wow, it’s the first sunday of april already but that means it’s time for a fun new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog; this month we’d like to see all things spring.

i love this happy bunny, a penny black wood stamp called spring joy! as usual, i painted with twinkling H2Os, stamped the spring sentiment from the penny black clear set, garden friends, and added the die cut wishes from the penny black die set of the same name.

visit the blog for some creative inspiration from the team and to welcome our newest team member, Daniela.

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 you’ll love the prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafty Ribbons, Tattered Lace, Stix 2.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
happy little stampers watercolour challenge: anything goes with an optional twist- rainbows
Sweet Stampers #5 – Easter or Spring
Little Red Wagon – #387 – Something that Hops
Alphabet Challenge – B for Bunnies
Simon Says Work it Wednesday March 2017 – Spring Has Sprung
As You Like It Challenge – Favourite Colouring Medium (and Why): my favourite are watercolour paints, especially twinkling H2Os; i love the shimmer, i love mixing colours, and i love losing myself in the painting process.

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we’re halfway through this month’s challenge to use your favourite stamps at the penny black and more challenge blog; i have too many favourites but i do love the mice and especially this one.

i watercoloured the background and sweet penny black 1652J cheesecake wish image with twinkling H2Os and popped it on foam tape.

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, Crafts U Love, Stamp Addicts and Sizzix.

visit the blog for some creative inspiration by my teamies.

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it’s hard to believe it’s the first sunday of february already, but it’s time for a fun new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog; this month we’d like you to use your favourite stamps.

i have so many but i narrowed it down to this bunny from the penny black 30-021 garden friends clear stamp set. i created a 3 inch card, watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and drew in the spots of my adorable rainbow bridge grand bunny; such a big personality in that sweet little bunny!

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, Crafts U Love, Stamp Addicts and Sizzix.

visit the blog to see which stamps are my teamies’ favourites.

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we’re halfway through this month’s ‘anything goes’ theme at the penny black and more challenge blog; my DT creation is a valentine card for my husband.

i watercoloured this cute hedgie from the penny black hugs! stamp set, stamped the sentiment from the penny black ‘every which way’ set and added the border, die cut with the penny black creative die, heart string. i added stickles around the edge of the image panel.

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, Tattered Lace.

visit the blog for some creative inspiration by my teamies.

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It’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog and we’ve got a really easy one for you this month – it’s anything goes! As long as your focal point is a hand stamped image, large sentiment/quote or a penny black stickeroo.

I water coloured these cute hedgies from the good news! Wood Stamp in twinkling H2os and added stickles to the bees and flowers.

i hope you’ll play along for fun and a chance to be a future guest designer or win a fabulous prize from: Penny Black, Crafty Ribbons, tattered lace.

visit the blog for some creative inspiration by my teamies.

This is a scheduled post as I am recuperating from surgery so it may take me time to get around to commenting.

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there’s still plenty of time to join the december penny black and more challenge where we’d like you to use black and white plus one other colour this month.

i coloured this cute cat from the penny black ‘in the garden’ clear stamp set with twinkling H2Os, not a lot of colouring needed, stamped a sentiment from the penny black ‘tiny wishes’ stamp set and added glossy accents to the ladybug.

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, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Marianne, Crafty Ribbons.

visit the blog to see the rest of the team’s fabulous creations.

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i’m popping in just to remind you that you still have time to play along with us at the penny black and more challenge blog using this photo:

this is another of the cute images from the penny black halloween critters clear stamp set that i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os.

remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, or penny black stickeroos, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafty Ribbons, Stamp Addicts.

visit the blog to see some fabulous creations by my teamies and how they were inspired by the photo.

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i’m popping in just to remind you that you still have plenty of time to play along with us at the penny black and more challenge blog for the ‘anything goes with a stamp’ theme.

as usual, i watercoloured these sweet mice (30-020 hugs!) with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the flower centre and painted the die cut sentiment (51-036 wishes) .

i hope you’ll join us and 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, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love,  Crafty Ribbons, Stix.

visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies.

i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
simon says stamp: Work it Wednesday July 2016! use august birthstone peridot

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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 blog; this month, it’s flower power.

i watercoloured this penny black ‘centrepiece’ cling stamp with twinkling H2Os, added some yellow stickles to the centres and finished it off with the penny black dots & swirls die cut border. As always, we have some fabulous prizes from some generous sponsors: Penny Black, Sizzix, Stamp Addicts, Crafty Ribbons.

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.

it’s the first sunday of the month so it’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog; this one is an easy 0ne – anything goes, as long as the focal point is a hand stamped image or large sentiment.

i was lucky enough to receive this adorable penny black hedgie stamp from my team mate Sam so i made a set of six cards featuring this little cutie; four of one design and two of another since i ran out of paper.

i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and added stickles to the flower centres.

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, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love, Crafty Ribbons, Sam.

visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies. thanks for popping by.

it’s hard to believe it’s the first sunday of march already, but it’s time for a fun new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog; this month we’d like for you to ‘feature a creature.’

i watercoloured this cute penny black image from the chick to chick clear stamp set with twinkling H2Os and i created the yellow mat with my twinks too.

it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog – this month we’d like you to use autumn colours.

i created this scene with images from the penny black ‘scary halloween’ clear stamp set, masked a moon from a die cut circle and watercoloured everything with twinkling H2Os as usual. i added some dots for star and three clear sequins.

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, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Marianne Design and Yours and Mine Paper Crafts. visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge
virginia’s view challenge 19 – all things coloured
noor! design uk challenge 11 – halloween/autumn
one crazy stamper – Christmas/Halloween/Fall

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this is just a reminder that you still have plenty of time to play along with us at the penny black and more challenge blog and the very easy anything goes! theme.

i watercoloured this cute penny black hedgie wood stamp, ‘yearning’ with twinkling H2Os. the cute photo corner grunge die is a gift, thank you daniela!

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it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog – this month our theme is anything goes!

i watercoloured this cute little hedgie from the penny black clear stamp set ‘tiny wishes’ with twinkling H2Os and used the sentiment from the clear set ‘wonderful.’

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