June winners

Good Morning to you all, time for some winners from our June challenge.

There were some fabulous entries, you really did seem to enjoy the theme and a big thank you to everyone who joined in the fun. Now on to the winners and there are rather a lot of lucky peeps, all as selected by Random Org.

Winner of the voucher from Classy Crafts:

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Joyce

Winner of the voucher from Little Darlings:

Tracy

Winners of the stamps from Penny Black:

Lorraine

Fiona

Nela

Winner of the prize from Crimson Cloud:

Fabiloa

And finally winner of the entry using a Penny Black stamp donated by Sir Stampalot:

Kraftyk

Congratulations to you all, please mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk with your full postal addy's so I can get your prizes off to you. And don't forget to grab out winners logo from the sidebar to display on your own blogs.

I will be back again on Sunday with our July challenge, see you then.

May Spotlight Winners

A very Good Morning to everyone,

A little later than normal due to it taking me far longer than it should to get myself sorted after my hols, but I am as always thrilled to introduce two more super talented crafters to you for our monthly 'In the Spotlight Feature'.

I think May was rather a difficult theme, but you proved to us what a super talented bunch you are and we had some really fabulous entries and the final two 'In the Spotlight' are Tanya and Irene.

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Tanya

Heres's a little bit about Tanya: "First of all, thanks so much to Brenda and the Penny Black and More DT for choosing my card for the Spotlight, I'm honoured :D 

My name is Tanya, I'm 23 and live in Ireland. I was never particularly crafty at all up to last year, when I became very ill and spent 10 months in hospital; there was a craft-room for long-term patients there and I started jewellery-making and knitting. Then, another patient brought a card making kit in and shared it with me, and since then I've been addicted! For me, it has been something positive to focus on and take my mind off my illness. I started blogging 6 months ago, having spent hours looking at others' blogs, full of amazing creations. There's so much talent and inspiration out there, I'm always totally in awe of these masterpieces. It's still all so new to me - every time I make a card I learn something new, and I love that."

Irene

And Irene: "Hi, I’m Irene, mum to 3 and grandma to 5, and I am so pleased to have one of my cards in the spotlight. Thank you Brenda and the team.

I have crafted in one form or another, most of my life. My mum taught me to knit when I was 5, and I have dabbled in lots of crafts, but for the last 15 years cards have been my thing. I first started with stamping, but my colouring was awful, but after a water colouring class things improved, and then I was introduced to copics markers and they are now my first choice for colouring.

I  have had my blog for 2 years, and love visiting other blogs for inspiration, there are some very talented people out there, and I  am also a member of a couple of crafting forums, and have made some very good friends" .

Well done to you both, please grab out 'In the Spotlight' sidebar button to display on your own blogs.

June challenge

Welcome to our June challenge where it's a pretty open theme where you can do petty much what you like using..................

"All my Favourite Things"

The only restriction is that you must use a stamped image as the focal element of your work (remember strictly no digi images) and that you tell us what your favourite items are that you are using, how easy is that ? This challenge will close at noon GMT on 28th June.

We are delighted to have two new sponsors joining us this month Little Darlings Rubber Stamps and Classy Crafts, a warm welcome to both.

Classy Crafts have a comprehensive on line store and offer all new customers 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.

Little Darlings was founded by Angie whose love of scrap booking and crafting saw a natural progression into the Little Darlings store which sells the exclusive range of Little Darlings stamps, along with beautiful dies, embellishment and crafting essentials. They are offering one lucky winner a $10 store voucher or any Little Darlings or Cutie Pie stamps of the winners choice

In case you missed the news, Penny Black have some fabulous new stamps which can all be viewed here, it's wise to sign up to their on line newsletter as you will get notifications of all new releases ahead of time. Three great prizes from them this month.............

And next we welcome one of our regular sponsors Crimson Cloud who are giving away another great prize to one winner...........

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!

Last but by no means least Sir Stampalot who have a a great web site with super swift delivery of all in stock items and also have a fabulous spacious shop...............be warned if you visit allow plenty of time as there is so much to see. The brand new 'Delightful Celebration' Penny Black range is due in store any time now so keep your eyes peeled in the what's new section here. Here's the prize for the winner of the entry using a Penny Black image........

Now for some inspiration from the design team and it looks clear from all their fabulous pieces of work that they really enjoyed this challenge and I sense a distinct glitter theme coming through along with chocolate cake....are you thinking the same as I am.....more than just frosting on the cake !

Brenda
My favourite things: PB stamps especially their flowers and inspirational quotes, butterflies,
distress inks, masking suns and moons......and champagne

Clare
My favourite things: Christmas cards, Penny Black's "Snowy" and Glitter

Ellie
My favorite things: PB stamp, faber castell pencils, favorite colours


Linda

My favourites things: PB stamps, the critters, colouring with distress inks,
pink and green, punches/dies, chocolate cake

Lynn
My favourite things PB stamps, fashion, shoes, handbags, cocktails,
convertibles, and a touch of glitter

Mervi
My favourites are PB cute critter stamps and flowers too; ProMarkers
and just few embellishments

Shirley
My favourite things are:- Picnics, Summer flowers and
any kind of cake (especially chocolate)


Susan
My Favourite things:- PB Hedgies, poppies, spotty paper, embossing folders
copics & Prismas, Circle nesties

Tracy
My favourite Things:- This stamp, PB Critters, Red, Flower Dies

Good luck to you all and we look forward to popping along to visit you all and seeing all your lovely work.

May Winners

Good Morning everyone, Tracy here with the winners from our May challenge. I think some of you found it a tough one to work with, but your entries were all fabulous and our thanks to all of you who joined in the fun.

So here we go with the winners selected at random:

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Winner of the £15 voucher from Crafts U Love is..............

Kelly Lloyd

Winner of the Penny Black stamp from Crimson Cloud is...............

Heathcliff

Winner of the Sir Stampalot prize for the entry using a Penny Black stamp.............

Anne F

And the three winners of the stamps from Penny Black themselves......................

Debbi Taylor

Pam

Uma

Note added 13th June: Apologies to you all, I should have posted a message before I went on my holidays to say it will be after I return before I can send out your prizes, but I am literally just back so please all mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk with your full postal addys. 

Congratulations to you all, please grab our winners logo from the sidebar to display on our own blogs. I will be back tomorrow with our June challenge so see you then.

Happy Crafting

Tracy

Note added 14th June: Two unclaimed prizes have been re-drawn today and the winners Marita and Ruth advised by e.mail

April spotlight winners

A very good Morning to you all, it's time to reveal the 'In the Spotlight' winners from our April challenge. 

But before I tell you who the lucky crafters are, a quick reminder about our May challenge. I think we might have frightened some of you away with our theme, but really it's not that bad, it's very much down to you how you want to interpret it. For example it could be a celebration of your own Countries involvement in the Olympics or just a sporty image, or even a beautifully coloured Queen or Princess. We have some fabulous prizes to be won, so I really hope you will join in the fun.

So now for our Spotlight winners, we had such a huge number of entries and selecting our favourites was so, so difficult, but here are the two entries we finally settled on.

Natasha had two beautiful entries and as we could not choose between the two thought it only right to display both and a few thoughts from the DT.........

"an adorable rainy day card that would brighten anyones day"..........."stunning"

"those balloons look as thought they could just float away"

Here is a little about me:

Hi, my name is Natasha and I am so excited to have two cards chosen by the design team for the Penny Black and More spotlight!  I have been making cards now for about a year and a half.  I started out with SU products then quickly started venturing out and purchasing other stamps.

I have just recently started blogging (around two months ago) and I enjoy sharing my cards with others.  One of the most difficult things about making cards for me is the layout and patterned papers!  Getting that just right is a challenge.  :)  I love coloring up stamped images and of course digital images too. I think my style leans more toward clean and simple, even though I do like to decorate my cards "a little".  My favorite Penny Black stamps are of course the Hedgehogs!  They are so darn cute!!!  Well, that's a little about me.  I would like to say Thank you to the team for spotlighting me! Natasha

Our second winner is Natalie with this equally beautiful piece of work and here's some of thee DT's comments...........

"a work of art and a beautiful scene"......."really gorgeous details".......

My name is Nataliya. I'm 32 years old and I am originally from Ukraine. My family and I have been living in Ireland for 9 years. I am married and we have 2 beautiful daughters. I started crafting 4 years ago and couldn't stop :))) I love to use stamped images on my cards, and especially I enjoy colouring them with copic markers. I also like trying different styles, shape cards with lace, ribbons, die cuts, pearls and lots of layers. I wish everyone all the best!! Enjoy your crafting and have fun!!! Hugs Natalie xx

Our thanks to each and every one of your for your fabulous entries and congratulations to Natasha and Nataliya's, I really hope you will pop over to their blog and show them your support, I know it would mean a great deal to both of them.

May challenge

Welcome to our May theme here at Penny Black and More and we have a very London theme going on this month to celebrate our Queens Diamond Jubilee and the upcoming Olympics which I for one am really looking forward to, it's such an honour to be hosting them in the UK. So our theme just had to be:

............London Celebrates............

Your entry can be a card, l/o, gift box or any other had crafted piece of work, all we ask is that your main image is stamped (remember strictly no digi images) and that it reflects the theme, it could even be using your own Country's flag colours to reflect their participation in the Olympics.

The eagle eyed amongst you will know all about the 'Delightful Celebration' collection of stamps from Penny Black which can all be viewed here, they will be available to buy on line the second week in May and in your local stockists soon after. Do check them out, I already have my eye on 40-132 So Blessed which has the most adorable silhouette lady and 30-117 Free Flight with some gorgeous butterflies and birdcage.

Lots of fabby prizes to be won as usual and first up we welcome a new sponsor Crafts U Love who are offering a £15.00 voucher for their shop. They now have the new Magnolia Summer Memories stamp collection in stock and you will find all the new goodies as they arrive here - allow plenty of time, there's so much to feast your eyes on.

And next one of our regular sponsors Crimson Cloud 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!

Here's the great prize they are offering.......................

The prize for the winner of the entry using a Penny Black stamp from Sir Stampalot are our regular sponsors of this category.................

Sir Stampalot are familiar to lots of us, not only do they have a great web site selling all the latest craft stamps and goodies, they also have a fabulous spacious shop...............be warned if you visit allow plenty of time as there is so much to see. The 'Delightful Celebration' Penny Black range will be in store this month as well. The prize from them this month seems very apt with all the visitors London is going to welcome this Summer:

Penny Black launched the wonderful London Collection to celebrate the Olympics and Jubilee and are giving some of those stamps as prizes this month. If you are not already a member why not join the club and sign up to their newsletter so you will be amongst the first to see all the sneak peeks of new releases. Their gallery is regularly updated and is a source of fabulously inspirational artwork.

The design Team have really pulled out all the stops this month and have showcased all things London wonderfully, please do pop along to their individual blogs and share some love with them...

Our Guest Designer this month from our sister challenge Allsorts is my teami Nicola who has created this lovely piece of artwork for us..............

Brenda

Clare
Clare is poorly so won't be joining in this month, so we all send her lots of love and hugs for a speedy recovery.

Ellie

Linda

Lynn

Mervi

Shirley


Susan

Tracy

Happy crafting to you all, good luck with the challenge and we look forward to visiting all your entries.