Penny Black and More

Sunday, 6 September 2015

September challenge - Anything goes

A very good morning and welcome to our September challenge where this months theme couldn't be any simpler, it's.....................

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

Usual rules apply, you can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges, use any make of stamp......but can I please remind you.......

We are a stamping challenge so must see hand stamping as the focal element of your artwork, it can be a stamped image/s, large sentiment or quote.........the one exception is Penny Black Stickeroos. But no digi images and entries using them WILL NOT be eligible for prizes. It so upsets us to see names come out in the draw who are not eligible for a prize because they have not read the rules.

As usual we have lots of lovely prizes to be won from our very generous sponsors to whom we are always so grateful for their continues support.

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. If you would like to be one of the first to hear about new products from Penny Black please click here to join the free club, plus their Facebook is full of activity and news.

Three super prizes from them, two stamps and some sheets of stickeroos...................

If you would like to be one of the first to hear about new products from Penny Black please click here to join the free club, plus their Facebook is full of activity and news.

Stix 2 is the home of all your adhesive needs and much more as well and the prize is some adhesive essentials that we all use in our daily crafting.

Sizzix, there's no bigger or better place for craft materials, custom dies and machines that can die-cut, emboss and texturize many materials, including cardstock, paper, construction paper, fabric, faux fur, felt and foil plus much more. The prize is this pretty set of embossing folders.

We have two Guest Designers this month, Karen selcted from last month's entries and she has made this really pretty easel card card to share with us all..........................

And Helene, my fellow DT over at our sister challenge Allsorts who has created this beauty, it seems both our GDT's are in pink mode this month........................

And some more inspiration from the Design Team.....................

Brenda
Using Penny Black Venetian Summer 40-217

Ellie
Using Penny Black Smile all Day 30-305 and Snippets 30-283

Linda
Using Penny Black Tiny Wishes 30-026 and Wonderful 30-029

Lynn
Using Penny Black 256K Words So Sweet and 30-103 Wishes

Mervi
Using Penny Black Hedgy Truffles 4255J

Sam
Using Penny Black 'From The Heart 2874F and Croaking 2472E

Shirley
Using Penny Black Jubilant 40-286

Susan
Penny Black Snowy 2521K

Tracy

Using Penny Black 4220K Miniful

Now it's over to you, good luck.

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Friday, 4 September 2015

August winners

Thanks to all our lovely entrants we had another great challenge in August with some stunning floral entries, clearly you all love your flowers as much as we do.

So now it's time to announce our winners............................

The prizes from Penny Black...................

Names removed to comply with GDPR

And those lovely dies from Marianne Design.............................

The voucher from Crafts U Love.......................

The surprise dies from All Occasion Dies......................

Congratulations to you all, please mail me with your full names and postal addresses so I can arrange your prizes

As usual the Design Team have been scouting for our next Guest Designer and we would like to invite Gunilla to join us in October, please mail me so I can tell you more about that months challenge.

I will see you again Sunday with our new challenge.

Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Summer Flowers Inspiration

Hi everyone, I'm standing in for Brenda to bring you some mid month inspiration, and a reminder that our Summer Flowers theme runs until 3rd September, so you still have plenty of time to join in for a chance of winning one of the fab prizes on offer.

Brenda
Using Penny Black 40-169 Diamond Pattern and 51-005 Iris

Ellie
using No.30-298 Enamor

Lynn
Using PB3377K Whispers, PB30-103 wishes and 30-115 lace delight

Mervi
using Penny Black's stamp "sunny pair 40-312"

Sam
Using Penny Black Petal Party Transparent Set 30-113 and Salutations Transparent Set 30-014

Shirley
Using Penny Black Butterfly Kiss No 4233K

Tracy
Using Penny Black Transparents 30-034 Teddy & Company

Thanks to the DT for their lovely samples.

Tracy x

Sunday, 2 August 2015

August challenge - Summer Flowers

Welcome to our July challenge here at Penny Black and More.

When I came up with this theme thoughts were of warm summer days and the heady scent of flowers in the air, the reality here in the UK has been somewhat different as we have seem more that our fair share of rain with cool and cloudy days. So this is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the essence of summer through our artwork with.....................

********Summer Flowers********

Usual rules apply, you can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges, use any make of stamp......but can I please remind you.......

We are a stamping challenge so must see hand stamping as the focal element of your artwork, it can be a stamped image/s, large sentiment or quote.........the one exception are Penny Black Stickeroos. But no digi images and entries using them WILL NOT be eligible for prizes or GDT spots. It so upsets us to see names come out in the draw who are not eligible for a prize because they have not read the rules.

As always we have some super prizes to be won thanks to our lovely sponsors to whom we are always most appreciative.......................

Here are the lovely prizes from them this month, all floral inspired to compliment the theme.................

If you would like to be one of the first to hear about new products from Penny Black please click here to join the free club, plus their Facebook is full of activity and news.

Next our regular Robert Addams of Papercrafts, Roberts is well known for his innovative crafting CD's, recently he has developed a range of high quality metal dies designed to give a stylish and professional finish to any crafting project which are sold under the name of All Occasion Dies. The decision was made to stay as a cottage industry in order to provide a sincere and personal service as well as concentrate on a small but very high quality range of products. We pride ourselves on our mail order service and orders received by 3.30pm are normally dispatched first class post the same day, we ship to the UK and there is no minimum order value and free postage.

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.

Marianne Design is a Dutch owned craft manufacturer. The company was established in 1994 by Marianne Perlot and is based in the Netherlands. For years now, we develop all our products with much care and quality. We have a practical understanding of the needs of crafters, we integrate product development, design and customer service to bring fresh ideas and beautiful products to the craft industry. All to enable the consumer to make beautiful cards, scrapbooks and other projects and enjoy this wonderful hobby. We produce a wide range of products which represent a complete concept of paper crafts. There are different lines of stamps and dies with matching papers and materials to decorate your card or scrap. Products are chosen carefully for mixing and matching and stimulating creativity.