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, 27 March 2010

Penny Black Saturday Challenge....Week 94

Hi Everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Saturday Challenge...fabulous cards last week and you all loved Carole's fantastic sketch.

The winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is....

(Paula-pollys)
Congratulations Paula.... if you e-mail me (Kath) we will get your prize off in the post.

So onto the challenge for this week....

BUTTERFLIES & BEES

As always you can create a card, altered art, bag, notebook, scrap layout etc. the only RULE being that you use one Penny Black image

And we have another fabulous prize this week from
15% off lifetime discount voucher
to spend in their online store....where you will find over 4000 Penny Black images

The winner will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a link to your entry with Mr Linky so we can come visit you.  If you don't have a blog....just e-mail your entry to me (Kath) and I will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you

And I'm afraid we are saying goodbye this week to the lovely and very talented Nadine...we are so pleased she agreed to join the team for the month of March and I'm sure you will agree her cards are fabulous and have given us all lots of inspiration

NADINE (Guest Designer)


And as always the Design Team have worked their special magic....







KATH


NAT


PAULINE


We look forward to seeing lots of gorgeous butterflies and buzzy bees.
Happy Crafting
Hugs from the Design Team
xxxxx

Saturday, 20 March 2010

Penny Black Saturday....Week 93

Hi Everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Saturday Challenge.....gorgeous cards for last week's Spring Colours Challenge and isn't it lovely to see the beautiful Spring weather we have been having....long may it continue and also it was so nice this week to see some new Penny Black lovers joining in the fun.

And the winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is

TANIA
(Javabeanscreativeescape)

Congratulations Tania.....if you e-mail me (Kath) I will pass your details onto 1-2-3 Stitch who will arrange for you to spend your $20 voucher

Before we move onto this week's challenge....a little reminder about the rules of the challenges.
We have noticed recently that some folks are entering cards without any Penny Black images on them....we are called Penny Black Saturday because we are challenging you to make cards and projects with 
PENNY BLACK STAMPS...

1. Each card or Project must contain at least one Penny Black image
and that includes Stickeroos
2.  Penny Black Sentiment stamps will count as an image but only if they are the larger sentiment stamps which are used as the focal point on your project.

3.  Cards with any other images and a small Penny Black sentiment will not be included in the prize draw.

Challenges are all about having fun...but please have a little consideration for all those who do play by the rules.

So on with this week's challenge which is a fab sketch from our lovely teamie Carole
as always you can interpret the sketch as you wish...flip or rotate it


and Carole has also kindly donated this week's prize
2 Cuttlebug folders for one lucky winner chosen at random and announced next Saturday


All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a link to your entry with Mr Linky so we can come visit you.

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

And as usual our fabulous Design Team have well and truly rocked the sketch.....starting off with

NADINE (Guest Designer)















And it's your turn now.....we look forward to seeing what you create with Carole's sketch.
Happy Crafting
Hugs from the Design Team
xxxxx

by e-mail from Magalie


Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Last Week's Winner

Hi Everyone...it has just been brought to my notice that last week's winner did not in fact have a Penny Black image or sentiment on her card and therefore....according to the rules of the challenge....does not qualify to win the prize.    I normally check when I link the card on the post....but for some reason this week I didn't notice and I apologise....so in fairness to all those who play by the rules....the prize will be redrawn and we will announce the winner of the SU Punch and add it to this post later today.
Hugs from the Design Team
Edited to add...the redrawn winner of the SU Corner Rounder Punch is.....

DRAGONLADY
(Craftydragons)
Congratulations....if you e-mail me (kath)....Valentines will get your punch off in the post
and yes I did check this time.....and there is a gorgeous hedgie image

Saturday, 13 March 2010

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 92

Hi Everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Saturday Challenge.....gorgeous easel cards from everyone last week and well done to all those who made one for the first time.....they look a bit daunting but are so easy to make.

The winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is......

MARILYN
(Crafts Beyond)

Congratulations Marilyn... if you e-mail me (Kath) with your address
Clair & Sharni at Valentines will pop your prize in the post

We have another fabulous challenge for you all this week to celebrate the fact that at last the weather has been a bit warmer and hopefully Spring is just around the corner...so this week we would like to see lots of

SPRING COLOURS

as always you can create a card...altered art..bag...notebook....scrapbook page etc....the only RULE being that you use at least one Penny Black image or sentiment

And we have another fab prize for you this week
$20 voucher from 1-2-3 Stitch
and a great excuse to get some of those fabulous new Penny Black Stamps

The winner will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a link to your entry with Mr Linky so we can come visit you.

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

And once again our Design Team have worked their magic and come up with beautiful cards all in gorgeous spring colours

NADINE (Guest Designer)


















Now all you need to do is look out your Penny Blacks and think SPRING
Happy Crafting
Hugs from the Design Team
xxxxxx

Saturday, 6 March 2010

Penny Black Saturday Week 91

Hi Everyone and welcome to another Penny Black Saturday Challenge....lots of gorgeous cards from you all last week for Carole's fabulous sketch and a big thank you to all who joined in the fun.

The winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is.......

JENNY
(Made On The Farm)

Congratulations and if you e-mail me (Kath) I will pass your details onto PB Stamps who will arrange for you to use your prize

And the challenge this week is to make an
EASEL CARD
any theme...any colour combination...we will leave that entirely up to you...the only RULE being that you must use at least one Penny Black image or sentiment

We have another fabulous prize for you this week from the lovely Clair & Sharni at Valentines
SU Corner Rounder Punch
The winner will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday and all you need to do to enter is to leave your name and a link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you
If you don't have a blog....just e-mail your entry to Kath and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will still be eligible for the prize

Can you believe that it's March already and that means we have a new Guest Designer....the lovely and very talented NADINE...we were chuffed when Nadine agreed to join the team for the challenges in March and we look forward to seeing all her fabulous work...but if you can't wait why don't you pop over to Nadine's blog for lots of gorgeous eye candy


and as always our lovely girls on the Design Team have worked their special magic especially for you








We look forward to seeing all your fabulous easel cards this week
Happy Crafting
Hugs from the Design Team
xxxx