Here Come The Boys

#22 Challenge Super/Comic/Cartoon Hero's

2012-03-04T08:30:00.002Z

Good morning to our faithful followers, love all the entries for a Vintage Feel! We've been chatting and voting for all the favourites and as usual we struggled to pick a Top 3 and have ended up with a Top 5!

So on to our Challenge #21 Vintage Winner chosen by DTM Di is:

Sara No: 4

Congratulations Sara, you have won a $10 Digi Doodle Certificate to spend. Please email herecometheboys@btinternet.com with your details so that I can organise your prize! PS Don't forget to take your Winners Badge for your blog!

Our TOP 5 Entries in no particular order are:

Berit No: 1

Ann No: 9

Hazel Parr No: 16

Shell Shearer No: 34

Sara No: 4

Congratulations to all of you! Please take your Top 3 badge for your blogs!

Challenge #22 Super/Comic/Cartoon Hero's (DT Lead Karen)
Well here we go another challenge starts today at Here Come The Boys and I'm really looking forward to choosing a winner from this challenge, so please join in and share your card designs that have a Super Hero, Comic Hero or a Cartoon Hero incorporated into them! This time around the challenge is being generously sponsored by the fantastic Bugaboo Stamps and the winner of this challenge will have the chance to Win some fantastic Bugaboo Digis. I am also happy to welcome 2 of the Bugaboo DT who have shared their wonderful card designs with us, see below for the Sponsors DT Cards. Why not pay a visit to the Bugaboo Shop and the DT blogs too!?! There are a wide range of fantastic digital images to choose from, new digis added all the time, Freebies on Fridays and deals on images too! So enough from me, I will post the HCTB's DT cards at the bottom of the post, I'm pleased to see Magnolia's Edwin put in a couple of appearances this time and I will hand you over to Bugaboo who will tell you more about their beginnings. Crafty Hugs Karen xx

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BUGABOO DT CARDS

TAMMY

SANDYE

HERE COME THE BOYS DT

KAREN

JACKY

THERESA

DONNA

WOO

SHARON

Good Luck to you all! Thank you for visiting and we hope you get some ideas from the DT cards!

#21 Vintage Feel

2012-02-19T08:30:00.003Z

Well it's time for another challenge at Here Come The Boys, but before we get on to the new challenge and the fab sponsors prize, lets say a big thank you to everyone who took part in the challenge and tell you who our WINNER & TOP THREE for Challenge #20 Favourite Song are... Our WINNER chosen by our wonderful DTM Sharon is....

IRENE NO: 9

Congratulations Irene you have won the templates & the Promarkers, if you could email herecometheboys@btinternet.com with your details so that we can post your prize off to you.

Don't forget to take your winners badge for your blog!

TOP THREE

RACHEL NO: 33

HAZEL NO: 40

DONNA NO: 25

Congratulations ladies, please take your Top Three Badge for your blogs!

CHALLENGE 21# VINTAGE FEEL

Okay onto our challenge! It's my turn again (DI) to choose the winner of this challenge, I like vintage, so I'm looking forward to all of your entries! So let's see all your Vintage cards you make for the GUYS, remember that to be in with a chance of winning, your creation must have a male theme! So add a little touch of vintage to them, distressing if you fancy it, vintage cars, toys as long as there's something vintage about your card we'd love to see them. There is a lovely mixture of Vintage cards from the DT this time around, interpreted differently by all of them and we have a brilliant Sponsors prize this time from the 'Digi Doodle Shop' who are giving a $10 Gift certificate to our DT Winner. So before I post the DT Cards, I will leave the rest to our Sponsor to introduce themselves.......

DigiDoodle Shop

DigiDoodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts andcrafts. It was started a little over 3years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost500 stamps. Joy (the mother of thisteam) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun sideof life”, and create images with a cartoon flair. Having these two complimenting styles haveenabled DigiDoodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps. Itis a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward toseeing all the amazing creations. Wethank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all theparticipants the very best of luck in this challenge. Thank you so much for having us, and againthe very best of luck to all of you. Sincerely, Judy and Joy

Digi Doodle Shop

a Generous $10 Gift Certificate up for grabs to the Winner!
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!
HUGS DI XXX
DT CARDS
DI

KAREN

JACKY

TERESA

DONNA

WOO

SHARON

WOO (SPONSOR IMAGE)

#20 Favourite Song

2012-02-05T08:30:00.007Z

Good morning to all our lovely followers, another challenge starts at Here Come The Boys today - don't forget if you want to win a prize or badge, your card must me made for a male - of any age! First things first, thank you to all of our brilliant Dinosaur Challengers, your cards were all amazing, it's always difficult to choose a Winner and Top Four! But we've finally made our choices, so let's tell you who our

Winner & Top Picks are from #19 Dinosaurs.

Our Winner Chosen by Woo is:

Sam Whispers Cards No: 13

Congratulations Sam, please email me your details so that I can post your prize off to you and don't forget to take your winners badge for your blog!

DT Top Four in no particular order are:

Sarah T No: 3

Rachel No: 8

Dee No: 12
Tip Top No: 16

Congratulations girls, Please don't forget to take your Top Three Badge for your blogs!

Challenge #20 Favourite Song

Our challenge this time is for you to create a card for a male of any age and transform the design into your favourite song! It's my turn to lead the challenge this time (Sharon) and we've got a
great prize for the winner this time, its a set of 5 'Skin Tones Promarkers' and 4 re-usable templates.

So get your creative fingers working and enter those cards into our new challenge. Don't forget, to be in with a chance of winning the prize, your card must be designed for a male and it can be aimed at any age - baby boy to a Grandpa!

Some fab DT cards made this time around and should give you lots of inspiration!

Good Luck Hugs Sharon xxDT CARDS - are all linked to the songs as well as the DT!!

SHARON - Queen - Bicycle Race

DI - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

JACKY - Rod Stewart - Sailing

TERESA - Ella Fitzgerald - My Funny Valentine

DONNA - Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates

WOO - Otis Reading - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

Hope you enjoy the challenge and join in the fun!

Hugs Sharon x

#19 Dinosaurs

2012-01-22T08:30:00.005Z

Good Morning Challengers & Followers a new challenge at Here Come The Boys starts today! First off though, a big thank you to everyone who entered, your cards were all amazing! Donna made her choice of Winner, but we all struggled as always to find our Top 3 with so many to choose from, but we've chosen 7 that we couldn't leave out of the Top 3! So lets tell you all about our Winner and our Top 3!

The WINNER chosen Donna is:

MARJORIE No: 44

Congratulations Marjorie, please email your details to herecometheboys@btineternet.com and don't forget to take your winners badge!

Our Top 3 in no particular order are:

DEBBIE B No: 6

DORTE No: 14

LORI No: 23

JEN No: 26

JULIE G No: 32

KAREN No: 35

AN No: 4

Congratulations to you all, it was a really hard choice as we liked so many! Don't forget to take your Top 3 badge for your blog, Well Done to you all!

Challenge #19 DINOSAURS

Well the challenge this time is to create all those fab cards for the guys using a dinosaur! The DT have been busy putting their finishing touches to their cards right up until yesterday, we've all been so busy! But I love them all, I would find it hard to choose from theirs, so hopefully you will take some inspiration and ideas from the cards and enter your dinosaur creation here soon, remember the card must be for a guy of any age, girly ones have been creeping in of late - although we love to see them lol, they can't win the prize!
I'm sponsoring the challenge this time and the prize up for grabs is a collection of decoupage kits, 16 x A5 papers and a pack of velvet ribbons.

Good Luck & Crafty Hugs Woo xx

DT CARDS

WOO

SHARON

KAREN

TERESA

JACKY

DONNA

#18 SKETCH

2012-01-08T08:30:00.002Z

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our HCTB's followers & challengers, hope you had a lovely festive season and are all raring to go on our New Challenge which starts today. First things First, thank you for taking the time during your Christmas break to join in at Here Come The Boys, fab cards from you all!

Our WINNER chosen by Teresa is:

Jo Anne No 13

Congratulations Jo Anne, if you could email your personal details to herecometheboys@btinternet.com and I'll get your prize posted off to you in the week. Don't forget to take your Winners Badge!

In no particular order our Top Four are:

Gro Tjeltveit No 4

The Crafty Den No 6

Venus Fortuna No 9

Lynn Hayes No 14

Congratulations ladies, please take your Top 3 badge for your blogs.

We hope to see your cards in the next challenge!

Crafty Hugs Woo x

#18 SKETCH

Happy New Year to you all from all the DT! The first challenge of 2012 is a brilliant sketch. I'm glad it's my turn (Donna) to take the lead on this challenge as I love sketches! The DT really had fun with this one and I think it will fast become a favourite with all of our followers, so come on all you HCTB's challengers,

lets see your creations using this SKETCH.

We are sponsored by Woo for this Challenge and there is a pack of 12 6x6 Papers & a Stamp Set up for grabs for the Winner!

Good Luck!!
Happy Crafting & Challenging Donna x
DONNA

WOO (FAIRY IMAGE DRAWN BY WOO)

SHARON

KAREN

JACKY

TERESA

CHRISTMAS EVE CRICUT WINNER & Challenge #17 Rock 'N' Roll

2011-12-11T08:30:00.007Z

2nd CHRISTMAS CANDY WINNER SEE SIDEBAR!
Christmas Eve CRICUT Winner
Well we didn't reach the original 1,000 followers and we also didn't make it to 500 followers, but not wanting to be a Bah Humbug, I've decided that the draw will go ahead no matter what because you've all been supportive and followed. I've used the Random Number Generator from Random.org and without further ado, the winner of the Cricut is:

KAREN ANGEL No: 44
Congratulations Karen, Happy Christmas, please email to claim your prize & sort out delivery to: herecometheboys@btinternet.com
ROCK N ROLL CHALLENGE!
This challenge will run until Friday 6th January 2012 so you have plenty of time to enter! In addition we have Christmas Candy up for grabs so if you would like to enter for the Christmas Candy make sure you enter your details into the Linky in the sidebar! Also don't forget the Cricut Personal Cutter Draw will take place on the 24th December if we reach 500 followers you can enter by clicking here!

Okay, first things first! Our Winner was chosen by DT Jacky and her winner is:

Michelle No: 67

Congratulations Michelle, your card made us all smile! The goodies are yours, could you email herecometheboys@btinternet.com with your details and we'll get your prize posted out to you and don't forget to take your winners badge!

Our TOP FOUR are:

Fiona L No: 76

Rachel No: 30

Maria B No: 45

Dorte No: 82

Congratulations ladies! Please take your Top 3 Badge and display with pride!

Thank you to all our followers for supporting Here Come The Boys, look forward to seeing what

you create over Christmas and New Year for this challenge!

Hope you all have a fantastic time and I'm sending you all Big Christmas Hugs Woo x

#17 - Rock 'N' Roll

I can't believe how quickly my turn has come around again to lead the challenge (Teresa)! This time we would like to see all your cards that match our challenge of Rock'n'Roll and we really are looking forward to seeing what you come up with! The DT Girlies found themselves in a little bit of a dilemma this week, we all found that we couldn't comment on your wonderful cards and then two of us (Karen & Myself) had family descend on us for a holiday and they decided to stay longer than originally planned! It's been lovely spending time catching up, but it means that we didn't manage to get our DT cards finished this time around, so we're really sorry, but there are some fab and fun cards from Sharon, Jacky, Donna, Di & Woo to inspire you in the Rock'N'Roll Challenge! We promise we'll be back in the new year refreshed and raring to go!!!

Our prize has been provided by Woo, you have the chance to win 50 6 x 6 papers and a Button Maker with a pack of Buttons! Fantastic gadget and ideal for making complimentary buttons for your cards & crafts.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Luv & Hugs Teresa xx

DT Girlies Cards
SHARON

DONNA

JACKY

WOO

#16 - For the Man/Men in Your life!

2011-12-04T22:22:00.000Z

Half way today and just another card to give you some inspiration and a little reminder you have another week to get your entries in to the 'Man in Your Life Challanege!

It's quite scary how quickly the time is flying towards Christmas! Thank you for sharing all your lovely red, green & white designs, they were all very inspiring and definitely got the DT in the mood for making Christmas cards! The challenge Winner was chosen by Karen this time around and her Winner is:

SHARON - No 8

Congratulations Sharon, don't forget to take your winners badge and email your details to herecometheboys@btinternet.com.

And in no particular order the DT's TOP FOUR are:

JEN - No 14

DAWN LANCASTER - No 17

VIV No23

JOPIE No 27

Congratulations Girls! Don't forget to take your Top 3 Badge for your blog.

We hope you will all be back to enter again in our new challenge, we look forward to seeing your creations!

Crafty Hugs Woo xx

Jacky here, a big Hello to all our followers this morning and I'm hoping you will join in our New Challenge this time around with all your creations for.......

Challenge #16 - For The Man/Men in Your Life!

This time we would love to see all the cards you make for the important men in your life! Christmas, Birthdays, Anniversaries just so long as their made for a man! Woo has given you a nice prize for this challenge, a pack of 14x14cm Papers and a Christmas Wreath Stamp.

A lovely mixture of Christmas and Birthday cards from the DT and I've made something a little different! Jacky x

DT CARDS

JACKY

TERESA

WOO

SHARON

DONNA

KAREN

#16 - For The Man/Men in Your Life!

2011-11-27T08:30:00.008Z

Well here we are again our new challenge starts today it's quite scary how quickly the time is flying towards Christmas! Thank you for sharing all your lovely red, green & white designs, they were all very inspiring and definitely got the DT in the mood for making Christmas cards! The challenge Winner was chosen by Karen this time around and her Winner is:

SHARON - No 8

Congratulations Sharon, don't forget to take your winners badge and email your details to herecometheboys@btinternet.com.

And in no particular order the DT's TOP FOUR are:

JEN - No 14

DAWN LANCASTER - No 17

VIV No23

JOPIE No 27

Congratulations Girls! Don't forget to take your Top 3 Badge for your blog.

We hope you will all be back to enter again in our new challenge, we look forward to seeing your creations!

Crafty Hugs Woo xx

Jacky here, a big Hello to all our followers this morning and I'm hoping you will join in our New Challenge this time around with all your creations for.......

Challenge #16 - For The Man/Men in Your Life!

A lovely mixture of Christmas and Birthday cards from the DT and I've made something a little different! Jacky x

DT CARDS

JACKY

TERESA

WOO

SHARON

DONNA

KAREN

#15 - RED / WHITE / GREEN Colour Combo

2011-11-13T08:30:00.004Z

Well we're now half way and there's just another week to get your wonderful cards in for the RED/WHITE/GREEN Colour Combo challenge in!
JACKY has made a lovely card to give you extra ideas!

Another challenge starts here today and this time we would like to see the cards

you make using a colour combo, but first lets tell you who our winners are this time!

The overall Winner chosen by Di is:

JEN NO 7

Congratulations Jen you have won the Decoupage Sheets & Stamp, please take your winners badge and email your details to herecometheboys@btinternet.com - in addition if you would like the monster Digi's please let Woo know in your email.

Our Top 4 are:

JAYNE NO 18

NIKKI BYRNE NO 14
BLACK DRAGON NO 8
LISA S NO 10
Congratulations girls! Don't forget to take the Top 3 Badge! Thank you all for taking the time to enter. If you would like the Monster Digis email herecometheboys@btinternet.com. Crafty Hugs Woo x

#15 - RED / WHITE / GREEN Colour Combo Challenge

Well I love the colours we had to play with this time around and got me (Karen) all in the Christmas Spirit! I can't believe how quickly Christmas is creeping up on us, but this challenge was an ideal reason to get making some Christmas cards and the theme seems to run through our DT Cards this time! So come on Girls & Boys! Lets see all those lovely Reds & Greens mixed with a little white designs!

A sponsorship prize is offered by Woo, 6" Squares (15.24cm Square) of paper, the winner will receive 25 Christmas papers & 25 Orange designed papers (5 of every paper you see in the picture)

plus a Milton & Co Stamp, so Good luck to you all!

Happy Crafting! Karen xx

DT CARDS

KAREN

TERESA

SHARON

DEE

WOO

#14 Monsters

2011-11-09T13:31:00.001Z

Just a little reminder that there is just another few days left to enter the Monsters Challenge! Our Guest Designer Lisa from Crunchy Crafts has been playing with one of the monsters, so here's her card to give you some more ideas.

Thank you to everyone who entered the last challenge, there were some amazing creations and in our eyes you're all winners! The Halloween Challenge Winner who created a truly amazing card was

chosen by Donna our fab DT member from Down Under! Donna's Winner is:

Heidy No 48

Congratulations Heidy, if you could email your details to herecometheboys@btinternet.com and we can arrange for your prize to be posted off to you. Don't forget to take your Winners Badge!

Our Top 5 who were all in our Top 3 are:

Peggy R No:42

Hazel P No:3&26

Arabella No: 35

Zulma No: 11
Anita M No: 43

Congratulations ladies, your cards were fantastic, lovely colouring and layouts too! Don't forget to take your Top 3 badges! Hugs Woo & The DT Girlies! xx

Challenge #14 is Monsters

It's me Di leading the challenge this time and your challenge is to create some fun cards for the little monsters in our lives! Woo put pen to paper drawing some great Digi Monsters for us to use if we wanted too along with matching sentiments, I used one of them on my card and I'm pleased with the outcome!
We are being sponsored again this week by Woo and she's offered 3 decoupage sheets and a stamp set for the winner of the challenge. In addition, if the winner and the top 3 would like the Monster Digis & Sentiments, Woo is happy to email them to you at the end of the challenge. There are some fun Monster cards from the DT Girls this time and we can't wait to see your creations!
Hugs Di xx

DT Cards
DI

JACKY

SHARON

KAREN

OUR FABBY GDT - VICKY!

WOO

DEE

Good Luck!!!

#13 Halloween!

2011-10-23T17:56:00.000+01:00

Good Evening to our fantastic followers! Just a little reminder that you still have a week to enter our Halloween challenge and win the prize! Here's another little DT idea for you from Karen,
hope it spurs you on to enter!

Well let's tell you who the winner and the Top 4 were this time! Our Overall Winner is:

Dawn P No: 10

Well Done Dawn you have won the set of 6 Flexmarkers! Can you email herecometheboys@btinternet.com to claim your prize and take your winners badge.

Our Top 3 (4) in no particular order are:

Dawn Lancaster No: 3

Ella No: 14

Anita M No: 26

Becky - Shabby Treasures No: 29

Congratulations ladies please take your Top 3 Badge!

Big Hugs
Woo x

#13 Halloween

Whoop! Whoop! I've been on the DT for some time now (Donna) and this is my first challenge as lead and it means I get to choose my very own winner! I love being on the Here Come The Boys DT, I get to make all my cards in advance for all the fella's in the family and having a theme to follow is excellent! Well this time we are sponsored by Woo and she has given a clear stamp set, some glitters and some ribbons for our winner!

To win this prize all we want you to do is submit your Halloween themed cards! The scarier the better! So have a look at the DT cards and see if they give you a little extra Spooktacular inspiration!

Happy Crafting!
Donna x

DT CARDS

DONNA

JACKY

KAREN

WOO

VICKY

SHARON

#12 Wheely Nice!

2011-10-09T10:41:00.001+01:00

Good Morning HCTB's Followers, hope you're have a great Sunday!

Challenge #12 - Wheely Nice!

Well we've reached half way and this post is just a reminder about our Wheely Nice Challange! Don't forget we have a set of Six Flexmarkers and Sharon is offering you all a 5% discount form her shop too! All you have to do is quote 'flex5' when you check out.
I made this card to give you some more inspiration! Hope you like it. Woo xxx

This time the DT lead falls to me (Sharon) and I'm also sponsoring the challenge this time too! I love making cards for men/boys, so this challenge and the fantastic cards everyone creates are right up my street! I'm offering a rather special gift to the winner of this challenge, so I want to see all those fab designs you make for the men in your life appear here and the winner will bag themselves a set of 6 Flexmarkers!

I can't wait to see all those cards and don't forget this time it's all about the "Wheels!", it can be

wheels on a bike, car, roller skates, skateboard, cogs - just about anything that goes

around would be included in wheely nice! I'm also offering a 5% discount to all our followers

at my On-line Craft Shop "EWE 2 CAN CRAFT" you will need to quote

the discount code: flex5 when you check out.

In this challenge we are missing Teresa, she's off to visit family, but will be back with us for the beginning of November! So we have a fab Guest Designer joining us for the month of October, we'd like to give a very Big Welcome to Vicky! We know you'll love her cards!

Good Luck with the Challenge!

Hugs Sharon xx

DT CARDS

SHARON

VICKY

DI (This is one of Di's Fab personal Digis)

KAREN

DONNA

JACKY

WOO

#11 BINGO

2011-09-18T08:30:00.005+01:00

Challenge #11 - Bingo Board

Good morning HCTB's Followers! Another challenge starts today! Teresa our DT Lead this challenge can't wait to share the DT work with you, but that's a little later in the post! Well Challenge #10 obviously fazed everyone as much as the DT! But those of you who ventured into the Sliders & Shakers cards submitted some very clever ideas! You never cease to surprise us and we love to see you come back time and time again! I struggled to narrow my winner down to 1, so this time I have chosen two and my 1st and 2nd places are below. As you were all so brave to attempt the sliders and shakers, the DT have awarded Top 3 to the other 4 excellent entries! So before I pass you onto our DT Lead this challenge I need to tell you who our #10 Shakers & Sliders Winner, 2nd are and encourage the Top 4 to take their badge! So without further ado here they are:

Winner

Jo No 4

Congratulations to you Jo, grab your Winners badge and drop me an email with your address at herecometheboys@btinternet.com to claim your prize! You have won the goodies!!

2nd Place
Lindy Loo - No: 3

Congratulations Lindy Loo, grab your Winners badge and if you could drop me an email with your address at herecometheboys@btinternet.com to claim your prize!

You have won a stamp!

Our Top 3 in no particular order are:

Carol No: 2

Nana Connie No: 1

CQ No: 5

Renae No: 6

Congratulations to all of you! Your creations were amazing! Grab your Top 3 Badge for your blog and thank you so much for joining in! Woo x

Now for Challenge #11 Bingo!!

I loved working on this challenge, it meant I got to use a lovely Sugar Nellie image and The DT have had a fine old time creating their cards using a variety of stamped images and embellishments from the bingo board! I hope you will get as much inspiration from the board as the DT have and submit your fantastic creations into the challenge. Check out the DT cards to give you some inspiration and help you create yours!

Most of you will have done challenges that have a bingo grid, but for those that haven't how does this one work? Well you need to choose any one single line! You can either take one line across, one line down or you may choose to go corner to corner diagonally, the choice is completely up to you!

This time I am providing the prize

which is a pack of Craft Creation Kraft Cards, a selection of Flowers, a tube of glitter and some Die Cut Tags. So followers, get creating and we look forward to seeing your fantastic creations here soon! Ps, don't forget we have our 1,000 follower Blog Candy up for grabs for all existing followers and new followers, click on the link at the top of the page to find out how you can be in with a chance of winning a Cricut Personal Cutter. Hugs Teresa x

DT CARDS

TERESA

DONNA

KAREN

JACKY

SHARON

WOO

#10 Slider or Shaker Cards

2011-09-04T08:30:00.000+01:00

Good Morning HCTB's Blog Followers! Thank you all for sharing your fantastic creations! We're back with our 10th Challenge, but before we get on to the challenge lets tell you about our winner and Top 3 are this time!

Winner of #9 Brown & Oranges is:

Coops No 6

Congratulations Coops you have won the Stampin Up goodies please take your winners badge and if you can email me your address at herecometheboys@btinternet.com to claim your prize!

Deadlock on the Top 3 so here are our Top4 in no particular order:

Please take your blinkie ladies!!!

It's been a really busy at Here Come The Boys this week, lots of contact from followers regarding the 1,000 follower Blog Candy! I can confirm that it is a Cricut Personal Cutter, existing followers and new followers can enter the candy draw that will take place on Christmas Eve if we get a 1,000 followers. It will be shipped worldwide and it was purchased in the states so it will work in the USA & UK! Well all I can say is that if you want to win it you have to be in it! To be in it you have to be a new or current follower, post the candy in your sidebar and leave your link with MR Linky on the Blog candy page (click here) - follow the link! It's a fab prize worth around £140! So encourage as many people as possible to join in the fun and we should be able to make the draw if we reach 1,000 followers!

Now for Challenge #10 - Slider or Shaker Cards

It's my turn to lead this time so I'm really hoping I get to see lots of your lovely Sliders and Shakers! My Challenge prize is a mixed bunch today, you have a Stamp selection, lengths of Bakers Twin, a mixed bag of various ribbon lengths, 12 pieces of 6x6 mens/boys coloured papers, a bag of charms, a reel of foam mount you can cut to size and a nice mesh ribbon.

Well this challenge has tested some of the DT to the limit Lol! You tube came in very handy! I got it eventually and so did the fab girlies on the DT and here they are we hope you like them!

Hugs Woo
xxx

Here Come The Boys DT Cards

Woo

KAREN

Challenge #9 Brown & Oranges

2011-08-21T08:30:00.000+01:00

Good morning Challenge Bloggers, your cards were all amazing and it's fantastic to see you coming back again and again each challenge! Thank you so much for supporting us! Well another 2 weeks has flown by and here we are starting another new challenge! First things first we have to announce our Winner and Top 3!

This time our Winner is:

Diane Ahlers No: 59

Congratulations Diane, you have won the 3 sets of Digi Sentiments from Sentiments-4-You. Please can you email me at herecometheboys@btinternet.com and I will organise your prize for you! Please take your Winners Blinkie Picture!

Our Top Three in no particular order are:

Marianne's Craft Room No: 30

Anita No: 31

Morgan No: 44

Congratulations Ladies, Please take your Top 3 Picture Blinkie for your blog page.

Hugs Woo x

Now...... on to our Challenge!

Morning Everyone Karen here, I can't believe it's my turn to lead the challenge again already! This time our theme is:

ORANGE & BROWN the DT would like to see all your creations using these colours and shades of these colours.

My Sister Sarah Pinnington, Guest Designer and Stampin Up Sponsor has given a generous Stampin Up prize! Sarah said just yesterday that "It's always my pleasure to be the Sponsor for this challenge!" she was really pleased to hear the theme too! In her words - "I love the colour combo of Brown & Orange, it makes a great masculine card. Metal embellishments always look good and I have used the Jumbo Metal Brads to finish my card this time. I brayered the ink in Pumpkin Pie and So Saffron to create the spotlight effect!" Sarah would love to hear your comments and visit her blog for more details and if you would like to order any Stampin Up goodies, please do not hesitate to contact her at alhpa.2004@blueyonder.co.uk

Sarah's Prize for our Lucky Challenge #9 Winner

I love all the cards that have been created this time, I can't wait to show them too you! Ps. Don't forget to enter our 1,000 follower Blog Candy on the 2nd page you can win a Cricut machine! just Follow & join Mr Linky here!
Good Luck to you all Hugs Karen & Sarah

SARAH OUR SPONSOR & GDT

#8 CRITTERS!

2011-08-07T08:30:00.003+01:00

CRICUT BLOG CANDY SIGN UP ON THE SECOND PAGE!
Good morning Blog followers, another challenge has arrived, Di is our Lead and she's left you a nice message below! First things first, Our Winner and Top Three!

Our winner is:

SANDIE - No: 11

Congratulations Sandie you have won the prize from Sharon, if you could email herecometheboys@btinternet.com to claim your prize. Please grab your winners picture from the sidebar- we are working on a Blinkie, but not quite there yet!

Our Top Three in no specific order are:

Jane Digger Brown No: 14

Tammy No: 22

Heidy No: 13

Congratulations ladies! Take your Top 3 Picture from the sidebar, we are working on a blinkie, Promise!!

OKAY ONTO THE CHALLENGE!

Hello Everyone! Today it's time for yet another new challenge at Here Come The Boys! I'm fairly new to the DT and have never done this bit before, but it's my turn - Di - to lead the challenge and the theme this time is "Critters!" - Critters I here you say!?! - Well this one is quite open to interpretation, but all you need to do is make a card for a Tiddly Peep, Boy or Fella that has any kind of creature on it! This could be Teddys, Dogs, Cats, Lizards, Snakes, Slugs, Snails or Puppy Dog Tails! We'll leave it up to you, as long as they're from the animal kingdom!!!

This time around we are sponsored by the Lovely Lynne from Crafts-4-You and she has very kindly put up a wonderful prize for our winner of not One, not even Two, but Three sets of her Digi Sentiments from her Digitial Shop Sentiments-4-You! So we would love to see all your beautiful creations!

Sentiments-4 You

Crafts-4-You

Many of you may not have seen that we have "Blog Candy!" Up For GRABS!!! See the 1,000 Follower Tab at the top of the page to enter if you are an existing follower! You need to post a picture of the cricut symbol and link bank to us. If you're not a follower, then you will need to follow and then just follow the instructions that you find on the next page and you could be in with a chance of winning yourself a Cricut Personal Cutter if we get 1,000 followers!

BLOG CANDY CLICK TO ENTER HERE

Well Good Luck everyone and we hope you like our Challenge Prize and DT Cards!

Hugs

xxx

DT CARDS

KAREN

JACKY

TERESA

DONNA

WOO

SHARON

Have fun making your wonderful creations and remember to share them with us in Challenge #8 Critters!

#7 - Travel

2011-07-24T08:30:00.011+01:00

Challenge #7 - TRAVEL
Well who'd believe another two weeks has flown by and we have another challenge starting today! All your cards were fantastic, we enjoyed looking at all your creative ideas! It was my turn (Woo) to choose a winner and I just couldn't decide between two, so I have a Winner and a Second, so let me tell you who our Winner, Second Prize and Top 4 are this time:
OUR WINNER

HAZEL No 52

Congratulations Hazel, your card was amazing and you have won a gift certificate to spend at

Digi's With Attitude! Please could you email herecometheboys@sky.com

to claim your certificate.

SECOND PRIZE

SALLY No 44

Congratulations Sally, please email herecometheboys@sky.com to claim your second prize.

TOP 3 that's 4 again! In no particular order:
VICKY No 49
HEIDY No 38
FAYE No 13
SHARON C No 40
Now for the next challenge!!!

It's my turn to lead #7 Travel - Sharon, I can't believe we've reached this challenge so quickly, it only seems like a minute since Wendy and I decided to lauch a challenge blog! Every time we launch a new theme, we have great fun looking at the amazing creations that you come up with. Keep them coming!

This time the challenge is sponsored by me, with some goodies from my shop - Ewe 2 Can Craft.

I can't wait to look at all your creations and choose the winner. Hope you like the DT Cards, some fab cards again I think! Enjoy!
Hugs Sharon xx

DT Cards
SHARON

DI

KAREN

JACKY

TERESA

DONNA

WOO

#6 - SPORTY!

2011-07-10T08:30:00.002+01:00

Another challenge gets underway! This time our theme is

Sporty cards, but before we tell you about the Challenge,

our Sponsor, DT News and the challenge prize

we want to tell you about our latest Winners!

Our Winner for #5 is:

JULYE No 41

Congratulations you have won the images

from 'A Passion for Stamps'
please email herecometheboys@sky.com so we
can organise getting your Digi prize to you.

And you guesed it! We still came up
with 4 so our Top Four are:

PAULA HOLIFIELD No: 28
TIP TOP No: 43
TRACY MCDONALD No: 29
WISHCRAFT No: 7
Congratulations to you all, grab your blinkie!!

Now for the Challenge!!! Well it's my turn to lead
#6 Sporty - Wendy (aka Woo) and I can't believe
we've reached this challenge so quickly!
I'm looking forward to choosing a winner from all
the fantastic cards that you are all constantly
entering into our challenges and every entry
inspires me to try new things! This time the
challenge is sponsored by 'Digi's With Attitude'
who are giving a $10 gift certificate to the Lucky Winner!

About Digi’s With Attitude!

Digi’s With Attitude! is a Digital Stamp Company that brings

Sass & Attitude to your paper crafting projects!

Meet the newest Attitude’s in town! ’Grumpy Gretchen’ is a sure beauty with sexy curves and very unique facial features.

She is sassy and isn't afraid to show it! Everyone loves
Grumpy Gretchen. We know you will too!
You can now meet the new Animals With Attitude! too!

They are in the store and ready for you to adopt them.

Be sure to check out the latest addition to the DWA Family.

Tweens With ‘Tude! They are too cute.

You will fall in love instantly!
Be on the lookout for a boy line of Beiber Tweens too!

Coming soon are: Wrinkled Attitude!, Tots With ‘Tude!,

Zoo-A-Tudes!, & Da'Neckers

All images are 300 dpi and come in both JPEG & PNG instant downloads and the lucky winner of this challenge will receive a 'Gift Certificate' to spend at the Digi's With Attitude!

All prizes are good towards any purchase at the

Digi’s With Attitude! Store and do not expire.

DT News...
We have had a few changes in the DT too, we say Aurevoir
but not goodbye to Lynne who has gone behind the scenes
so that she can concentrate on her online craft shop
Good Luck Lynne! We have two new DT Members! I'm so pleased to be able to say that Donna Poore our talented Fab Guest DT has joined us permanently and the very creative and talented Di Cox has agreed to join us too!
I'm sure you'll love their DT work!

DT Cards
As always there's a huge selection of different styles and interpretations of the challenge and I think the other DT girls have excelled themselves again! My card is inspired by
Speed Skating a sport I did very successfully for many
years and just love Speed Roller Skating - too old
now Lol, don't want any broken bones!
Big Hugs
Woo
xxx

WOO

SHARON

KAREN

JACKY

TERESA

DONNA

Good Luck to all our entrants, can't wait to see
your creations and read your comments!

Challenge #5 Spots & Stripes!

2011-06-26T08:30:00.052+01:00

A NEW CHALLENGE STARTS TODAY!!!!!

But first things first! Lets tell you who our winner is this time around and who our Top Three - who keep being Four are!

Our lucky Myth & Magic Winner gets the lovely Pink Gem Design Clear Stamp and a bag of charms from Ewe 2 Can Craft!

And our Winner is:

Unlucky for some but not for LIZY No 13

Can you email me LIzy at herecometheboys@sky.com and I'll organise your goodies!

We all like something different so our
Top Four are:
Di No: 21

Hazel No: 16

LIsa No:5

Corry No: 7
Please take your Blinkie Ladies!

NOW FOR THE CHALLENGE!!

Good morning all, Our challenge this time around is Spots & Stripes and our prize is selection of 4 images generously sponsored by Ruth the owner of
'A Passion for Stamps'.

Hi I'm Teresa from 'Crafting Allday Creations Blog!' and I’m so pleased to be the challenge lead this time around, it means I get to choose a Winner from all your lovely creations! When I was invited to join Here Come The Boys I was excited, but also apprehensive, because like most card crafters we tend to make more cards for the girls than we do the guys in our lives! I have had so much fun putting ideas together for the challenges and I was really surprised at how easy it was to create them, now I'm in full swing and I have no excuse not to make cards for my Hubby, Sons or Grandsons anymore!! I really hope you will join in the challenge and I know the HCTB's Design Team are looking forward to seeing all your Spotty & Stripey creations! As long as your card has spot, stripes and it's made for a guy (little or grown) then, you can use whatever image or sentiments you like! Have fun making them and don't forget to visit the DT's Blogs to have a better look at their creations!

Good Luck!

Luv & Hugs
Teresa
x

DESIGN TEAM CARDS

TERESA (ME)

RUTH OUR SPONSOR & GUEST DESIGNER

WOO

DONNA GUEST DESIGNER

SHARON

KAREN

JACKY

Good Luck Everyone! from the Design Team at Here Come The Boys!

xxx

Challenge #4 - Myth & Magic!

2011-06-12T08:30:00.028+01:00

NEW MYTH & MAGIC CHALLENGE STARTS TODAY!!

But first we want to say a big thank you for all the fabulous cards you submitted Again!!!! We have just kept growing & growing and the cards keep coming and they're all awesome! Unfortunately we can only have one Winner, but the Winner of my "Fathers Day / Hubby / Partner" Challenge is:

Jacky No 104

You have won a pack of "Retro Stitch" Ribbons, a Multi Pack of

12 x 2 mtrs Baker's Twine and the Bonus Gift of a

Free Club Membership to my online store, which enables you

to enjoy 10% off all future orders along with the chance to win in

my monthly prize draw! Congratulations on your win, please

email: lindasalmon826@btinternet.com to claim your prize!

Lynne

Yet again the whole DT struggled to narrow it down to three,

so we have a chosen our Top Four!!! Please take your Blinkie!!

In no particular Order our Top Four are:

Suzi No 73

Vanessa (Nessy) No 62
SemSee's No 63
Helen No 109

And Now For Challenge #4 Myth & Magic!

Hi I'm Jacky, I was so pleased to be invited as a DT Member for Here Come The Boys! It's been fun watching our followers grow day by day and I've enjoyed every minute so far! I couldn't wait for my challenge to come along, I’ve been let loose to run the challenge! I get to sponsor "Myth & Magic" with a gorgeous Pink Gem Clear Stamp and lovely bag of charms for you to win! In addition, there’s a 10% discount to be had by followers and entrants from my little Sister Sharon's Online Shop, all you have to do is quote code: "Mythical" at Ewe 2 Can Craft!

The DT have cast their spells and worked their magic - the outcome is brilliant! I can't wait to see what you all come up with for this challenge!

Big Hugs
Jacky

Mythical & Magical DT Cards

Jacky

TERESA

Woo

SHARON

KAREN

LYNNE

OUR FABULOUS GDT MEMBERS FOR JUNE!

DONNA!

Sarah

Frog Prince!

Good Luck & Enjoy!

Challenge #3 Fathers Day / Hubby / Partner

2011-05-29T08:30:00.000+01:00

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, we loved all the inspiring interpretations of the sketch and the cards were fantastic. The lucky winner of Challenge #2 will receive their prize in the post. It's so hard to choose when the cards are so good, but we have to choose so this time......

Our winner is:

LANEY No 7

Please take your winners blinky Laney and your prize will wing its way to you, drop us an email herecometheboys@sky.com with your details.

We just couldn't narrow it down to a top three again, there were so many fab ones again! So we've gone for a Top 4!
In no particular order...

Our Top 4 are:

Jen No 20

Lisbeth No 19

Kathleen No 25
Diane No. 11

Congratulations to you all please take your Blinkie Girls!

NOW FOR CHALLENGE #3 FATHERS DAY

This time we are being sponsored by our fabulous DT Member
Lynne Salmon and her Online Craft Shop!

CRAFTS-4-YOU

Hi I'm Lynne and I'm so proud to be part of this fabulous DT and Challenge Blog, I am delighted to be sponsoring this time around too!

As you can see above, I have an online shop which offers all sorts of crafting goodies and until tomorrow at 6pm (GMT) I have a Bank Holiday Event which is offering Free P&P, so no better time to order some of your must have crafting goodies! :O)

I have loads of fabulous Ribbons and Baker's Twine available at my shop and that's what the winner of this challenge will receive.... I've put together a pack of my "Retro Stitch" Ribbon which is gorgeous all in "Boys Colours", you will also receive a multi pack of Baker's Twine which has 2 metres each of 12 different colours and as an added Bonus, the Winner this time will also receive a Free Club Membership to my online store, which enables you then to enjoy 10% off all future orders along with the chance to win in my monthly prize draw.

Challenge #3 Prize

Membership Club

So glad you stopped by "Here Come The Boys" and can't wait to see what you all come up
with this time around, Good Luck :O)
Hugs
LYNNE x

DESIGN TEAM CREATIONS

LYNNE (ME)

OUR FAB GUEST DESIGNER DONNA!

WOO

Thank you for joining in again!

Challenge #2 - Sketch

2011-05-15T08:30:00.135+01:00

WOW!!! What an overwhelming response!

Thank you all so much for entering your fantastic cards, we were all hoping for around 30 to 40 entries! You can imagine our surprise when we exceeded that in the first 4 days of setting the challenge! It's absolutely wonderful that you all made such an effort to make our first challenge so successful! Thank you from all the girls on the DT, Sharon, Lynne, Karen, Jacky, Teresa and myself (Woo), we hope you will continue to join in the fun here at Here Come The Boys! Sharon and myself set the target of commenting on every single card and until Wednesday 11th when blogland decides to crash and take all your links with it!

ANYWAY ON TO THE WINNER OF OUR 1st CHALLENGE

The lucky WINNER of our very First Challenge is:

TINE - Entry No: 94

Please contact herecometheboys@sky.com so that we can send your Promarker prize out too you! Well Done, your card made me smile! Loved the hair on the sentiment too! He He!!!

OUR TOP PICKS!!!

We really struggled to choose three, with all the lovely cards you submitted! But alas we had to make a decision! DT chose four cards Top 4! Post your Blinkie image on your blog! They're only temporary until our new blog layout arrives, or email herecometheboys@sky.com and I'll send you a jpeg image.

Our Top 4 is awarded to the following entries:

KERRY Entry No: 39

EDNA Entry No: 52
VICKY Entry No: 73

DIANE Entry No: 80

Congratulations to all our winners! We hope you will join in again

Sharon, Woo & all the DT Girls!
x

Now for Our New Challenge!

Hello Karen here! Welcome to our 2nd challenge, this time I'm bringing you a Sketch to work with!

I also am very pleased and very proud to introduce my sister,
Sarah Pinnington who has kindly agreed to sponsor the HCTB. After many years of trying to get me to make a card she finally got me to 'have a go' and that was it, I was hooked. I therefore blame her entirely for my dusty house and complete lack of savings! On the other hand I get have a fantastic teacher 24/7 and always lots of fab inspiration so really I am very lucky. Sarah runs Stampin Up classes in Maidstone and Romford every month both of which are a huge success and her projects really do have that 'special something'. Sarah has posted
a little bit about Stampin Up and please pop over and see her, I know she would love you to visit.

Sarah here! I am delighted to join Here come the boys' challenge blog as guest design team for this challenge. I really enjoyed following the sketch.

Stampin Up do a great range of masculine themed products and with their colour co-ordination and matching stamp and punch sets they make it easy to get good results what ever your stamping style. You can find a link to the online catalogue on my blog including the brand new mini catalogue which has some fab new men's stamp sets. Thanks for having me as GDT this week.

This is the prize you are challenging for this time!

A gorgeous reel of Taffeta Ribbon & Embellishment Kit from
Stampin Up

Good Luck! Hugs

Karen & Sarah

DT Cards!

Follow the indivual links to the DT's Blogs.

AND OUR GUEST DESIGNER & SPONSOR "SARAH" FROM STAMPIN UP!

#1 Anything Goes! - Our First Challenge!

2011-05-01T08:30:00.127+01:00

Good Morning All, and a very warm welcome to our first challenge at Here Come The Boys.

Firstly a huge thank you to each and every one of you for becoming a follower of our blog and we hope you will enjoy joining in our challenges. Secondly congratulations to the lucky candy winners yesterday! Hope you enjoy all the goodies you will be receiving in the post over the next few days or week!

The whole team is very excited to be launching our fornightly challenge, specifically to make cards for the boys and men in your life. I am Sharon and I am lucky enough to be hosting the first challenge, which is.........

ANYTHING GOES (as long as it is suitable for a male)

I feel very lucky and really pleased to be the sponsor for this challenge from my on line shop.

Up for grabs on this challenge is a set of 5 ProMarkers

So now onto our lovely DT! Lynne, Karen, Jacky & Teresa agreed to join us on our DT and we are so happy they said yes! Also our Guest Designer Donna who's joined us all the way from Western Australia, "Welcome" Donna. The team that have joined us make amazing cards and I highly recommend a visit to their blogs to see some of their fantastic work! Thank you for joining us girls! Also on the DT is Wendy (known as Woo) my partner in HCTB's Blog Crime! Anyway, the girls on the DT have made some lovely creations and have provided you with some wonderful inspiration to get you in the mood for the 1st challenge!

Sharon

**Woo Here! I just wanted to add a big thank you to Sharon, she's an inspiration, generous to a fault and a fab card designer thank you for your sponsorship! I look forward to working with you and the whole of the DT Girls on our new venture! Woo xx

DONNA - Our Guest Designer!

The inside of the card!

Please check out the DT's personnel blogs by clicking on their names, to see more of their beautiful creations.

Thank you for ploughing through all the blurb, and I hope you will join in by adding your creation to the link below. We can't wait to come and visit and see all the marvellous talent that we know is out there!