February challenge

Good morning and a warm welcome to our February challenge where this month we have the theme...................

*******Pink, Pearly and Swirly********

Plenty of scope there to indulge you personal crafting passions and as always you can enter three times with any type of project, all we ask you to remember is that the focal element of your project is a stamped image using any make of stamp but digi images are not allowed........any entries using them will be ineligible for the prizes on offer.

We are again blessed with some wonderful sponsors again offering a super and varied collection of prizes, first the prizes from Penny Black who all you PB groupies will know have released their Spring collection on stamps which started shipping last week. You can see the whole range of new stamps here and if you didn't get a mail with the sneak peeks then you need to sign up to the Penny Black Club.

Next we welcome back Crafts U Love..............

.............who are expecting deliveries of the new 'Creatable, Craftable and Creatables' dies this month and taking advance orders so you can get your as soon as deliveries arrive. The are also stocking the lovely new Poppy Stamp dies as well as 97 new Memory Box dies, so do pop on over to their store and take a look at their huge selection. Their prize is a £15 vouncher to spend at their store.

Flonzcraft are another regular sponsor.................

................ and if you are not familiar with their stamps then where have you been as they offer a fabulous range of quality Vintage inspired images at extremely good prices. They are offering one lucky winner a $20 spend at their store as well as a 12% discount to entrants of our challenge - just add "Penny Black and More entrant" in the comment section when placing your order.

Finally Sir Stampalot who stock a huge range of Penny Black stamps as well as products from all the leading craft companies.

 The prize from them this month for the winning entry using a Penny Black stamp:

Now for some inspiration from the Design Team who I am sure you will agree have created a fabulous collection of inspirational pieces again this month and to start us off we welcome our Guest Designers for February with these stunning creations.....................

Jo my friend and teamie from our sister challengeAllsorts

and Pauline who was selected from the applicants to be one of our Guest Designers

Brenda
Using Penny Black 4362F Garden of Life

Using Penny Black 2695J Sing, Laugh, Dance and Flonzcraft Baroque corner set

Ellie
using PB stamp 2896H cuddle and hobble

Linda
using PB flowers sweet 30-096

Lynn
Using PB 4077K Daydream and 30-103 wishes for the main sentiment,
Hugs and Kisses sentiment from a sentiment selection from Flonz

Mervi
using Penny Black "sweet on you" 4295K

Shirley

 Using PB stamp 4097J Christmas Note 

Susan

Penny Black - Just Buzzin By 1729K

Tracy
Made using Penny Black 40-024 Rain Or Shine Slapstick stamp and Flonz Butterflies and Sentiment

Good luck everyone and look forward to seeing all your entries.

And don't forget we are always on the lookout for Guest Designers, so if you would like to be considered please add GD next to your name when you enter.

January winners

Here at last with our January winners, afraid I am running rather late due to one thing and another on the domestic health and canine front so huge apologies to those of you waiting to see if you are one of our lucky winners, or our Guest Designer for March. So without further ado I will get straight onto it.

Winner of the prize Crimson Cloud........

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Dreja

 

The voucher from Classy Crafts.........

Anesha

The lush ribbons from Crafty Ribbons........

Helene

Winner of the prizes from Penny Black are........

Nikki

Em

And finally the stamp from Sir Stampalot........

Emma

Congratulations to you all, please mail me with your fully postal addys so I can get your prizes off to you. Please note that any prizes which remain unclaimed by 7th February will be re-drawn and the new winners advised by e.mail. Note: one unclaimed prize re-drawn 8th February and winner Nancy notified.

And we would like to invite Jane to join us as our Guest designer in March, please mail me  Jane so I can tell you more about the months theme.

See you all Sunday with our February challenge.

Love is in the Air

Good Morning to you all, hope you are all OK and those of you with the dreaded flu are recovering and those of you with the white stuff have not been too inconvenienced by it.

We have some mid month inspiration for you following this months theme of Love is in the Air..............

Lynn

Using PB sweet Thoughts 1584F and Hedgehog heart 1591C

Linda

Using PB every which way 30-008 and hugs! 30-020

Brenda

Using Penny Black 3322D I love you, 3815J  Love blush and 40-169 Diamond pattern

Mervi

using Penny Black Furry Embrace 2288K

Tracy
Made using Transparent Penny black 30-008 Every Which Way

Susan
Using Top of the World 3925H

Don't forget you can enter our challenge three times and can use any make of stamp and the challenge runs until 31st January so still plenty of time to take part.

January challenge

Happy New Year everyone !!

We hope you all had a lovely holiday period and are all ready to go with some new year crafting with our theme of.........................

******** Love Is In The Air********

I'm sure there will be a lot of Valentines about, but equally your creation could be for a wedding, anniversary or even a card for that special somebody. Please just remember that the focal element of your work must be a stamped image using any make of stamp............but any entries using a Digi image will not be eligible.

As always we have some fabulous sponsors with a great selection of prizes on offer.

Crimson Cloud with the great prize of the winners choice of three sets of die cuts. 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!

Classy Crafts an on line store offering a huge range of products, latest arrivals include Spellbinders dies and Nellie Snedden stamps and don't forget that all new customers can get a 10% discount off their first order - use the code "first order" (no quotes) in the discount coupon box during the checkout process to claim your discount. (Offer excludes the Silhouette Cameo, and quotes for special orders).They are offering one winner a £10 voucher for an on line shop at their store.

Crafty Ribbons is a ribbon emporium, we are passionate about ribbons and want to share our fantastic ribbons with others. Our range of Christmas ribbons is second to none. Remember when we only used ribbons to add a bow to our hair, or tie up a birthday parcel ?  Ribbons are now a "must-have" for all types of craft.  Whether your project requires satin, sheer, silk, grosgrain, gingham or polka dot ribbon we have them all!  Lots and lots of different colours in a range of widths. Need a little bit of ribbon inspiration - then have a look at our projects on our blog,or visit our Inspiration blog,or maybe join in with us at our Challenge blog.  Go on, have a look... It's worth it ! 

The prize is a collection of Valentine/Love  ribbons, here's just a taster......................

Penny Black recently launched a lovely range of  Valentine stamps which you can see here. It's also worth joining the PB Club as you will get updates of all new releases and news as it happens and as the end of January sees the big CHA trade show when Penny Black release their spring images now is perfect time to sign up.

Here's the prizes from them this month..............



Sir Stampalot, are our regular sponsor of the winning entry using a Penny Black stamp. They stock a huge range of Penny Black stamps as well as products from all the leading craft companies.

Here's the prize from them this month:

We are always on the lookout for Guest Designers and if you would like to be considered for our March spot please add GD after your name when you enter...................and please feel free to add our hedgie sidebar button below to your own blogs if you would like.

Now it's over to the design team who have again pulled out all the stops with a fabulous selection of inspiration for you plus we also have some Guest Designers this month.............

Deborah who was selected from our Guest Designer call in November

Mel from Crimson Cloud

Tracy my teamie from Allsorts

Brenda
Using Penny Black 40-092 All you Need

Ellie
using PB stamp "Captivated"

Linda
Penny Black hmmm...3105F

Lynn
Using Penny Black 30-042 A piece of my heart

Mervi
Penny Black: cupid at work 4033K

Shirley
Using Penny Black  A Great Surprise! Number: 2623L

Susan

Squeeze til l Squeak 1664J

Tracy
 Using Penny Black Slapstick 40-017 Loving And hugging

Have fun everyone and we all look forward to seeing your entries.

December Winners

Happy New Year to you all and hope you had a lovely Christmas.

December certainly was a popular month and there were some fabulous entries, as indeed there have been throughout 2012 and we send our thanks to you all for your continued support of the challenge.

Now for the winners for December.................

The three prizes from Penny Black:

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Lada

Gerrina

Paula

£10 Voucher from Joanna Sheen:

Anja

£15 Voucher from Crafts U Love:

Sharon

Stamp from Sir Stampalot for the winner of the entry using a Penny Black image:

Kelly

Congratulations to you all, please grab our winners logo from the sidebar to display on your own blogs and mail me with your full postal addys so I can get your prizes off to you. Any prizes not claimed by 9th January will be re-drawn.

I will be back in Sunday with our first challenge of 2013, see you then.