Theme: Birds (Challenge #09) - Winners

Good evening - I'm really late announcing the winners of our Birds Challenge - sorry!  It was a fun challenge and the thumbnail display looked super.  However, without further ado, here are our winners.

WINNER

#24 - Ashwani

We really like the subtle background texture, the clean

and simple layout and the fab birds on a wire!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#9 - Jan R

This one made us laugh!

Love the image and that sentiment

is just perfect!

#13 - Sweet Kobylkin

Perfectly crisp, clean and simple

Just lovely.

#32 - TheGrandStampede

Love the silhouette birds on a wire

and the sunset sky is stunning.

Thanks so much for playing along with us.  Congratulations to you all.  Don't forget to pick up your badges from the sidebar.

We'll be back tomorrow morning with a new challenge for you - it's a stash challenge.  Bye for now.

Theme: Letters and/or Numbers (Challenge #08) - Winners

Good morning!  We were delighted to see so many fabulous projects for our Challenge #08 - Letters and/or Numbers.  You were all very creative with the way you included letters, numbers or both in your projects.  It was tough for us to pick our favourites, but here are the winners.

WINNER

#36 - Shawna (TheGrandStampede)

We like the neutral colour palette, the stencilled numbers

and the bold black numbers with the sentiment.  

Great masculine card.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#3 - Lula

This is amazing.  

Love all the texture, the cogs, the propeller and the numbers on the top!  

Great to see a 3D project.

#12 - DianeW

Super neutral colour scheme with a touch of gold from the sequins.

Love the way you've combined numbers and letters.

#19 - Kimberley

 

Super clean and simple design.

Love the ombre effect on the numbers and the little flourishes on the sentiment.

Congratulations to you all.  Please pick up your badges from our sidebar and display them on your blog.  Thank you to all those who played along with this challenge.

You still have plenty of time to join in with our current challenge to use Birds on your project.  Just remember that it has to be masculine in feel.

Have fun.

Challenge #09 - Birds

Good morning.  It's time for our new challenge, and for the next couple of weeks we want to see you use birds on your masculine themed projects.  Don't forget you can make a 3D project, a tag, scrapbook page, card - any kind of papercraft so long as it follows the theme and is masculine.

Here's some inspiration from the team to get you started:

Vicki

Jane

Sue T.

Louise

Deborah

Rocky

Before we go, just a quick note to let you know we're changing things with regard to the challenge winners.  Instead of a Top 3 (and sometime 4 or 5), from this challenge the team will be picking an Overall Winner and some Honourable Mentions (the number of which might vary).  Have fun with the challenge and we look forward to seeing your creations.

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Technique: Use Embossing Powder (Challenge #07) - Winners

Good evening.  I'm sorry to be a bit late with the results of our technique challenge #07 to use Embossing Powder.  The thumbnail display looked amazing with all the different metallic embossing powders used.  It was tough to pick the winners, but we did and this time instead of a Top 3 we have 4:

WINNERS

(in order of submission)

#3 - Jane

Great use of geometic shapes

along with a gorgeous metallic shine on the sentiment

#12 - RetosCreativosScrap

Love the ombre colours, the numbers

and the fabulous embossed edges 

#17 - Vicki

Super neutral colours, love the filmstrip

and the silver chicken wire background is great

#23 - Sue V

Love the spatter/graph background

and those metallic cogs are brilliant

Thanks so much for playing along - do pick up your badge from the sidebar (I know it says 3, but that's okay).  You still have some time to play along with the current challenge to use Numbers and/or Letters on your project.

New DT Members and Challenge #08 - Using Letters and/or Numbers

Good morning everyone.  We had a super response to our recent DT Call and it was hard to pick just two new members, but we did.  Joining our team today are Jane and Sue T - let's hear from them:

Jane

I think I've probably been crafting all my life, starting at primary school with a love of embroidery and knitting. Building on this my Nan taught me how to sew and I made dolls clothes, aprons and then my own clothes. I studied to be a primary school teacher with craft as my main subject - this included weaving, collage and dressmaking. Over the next few years I dabbled in many crafts including cross stitch, macrame, patchwork, crochet, - you name it I've probably given it a go!

Currently my main craft interests are scrapbooking and card making and I love nothing better than to disappear into my craft room for hours at a time. I think my style has really developed over the last two years since I discovered challenge blogs and started my blog so that I could enter them. Now I'm more or less firmly in the CAS camp, however I love to try new things and admire all different genres. With three sons and three grandsons you could say The Male Room is a pretty good fit for me and  I'm super excited to be joining the DT. I'm really looking forward to starting this new adventure and getting to know everyone.

Sue T

Hi, I am Sue T.- yes that is what everyone calls me. I have been stamping since 1996. It truly became an obsession when a stamp store opened 5 minutes from my house. I love making cards. There isn’t a holiday that I don’t send them out. I have dabbled in just about every style over the years, but have found my niche with CAS cards. In the real world, I am a FT endoscopy nurse, working on my Master’s. I have a wonderful husband who is my best cheerleader and critic. My muse in my studio is my sweet kitty, Pinkie. 

One other thing - you've probably noticed that we've had a bit of a redesign here at The Male Room - we do hope you like the crisp new look.  Thanks to Kylie Purtell for doing all the hard work - she's done a super job.


Here at The Male Room we aim to provide inspiration and ideas when making projects for the men in our lives - both young and old, cute and grumpy - they are all special to us, but creating for guys can sometimes be difficult.  We provided challenges to help you create and any kind of paper craft is welcome, but it must have a masculine feel.  For the next couple of weeks we'd like your projects to feature:

Please use Letters and/or Numbers on your projects.  Here are some ideas from the Design Team to get you started:

Vicki

Sue  T.

Jane

Louise

Rocky

Deborah

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