Saturday November 21 2009 by Carole
Good Morning…and what a great challenge we have for you this week over at
Penny Black Saturday Challenge 
The theme is Winter Wonderland…AND…we have a blog hop…with some fabulous prizzes
!
Here’s the blog hop ‘rules’…
Can you guess this well known Christmas Song
—O— T– — N—- —–E–
a little clue……one of Santa’s helpers
it has five words and we have given you another little clue by filling in some of the letters but to collect the rest of the letters you need to visit each member of the Design Team including our lovely Guest Designer for this month
Debby……solve the puzzle and then e-mail your answer to Kath….kathinwesthill@btinternet.com
Entries will close at midnight GMT on Friday 27th November
TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A PRIZE…YOU NEED TO ENTER A CARD IN THE CHALLENGE
and all the lucky winners will be announced on Penny Black Saturday next Saturday
My letters for the blog hop are…R…..E
You’ll find links to the PB Design Team in my sidebar.
Don’t forget to visit the PBSC Blog to see some awesome creations from the design team and also the HUGE collection of prizes we have for our blog hop…thanks to all our generous sponsors!
One more surprise…each DT member is giving away their own blog hop candy…and will announce their winners next Saturday…28th November.
Here’s my candy
Card Recipe
Paper ~ Imaginisce – Polar Expressions
Medium ~ Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments ~ Glitter Dome stickers (thanks to Claudia ), SU gem brads, Diamond Dust
10 % off all Prima, My Mind’s Eye, Cosmo Cricket and Basic Grey products
Until Midnight Monday 23rd November…new Martha Stewart punches just arrived…see a few below…lots more in stock at Quixotic Paperie
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Friday November 20 2009 by Carole
Hi there…we’ve got another wonderful sketch for you over at Friday Sketchers…provided by Jeanette…thanks Jeanette! Along with the sketch and fabulous prize, are some amazing, inspirational cards from the design team. Hope you have time to join us 
I’ve used one of the gorgeous stamps sent to me by Karen (Sugar Nellie)…it’s by Diane Duda…Penguin Love..and one of the many new collections of stamps from Sugar Nellie. You can buy them here.
There’s a new collection called Sugar and Spice due out at the end of the month…here’s a couple of images…check out Sugar Nellie’s blog for more pictures and information
Card Recipe
Stamp ~ Penguin Love – Diane Duda – Sugar Nellie
Papers ~ Cosmo Cricket – Jolly by Golly
Medium ~ Copic Sketch Markers
Tools ~ Quickutz handle & Sizzix Trixie alphabet, Large inverted scalloped square
Embellishments ~ E Line pearls, Prima flowers, SU & Papertrey ribbon
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Thursday November 19 2009 by Carole
Well, it’s been a few weeks since I posted and to get back into the festive and crafting spirit, I’ve decided to give away some candy.
I’ve got two Swiss Pixies… Santa Birgitta and Nora to give away. I’ll draw two winners…and will announce them on Friday 27th November. (Last entry to be in by Thursday 26th November 9.00 pm UK time)
Santa Birgitta
Nora
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Saturday October 31 2009 by Carole
Whoo…just got a wonderful, surprise email from Carola at StampARTic to say that my Penny Black Halloween card (see post below) has made it to the monthly Walk Of Fame…what a huge honour! 
Thanks to everyone for choosing my card and congratulations to the other girls whose cards were featured this month. It really is such an amazing blog…full of incredible cards…non card creations and fabulous tutorials….all in true Scandinavian style. Please pop over to see the work from the super talented design team Thanks again to everyone at StampARTic
Click on the image above to visit StampARTic
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Saturday October 24 2009 by Carole
There’s some spooky goings on over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge this week…we’ve got a Halloween theme for you! Thanks for joining in our sketch challenge…great to see so many of you taking part! The design team have come up trumps again with their scary creations…just click here for some wonderful inspiration…and check out the cute Christmas hedgehog stamp we have for the lucky winner…
here he is…he’s called ‘Cosy’
Card Recipe
Stamp ~ Treatin’ Witch
Papers ~ Daisy and Dandelion
Medium ~ Copic Sketch Markers
Tools ~ Quickutz spiders web die, Heidi Swapp distress tool, sewing machine
Embellishments ~ Spider charm, Prima flowers, MME Halloween brad, Robins Nest
Have a great Saturday.
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Friday October 23 2009 by Carole
We have another new sketch up today over at Friday Sketchers. Claudia is our host and her sketch is just fabulous…thanks Claudia! Check out the wonderful cards from the design team and also our prize.
I’ve used a Sugar Nellie stamp – Little Witch by Mary Hall. It’s a really big stamp and so easy to colour…lots of large areas to move about!! The BG paper, Martha Stewart spiders web border and corner punch were bought with the help of my FS buddy Jacque..thanks sweetie!
Card Recipe
Stamps ~ Little Witch – Mary Hall, Penny Black sentiment
Papers ~ Basic Grey Eerie, Daisy and Dandelion
Medium ~ Copic Sketch Markers
Tools ~ Martha Stewart spider’s web border and corner punch, sewing machine
Embellishments ~ Orange flower from my sweet friend Bea, MME brad, crystal gems
Thanks for popping by…hope you have a great weekend
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Thursday October 22 2009 by Carole
Elaine has got another mini challenge going on for her DT at Quixotic Paperie. We have all been sent this gorgeous stamp…Danni by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD…and given artistic licence to create whatever we want…thanks Elaine! The layout is based on a sketch from a few weeks ago at Mojo Monday.
Elaine is very kindly giving away this stamp and some fabulous embellishments…see the picture below. To take part, just make sure that you leave a comment on each of the DT’’s mini challenge post. The mini challenge will remain open until 28th October 1 pm UK time and the winner will be drawn at random from one of the DT’s comments.
Elaine
Judy
Kim
Rosette
Rowena
Card Recipe
Stamp ~ Danni - Elisabeth Bell, Penny Black sentiment
Papers ~ MME Wild Asparagus
Medium ~ Copic Sketch Markers
Tools ~ SU circle punch, sewing machine
Embellishments ~ Pearl brads, prima flowers, fairy charm, scrapper’s floss, pearls, PTI ribbon
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Friday October 16 2009 by Carole
Good Morning…oh it’s so nice to be back. Thanks to everyone who sent me messages asking if I was OK and where I was…it was really kind of you to think of me. I’ve just been busy with family life over the past few weeks and not had time to blog or make cards. Thanks, too, to all my DT buddies and also to Sugar Nellie and Quixotic Paperie for their understanding about my absence from blogging world. I really hope to get back into the swing of things next week.
My card is made with one of the lovely Country Cousins stamps from Sugar Nellie. This stamp is called Winter Wonderland and is one of four new Christmas stamps available from Funky Kits. I’m the host over at Friday Sketchers today…and I’ve used my sketch for this card. The bling swirl is made with a Bazzill Basics Jewel Template and Bazzill adhesive gems – both from Quixotic Paperie…who happen to be sponsoring Friday Sketchers with a £10.00 online shopping voucher…wonderful prize Elaine…thanks!
Card Recipe
Stamp ~ Country Cousins – Winter Wonderland
Papers ~ Stampin Up
Medium ~ Copic Sketch Markers
Tools ~ Bazzill Basics Jewel Template, sewing machine, SU snowflake punch, cropodile
Embellishments ~ SU polka dot ribbon, Bazzill adhesive gems, flower soft, robins nest
Thanks for stopping by…have a great weekend
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Thursday October 15 2009 by Carole
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Tuesday October 13 2009 by Carole
The winner of the mini candy kindly donated by Quixotic Paperie (for World Card Making Day) is…
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
64
Timestamp: 2009-10-13 21:05:07 UTC
Mary – Congratulations! Please contact me with your details, thanks!
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Stamp ~ 1269 H – PB Stamps
