Penny Black Saturday Challenge: July 2009

WELCOME

Welcome to our Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog for all lovers of Penny Black stamps....we are based in the UK but welcome entries worldwide...we post a new challenge on the first Saturday of each month and all we ask is that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT STAMP, DIE OR STICKEROO as the main focus of your creation and that you please link back to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. To join in the fun please leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Inlinkz...so we can come visit you.

Saturday, 25 July 2009

And the Winner is.....

And the winner of Challenge 58 chosen at random is.......

CAROLINE

CJS Creative cards

Congratulations Caroline....if you e-mail me (kath)

with your address...we will get your prize off to you

Hugs from the Design Team

xxxxxx

Week 59 - A Recipe

Morning everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Saturday Challenge....big thank you to everyone who joined in on last week's challenge.....another fabulous response and gorgeous soft and sweet cards from you all.

Don't forget to pop back later to see who has won

that fabulous clear stamp set

from Simply Friends Stamp Club.

So onto this week's challenge which is a recipe

3 Ribbons....2 Flowers.....1 Pin/Charm

We wonder what you will be cooking up this week

and we look forward to seeing your fabulous creations

As always you can make a card, altered art, bag, notebook...box etc the only RULE being that you use at least one Penny Black image or sentiment.

And we have another fabulous prize for you this week

15% off Voucher to use online

at P B Stamps

and I am informed by Dick that he will shortly

have all the new Penny Black Christmas stamps in stock

The winner will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday....

all you have to do to enter is leave a comment here

with a link to your entry so we can come visit you.

If you don't have a blog.....just e-mail either Tracie or Kath

and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you.

And once again the girls on our fabulous Design Team have created some wonderful inspiration for you all

Beth

Happy Crafting Everyone

from the Design Team

xxxxxxx

Saturday, 18 July 2009

And The Winner Is .........

Sorry the lateness of annouching last weeks winner...

So without further ado.... the winner chosen at random for Challenge 57 is

Kris L

Congratulations Kris, please email me your details and we will get your prize out to you.

Have a lovely weekend

xxx

Week 58 ~ Soft & Sweet

Morning everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Challenge, thank you to everyone for joining in the fun last week with a Swirl Challenge and another fabulous response and gorgoeus work for you all again.

Don't forget to pop back later to see who has won the gorgeous stamp from Jacqui at Simply Create

Ok now for this week's challenge
SOFT & SWEET
This week we'd like something Soft & Sweet on your projects... now this came be soft papers, soft textures, sweet images, sweet papers... the choice is yours... so get those thinking caps on.

And Im sure there's gong to be a lot of interpretations for this one and look forward to seeing what you create..

As always...you can make a card..altered art...bag...notebook...box etc the only rule is that you use at least one Penny Black image or sentiment.

We have another fabulous prize for you this week kindly donated by Simply Friends Stamp Club

The winner will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday....all you need to do to enter is to leave a comment here with a link to your entry...so we can come visit you.
If you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to either Tracie or Kath and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you.

The Design Team have outdone themselves again and created lots of inspiration for you this week.

Debbie

Jacqui

Kath

Marcea

Nat

Pauline

Tracie

Happy Crafting

From the Design Team

xxxx

Saturday, 11 July 2009

And the Winner is

And the winner of Challenge No 56 chosen at random is

JULIE

(Julie's Crafty Creations)

Congratulations Julie

if you e-mail me (Kath) with your address

we will get your prize off to you.

Hugs from the Design Team

xxxxxxx

Week 57 - Swirls

Morning everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Challenge......thank you all for joining in the fun last week....another fabulous response and gorgeous Red..White and Blue cards from everyone.

Don't forget to pop back later to see who has won
the gorgeous stamp from Sharni & Clair

So let's get on with this week's challenge

SWIRLS

We would like you to get creative with swirls on your project....stamping...embossing
or die cuts....get your thinking caps on and we look forward to seeing what you create
As always...you can make a card..altered art...bag...notebook...box etc
the only rule being that you use at least one Penny Black
image or sentiment.

And we have another fabulous prize for you this week
kindly donated by the lovely Jacqui at Simply Create

this gorgeous Penny Black Image....Frolic

Simply Create is a fabulous craft store situated in the small town of Alford in the heart of rural Aberdeenshire....too far for many of you I know.. but if you do live nearby....it is well worth a visit and unfortunately for my wallet....it is only a 20 minute drive from where I live

The winner will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday....all you need to do to enter is to leave a comment here with a link to your entry...so we can come visit you.

If you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to either Tracie or Kath and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you.

And once again our fabulous Design Team have gone all out to

give you loads of inspiration......

Beth

Carole

Debbie

Domi

Jackie

Jacqui

Kath

Marcea

Nat

Pauline

Tracie

So it's time to get those Penny Blacks looked out....and happy crafting everyone

from the Design Team

xxxxxxx

sent by e-mail from Sylvia Colledge

Carol Ellis

Saturday, 4 July 2009

And the Winner is

And the winner of Challenge 55 chosen at random is

GISELA

(Mueppi)

Congratulations Gisela

if you e-mail me (kath) your details

I will pass them onto Dick at PB Stamps

who will arrange for you to collect your prize

Hugs from the Design Team

xxxxxx

Week 56 - Colour Challenge

Morning Everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Saturday challenge.....thank you to everyone who joined in the fun last week with Nat's fabulous sketch....gorgeous creations from you all and we know it was hard to drag yourselves out of the glorious sunshine we have been having.

Don't forget to pop back later to see who has won the

15% off voucher from P B Stamps

Today is the 4th of July...Independence Day in the USA and on behalf of the Design Team

we would like to wish our American cousins "Happy 4th of July"

have a wonderful holiday weekend.

So onto this week's challenge which is a colour challenge

RED WHITE AND BLUE

in honour of the American Flag....."The Stars and Stripes"

As always you can create a card, altered art, bag, notebook,
box etc the only rule being that you use at least one Penny Black image or sentiment

And we have a fabulous prize this week

from Sharni & Clair.....Stampin Up Demonstrators

who have generously agreed to sponsor prizes for the

challenges on the first week of the month and

to check out their fabulous creations....pay a visit to their blog HERE

"From The Garden"

The winner will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday. All you need to do to enter is leave a comment here with a link to your entry...so we can come visit you.

If you don't have a blog....just e-mail your entry to either Tracie or Kath and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you.

Once again.....our fabulous Design Team have worked their magic

BETH