Season's Greetings

Good morning all - I hope that you are all enjoying the holiday season and spending time with family and friends.

That's all for now - see you again in 2016.

Winners - Challenge #24 - Theme

Morning - surprise, I'm getting the winners post up on schedule!!!  We had a great selection of cards for our Thanks/Thanksgiving theme from ultra CAS to quite shabby!  All fabulous work.   Here are the winners:

WINNER

#14 - Cornelia

A fabulous CAS card.

The dimension that Cornelia has created with the shaded colours is fantastic!

Great guy card!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#2 - Shani (Paperesse)

This is a really fun Thanksgiving card.

Super image, great colouring, lots of layers and texture with the string bow.

Super!

#3 - Rahmat

Ultra CAS card.

Perfectly clean and crisp, and really cute!

Love those eyes!

#10 - Cornelia's Sister

There's so much texture to this card.

Love the woodgrain background, the great colour combination.

Perfect guy card.

We'd like to know the name of Cornelia's sister - she did a fabulous job!

#17 - Anita

A super clean, simple card with some nice textural detail.

We like the emboss resist with the bird, great colours too.

Nicely done!

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

A quick reminder that we have only one challenge this month, and you won't be surprised to know that the theme is CHRISTMAS OR SEASONAL GREETINGS.  You've got plenty of time to join in as this challenge runs until midnight (GMT) Tuesday 29th December (7.00pm EDT).  The challenge winners will be announced when we come back in the new year.

The Design Team would like to take this opportunity to wish you all,

Season's Greetings, Happy Holidays and Happy Christmas!

Challenge #25 - Theme

Hello and welcome to The Male Room.  It's time for our last challenge of the year, and it will be no surprise that we've gone for a theme of CHRISTMAS OR SEASONAL GREETINGS.  You can, of course, create a masculine style project based on any of the holidays that take place at this time of year, such as Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or Yule.

Our Guest Designer for December is Linda of Creepin Along, and she has made a wonderfully masculine card.  Chevron paper, fabulous stag head and a gorgeous snowflake embellishment - just perfect!  Do drop by and leave a comment or two!

Here's some seasonal inspiration from the Design Team:

Jane

Chris

Sue T.

Rocky

Deborah

Louise

This challenge will run until midnight Tuesday 29th December (7.00pm EDT).  The challenge winners will be announced when we come back in the New Year.  The first challenge of 2016 is on Wednesday 6th January.

The Design Team would like to take this opportunity to wish you all,

Season's Greetings, Happy Holidays and Happy Christmas!

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Winners - Challenge #23 - Theme

Hello!  Sorry this post is much later than planned!  I completely forgot to write it up. There were some wonderful submissions for our Remembrance/Sympathy theme, but we can only pick a few.  So here are the winners:

WINNER

#19 - Shawna (The GrandStampede)

This is such a serene card. 

Love the rich sky and the ship through the reeds.

And that verse is just lovely.  Great card.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#9 - Bobbi

Perfectly CAS and so elegant.

We really like the deeply embossed reeds and the simple sentiment.

#10 - Mac Mable

Another beautifully CAS card.

The poppies look wonderful against the bricks! Just fab!

#11 - Rema

We really like the soft colours on the watercolour background.

Lovely image and simple greeting.  Super work!

#18 - Veerle

We really like the rich colours in the sponged background and the soft glow in the sun.

Love the reeds in the foreground.  Super simple sentiment.

Thanks you ladies - your cards are all just fabulous.  Don't forget to pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

And now it's time to remind you about our current challenge.  This one is fun, the theme is Thanks/Thanksgiving.  Obviously Thanksgiving in the US was last week, but we can never have too many cards to thank all those around us - just make sure your project has a masculine feel.

Deadline for submission is Tuesday 8th December, midnight (GMT) and for those of us in North America that's 7.00pm EDT.  Have fun!

Challenge #24 - Theme

Hello.  Time for our new challenge at The Male Room.  For the next two weeks, we like your masculine styled projects to be based on the theme of THANKSGIVING OR THANKS.

Tomorrow, our American friends will be celebrating Thanksgiving and we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving Day.

Our Guest Designer, Vicki of Stamp Smiles, has made a lovely card to celebrate Thanks:

And some inspiration from the Design Team:

Jane

Sue T.

Louise

Rocky

Chris

Deborah

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Winners - Challenge #22 - Stash Hardware

Oops!  Sorry folks, running a bit late with the winners post!  Got busy at home tidying my craft room!!  I think the Hardware challenge was quite a challenge - so thanks to everyone who played along.  Without further ado, here are the winners:

WINNER

#18 - Cori

Excellent use of hardware here, like the rivet on jeans!!

Love the faux fabric and the pocket for the money.

And little stars too.  Great work.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#7 - Jane

The tool box image along with the screw head brads - brilliant.

Love the woodgrain background.  And the eyelet attachments too!

#10 - Darnell

Love the clean, simple layout!  The metal leaf is just perfect.

Great textures everywhere.  Super work!

#17 - Arnoldo

Love the grungy look.  The car, cog and colours all so masculine.

Love the little brad attachments.  Great work. 

#23 - Sue V

Super clean, simple and elegant card.  We really like the port hole

with the eyelet attachments - great theme!  Super work!

Congratulations to all our winners, please pick up your badges from our sidebar and show them on your blogs!  And thanks to all our players - we really enjoyed seeing your work.

Now, just a quick reminder of the current challenge at The Male Room.  Our theme this time is REMEMBRANCE OR SYMPATHY -  just remember that your papercraft project must have a masculine style.

You still have plenty of time to join in - deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) Tuesday 24th November (7.00pm EDT).  Good luck!

Challenge #23 - Theme

Good morning!  Can you believe it's almost halfway through November?  No, me neither!  But it is time for our new challenge here at The Male Room.  This post goes live on Armistice Day - a time when many countries commemorate the end of the First World War at 11.00am on 11th November 1918.  The day is also known as Poppy Day, and here in the States, is called Veterans Day.  It is a time to remember all those lives lost in the many wars that have happened, and are still happening around the world.

Our theme for the next couple of weeks is to make a male style project with the  theme of REMEMBRANCE OR SYMPATHY.  It's always hard to make a sympathy card, so this prompt may help you create something for you to keep until needed.

Our Guest Designer for November is Vicki of Stamp Smiles, please do visit her blog and leave a comment.  Vicki has opted to create a sympathy card:

Now for some inspiration from the Design Team.  Please do visit our individual blogs and leave a comment - we all like them - thanks!

Jane

Rocky

Deborah





Sue T.

Chris

Louise

You have plenty of time to join in with this challenge.  Deadline for submission of your projects is midnight Tuesday 24th November (7.00pm EDT).  Looking forward to seeing your creations.

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Winners - Challenge #21 - Theme Halloween

Good morning from an unseasonable warm and sunny Northville, not that I'm complaining at all!!
We had so many fantastic submissions for our Halloween challenge, from 3D projects to ultra CAS cards.  The thumbnail display was just fabulous!  Here are our winners.

WINNER

#11 - Ann

Absolutely fabulous tag for Halloween

There are so many super details from the little skeleton hand, to the screws and tag,

to the arsenic label.  And the skull is just brilliant.  

Great work Ann!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#28 - Janis

Such a wonderfully detailed mixed media project.

Love the textures, the colours, and 

best of all - that fabulous spider.  

#32 - Deonna

Super spooky stepper card.

Great papers and lovely embellishments.  

Fab spider and web!

#42 - Jan R

And we finish with a reasonably CAS card.

Love the pumpkin paper, the webs peeking out from behind the panel.

And that pumpkin with the googly eyes is just brilliant.

Thank you for playing along - do pick up your badges from our sidebar and display them on your blogs.

Now it's time to remind you about our current challenge.  We have a stash challenge to use up some of that HARDWARE in your stash.  Get out those brads, the eyelets, charms, cogs, and even metal buttons - put them to go use on your projects.  You've got until midnight (GMT) Wednesday 10th November (7.00pm EDT) to play along.

Challenge #22 - Stash

Welcome to The Male Room.  It's time for our new challenge and this time we want you to use some of your stash.  I'm sure, that like me, you have lots of hardware in your stash.  What do I mean by hardware?  Well it's all those charms, eyelets, brads and other types of HARD stash.  Get creative and make your masculine theme project using HARDWARE!

Our Guest Designer this month is Anita of Crafts & Arts Fun with Anita, she has a lovely masculine style card using eyelets!  Here's her card:

Here are some inspiration projects from the Design Team.  Have fun, get creative - we are really looking forward to seeing what you make.

Deborah

Jane

Sue T.

Rocky

Chris

Louise

You've got plenty of time to join the fun - deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) Tuesday 10th November (7.00pm EDT).

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