Wednesday, 8 December 2010

CHALLENGE 11........

Morning Everyone,
Well today see's the last challenge of the year,where has this year gone......
Can I first say from the whole team a really BIG THANK YOU to everyone for supporting us,another BIG THANK YOU to all of the fabulous Special Guest Designers who have been joining us each month you have all been wonderful and finally I know Janet will join in with me to say a really really BIG THANK YOU to the brilliant girls on her team who make the most gorgeous cards each month.....
Thank you to Rozzy  for being our Special Guest Designer for challenge 10....
Now onto the winner and Top 5 from Challenge 10,so in no particular order....

No 13.....................LalkyGirl
No 16.....................Amanda
No18......................Paula Cross
No 31......................Marianne
No 36.....................Jackie

Please e-mail me (Mandy ) at agemofachallenge@btinternet.com to claim your badge...

And the winner picked from all enteries by Random Org.........is

No 4.................LANEY



Please e-mail Janet at pinkgemdesigns@googlemail.com to claim your stamps...


Congratulations to you all ...Please go and check out their fabulous cards....

Now on to Challenge 11 which is hosted this time by Rebekah and she has this gorgeous sketch for you all to follow......





Her optional extra is Distressing.....

Please feel free to rotate/flip etc. as long as we can still see the basics of the sketch.


Here are the rules for you to look through....


Please link your project (link the post, not just your blog) with Linky Tools by 6:00 pm GMT on 7th January 2011. Leave us a comment just in case Inlinkz decides not to work,then we can find you...

You must also link to our challenge in your blog post...You may combine your entry with other challenges, and you may enter as many times as you like,but with a different creation each time, but please only link new creations, don't back link to old posts as these won't be counted.

You may enter the challenge using any image, 

If you don't have a blog but would like to enter please send an e-mail with your card attached to




We have another SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER joining us this month it's ANGIE and here is her lovely card....


Here are the rest of the DT cards for inspiration ........



JANET





MANDY





CHRISTINE



DEBBY


JENNY


SHARON


REBEKAH

Lastly from all of the A Gem of a Challenge team we would like to wish you a Very Happy Christmas and New Year and we hope to see you all join us next year when we have some exciting things planned for the challenges.....

Happy Crafting.........

and the team.




Monday, 8 November 2010

Challenge 10.......

Morning Everyone,
Wow, can you believe we see the start of challenge 10  today...Again we would all like to say a big thank you to all of you for taking part and as always your cards were fantastic.....We are also saying thank you to Shelly for being our Special Guest Designer for challenge 9...
Onto the winner and Top 5 for Challenge 9,so in no particular order they are...........

No 3.......Heather
No 7.......Just Ang
No 8.......LollyDolly
No 18.....Lisa
No 26.....Anastasia




 Please e-mail me (Mandy ) at agemofachallenge@btinternet.com to claim your badge...


And the winner picked from all the enteries who used a Pink Gem Designs image and wins two Pink Gem Designs stamps (subject to availability) was......






Please e-mail Janet at pinkgemdesigns@googlemail.com to claim your stamps...


Congratulations to you all ...Please go and check out their fabulous cards....

Before we get to the details for Challenge 10,we have some changes to A Gem of a Challenge,from this challenge...... 

 We are going to let everyone who enters the challenge have a chance to win the prize of 2 Pink Gem Designs stamps(Subject to availability) even if they don't use a Pink Gem Designs image and for this challenge Janet has very kindly added a pack of Promarkers to the winners prize......
So on to Challenge 10 which this month is being hosted by Christine and she has this fantasic sketch for you all to follow,
The optional extra she would like you to use is...
'A Christmas card in non traditional colours.......not red or green'

 


Please feel free to rotate/flip etc. as long as we can still see the basics of the sketch.


Here are the rules for you to look through....


Please link your project (link the post, not just your blog) with Inlinkz by 6:00 pm GMT on 7th December 2010. Leave us a comment just in case Inlinkz decides not to work,then we can find you...

You must also link to our challenge in your blog post...You may combine your entry with other challenges, and you may enter as many times as you like,but with a different creation each time, but please only link new creations, don't back link to old posts as these won't be counted.

You may enter the challenge using any image, 

If you don't have a blog but would like to enter please send an e-mail with your card attached to


We have another SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER joining us this month it's Rozzy and here is her lovely card....



Here are the rest of the DT cards for your inspiration ........




JANET




MANDY





CHRISTINE



DEBBY





SHARON


JENNY


REBEKAH



Happy Crafting........

and the team








Friday, 8 October 2010

Challenge 9.......


Morning Everyone,
Today see's the start of challenge 9...Thank you to everyone who entered last month,again you all made fantastic cards and the DT all loved visiting your blogs and seeing them,,We would like to say a big thank you to Lisa for being our Special Guest Designer for challenge 8....Onto the winner and Top 5 from Challenge 8 so in no particular order they are.......

No 4 - Michelle
No 12 - Wishcraft
No 16 - Dora
No 32 Lisa Jane


 Please e-mail me (Mandy ) at agemofachallenge@btinternet.com to claim your badge...


And the winner picked from all the enteries who used a Pink Gem Designs image and wins two Pink Gem Designs stamps (subject to availability) was......




Please e-mail Janet at pinkgemdesigns@googlemail.com to claim your stamps...


Congratulations to you all ...Please go and check out their fabulous cards....

Onto challenge 9...This month it is being hosted by Sharon,she has done the following fabulous sketch for you all to follow with the OPTIONAL EXTRA of Autumn colours ( red,orange and brown)...




Feel free to rotate/flip etc. as long as we can still see the basics of the sketch.


Here are the rules for you to look through....

To be eligible to win 2 Pink Gem Designs stamps of your choice (subject to availability) you must have used a Pink Gem Designs image on your creation.

Please link your project (link the post, not just your blog) with Inlinkz by 6:00 pm GMT on 7th November 2010. Leave us a comment just in case Inlinkz decides not to work,then we can find you...

You must also link to our challenge in your blog post...You may combine your entry with other challenges, and you may enter as many times as you like with a different creation each time, but please only link new creations, don't back link to old posts as these won't be counted.

You may enter the challenge using any image, but you will not be eligible to win the 2 Pink Gem Designs stamps (subject to availability) but you will be entered to win a badge for your blog.

If you don't have a blog but would like to enter please send an e-mail with your card attached to


We have another SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER joining us this month it's Shelly and here is her lovely card....




Here are the rest of the DT cards for inspiration ........

Janet




Mandy


                            

Sharon


Christine





Jenny



Debby








Rebekah


Happy Crafting


and the Team....







Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Challenge 8...............

Morning Everyone,
Today see's the start of Challenge 8...Thank you to all of you who entered Challenge 7, the DT loved visiting you all to see your fabulous cards,they were all wonderful....We would also like to say a big thank you to Tracey for being our Special Guest Designer for challenge 7.. We also have some news for you  this month, Rebekah has joined both the Pink Gem Designs DT and A Gem of a Challenge DT as a permanent member,we also have a new Guest Designer, Julie joining us for the next 3 months so welcome to her...Right onto the winner of Challenge 7 and the Top 5 picked by the DT so in no particular order they are......

No 1...   Shelly
No 14...  Diane
No 21...  Katie
    No 40........ Beverley
No 44...     Maria


Please e-mail me ( Mandy) at agemofachallenge@btinternet.com to claim your badge.......


And the winner picked from all the enteries who used a Pink Gem Designs image and wins two Pink Gem Designs stamps (subject to availability) was......

Please e-mail Janet at pinkgemdesigns@googlemail.com to claim your stamps...

Congratulations to you all ...Please go and check out their fabulous cards....

Onto Challenge 8..... which is being hosted by Janet this month and she has done this fantastic sketch below for you all with the optional extra of "LOTS OF SPARKLE"...





Feel free to rotate/flip etc. as long as we can still see the basics of the sketch.


Here are the rules for you to look through....

To be eligible to win 2 Pink Gem Designs stamps of your choice (subject to availability) you must have used a Pink Gem Designs image on your creation.

Please link your project (link the post, not just your blog) with Inlinkz by 6:00 pm BST on 7th October 2010. Leave us a comment just in case Inlinkz decides not to work,then we can find you...

You must also link to our challenge in your blog post...You may combine your entry with other challenges, and you may enter as many times as you like with a different creation each time, but please only link new creations, don't back link to old posts as these won't be counted.

You may enter the challenge using any image, but you will not be eligible to win the 2 Pink Gem Designs stamps (subject to availability) but you will be entered to win a badge for your blog.

If you don't have a blog but would like to enter please send an e-mail with your card attached to


We also have a SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER joining us this month it's LISA, here is her lovely card.......


Here are the  rest of the DT cards.....

JANET


CHRISTINE



DEBBY



REBEKAH



JENNY



SHARON



MANDY



JULIE



Happy Crafting,


and the Team xx





Sunday, 8 August 2010

Challenge 7...

Morning everyone,

We're on to challenge 7 already, a big thank you to everyone who entered challenge 6 all of your cards were amazing, can we also say a big big thank you to Pam for being a super guest designer last month. On to the winners of challenge 6, the top 5 picked by the DT in no particular order are...

No..25 JustAng
No..29 Lisa

please e-mail me at agemofachallenge@btinternet.com  to claim your badge

And the winner choosen from all enteries who used a Pink Gem Designs image was.......
No...8 claire

The winners of my birthday prizes are..
  
For my favourite card using a Pink Gem Designs image and...
   
For my favourite card not using a Pink Gem Designs image.

Please e-mail Janet at pinkgemdesign@googlemail.com  to claim your stamps

Congratulations to you all...Please go and Checkout their gorgeous cards....

On to CHALLENGE 7 this month Jenny is hosting and has done this fabulous sketch for you to follow with the optional extra of using material i.e. felt, ribbon, lace etc.



Feel free to rotate/flip etc. as long as we can still see the basics of the sketch.

Here are the rules for you to look through....

To be eligible to win 2 Pink Gem Designs stamps of your choice (subject to availability) you must have used a Pink Gem Designs image on your creation.

Please link your project (link the post, not just your blog) with Inlinkz by 6:00 pm BST on 7th September 2010. Leave us a comment just in case Inlinkz decides not to work,then we can find you...

You must also link to our challenge in your blog post.

You may combine your entry with other challenges, and you may enter as many times as you like with a different creation each time, but please only link new creations, don't back link to old posts as these won't be counted.

You may enter the challenge using any image, but you will not be eligible to win the 2 Pink Gem Designs stamps (subject to availability) but you will be entered to win a badge for your blog.


If you don't have a blog but would like to enter please send an e-mail with your card attached to



We also have a SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER joining us this month it's Tracey, here is her lovely card.......


Here are the rest of the teams cards...
  
Jenny


Rebekah


Debby


Mandy
  

Janet

   
Christine
   
  
Zoe
   
        
Sharon


Happy Crafting!!

And the team.