this is my mid month card for the october penny black and more challenge where we’d like to see some autumn splendour.

i painted the background with twinkling H2Os on cold pressed watercolour paper and attached one of the images in the penny black stickeroo sheet, garden poems.

remember your focal point must be hand stamped to be eligible for one of the fabulous prizes from this month’s sponsors: Penny Black, Fantastic Ribbons, Chocolate Baroque. a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

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it’s time for a new monthly theme at the penny black and more challenge and it’s perfect for october – autumn splendour.

i painted this sweet penny black wooden stamp image, hedgy gift, with twinkling H2Os and added some punched oak leaves and clear wink of stella to the apples.

remember your focal point must be hand stamped to be eligible for one of the fabulous prizes from this month’s sponsors: Penny Black, Fantastic Ribbons, Chocolate Baroque. a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

I’d like to submit this card to the Addicted to Stamps (October) #167 Autumn Colours challenge.

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this is a scheduled post as I am caring for a family member, but I wanted to remind you that there is still plenty of time to join us for a game of ‘i spy’ at the penny black and more challenge.

since the theme is something that begins with the letter B, you might have guessed i would use a bunny. i also fit as many b’s as i could onto this card: bunny, butterflies, blue, blossoms and bow.

this sweet bunny is one of the images in the Penny Black garden critters 30-152 clear set; i painted with twinkling H2Os and die cut a blue mirri sentiment.

remember your focal point must be hand stamped (any company) to be eligible for one of the fabulous prizes from this month’s sponsors: Penny Black, Marianne Designs, Bee Crafty. a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

visit the blog to see what b’s my team mates are using.

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we’re playing a game of i spy at the penny black and more challenge this month; want to play along?

i spy with my little eye something beginning with B so my card features bright, bouncing balloons.

i painted this penny black wooden stamp image, balloon madness, with twinkling H2Os and tombow markers, added the stars and sentiment from the sweet wishes clear stamp set and filled in the stars with sparkle pens.

remember your focal point must be hand stamped to be eligible for one of the fabulous prizes from this month’s sponsors: Penny Black, Crafts U Love £15 voucher, Inkylicious stamps. a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

visit the blog to see how my teamies are featuring something beginning with B.

i’d like to submit this card to the As You Like It Challenge Favourite; Fur Or Feathers (&why). Furry friends make me smile, have entertaining personalities and their images are so much fun to bring to life with paint.

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since it’s the first sunday of a new month, it’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge so we’re spending time ‘in the garden.’

i painted this adorable bunny, a penny black wooden stamp image called garden slumber, with twinkling H2Os on hot pressed watercolour paper and added a sentiment from the penny black every happiness cling stamp set.

your focal point must be hand stamped (any company) to be eligible for one of the fabulous prizes from this month’s sponsors: Penny Black, Swedish House Crafts, Crafty Ribbons. a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

visit the blog to see the lovely creations by my team mates.

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it’s the first sunday of a new month so it’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge.

this was very challenging for me since i usually activate my twinkling H2Os to have a colourful palette ready to paint with. i thought the kitty from the penny black ‘bubbly’ set would be a good starting point with the black and white; i used three different pink twinks and added some clear wink of stella to the balloons, some pink sequins, striped washi tape and finally, i stamped the sentiment onto a flower die.

it’s so easy to play along! your focal point must be hand stamped to be eligible for one of the fabulous prizes from this month’s sponsors: Penny Black, Sizzix and Woodware; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

visit the blog to see the crafty creations by my team mates.

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oh my goodness, i have missed creating but my shoulder is still pretty sore so my creating and computer time is somewhat limited. but i do have a DT card for our new monthly theme at the penny black and more challenge and for march, we’d like to see you ‘feature a creature.’

i’ve used this cute penny black image, a wooden stamp called ‘good news!’ and painted with twinkling H2Os. i’ve used brighter colours because i’m so tired of dreary overcast days and can’t wait for more sunshine. and we just got hit with more snow!

remember your focal point must be hand stamped with any company’s image or large sentiment/quote and a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image. as always, you’ll love the prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Marianne Designs, Bee Crafty.

visit the blog to see what creatures are featured on my teamies’ cards.

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well it’s the start of a new year and since it’s also the first sunday of the month, it’s time for a new monthly theme at the penny black and more challenge.

we’ve got a very easy theme for you – we’d like you to use something new.

‘bubbly’ is my newest penny black stamp set; it was on my wish list for quite some time so i finally decided to just get it.

i painted everything with twinkling H2Os and i used some new pretty pink posh clear sequins and a new waffle flower celebrate die that i layered a couple of times and slightly offset it on watercolour paper.

it’s easy to play along – your focal point must be hand stamped with any company’s image or large sentiment/quote and a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image. as always, you’ll love the prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Swedish House Crafts and a Tonic die.

visit the blog to see the creative new cards made by my team mates.

i’m also submitting this to these challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday – Something New

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i’m working on a number of christmas projects for various people which can be a bit repetitive so i took a break to create this tiny tag just for fun.

this cute little mouse is one of the sweet images in the penny black jolly friends stamp set that i painted with twinkling H2Os and added a bow from the penny black little ornaments die set. i finished it off by adding some glitter for snow and dotted some snow in the sky, also painted with twinks.

i’m submitting this to the penny black Holiday Head Start Challenge.

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we’re still enjoying ‘getting close to nature’ this month at the penny black and more challenge and you have plenty of time to join us.

i used this adorable image from the penny black ‘bubbly’ stamp set, painted with twinkling H2Os, because bugs are a part of nature – maybe some are more welcome than others.

i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, you’ll love the prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafty Ribbons and Sizzix.

visit the blog for some creative inspiration by my teamies.

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it’s time for a new theme for august at the penny black and more challenge and this time we’d like to see all creatures great and small.

i had a lot of fun painting these little mice; the penny black image, 1649k surprise, is a wood mount stamp. of course i painted everything with twinkling H2Os and added bits of yellow stickles.

to play along, you can use any company’s hand stamped image for your focal point; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, you’ll love the prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love, and Sizzix.

visit the blog to see what kind of creatures the rest of the team used.

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all of a sudden, time is passing so quickly; how does that happen?! we’re mid way through July but there’s still time to join us for the penny black and more challenge.

this adorable teddy image from the penny black ‘eat cake’ stamp set is one of my favourite penny black images to use when i need a masculine card. i’ve painted the sky and image with twinkling H2Os as usual.

to play along, you can use any company’s hand stamped image for your focal point; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, you’ll love the prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Marianne Designs, Stamp Addicts, Sizzix.

see some creative inspiration by my teamies at the blog.

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there are two very special prizes on offer this month as we celebrate the 7th birthday of the penny black and more challenge!

check out these prizes:

for a chance to win one of these two amazing prizes just create a project that adheres to this month’s anything goes theme and then leave a comment to let us know which prize you would like to have a chance to win.

i masked and used a couple of images from the penny black party time clear stamp set to create this long and narrow birthday card and, as usual, i painted with twinkling H2Os.

remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

visit the blog for full details and some creative inspiration by my teamies.

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