Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Bright & Sunny

 

Good evening everyone, and a rather belated welcome from me to this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Sorry to say that following recent events I'm still a bit at sixes and sevens, so I only managed to make my card this afternoon. So straight to business ...

 

Thanks to everyone who entered last month's challenge - sorry I didn't do any commenting last month due to obvious reasons, but I'm sure all our entries were wonderful as always! Don't forget to check out the main challenge blog to see if youa re a winner.

 

This month our entry is in tune with the season, and so apt for the recent weather we have been having ... it is

 

Bright & Sunny

 

You can interpret this however you like, so long as you use a Penny Black image stamp, large sentiment or stickeroo as the focus of your project.

 

This month we have two lovely prizes on offer:

 

 

and

 

$20 store voucher.

 

Don't forget to check out the sun-tastic creations by the rest of the DT - here is my rather belated effort.

 

 

Stamps: Penny Black "Sweet Catch" (3832K); LotV "Grungy Everyday Sentiments";

Media: Promarkers;

Papers: Me To You "Spring Chic";

Supplies: flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts; gems from Hobbycraft; lace from The Ribbon Box;

Tools: Labels Four nestabilities; Joy Crafts "vintage flourishes" butterfly die.

 

 

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday #270 - Sketch (rotated by 90 degrees)

 

 

My Mum's #8 - Summer Sun

Creative Belli #175 - Summer

Dream Valley #62 - Summer Days

Simon Says (Monday) - Ode To Sunshine

Crafty Boots - Animals

Papercrafting Journey - Punches &/or Die Cuts

Cute Card Thursday #280 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar (August) - Anything Goes

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

 

 

That's all for today - thanks for visiting, and hope you can join in with this month's challenge.

Hugs,

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Christmas In July

 

Good morning everyone ... it's the first Saturday of the month, so it's time to welcome you to another Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last month's masculine challenge - don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you are a winner.

 

If you're anything like me, round about now is the time when you start thinking that over half the year's gone ... and what happened to the New Year resolution of making Christmas cards all through the year so as to avoid a last minute panic??

 

If that sounds familiar then this month's challenge theme is perfect for you ... yes, it's

 

Christmas In July

 

So time to get out those Chrimbo stamps and papers, and to start feeling festive!

 

This month we are sponsored by our regular sponsors

 

 

and

 

with a $20 store voucher.

 

In order to be eligible for either of these fab prizes all you need to do is to follow this month's theme and use a Penny Black image stamp, large sentiment or stickeroo as the focus of your project. Easy, right??

 

The rest of the DT have made some fabulous samples as always ... here is what I did.

 

 

 A fairly simple card from me this time ... I have to confess that following from having needed to reschedule one or two things earlier this week, I ended up edging it in between watching the tennis !!

 

Stamps: Penny Black "Lighting Up" (3762K); LotV "Christmas Sentiment Circles";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: First Edition "Christmas Joy";

Supplies: gems from Papermania &The Hobby House;

Tools: X-Cut die-cut stars.

 

 

Challenges:

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #23 - Seeing Stars

Cute Card Thursday #276 - Stars &/or Stripes

Sparkles Christmas #30 - Christmas Trees

Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - Cute & Cuddly + Non-Traditional Colours

Divas By Design - Cute

Bearly Mine #93 - Anything Goes (2nd entry) 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (3rd entry) 

 

Thanks very much for visiting today ... enjoy your weekend and hope you can join in the challenge fun this month.

Hugs,

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Masculine

 

Good morning Penny Black lovers, and welcome to June's Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

 

Thanks as always to everyone who entered last month's Anything Goes challenge - it was great to see all your fabulous entries ... but we couldn't help but notice there were several that were sadly ineligible for our fab prizes as they didn't use a Penny Black image. Don't forget - our only rule is that you need to follow the theme using a Penny Black image stamp, large sentiment or stickeroo as the main focus of your project.

 

Anyhoo, on to this month's challenge .. and with Father's Day just around the corner what better theme than

 

Masculine

 

As always we have a fab range of prizes from our regular sponsors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

$20 online voucher

 

The rest of the DT have worked their Penny Black magic - here is what I did.

 

 

This is my dad's Father's Day card. I have to admit that I did struggle as I don't really have any overtly masculine PB stamps ... but when I delved into my box I thought that this cute pair of adult and child hedgies was quite suitable for the occasion.

 

This card also gave me opportunity to use my new Heart Banner die which I have had lurking in my stash for a couple of weeks, but there hasn't really been much crafting going on for me to use it ... and last but not least my yummy new LotV "Country Gent" papers which arrived Friday afternoon!!

 

 

Stamps: Penny Black "hugs" transparent set; LotV "Everyday Grungy Sentiments";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Country Gent" and "Country Lady";

Tools: classic circles and labels three nestabilities; Magnolia Doohickey "Lovely Fence" die; La La Land "Heart Banner" die; Stephanie Weightman "Tattered Lace" die "Aphabet Retro" (from Hobbycraft).

 

Challenges:

CRAFT #209 - Father's Day / Male

Papercrafting Journey - Masculine Cards

Creative Craft #11 - For The Fellas

Cupcake #244 - Boys

Crafty Catz #185 - Inspired By A Storybook Or Nursery Rhyme

(Hodge the Hedgehog)

I ♥ Promarkers #170 - Use Dies But No Punches

Creative Card Crew #37 - Punches &/or Dies

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts #169 - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays #122 - Anything Goes

 

That's all from me for today - I hope you can join us this month. Have a great weekend.

 

Hugs,

Penny Black Saturday May Challenge - Anything Goes

 

Good morning Penny Black lovers, and welcome to another Penny Black Saturday Monthly Challenge.

 

Thanks as always to everyone who entered last month's sketch challenge - we really enjoyed looking at all your wonderful entries! Don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you have won any of our prizes.

 

This month we have the easy-peasiest theme possible, yes it's

 

Anything Goes

 

To be eligible for any of our prizes all you need to do is use a Penny Black image stamp, large sentiment or stickeroo as the main focus of your project .. and this month our prizes are

 

 

 

 

 

 

$20 online store voucher!

 

The DT have been working hard to create some wonderful inspiration cards - here is mine for this month.

 

 

I went in a slightly unusual direction with this card, as I coloured the image with Marvey watercolour markers rather than stamping with black ink and then colouring in with my alcohol markers. I was quite pleased at the time, but then I fell into the classic trap where I just couldn't leave it alone!!

 

When the card was almost complete I decided to add sparkle to the flowers ... normally I do this with a glue pen and glamour dust, but as the card was already assembled I decided to pop some Stickles straight onto the flower centres. I must have been overtired as I completely overlooked the fact that this would make the water-based ink run ... and sure enough that's what happened!!

 

Luckily it is flower centres so I could argue the impressionistic smudging is a "feature" - well it was so late by this time that the card just had to stand, as I definitely had no time to make another one!

 

 

Stamps: Penny Black "fanfare" (3946K);LotV "Everyday Grungy Messages";

Media: Marvey watercolour pens;

Papers: LotV "promises";

Supplies: flowers various, mostly Wild Orchid Crafts; ribbon from The Ribbon Girl; pearls from The Hobby House;

Tools: Martha Stewart "doily lace" PATP punches; Magnolia Doohickey "heart swirl branch".

 

 

Challenges:

Live & Love #11 - 50 Shades of Lilac!

Simon Says - Happy Mail!

Stampin' For The Weekend - Die Cuts &/or Punches

ABC - M is for Make it Sparkle

Southern Girls #68 - You Can Say That Again!

Bearly Mine #84 - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays #118 - Anything Goes

 Fussy & Fancy Friday #88 - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes

 

Hope you can join us this moonth - can't wait to see your creations.

 

Don't forget you have still time to enter my Birthday Blog candy of a £20 LotV voucher, which is running until May 11th - go here to enter.

 

Hugs,

Penny Black Saturday - Sketch!

Good morning everyone and welcome to April's Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Well - what a month it's been weather wise ... snow and freezing cold - Easter been and gone and still very little sign of spring! Despite all this we had some wonderful entries into last month's Spring Into Spring challenge - don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you have won a prize.

 

This month we've got a real treat for you - our lovely teamie Helen has produced a sketch .. and here it is.

 

 

Pretty versatile to work with, I'm sure you'll agree ... so we're really looking forwards to all your creations. Don't forget to be eligible for any of this month's prizes you just need to use a Penny Black image, large sentiment or stickeroo as the main focus of your project.

 

This month we are sponsored by our fabulous regular sponsors

The Ribbon Girl

J&C Creations

1-2-3 Stitch

with a $20 store voucher.

 

the DT have produce a fabulous selection of samples for your inspiration - here's my interpretation of the sketch.

 

Stamps: Penny Black "Crossing Bridges!" (3206J); LotV "Everyday Grungy Messages";

Media: Copics and Promarkers;

Papers: LotV "Petal Fresh";

Supplies: flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts; wooden leaf and butterfly shapes from Windsor Crafts (gift from my friend Lil); pearls from The Hobby House; lace from John Lewis; ribbon from my stash;

Tools: small, large and classic scalloped circle nestabilities.

 

 

 Challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #150 - Sketch

ABC - K is for Kraft

MAWTT - Let's Get Krafty

Creative Inspirations #208 - Let's Get Krafty

Shabby Tea Room #160 - Blue + Cream + Kraft + a Sentiment

Simon Says - Happy Birthday / Celebrate

Party Time Tuesday #114 - Ribbons & Blooms

Sweet Stampin' - Scallops

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

 

 

That's all for today - enjoy your weekend!

Hugs, 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Spring Into Spring!

Good morning everyone and welcome to a new monthly Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in with last month's Love & Marriage challenge - what a loved-up lot you are! Indeed your efforts were completely lovable and adorable, so don't foget to check the main challenge blog to see if you have won one of our fabulous prizes.

Wow where is the year going to?? I can hardly believe it's March already, and spring is round the corner. At least I hope that's the case, 'cos I'm sure you'll all agree the weather since Christmas has been pretty atrocious, what with snow and freezing temperatures in the UK, or melting temperatures, floods and bush fires if you're in Australia!

So this month our thoughts are turning to spring, and our challenge theme is

Spring Into Spring

What could be easier than that?? Pretty pastel and/or light colours, spring flowers, Easter images ... the possibilities are endless. Just please remember that in order to qualify for our challenge prizes you need to submit a project using a Penny Black image stamp, large sentiment or stickeroo as its main focus.

This month we have a fab selection of prizes as always ... though I'm scheduling this post in advance so please do go check out the main blog for details.

The rest of the DT have produced some beautiful cheerful spring cards to inspire you - here's mine.

I really love this pussy cat - he always makes me smile and I think he is very versatile for birthdays, Easter, or even get-well or thankyou cards. In fact this could probably be used for most of the above occasions!

Stamps: Penny Black slapstick "You Are The Bestest"; LotV "Everyday Grunge Messages";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: Pink Petticoat (gingham) and Paper Adventures (checked);

Supplies: various flowers including Wild Orchid Crafts and Crafts4U2Do; lace from The Ribbon Box; pearls from The Hobby House; ribbon recycled from a cake :-);

Tools: Magnolia Doohickey "Heart Swirl Branch" die.

Challenges:

My Mum's #3 - Spring Has Sprung

Crafty Catz #172 - St David's Day (daffodils)

Pile It On #8 - Sunshine

Forever Friends (monthly) - Lots Of Flowers

I ♥ Promarkers #157 - Lace &/or Pearls

Stampin' For The Weekend - Use Lace

Cute Card Thursday #258 - Something Old (my PB stamp)

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Look forward to seeing your springtime creations this month.

I'm hoping to have a day trip today (Saturday) to Lili of the Valley's birthday Open Day at the shop in Farsley near Leeds - a 140 mile round trip but myself and my craft friend Lil are gearing ourselves up .. woo hoo! Have a great weekend too whatever you're doing!

Hugs,

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Love & Marriage

Good morning everyone - wow it's February already, and as it's the first Saturday it's time for another monthly Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in with last month's January Blues challenge - there were some stunning entries as always, and don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if youa re a winner.

So on to this month's challenge which is

Love & Marriage

It doesn't have to be a Valentine project specifically - any lovely-dovey theme will do ... so long as you remember to use a Penny Black image, large sentiment or stickeroo if you would like ot be eligible for this month's prizes.

And talking of prizes, as ever we have a brilliant selecion on offer this month.

From The Ribbon Girl

From J&C Creations

From 1-2-3 Stitch

$20 store voucher.

Please do check out the rest of the DT's gorgeous cards - here's mine.

My husband has already pretty much seen all of my PB cuties that are suitable for Valentine cards, so I decided to go for an anniversary card using this gorgeous image which was buried deep in my stash, sent to me many mooons ago by the lovely Squirrel.

Stamps: Penny Black "Long-Stem Cuties" (1648K); LotV Everyday Sentiment Circles;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: Docrafts "Vintage Notes";

Supplies: flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts; lace by Docrafts "vintage notes"; pearls from The Hobby House; twine and cheesecloth from The Ribbon Girl; heart shaped button and doily from my stash;

Tools: Martha Stewart "scalloped lace heart" punch and "Valentine lace" edge punch; Leone Em "Ash Family" leaf punch.

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar - Love & Marriage

Sweet Stampin' - Love Is All Around

I ♥ Promarkers #153 - Love Is All Around

Heck Of A Challenge - Love & Flowers

Deep Ocean #44 - Love & Lace

My Mum's #2 - Love

Bearly Mine #71 - Hearts Galore

The Pink Elephant #184 - Hearts

Incy Wincy - Pearls & Lace

Crafting For All Seasons #44 - Buttons & Bows

MAWTT - Punch It Out

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Have a great weekend - can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs,