Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Helen's sketch

Good morning everyone - it's the first Saturday of the month, and that means it's time to welcome you to a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Thanks so much to all of you took the time to enter last month - don't forget to check the winners on the main challenge blog post.

The past month has flown by for me - even more busy with work than usual, and I've been away for a lovely week in the Algarve since my last PBSC post; but I've managed to find time to make a card as I so loved this month's challenge theme ... it is a sketch by the lovely Helen, and here it is.

As always we've got some great prizes to give away to randomly drawn winners - to be eligible you just need to follow the challenge theme, submit a new piece of work (no backlinking please!) and make sure you use a Penny Black image, large sentiment or stickeroo as its main focus.

First, from The Ribbon Girl 

a lilac mini makes kit

Second, from 1-2-3 Stitch

a $20 store voucher

and last but not least from J&C Creations

So what are  you waiting for?? The rest of the DT has made some gorgeous cards, so do go and check them out. Here's my card for this month.

You can't really see too well in the photo, but the white card I have used is ultra pearlescent; and Snowy's hat is decorated with Flowersoft mixed with glamour dust to make sparkly fur :-)  The weather has just been so dull here that it has been impossible to get a picture where the sparkle catches the light!

Snowy is one of my most old faithful stamps - I've had him pretty much ever since I started crafting in 2006; but I still bring him out to play every year. This year he has got a whole new "look" in shades of brown to match my new krafty Chrimbo papers; all brought together with my new LotV grungy sentiments :-)

Stamps: Penny Black "Snowy" (2521K); LotV "Christmas grungy messages";
Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; polar white Flowersoft and glamour dust on Snowy's hat;
Papers: LotV "Krafty Christmas";
Supplies: gems from The Hobby House; ribbon from my stash;
Tools: "Labels Four" nestabilities; Memory Box "Frostyville Border" and "Crystal Snowflake" dies; Cuttlebug "Snowflakes" embossing folder.

Challenges:

Simon Says - Glimmer & Sparkle
Charisma #39 - Bling / Shiny
PaperPlay #40 - Shine On

Oldie But A Goodie - Inspired By A Song
(Frosty The Snowman)
Passion For Promarkers #169 - Card For A Man / Youth
Divas By Design #55 - Texture
(fluffy hat and embossing)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

That's all for now. I hope you can join us this month over at Penny Black Saturday ... have a good weekend whatever you're doing.