Challenge #2 - Cards for Men - "Transport"

Well as Im writing up this post today (Friday) its absolutely blizzard conditions outside and Im sincerely hoping that by Monday it will have at least stopped and the roads are clear as I have a hospital appointment and I really need to get it over and done with, as its not a nice one and I will have got myself all prepared for it and just want it done and dusted. Anyway only time will tell, yet again we are onto our second Challenge over on Cards for Men and this one is a "Transport" theme so start looking in your stash to see if you have something that will pass as a means of transport.
For this Challenge we are being sponsored by Meljens:-

And Melissa is offering a fabulous prize of 4 digi images of Winners Choice, and here is what she says about her company:-

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!

And we were so lucky to receive several images to play with, and I chose to use "Puppy Pilot" you will find him  here and here is my card:-

I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut him out and a inkpad to distress the edges. I then mounted him onto a piece of dark blue card and the sentiment was created on my computer and printed and then mounted the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount is a piece of the same blue card and the papers I used are from Bo Bunny's "On the Go" paper set, the first is a blue backgound with airplanes on it, the second is a dark blue patterned papers and these were layered up on the card with the mounted image towards the top and the sentiment is below on the right.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Transport" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampedblessings.com/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/ 
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #20 - Cards for Men - "Animal Magic"

Good Morning Everyone, yet another fortnight has flown by and we have reached our 20th Challenge over on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot, and for this we want to see animals on your cards as its themed "Animal Magic" and we are being sponsored by Meljens Designs.

And they are offering 4 digis as a prize and this is what they say about themselves:-

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!

We were lucky enough to be given a few images to play with and I chose this one for my card.

Its "Astronaut Bear" and I have printed him onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour him, after cutting him out with my rotatrim I used a blue inkpad around the edges to create the sky. Ive mounted him onto red card. The sentiment was created in My Craft Studio and then cut out with a circle die, and used a larger one on some red card for the mount.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I have used are Nitwits Downloads "Spaced Out", the first a dark one with stars, rockets and planets on, the second is a red sentiment one and the third is a pale blue background with a circle pattern on it.

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

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

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/

http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

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 2 - "Lets Party"

Good Morning Ladies, well here we are at our second Challenge for 2011 and this one is themed "Lets Party" and we are being sponsered by "Meljen Designs"

And they are offering you 4 digi's as a prize, and this is what the very talented Melissa says about herself:-

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 the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

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I have used this fun digi image of a cat enjoying himself at a party, and the sentiment is also one from Meljen, I printed them onto white card and coloured him with my copic pens, I then cut him out with a circle die and used a scalloped one for the mount, Ive done a similar thing with the sentiment but used a rectangle one for this one.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card and one of four papers from Summer Driggs Free Downloads "Freedom aint Free" the first one is grey/black base with fireworks all over it, the second one is a beige background with spots on and this was mounted on a red mount, the third a blue one this was also mounted in the same way and the last is a stripe one with dotted lines and stars on, but Ive used a parcel border punch on this and it was stuck down the right hand side.

On top of this my mounted image was placed towards the left hand side at the top and the sentiment at the bottom on the right. I have also used glossy accents on the balloons and my sakura glitter pen on the rest of the shinny bits.

I do so hope you will pop over to the Cards for Men Challenge Blog and see the fabulous cards my fellow Design Team have created for you, and then hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this fortnights Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/