Penny Black and More

Sunday, 5 January 2014

January challenge

Welcome to Penny Black and More and our first challenge of 2014 and this month we are getting ahead with our romantic makes with the theme of........................

********Love is in the Air********

They don't have to be Valentine creations, they and can be anything along the theme of LOVE such as weddings, anniversaries or just for that someone very special.

Usual rules that you can enter three times and use any make of stamps, but can I please remind you as quite a few still forget:

The main and focal element of your entry must be a stamped image unless using a Penny Black stickeroo.
Digi images are not acceptable for our challenge.

Sorry to have to bang on about it but we hate having to leave messages telling people their work is not eligible for the fabulous prizes on offer. OK now on to those great prizes for this month...................

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.

Crafty Devils are one of the UK’s leading paper craft specialists with over 10,000 card making, scrapbooking, stamping and die cutting products on line. We aim to bring youthe latest high quality products from all over the world, supplying quality branded products including Spellbinders, Marianne Designs, Molly Blooms, Tim Holtz, Ranger, Docrafts, Papermania, Promarkers, plus lots more at the lowest prices around and FREE postage to all UK postcodes for orders over £12.

Crimson Cloud with the great prize of the winners choice of three sets of die cuts. A mother/daughter venture - a way to indulge our joint passion of cardmaking 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!

FlonzCraft are a small family-owned design and craft company from New Zealand, a very small country where all people are great neighbours. We work hard for our work and store philosophy to reflect that in our company. We will never be ashamed of our products. Our main goal is making and selling rubber and clear stamps and we have and unique collection of stamps that you can not find anything else.

Now for some inspiration to set you on your way and to start with this months Guest Designers.............................

A lovely monochromatic card from Tracy my Allsorts teamie

And Brenda who the DT selected to join us from our November entries.....................

Brenda
Using Penny Black 4023K Love is in the message and 40-092 All you need

Using Penny Black 40-135 Floral Thread and FlonzCraft sentiment

Ellie
Using PB Cat on the Moon Flonzcraft sentiment

Linda
Using Penny Black love tail 3608J

Lynn

Using a stamp from the PB Piece of my heart set 30-042 and a sentiment from Flonz

Mervi
Using Penny Black "bride & groom 4167K" and "bed of roses 40-190" and "love" die cut

Sam
Using PB - 'Love Train 1923K' and sentiment is 'Piece Of My Heart / Transparent Set 30-042'

Shirley
Using Penny Black " Betsy Bluebell" and FlonzCraft Butterflies

Susan

Using Penny Black Love is the Message 4023K

Tracy
Using 30-008 Transparent Every Which Way

Now it's over to you and we look forward to seeing all your Love inspired creations

Friday, 3 January 2014

December winners

Good Morning Peeps, I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year.

Time to announce the winners from our December challenge which again attracted lots of beautiful entries, thank you all so much for sharing your lovely Christmas creations with us.

Here are the names selected by Mr Random Org.,

Winners of the three prizes from Penny Black.............................

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Claudia

Crafty

Nat

The £10 voucher from Classy Crafts..............

Kath

And the $20 voucher from FlonzCraft...........................

Laila

Well done all of you, please mail me by with your full names and postal addys by 3rd January and don't forget to collect our winners badge to wear on your blogs. Note added 4/01/13 - one unclaimed Penny Black prize re-drawn and winner advised by blog comment.

And we would like to invite Dora to be our guest Designer in February, please mail me so I can tell you more about the months theme. Here is Dora's beautiful creation...............

Please pop back on Sunday for our January challenge.

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Traditional Christmas with prizes galore

We have some mid month inspiration for you following this months 'Traditional Christmas' theme. You do seem a bit shy this month but I am certain there must be lots of crimbo cards which you can share with us to be in with a chance of winning one of our awesome prizes on offer, so come on and join in the Christmas fun.

Just look what the Design Team have come up with to set you on your way....................

Ellie
using PB Holly Jolly Product #30-039
Flonz Damask Baroque Borders

Linda
Using Penny Black jolly friends 30-058

Lynn

Using Flonz ladies stamp and PB3243 the most

Mervi
from Penny Black: stamp "jolly Xmas kitty 1516K" and Merry die cut;
from Flonzcraft: stamp landscape on the corner

Sam
Using Penny Black - 'Noel' 194F (1994)

Shirley
Using Penny Black Jolly St Nicholas No 4111K
and Flonzcraft Damask floral curves

Susan

Using Penny Black Winter Snuggles 2999J

Tracy

Still almost two weeks to go before the challenge close date so I hope you will join in and look forward to seeing your creations.

Sunday, 1 December 2013

December challenge

Welcome to our December challenge on this the first day of Advent.

We had a fabulous array of entries last month and I hope this months theme will inspire you to join us again, it is.........................

******Traditional Christmas colours******

Usual rules that you can enter three times and use any make of stamps, but can I please remind you as quite a few still forget:

The main and focal element of your entry must be a stamped image unless using a Penny Black stickeroo.
Digi images are not acceptable for our challenge.

Sorry to have to bang on about it but we hate having to leave messages telling people their work is not eligible for the fabulous prizes on offer. OK now on our great prizes for this month...................

Penny Black are again offering three super prizes. They 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. And you can be one of the first to hear about new products by joining their free club here.

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.

Flonzcraft are another of our regular sponsors who we welcome back. and if you are not familiar with their stamps then you must check out their fabulous range of quality Vintage inspired images at extremely good prices. They are offering one lucky winner a $20 spend at their store as well as a 12% discount to entrants of our challenge - just add "Penny Black and More entrant" in the comment section when placing your order.

And the Peeps invited to be our guests from last months entries:

Berit