Winners PIO #44 - For the Birthday Boy

Many thanks to everyone who joined our challenge last week, PIO #44 - For the Birthday Boy. Male cards aren't easy for many of us, and you definitely rocked this challenge!

Challenge 2012 #44
Top 3, as chosen by the Design Team:

#13 *Vicki* 

#22 Dips 

#29 Liz 

Congratulations! Please grab your Top 3 Scoops badge (code is available in the right sidebar):

And now for the Lucky Winner of the Sponsor Prize:

#21 sharla~ 

Congratulations! Please email CG (CGsaysSomethingLoudly AT gmail DOT com) to receive your $10 Gift Certificate to Dudetime Doodles/Bonibleaux Designs.

Many thanks to you all, and we hope you'll join us this week for Pile It On #45 - Make it Sparkle!, sponsored by SoftPencil Studios.

Pile It On - #44 - For the Birthday Boy!

It's Sunday and time for another fun challenge here at Pile It On!

This week we are sponsored by Dudetime Doodles/Bonibleaux Designs and we want to see your Birthday cards for a Man (or boy)!

Dude Time Doodles and Bonibleaux Designs have paired together to bring you Manly Man cards and gift ideas. We'll throw the gals an occasional froufrou image but we are really all about the "Dudes" here. Guys aren't about flowers and fluff. Guys are our heroes, our fighters, our beer chuggers and bug squashers. Visit our Blog for inspiration & challenges.

They are offering a $10 Gift Certificate to our winner!

Some of us find "Male Cards" to be a challenge, so check out the tips and tricks on Chris's blog as well as the DT inspiration below.

Deanne of A Little Bit O' Paper

Challenges:Ladybug Crafts-P is for... PUPPY
Digi Stamps 4 Joy-anything goes (with a masculine twist)

Fab N Funky-animal

Southern Girls-animal

Brown Sugar-anything goes

Crafty Catz-male card

Fussy and Fancy Friday-anything goes

Card Makin' Mamas-anything goes card

Allsorts-stitching

A Gem of a Challenge-polka dots/spots

Elizabeth - Warm Harted

Elizabeth's Challenges:

Alota Rubber Stamps - birthdays

Crafty catz - male card with number

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with male bonus

Pals Paper Arts - sketch

Paper Pretties - masculine cards

Penny's Paper Crafty - ribbon and/or buttons

Perfect Sentiments - birthday

Tanda Stamps - all things manly


CG-says [Something Loudly]

Challenges for CG:
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Male Card
Creative Stamp Friends - Cards for Men

Digistamps 4 Joy #53 - Anything goes + masculine bonus

Flourishes #192 - Birthday Card

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday - Paints/Mists/Inks
Kimbee's Creations October Challenge - Sketch
Tandastamps - Masculine

Helen - Helen's Craft Haven:

Challenges for Helen:
Pile It On! - Birthday Card for a Man
2 Sisters - Fall or Hallowe'en Colours
Allsorts - In Stitches
BasicGrey - Anything Goes ('Archaic' papers)
Card Makin' Mamas - Anything Goes
Cards for Men - Sketch
Crafty Catz - Male Cards
Creative Stamp Friends - Men's Cards
Little Red Wagon - Olive, Rust, Kraft & Brown
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - What's Cooking?/Something to Eat
Wags 'N Whiskers - Fall Colours

Chris V - Easily Amused

Chris' Challenges:
Pile It On #44 - Masculine Birthday
Splitcoast Stampers HYCCT1222 - Stand Like a Flamingo (One of Everything)
2 Sisters  #115 - Halloween or Fall Colors
Fussy and Fancy #74 - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz #156 - A Male Card, Option to Use a Number on It
Fussy and Fancy #74 - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - Masculine
Simon Says - Autumn Leaves


Lorianna - Lorianna's Corner

Challenges:
Seems a Little Sketchy - Sketch
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Male Card
Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
Creative Stamp Friends - Cards for Men
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Alota Rubber Stamps - birthdays
Crafty catz - male card with number
Digi stamps 4 Joy #53 - Anything goes + masculine
Flourishes #192 - Birthday Card
Oozak - die-cuts
Tandastamps - Masculine
Fussy and Fancy Friday - anything goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Always Anything Goes

Now it's your turn, go and create and come back and link below.
GOOD LUCK!!

Winners PIO #27 - For a Guy with a Sports Theme

Wow, we had a fantastic array of Sports-themed cards for Pile It On #27, sponsored by Dude Time Doodles. There are some lucky guys out there who are going to receive some amazing cards! Thank you for your entries; it's always so tough to choose!

Challenge 2012 #27
Top 3:

#14 Nancy Williams 

#17 lalkygirl 

#23 Debbie S 

Lucky Winner:

#10 Rachelle 

Congratulations Rachelle, you win the $10 Gift Certificate to Dude Time Doodles/Bonibleaux Designs! Please contact [cgSaysSomethingLoudly AT gmail DOT com].

Hope you'll join us this week for PIO #28 - It's a Shore Thing, sponsored by Some Odd Girl Stamps.

Pile It On #27 - For a Guy with a Sports Theme

It's Sunday and time for another fun challenge here at Pile It On!
This week we are sponsored by Dudetime Doodles and we want to see your Sporty Guy cards!



And they are offering a $10 Gift Certificate to our winner!

Whether your guy is an avid participating sportsman or just an armchair player we know he likes sports! So make him a card to let him know just how important sports are to you too, or not!

And here are the fabulous team samples to get you in the mood to craft!

Katie - Both Sides of The Paper

Challenges for Katie:
PIO - For a Sporty Guy!
Digi Make Over - Anything Goes with a Digi
Totally Papercrafts - Use a Digi
Tuesday Throwdown - Gingham
Cutie Pie - One For The Boys
Cards For Men - Sports and Sentiment
Crafty Boots - Sports
Simon Says Stamp - Patriotic or Sports
Use It Tuesday - Patriotic (the colors of the flag and American Football)
Cute Card Thursday - Patriotic
Paper Pretties - Red, White and Blue
Crafty Sentiments - Red, White and Blue
Loves Rubber Stamps - Red, White and Blue
Card Makin Mamas - Red, White and Blue (2 entries only)
Our Craft Lounge - Photo Inspiration (I took the Red, White and Blue colors)
Patties Creations - Red, White and Blue
2 Sisters - Red, White and Blue
My Sheri - Red, White and Blue

Emma - Paper Addicts Anonymous

Challenges for Emma:
Pile It On - For a guy/sports related
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Sports
Cards For Men - sports with a sentiment
Cutie Pie Challenge - For the Guy
Simon Says Stamp - Sporty or Patriotic
Totally Papercrafts - Use a Digi
Charisma cards - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Use Kraft

Jennifer Scull - Just Coffee Please...



Challenges:
Pile it On - masculine with a sports emphasis
Crafty Boots - sports
Cards for Men - sports with sentiment
House of Gilli - red, white, and blue
Paper Pretties - red, white, and blue
Cutie Pie - one for the boys
DRS Designs - stars and stripes
Paper Shelter - punches/dies
Simon Says Stamp - sporty/patriotic
Sisterhood of Crafters - stars
Crafty Sentiments - red, white, and blue
Totally Stampalicious - red, white, and ?
Card Makin' Mamas - red, white, and blue
Crafty Catz - metal
Pattie's Creations - red, white, and blue
Stamping with the Dragon - red, white, and blue
Sweet 'n Sassy - stars and stripes
Totally Papercrafts - use a digi
Phindy's Place - inspired by a song: 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame', of course! :)

CG - CG-says [something loudly]


CG's Challenges:
Pile It On Challenge #27 - For/From a Man (emphasis on sports)
Crafty Boots Challenge - Sports
Digi Makeover Challenge #42 - Anything Goes
Here Come the Boys Challenge #30 - Metal and/or Embossing
Love to Create Challenge #21 - Anything Goes
Made Especially for You Weekly Challenge - Heat Embossing
My Time Made Easy Pretty Patterns #65 - Sketch
PTT #74 - Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrapin Corner Weekly Challenge #16 - Anything Goes/Any Artist
Waste Not Wednesday Week 24 - Use your forgotten stuff (I haven't pulled out my Smirk papers in forever! I also haven't used eyelets in a long time)

Kimberly - Paper Munch

Challenges entered-
Pile it on - for a guy/sport theme
Fresh Brewed blog - pop it (it is hard to see but the card is popped)
Stampin for the weekend - my style CAS
crafty catz weekly challenge - show us your metal
the scrapbooking queen - atg
the kraft journal - kraft paper
incy wincy designs - atg
delicious doodles challenge - 1,2,3 (one hemp, two eyelets, 3 stamps)
Paper take weekly challenge - 3,2,1 (three stamps, two eyelets, one help)
marks fines paper - metal
tuesday throwdown - gingham (the embossed section)
Simon Says Stamps - sporty
The cutie pie - one for the boys
wags n' whiskers - kraft paper
paper crafting journey - kraft

Melissa- I Have Prettier Stuff

I will enter the following Challenges:
4 Crafty Chick: Schools Out
Cards For Men: Sports with a sentiment
Crafty Boots: Sports
Cutie Pie Challenge Blog: One For The Boys
Inspire Me Fridays: Always Anything Goes
Love To Create: Anything Goes
Make It Mondays: Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly: Sketch
Paper Makeup Stamps: Anything Goes
Paper Playtime: Say It With Sentiments- Anything Goes
Paper Shelter Challenge Blog: Punches/and or Dies
Simon Says Challenge Blog: Sporty/or Patriotic
Totally Papercrafts: Use a Digi Image

Jenn Zeeb

Challenges:
CAS-ual Friday-circles
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards-Anything goes
Frosted Designs-circles
Raise The Bar-summer
Totally Papercrafts-use a digi
Charisma Cards-anything goes
Bearly Mine-anything goes
Party Time Tuesday-anything goes
Try It On Tuesday-anything goes
Daisy Doodles-anything goes
Incy Wincy-anything goes
Love To Create-anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge-for the boys

Beth- BethieJs Blog Spot- 

Challenges Entered-
PIO- For The Guys/Sports
Make It Monday- Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamps - Sporty
The Cutie Pie - One For The Boys
 Totally Papercrafts - Use a Digi
 The Paper Shelter- Punches/dies

So whether the recent NBA draft, Euro 2012 or upcoming 2012 Olympics leave you wanting more or begging for it all to be over we still want to see your Sporty cards for a Guy so link up below and have fun!