Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Winners - Challenge#51 - Anything Goes

Oops! Running just a bit late with the winners post today. I think you all really enjoyed our Anything Goes challenge; we had 109 wonderful submissions. In fact it was so hard to pick our winners this time, we have JOINT WINNERS:

WINNERS
(in order of submission)



There are so many super elements in this CAS card.
Love the colours, the grungy look and the bold star. Great work.



So nice to see such a fun 3D card. The neutral tones are just super.
Love the biker theme - that classic bike is just fab!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



Love the contrast of the bold colours on the birds with the simple background.
This is such a fun card! Great work.



Love this image of the teenage boy - so beautifully coloured.
Perfectly simple layout. Love the bold sentiment banner.



Really like the effect of using colour blocks on water colour card.
The sentiment really pops against the background. Super!

Thank you all for playing along with our Anything Goes challenge and congratulations. Do pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

Before I go, there's just time for me to remind you of our current challenge. We're half way through our Washi Tape challenge - TMR#52. I'm sure that, like me, you have got lots of washi tape in your stash. Well, we want to see you use it on your masculine style projects. Go wild, be creative and have fun! You've got until midnight Tuesday 31st January (7.00pm EDT) to join the fun.


Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Challenge #52 - Stash

Hi! We're back with our new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#52. I'm sure that like me you have many rolls of Washi tape in your stash. Our challenge for the next couple of weeks is really simple. Create your masculine projects using up some of your Washi stash!


Check out the ways our Design Team used Washi tape in their projects:





Submission deadline is midnight (GMT) Tuesday 31st January (7.00pm EST here in the States). Have fun!

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Wednesday, 11 January 2017

Winners - Challenge#50 - Theme

We had an almost record number of entries for our Christmas/December Celebrations/Winter Wishes challenge. The thumbnail display looked absolutely super. I must apologise again for the confusion with the closing date for the Linky - so sorry. It's been really tough to pick our winners, but we did it and they are:

WINNER


Beautifully CAS card with so much lovely texture.
The image is super and the stitched detail is lovely. The soft aqua is just perfect.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



A really fun card - just right for a guy.
Lovely image, great colouring  and nice layout!



Lots of super details on this car, with the stag framed by the lovely wreath.
The soft neutral tones are just lovely.



A very elegant card. We liked the long, thin design.
Love the way the branches and ornaments frame the sentiment.



Both cards are really super.
We like the cute critters in the firs card and those fun DP mountains.
The second is more classic with the colours and use of plaid. Great work.



A lovely clean, simple card. The panel with the deer and trees is just super.
Love the big, bold sentiment.

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

We are half-way through our first challenge of the year which has an ANYTHING GOES theme. There are already many wonderful projects - don't forget that we like to see any type of paper craft project.


Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

Good morning!! We wish you all a very Happy 2017!

I must apologise to everyone - I set the closing date for the last challenge linky earlier than stated in the post! So sorry! It'll be okay for this challenge.

Many crafters find it difficult to create cards or projects for the men in our lives - both young and old. So, the aim of our challenges here at The Male Room are to help and inspire you with your masculine projects. We like to see all types of paper craft projects from cards, tags, 3D creations, scrapbook layout and even art journal pages and canvases. Our only condition is that your creations are masculine in style and follow the theme, colours, technique or stash of the particular challenge.

With all that in mind, it's time for our first challenge of the year and, after the very busy holiday period that has just passed, we've decided to keep it nice and simple. We have an ANYTHING GOES theme for you.


Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:





Faith A


Buffy


Rocky



Deborah 

You've Got This - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Made it! Sorry it's a bit late :)

Submission deadline is midnight (GMT) Tuesday 17th January (7.00pm EST). Let your imagination go wild and have fun!

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Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Winners - Challenge#49 - Theme

Good morning! It's time to announce the winners of our ???-Scapes challenge. This was a really different challenge and it was lovely to see how everyone interpreted the scapes theme. As always you rose to the challenge and the thumbnail display looked amazing. It made it tough to pick our winners, but we did and here they are:

WINNER


A magnificent winter landscape with so many lovely details and such depth.
The sky is stunning - a real "northern lights" display. Fabulous card.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in order of submission)



A tranquil riverscape, so beautifully coloured.
This is a work of art!



A nice clean and crisp evening cityscape with lights in the buildings and stars in the sky.
Great work.



Beautifully embossed seascape and embossed too - great guy card.
Worth all the time it too to make!



A super urban landscape. I really like the tree shaped spotlight and Santa flying over head.
Super Christmas card.

Congratulations to you all - they are all superb. Do pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

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Before I go, I'd like to remind you of our current month long challenge - CHRISTMAS/DECEMBER CELEBRATIONS/WINTER WISHES - TMR#50 - there's a lot happening in December, not just Christmas! You've got plenty of time to link up your entries, deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) Saturday 31st December - that's 7.00pm EDT in the States.


Wednesday, 7 December 2016

Challenge #50 - Theme

Hi! We've reached December, the last month of the year and for many of us a very busy month indeed. As a consequence here at The Male Room - TMR#50 we have opted for a month long challenge and kept it really simple. We want your masculine projects to focus on

CHRISTMAS/DECEMBER 
CELEBRATIONS/WINTER WISHES 

that's a really broad range for your projects.


Here are inspiration projects from the Design Team:






Deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) on Saturday 31st December (7.00pm EST). Have fun creating!

Do enjoy the various festivities this month and we'll be back with a new challenge on Wednesday 4th January 2017! Oh, it feels strange typing 2017!!!!

So sorry about the confusion in closing date for the linky. I am in the UK and have spotty Internet and only just seen the comments. If you want to email me (Deborah) on dfrings@runbox.com please do so. I will be back in the States on 2nd January and will add them then. Happy New Year! :)

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Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Winners - Challenge#48 - Theme

Hello! We'd like to thank everyone who played along with our Science theme. While there weren't too many entries, they were all excellent - which made it a bit tough for us. However, we are here to announce our winners.

WINNER


As a chemistry nerd - this one sang to me! Love the argon electron configuration image.
And the punny joke - just perfect!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in orders of submission)



Another very clever play on words with the "atomic" structure.
Perfectly CAS too!



A complete contrast to the clean and simple cards - this has a fabulous vintage feel.
Love the chemical formulae and the vintage glassware advert. 

Congratulations to you all - please pick up your badges from our sidebar and display them on your blogs.

Before I go - a quick reminder about our current challenge. We're half-way through our ???-scapes challenge - TMR#49 - where we want to see your masculine projects with a city, sea, land, urban scape - any type of scape! Have fun!