The Male Room - Science Fiction!!!

Welcome to a new challenge in The Male Room, and this week it is Science Fiction! I have to confess that this had me totally stumped for a while. There was nothing in my stash that seemed to be remotely sci-fi. Eventually I found some I found some super files in the Silhouette  on-line store of planets and aliens. So my card was born! Lots of inking for the background, then a planet and an alien cut out of scraps of cherry cobbler, real red and old olive cardstock. The lettering was cut in vinyl(non-SU). The background was inked with brushes using so saffron and bashful blue with a light touch of midnight muse.

The stars were found in my stash . It's amazing what you find that you've forgotten all about when you have a good rummage. After all that I was really please with how it turned out! Lots of scraps used so a visit to the Playground is called for!

Much better than my first idea which was to use one of SU's retired stamps of a telephone box in blue - Dr Who. I also vaguely remembered seeing a card on Pinterest using the penny farthing that had been repeat stamped to give the illusion of movement, and thought I could do that with the police box to make it appear as if it was just arriving/leaving!

But I really didn't like it but thought I would show you anyway!

Feeling Sentimental

I hadn't got round to using this SAB set yet but when Less is More produced a sketch challenge this week I decided to try it out. I also embossed the card with the new needlepoint border from the upcoming Spring/Summer catalogue. I was quite pleased with the result and rthen realised it also fitted with the Dynamic Duo challenge of Soft Suede and Crumb Cake. Gosh two challenges in one! Then while I had the stamp out and bits of crumb cake card on my desk wondered what it would look like stamped in white. Not very succesful so it went in the bin; but then I tried embossing it in white - what do you think?

So now I have two entries for both challenges and then Late Night Stamper's http://lnschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ wanted heat embossing for their challenge - so definitely fits the bill there as well and also Make my Monday - One for the Boys. Phew!!

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Ink: Soft Suede, Versamark
Stamp Set: Feeling Sentimental (SAB)
Other: white embossing powder. Needlepoint Border EF