July - For the Boys

Good morning and welcome to our July challenge where this month our theme is:

********For the Boys********

As the title suggests, we want to see creations aimed at the boys and men in our lives. As always you can use any make of stamp and enter up to three times, but we must see hand stamping as the focal element of your artwork, it can be a stamped image/s, large sentiment or quote....... the one exception are Penny Black Stickeroos. But no digi images

Before we move on to some inspiration I have a couple of announcements to make.

We are saying a sad farewell to Shirley, she has been a member of the team for some years and we will miss her unique style of crafting, she is hoping to move back to more watercolour work and we look forward to following her artwork. Thank you Shirley, it's been a pleasure to work with you.

So moving onward we are pleased to welcome a new teamie, her name is Leanne and you will find out more about her and her crafting on her blog. We are looking forward to working with you Leanne and hope you will all join me in giving here a big welcome.

Now onto this months prizes..................

Penny Black invite you to explore their creative world and see for yourself why their rubber stamps, stickers, beautiful papers for scrapbooking, cardmaking and stamp crafting are everyone’s favourites. Their products are designed to integrate style and colour for creating the best handicraft projects ever. If you would like to be one of the first to hear about new products from Penny Black please click here to join the free club, plus their Facebook is full of activity and news.

                       

Marianne Design is a Dutch owned craft manufacturer. The company was established in 1994 by Marianne Perlot and is based in the Netherlands. For years now, we develop all our products with much care and quality. We have a practical understanding of the needs of crafters, we integrate product development, design and customer service to bring fresh ideas and beautiful products to the craft industry. All to enable the consumer to make beautiful cards, scrapbooks and other projects and enjoy this wonderful hobby. We produce a wide range of products which represent a complete concept of paper crafts. There are different lines of stamps and dies with matching papers and materials to decorate your card or scrap. Products are chosen carefully for mixing and matching and stimulating creativity.

Stamp Addicts is a family run business based in Bedfordshire and have been in business since 1992. We have watched the popularity of rubber stamping and all papercrafts steadily increase over time and now manufacture our own branded rubber stamps which frequently feature on Hochanda TV as well as craft shows across the UK. The prize is a £10 store voucher.

And here is what the Design Team have come up with to inspire you on your way..............

Brenda
Using Penny Black 40-416 Hidden Lane

Daniela

Using Penny Black 4127K Born Wild!

Ellie
Using Penny Black 10-164 Pond- Size Celebration

Leanne
Using Penny Black 30-284 Sprigs and 30-352 Animal Wisdom.

Linda

Using 30-108 A Bear of all Trades

Lynn
Using Penny Black 4220K Miniful and Penny Black 40-116 London

Mervi
Using Penny Black 30-180 sunny days

Susan
Using Penny Black 4060K Hedge-word and 30-053 Betsy Bluebell sentiment

Tracy

Using Penny Black 1685J Cheesecake Express

Please note: If we do not comment on your entry it will be because it does not follow the theme, qualify under our rules, or because we are asked to sign in or provide additional data to comment on third party hosts such as Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, Slipcoast. We do not want to be rude but we do want to be fair to those who do follow the rules. 

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