Winners Challenge #56 - Use Wood

Well you certainly pulled out all the stops for this challenge and we were all delighted with your different ways of getting a wooden element onto a project. So difficult to choose winners but we've thought carefully and made our decisions. Here we go:

WINNER

#35 Klarka

Such a super idea to have a porthole in a wooden fishing vessel with a view to the sea beyond.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#26 Fabiola

A beautiful woodgrain background showing off a woodland scene and we loved the addition of a wooden button.

#30 Vikki

We loved the simplicity of this card and how striking the die cut white elements looked peeping through that fabulous woodgrain paper.

#36 2amscrapper

Such a brilliant idea to hang cups from a wooden board and the sentiment quote really pops against it too.

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

Just a quick reminder that our current challenge #57 is to use BLACK, WHITE & A SPLASH OF ONE OTHER COLOUR on your masculine projects. You have plenty of time to join in, the deadline is midnight Tuesday 11th April.

Challenge #57 - Colours

Hi! It's time for our new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#57. This time instead of a theme or stash, we want you to use colours on your masculine projects. We want to see BLACK, WHITE and  SPLASH OF ONE OTHER COLOUR - you can pick any colour, but ONLY ONE!! Don't forget you can make any type of paper craft project - cards, ATCs, scrapbook layouts, Project Life, 3D projects, digital pages, and there's always mixed media too. Just have fun and make it masculine.

Here are some projects from the team to inspire you:

Jane

Rocky

Faith A

Andreja

Deborah

Shawna

You've got plenty of time to play along - deadline for submission is midnight BST Tuesday 11th April, that's 7.00pm EDT. We can't wait to see what you make.

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Winners - Challenge#55 - Steampunk

I did enjoy seeing all your fabulous creations for our Steampunk challenge. You guys really rocked the challenge. Lots of lovely grunge, clocks, cogs, vintage, and some very elegant ones too. As always it was tough to pick our winners, but here they are:

WINNER

#19 - Lula

There is so much to admire here. Love the colours and that pipework frame.

The printed cogs and the metal cogs and a super vintage image too! Love it.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#2 - Mavric and #12 too

Both are super! Love the cog details on the inside of the face on the first card.

And a clock again on the second card.

#18 - Jane

This is an elegant steampunk card. Love the dapper looking chap.

Super London skyline and lots of cogs!

#25 - CreaMaria

This has a really grungy feel, yet remains bold and bright.

Love the cog details in the background and those super typeset letters. Fab music take!

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

Just a quick reminder that our current challenge is for your to use WOOD - TMR#56 on your masculine projects. You have plenty of time to join in, deadline is midnight Tuesday 28th March.

Challenge #56 - Stash

Hi! We've a fun stash challenge for the next couple of weeks here at The Male Room - TMR#56. We want to see WOOD on your masculine projects. It can be faux or real - there are some lovely wood papers about! Don't forget that at The Male Room we like to see all types of papercraft projects from ATCs, through cards, to mixed media, scrapbook layout to 3D projects. Just have fun!

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Jane

Andreja

Faith

Rocky

Deborah
Sorry! Running late with card, got back from a crafting weekend
with Dyan Reavely and Teesha Moore late yesterday and haven't had chance to make my card.
Will get it up ASAP!!!

Shawna

Deadline for submission is midnight BST Tuesday  28th March, that's 7.00pm EDT - we're back to 5 hours difference again! Have fun!

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Winners - Challenge#54 - Wheels

Hello! It's time to announce the winners of our Wheels theme challenge. As always you guys produced some amazing projects - some of which could even have been for our current challenge!! Anyway, moving on to our winners:

WINNER

#3 - Majda

This is such a clever card. Love the map and route laid out.

The two card are just super. Fabulous take on the challenge!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#14 - Sunshinepen

This is such a great use of a variety of stencils and shades of green.

And pretty much one layer too! Brilliant work!

#22 - Simone

Love the image of the vintage car and all those lovely vintage embellishments.

Super cool take on the challenge.

#33 - Zvonka

Another card with lots of fabulous details.

Love the corrugated card behind the die cut bicycle! Great work.

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

Before I go, just a quick reminder of our current challenge - STEAMPUNK - TMR#55. Some of you who played along with the wheels theme should play along again this week!

Challenge #55 - Theme

Hello and good morning! This year seems to be going by somewhat faster than it should be! I can hardly believe it's already March! The upside is that it's time for our new challenge here at The Male Room - TMR#55. For the next couple of weeks our theme is STEAMPUNK. The dictionary definition is:

"a genre of science fiction that has a historical setting and typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advanced technology.

a style of design and fashion that combines historical elements with anachronistic technological features inspired by science fiction "the essence of steampunk is homage to vintage fashion with a modern, sassy twist".

If you're not sure what steampunk is, check out the videos at the end of the post - there are examples of a canvas, scrapbook page and a card.

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Jane

Rocky

Andreja

Buffy

Faith A

Deborah

Shawna

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Steampunk is a fun genre. You can make it reasonably clean and simple or you can go wild with the layers, distressing and inks. The main thing is that your project has a masculine feel! Have fun. Deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) Tuesday 14th March, that's 8.00pm EDT in the States. We've got an extra hour in the States because our clocks have already gone forward, but in Europe and the UK it doesn't happen until 26th March!

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Winners - Challenge#53 - Numbers

Hello and Good Morning! It's time to announce the Winner and Honourable Mentions for our recent NUMBERS challenge. You guys always amaze me with the wonderful work that you produce - it makes our lives a bit tough, but in a good way. Here they are:

WINNER

#6 - Majda

This is fantastic. There really is so much to admire in this card.

The wood grain tool box, the individually cut tools and that fantastic typeset style background.

A perfect card for a man! Congratulations!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#15 - KathyK

A much more CAS look this time. Love the grungy look.

Super colours too! Nicely done!

#21 - Katrin

Great colours and textures here. The typeset style numbers are just fab.

Love the eyelet detail and super embossed sentiment. Great take on the challenge!

#28 - Julie B

An ultra CAS card and such a clever way to use the numbers.

The sparkle behind the 25 is just perfect. Fantastic!

Many congratulations to all our winners. Please pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blog.

I'd also like to remind you of our current challenge to use WHEELS on your masculine projects. The thumbnail display is looking good.

There's still plenty of time to join in with us - deadline for submission is midnight GMT Tuesday 28th February (that's 7.00pm EDT). Go on - join in and have fun! Bye for now!