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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 26 February 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge....Week 140

Hello everyone! It's Saturday again which means it time again for another Penny Black Challenge!
It's Beth here this week as Kath is enjoying some quality time with the lovely Mr Tim Holtz! Lucky Girl!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge, we'd like to thank everyone who took the time to join in with our Men's card theme, it was tricky but you all stormed it!

We have 2 winners, picked by the Random Integer,
firstly the winner of Pauline's 'Gentlest Kiss' stamp is....
here's her fab card!
and the winner of Carole's 'A Scholar' stamp is...
number 34...Jenn
we'd love to show your gorgeous card Jenn but I think there may be a copyright block in it, pop over and have a looksie anyway!

Congratulations ladies! If you email either me or Kath (addresses in the sidebar) we'll arrange to get your prizes to you!

Now, onto this weeks challenge, we have a nice girly one for you...
Pearls and Lace
and 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 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 me 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, we have 2 more yummy prizes!

4 rolls of ribbon of the winners choice from

and a 15% lifetime discount voucher for

PB Stamps


Oh we are spoiling you!

On a bit of a sad note, this is Helen's last week as our February Guest Designer, I'm sure you'll all join us in thanking her for making such gorgeous cards to inspire us with! Thanks Helen!!
And now over to the rest of our lovely Design Team!

HELEN


DEBBY


DOMI


JENNY

JOEY

KATH


LIZ


NAT

PAULINE

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

Saturday 19 February 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 139

Hi Everyone
and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

oh my word you didn't half rock the "Pretty In Pink" challenge last week....lots and lots of beautiful entries and the winner chosen at random is....
SHIRLEY
love the colour work on Shirley's Vintage Image

Congratulations Shirley....if you e-mail me (kath) I will pass your details onto 1-2-3 Stitch and they will be in touch about claiming your prize

And before we move onto this week's challenge...it's time for a little toot of our own trumpet....
Penny Black Saturday is featured in Cardmaking and Papercraft Mag this month
Our Favourite Blogs
and I'm sure you will join in sending big hugs to Design Team who work their socks off each and every week to give us all lots of beautiful Penny Black inspiration and without them there would be no Penny Black Saturday
OK onto this week's challenge....we've had the Girly Girly One...and I'm sure there will be lots of groaning and gnashing of teeth but we can't forget about the Boys so we want to see your....
MENS CARDS
and 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 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 me (kath) and I will be only too happy to pop it on the blog for you and you will qualify for the prize draw.

And talking of prizes......2 gorgeous Penny Blacks for 2 lucky winners who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday

from our lovely teamie PAULINE
Gentlest Kiss

and from our lovely Penny Black buddy CAROLE

"A Scholar"

and over to our fabulous Design Team for some inspiration....they have all excelled themselves this week because believe it or not we're not too keen on doing Men's Cards either starting off with a super cute one from our February Guest Designer

HELEN

BETH

DEBBY

DOMI
JENNY 

JOEY 

KATH 

LIZ 

NAT

PAULINE

We look forward to you joining in the fun this week
Happy Crafting
Hugs from the Design Team
xxx
from Pamela by e-mail

Saturday 12 February 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 138

Hi Everyone
and welcome to Penny Black Saturday

We loved all the fabulous creations you shared with us last week for our "Love Is..."
challenge and the lucky winners chosen at random are
Joie De Vivre Stamp
LORRAINE (47)

 Bundle of Ribbons
LINDA (53)

Congratulations girls and if you e-mail me (kath) your prizes will be winging their way to you soon

The challenge this week is
PRETTY IN PINK
especially for all the girly girls amongst you
as always it is entirely up to you what you create....a card...layout or gift item the only limit is your imagination and the only RULE is that you use at least ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE...LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO
and 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 me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you...you will also qualify for the prize draw.

And the prize this week is from
$20 voucher to spend in their online store where you will find a huge selection of all your favourite Penny Blacks and lots of other bits and pieces for your cardmaking

But now it's time for the very talented girls on the Penny Black Saturday team to share their inspiration with you....starting off with our lovely Guest Designer 









It's now your turn...time to look out your Penny Blacks....think pink and get crafting.
Hugs from the Design Team
xxx
from Pam by e-mail

Saturday 5 February 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge....Week 137

Hi everyone and welcome to Penny Black Saturday
fabulous response to Pauline's sketch last week...you obviously all loved it as much as we did and what a creative bunch of Penny Black lovers you are.

The winner of last week's challenge chosen at random is....
ANNEMARIE (62)

Congratulations. Annemarie...if you e-mail me (kath) I will pass your details over to Dick at PB Stamps and he will arrange for you to claim your prize

And before we move onto this week's challenge...we have some very special news....
we are so honoured to have a very special lady joining us for the month of February as Guest Designer
she is a mega talented cardmaker....one of the nicest girls in the blogland and I think I am right in saying that Helen has joined in every single Penny Black Saturday challenge since we began away back in June 2008.
Well we think that deserves a gold medal....a huge pat on the back....a resounding round of applause and a great big hug from us all.....so pop over to Helen's blog and give her a huge Penny Black Saturday welcome.

No prizes for guessing this week's challenge....it just had to be something related to
Valentine's day....so a great chance to get ahead of the game and get that all important card made

LOVE IS......
and we would like to see you complete the phrase either on the front or inside of your card

as always it is entirely up to you what you create....a card...layout or giftbox...the only RULE being that you include AT LEAST ONE PENNY BLACK IMAGE....LARGE SENTIMENT OR STICKEROO
and all you have to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so that we can come and visit you.    There are some folks who are not linking directly o their entry and it does make it more difficult for the girls on the team to find your work....so if you have a problem with linking you can find instructions on the sidebar to help you.
If you don't have a blog...just e-mail your entry to me (kath) and I will pop it on the blog for you and you will be entered for the prize draw.  

So time to announce the prizes for this week...the winners will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday.....

Joie De Vivre 4052K
Did you know that you can join The Penny Black Club where you will be the first to know about new releases which you can view HERE or you can join in with the fun at the Penny Black Circle...where you can upload your cards and share your inspiration with a friendly group of Penny Black lovers and you can also visit the Penny Black Blog where you can enter challenges and competitions and be wowed by the fabulous creations from the Design Team.

a bundle of gorgeous ribbons
 so pop over to their online shop where you will find a huge selection of gorgeous ribbons...buttons..embellishments and accessories for all your crafting needs.

but now it's time to be wowed by our very own Design Team who have worked their special magic to bring you fabulous inspiration

(Guest Designer)







 the inside

 the inside



Now it's your turn....we can't wait to see how you complete the phrase
Happy Crafting Everyone
Hugs from the Design Team
xxx
from Julie by e-mail


from Jacqui by e-mail