November winners

I'm running a bit late with the winners this month I'm afraid, struggling with flu and everything is taking twice as long as it ever should, so it straight into it.

First of all I will announce the person(s) we would like to join us as a Guest Designer in January.....................and February as well, we decided that as so many of us are going to be otherwise occupied with all the Christmas and New Year activities it would make sense to drop our GDT search in December and then start afresh in January.

I think this month has given us the hardest choices so far because there have been some really wonderful entries, but we did eventually whittled it down to two, both of whom had more than one entry which caught our eye. 

We would like Deborah to join us in January, your Penny Black Snowy Family really jumped out at us.

And we would like Pauline C to join us in February, we really loved your elegant card with the Penny Black sentiment and poppies.

Congratulations to you both and looking forward to you joining us, would you please mail me so that I can tell you more about our themes for those two months.

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

Jenny

Lis M

Mari

The lucky person to win the shopping voucher from Classy Craft..................

Miria

Another lucky online spend with FlonzCraft goes to...................

Yogi

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

PiHi

Well done everybody, please mail me with your full postal addys so I can arrange for your prize to be sent.

I'll be back on Sunday with our December challenge.

      

Mid month inspiration

A very good morning to you all, I hope you're having a good weekend.

The design team have been busily working away again to bring you some more inspiration following this months 'Any Die Will Do' theme which you certainly are enjoying judging by all the gorgeous creations we have seen.

If you've not had time to join in yet, fear not as you still have almost two weeks in which to do so. And if you  have a burning 'need' to get any of the stamps used by the DT, I have added some thumbnail pictures below, all you need to do is click on them to go straight to Penny Black where they can all be purchased. If you find the links useful please leave a comment to let us know what you think.

So here are a few more cards from the DT...........................

 Ellie

using PB stamp 3889K Music of Bells

Lynn

Using PB set hello gorgeous 30-097 and a Flonz sentiment from a set

Brenda

Using Penny Black 40-135 Floral Thread and 40-099 Soft Wings 

and 30-117 Free Flight

Mervi

Penny Black " celestial heart " 40-002

Tracy

Used Penny Black 40-007 Caroling Trio

Whatever you have planned, have a good Sunday.

November Challenge

Hello to you all, time seems to be flying and the 'C'  is getting so close now and I hope all your preparations are going along to plan. 

Time to announce our November challenge and this month we would like to see you using your dies, in fact ..........

********Any Die Will Do********

The only things you need to remember is that the focal element of your card must be a stamped image or sentiment - any make of stamp - but no Digi's are allowed.

We are still looking for Guest Designers, so if you like the idea joining us the logo below tells you what you need to do to be considered and please feel free to grab it and help us spread the word.

Now for some prizes and as always we have lots on offer........................

Penny Black stamps remain a firm favourites for many of us and the latest Christmas range has proved to be so popular, not surprising when you look at all the gorgeous images on offer. They are regular bringing out new products and to get ahead of the game all you need to do is sign up for the newsletter here.

Next we have Classy Crafts sponsorig us again.....

they are 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.

And another of our regulars FlonzCraft who sell a unique range of Victorian inspired stamps and are offering a prize of a $20 store voucher. Also a 12% discount on purchases made by challenge entrants during this month, just enter "Penny Black and More challenge entrant' in the comment section when placing your order.

Our regular sponsor Sir Stampalot for the winning entry using a Penny Black stamp. Sir Stampalot stock a huge range of Penny Black stamps including the new Christmas 2012 collection, as well as products from all the leading craft companies. The great prize from them this month:

Now for some inspiration and we are pleased to introduce two Guest Designers this month, first is Nela with this really cute creation........

And my great teamie from Allsorts Tracy who has made a splendid double easel card.............

Brenda
Using Penny Black 4035K Letters and Flowers

Using FlonzCraft girl with umbrella (lge) and Penny Black 30-117 Free Flight and
Penny Black Madions DP's

Ellie
PB stamp No2994K - Skiing Snowman, Flonz stamps- Baroque Corners
(part of stamp behind sentiment on lower left)

Linda
PB bonjour! 4149H and Flonz sentiment

Lynn

Using PB Words so sweet 4256K and a Flonz sentiment from a set of stamps

Mervi

 Penny Black: hanging treasures 40-165 and all is bright 30-137 and Flontz's Baroque corners

Shirley

Penny Black stamp from "Betsy Bluebell" transparent set and Flonz Craft butterfly " Three Butterflies".

Susan

using Penny Black Fairy Stardust 40-180 Slapstick and from Flonz Craft Scroll from corners stamp set

Tracy
Stamps:- Penny Black Transparent - Holly Day critters, Flonz Oval Frame With Flowers

Enjoy the remainder of your weekend and we look forward to seeing all your entries this month.

October winners

Good morning folks, time to announce the winners from our October theme which judging by all the fabulous entries you really enjoyed, so thanks so much to everyone who joined in.

We had lots of interest in our Guest Designer spot but we could only choose one, so I hope those who were not lucky this time round will try again next month. The person we would like to invite to join us in December is Lorraine, please mail me so I can let you know all about our theme for that month.

And the lucky prize winners are.....................

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Stamp from Sir Stampalot:

 Gisela

Stamps from Penny Black:

Jayne

Lin (unclaimed so re-drawn 7/11)

Janice

Prize from Crimson Cloud:

Lai-Yoke

And finally the voucher from Joanna Sheen:

Mari

Congratulations to you all, please all mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk with your full postal addys and don't forget to grab our winners badge from the sidebar to display on your own blogs. Any prizes not claimed by 7th November will be re-drawn and the winners notified by e.mail.

I will be back on Sunday with another great challenge for you.

Mid month inspiration

Good morning to all, just popping in with a mid month reminder for our Animal Magic theme this month which is proving very popular and there have been some fabulous entries.

And a little more inspiration from some of the design team to help you on your way...................

Shirley

Penny Black stamp 2880K Join-in

Brenda

Using Penny Black 4004K  Treescape, added some little deer and coloured with Pan Pastels

Susan

Sunshine in the Rain 40-058 (slapstick)

Mervi

Penny Black stamp "cat on the moon" 3207H and Madison papers

Linda

Using Penny Black Peek-A-Bunny

Thanks for popping in and if you have not already entered there are still plenty of time to do so don't forget you can enter up to three times, so lots of opportunities to be in with a chance of winning one of the great prizes on offer.

October Challenge

Good Morning everyone, I hope you are ready for our October challenge which is......

********Animal Magic********

Time to get out all those animal stamps, birds and bees and even fish and butterflies, we want to see them all. The only things you need to remember is that the focal element of your card must be a stamped image or sentiment - any make of stamp - but no Digi's are allowed.

We are still looking for Guest Designers, so if you like the idea joining us the logo below tells you what you need to do to be considered and please feel free to grab it and help us spread the word.

We have some wonderful sponsors again this month and a bumper collection of prizes, first up we welcome our regular sponsor Sir Stampalot, with a prize for the winning entry using a Penny Black stamp.

Sir Stampalot stock a huge range of Penny Black stamps including the new Christmas 2012 collection, as well as stamps and products from all the leading craft companies.

Letraset are joining us again and offering a set of Promarkers to another lucky winner.

Penny Black have three prizes for another winner. You can join their club here and be sure of being amongst the first to know about all the latest releases, their gallery is also loaded with inspiration.

A warm welcome again to 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!

Phew, what a list, but there's still one more to go and that is Joanna Sheen with a £10 voucher to spend at their on line store.

So now for some inspiration and first we welcome Amelia who was the lucky applicant chosen from the applications for our Guest Design for October, here is the lovely piece of work she has created for us using a favourite PB image:

We are pleased to have Mel from Crimson Cloud joining us as a Guest Designer this month with this very elegant Christmas card:

And an equally warm welcome to my Allsorts teamie Debs, who has made a great Christmas card using lovely traditional colours.

You can visit all their individual blogs by clicking on their names above.

You can visit of our Guests individual blogs by clicking on their names above.

And of course the design team have worked their magic again with such a variety of takes on the theme. It would be really lovely if you found time to pop along to visit them as well, they work away every month bringing you lots of inspiration and I know they would soooooo appreciate a visit from you.

Brenda
Penny Black 3906H Greetings from the wise

My fabulous design team have worked their magic again with such a variety of takes on the theme. It would be really lovely if you could find time to pop along to the their individual blogs and show them some love, they work away every month bringing you lots of inspiration and I know they would appreciate a visit.

Ellie
Using Penny Black skip and romp 2877L

Linda
Using Penny Black  Very Scared 30-054 and Trick or Treat 30-005

Lynn
Using Micey Day 30-028

Mervi
Penny Black image "nature's day" 4157K

Shirley
Penny Black image 1729K Just buzzin by


Susan
Penny Black Stamp - Primp 3965K

Tracy
Using Penny Black Team Effort 3980K

Have fun with the theme everyone and as always we look forward to visiting all your super entries.