October challenge

The first of October means a new challenge and as we look to be well into Autumn now, what better way to celebrate that a using the rich warm colours that Nature surrounds us with.

I found this beautiful picture as your inspiration this month, interpret it as you wish, be it trees and Nature or just those lovely colours on your favourite Penny Black critter image.

Before I tell you about the great prizes up for grabs this month, a little heads up that we will be making an exciting announcement in a couple of weeks time, so keep your eyes peeled so you don't miss the news.

Again we have some super prizes on offer and first up we are delighted to welcome Crimson Cloud, who have this fab prize for one lucky winner:

"We are a mother/daughter venture - a way to indulge our joint passion of cardmaking and crafting. We only sell products that we have tried, tested and love using. We have developed our own exclusive range of digital stamps, svg files and "Make Your Own Card" kits which reflect our styles of card making - and hopefully yours too!"

Next up Penny Black, our 'regulars' will be familiar with their web site and Blog, but for those who are new you can sign up to receive updates and news about new products here. Here's the three great prizes from them:

We have two Guest Designers this month, Linda who has created this adorable card for us and just look at the way she has cleverly created texture on the tree..........

And my teamie from Allsorts Helene, who has captured the colours of the inspirational photo beautifully.

Brenda

Clare

Ellie

Louise

Maarit

Mervi

Shirley

Tracy

September winners

Good Morning everyone, are you ready for some winners ?

There were some really beautiful Christmas cards entered this month and I am so glad that it didn't fall on me to choose the winners and that Mr Random Org., did that bit for me, so here are the names he selected:

Winner of the Aquamarkers from Letraset is...............

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Anne

Please mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk with you full name, postal addy....and telephone number (Letrasets courier won't deliver with out that)

Winners of the stamps from Penny Black are....................

Lil

Elanora

Sue

Please all mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk with your name and full postal addys so I can get your prize in the post to you.

Well done all of you and don't forget to pick up our Top 3 logo from the sidbar........all of you......and wear with pride on your blogs.

I will be back tomorrow with our new challenge.

September challenge

Welcome to another challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts and this month we are inviting you to..........

"Get Ahead for Christmas"

If you are like me, desipe all good intentions eary year, it's a last minute rush to get your personal cards made, so we hope you will join us and share your Christmas creations and get ahead with those cards.

The style and colour choice is totally up to you and all we ask is that you use a Penny Black stamp or Stickeroo, so get making and join in, myself and the Design Team are really looking forward to seeing you creations.

Now for some prizes and a super collection again as always, first up is our regular sponsors Letraset who are offering another set of Aquamarkers to one lucky winner.........have you tried them yet ? The are fabulous, wonderful rich colours and work equally well direct to stamp, for regular water colouring and to create stunning backgrounds for your stamping projects.

Penny Black are offering some super Christmas stamps including a set of Betsy Bluebell ones. Don't forget it is free to join the Penny Black Club here, you will get updates of all new products and news about upcoming events.

And our third sponsore this month is Sir Stampalot who stock a fabulous range of Penny Black products as well as everything else you need to feed your crafty addiction...........................and watch out for a new weekly feature that Sir Stampalot are promoting, starting tomorrow. It will be called ‘Freebie Friday’ and details sent to you via their email newsletter so if you haven’t already signed up, you’ll need to sign up here or via the link on their homepage here.

Here's the prizes..........................

Now for some inspiration from the Design Team and this months Guest designer.............................

Doreen

We are thrilled to have Ellie back with us and I am sure you will all join me in welcoming her back into the fold.

Brenda

Clare

Ellie

Louise

Maarit

Mervi

Shirley


Tracy

August winners

It's been another super month with some fabulous entries, our thanks to every one of you for joining in the fun.

And of course we have some winners to announce, so here we go.........

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Sanna

Karen

Liz

Sue

And last but my no means least, the winner of the wonderful Aquamarkers from Lertraset..........

Sally

Well done all of you, please all mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk with your full postal addys so I can get your prizes off to you. Any unclaimed prizes will be re-drawn noon on 6th GMT September.

August challenge

Hello peeps, as I am writing this post I am keeping everything crossed that Mr Blogger will play fair with me and post this on the right day as scheduled as I should be in warmer waters on my hols.

Here in the UK the children are all on their school holidays and lots of you will be in holiday mode or taking a well earned break from work, so we are going with a nice and easy theme of:

********Free and Easy********

The only stipulation is that you use a Penny Black stamp or Stickeroo as your main image, after that it all down to you.

Have you been over to Penny Blacks web site lately and seen all the new goodie, as well as stamps they have some super cardstock and of course the Penny Black Club, if you are a member you will be one of the first to hear all the news about new releases. And over at the Penny Black Circle you can join in lots of fun.

Here are the super prizes you can win this month from Penny Black and Sir Stampalot..........who have a fabulous range of Penny Black products in the shop and on line store.

Our friends at Letraset are offering a set of Aquamarkers, their wonderful watercolour pens to another lucky winner......... these pens really have become my first choice for colouring and I can't recommend them enough.

Amelia - our August Guest Designer with a really gorgeous creation

More super inspiration from Debs my teamie from our sister challenge Allsorts

And the DT have again created some stunning pieces of work to help get your creative juices flowing and you can visit our Guest Designers and the DT by simply clicking on their names, so please do pop along and visit them all.

Brenda

Clare

Louise

Maarit

Mervi

Shirley

Tracy

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