Challenge # 39 Time to Retire

Hello again, another week for a challenge and into another month, how time flies.  Thanks to everyone who took part in our last challenge, we are thrilled to see you having a go to make cards for your guyz. I would like to thank our new followers, each week are are excited to see the numbers growing, we are now 141, so thank you to everyone of you for your support. We are looking forward to when the number incddreases to 150. I found it so difficult to choose this week's Top 3 winners, such a vaariety of No balls in Sport, congratulations to the winners, please take your well deserved badge from the tab below the header.

Top 3 Winners

## 1 Janice

I never knew trampolining could be such fun.

#  2 Shaz

A wonderful Chrismas card, with a skiing topper

#10 Sharon R

Lots of interest and elements on this super fishing card.

Welcome to  our  Guest Designers for October

It now being a new month, we are happy to welcome two Guest Designers, who will both be spending the month of October with us. We are greatly looking forward to their contributions. 

Joan

Hi, I'm Joan from www.latenightstamping.blogspot.co.uk  I've been retired for seventeen years now and spend most of my spare time crafting or gardening. I have always crafted in one form or another, sewing, painting, calligraphy etc but in the 1980's I came across my first rubber stamps, someone  was demonstrating embossing at a little country craft show and I was hooked ! Now I have a room full of stamps and all the other necessities that go with them. I still get that "Wow" when stamping a new stamp for the first time and I hope I never lose that feeling. I started my blog in 2009 and discovered the wonderful online community of crafters out there and made some lovely online friends through it.  Thanks to cardz4guyz for having me as a guest designer, hope you like my card.

Julie Ann

makes a return visit

http://handcraftedbycharliesnanny.blogspot.co.uk/

Hello my name is Julie-Ann mum of 4 and nanny to Charlie.I will be 49 in a few weeks, not quite sure how that happened ! Lucky to be married to my best friend Bob.  I have been crafting since my great aunty taught me to knit when i was 5 years old, since then i have tried all types of crafting and found paper crafting about 10 years ago. I am honored to be invited to join Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge as a guest designer, as i am one of the weird folk who love making cards for the men in my life. Crafty hugs Julie Ann

So let's get on with it 

Challenge #39 - Time to Retire

has been chosen by Jan, it could be for a guy who is about to retire from a working life or maybe a child/adult who is off to bed. It depends where you take your imagination and crativity, just have fun. Must be suitable for a MALE person, being of any age. 

Let's see what the Design Team and Guests have for your inspiration

Guest Designer Joan

Guest Designer Julie Ann

Jan

Jane

Kim

Andrea

Caz

Helen

 Julie

Thanks to the Design Team and our Guest Designers.

If you would like more information , click on their name to be taken to their blog.

Don't forget about the on-going DT and Guest DT Calls, the first step is to add 
DT or GDT after your name. All details are in the tab under the header. 

To enter the challenge please click on the blue box below.

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Challenge # 38 - No Balls Allowed

Thanks to those who joined in with our Water challenge, it was a quiet week, but as you know we are always delighted when you do take the time to share with us your creative work. Kim has chosen her Top 3 - Congratulations to the winners, please take your Winners's badge from the tab below our header.

Top 3 Winners

# 3 Gitte
.... loved the vintage look and all the details in it

# 1 Rachelle
.... loved the scene and the sentiment

# Cindy
... love the water technique she has used.

News Up-date

I would like to thank Diane for being a wonderful member of the DT throughout 

her time with us, Diane is off to pastures new and we all wish her the very best.

The call to increase our DT has now closed, however, I am still looking to increase the number of our team, so I am going to leave the DT Call open  with all the details available in the tab  bar below the header. If you have never been on a Design Team, but enjoy making male orientated cards, if you partake in challenges, it isn't a difficult task, you could think of it as taking one small step in adding to your creativity adventure. If you don't like it, you only need to say, Sorry , and are free to go.

I am so pleased to introduce you to our two new members on the Design Team

Jane

My Blog is - http://onionsandpaper.blogspot.co.uk/

Hi, my name is Jane and I’d like to thank Caz for accepting me onto the team.

 I’m looking forward to the challenges and to visiting everyone’s blogs.

I’ve been crafting ever since I can remember – my grandmother taught me to crochet when I was about five years old, and I became hooked (groan).

As I grew up and had children of my own, I did lots of hand and machine knitting,

 I also did a lot of cross stitch . I went to a craft show with one of my daughters  and we watched a rubber stamping demo that included heat embossing. We were both totally awe struck by it, and both decided to try it .I’ve never looked back…..  Now papercrafting is an obsession with me and all my other craft materials are gathering dust in the store room.

 I started my blog,  in the spring of 2012  I’m thrilled to be on DTs for La Pashe and Foilplay.

 Most of the cards I make are either for our own use or donated to charity to sell, but I’ve just been invited to try selling some in a shop – thrilled, nervous and excited about that.

I live in the north of Hampshire, with my husband of 37 years. We have two grown up daughters and three granddaughters.  I’m sort-of retired but do a little freelance writing.

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Andrea

Hello, I'm Andrea Whisman or you may recognize me as Andrea W when
 I enter card challenges.
 My blog is Savvy Handmade Cards and I started it in March of 2012. I’m super excited
 to have been asked after being a Guest Designer for a month
 to join the Design Team at Cardz 4 Guyz. 

By day I’m a REALTOR living in Bixby, Oklahoma. I've been married to
 my wonderful hubby for almost seventeen years. We met in college and have been
 inseparable ever since. For as long as I can remember I've always loved creating.
 I took several art and sewing classes in college for my major in Fashion Merchandising.

My card making hobby started over three years ago. I had invested in supplies for scrapbooking

 but I rarely used them. One day I needed a card and decided to make one myself and an addiction was born. At the time I had no idea about the online inspiration and challenges available.

 Once I found the online community the desire to make cards and share them on a blog took over. Then I found Stampin’ Up! and become a demonstrator.  When it comes to techniques my favorite is embossing and I LOVE using twine

 A big thanks to Cardz 4 Guyz for asking me to join the team. 
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Challenge #38 NO BALLS ALLOWED
It was my time to choose the next challenge, I know Sport themes are always a good standby for male cards, but we do tend to go for sports which involve balls, so I thought we would take you all to a different area , the challenge being NO BALLS ALLOWED. We need to see a sport on your project but keep away from any which involves balls. Check out the Design Team, for their amazing inspiration and have fun.

Introducing 
Jane

Introducing
Andrea

Caz

Julie

Kim

Helen

Jan

Guest Designer
Vicky

Thanks to the Design Team and our Guest Designer, Vicky, who has completed her month with us, we hope you have enjoyed it and look forward to you joining us again.

If you would like more information , just click on their name to be taken to their blog.

Don't forget about the on-going DT  and Guest DT Calls, the first step is to add 
DT or GDT after your name. 

To enter the challenge please click on the blue box below. 

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenge # 37 -Water

Wow! Many thanks to everyone one of you for making our last week's challenge such a success. You certainly took to the challenge of No Designer Paper with great enthusiasm. Of coure this has made Helen's job of choosing a Top 3 even more difficult than ever, but the task must be carried out and here are the lucky Top 3. in numerical order.

Top 3 Winners

# 12  Chris F

# 22  Pamellia

# 27 Lorraine A

DT CALL NEWS
The call to increase our DT has now closed, however, I am still looking to increase the number of our team, so I am going to leave the DT Call open  with all the details available in the tab  bar below the header. If you have never been on a Design Team, but enjoy making male orientated cards, if you partake in challenges, it isn't a difficult task, you could think of it as taking one small step in adding to your creativity adventure. If you don't like it, you only need to say, Sorry , and are free to go.
I will be introducing the new DT members next Tuesday.
Now let us see what we are doing for this next week.

Challenge # 37 - WATER
Kim has chosen the challenge and will be announcing the Top 3 next Tuesday,
 so don't forget to pop back, you could be a winner.
Your project can be about water in any way, on it, in it, under it, looking at it.
Let us see what the Design Team and our Guest Designers for September have for your inspiration.

Kim

Guest Designer -  Andrea

Guest Designer - Vicky

Helen

Jan

Caz

Julie

Thanks to the Design Team and our Guest Designers, Andrea and Vicky. 
I am sure you will be inspired to enter our challenge 

Water

If you would like more information , just click on their name to be taken to their blog.

Don't forget about the on-going DT  and Guest DT Calls, the first step is to add 
DT or GDT after your name. 

To enter the challenge please click on the blue box below. 

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenge # 36 - No Patterned Paper

Wow! many thanks for all of your entries for our last challenge. CAS was so popular, Julie has had to be locked away in a secure area, checking and re-checking your amazing entries, until she has finally come to a most difficult decision, which will be the Top 3 winners. The white flag was raised to announce the result.

Top 3 Winners

# 13 Dawn
'a very crisp CAS design'

# 14 Maria
'love the torn notebook paper effect and the design paper strip'

# 29 Glenda
'a great blokey image brought up to date with the judicial Washi tape'

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DT CALL 

We are looking to expand our DT, a few of the current members will be stepping down
 at the end of the summer.
 The closing date is 23rd September- NEXT WEEK, a new DT to commence 30th September. 

Initial term to be six months, producing a project for each of the weekly challenges.

To enter your project into two other appropriate challenges, abiding by their rules.

To comment on participants entries according to the rota. To share in choosing themes and choosing the Top 3.  To have fun and enjoy being part of a friendly team whose aim is to either
 reduce or eradicate the difficulty card makers feel of MALE orientated cards. 

If your interested add DT after your name, please be sure to have your 

email address on your blog so I may contact you. Thank you.
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Challenge # 36 

NO PATTERNED/DESIGNER PAPER

Your chance to play around with your inks, shaving foam, stamping, embossing, but please bear in mind we don't want to see any patterned or designer paper, Helen chose this topic and will be choosing the Top 3 winners, who will be announced  next Tuesday, 

Helen

Guest Designer - Andrea

Guest Designer - Vicky

Kim

Jan

Diane

Caz

Julie

Thanks to the Design Team and our Guest Designers, Andrea and Vicky. 
I am sure you will be inspired to enter our challenge 

No Patterned or Designer Paper

If you would like more information , just click on their name to be taken to their blog.

Don't forget about the DT Call, the first step is to add DT after your name. 

To enter the challenge please click on the blue box below. 

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenge # 35 Clean and Simple

Hello everyone, our DT Call continues, please read below for the details.  Thank you to those who took part in our last challenge, we do appreciate every entry. Diane this week has chosen the top 3, congratulations ladies, please take your winners badge from the tab under the header, we would love for you to show them with pleasure on your blogs.

Top 3 Winners

#4 Leslie

#3 Margaret's Designer Cards

#2 Lorraine A

DT CALL 

We are looking to expand our DT, a few of the current members will be stepping down
 at the end of the summer.
 The closing date is 23rd September- new DT to commence 30th September. 

Initial term to be six months, producing a project for each of the weekly challenges.

To enter your project into two other appropriate challenges, abiding by their rules.

To comment on participants entries according to the rota. 

To share in choosing themes and choosing the Top 3. 

To have fun and enjoy being part of a friendly team whose aim is to either
 reduce or eradicate the difficulty card makers feel of MALE orientated cards. 

If your interested add DT after your name, please be sure to have your 

email address on your blog so I may contact you. Thank you.

Challenge # 35 Clean and Simple
Julie has chosen for the  challenge this week Clean and Simple, There are vaious thoughts
 of what Clean and Simple is, basically keep it as clean as poosible, without additional embellishments, the more of the actual card is left clean, be it white or a colour the better.
Let's see some inspiration from the DT which will give you an idea.

Julie

Kim

Diane

Caz

Helen

Jan

GDT Vicky

GDT Andrea

Thanks to the Design Team and our Guest Designers, Andrea and Vicky. 
I am sure you will be inspired to enter our challenge 

Clean and Simple.

If you would like more information , just click on their name to be taken to their blog.

Don't forget about the DT Call, the first step is to add DT after your name. 

To enter the challenge please click on the blue box below. 

An InLinkz Link-up