Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 133

Hi Everyone

and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

we hope you all had a fabulous festive season and that you woke on Christmas morning to find that Santa had tucked one or two Penny Blacks into your stocking and from all the team we wish you all a very Happy New Year.

A big thank you to all those who took part in the last challenge of 2010

 and the lucky winner chosen at random is....
SHE (no 22)
and her cute Christmas Fairy

Congratulations Sheila.... if you e-mail me (kath) with your address we will get your prize off in the post

And before we move on to this week's challenge....we have some fabulous news to share with you all...the team are delighted to welcome THE RIBBON GIRL who will be sponsoring a prize for the first challenge of every month.  Pop over and have a browse at their online shop which is brimming over with gorgeous ribbons...twine....buttons and all sorts of deliciousness to satisfy your crafting needs.

But without anymore ado....it's time for our first challenge of 2011
NEW BEGINNINGS
and we leave this to your imagination.....New Baby....New Job...New Home etc
as always it is up to you what you create...a card...box...layout etc...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE.....LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO
all you have to do enter is 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 me (kath)....I will pop it on the blog for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.

Talking of prizes.....3 fabulous prizes this week and the 3 lucky winners will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

from

$20 voucher to spend in their online store where you will find lots of your favourite Penny Blacks

beautiful selection of ribbons....spotty buttons and leaf pins

and from our lovely teamie PAULINE
Penny Black.....Inspire

and the mega talented girls on the Design Team are raring to go after their two week Christmas break and have once again worked their special magic to bring inspiration to us all...

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

JENNY

JOEY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

We will be keeping our eyes peeled over the coming months for some Guest Designers and perhaps a new Design Team member or two....and the best way to bring your talents to our notice is join in the fun.

We look forward to seeing what you all create for this week's challenge.

Happy Crafting Everyone

from the Design Team

xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge....Week 132

Hi Everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

hope you are all snuggled up cosy and warm in the Winter Wonderland scene you may have woken up to this morning....looks like we may be having a White Christmas.

Thank you to everyone who found time to join in last week's Holly And The Ivy Challenge and for sharing all your beautiful cards with us....and the winner chosen at random is....

SHIRLEY
and her beautiful card

Congratulations Shirley... if you e-mail me (kath) I will arrange for you to collect your prize from 1-2-3 Stitch

Before we move onto this week's challenge on behalf of all the girls on the Design Team a big thank you to everyone who has taken time over the last year to join in the fun....we really do appreciate all your lovely comments and love seeing all the fabulous creations that you share with us all.  The Design Team are having a break over the festive period....they have worked their socks off this year and I can't thank them enough for all the hard work they do for Penny Black Saturday....so we will be back refreshed and raring to go with the first challenge of 2011 on 8th January.....a note for that new diary you got in your Christmas stocking.
And not forgetting our sponsors....a big thank you for all the fabulous prizes they have  supplied in 2010....we really do appreciate their very kind and generous support.

The challenge which is a RECIPE.....

3 Papers....1 Ribbon.....1 Charm

will run until 7th January giving you plenty of time after Christmas to join in the fun.....and 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....e-mail your entry to me (Kath) I will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.

The prize this week is from our lovely teamie CAROLE

 the winner will be chosen at random and announced on Saturday 8th January

And for the last time this year...fabulous inspiration from our very talented Design Team and huge congratulations to our lovely teamie NAT who was a runner-up in Simply Cards & Papercraft
Card Designer of the Year Competition

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI

JENNY

JOEY

KATH

LIZ

NAT

PAULINE

All that remains is to Wish You All a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We look forward to seeing what you all cook up with the recipe and hope to see you all on 8th January for another year of challenges from Penny Black Saturday

from the Design Team

Huge Christmas Hugs

xxx
Edited to add:  apologies folks for closing last week's challenge slightly earlier than normal....Mr Blogger was in major misbehaviour mode last night...so I did the Random Org thing and scheduled the post before he went into total meltdown....sorry if any one of you missed out on sharing your creation