Cards for men are seeing Stars

I quite enjoyed this card for the Cards for Men challenge.  The theme this time is 'Stars' and we are sponsored, once again by the fabulous, Stamping Boutique.

  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 prize is 5 digis of your choice and you'll have a hard time deciding, I can tell you.  You can get the full details and lots of inspiration over on the main challenge post.

We got some fab images to use from Tracey and I chose this one, Spaceship, which I coloured quite simply with my Promarkers (largely Ice Greys).  The sentiment is a stamp from Pollycraft - the cogs and critters ones.  Inside it says 'Cosmic Birthday'.  The cardstock is from Cored'inations and the backing paper is DCWV - Boys will be Boys.  You can't see it so much in my photo but the backing paper has glittery stars at the centre of each circle.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Take Weekly -  Dads and Lads
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes
Stamp-N-Doodle - Masculine and NO flowers
Ooh La La Creations - Father's Day/Special Man
Happileigh Scrappin - Bright colours - NO Pastels

Challenge 10 at Cards for Men

This week at Cards for Men we want to see cards for 'Someone Special'.  this theme was chosen by Sarah and it was quite a challenge because I don't do 'soppy' cards for the men in my life and also because all of my men's cards are for someone special (husband, sons, father).

We were given images to use by the sponsor, Digital Delights, and I set myself a challenge to use the 'Groom' image.  I know it's unusual to have a Wedding card that is not to the happy couple, but I thought it could be from the Groom's Parents wishing him well on his new path, or from the Bride-to-be.  Either way, I thought the sentiment 'Cherish each passing moment' fit particularly well.

To see more of the fab images from Digital Delights take a look at the main challenge post to see what the rest of the Design Team came up with.  The challenge is open until midnight on 22 May 2011 and the prize on offer is 3 digital stamps of your own choice.

I started my card with the fab sketch over on Willow Sketchie Challenge.  the image was coloured using promarkers.  I didn't have a piece of blue card in the right colour that was big enough to mount my image so I used a piece of white card and coloured the visible edge with promarkers to match the blue I'd already used.  I did the same with the ticket sentiment.  The ribbon was from my stash but the black ricrac is a 'paper frill' from Doodlebug Designs.  The ticket is a stamp from Whimsy Stamps which I recently bought after a friend gave me a voucher.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch
Here Come The Boys - Anything Goes
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes 
Clear It Out! - Ribbon/Trim
Divas by Design - anything goes
Digistamps 4 Joy - #18 Celebration
Crafty Catz - Include a quote/sentiment.
Card Makin' Mamas - For a loved one.
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Challenge #7: Weddings
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything goes
Creative Cowgirls - Anything Goes

Cards for Men Challenge - No. 23

Here's my card for the DT over at Cards for Men. Another Christmas card!  I actually coloured this image 5 times and deliberately kept it simple so that I could duplicate it for my general cards.

The image is Robin from Hope Jacare who is the wonderful sponsor of our challenge.  For full details of the challenge, the prize and how to get this image for free hop over to the main blog and check it all out.  You'll also find lots of wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

I've coloured the image using prismacolours and blended with sansador.  The snowflakes are cut from a Marrianne D snowflake and the sentiment is a stamp from Dovecraft.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Polkadoodles - Quick & Easy
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Winter Snowflakes
Crazy for Challenges - Square Cards
City Crafter Challenge - Get your digi on
One Stitch at a Time - Winter Wonderland
The Stampman Challenge - Christmas
Top-Tip Tuesday - Christmas

Cards for Men Challenge - No. 22

Woohoo, another Christmas Card.  If I keep this up, I'll have  enough by Christmas.  I'm sorry for the poor picture, and I'll try to get a daytime one today.

This card is my DT card for the new challenge over at Cards for Men where the theme is 'Anything goes - as long as it's male'.  My hubby said he thought it was a bit girlie but I always had this image in mind as a sexy santa helper to use for my husband's card.  I'll add a sentiment nearer Christmas and hopefully that will make it clearer, lol.

The image is from our fab sponsor, Digital Delights and can be found here.  I've coloured it with Prismacolours and tried a bit of white glaze on the trim of the hat and dress.  Unfortunately it ran over the lines a bit and pulled in some of the red so ended up pink.  I'll probably have a second go at this image and try something like 'snowtex' instead.  Anyway, hop on over to Cards for men, where you'll find all the details of the latest challenge and some inspiration from the rest of the design team.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Stampman - Challenge #8 Cards for Men
Stamp Something - Use a digi
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
Tip-Top Tuesday - Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time -  All celebrations

Lots of Layers for Challenge 6

Gosh, all those cards last time were wonderful.  Thanks to all of you who entered and for the lovely comments left.  We really do appreciate them.

So the theme for this fortnight is 'Decoupage'.  I'm sure you'll find lots of inspiration from the wonderful cards produced by the DT.  Unfortunately mine isn't ready yet but I will get it on here today.

Patricia

Amy

Jenny

Sylvia

Tracey

Zoe

Fab, aren't they?  The prize this time is a £10 gift voucher for Donna's Den of Crafts (that's me!) to spend however you like.  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.  Click the logo below to take a look around.

The challenge will close at midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 5th September 2010 and the rules are


1. The card must be new for us although you can combine with other challenges.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. You can enter more than one card into the challenge (up to a maximum of 3 entries)


Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool is not there for some reason then leave the details in the comments and I'll add you in when I'm doing the draw.

Challenge 5 will be 'Something Sweet'

It was wonderful to see so many green cards last time.  I know it's going to be hard picking the top 3 today, lol.


So this time our theme is 'Something Sweet' and I'm sure you'll find some wonderful inspiration from our Design Team.

Zoe 

Patricia

Amy

Jenny

Tracey

Donna

So there's our ideas.   I suppose you want to know what you can win, don't you?  It's this wonderful stamp sheet,

Isn't it fabulous?  Here's the rules before you enter.

The challenge will close at midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 22nd August 2010 and the rules are
1. The card must be new for us although you can combine with other challenges.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. You can enter more than one card into the challenge (up to a maximum of 3 entries)


Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool is not there for some reason then leave the details in the comments and I'll add you in when I'm doing the draw.

We want to see your 'Green' cards for Challenge no. 4

It looks like challenge  3 went well with 45 entries.  We'll be back later with the winner and top three, but for now a big thank you to everyone who joined in.  This time we've got a colour challenge - Green.  It doesn't have to be monochromatic, just visually we need to see green as the main colour.


Up for grabs this time is a £10 voucher to spend over at Donna's Den of Crafts.  I've added a link to the left-hand sidebar for new products so that you can see what we've got in recently.  At Donna's Den of Crafts we sell a wide range of brands and products to suit all tastes and budgets.  Postage is only £1 and as a family-run business we offer service with a smile.  Please pop over and take a look around.  I'm sure you'll find something you like.


Our Design Team have been busy producing these wonderful creations to give you some ideas.

Pat

Donna

Sylvia

Tracey

Jane

Zoe

Jenny

AMY

Aren't they wonderful?  You may have noticed that we have a new name, that's Zoe, who's a guest designer for us for the next four challenges.  Have a look over on her blog to see some wonderful work.  Here are the rules:

The challenge will close at midnight BST (British Summer Time) on  8th August 2010 and the rules are
1. The card must be new for us although you can combine with other challenges.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. You can enter more than one card into the challenge (up to a maximum of 3 entries)


Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool is not there for some reason then leave the details in the comments and I'll add you in when I'm doing the draw.

Challenge No. 4 - Green

The theme this time on Donna's Den of Crafts is the colour 'Green'.  Here's my card which I have to say, I am really pleased with.  The main image is a die-cut decoupage from Dovecraft Wild Blossom range.  This was nice and easy to put together and with the addition of some pink crystals, looks really effective.

I saw a tutorial for making the shadow box card on Paul's blog when he entered a recent challenge on my other blog, Cards for Men.  His instructions were so clear that I didn't need to refer back to them as I could remember every bit.  Thanks Paul.

I finished off with a sentiment from Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps and a couple of mesh butterflies.  I'll probably add an area to the back to write a message.

The prize for the challenge this time is a £10 voucher so hop over to the main post for more details and inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

Cards for Men Challenge - No. 15

This week over on Cards for Men we have a recipe challenge for you.  You must use 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments.  Easy huh?

I used Popcorn Bear Men's CD to make my card and it was quite a quick and easy card to put together.  I printed out an image sheet and trimmed close to my main image.  The sheet still has about a dozen images on it (of differing sizes) so plenty of scope for more cards.  I also printed out two backing papers.  The other ingredients are Bazzill Basics card for the base card and for layering together with three brads from Basic Grey (Archaic, I think).

I hope you like my card.  Please take a look over at Cards for Men to see the rest of the DT cards and for details of the challenge.  I'd love to see your entries.

It's A Man's World for challenge No.3

We've had some wonderful entries for our sketch challenge so thanks to everyone who entered.  This challenge has the theme of 'It's a Man's World' which generally means we want to see your male cards.

The prize this time is two wonderful stamps from the Jayne Netley Mayhew

These stamps sets are 4"x4" unmounted rubber and the full range can be found here.

To give you some ideas, here are the offerings from our design team:

Donna

Tracey

Jenny

Patricia St Martin

Jane

Amy

Sylvia

So there you have it.  Hopefully, they have given you some ideas.  Here's the rules:

The challenge will close at midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 25th July 2010 and the rules are
1. The card must be new for us although you can combine with other challenges.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. You can enter more than one card into the challenge (up to a maximum of 3 entries)


Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) below.  If the link tool is not there for some reason then leave the details in the comments and I'll add you in when I'm doing the draw.

Our second challenge is a Sketch

As I schedule this post, our first challenge is almost finished and wow, we've had 52 entries.  I think that is a great turnout for a first challenge and hope it will continue.  We'll be back later with a random prize winner together with the top 3.

So, this challenge is a Sketch.  You can rotate it and use an element of 'artistic licence' with it just make sure we can see the sketch in your card.  The prize this time is a £10 voucher to spend at Donna's Den of Crafts where we sell a wide variety of crafty stuff from Dovecraft, Joanna Sheen, Crafter's Companion and many more.

The girls on the Design Team have really produced some stunning cards and it's amazing how different they all are.

Take a look and get some inspiration....

Sylvia

Donna

Jenny

Jane

Faye

Tracey

AMY

Patricia

Hopefully, they have given you some ideas.  Here's the rules:

The challenge will close at midnight BST (British Summer Time) on 11th July 2010 and the rules are
1. The card must be new for us although you can combine with other challenges.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. You can enter more than one card into the challenge (up to a maximum of 3 entries)


Leave your name and a direct link to your entry (not just to your blog) in Mr Linky below.  If Mr Linky is not there for some reason then leave the details in the comments and I'll add you in when I'm doing the draw.