WELCOME

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 26 March 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 144

Hi Everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday
another fabulous response to last week's challenge and fingers crossed that the beautiful Spring weather is here to stay......lots of gorgeous creations from you all and thank you for joining in the fun

The winner chosen at random is number 7!
Tracy - Craftnut!
Such a cute card - look at those adorable chicks!
Congratulations if you e-mail Kath your prize will be on it's way to you very soon

The challenge this week is
RECYCLING
so time to get rooting around and use up some of those things that are destined for the bin
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 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 Beth or Joey and they will be happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will be entered in the prize draw.

2 fabulous prizes this week
from
15% off discount lifetime voucher to spend in this wonderful online store filled to the rafters with all things Penny Black....pop over for a browse you will be in seventh Penny Black Heaven
and
from
4 rolls of ribbon of the winner's choice
and what a fabulous selection you have to choose from....
lots of special offers and yummy things to tempt you

the winners will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

And once again our very talented Design Team have come up with some fabulous recycling inspiration for you all but before you feast your eyes on their creations.....we are saying goodbye and a very big thank you to our lovely Guest Designer Sarah for sharing her beautiful creations with us all

SARAH (GD)









Have a great weekend...happy crafting
from the Design Team
xxx
from Jennifer by e-mail

Saturday 19 March 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 143 - Spring is Sprung

Good Morning Everyone, Welcome to another Challenge here at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, your Weekend starts here :O)

Thankyou for joining us with all your amazing Green Creations, they were all totally inspiring! and the lucky winner of last weeks prize from 1-2-3 Stitch is

Congrats to you Please get in touch with us to claim your prize


On to this weeks Challenge, We have the fabulous theme of
Spring is Sprung
Our sponsor this week is the Lovely Carole

Who is offering this fab Seeing your face Stamp

We have some stunning creations from our DT we begin with our lovely March Guest Designer Sarah





Happy Creating Everyone, Have a Wonderful Weekend!
Hugs from the PBSC DT x x x

Saturday 12 March 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 142

Good morning! Welcome to the weekend and another Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries into last weeks Multi fold card challenge, there were so many different and wonderful styles!
We have 2 winners picked at random, firstly the winner of the stamp from Penny Black -
KELLY (16)

and then the gorgeous ribbon bundle from the The Ribbon Girl -
JOSE (42)

Well done ladies!! Drop Kath a little email and she'll arrange for your prizes to be sent to you!

Now for this weeks challenge, in honour of our Irish cousins and St Patricks day on 17th of March, we have a colour theme:
Green
This weeks prize is from another of our fab sponsors 1-2-3 Stitch
there is a $20 voucher to spend at their store for one lucky winner!

Once again we're joined by our March Guest Designer Sarah, so here's her card and all the other gorgeous cards from our amazing Design Team to inspire you!








Happy Crafting everyone and have a lovely weekend!
Hugs from the Design Team xxx
from Jennifer by e-mail

Saturday 5 March 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.....Week 141

Hi Everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday
we loved all your beautiful Pearl and Lace cards for last week's challenge
and the winners chosen at random are...

15% off discount voucher from PB Stamps
YVONNE (8)

4 rolls of ribbon of the winner's choice from Fantastic Ribbon
GLENNIS F (46)
Congratulations girls....if you e-mail me (kath) I will arrange for you to collect your prizes and we hope you will have lots of fun choosing.....

Before we move on to the challenge for this week....we have some exciting news to share with you all.
We have a brand new Guest Designer for the month of March...the lovely and very talented
chosen by our lovely teamie Beth
we were over the moon when Sarah agreed to come on board and share her beautiful inspiration with us all and the rest of the girls on the team are on the look out for Guest Designers for the rest of the year....so keep those entries coming folks

The challenge this week is......
MORE THAN ONE FOLD
pretty self explanatory and as always it is up to you what you create the only RULE being that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE....STICKEROO OR LARGE SENTIMENT and all you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link only please to your entry which makes it easier for us to come visit you.....if you don't have a blog e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will be entered in the prize draw.

Talking of prizes....we are spoiling you all rotten again this week with 2 beautiful prizes
the winners will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday
from
Penny Black....the company who continue to inspire us with their beautiful designs....if you pop over to their website....you can feast your eyes on the beautiful new 2011 Spring Collection.....pop onto the Penny Black Blog for lots of inspiration..interesting articles and competitions...join the Penny Black Club for sneak peeks of the new releases and lots of card ideas with step by step instructions and join in the fun at the Penny Black Flickr Group where you can upload your cards and share inspiration with lots of Penny Black fans.
4076K Gift of Flowers
 and
from The Ribbon Girl....where you will find a treasure trove of beautiful ribbons...twines...buttons and gorgeous embellishments for your card making.....pop over for a visit...they have lots of new goodies in stock and don't blame us if you have no willpower
the winner can choose one colour selection which includes ribbons, seam binding, button twine, divine bakers twine, buttons, pins, lace, a charm and even a roll of 3mm ultra sticky tape.

And time to share with you all lots of beautiful foldy cards from the very talented girls on the Design Team...starting off with our Guest Designer.....


and the inside






and the inside


We look forward to seeing what you create this week
Happy Crafting Everyone
Hugs from the Design Team
xxx
from Pamela by e-mail