TMR - Theme ....

.... Morning all!  It's time for our new challenge at The Male Room.  For the next couple of weeks our theme is REMEMBRANCE OR SYMPATHY.  I picked this theme because today is Armistice Day which commemorates the end of the First World World.  It is a time to remember and honour all those who lost their lives in that war, and the many more that have followed and are still going on.  I made a sympathy card for the challenge and incorporated poppies in the design:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! - Pleasant Poppies, Heartfelt Sympathies; Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz's Crazy Talk
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Die-namics - Zig-Zag Stitched Ovals STAX #4 and #5
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card/DP - Basic Black; Copic Markers

I kept this really clean, simple and elegant.  I stamped the poppies on white card, coloured them with Copic markers and cut them out with a scalpel.  I die cut a couple of mat layers in black and adhered the poppies to the design paper.  I stamped the sentiment in black directly on the card.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of black card and on the white panel added a sentiment and some more poppies.

Our Guest Designer this month is Vicki of Stamp Smiles and she has made a really lovely card for the challenge.  And the rest of the team have come up with a lovely selection of projects too.  Do drop by and leave them all some comments.

It's always a good idea to have a few sympathy cards in your stash as they can be difficult to make.  Don't forget you don't have to make a card - you can make any kind of papercraft project with a masculine feel.  That's all for today.  Bye for now!