Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Winners - Challenge#45 - Theme

Hi! I'm running a bit late with this post. Thank you to everyone who played along with our Tree and/or Leaves challenge - the thumbnail display looked fabulous with its rich autumnal colour palette! Moving on!

WINNER


Such a perfectly CAS and wonderfully bold card.
Love the different die cut leaves, the vibrant string and the sentiment too.
Fantastic work!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



So many gorgeous layers on this card. Love the plaid paper, the spatter.
The colours on the autumn leaves are just fab. And to have a coffee mug too! 



Love the autumn leaves stamped on kraft and softness of the colouring.
The die cut framing the sentiment is just super. Perfect little bow on the leaves too!



This bunch of autumn die cut leaves is just super. Love the scripty text on the card too.
The string bow is a super finishing touch.

Congratulations ladies, do pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs. There were so many awesome projects for this challenge.

Before I go, a quick reminder that our current challenge has a fun theme for this time of the year:


You have plenty of time to get creative on your masculine projects with a Halloween theme! Have fun!

Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Challenge #46 - Theme

Hello! It's the middle of October - time is flying by this year. Thanks to everyone who played along with us last time. We have a fun theme for your masculine projects for the next couple of weeks. I think you might guess what it is:


Well, we had to do it! Halloween is a hugely popular holiday here in the States. It was beginning to become more popular in the UK when we left in 2012 (so long ago!!). Anyway, we want to see your fabulous Halloween themed projects. Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:








You've got plenty of time to play - deadline for submission is midnight BST (7.00pm EDT) on Tuesday 25th October. Let your imagination go wild!

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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Winners - Challenge#44 - Theme

Morning! We're here to announce the winners of our Star Trek (or other space series) theme. We didn't have many submissions (sorry, I was being somewhat indulgent of my favourite show). But those that we did get were brilliant. You guys rocked the challenge. So, without further ado:

WINNER


This is brilliant! Love the way the card is in the shape of the Star Trek badge.
Inside it's full of more Star Trek images and quotes too.
Fabulous work!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



Such a fun card. For those who don't know, this is based on Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Love the die cuts and the milky way across the middle of the card.



This is a beautifully clean and simple card with the focus on the 50th anniversary logo.
Super sentiment too.
The universe background is superb and just the perfect backdrop for the USS Enterprise.
So much depth and texture in this card.

Congratulations - do pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

We're halfway through our current Leaves and/or Trees challenge and you all seem to be loving it - the thumbnail display is super. You've still got time to play along! Have fun!


Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Challenge #45 - Theme

Hello. Welcome to The Male Room - TMR#45. If this is the first time you've found us, let me explain a little. This is a fortnightly (every two weeks) challenge that focuses on creating something wonderful and crafty for the men and boys in our lives. We are a very inclusive challenge - you can create any type of papercraft project - scrapbook layouts, Project Life layouts, ATCs, tags, bookmarks, 3D projects, mixed media, digital, and, of course, cards. All we ask is that your project follows our theme and is masculine in style.

So, that's a bit of explanation. Now it's time to let you know what we want on your masculine projects for the next couple of weeks. We want to see

LEAVES AND/OR TREES


This gives so much scope and here's some inspiration from the Design Team:










Thanks - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems




It's the last challenge of September and it's now officially autumn (fall) so you should have lots of fun with this one. You've got until midnight BST (7.00pm EDT) on Tuesday 11th October to play along with us.

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Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Winners - Challenge#43 - Theme

Morning! It's time to announce the winners of our Music themed challenge. We had some really fun submissions. Thank you all for playing along.

WINNER


Really fun card. So many super details.
Love the red and black, the little cogs, the screw head brads and the gingham guitar!
It rocks!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



Super choice of colours and patterns.
Love the drum kit silhouette! Great work.



Really clever take on the theme. Love the guitar shaped card.
Making it a shaker was such a good idea. Fab!



Lovely crisp design and the shimmer on the mirri card is fab.
Love the way you've used the musical die cut. Nicely done!

Congratulations to you all. Do pick up your badges and display them on your blogs.

Don't forget there's still time to join in with our current challenge. The theme is STAR TREK (or any other space series). We don't have many entries as yet, but this really does give you so much scope - do play along:



Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Challenge #44 - Theme

Hello. It's time for our new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#44. For the next couple of weeks we have the theme;

STAR TREK (or any other space series)

Why Star Trek? Well, it's because I'm a huge science-fiction fan and because the franchise is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. I started watching the show as a kid in the 60s and I love it. I've just seen the latest Star Trek movie by JJ Abrams and highly recommend it. And because many guys really like sci-fi programmes.


You don't have to stick to Star Trek inspired ideas - and there are thousands from the various TV shows and movies - you can base your space series (science fiction) project on any series from Star Wars, Stingray, Dr Who, Twilight Zone, Stargate, Falling Skies, Six Million Dollar Man, Superman, Quantum Leap, Arrow - and this list goes on!! If your inspiration is not immediately clear, do tell us what show you've picked.

Here's some inspiration from the team:






A couple of video clips with the theme music from the original Star Trek and also from Star Trek The Next Generation:





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Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Winners - Challenge#42 - Technique

Oops! I was almost back on schedule, but last night I went to a local choir meeting - first time since I left school and it was brilliant. However, I was shattered when I got home and didn't get this post done. So here I am, late again! It's time to announce the winners of our Shaving Foam Technique challenge. I think this really proved to be a challenge as our numbers were down, but those who played along rocked it!

WINNER


The marble background is super - the colours are just right.
Love the little car charm hanging from the button.

HONOURABLE MENTION


Another gorgeous marble background. The blues really make it look like a sky.
Love the vintage hot air balloon too!

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

Before I go, I'd like to remind you of our current challenge. We have a theme - we want you to feature MUSIC - TMR#43 on your masculine projects. How you interpret the theme is up to you. But, if it's not obvious, please tell us how you've been inspired.



You have plenty of time to play along - deadline is midnight (BST) Tuesday 13th September (7.00pm EDT). Have fun!