Penny Black Saturday Challenge – January 2026

Hello and welcome

I’m back with a reminder for the Challenge over at Penny Black Saturday January Challenge!  The theme  is  Anything Goes (Optional – Something New!)

This time, I chose a lovely elegant and new – Springtime Table – Slapstick/ Cling stamp.

After stamping it was Distress ink watercoloured and finished with some soft ink blending on the bottom section. I also went over the frame of the table to give some shine like a metal table.and parts of the black pot using a Jelly Roll pen. Sadly it is very difficult to photograph, but is really pretty IRL.

The sentiment is from PB – Special Thoughts stamped using Brilliance Statlite Black ink to give an added sparkle interest to match the table..

The frame is cut using Pinkfresh – Essential Slim Cuts Dies.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time !

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

We Love Stamping – January challenge – Somethng New or Anything Goes

January 2026 TB Challenge

Ellibelle’s Garden Party No. 11 – Anything in or from a Garden

NBUS Challenge #82

Time Out#286

I would like to thank Ellibelle’s Top Picks for Garden Party No. 2 Challenge. I was thrilled.

Hello and welcome

Over at Time Out we have a new challenge that opens today and runs through April 23. This time it is a Pick Two challenge. 

Pick Two from: Stencil, sports, arch, floral, water, pastel.

I chose Floral, Pastel, Arch and Stencil for my card featuring Pinkfresh Studio’s Lantern Botanicals stamp set heat embossed in Rose Gold embossing powder.

The background behind the arch is Pinkfresh – Diamond Morif stncil.

The sentiment is from Pinkfresh Pop out Hexagons stamp set.

I used my new Jane Davenport watercolour pencils for colouring.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Pink Fresh Studios April Challenge – Floral Frenzy

NBUS Challenge #73

Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday – April Challenge

Ellibelle’s Garden Party No. 2 – Anything in or from a Garden

Just Us Girls Challenge #770 – Word Week – YOU

Time Out Challenge #278

Hello and welcome

It’s time for our new challenge at Time Out! We challenge you to be inspired by “Happy Holidays” !

Here is an enlargement of the photo that provides more detail:

Our wonderful sponsor is GinaK Designs with a generous prize of a $25 store credit!!

Thank you Gina K. to you and your wonderful staff for supporting Time Out!

We are joined by Verena Shapiro of simple_stamper on Instagram, and winner of Time Out #273 as Guest Designer. 

For my card this time I chose some of the elegant images and sentiments from Pink Fresh “Deck the Halls” stamp set. I just love it!

I chose to use Gold heat embossing to add that wonderful elegant, luxury look to the card. With the dark background and teal blues, I thought gold was the perfect choice to help the deicate images to pop.

The images were then coloured using Prismacolor pencils.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Winter Blues

Stamping Sensations December Challenge – Anything Goes

We Love Stamping December Challenge – Anything Goes / Winter

As You Like It Challenge – Favourite: Gold, Silver or Glitter (and why)

Allsorts Challenge – Week 810 – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 🎄