Winners - Challenge #20 - Theme Autumn

Welcome!  We were delighted to see so many fabulous submissions for our Autumn challenge.  The thumbnail display looked so pretty with all the warm shades of autumn.  You all made it very tough to pick our winners, but we did it!

WINNER

#43 - Rahmat

A one layer card with so much depth!

We love the masking technique and the lovely colours you've used .  

The falling leaves are just perfect for Autumn!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#28 - Cornelia

We really like the leaves on this lovely tree, beautifully grounded with the sentiment.

Great work!

#30 - Vicki

We love the mixture of colours and leaves here.

The leaves tumbling down the card are just gorgeous!

#44 - MacMable

This one is full of texture and colour.

Love the woodgrain background and the lovely sky behind the trees.

As always, our congratulations to our winners.  Please pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

A quick reminder that our current challenge is HALLOWEEN - again, this one is popular all over blogland.  We really do want to see your masculine styled Halloween projects.   You've got until midnight (GMT) Tuesday 27th October (that's 8.00pm EDT).

Challenge #21 - Theme

Hello!  You guys really like the Autumn theme we had last week.  And I hope you enjoy our theme for the next couple of weeks. Like many other challenges in blogland, here at The Male Room we've gone for the theme of HALLOWEEN.  You're not limited to making a card, in fact we love seeing different kinds of papercraft projects - ATC, scrapbook layouts, Project Life layouts, tags, 3D - but it must have a masculine feel!

Our Guest Designer this month is Anita of Crafts & Arts Fun with Anita.  Anita is a regular player here at The Male Room.  Anita lives in Germany and this is her first ever Halloween card - they don't celebrate Halloween as much in Europe and the UK as they do here in the States.  Here's Anita's card:

Do drop by and leave a comment for Anita.  And here are some more inspiration projects from the Design Team - we love to get comments too!

Jane

Sue T.

Deborah

Louise

Chris

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Winners - Challenge #19 - Colours

Hello!  It's time to announce the winners of our Neon colour challenge.  We had a great range of styles from cute through grunge to CAS.  You guys really rocked this challenge.

WINNER

#11 - Cori

Love the grungy look.  Great use of neon colours.

The comic book look - just perfect for a guy!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#5 - Toni

Very on trend with the lovely drippy watercolours.

Love the all the bright neon colours in this skyline.

#7 - Lesley

This crazy bird combines cute and grunge.

Love the splats.  Super colouring on the bird and great eyes!

#9 - Sue V

The rock music theme is great for guys.

Love the strong silhouette against the neon spatter pattern.

Many congratulations to all our winners - please pick up your badge from our sidebar and display it on your blogs.

Now, a quick reminder that our current challenge is a theme challenge - and one that's very popular all over Blogland at the moment.  We want to see your masculine style projects based on the theme of AUTUMN (or Fall as our American friends call it).

Challenge #20 - Theme

It's the last day of September and it's officially been Autumn, or Fall as it's called here in the States, for a week.  I have definitely noticed a change, with it being quite a bit cooler in the morning and evenings, and the leaves are starting to turn.  We get the best colour towards the end of October, so I'll share some photos later.  And that leads us nicely into our new theme challenge.  For the next couple of weeks - we'd like to see your masculine projects based on our theme of  Autumn/Fall.  Don't forget you can make any type of paper craft project from an ATC to an art journal page.  Just have fun and be creative.

Our Guest Desinger for this challenge is Shawna (The GrandStampede) - she's a regular here at The Male Room and has created a fabulous card for our challenge.  Do drop by and leave her a comment or two!

And here's more autumnal inspiration from the Design Team:

Jane

Sue T.

Chris

Rocky

Deborah

Louise

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Winners - Challenge #18 Theme - Fruit

Oops!  I'm a bit late again!  I don't think the fruit theme was too popular, so thanks to all who had a go.  Here are the winners:

WINNER

#4 - Kimberley

Such a fun card!

Bold colours, great images and fun sentiment.

We really loved this one!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#2 - Manuela

Another great take on the challenge.

Love the image and sentiment, and those googly eys are fab!

#9 - Martha

So clean and simple!

We really like the use of diecuts to create the banana!

#11 - Shawna

So much texture here with the embossed background and the burlap.

Lovely basket of apples!

Congratulations to all our winners - please pick up your badge from our sidebar and display it on your blog!

Here's a quick reminder about our latest challenge.  We've got a colour challenge - you need to use NEON colours on your masculine themed projects.  Neon colours are super bright and bold and work perfectly on masculine projects.  You've still got time to play along - deadline for submission is midnight (BST) Tuesday 30th September (7.00pm EDT).  Go for it!

Challenge #19 - Colours

Hello and welcome to The Male Room.  I can't quite believe how quickly the month is flying by, but I do think that once the children are back at school, this part of the year gallops along!!!  It does mean that it's time for our new challenge.  We know that many of you find it tough to make masculine projects, so we set you a challenge to get the creative juices flowing.

For the next couple of weeks, we have a colour challenge for you - we want you to use NEON colours on your masculine projects.

As always our Design Team have come up with some fabulous projects to inspire you:

Sue T.

Jane

Deborah

Chris

Louise

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Winners - Challenge #17 Stash - Newsprint

Oops!  I'm running a tad late with this post - should have been up first thing this morning.  I got caught up in housework - yes, I know, I'm obviously not feeling well :)

We really enjoyed your newsprint projects and it was tough to pick just one winner, in fact we have two winners this time!

WINNERS

(in order of submission)

#5 - Julia Aston

We love the way you've used the colours from the newsprint in the main image.

A super masculine card.

#12 - Lai-Yoke

Lots of texture here with the string and corrugated card.

Another great use of newsprint.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#21 - Chrissie

This one really made us smile.

Love that vulture and the way you've coloured him to allow the newsprint to show.

#22 -Anita

Love the colours and the vintage car.

Great use of the newsprint element too.

#23 - Susanne V

We really like the way there is newsprint in the background and the image.

Great colours in the sky too.  

Ladies - you really rocked this challenge.  Do pick up your badges from the side bar and display them on your blogs.

This week's challenge to incorporate FRUIT on your masculine projects seems to be causing a few problems - not so many submissions so far.  Come on - get creative and use FRUIT in your masculine themed projects.  Deadline for submission is midnight on Tuesday 15th September (that's 7.00pm EDT).