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Welcome to our Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog for all lovers of Penny Black stamps....we are based in the UK but welcome entries worldwide...we post a new challenge on the first Saturday of each month and all we ask is that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT STAMP, DIE OR STICKEROO as the main focus of your creation and that you please link back to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. To join in the fun please leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Inlinkz...so we can come visit you.

Saturday 17 December 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 182

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend and another
Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

This will be our last challenge of 2011! I'm sure you're all busy little bees and will be spending time with loved ones over the festive season, and we'll be doing the same so we're having a little break and will be back raring to go on the 7th of January! Thank you to all who have entered our challenge over the past 12 months and we look forward to seeing all your fab makes again in the New Year!

Thanks also to everyone who played along last week with Domi's sketch,there were some truly fabulous cards but we can only have one winner of the 1-2-3 Stitch $20 voucher and that lucky crafter is....

Number 12 - Tania (Java Bean)


Congraulations!! Please contact Kath who will sort you out with all the details of the prize.

Now for the challenge! We're thinking you may have finished your Christmas cards for this year so this weeks challenge is:

Make a Tag!

Nice and simple!
As always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS A MAIN FOCUS.
All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to Kath and she will pop it on the blog for you and you will also qualify for the prize draw.

And there is the prize from the Penny Black Design Team this week!


I'm sure you'll join me in thanking our amazing Design Team for all the gorgeous cards and inspiration they've provided this year! And this week is no exception - here they are!

Beth

 Debby

PAULINE

Happy Crafting, we look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
from the
Penny Black Saturday Design Team!!
xxx


Saturday 10 December 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 181

Hi everyone, it's Saturday and time for another Penny Black SaturdayChallenge.
We loved all the creations for last week's White Out challenge but there can only be one winner
and that's...
Wendy (16)
And here is Wendy's gorgeous white card...
Congratulations! Please email Kath who will make sure you get your fabby prize.
This week we have a sketch for you to try....
Our lovely team mate Domi did the sketch for us, isn't it a good one?
Now remember you can reverse it or flip it. We don't mind as long as we can see the basic shape.
As always it is up to you what you create. The only RULE being that you use at least
ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE, LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO. All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog you can e-mail your entry to Kath who will pop it on the blog for you, you will be allocated a number in Mr Linky and will therefore qualify for the prize draw.
And talking of prizes...
a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors for their generosity in providing this week's prize. Yes one lucky winner, who will be chosen at random, and announced next Saturday will receive a $20 voucher to spend at the 1-2-3 Stitch online store. There's loads of crafty stuff to choose from, including our favourite Penny Blacks!
And now it's time to share what we did with Domi's sketch.









We look forward to you sharing your fabulous inspirational ideas with us all this week, so look out those Penny Blacks and get inking. Have a great weekend whatever you are doing.
Happy Crafting
Hugs from The Design Team
xxx
from Jennifer by e-mail


Saturday 3 December 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 180

Hi Everyone...it's the weekend so welcome to Penny Black Saturday
You seemed to really enjoy our 4 weeks of Christmas Challenges and we hope that we managed to give you some inspiration for your Christmas Cards
We loved all the creations for last week's Red+Embossing but there can only be one winner
and that's...
MUEPPI (26)
with her beautiful box and six  cute cards
Congratulations Gisela...if you e-mail me (kath) I will pass your details onto Fantastic Ribbons who will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Before we move on to this week's challenge....the team would like to share some fabulous news with you all...big congratulations are in order for our lovely teamies HELEN and NAT who were placed in this year's CARDMAKER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION over at CARDMAKING AND PAPERCRAFT MAGAZINE...well done girls...we are very proud of you.

The challenge this week is...
TOTAL WHITE-OUT
we want to see All White Cards but you are allowed to have colour on your image
and we hope we are not tempting fate with this one seeing as wintry weather is forecast for tomorrow...
as always it is up to you what you create...the only RULE being that you use at least
ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT or STICKEROO
all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog...e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you.   You will be allocated a number in Mr Linky and will therefore qualify for the prize draw.

And talking of prizes...
a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors for their generosity in providing this week's prize...yes one lucky winner who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday will be receiving this...
from PENNY BLACK



and
THE RIBBON GIRL

5m of gorgeous Cotton and Cluny Lace
As always it's time to share some gorgeous inspiration with you all from the lovely girls on the team...








We look forward to you sharing your fabulous inspirational ideas with us all this week...so look out those Penny Blacks and get inking.  Have a great weekend whatever you are doing.
Happy Crafting
Hugs from The Design Team
xxx

Saturday 26 November 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 179

Hello everyone! It's Saturday again which means it time again for another Penny Black Challenge! Yey!
Before we get onto this weeks challenge though, we'd like to thank everyone who took part in last weeks challenge! We've loved coming to see all your festive makes!
We have 2 winners from last weeks challenge, firstly the stamp from Carole...

25. Lee

Then the stamp from Penny Black Inc...

41. Deb F!

Congratulations ladies! If you email Kath (address in the sidebar) she'll arrange to get your prize to you!

Now, onto this weeks challenge, and it's the last of our month of Christmas challenges! I hope you've enjoyed them are feeling a little closer to feeling ready for Christmas!
This week is

Christmas + Red & Embossing

As always we leave it up to your imagination...the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO AS THE FOCUS and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link only please to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come visit you and if you don't have a blog....just e-mail your entry to Beth or Kath and we will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.
Speaking of which, this weeks lucky winner will recieve
4 rolls of ribbon of their choice from



And now over to the rest of our lovely Design Team!


DEBBY
 




We can't wait to see what you all make!
Happy Crafting everyone and have a great weekend!
Love the Design Team xxx

from Paula by e-mail

from Pamela by e-mail