TMR - Theme ...

.... Morning! I'm back with my card for our new challenge over at The Male Room - TMR#50. We have a very simple theme, and you won't be at all surprised to know that it's CHRISTMAS/WINTER WISHES/DECEMBER CELEBRATIONS. I had fun making another Christmas card for my stash (now 106 cards):

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - Winter Woodland, Comfort & Joy
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake; Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Kaisercraft - Deer Head; Die-namics - Cross Stitched Ovals #4; W&W Cutaway - Noel
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Early Espresso, Cajun Craze; Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Tidings; Wink of Stella - Clear

I think that a stag's head makes a perfect masculine Christmas card and I had fun with this one. I stamped the background with the cut tree trunk rings in light brown. I die cut a plain white oval on which I adhered the stag's head. I die cut it from some lovely plaid design paper. I made the word "noel" with three die cuts - one in dark brown and the other two in Cajun Craze. I adhered the dark brown slightly offset to create a drop shadow effect. I finished the front with a light dusting of clear Wink of Stella on the word noel. On the inside I cut mat layer of the plaid paper and on the white panel added a greeting, another stag's head and some birds.

I'm really pleased how this one turned out. I'm going to submit this to AAA Cards - AAA#79 where the theme is CHRISTMAS, although it might not be CAS enough for them!

For more inspiration do visit our blog to see more from the Design Team. This challenge has an extended deadline to allow for the fact that most of us are very busy this month, and also to allow you to keep any special cards hidden until after 25th December. Submission deadline is midnight (GMT) on Saturday 31st December - that's 7.00pm EST for those in the States. Have fun!!

TMR - Theme ....

.... Good morning!  It's time for our new challenge over at The Male Room.  We've a theme challenge for you this time - and I'm not giving any awards for anyone who's guessed it!  Yes, our theme for the next couple of weeks is to make a CHRISTMAS OR SEASONAL GREETINGS project.  It doesn't have to be Christmas, any of the December holiday festivals is acceptable, but your project MUST have a masculine feel.  Here's my card:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - Comfort & Joy; Uniko - Simply Said Christmas
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black; Brilliance - Galaxy Gold
Dies: Winnie & Walter - Joy Cutaway
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Kaisercraft DP - A Touch of Gold

I've made a really clean and simple card.  I used my new die cut for the word "joy" which I cut out of black and gold design paper - love the bold, graphic look.  I used some design paper to cover the card. Using my MISTI I positioned all the stars, inked them up and stamped them twice to give good ink coverage (particularly of the gold).  Then I stamped the words "to the world" and finally I adhered the die cut word.  This got the masculine seal of approval when Jonathan said how much he likes this one!  On the inside I cut a mat layer of design paper and added a simple Christmas greeting.

I used colours from a recent Colour Throwdown Challenge - CTD#371 and I'm submitting this to Addicted to CAS - ATCAS#78 where the cue word is JOY!  I'm also playing along with Happy Little Stampers Christmas - HLSDecXmas where they would like to see stars!

I'm sorry about the glare on the foiled pattern, but I had to use the flash on my camera yesterday to take the photos, so dark here, even in the morning!!  I did manage to take another photo of the card at an angle so that you can see the paper better:

Do visit our blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the team.  You've got plenty of time to play along with this challenge, it's the only one we're having this month.  Deadline for submission is midnight Tuesday 29th December (7.00pm EDT).  The challenge winners will be announced when we come back in the New Year.  And that's all for now!  See you soon, I'll be back with another card in the 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop!