Wednesday 30 August 2017

Challenge #68 - Theme

Hello! We have three Wednesdays this month, so you have a bonus challenge!! As we're coming to the end of summer break, and thoughts are turning to the new school year, we thought we'd base our new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#68 on school colours. So, use school/college/university colours for your masculine style projects.


Do tell us which school/college/university you've picked and why you picked it!

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:



Good Luck - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems




You have until midnight (BST) Tuesday 13th September, 7.00pm EDT, to play along with this challenge. Do have fun. We're looking forward to a very colourful thumbnail display!!

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Wednesday 23 August 2017

Winners - Challenge#66 - Theme

Good morning! I've finally manged to get back on schedule. I'm here to announce the winners of our Maps/Coordinates theme - TMR#66. You guys really are very creative and the thumbnail display was super, making our job quite hard! However, we have the winners, and they are:

WINNER


The map background paper is perfect for this interactive card!
Love the die cut car and the inside is decorated to match too. Fabulous work!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



This travel wallet is full of wonderful details.
Clever use of the map paper to create the 3D globe. Great work.



Another inventive use of map paper to create the background. Love the addition of the compass points.
This has a lovely vintage feel! Great take on the challenge.



The map paper used here in the background has been die cut to create waves. Very clever! 
This card has a very contemporary feel.


Many congratulations to you all. Please pick up your badges from the side bar and display them on your blogs.

Before I go, I'd like to remind you all about our current challenge - TMR#67 where we want to see DRINKS - of any type - on your masculine projects. You still have plenty of time to join in the fun - deadline for submission is midnight (BST) Tuesday 29th August, that's 7.00pm EDT in the States. Can't wait to see your creations.


Sunday 20 August 2017

Winners - Challenge#65 - Technique

Hi all! I'm still busy in catch-up mode and am here with the winners for our Mixed Media Challenge - TMR#65. The thumbnail display was fantastic.

WINNER


Super birthday card with so many shades of grey and black.
Love the shine of the different embossing powders and textures.
A brilliant take on this challenge.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



A really super clean, simple design.
A great use of a hot glue gun to give the raised and embossed detail on the panel.
Great work!



Fabulous combination of different products here.
Love the screw head brads, the stamped cogs and the wooden ones too.
Love the use of the white pen to suggest movement.



Wonderful panel created with lots of techniques.
Great use of rust paste on the cogs, use of fabric and thread and layered images.
Another fabulous take on this challenge.

Many congratulations to you all. Please pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

Before I go, a quick reminder that our current challenge is DRINKS - TMR#67. We want to see your masculine projects - of all types - that feature drinks. There's a huge range - have fun!!


You've got plenty of time to play along - deadline for submission is midnight (BST) Tuesday 29th August. Go for it!!

Wednesday 16 August 2017

Challenge #67 - Theme

Good morning! It's time for our new challenge here at The Male Room - TMR#67. You can make any type of paper craft project, so long as it has a masculine style and is based on our theme. For the next couple of weeks we want you to follow this theme:


Now, I think this gives you so much scope for your projects. Get creative, get inky, just have lots of fun!

Here's some inspiration from our Design Team:









You have until midnight (BST) Tuesday 29th August, that's 7.00pm EDT in the States. Can't wait to see what you create!

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Tuesday 15 August 2017

Winners - Challenge#64 - Theme

I am very, very late with the winners post for challenge #64 - to add texture to your projects. I really am very sorry! So without any more waffle from me, the winners are:

WINNER


So many different types of texture here.
Embossing to create texture,diecuts, twigs, layers and brads too!
Fabulous work!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



This is a really super theme for a masculine card.
Love the watercolour background and the way you've used micro beads for texture!



Absolutely ingenious!!
Such a fun pizza.  My favourite type too - calorie free!!




A wonderfully vintage looking card with lots of texture.
The fibres from the background, the tag and the metallic embellishment.

Congratulations ladies! Please do pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

I'll be posting the winners for Challenge#65 at the weekend.

Wednesday 2 August 2017

Challenge #66 - Theme

Wow! It's August already, time is flying by!! We have a great theme for your masculine projects here at The Male Room - TMR#66. Our theme is:


How you interpret this theme is entirely up to you, but if it's not clear, then please do tell us. Go get inky!!

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:





You've got plenty of time to play along, deadline is midnight (BST) Tuesday 15th August, that's 7.00pm EDT in the State. Have fun, we're looking forward to seeing what you make.

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