it must be suitable for a male and be on the theme of Autumn!

We have such a fabby sponsor this fortnight too....

Crafts and Me has everything for the card maker, with a wide range of rubber stamps from around the world. Teresa has just introduced her own range of rubber stamps from three international artists Hannah Lynn, Molly Harrison and Sara Burrier.

To find out what you can win head over to the Cards For Men Challenge Blog and don't forget to check out all the other DT members fabulous Autumn creations!

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges....

Craftalicious Challenges - Harvest/Autumn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Seasons Change - Fall

Stamp Something - Fall Colours

Creative Card Crew - Autumn or Fall

Supplies - Pink Cat Studio Autumn Billy Digi Image, Cosmo Cricket Papers, Doodlebug Jewels, Promarkers, Go Kreate Dies & Bazzill Cardstock.

Cards For Men Challenge 19 - Transport

I am scheduling this post so fingers crossed it works! It's challenge time again at Cards For Men! My my the last two weeks have flown by, where has the time gone, lol! Anyway on with the challenge....this fortnights called has the theme of Transport! You can incorperate this into your design in anyway you like as long as the project is suitable for a man or boy! Here is my DT card....

I have used a stamp from the lovely Penny Black Set called Jolly Follies. I used Promarkers to colour the image and teamed it up with some lovely Christmas papers by Imaginesce.

This week we have been kindly sponsored by

They make the most fabulous Clear Stamps in such an array of designs, be sure to visit there website!

They are offering the winner these two lovely sets..

The challenge ends on 26th September so you have plenty of time to enter to be in with a chance of winning!

Be sure to pop over to Cards For Men to check out all the other fabulous cards by the rest of the design team!

Cards For Men Challenge 18 - Long Summer Days

It's challenge time again over at Cards For Men! This fortnight we have the theme of 'Long Summer Days'. Feel free to incorporate this in anyway you like as long as it can be suitable for a man or boy! This fortnights challenge is sponsored by the fabby Phindy's Place and she is giving us a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in her shop for the winner of the challenge!!!

Phindy's Place Digi Stamps is where you can find hundreds of beautifully drawn and detailed images for all your handmade card, scrapbook and paper crafting projects. Digi stamping is a new endeavor for children's book illustrator Philomena O'Neill and she enjoys drawing charming line images for crafters to color and embellish for their own creative efforts. Philomena likes to think of this as a collaboration between two artists. Please stop by at Phindy's Place, you are going to find images you love!

Here is my take on this weeks challenge!

Supplies - Phindys Place Image, Doodlebug Paper, AC Ribbon, Promarkers, Bazzill, Jewels & Mini Message.

Cards For Men Challenge 17 - Decoupage

We have a brand new challenge for you over at Cards For Men. This week's challenge is Decoupage! The only rules we have is it must be an item suitable for then men or boys in our lives and feature decoupage - that's it really.

This fortnight we have Donna's Den Of Crafts sponsoring us.

They have been very generous and given us a £10 voucher to send in store for the lucky winner! Also as a treat they are also giving challenge participents 10% off your order for the duration of the challenge! Be sure to type in the code CFM0410 on checkout!

Donna's Den of Crafts is a family-run business where we aim to please. We stock a wide range of cardmaking and scrapbooking items from Dovecraft, Joanna Sheen, Crafter's Companion, Spellbinders.....to name but a few. Our prices are reasonable and p&p is only £1. Most in-stock orders are dispatched next working day.

Here is my take on this fortnight's challenge

I have used Football Lad by Wild Rose Studio from My Mums Craft Shop. You can also get fabby Promarkers there which i have used here too. I teamed this up with Doodlebug Paper and of course a Martha Stewart Punch!

Thanks for looking and be sure to check the rest of the Design Teams work out too!
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Supplies - Wild Rose Studio Stamp, Doodlebug Papers, SU Cardstock, Promarkers, Mini Message, Martha Stewart Punch & Jewels.

Cards For Men - Challlenge 16

Today is the launch of our new challenge over at Cards For Men! For this challenge we have a theme of 'Off On An Adventure'. You can interperate this however you like, all we ask is that it is a card suitable for men or boys and thats it really!

This challenge is being sponsored by the fabulous Squiggle Stamps and we have an amazing prize for you... 5 Digi Stamps!!!!!

Squiggle Stamps really have the cutest designs and all the design team were lucky enough to have a play with some of the images! Here is my card...

The challenge runs until 18th August so you do have plenty of time to create something for our challenge!
Be sure to check out all the other amazing work from the rest of the Design Team!
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Supplies - Squiggle Stamps Image, DP (can't remember the make!) XCut Punches, Copics, Promarkers & Nestabilities.

Cards For Men Challenge 15 - A Receipe

I am so excited that i was chosen to be on Donnas Design Team at Cards For Men and today is the launch of our fortnightly challenge, my first DT challenge for them!

This fortnights challenge is a Receipe - 1 Image, 2 Papers & 3 Embellishments.

We are lucky to be sponsored by the fabby One Stop Card Crafts and they are giving away a £10 Voucher to spend in there online shop!

Also for the duration of the challenge they are giving all entrants 10% off your order on there website! Make sure you enter the code CFM2010 at the checkout!

Here is my take on it...

Please make sure you nip over to the Cards For Men blog to check out all the other Design Team creations - loads of fabulous inspiration there! Just remember you must enter a male themed card too!

The challenge ends on August 1st so you have plenty of time to enter!

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Supplies - Lilyboo Digi Image, Basic Grey Archaic Papers, Copics & Promarkers, Martha Stewart Punch & Dew Drops