Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 186

2012-01-28T08:00:00.000Z

Hi everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday and first things first...we're sending great big birthday hugs to our lovely teamie JENNY who was celebrating her birthday yesterday...21 again...
and a big thank you to everyone who shared their Crafty Bargain creations last week....we loved seeing what you spent your crafty pennies on

and the winner chosen at random is...
JANE

Congratulations Jane if you e-mail me (kath) I will arrange for you to get your prize

and woohoo a little surprise to boot...thanks to our lovely and very computer savvy teamie Beth....we now have a winner's blinkie on the sidebar

for you to display on your blog should you wish

and any previous winners are welcome to grab it too.

But it's time for the last challenge of January

FLORAL FRENZY

and no need to panic if you don't have any Penny Black Floral images...as long as there flowers of some description on your creation we'll be happy and as always it is up to you what you create...the only RULES being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO and that your card is posted on your blog on or after today's date...no back linking please

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you and you will be allocated a number for the prize draw.

And the prize this week for one lucky winner who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday from our very generous sponsors at
Fantastic Ribbons

4 rolls of ribbon of the winner's choice

and believe me when I say you will find it so hard to choose from this Aladdin's cave of delicious ribbons...great deals on offer too...the more you buy the more you save...so pop on over for a browse and don't blame us if you have no willpower.

But now for the best bit....time to share the gorgeous Floral Frenzy creations that the girls on the team created this week...

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

and now it's your turn....have a great weekend everyone
Happy Crafting
Hugs from the Design Team xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 185

2012-01-21T08:00:00.002Z

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

It was great to see so many entries for last week's 'anything goes'.
You sure do love your Penny Blacks!

But there can only be one winner and that's you....
Jane

And here is Jane's gorgeous card.

Drop Kath an email and she'll organise your prize for you!

So, onto this weeks challenge....

Crafty Bargains

Were you lucky enough to snatch a bargain in the sales? If so, why not put it to good use and join in this weeks challenge!

The only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously choose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries, sorry peeps, thems the rules! :-)
All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog, just e-mail your entry to me or Kath and we will pop it on the blog for you and yes you will qualify for the prize draw.

And just an extra little reminder this week, NO BACKLINKING, your project must be posted on your blog on or after the date of the challenge.

This week we have a gorgeous Penny Black 'Japanese Maple' stamp for our lucky winner.

Provided by our very generous sponsors Crimson Cloud.
An exceptionally well stocked online shop and a free gift with all orders over £20!

Here is what we did with our crafty bargains.
Check out our blogs and we'll tell you a bit about our bargains!

Beth

Happy Crafting everyone and have a lovely weekend!

Hugs from the Design Team xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 184

2012-01-14T08:00:00.000Z

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

It's Beth here, and personally, as well as part of the DT, I'd like to say thank you to everyone who joined in our CASE it challenge last week! I loved seeing all the interesting and different ways you were inspired by my card and I can't wait to see what you come up with for the future CASE it challenges - very exciting!

We have 2 winners picked at random from last week's entries,

firstly the winner of the stamp from Penny Black -
Number 7 - Marika!

and then the gorgeous ribbon bundle from the The Ribbon Girl -
Number 28 - Catherine!

Well done, they're both gorgeous cards!! Drop Kath a little email and she'll arrange for your prizes to be sent to you!
This weeks challenge is sure to have you all joining in:

Anything Goes!

the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously choose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries, sorry peeps, thems the rules! :-)
All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog, just e-mail your entry to me or Kath and we will pop it on the blog for you and yes you will qualify for the prize draw.

This weeks prize is from another of our fab sponsors 1-2-3 Stitch

there is a $20 voucher to spend at their store for one lucky winner!

And if you are looking for a little inspiration....over to the fab girls on our Design Team...

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Happy Crafting everyone and have a lovely weekend!

Hugs from the Design Team xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 183

2012-01-07T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone...Happy New Year and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

thank you to all the busy crafters who took time out to join in the fun of our Tag Challenge...

there were lots of gorgeous entries but there can only be one winner....

Congratulations go to....

SHARON (13)

if you contact me (kath) I will get your prize off in the mail

After a nice break over the Christmas holidays...the girls on the design team are raring to go again so let's get back in the crafty swing with our first challenge of 2012

CASE-IT

this will be a feature challenge on the 1st Saturday of each month...

each member of the design team will choose one of their favourite cards

starting off with our lovely teamie BETH...

all you have to do is take inspiration from Beth's gorgeous card and share it with us here...

the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO and to enter leave your name and a direct link to your entry with MR LINKY or if you don't have a blog...e-mail your entry to me (Kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you...you will be allocated a number and entered in the prize draw.

And talking of prizes...we have two to give away this week

and thanks once again to our ever generous sponsors...

Penny Black....the company who continue to inspire us with their beautiful designs...pop onto the Penny Black Blog for lots of inspiration..interesting articles and competitions...join the Penny Black Club for sneak peeks of the new releases and lots of card ideas with step by step instructions and join in the fun at the Penny Black Flickr Group where you can upload your cards and share inspiration with lots of Penny Black fans.

Fireworks

from The Ribbon Girl....where you will find a treasure trove of beautiful ribbons...twines...buttons and gorgeous embellishments for your card making.....pop over for a visit...they have lots of goodies in stock to tempt you and don't blame us if you have no willpower

Yummy Yellow Mini Ribbon Kit

the winners will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

But now it's time to share some fabulous cards from our super talented team...

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Now it's over to you....time to get inking those Penny Blacks
Happy Crafting Everyone
Hugs from the Design Team
xxx
by e-mail from Emilie

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 182

2011-12-17T08:00:00.000Z

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend and another
Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

This will be our last challenge of 2011! I'm sure you're all busy little bees and will be spending time with loved ones over the festive season, and we'll be doing the same so we're having a little break and will be back raring to go on the 7th of January! Thank you to all who have entered our challenge over the past 12 months and we look forward to seeing all your fab makes again in the New Year!

Thanks also to everyone who played along last week with Domi's sketch,there were some truly fabulous cards but we can only have one winner of the 1-2-3 Stitch $20 voucher and that lucky crafter is....

Number 12 - Tania (Java Bean)

Congraulations!! Please contact Kath who will sort you out with all the details of the prize.

Now for the challenge! We're thinking you may have finished your Christmas cards for this year so this weeks challenge is:

Make a Tag!

Nice and simple!

As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS A MAIN FOCUS.

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to Kath and she will pop it on the blog for you and you will also qualify for the prize draw.

And there is the prize from the Penny Black Design Team this week!

I'm sure you'll join me in thanking our amazing Design Team for all the gorgeous cards and inspiration they've provided this year! And this week is no exception - here they are!

Debby

PAULINE

Happy Crafting, we look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
from the
Penny Black Saturday Design Team!!
xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 181

2011-12-10T08:00:00.006Z

Hi everyone, it's Saturday and time for another Penny Black SaturdayChallenge.
We loved all the creations for last week's White Out challenge but there can only be one winner
and that's...
Wendy (16)
And here is Wendy's gorgeous white card...

Congratulations! Please email Kath who will make sure you get your fabby prize.

This week we have a sketch for you to try....

Our lovely team mate Domi did the sketch for us, isn't it a good one?

Now remember you can reverse it or flip it. We don't mind as long as we can see the basic shape.

As always it is up to you what you create. The only RULE being that you use at least
ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO. All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog you can e-mail your entry to Kath who will pop it on the blog for you, you will be allocated a number in Mr Linky and will therefore qualify for the prize draw.

And talking of prizes...
a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors for their generosity in providing this week's prize. Yes one lucky winner, who will be chosen at random, and announced next Saturday will receive a $20 voucher to spend at the 1-2-3 Stitch online store. There's loads of crafty stuff to choose from, including our favourite Penny Blacks!

And now it's time to share what we did with Domi's sketch.

We look forward to you sharing your fabulous inspirational ideas with us all this week, so look out those Penny Blacks and get inking. Have a great weekend whatever you are doing.
Happy Crafting
Hugs from The Design Team
xxx
from Jennifer by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 180

2011-12-03T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone...it's the weekend so welcome to Penny Black Saturday
You seemed to really enjoy our 4 weeks of Christmas Challenges and we hope that we managed to give you some inspiration for your Christmas Cards
We loved all the creations for last week's Red+Embossing but there can only be one winner
and that's...
MUEPPI (26)

with her beautiful box and six cute cards
Congratulations Gisela...if you e-mail me (kath) I will pass your details onto Fantastic Ribbons who will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Before we move on to this week's challenge....the team would like to share some fabulous news with you all...big congratulations are in order for our lovely teamies HELEN and NAT who were placed in this year's CARDMAKER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION over at CARDMAKING AND PAPERCRAFT MAGAZINE...well done girls...we are very proud of you.

The challenge this week is...
TOTAL WHITE-OUT
we want to see All White Cards but you are allowed to have colour on your image
and we hope we are not tempting fate with this one seeing as wintry weather is forecast for tomorrow...
as always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least
ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO
all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you. You will be allocated a number in Mr Linky and will therefore qualify for the prize draw.

And talking of prizes...
a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors for their generosity in providing this week's prize...yes one lucky winner who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday will be receiving this...
from PENNY BLACK

and
THE RIBBON GIRL

5m of gorgeous Cotton and Cluny Lace

As always it's time to share some gorgeous inspiration with you all from the lovely girls on the team...

BETH

DEBBY

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

We look forward to you sharing your fabulous inspirational ideas with us all this week...so look out those Penny Blacks and get inking. Have a great weekend whatever you are doing.
Happy Crafting
Hugs from The Design Team
xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 179

2011-11-26T08:00:00.000Z

Hello everyone! It's Saturday again which means it time again for another Penny Black Challenge! Yey!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge though, we'd like to thank everyone who took part in last weeks challenge! We've loved coming to see all your festive makes!

We have 2 winners from last weeks challenge, firstly the stamp from Carole...

25. Lee

Then the stamp from Penny Black Inc...

41. Deb F!

Congratulations ladies! If you email Kath (address in the sidebar) she'll arrange to get your prize to you!

Now, onto this weeks challenge, and it's the last of our month of Christmas challenges! I hope you've enjoyed them are feeling a little closer to feeling ready for Christmas!
This week is

Christmas + Red & Embossing

As always we leave it up to your imagination...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS THE FOCUS and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link only please to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog....just e-mail your entry to Beth or Kath and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.

Speaking of which, this weeks lucky winner will recieve
4 rolls of ribbon of their choice from

Fantastic Ribbons

And now over to the rest of our lovely Design Team!

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

We can't wait to see what you all make!

Happy Crafting everyone and have a great weekend!

Love the Design Team xxx

from Paula by e-mail

from Pamela by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge... Week 178

2011-11-19T08:00:00.002Z

Hi everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday!

Are our Christmas Challenges helping you get organised this year? We hope so! The team have certainly enjoyed visiting all your blogs and oogling your beautiful creations this week.

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

Penny's Scrap Paper Scissors

And here is Penny's fabulous card...

Congratulations! If you e-mail Kath she will organise your prize.

So onto the third of our special Christmas Challenges....

Green + Trees

It's up to you what you create. The only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO.

And all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can pop over and visit you and if you don't have a blog e-mail your entry to Kath and she will pop it on the blog for you. You will be allocated a number in Mr Linky and therefore will qualify for the prize draw.

We have two cool prizes this week.

This cute little mouse stamp from Penny Black, Inc.

And, from Carole, special friend of our challenge, this handy sentiment stamp.

And here's what we did. We hope you like them and they inspire you to join in.

Beth

Liz

Now it's your turn to get inking those Penny Blacks and share some inspiration with us.

Have a Happy Crafting Weekend.

Hugs from The Design Team.
from Sandra by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 177

2011-11-12T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

you all seemed to enjoy the first of our 4 Christmas Challenges and the team enjoyed feasting our eyes on all your beautiful Silver and Snowflake creations

The winners of last week's challenge chosen at random are...

Penny Black stamps...

WICKED WITCH (32)

and

The Ribbon Girl Goodies...

KATJA (49)

Congratulations girls...if you e-mail me (kath) with your addresses we will get your prizes off to you.

OK are you ready for the 2nd of our SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CHALLENGES...

GOLD + PRESENTS

it's up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO

and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can pop over and visit you and if you don't have a blog...e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you. You will be allocated a number in Mr Linky and therefore will qualify for the prize draw.

And speaking of prizes

from our very generous sponsors

$20 voucher to spend in their online store

where you'll find a treasure trove of our favourite Penny Blacks

along with lots of other goodies for all your crafting needs.

But now it's time for the lovely and very talented girls on the Penny Black Saturday team

to share some inspiration and gorgeous it is too.

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Now it's your turn to get inking those Penny Blacks and share some inspiration with us

Have a Happy Crafting Weekend

Hugs from The Design Team

xxx
from Sandra by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 176

2011-11-05T20:00:00.000Z

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend and another
Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Everyone who entered last week made stunning cards using Nat's sketch but unfortunately we can only have one winner of those lovely ribbons from Fantastic Ribbons, and that lucky crafter is....

Number 46... 2crafteveryday

Well done!! Please contact Kath who will sort you out with all the details.

Now then, this challenge is a little different. We're less than 8 weeks til the big day so we thought we'd help you out with a month of Christmas challenges featuring a different theme each week. First up....

Christmas
&
Snowflakes/Snow & Silver

As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS A MAIN FOCUS.

And, there's two gorgeous prizes for this week!

These 2 gorgeous stamps from Penny Black Inc.

And, this beauiful frosty ribbon bundle from The Ribbon Girl.

Our Design Team have worked their magic once again to inspire you all!

Debby

We look forward to seeing what you create this week.

Have a great weekend and happy crafting, hugs from the Design Team.

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 175

2011-10-29T08:00:00.001+01:00

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 175

Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
We weren't spooked at all be your gorgeous creations last week, they were all far too cute to spook! But there can only be one winner of the 'frightful flight' PB stamp and that is....
Janice(9)
and here is her card...

Please contact Kath who will organise delivery of your prize.
Comment from Kath....I just wanted to come on and comment on some upsetting comments which appeared on last week's challenge...let me just say that we truly appreciate that you take the time to join in the challenges and the design team do their best to leave a comment on each and every entry. We all have lives outwith blogging and challenges and are inclined to leave our commenting until later in the week to make sure that we don't miss anyone out. The design team work their cotton socks off each and every week to inspire you just because they love sharing their love of All Things Penny Black with you and receive no payment for the time and effort they give to Penny Black Saturday. I apologise if anyone feels they have been slighted in any way but let's face it folks...there are far important things going on in the world to worry about.

So onto this weeks challenge...

It's Sketch Time

Drawn up by our talented teamie Nat.

We don't mind if you flip it, turn it, rotate it or turn it inside out!
Just as long as we can see the basic sketch!

As always it is up to you what you create. All we ask is that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO. To enter leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come and visit you and if you don't have a blog just e-mail your entry to Kath who will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will be entered in the prize draw.

This week we have 4 rolls of ribbon of the winner's choice from our regular sponsor
Fantastic Ribbons.

Here's what the design team came up with, we hope we inspire you to join in!

Beth

Liz

Nat

Pauline

So now it's over to you...Happy Crafting!

from Jennifer by e-mail

from Vittoria by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 174

2011-10-22T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

we loved all your "On The Move" creations last week...great takes on the challenge and lots of thinking out of the box ideas

And the winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is....
ANNIE (33)
with her sweet "Sorry" card

Congrats Annie...if you contact me (Kath) with your address
I will arrange for Carole to get your prize in the mail

October is yet another month flying in and before we know it will be Halloween

a night of fun for all the trick and treaters....when ghosties ghouls and all things spooky come out to play...so the challenge this week.....

TOO CUTE TO SPOOK

as always it is up to you what you create...all we ask is that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come and visit you and 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 you will be entered in the prize draw.

And talking of prizes...we have a super cute spooky dude

for one lucky winner who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

Penny Black

Frightful Flight

and don't think that this stamp is just for Halloween....if you ink it up and mask off the pumpkin face...you are left with a balloon which will be perfect for any celebration card...click HERE

And talking about perfection....once again our lovely Design Team girls have worked their special spooky magic and come up with some spooktacular cards to inspire you...

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Over to you now....time to get those cute spooky Penny Black's inked up and we look forward to you sharing more fabulous inspiration with us all.

Happy Crafting and enjoy your weekend

Hugs from the Design Team

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 173

2011-10-15T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend and another
Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Everyone who entered last week made stunning cards for our Age is just a Number but unfortunately we can only have one winner of the voucher from 1-2-3 Stitch, and that lucky crafter is....

Susie S!

Well done!! Please contact Kath who will sort you out with all the details.

Now then, onto this weeks challenge....

On the Move!

We'd love to see any image that involves either movement or moving house etc!
As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS A MAIN FOCUS.

This weeks prize up for grabs is this cute stamp from Carole

Roses On The Run

Our Design Team have worked their magic once again to inspire you all!

Kath

Liz

Pauline

We look forward to seeing what you create this week.

Have a great weekend and happy crafting, hugs from the Design Team.

xxx

from Jennifer by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 172

2011-10-08T08:00:00.002+01:00

Hello everyone and welcome to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Before we move on to challenge business we had a very special birthday on the Penny Black team this week. Our Nat has been given the key to the door and celebrated her 21st birthday.
Happy Birthday Nat!

There were loads of sheep, cows, ducks, dogs, hens and more for last weeks
'down on the farm'. And here are our winners.

Catherine, who made this gorgeous card and wins the ribbon bundle.

And Lee, who made this cute card and wins the cool stamp.

Congratulations to you both. Please email Kath who will organise delivery of your prizes.

The challenge this week is....

Age is Just a Number
Let's see those cards personalised with a number.

It is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO

and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky...so we can come and visit you and if you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to Kath and she will be only too happy to post it for you.

We have a great prize this week from our generous sponsor...

$20 voucher to spend at their online store which is packed with crafty goodies including our favourite Penny Blacks!

So here is what we did this month, lots of 21's!

Debby

Domi

Helen

Jenny

Kath
(the rest of the design team are so jealous that Nat now has this stunning canvas hanging in her craft room!)

Liz

Nat (the birthday girl!)

Pauline

Now it's over to you.
Enjoy and happy crafting!
by e-mail from Sandra

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 171

2011-10-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

with the first challenge for October.

Great response to our Monochromatic Challenge last week...thank you all for taking part with your gorgeous creations and the lucky winner is....
JAYNE (32)

Congratulations Jayne....please e-mail me (kath) and I will arrange for you to collect your Fantastic Ribbons prize.

The challenge this week is....

DOWN ON THE FARM

a chance for you to use one of the super cute farmyard critters from Penny Black and you have lots to choose from....be it cows..chickens...sheep...pigs...dogs...cats and ponies

it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO

and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky...so we can come and visit you and if you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will be only too happy to post it for you.

And because it's the first challenge of the month we have two fabulous prizes up for grabs...big thank you once again to our very generous sponsors...

3888k Winter Glitter

and from

a gorgeous lavender Ribbon Mini Kit

The two lucky winners will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday.

And our fabulous Design Team have worked their special magic yet again meaning we have some super cute DOWN ON THE FARM critter cards to share with you all...

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Happy Crafting Everyone
and enjoy your weekend
Hugs from The Design Team
xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 170

2011-09-24T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hello everyone! It's Saturday again which means it time again for another Penny Black Challenge! Yey!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge though, we'd like to thank everyone who took the time to join in with our Friendship challenge, such a lovely theme and beautiful cards to match!

We have a winner of the 'Chicky Night' stamp from Carole, picked by the Random Integer,

Sue!!

Congratulations! If you email Kath (address in the sidebar) she'll arrange to get your prize to you!

Now, onto this weeks challenge,

Monochromatic

We'd like to see your cards in shades of one colour - any colour you wish!

As always we leave it up to your imagination...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS THE FOCUS and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link only please to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog....just e-mail your entry to Beth or Kath and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.

Speaking of which, this weeks lucky winner will recieve
4 rolls of ribbon of their choice from

Fantastic Ribbons

Why not take a look at their fab website, they've got a new Homespun range, all sold on the roll! Perfect for folksy, vintage style cards!

On a bit of a sad note, this is JULES last week as our September Guest Designer, I'm sure you'll all join us in thanking her for making such gorgeous cards to inspire us with! Thanks Jules!!

JULES

And now over to the rest of our lovely Design Team!

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

We can't wait to see what you all make!

Happy Crafting everyone and have a great weekend!

Love the Design Team xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 169

2011-09-17T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone it's Saturday and time to welcome you all to

Penny Black Saturday

we loved all your delicious creations for last week's challenge...once again a big thank you for taking time to join in the fun.

The winner of last week's challenge is....
SHARON

with her yummy froggie card

Congratulations Sharon.....please e-mail me (kath) and I will pass your e-mail address on to 1-2-3 Stitch who will arrange for you to spend your prize

The challenge this week is.....

FRIENDSHIP

as always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO and all you have to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can pop by and visit you. If you don't have a blog..e-mail your entry to me (Kath) and I will be only too happy to put it on here for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.

And the prize this week....very appropriate for this week's challenge we thought

has been kindly donated by our lovely Penny Black Buddy....

CAROLE

"CHICKY NIGHT"

and without anymore ado....it's time for all the girls on the team to share some fabulous inspiration with you all starting off with our Guest Designer for September....

the lovely....JULES

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Now it's time for you to get all inky and have some fun

Happy Crafting

Hugs from The Design Team

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 168

2011-09-10T08:00:00.008+01:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend and another
Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

There were lots of little scenes on cards last week and we loved them all!
We have two lucky winners...

Sandra
Who made this fabby card and wins the cute Christmas Fairy stamp.

and
Fluffles
Who made this super cute card and wins the pretty ribbons.

Well done!! Please contact Kath who will sort you out with all the details.

Now then, onto this weeks challenge....

Delicious

We'd love to see something yummy on your creation.

As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS A MAIN FOCUS.

Once again we have a cool prize from...

$20 to spend in their online store.

Here are the design teams take on 'delicious'.

Jules, our fabulous guest for September.

Liz

Nat

Pauline

We look forward to seeing what you create this week.

Have a great weekend and happy crafting, hugs from the Design Team.

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 167

2011-09-03T00:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend and another
Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Everyone who entered last week made stunning cards using Nat's sketch but unfortunately we can only have one winner of those lovely ribbons from Fantastic Ribbons, and that lucky crafter is....

Hetty!

Well done!! Please contact Kath who will sort you out with all the details.

Now then, onto this weeks challenge....

Make a Scene!

We'd love to see your PBs taking centre stage in their own little scene!
As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS A MAIN FOCUS.

And, there's two gorgeous prizes for this week!

This super cute Penny Black stamp from Penny Black Inc.
3905K Christmas Fairy

And, this gorgeous green ribbon bundle from The Ribbon Girl.

Our Design Team have worked their magic once again to inspire you all, and this is also the first GDT card from Jules who is joining us for the month of September!

Jules

Kath

Liz

Nat

Pauline

We look forward to seeing what you create this week.

Have a great weekend and happy crafting, hugs from the Design Team.

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 166

2011-08-27T08:00:00.003+01:00

Hi everyone

and welcome to Penny Black Saturday!

Before we get onto this weeks business we have some sad news.

Our talented Penny Blacker Ali is leaving the team. We will miss her gorgeous creations but wish her well in all future crafty adventures.

A huge Penny Black thank you to everyone who joined in last weeks"shabby chic"challenge. There was a great deal of "chicness" in all your cards but alas there can be only one winner and that winner, chosen at random, is.....
Ly n

And here is Lyn's bee-utiful card. Full of shabby chicness!
Congratulations, please email Kath who will arrange delivery of your prize.

This week the challenge is.....

Nat's Sketch

as always it is up to you what you create....the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...which must be the focal point of your entry or a LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO

there are still some folks who are not playing by the rules...we are what it says on the tin...a challenge blog for Penny Black products and we can only allow entries with Penny Black images to qualify for the prize draw...so if you upload a card with an image from another stamp company as the main focal point with a small Penny Black sentiment...it will be removed...

all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog....e-mail your entry to Kath and it will be popped on the blog for you...you will qualify for the prize draw.

This weeks prize is 4 rolls of ribbon of your choice from the fabby selection at
Fantastic Ribbons.

Here is what the team were inspired to make following Nat's sketch.
We hope they inspire you to join in the fun this week.

Beth

Debby

Domi

Helen
Jenny

Kath
Liz

Nat

Pauline

Have a great weekend and Happy Crafting.

Hugs from the Design Team.

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 165

2011-08-20T00:00:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone

and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

big thank you to everyone who joined in the "Touchy Feely" challenge last week....we loved all the different ways that you added texture to your cards and thanks again for joining in the fun

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

Congratulations Sally...aren't those little snowballs just the cutest...if you e-mail me (kath) I will pass your details to 1-2-3 Stitch who will arrange for you to spend your voucher online

And the challenge this week is....

SHABBY CHIC

as always it is up to you what you create....the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...which must be the focal point of your entry or a LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO

there are still some folks who are not playing by the rules...we are what it says on the tin...a challenge blog for Penny Black products and we can only allow entries with Penny Black images to qualify for the prize draw...so if you upload a card with an image from another stamp company as the main focal point with a small Penny Black sentiment...it will be removed...

all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog....e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on for you...you will qualify for the prize draw

And talking of prizes....we have a super duper cute Penny Black stamp for one lucky winner who will chosen at random and announced next Saturday from our lovely ex-teamie

CAROLE

"Love Nip"

and you have come to the right place for some fabulous Shabby Chic inspiration from our mega talented Penny Black Saturday Design Team....

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Have a great weekend and Happy Crafting

Hugs from the Design Team

xxx
from CLAIRE by e-mail

from PAMELA by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 164

2011-08-13T08:00:00.010+01:00

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Firstly we'd like to say a huge Thank You to everyone who took part in our Anything Goes challenge, I hope you all enjoyed having a bit of freedom!

We have 2 winners picked at random,
firstly the winner of the stamp from Penny Black -

Jan Hunnicutt!

and then the gorgeous ribbon bundle from the The Ribbon Girl -

Linby!

Well done, they're both gorgeous cards!! Drop Kath a little email and she'll arrange for your prizes to be sent to you!

Now for this weeks challenge, we want you to get all...

Touchy Feely!

That's right, we'd like to see lots of texture on your cards, it could be embossing, textured glitters, felt etc, the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously choose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries, sorry peeps, thems the rules! :-)
All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog, just e-mail your entry to me or Kath and we will pop it on the blog for you and yes you will qualify for the prize draw.

This weeks prize is from another of our fab sponsors 1-2-3 Stitch

there is a $20 voucher to spend at their store for one lucky winner!

And if you are looking for some Touchy Feel inspiration....over to the fab girls on the team...

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Happy Crafting everyone and have a lovely weekend!

Hugs from the Design Team xxx

from Pamela by e-mail

from Sandra by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 163

2011-08-06T08:00:00.023+01:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the famous

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Everyone who entered last week made gorgeous backgrounds but unfortunately we can only have one winner. So the talented cardmaker who will be joining us as our guest for the month of September is.....drum roll.....

Jules...always with a heart

Yes! It's you Jules! And here is the totally gorgeous card Jules made. Cool, huh?

Please contact Kath who will sort you out with all the details.

Now then, onto this weeks challenge....

Anything Goes

As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO.

And, oh my, look at these two gorgeous prizes.

This super cute Penny Black stamp 'filled stockings' from Penny Black Inc. Pop over there sometime, sign up for the newsletter and be the first to hear about what's going on in Penny Black world!

And, this glorious fuschia ribbon bundle from The Ribbon Girl. And if you thought browsing through ribbon, lace, buttons and so much more was fun before then boy are you in for a treat! The shop has just had a bit of a makeover and loads more goodies have been added.

The team have come up trumps this week and made a brilliant assortment of cards, all so different, but each as lovely as the other!

Helen

Kath

Liz

Nat

Pauline

We look forward to seeing what you create this week.

Have a great weekend and happy crafting, hugs from the Design Team.

xxx
from Pamela by e-mail

from Sandra

from MK Loo Malaysia

and her 8 year old daughter

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 162

2011-07-30T08:11:00.001+01:00

Hi Everyone

and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

thanks to all those who entered last week's Starburst Challenge....you sure were certainly all The Stars Of The Show and the lucky winner chosen at random is....

LOTTE (12)

Congratulations Lotte....if you e-mail me (Kath)

I will pass your details to Keith at Fantastic Ribbons and your prize will be winging it's way to you soon

The challenge this week is.....

PENNY BLACK/GROUND

and if you are wondering what on earth I am on about....let me explain.

we would like you to use your Penny Black stamps to create a background...

so time to get your thinking caps on and get creative....

As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO

and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to me (Kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you....you will also qualify for the prize draw.

And talking of prizes....we have something a little different this week....

the lucky winner who will be announced next Saturday

will be invited to join the Penny Black Saturday Design Team

GUEST DESIGNER

for the month of September

If you are looking for some inspiration of how to use your Penny Blacks to create a background....look no further than the fabulous cards this week from the mega talented girls on the team....

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

We look forward to see what you create this week

Have a great weekend and Happy Crafting

Hugs from the Design Team

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 161

2011-07-23T08:00:00.005+01:00

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered last weeks Bunting challenge! Such pretty stuff and gorgeous cards to match!

So before we get onto this weeks theme we have to announce the winner from last weeks challenge...

The winner of the stamp from Carole is...

(No 29) Chantal!!!

Well done! It's a gorgeous card Chantal!! Drop Kath a little email and she'll arrange for your prize to be sent to you!

Now onto this weeks challenge!

Starburst!

Simple! Just adorn your cards with any kind of stars!

Just have fun, the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously choose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries, sorry peeps, thems the rules! :-)

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog, just e-mail your entry to me or Kath and we will pop it on the blog for you and yes you will qualify for the prize draw.

Speaking of which, there's a yummy prize this week!
4 Rolls or your choice of ribbon from

Fantastic Ribbons!

What's more, if you sign up for their Newsletter, you'll be in with a chance of winning £100 worth of ribbons! Just enter your email address on the home page!

And now it's over to our lovely design team to inspire you with their cards!

ALI

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

Happy Crafting everyone and have a lovely weekend!

Hugs from the Design Team xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 160

2011-07-16T08:00:00.004+01:00

Hello everyone and welcome to the....

Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

So did last weeks challenge set you on track to be organised for Christmas?
You sure wow'd us with all your gorgeous glittery creations!

The winner of last weeks challenge, chosen randomly, is...
ANGELIQUE (17)
who made this gorgeous card...

Congratulations! Please email Kath who will sort out your prize. Enjoy!

The challenge this week is.....

Bunting!
As always it is up to you what you create...a card...altered art...scrapbook layout...box etc.
But please remember the golden rule...you must use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO.

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky, we can then come visit you. If you don't have a blog then don't worry. Simply email your entry to Kath who will pop it on the blog for you and you will, of course, be entered into the prize draw.

The prize this week has been generously donated by...

Carole from Stardust Ge m s and Ribbon

This super cute Penny Black Stamp 'ladybug n hedgehog '.

The design team have loads of fabulous creations to share with you this week....

Ali

Debby
Domi

Helen

Jenny

Kath

Liz

Nat

Pauline

So now it's over to you. We can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Happy Crafting Everyone!

Hugs from the PBSC Design Team.

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 159

2011-07-09T08:00:00.001+01:00

Hi Everyone

and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

we loved seeing all the beautiful entries last week with your favourite Desert Island Stamps and thanks once again for taking the time to join in the fun...we really appreciate your company.

The winners from last week's challenge chosen at random are....

Penny Black Stamp
ANNETTE (8)

Ribbon Girl Goodies

SALLY (31)

Congratulations Girls....if you e-mail me (kath) with your addresses...your prizes will be with you soon

Before we move on to the challenge for this week....we have some sad news to share....our lovely teamie JOEY has decided to step down from the team....we would like to wish her all the best for the future and a big thank you for her contribution to the team and for sharing her wonderful inspiration and beautiful cards with us all....we are going to miss her.

The challenge this week is.....

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

a chance to make a start on the pile of Christmas cards we all have to make and if you haven't ventured into the world of Christmas yet....this may be the kick start you need...

as always it is up to you what you create...a card...altered art...scrapbook layout...box etc but we would ask that you please abide by the rules....you must use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE..LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO

and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky..so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you....you will be entered for the prize draw

And the prize this week has been generously donated by the lovely folks at...

$20 voucher to spend at their online store

click on the logo and pop over for a visit....you will find lots of our favourite Penny Blacks and lots more goodies for your crafting hobby

And the bit I love best and I'm sure you do too....fabulous inspiration from the girls on the Design Team...

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

We look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Happy Crafting Everyone

Hugs from the Design Team

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week #158

2011-07-02T08:00:00.077+01:00

Hello Everyone, Welcome to your Weekend and to Penny Black Saturday

We loved seeing all your fantastic Creations last week, and before we get on to this weeks challenge we need to announce our winner from last week...

The Winner of the Stamp from our Brand New Sponsor Crimson Cloud is...
JENNY WREN (44)

Congratulations, could you please email Kath to claim your prize!

Now onto this weeks Fab Challenge

"Desert Island Stamps"

A Fantastic Theme, as this gives you an excuse to use your all time favourite Penny Black, the one you just couldnt be without! or you could pick one of the gorgeous Penny Black beach stamps.

It's up to you what you make...just have fun, the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously chose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries...sorry folks but rules are rules.

This weeks prizes are..

4042K Daisy Fields

and an assortment of various coloured ribbons including loopy trim and lace from The Ribbon Girl

Here is some Gorgeous Inspiration from the DT

So many different Images, We are looking forward to seeing your Favourite Desert Island Stamps

Happy Crafting

The PBSC TEAM X X X

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 157

2011-06-25T08:00:00.004+01:00

Hi Everyone
welcome to Penny Black Saturday

Thank you all so much for your birthday wishes and for joining in the Birthday Blog Hop Fun with your cute Critter Cards...
and where were those prizes hiding.....
pop over and visit
ALI
HELEN
JENNY
LIZ
PAULINE
to find out if you are a lucky winner and which prize will be winging it's way to you.

The challenge this week is....

STITCH IT UP
yes we want to see you get creative with a bit of stitching....get out your sewing machines...do a bit of hand stitching or faux stitching or if sewing isn't your thing....use a sewing related image or embellishment...whatever takes your fancy and as always it's up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO
and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I'll pop it on the blog for you....you will qualify for the prize draw.

and talking of prizes....we have a brand new sponsor this week...

Click on the logo to be taken over to their online store where you will find a selection of our favourite stamps along with lots of other goodies for your cardmaking needs....

and a little bit about Crimson Cloud....

Crimson Cloud is run by me, Melanie, and my mother Linda.

Once upon a time I had forgotten somebody’s birthday and being a card-aholic was in a flat panic. In a telephone conversation my mother happened to say “don’t worry just make one”. That was ten years ago and a small fortune later we finally decided that we loved this masochistic form of artistic, retail therapy and so we have settled and found our niche at last!

We sell only products that we love and use ourselves and love sharing our passion with everyone who is as addicted to cardmaking as we are.

who have generously donated
Penny Black - 365
as a prize....

And last but not least.....some fabulous stitching inspiration from the lovely girls on the Design Team...

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

JOEY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

Have a great weekend
Happy Crafting
Hugs from the Design Team
xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Birthday Blog Hop

2011-06-18T08:00:00.006+01:00

Hi Everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday...

we are in party mood today celebrating....

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY's

3RD BIRTHDAY

and before we kick off the celebrations

it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge

JUDY (29)

Congratulations Judy

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

your fabulous Penny Black stamp from Carole will be on it's way to you soon

Before we move on to this week's challenge...it's time for some huge thank you's
To All of You who take time out each week to join us and share your love of Penny Black Stamps
To our wonderful and very generous sponsors for their continued support
To our fabulous Design Team past and present who work their socks off to bring us all lots of gorgeous Penny Black inspiration....we can hardly believe it's been 3 years...doesn't time fly when you're having fun
So without further ado it's time to get the party started
with a BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP...

The Challenge this week is....
PESKY CRITTERS
all those gorgeous hedgehogs..mice..cats..dogs..cows....sheep to choose from

All you have to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky and the usual rules apply....your entry must have at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO
but there is a little twist....
and it is important that you read this part folks....
to win one of the five fabulous prizes on offer
which are hidden away on the Design Team girls' blogs....after linking your card here...you need to pop over and leave a comment on their blogs...no-one knows where the prizes are hidden except me and I'm not telling....
The Design Team Girls with the hidden prizes will choose the winners from the comments on their blogs and they will be announced here next Saturday....
COMMENTS LEFT HERE WILL NOT COUNT FOR THE PRIZE DRAWS...
click on the sponsors logos to be taken to their websites...

Slapstick....Lofty 40-014

3424D...Thinking

4069F...Celebrate Life

Penny Black Clear Stamp Set of the Winner's Choice

$20 voucher to spend in their online store

5 metres black divine twine

5 metres black seam binding

10 small black polka dot buttons

1 metre 23mm wide black organza spot ribbon

1 metre 9mm wide black organza spot ribbon

1 metre 15mm black double sided satin ribbon

1 pack of 5 black hat pins

16 rolls of gorgeous ribbon with a handy dispenser

And before you get ready to hop on to the BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP BUS....
it's time to share some Penny Black Inspiration from the girls on the Design Team....

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

PAULINE

Enjoy your weekend
Happy Crafting
Hugs from The Team
xxx
from PAMELA by e-mail

from Jennifer by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 155

2011-06-11T08:00:00.004+01:00

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Thank you to everyone who entered last week's Doodlebug Challenge...we loved your oodles of doodles and to those who were a bit out of their comfort zone....well done for having a go.

And the 2 lucky winners of last week's challenge chosen at random are.....

Penny Black Stamp...
LIZ MILLER (40)

The Ribbon Girls Goodies
TIP TOP (23)

Congratulations girls....drop me (kath) an e-mail with your addresses and your prizes will be winging their way to you soon...

Now onto this weeks challenge and I know there will be one almighty groan....

ONE FOR THE GUYS

we had Girly Girls a few weeks back so we can't forgot the guys...and with Father's Day just a week away...a chance to get your card made in plenty of time and if that isn't appropriate...I'm sure there will be men in your lives who would appreciate a card.

It's up to you what you make...just have fun, the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously chose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries...sorry folks but rules are rules.

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog, just e-mail your entry to Kath or Beth and we will pop it on the blog for you and yes you will qualify for the prize draw.

Speaking of which...we have a yummy prize this week for one lucky winner who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

from the lovely CAROLE at

Penny Black....Love Nip

And without more ado...time for the lovely girls on the Design Team to share their One FOR THE GUYS inspiration with you all...

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Happy Crafting everyone...enjoy the weekend

Hugs from the Design Team xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 154

2011-06-04T08:00:00.012+01:00

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered last weeks One for the Girlies challenges! Pretty cards all round I'm sure you'll agree!

Before we get onto this weeks theme we have 2 lucky winners from last weeks challenge,
firstly the winner of 4 lovely rolls of ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons is...

Lisa Somerville (61)

and the winner of the lifetime 15% discount voucher for PB Stamps is...

Joe Shien Shien (42)

Well done ladies, stunning cards!! Drop Kath a little email and she'll arrange for your prizes to be sent to you!

Now onto this weeks challenge!

Doodlebug!

We'd like to see you get doodling! This can either be as simple as a faux stitched border or as elaborate as and sketched background for your image and everything in between! It's up to you, just have fun, the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously choose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries, sorry peeps, thems the rules! :-)

Speaking of which, this week we have 2 more yummy prizes!

From our sponsors at Penny Black Inc -
4059K Hang on Edge

Then from The Ribbon Girl -

5 packs of 10 metres of Bakers Twine

plus any 2 packs of 10 metres of Button Twine from the website

And now it's over to our lovely design team to inspire you with their doodles!

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

and before we leave you all to your doodling...we thought we would share with you a preview of a yummy summer collection of ribbons available from Fantastic Ribbons.....

their biggest summer crafting selection yet...with loads on the rolls..includes new satin edge organzas (10 metres on a roll) in aqua lime and beauty pink...new border lace and some old favourites...dotted grosgrain in sunshine yellow...new 6mm narrow satins in Bright Kiwi and Baby Maize and if that wasn't enough...all packaged in their famous dispenser. 16 rolls of summer sunshine (120 metres in total) and hold onto your galluses....normal RRP....£25 but for a limited time only.....£15 and if you do the maths folks....13p per metre...a super duper summer bargain....click HERE to get yours.

Happy Crafting everyone and have a lovely weekend!
Hugs from the Design Team xxx

from Jennifer by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 153

2011-05-28T08:00:00.005+01:00

Hi everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

we loved all your gorgeous Fussy & Fancy cards for last week's challenge...just goes to show what a talented bunch you are and the winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is....
GEMMA LOUISE (16)

Congratulations Gemma...if you e-mail me (kath) with your address our lovely teamie Pauline will get your prize off in the mail.

Time for this week's challenge which is....

ONE FOR THE GIRLIES

a chance to make something for little girls and big girls alike

perhaps something all pink fluffy and frilly...with a little or loads of bling...it's all down to you...it's your interpretation of the challenge and as always I have no doubt you will be giving us all a real treat....

A few important things to remember...your entry must use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO and all you have to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you.

The challenge will close on Friday 3rd June at 8.00pm

and we have two fabulous prizes up for grabs this week for

2 lucky winners who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

starting off with Fantastic Ribbons...

4 rolls of ribbon of the winner's choice

pop over for a browse of this fabulous online store...not only will you find a huge selection of gorgeous ribbons but buttons too and there are always special promotions...discounts for bulk buying...well worth a visit

and from PB Stamps

15% off lifetime discount voucher

and what can I say about PB Stamps....a fabulous Aladdin's Cave of all things Penny Black...even Dick has lost count of the number of Penny Blacks he has in stock...brand new releases in stock and great customer service....what more could you want.

A big thank you to our very generous sponsors....we truly appreciate their support.

And the bit that I look forward to every week....sharing with you all the fabulous inspiration that the lovely girls on the Design Team have created for you and I may be a little bit biased but I think they have excelled themselves this week...

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

So now it's your turn....look out the Penny Blacks and get inking...

Happy Crafting and have a great weekend

Hugs from The Design Team

xxx
from Jennifer by e-mail

from Pamela by e-mail

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 152

2011-05-21T08:00:00.002+01:00

Hi Everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

you all seemed to love our Clean and Simple Challenge last week...well done on lots of fabulous cards

And the winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is...
JULIE (69)

Congratulations Julie...please get in touch with me (kath) and I will pass your e-mail address onto 1-2-3 Stitch for you to collect your prize..have lots of fun shopping

And a very important announcement before we get to this week's challenge....
AS FROM THIS WEEK...
THE CHALLENGE WILL CLOSE AT 8.00PM (GMT) ON THE FRIDAY EVENING

The challenge this week is the exact opposite from last week....

FUSSY AND FANCY

so for all those of you who love to go overboard on your cards with lots of yummy stuff...here is your opportunity to go wild....

as always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO

and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so we can come visit you....if you are unsure of how to do a direct link...you can find instructions on the sidebar.

If you don't have a blog just e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.

Talking of prizes....
we have a beautiful Penny Black stamp this week for one lucky winner who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

from our lovely teamie PAULINE

Penny Black....Winsome

and once again the fabulous girls on the Design Team have worked their special magic

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Now it's your turn to look out your frilly fancy ribbons and have a good old rummage in your embellishment boxes....happy crafting everyone and enjoy your weekend

Hugs from the Design Team xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 151

2011-05-14T08:00:00.010+01:00

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
Well, I hope you're all actually reading this after the problems Blogger has been having the past couple of days! Nightmare! I think all the Gremlins have gone now but think of all the Techno Geeks who must have been working through the night to solve it! All's well that ends well!

Anyway, firstly we'd like to say a huge Thank You to everyone who took part in our Distressing challenge, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves - that's the main thing!

We have 2 winners picked at random, I did the draw at midnight last night when Mr Linky closed so hopefully no entries were missed off.

Firstly the winner of the stamp from Penny Black -

Jennifer (by email)

and then the gorgeous ribbon bundle from the The Ribbon Girl -

Marijke

Well done, stunning cards ladies!! Drop Kath a little email and she'll arrange for your prizes to be sent to you!

Now for this weeks challenge, a very popular theme in blog land at the moment with even a few new challenge blogs dedicated to this theme:-

Clean & Simple

That's right, we'd like to see your Penny Blacks do the talking with minimal patterns, embellishments, layers etc, the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, SENTIMENT or STICKEROO, there have been quite a few folks recently who obviously choose to ignore this, so if your entry does not include a Penny Black Image, it will be removed from the entries, sorry peeps, thems the rules! :-)
All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog, just e-mail your entry to me or Kath and we will pop it on the blog for you and yes you will qualify for the prize draw.

This weeks prize is from another of our fab sponsors 1-2-3 Stitch

there is a $20 voucher to spend at their store for one lucky winner!

Thanks for your big welcome to our new Design Team members last week!

Here they are with the rest of us to inspire you!

ALI

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

HELEN

JENNY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

Happy Crafting everyone and have a lovely weekend!
Hugs from the Design Team xxx

from Jennifer by e-mail

from Jenny by e-mail

from Pamela by e-mail