Penny Black and More

Sunday, 7 April 2013

April challenge

Time for a new challenge here at Penny Black and more and this month we have a bit of Springtime theme..............

********Blossoms and Bows*********

How easy is that as most of us like a few flowers on our cards and lots of us are ribbon addicts so we hope you enjoy the theme as much as the DT have. The basic challenge rules remain the same, the focal element of your creation must be a stamped image but you can use any make of stamp and as always any entries using a digi stamp will not be eligible for the prizes on offer.

And here are our wonderful sponsors for April, as always our grateful thanks to them all for their continued support of our challenge.

Next we welcome back Classy Crafts an on line store offering a huge range of products, latest arrivals include Spellbinders dies and Nellie Snedden stamps and don't forget that all new customers can get a 10% discount off their first order - use the code "first order" (no quotes) in the discount coupon box during the checkout process to claim your discount. (Offer excludes the Silhouette Cameo, and quotes for special orders).They are offering one winner a £10 voucher for an on line shop at their store.

Next Crafty Ribbons a ribbon emporium, who are passionate about ribbons and want to share our fantastic ribbons with others. Our range of Christmas ribbons is second to none. Remember when we only used ribbons to add a bow to our hair, or tie up a birthday parcel ? Ribbons are now a "must-have" for all types of craft. Whether your project requires satin, sheer, silk, grosgrain, gingham or polka dot ribbon we have them all! Lots and lots of different colours in a range of widths. Need a little bit of ribbon inspiration - then have a look at our projects on our blog,or visit our Inspiration blog,or maybe join in with us at our Challenge blog. Go on, have a look... It's worth it !

And the prizes from our own Penny Black:

And last but not lease, the prize for the entry using a Penny Black stamp.

Plus don't forget our extra prize, we will be selecting someone from this months entrants to join us as our Guest Designer in June.

You don't need to do anything as we will be keeping our beady eyes on all the months entries and will announce the lucky persons name along with the other prize winners at the end of the month.

We are thrilled to welcome two Guest Desingners this month, first up is Tanya who was the lucky person selected from our February challenge entrants, here is her pretty card........

And next my lovely teamie from our sister challenge Allsorts Sarah, who has created another lovely card for us.............

Brenda

Using PB Cherry Blossoms 3064K and Time 4261F

Ellie

Using PB Butterfly Suite- Product No: 4182K

Linda
Using PB Pansy Bunny 40-066

Lynn

Using PB 4260K Tres Chic

Mervi

Using PB " bed of roses " 40-190

Shirley
Using PB Butterfly Suite- Product No: 4182K

Susan
Using Penny Black For Goodness Sake 40-021

Tracy
Made using Penny Black 3980K Team Effort and Flonz Butterfly stamp

Have fun with the challenge everyone and good luck.

Friday, 5 April 2013

March winners

Good Morning, I'm here with the winners from our March One for the Boys challenge and as always we has come fabulous entries so thanks to one and all for joining in.

Winner of the prize from Pretty Little Ribbons.........

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Frea

And the prizes from Penny Black...........

Maria

Heaney

Next it's the lucky winner for the Crimson Cloud prize.........

Emma H

The prize for the winning entry using a Penny Black image........

Eve

Please all mail me with your full postal addys so I can get your prizes arranged, but please note that I am away in Paris at the moment so it will be Tuesday before I get back to you so please don't think I have forgotten to reply yo you.

And finally we would like to invite Tirpuunen to join us as our Guest Designer in May, this was her lovely entry this month..........

Please mail me Tirpuusen and I will tell you all about next months theme.

Congratulations to you all, please grab our winners logo to display on your own blogs and Tirpuusen please pick up our Guest designer badge.

I have scheduled our new challenge post for Sunday so fingers crossed Blogger posts it when he should.

Monday, 18 March 2013

Still time to join in

A very good morning to you all, just popping in with a reminder about this month's 'One for the Boys' theme and a little bit more inspiration from the DT who have some wonderful creations to share with you.

If you have not already done so then there is still plenty of time to join in, or you might fancy entering again or even a third time to increase your chances of winning one of the fab prizes on offer again this month.

Here's what the DT have made to inspire you..................................

Ellie
using "absolutely silly about you" No.1578K

Linda
using PB flowers sweet 30-096 and sentiment from PB salutations 30-014

Lynn
using PB 1658L "Cheesecake message" and for the sentiment PB 3942F "live life"

Mervi
Penny Black's " dash" 3846K

Susan

Using Penny Black Miniful 4220K

Tracy

Penny black - Prank Call - 1682K

Thank you guy's your a great team.

Sunday, 3 March 2013

March challenge

Good Morning and a very warm welcome to our March challenge here at Penny Black and More and this month we would like to see......................

********One for the Boys********

As always please feel free to create whatever you like, be it a card, tag, gift box etc., all you need to remember is you can use any make of stamp which must be the focal element of your card but we do not allow digi images (any entries using them will be discounted).

Our lovely sponsors this month are............................

Pretty Little Ribbons who are offering this wonderful collection of ribbons:

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop is an online store supplying a large selection of ribbons, twine, embellishments and much more for all of your crafting needs. This month we have many reductions for a limited period on buttons and button twine, bakers twine, satin and grosgrain ribbons while stocks last so it's a good time to stock up on all those crafting essentials. Free postage on all UK orders over £25 - International orders will receive the equivalent discount.

Penny Black's lovely new Spring collection of stamps are proving very popular and this week they introduced four more clear sets.....................

You can see the full range of all their Spring 2013 stamps here and if you can also sigh up the their newsletter here you will be amongst the first to get all the news and updates about new products.

Here are the prizes they are generously giving away this month:

Next another regular sponsor Crimson Cloud who have recently uploaded many of the new Spellbinder products to their website.

Crimson Cloud is a mother/daughter venture - a way to indulge our joint passion of card making and crafting. We only sell products that we have tried, tested and love using. We have developed our own exclusive range of digital stamps, svg files and "Make Your Own Card" kits which reflect our styles of card making - and hopefully yours too! And the fabby prize 3 sets of die cuts of winners choice

The prize for our special section for an entry using a Penny Black image.

And a new special prize........we will be on the look out during the month for someone to join us as a Guest Designer, no need for you to do anything as we will sending our talent scouts, aka the DT to make their selection from all entries during the month.