Here's some inspiration from the team:
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Challenge #38 - Stash
Hello! Can you believe that it's almost the end of June? No, me neither! You guys had fun with our last challenge - the thumbnail display looked amazing - thanks! And now it's time to tell you about our new challenge. For the next couple of weeks we have a Stash Challenge - TMR#38. We want you to use BUTTONS on your masculine projects. Be as creative as you like, but you must includes BUTTONS - please note the plural!!!
Here's some inspiration from the team:
Here's some inspiration from the team:
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Winners - Challenge#36 - Theme
Hello! It's time for us to announce the winners of our CRITTERS AND/OR BUGS challenge. The thumbnail display looked fantastic, thank you all for playing along. As always you made it very hard for us to pick our winners, but here they are:
Congratulations to you all - please pick up your badges from the side bar and display them on your blogs.
Now before I go - a quick reminder that the theme of our current challenge is FATHER'S DAY - have fun!!
WINNER
Jen made a wonderful set of marine critter cards for her son.
Super vintage images and lots of lovely embellishment. Fab work.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)
A perfectly CAS and very elegant card.
The shaded backgrounds sets off the dragonfly perfectly!
Such a fun guy card.
Love his cowboy hat and real tail feather!
Perfectly CAS and really fun guy card.
Love the expression on his face!
Congratulations to you all - please pick up your badges from the side bar and display them on your blogs.
Now before I go - a quick reminder that the theme of our current challenge is FATHER'S DAY - have fun!!
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
New DT Members & Challenge #37 - Theme
Morning! Thank you to everyone who applied to join the team, it's been tough, but we have selected some new members. Joining our team are Andreja, Buffy, Faith and Shawna - let's hear from them:
Hi :-)
Hello my name is Buffy, I’m married to my best friend Graham and we have 3 kids (two grown up & one teenager). I work fulltime as an Ultrasonic Analyst for a railway company (helping keep the tracks safe). But my true calling is crafting, any kind of crafting. Paper crafting is my favourite, especially card making. Although it has to be said when I quit smoking 4yrs ago I taught myself to crochet and I’ve made quite a few toys. (and then designed the gift bags to put them in).
A day to celebrate the very special men in our lives. Here's some inspiration from the team:
NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS
Hi :-)
I am Andreja and I
come from a small and beautiful country Slovenia, Europe. I am married 14 years,
but unfortunately we do not have children. We both have some hobbys. So, creating is for me a great consolation. I am a creative person since I remember. I make the most
greeting cards and other paper creations, but I am doing the other things, too,
when I have time: I like mixed media tehnic, I make jewellery, I knitting
and sewing. I am
very happy to be part of this great "male" team and I
look forward to creating with you :-))
Hugs, Andreja
Hello my name is Buffy, I’m married to my best friend Graham and we have 3 kids (two grown up & one teenager). I work fulltime as an Ultrasonic Analyst for a railway company (helping keep the tracks safe). But my true calling is crafting, any kind of crafting. Paper crafting is my favourite, especially card making. Although it has to be said when I quit smoking 4yrs ago I taught myself to crochet and I’ve made quite a few toys. (and then designed the gift bags to put them in).
My Name is
Faith Anderson known as Faith A in blogland. I am a digital lover, which means
most of what I do starts in Photoshop and becomes hybrid. I have been using
Photoshop for years, but I still have so much to learn about it. I have been
married for 50 years to a wonderful man who puts up with my time on the computer,
we have a Son who has IT skills, I call upon sometimes. I am really excited to
become part of the DT of the Male Room as being the only girl with 4 brothers
and many other males in the family, I love making male cards.
My name is Shawna Standish from TheGrandStampede. I am a
forty year old mother of two, nicely nestled in Michigan, USA. I have been
creating cards for about three years. It all started when I was faced with the
possibility of becoming blind. It was not until then I started looking at color
and objects with new vigor, soaking up everything, knowing I might not see in
the future. Fortunately I am fine, and I live to see another day.
My crafting however, lead into an
unstoppable obsession. I wanted to share my art with others who had similar
interests. I ended up finding wonderful people from all around the world who
inspire me to be a better artist and who inspires so much of what I do.
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Now it's time to tell you about our new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#37. You can make any type of papercraft project from ATCs to 3D projects, but they MUST be masculine in style. Our theme for the next couple of weeks is
FATHER'S DAY
A day to celebrate the very special men in our lives. Here's some inspiration from the team:
Faith
You've got time to play along as our deadline is midnight (BST) Tuesday 21st June (7.00pm EDT).
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Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Winners - Challenge#35 - Theme
Good morning! I hope that everyone had a good holiday weekend - both sides of the pond! We had a fabulous selection of projects for our Transport theme. The theme inspired a lot of vintage style projects, but we also had good number of clean and simple. It was fabulous to see a scrapbook layout and tag too! It was very tough to pick our winners, but we did it and here they are:
Thank you all for playing along and congratulations! Please pick up your badges from the side bar and display them on your blogs.
I would also like to thank everyone who threw their names in the hat for our DT Call. We are in the process of going through them and will contact successful applicants as soon as possible.
Finally, a quick reminder that our current challenge is to make a masculine project on the theme of:
You've still got a week to play along - deadline for submission is midnight (BST) Tuesday 7th June (that's 7.00pm EDT). Have fun!
WINNER
We really like this vintage sailing ship.
The background, the rope and the anchor all add to the nautical transport theme.
Great work!
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)
Another wonderful vintage style card.
Lots of detailed layers with a super car. The little charm is super.
Lovely crisp, clean card. The stylised sea is fab.
Great work on the theme.
Very clean and simple. Love the little chap in his car!"
Super colouring!
Thank you all for playing along and congratulations! Please pick up your badges from the side bar and display them on your blogs.
I would also like to thank everyone who threw their names in the hat for our DT Call. We are in the process of going through them and will contact successful applicants as soon as possible.
Finally, a quick reminder that our current challenge is to make a masculine project on the theme of:
You've still got a week to play along - deadline for submission is midnight (BST) Tuesday 7th June (that's 7.00pm EDT). Have fun!
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Challenge #36 - Theme
Good morning! Thanks to everyone who submitted their names to join the Design Team, we are in the process of selecting our new members and will announce them on the next challenge.
Our challenge for the next couple of weeks is:
You've got plenty of time to play - submission deadline is midnight (BST) Tuesday 7th June (7.00pm EDT). Get your thinking caps on and have fun!
Our challenge for the next couple of weeks is:
CRITTERS AND/OR BUGS.
I think this could be fun for your masculine style projects - a reminder that we accept cards, ATCs, mixed media, scrapbook or Project Life layouts, or 3D models. Just remember masculine and the theme. Here's some inspiration from the Design Team.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Winners - Challenge#34 - Theme
Hello! Thanks to everyone who played along with our Shakespeare challenge, I think it caused some difficulty as the numbers were down a bit, but the quality of those who played along was brilliant. We liked the way you all interpreted the challenge differently, from playing with quotes to a picture of the man himself. Anyway, it's time to announce the winners.
Finally a quick reminder of our current theme challenge - TRANSPORT - this is proving to be popular and you still have time to join in.
WINNER
This is a wonderful collage style card.
We really like the blend of literature and architecture, so much texture too.
Great quote - perfect for the challenge!
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)
A perfectly CAS and so elegant take on a quote from Hamlet.
Such a fun card too!
A very clever take on another Hamlet quote - you can work it out from the pencil!
Great colours and texture here too.
Congratulations to you all - do pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blog.
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Challenge #35 - Theme & DT Call
Hello! Where is this year going? We're already halfway through May and, allegedly, it's spring. Not sure about that around here. Anyway, enough of that it's time to announce our new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#35. Our theme for the next couple of weeks is:
Sadly, we are saying goodbye to Sue today - she's been a fabulous team member with such creative ideas, and she will be very much missed. Do drop by and wish her luck for all her future endeavours.
Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:
Before we go - a quick reminder that we're in the middle of Design Team Call.
If you want to apply to join the team, please add DT after your name. Remember you can make any type of papercraft project. Have fun!
TRANSPORT
I think this is perfect for guys. Don't forget your masculine style projects can be any type of paper craft - 3D models, scrapbook or Project Life layouts, ATCs or mixed media if you fancy.
Sadly, we are saying goodbye to Sue today - she's been a fabulous team member with such creative ideas, and she will be very much missed. Do drop by and wish her luck for all her future endeavours.
Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:
DESIGN TEAM CALL
The Male Room is a fortnightly (that's every two weeks) challenge. We focus on the men and boys in our lives. You can make anything - a card, scrapbook page, 3D project, banner, ATC, tag - so long as it's a paper craft and has a masculine style, that's fine. Our current DT tends toward clean and simple, so we're actively looking for crafters who like other styles, including mixed media and 3D work. If you are interested in joining the team you must have played along with last week's Shakespeare challenge and you need to play along this week too. Please add DT after your name if you want to be considered. If selected you will be required to make one project for each challenge, comment on entries and help pick the Winner and Honourable Mentions.
If you want to apply to join the team, please add DT after your name. Remember you can make any type of papercraft project. Have fun!
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