Penny Black and More

Sunday, 3 November 2013

November challenge

Welcome to our November challenge, where on earth has the year gone, it seems no time at all since we were thinking of Summer and here we are with Christmas almost upon us. So knowing what a busy time it is for us all we are going with another nice and easy theme of.........

********Anything Goes********

You can enter our challenge up to three times, all we ask is that the focal element of your work is a stamped image...................after all we are a stamping challenge.......you can use any make of stamp though......but strictly no digi images and any using them will not be eligible for the prizes on offer.

Now for some scrummy prizes from our lovely sponsors whose support we really do appreciate.

My Mum's Craft Shop offering a £10 store spending voucher aim to bring you the best stamping products they can find. Along with stamps we also offer essential stamping products like inks, copics, papers, embellishments & more. We are always receiving lots of new deliveries every week so make sure you check back often so see what yummy new stash we have available! If there are any particular designs that you can't see on our website, please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Penny Black invite you to explore their creative world and see for yourself why their rubber stamps, stickers, beautiful papers for scrapbooking, cardmaking and stamp crafting are everyone’s favourites. Their products are designed to integrate style and colour for creating the best handicraft projects ever. Be one of the first to hear about new stamps and products by joining the club for free and a heads up to keep an eye open on 8th November when there is an "Exclusive sale for Club members". Again they are offering three lovely prizes.............

Crafts U Love offering a £15 store spending voucher

Crafts U Love was formed in 2001 by Paul Baughton and Jenny Baughton. They are one of the largest stockist in the UK of die cutting and rubber stamp products as well as a wide range of general card making and scrapbooking products.

Now for some inspiration from the Design Team and this months Guest Designer who is Sue with this warm and cheery Christmas card...............

And a lovely creation from my teami Sarah from Allsorts.....................

Brenda
Using Penny Black 2905H The Best, 3860J Pontille, 30-117 Free Flight and 40-111 Breezy

Using Penny Black 4154K Rosa

Ellie
using Skiing Snowman

Linda
Using PB a wish for peace 30-136

Lynn
Using London 40 116 and for the sentiment ...wishes 30-103

Mervi
using Penny Black's "winter fairy 40-179" and die cuts (love and joy)

Sam
Using PB 'Well-Wishers' 2884K and Sentiment 'Salutations' 30-014

Shirley

Using PB Cake dance No 40-060

Susan
Using Penny Black Hedgehog Kisses 40-039

Tracy

Using 40-034 Carolling Penguins

Good luck to you all with the prize draws.

Friday, 1 November 2013

October winners

My how this month has flown by and it's already time to announce our October winners and what a fab month it was as well, so many of you joining in with such a wonderful array of creations all of which made us very happy, so a huuuuuuuge thank you to you all.

So here are our winners.................

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The Penny Black stamps and stickeroos:

Cathy

Sarah

Simone

Crimson Cloud die cuts:

Pearl

Image sheets from Nicecrane:

Mari

Ribbons from Crafty Ribbons:

Marianne

Well done to you all, please mail me so I can get your prizes on their way to you and don't forget you can collect our winners badge from our sidebar.

And finally the people selected by the DT who we would like to invite to join us as Guest Designers. As it's coming up to Christmas these will be for December and January to give everyone plenty of time to get organised and as there were so many fabulous entries it was really tough for us making our selections so we are inviting two GDT's both months.

The two lucky Peeps in December are...............

Dreja

Berit

And in January

Brenda

Petra

I really hope you are all up for it and if you mail me I will tell you all about our themes for those months.

I will be back Sunday with our new challenge.

Friday, 18 October 2013

Some mid month inspiration

A very good morning to you all, I have some more inspiration for you from the Design Team, who have as always come up with a fabulous array of inspiration for this month 'Anything Goes' theme. We have seen some lovely entries so far but there is still plenty of time if you have not joined in yet, or of course would like to share another piece of work with us.

Linda
using PB 'be very scared' 30-054 and 'trick or treat' 30-005

Lynn

Using PB40-117 San Francisco and sentiment from PB30-103 ...wishes

Mervi
PB floral story 4210K

Sam
using PB 'Fragile' 1920K and 'Love You' 2843B

Shirley

Using PB flowers from Flower Festival 30-095

Susan

Using Penny Black Snowy 2521K

Tracy
Made using 3289J Snowy & Hedgy

Thanks for popping by and enjoy the weekend.

Sunday, 6 October 2013

October challenge

I hope you are all ready for a new challenge because this month we are going free and easy with...............

******Anything Goes******

As always you can crate anything you wish, enter up to three times and combine your entry with other challenges, please just remember that we are a stamping challenge which means the focal element of your work must be a stamped image or sentiment, any make of stamp but as always digi images are not permitted and any entry using them will not be eligible for the prizes on offer.

Now or some prizes from our fabulous sponsors and what a collection there is this month.........................

All Chrismassy to help you get those seasonal cards made

Penny Black are again offering three lovely prizes for three lucky winners. Their web site offers loads of inspiration plus a good search engine to help you look for all the stamps you are after and their club lets you sign up for free so you are amongst the first to know when they release new products.

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.

We welcome a new sponsor this month Nicecrane Designs who offer a huge range of high quality Vintage inspired design sheets and images to create and compliment all your crafting projects from cardmaking to scrapbooking. Designs range from Vintage fashion and animals to well known children's characters such as Peter Rabbit and The Water Babies with new images being added to the range on a monthly basis. The great prize from them is a $20 store voucher and as it's the witching month of October store owner Ignacio will be giving the winner an extra gift of two of his Halloween cones

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 don't forget our DT scouts will be keeping their eyes open on their visits to your blogs for Guest Designers from entries using Penny Black stamps so who knows that could just be you !

Now for some inspiration and everyone really has pulled out all the stops. First up we have Fabiola who was selected from our August entries to join us as a Guest Designer and she has created this stunning card for us.................