October - Close to Nature

Good morning Peeps, I hope you are ready for a new challenge and this month our theme is..........

********Close to Nature********

There is a whole host of options here, Flowers, Animals, Trees and so much more, this is what the Cambridge Dictionary describes as Nature: the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.

As always you can use any make of stamp and enter up to threw 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. 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. 

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.

                             

         
Three really lovely slapstick/cling stamps for three lucky winners.

Crafty Ribbons is a ribbon emporium, we are passionate about ribbons and want to share our fantastic ribbons with others. Our range of Christmas ribbons is second to none. Remember when we only used ribbons to add a bow to our hair, or tie up a birthday parcel ? Ribbons are now a "must-have" for all types of craft. Whether your project requires satin, sheer, silk, grosgrain, gingham or polka dot ribbon we have them all! Lots and lots of different colours in a range of widths. Need a little bit of ribbon inspiration - then have a look at our projects on our blog,or visit our Inspiration blog,or maybe join in with us at our Challenge blog. Go on, have a look... It's worth it !

The winner will receive a bundle of assorted ribbons with an Autumnal feel to them.

Sizzix, there's no bigger or better place for craft materials, custom dies and machines that can die-cut, emboss and texturize many materials, including cardstock, paper, construction paper, fabric, faux fur, felt and foil plus much more. Her is the lovely prize from them............

We would like to welcome Sharon as our Guest Designer this month with this really pretty creation.................

Using Penny Black 2062K Fish are Jumpin

And the Design Team have been busy again with lots of inspiration to share..............

Brenda
Using Penny Black 3381 Aspire, 3937 Birds on a Wire, 30-261 Natures Friends, 30-300 Happy Notes and 40-520 Stately

Daniela

Using Penny Black 3932K japanese marple

Ellie
Using Penny Black 30-305 Smile All Day and 30-379 Woodland Beauty

Leanne
Using Penny Black 30-284 Sprigs, 30-417 Delicate Silhouettes, 40-544 Poetic, 40-137 Brick Wall and 30-419 Happy Wishes

Linda
Using Penny Black 30-296 Florals and Feathers and 1999L Letter Background

Lynn

Using Penny Black 30-300 Happy Notes

Mervi
Using Penny Black 40-501 On the Lake

Susan

Using Penny Black 4200K Berry Wreath, and 30-057 Winter Whites and Greens 

Tracy

Using Penny Black 40-467 Flowers All around

Have fun with our theme and we look forward to seeing all your creations.

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