Monday 19 July 2010

Cards for Men - Challenge Fifteen - A Receipe One Image, Two DPs, 3 Embellishments

Well here we are at challenge Fifteen, mind you I seem to have lost one somewhere but never mind Ive been assured that we are now at fifteen, and thank you so much for those who took part in Fourteen it was a really well supported. This one is being sponsered by One Stop Card Shop and they have offered us a prize of a £10. voucher (approx. 15$) to spend in their shop. The challenge is a no holes bared one but it must contain the following :- One Image, Two Design Papers and finally Three Embellishments, Im sure you will be able to come up with a really fabulous card, but dont forget it must be for a Male or a Boy these are the only stipulations.


This is what Shelly the shop owner says about her shop:-

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.

And she is kindly offering you a 10% discount during the period of this two week challenge 19th July to 31st July:-


Dont forget to enter this Voucher code: CFM2010 when you check out your basket.

Heres my card for the Challenge, Ive used one Phindy's Designs from http://www.phindysplace.com/ for my card, this little lad seems to trying to copy his dad, lets hope he doesnt get into any trouble.
Ive printed him onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour him, Ive then used my Nestabilitie Die No.12 to cut him out, after which Ive drawn around the die edge onto blue card to create a mount for him. The sentiment is one from my craft stash, this was mounted onto a double ended tag, another of the Nestabilite die cuts.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first layer of dark blue card, on top of this I have used two papers from the Male papers from Papermania, the first one is a blue background with stars on, on top of this I have layered up another of the papers but along both the edges Ive used a dinosaur border punch from EK, this was stuck down the centre then on top of this Ive stuck my mounted image. The sentiment was then positioned at the botton on the right and fixed to the base layer with two tool brads. To finish of Ive stuck three tool buttons down the left hand side.
Before I finish I want to wish a very hearty welcome to five new Design Team members to our Cards for Men team, they are Kym, Mandy, Rainmac, Kitty, Alison and also Issy who Ive not mentioned before shes only been with us for a short time but Im sure that all of you girls will be a great asset to our Team Leader Donna especially as Im going to be out of action from the 23rd July for about three weeks.  So I sincerely hope that you will all pop across to our Challenge blog http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/ and see what fabulous and fantastic creations these girls have made for you, Im sure it will inspire you and hopefully you will also take part in the challenge. 
Im also going to enter it into the following challenges:-

30 comments:

Donnas Den said...

Great card, shirley, as always. I love this image from Phindy's place and think I have it as well.

If I don't see you before, have a great time with the grandchilfren over the next few weeks.

Donna xx

debby4000 said...

Gorgeous card Shirley, wonderful cute image, the little lad looks just like my nephew.
luv
Debby

Melodie said...

Your card for men is so fantastic.
Great compliment.
Hugs
Melodie

Poppy said...

great card Shirley.
poppy

Danielle said...

What a super card Shirley! Love the adorable image and the embellishments are perfect! Great layout design using that punched edge!
Hugs, Danielle

Unknown said...

Lovely card Shirley great little tools and fab papers.
Hope you had a nice weekend.
Christine x

chris said...

He certainly is handsome Shirley as is the card.
hugs chris xx

celia said...

Wow Shirley,dit is een echte jongenskaart!Schitterend gemaakt!De jongen die deze kaart krijgt zal er erg gelukkig mee zijn!
Dankjewel voor de steeds lieve reacties op mijn werk!Veel liefs,Celia.

dolcreations said...

This is such a great card Shirley! I love the border punch that you used and that image..oh it is so perfectly coloured. Love the little hammers too....great masculine card!

Josephine said...

So cute. I love the embellishments and the papers, and that image is just perfect.

Spyder said...

Just seen this lovely card over on the challenge blog and had to come and say wow-weeee it's lovely, love the image and the lovely papers.
Fabbbbbulous

(Lyn))

Sarah said...

This is such a great male card, beautiful colouring and fab embellishments and papers xxx

Mandy said...

Hi Shirley,
Fabulous card...I love the sweet little boy, and the papers and embellishments are just perfect...Fantastic boys card...
Mandy xx

Elaine said...

Great card as always Shirley. Lovely, cute image and perfectly coloured. I love this nestie die,it's one of my favourites, and the tool brads and buttons finish the card beautifully.
Love Elaine xx

Sue said...

Hi Shirley
gorgeous card, fabby image, awesome colouring, luv the emelies, thank you for joining us at Totally Papercrafts this week, hope to see you next week, sue,x

Riet said...

Ohhh wowww Shirley,So gorgeous card,i love the image and the colours.
So amazing papers and details.

Hugs Riet.xx

Joey said...

Hi Shirley

this is gorgeous I love those embellies. Thanks for joining us at tpc

Joey.x

Patricia St Martin said...

WOW!!!! Look at you card... Just love it. Your little guy is soooo cute, love your layout, coloring. It's just a wonderful card.
SORRY about that email!!! Today has been crazy... Can not get on my emails at all. I wanted to let everyone know what had happen and I was totally locked out. My son is going to come over and totally crash my computer. He knows how to do it so I will not loose everything. I can not believe this happened.
Send my love and Hugs, Patricia

Suzie Q said...

Hi Shirley,
fab card for the men in our lives like those little embellies!
hugs
Suzie qx

Lia said...

dear shirley,

First and all I become your follower, your card is wonderful again I love this digi and the papers are sweet
hugs Lia

Stef H said...

wow shirley! how fabulous! that border is wonderful. really makes it look fabulous! and your coloring is awesome!

hugs :)

Anne said...

Lovely card Shirley! It would fit this week's Phindy's Place Challenge, use something blue...hint hint!

Payne Holler Cards said...

what a cutie! love your coloring and embellishments for a little guy. Thanks for entering our Phindy challenge!

Philomena said...

What an adorable card, Shirley. I love how you mounted the image, the papers you used and those terrific little embellies!
Thanks so much for playing along with us at Phindy's Friday challenge!
Phindy

creationsncraftsbyarina said...

HI SHIRLEY, WHAT A PRETTY CARD.I LOVE ALL THE LITTLE DEATAILS ON YOUR CARD.
THE HAMER,ENZ

I AM GOING LOOK AT THE BLOG CARDS FOR MAN..

HUGS FROM ARINA

Anne said...

Fabulous embellishments and a great card, love it!

Thanks so much for playing along with us at Phindy's Place, hope you'll join us again

Hugs
Anne

Alison said...

Your card looks great! Love those embellishments and your cute image.
Hugs, Alison x

Annika said...

What an absolutely stunning card,I just love everything about it, the colouring is perfect and the choice of papers just wonderful, brilliant!!!!.x
Thanks for playing at Pindy's hope to see you back next week!
Hugs
Annika

Ann English said...

Shirley, this card is just darling-love your embellishments! Thank you for playing with us at Phindy's Place this week. Please join us tomorrow for a new challenge!

Anne-Marije said...

What a fantastic card!
Thanks for joining us at Phindy's Place challenge.
xxx Anne-Marije