Challenge 20 - Animal Magic

Another two weeks has whizzed by!  Thankyou to everyone who joined in with us.  I'll be back later today with a round up of winners and the Top 3 chosen by the team.

The current challenge is sponsored by 'Meljens Designs' and we just need to see 'Animals' on your cards.  The prize to be had is 4 digital images of your choice so why not take a look at the store to see which ones you'd like.

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 design team got some great images to work with and this is what they came up with:

Shirley

Alan

Caz

Michelle

Lisa

Donna

Patricia

So there you have it, now we want to see your ideas.  Here's the rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge.
2. Your card must be for a man/boy.
3. Your post must mention Cards for Men and contain a link back to the challenge.

The challenge will run from now until midnight on 7th October 2012. (British Summer Time)  Leave a link to your card (not just your blog) in the link list below.  If it's not in there leave a comment and I'll add you in before the draw.  Good luck.

Challenge 22 - Animals

Well done to all our entrants for the last challenge.  Funny cards are not easy and it was great to see a good amount of you were up for our DT call.  I'll be back tonight with the winners of challenges 20 and 21 and hope to contact the DT winners over the next day or two.

This weeks challenge theme is animals and we had some wonderful images to work with from our sponsor, 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/

The prize we have is 3 digital images of your choice and, believe me, you'll have a hard time choosing.  Here's what the great girls from the design team came up with:

Jen

Shirley

Tussemaja

Mandy

Patricia

Donna

Hope that has given you some inspiration.  Now for the rules:

1. Your card must be new for this challenge and must follow the theme set.
2. There must be a link in your post back to Cards for Men
3. Your card must be for a boy/man.

The challenge will run from now until midnight GMT on 6 November 2011.  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 your link in before the draw.  Good luck.

A Giant Little Giraffe Exhibit

Look.  At. These.

{Sorry.  Bad picture.  Cute giraffe.}

Um, TOO PRECIOUS right?!  In a few weeks, first grade is headed to the zoo, and to kick off our huge animals/habitats unit, we have decided to create a "First Grade Zoo" on display throughout the first grade hallway!  Each class is responsible for researching an animal, creating the animals for the exhibit, and some classes are even making animal "plaques" to tell important information about the animal--just like a real zoo!  I can't wait to see how it all turns out!  I just had to show off the adorable beginnings of our {giant} little giraffe exhibit!  The kids worked together as teams to create these giant guys out of butcher paper!  I love them so much they may be staying up until the end of the year...Ha!  :)  I'll post the finished product soon!

Challenge No. 23 - Animals

This week's challenge is sponsored by my good friend, Claire, from Hope Jacare.  Claire kindly let us have images for our cards and as you can see there is a great variety in her catalogue.  If you haven't visited Hope Jacare before, you really should.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Our theme this time is Animals which should give plenty of scope.  The prize available to the random winner is a Rubber Stamp from Claire's first release,

Isn't it wonderful?  I think so and you'll find an example in our DT creations.

But there's more!  I have a fab Robin image to give away as well.  This will be emailed to anyone who enters a card in the challenge and leaves a comment requesting it.  Please remember to leave your email in the linky tool so that I can send it out.  Here's a preview of the image and again you'll find examples in our DT cards.

Now that's all done and dusted, here are the examples from the Design Team to give you some ideas:

Patricia

Shirley

Sarah

Alison

Mandy

Issy

Kitty

Kym

Donna

I always love seeing the different ideas the Design Team come up with.  Now for some rules:

1. The card must be for a man/boy.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.
3. It must be a new card.

The challenge will close at 12 midnight (BST) on the 21st November 2010.  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.