TMR - Theme ....

.... Good evening!  I'm very, very late with my post for the new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#28 and I must apologise to my team mates!  For the next couple of weeks we want to see your masculine styled projects with an ORIENTAL theme.  I've made a very simple birthday card:

Stamps: Happy Little Stampers - Bold Birthday Sentiments, Fun Birthday Sentiments; Kanban - Oriental (I think)
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black; Stampin' Up! - Real Red
Dies: Die-namics - Wonky Stitched Rectangle Stax #4
Accessories: SU Card - Real Red; White Lustre Card; SU/Sizzix - Double Sided Adhesive; Black Peeloffs; Gilding Flakes - Gold/Silver

I made the base from red card, as red is considered a lucky colour in China.  The cue word over at Addicted to CAS - ATCAS#80  is RED, so I'm submitting this card to the challenge.  I stamped the oriental character image in bold black - I've no clue what the characters mean.  I die cut a panel of double sided adhesive attaching one side to to white card and on the other I place a black oriental peeloff.  I added gilding flakes in gold (with a touch of silver) to the adhesive panel.  I love the effect that this gives.  I finished the front with a simple birthday sentiment.  I attached the gilded panel to the card with dimensional tape.  On the inside I cut a panel of white card and on it I stamped the same oriental characters in red and added a fun greeting.

I really like the cards that the rest of the team have made - from cute and fun to elegant - all with the oriental theme!  I've not been on my blog much lately - details will follow soon!  That's all for now, see you soon.

TMR - Theme ....

...  Morning!  We had so many fabulous projects submitted to our last challenge at The Male Room - it was great to see the thumbnail display.  Here's hoping that the new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#27 which has a theme of BABIES & LITTLE BOYS, will generate just as much enthusiasm.  I made a birthday card - I always need to have a few cards for little boys!

Stamps: Happy Little Stampers - Mix Mash, Fun Birthday Sentiments, Bold Birthday Sentiments; Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz - Robot
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Marina Mist, Tangelo Twist, Pumpkin Pie; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Dies: Spellbinders - Reverse Wonky Rectangles (S4-307) #4
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie; Papermania DP - For Him; SU Punch - Chevron; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Clear

Going through my stash of design papers I came across a very old set from Papermania which included this piece with the fun robots.  I used my Tim Holtz blueprint robot stamp for the image, cut it out with a die and coloured it with Copics and added sparkle with a clear Wink of Stella brush.  I left space at the bottom of the die cut to add the sentiment.  I grounded the image with a chevron and star.  I echoed the chevron patter by punching a border of orange card and matting it on blue.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of blue card.  On the white panel I created a birthday message from several sets and finished off by adding another cute robot.  I'm submitting this card to the current challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz - C4G#103 where they want to see the colour blue on your card, and mine is mostly blue.

The sun was shining yesterday (when I made this card) so I was able to take a photo of the robot showing all that lovely shimmer.  The snow on the ground was sparkling too - so very pretty!

Do visit our blog to see what the rest of the team have made to inspire you.  Remember, you can make any type of papercraft project for the challenge - scrapbook layout, ATC, 3D, Project Life - it's entirely up to you, but it must have a masculine feel.  You've plenty of time to play along - submission deadline is midnight (GMT) Tuesday 2nd February (7.00pm EDT).  That's all for now! See you soon.