Challenge 13.....

Morning Everyone,

Thank you to all of you for entering our first challenge of 2011,all your cards were gorgeous and the team loved visiting your blogs....We have some sad news this will be Sharon's last  challenge as she is leaving to concentrate on other projects, so Sharon we will all miss you,but wish you luck with all you do,and hope you will join in with us sometimes....We also have some more news we have Jackie joining us for the next 3 months as a Guest designer,right I think that's all the news for now.....

The Winner of Challenge 12 picked by Random Org  and Top 3 from Challenge 12 chosen by Debby in no particular order are............

No 1    ............      Berni

No 17  ..........        Debs

No 46   .............      Ruby

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

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

No 48 ............ Lisa Jane

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

Congratulations to you all,Please make sure to checkout their wonderful cards.....

Right onto Challenge 13...

For this Challenge Janet has given us the gorgeous "Cutie Pie " and "Oh Boy" Digi papers for the prize...

Debby is hosting again this time and she has a theme for you she would like to see you use 

RIBBON AND LACE, now it can be the real thing or it can be punched.....

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

Please link your project(link the post,not just your blog) with linky tools by 6.00pm GMT on 4th February 2011..Please leave us a comment just in case Linky Tools decides not to work,thenwe can find you....  

 You must 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

agemofachallenge@btinternet.com 

Here are the brilliant cards from the DT for inspiration...........

JANET

MANDY

CHRISTINE

DEBBY

JENNY

REBEKAH

SANDRA

KATIE

CAROLINE

JACKIE

SHARON

Happy Crafting

and the team

Challenge 12.....

Morning Everyone,

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year..

Today see's the first challenge of 2011 here at A Gem of a Challenge...

We have some changes to tell you about before we get to the challenge details.......

The first being we are going to change from monthly to two weekly challenges starting with this challenge,so the finish date will be 6pm 21st Januaray 2011.....

The second thing is we have a new Design Team member SANDRA,we also have two Guest Designers and they are CAROLINE and KATIE,welcome to the team ladies we all look forward to working with you....

And finally we are changing to a Top 3 from this challenge with the team member who is hosting the challenge choosing them.....

We would also like to say a big Thank you to Angie for being our Special Guest Designer for Challenge 11....

The Winner and Top 3 from Challenge 11 in no particular order are............

No 4 - The Cook

No 32 - Angel Emmas keeping watch

No 45 - First Christmas card of 2011

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

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

No 8 - Dora

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

Right onto challenge 12......

For this challenge we are being sponsored by.....

and the prize will be

For this challenge the lovely Debby has this fabulous sketch for you all to follow......

Please feel free to rotate/flip etc the sketch 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 6.00pm GMT on 21st January 2011..Please leave us a comment just in case Linky Tools decides not to work,thenwe can find you....  

 You must 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 enter 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

agemofachallenge@btinternet.com 

Here are the brilliant cards from the DT for inspiration...........

JANET

MANDY

DEBBY

CHRISTINE

JENNY

SHARON

REBEKAH

SANDRA

KATIE

CAROLINE

Happy crafting.......

 and the team..............