What is St Luke's Hospice?

St Luke's is a hospice which cares for people aged 18 and above throughout Sheffield who have incurable illnesses. Their aim is always to control the patients symptoms, alleviate pain, and give them the best possible quality of life – all free of charge. It costs £6 million per annum to keep St Luke's open, and government funding, via NHS trusts only provides one third of the funds required, which means the Hospice has to raise a staggering £4 million each year to provide this vital end-of-life care.

This challenge was set up by a St Luke's Supporter who has seen first hand, the amazing care given to patients through St Luke's and whilst donations are now closed we would like to thank all our donators for their wonderful contributions.

Monday 31 October 2011

Let's Hear it for the Boys!

Thanks again to everyone who played along in our buffet last month - we'll be back in a couple of days to announce the winner.

A new month brings a new challenge, a new sponsor and a great new prize - and boy what a prize we have this time!

The prize package includes all these fabulous goodies:

  • My Mind's Eye Limited Edition 6x6 Double Sided Paper Pad - Dwell
  • East of India Pale Pink Ric Rac
  • Inkadinkado Mini Stamp - Thanks
  • Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - New Sprout
  • Ranger Liquid Pearls - White Opal
  • K&Co Glitter Chipboard Alphabet - Smitten
  • K&Co Amy Butler Lotus Embellishment Jars
  • Creative Expressions Decorative Pins - Cream Pearl
This month our generous sponsor is the great online craft store Craftie Charlie and this is what they had to say about sponsoring our challenge.  Thanks for the chance to support such a great cause - we are based in Sheffield so know all about the fantastic work that St Luke's does.  At Craftie-Charlie you'll find a fantastic range of cardmaking, scrapbooking & general craft items - we are keen crafters and we stock the products that we like to use in our crafting projects.  We are adding new items all the time so enjoy looking and keep coming back!  Good luck with the challenge :)
Craftie-Charlie Website


So - what about the actual challenge - well this month it's ALL ABOUT THE BOYS - you can make ANY style card you like for ANY OCCASION for ANY MALE of ANY AGE - it just has to have a masculine feel.  

I know we often find male cards difficult but I actually quite like making them so hopefully the inspiration we provide throughout the month will help you come up with some new ideas for easy male cards.  Let's see what the DT came up with for launch day - you find the details of what we used on our personal blogs so do pop by and say hello:






Please do take our blog badge if you haven't already and display it on your sidebar (along with a picture of the prize too if you've room for it...) to help us get the word around blog land about our challenge.  We encourage you to enter any other challenges that match ours too as this all helps spread the word.

So - dig out your masculine stamps, papers and inks and celebrate the men in your lives and click the little blue frog when you're ready :-)
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7 comments:

  1. Vicky Hayes1 October 2011 at 15:59

    I love making male cards too and can't wait to play along! Vx

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  2. Susan2 October 2011 at 16:27

    I finally got to play along! Thanks for challenge...I need to be making a few "masculine" cards!

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  3. Eiglas2 October 2011 at 21:28

    What a worthwhile cause and super site! I'd be happy to send some cards to the address - I'm presuming any cards would be welcome, not just the themed ones!
    Hugs
    Eiglas
    x

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  4. Unknown3 October 2011 at 23:10

    I have just found your blog and looking forward to entering more challenges!! I would love to donate cards in the future and will add you to my charity list!!

    Lou x

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  5. Bev7 October 2011 at 20:47

    I have seen other bloggers mention your charity challenge, and thought I would join in. I will be sending you some other cards aswell if that's ok for your worthwhile cause.

    Bev.x

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  6. kittydehavilland15 October 2011 at 14:40

    Can't wait to get started on this one!

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  7. Gibmiss20 October 2011 at 22:31

    Hi
    Fabby cards from the team.....love them all ....
    Hugs sylvie
    xxx

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