Challenge 17.....

Morning Everyone,

Time for our next challenge,but before we get to the winners and Top 3 from the last challenge,we need to say a big Thank you to Katie and Caroline for being great Guest Designers for the last 3 months the team have loved  working with you and seeing your gorgeous cards,we hope you'll join in with us when you can....Right onto the Winner and Top 3...So in  no particular order the Top 3 chosen by the lovely Jenny are....

4    Kate

15  Lisa

29  Judy

       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 11 Angie

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 17.....And this month the lovely Jenny is hosting and she has a theme for us all and it's ...

ANYTHING BUT SQUARE....

 This could be anything from a simple A5 card to something more adventurous.

The prize for the winner will be to chose 2 single polymer stamps of winners choice  (Subject to availability) from

Pink Gem Designs 

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

 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

DEBBY

CHRISTINE

JENNY

Jackie

REBEKAH

SANDRA

KATIE

CAROLINE

Happy Crafting......

and the Team x

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1.	Made By Mandy	54.	-Anne-	107.	Made By Mandy
2.	Netty	55.	Audrey E.	108.	Tiggertastic
3.	A.J	56.	Jenn	109.	kerry ( pickle)
4.	Claire	57.	Lisa s	110.	Naush~Doodlebuddies
5.	Cindy	58.	Lisa s	111.	Tina
6.	Aluap	59.	Betty Wright	112.	Julz
7.	SallyB	60.	Melody	113.	dj1952 (Debra)
8.	doodlebuddies	61.	Kathleen Mc	114.	Tamara M
9.	Pat	62.	Made By Mandy	115.	Jo
10.	Ann English	63.	Claire C	116.	Samantha :0)
11.	Ike	64.	Ardilla	117.	Lisa Jane
12.	Silli	65.	Marsha D	118.	Made By Mandy
13.	Mallika	66.	Marsha D	119.	Colette S
14.	HelenR	67.	Marsha D	120.	Hazel
15.	Georgie	68.	Jenn	121.	Made By Mandy
16.	Marianne's Craftroom	69.	Frances R	122.	Andrea W.
17.	Dee	70.	Christi Hicks	123.	Heather G
18.	donna mosley	71.	iReneM	124.	Cebelica
19.	Kate	72.	CarolH	125.	The Crafty Den #2
20.	Bianca Taylor	73.	Gill M	126.	Croms
21.	Maggie	74.	Dorte	127.	Naush~Doodlebuddies
22.	Distressed Miss	75.	chrissie	128.	Denise
23.	Wishcraft	76.	Helen	129.	Marsha D
24.	Heidi	77.	Jack	130.	Marsha D
25.	Jack	78.	Sandye Curry	131.	Marsha D
26.	Angie	79.	Gale	132.	Marsha D
27.	Tammy L	80.	Irene (Ivy Swan Cards) - entry #2	133.	Marsha D
28.	The Crafty Den	81.	Mel S.	134.	orangedaisy
29.	Irene (Ivy Swan Cards)	82.	Silke Ledlow	135.	alethea
30.	mandi	83.	Sylvia	136.	Jenn
31.	Kendra S.	84.	iReneM	137.	Tracy Payne
32.	Davi	85.	***Céline***	138.	Sazzlecraft
33.	linda wescott	86.	The Navy Wife	139.	Happy Days
34.	KraftyKaren	87.	Glo	140.	Kate
35.	Silke Ledlow	88.	Anne-Marie	141.	Marsha D
36.	Benzi	89.	Lori	142.	purple crazy
37.	Debbie B	90.	Angélique	143.	chris olsen
38.	Maud Martha	91.	Juliet A	144.	Helene
39.	SuzanneK	92.	Regena	145.	Laurie
40.	Jacki R	93.	Pankti	146.	Ali (Aqualeiga)
41.	Lovely Linda	94.	Kathleen Mc	147.	Ali (Aqualeiga)
42.	The Navy Wife	95.	Jenn	148.	Diane J
43.	sherryn	96.	alethea	149.	Ann English
44.	Jude	97.	Georgia E.	150.	Ali (Aqualeiga)
45.	heidy	98.	sheetal ahlawat	151.	Christel
46.	Teresa	99.	kurlygirl	152.	julie J
47.	Sharon	100.	Tammylee Newberry	153.	julie J
48.	Tracy Valure	101.	Tammy L	154.	Tammylee Newberry
49.	Julie W	102.	Zulma	155.	Andrea
50.	Sandie	103.	Kate	156.	Melanie
51.	Marsha D	104.	KraftyKaren	157.	Melanie
52.	Marsha D	105.	Tracy Payne
53.	Marsha D	106.	Made By Mandy

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Challenge 16.......

Morning Everyone,

Time for another challenge....Wow you all must have loved last months theme as it was the most entries we have ever had here at A Gem of a Challenge so thank you all for joining in with us,I hope you will join in this month's challenge but more about that later..... First onto the winner (Chosen by Random Org) and Top 3 chosen by me ( Mandy) it was so hard all of your cards were lovely and the Team loved seeing them...so in no particular order the Top 3 are........Now I know there are 4 but it was so hard and I just couldn't decide which one I liked more so don't tell the rest of the team but I chose the 4..sshh....

No   22  Donna Mosley

No   33 Diane

No   60 Pink Dandelions

No   89 Tiggertastic 

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

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


No 98 Netty

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 16.....And this month the lovely Jenny is hosting and she has this fabulous sketch for us all...

The prize for the winner will be to chose 2 single polymer stamps of winners choice  (Subject to availability) from

Pink Gem Designs 

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

 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

DEBBY

CHRISTINE

JENNY

REBEKAH

SANDRA

KATIE

CAROLINE

JACKIE

Happy Crafting......

and the Team x

Please join in here.....

1.	Sara I.	15.	Lisa - Crafty Moments	29.	Judy
2.	Deena's card	16.	Sazzlecraft	30.	Dörte
3.	Jose Velthuis	17.	kbrandy4	31.	Anastasia
4.	Kate	18.	Melanie	32.	Lisa Jane
5.	Berni	19.	Helen	33.	Debs xx
6.	Joni52	20.	Helene	34.	Heather B
7.	sherryn	21.	Daisychain	35.	Ane Lene
8.	Tanja aka Stampin'Piper	22.	juelmarie	36.	Christi Hicks
9.	Jenn	23.	Barb Wibel	37.	Marianne MW
10.	Melody	24.	Audrey E.	38.	Janice
11.	Angie	25.	Mary D	39.	Marsha D
12.	Linda Roberts	26.	Laurie	40.	Jo
13.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	27.	Lynne in NI
14.	Tammi	28.	Debbie Pamment

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CHALLENGE 15.........

Morning Everyone,

Can't believe our Birthday Blog Hop and Challenge has finished...Thank you to all of you who took part whether it was for the challenge,Blog Hop or both....We will announce here on the Challenge blog tomorrow the winner of the Blog Hop and all of the winners from each of the DT's blogs,so please come back and see if you were one of the lucky winners.....

Before we give you details for our new Challenge here are the Winner and Top 3 in no particular order as chosen by me (Mandy) from Challenge 14.........

No 3..........  LORI          

No 37..........SHELLY          

No 41..........DORTE          

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 11  ............BERNI

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 15,it's my second one for this month and I have a theme for you all,

BUTTONS,BRADS,BEADS,BOWS...use one,two,three or if your feeling really adventurous all of them.......

The prize for the winner will be to chose a stamp of their choice (Subject to availability) from

Pink Gem Designs 

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

 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

Happy Crafting......

and the Team x

Please join us here.....

1.	Netty	50.	xGemmax	99.	Scrappy
2.	orit	51.	Jeanette ♥	100.	Naush~Doodlebuddies
3.	Linda H	52.	Marlies	101.	kay
4.	Tiiti	53.	Laila	102.	Naush~Doodlebuddies
5.	Jenn	54.	Tiggertastic	103.	Marjo
6.	Jaiden	55.	Kristin Kottwitz	104.	juelmarie
7.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	56.	Naush~Doodlebuddies	105.	darling Ho
8.	Jennie	57.	Marsha D	106.	Linda Roberts
9.	Renata	58.	Stacey G . (2Craf-t-4u)	107.	Cheryl (Shestamps)
10.	Maggie	59.	pinky	108.	Chris Dickinson
11.	Wini (LooneyBugDesigns)	60.	Debs xx	109.	Jacqui
12.	Helen	61.	Diane Davies	110.	Dani C.
13.	chris olsen	62.	Heather	111.	KellyS
14.	Patty Chapman	63.	ARTish	112.	Berni
15.	Helene	64.	Marsha D	113.	Paola (scs:Sama)
16.	Scrappymax	65.	-Anne-	114.	Daniele
17.	Christi Hicks	66.	Jocelyn	115.	Angie
18.	Margreet	67.	Lynne	116.	Silke Ledlow
19.	Krista	68.	Dorte no2	117.	Dani C.
20.	rianna	69.	Bev Parr	118.	Naush~Doodlebuddies
21.	Dorte	70.	Mervi	119.	Chris Dickinson
22.	donna mosley	71.	Daisychain	120.	mieke wierenga
23.	Ardilla	72.	Naush~Doodlebuddies	121.	Teresa
24.	rian	73.	-Anne-	122.	Froggy
25.	Melissa Sackman	74.	Nancy (Windstar)	123.	sherryn
26.	Sharon	75.	Jocelyn	124.	Melody
27.	Carol H	76.	Jenn	125.	Karen Howard
28.	rianna	77.	Netty	126.	Elizabeth H.
29.	Darlene (akronstamperdpk)	78.	Sarah	127.	dj1952 (Debra)
30.	Linda B	79.	Donna Walker	128.	Lisa Jane
31.	Tany Sol	80.	Fiona	129.	Hazel
32.	Doreen	81.	Donna	130.	Hazel
33.	Diane	82.	Sazzlecraft	131.	rianna
34.	katex	83.	Gaynor	132.	patty
35.	Jennie	84.	Hazel	133.	Christy Dillman
36.	Scrap It Girl	85.	Angie	134.	ForgottenScraps
37.	The Crafty Den	86.	Karen McAlpine	135.	Stacey G . (2Craf-t-4u)
38.	Audrey E.	87.	Bianca Taylor	136.	Viv
39.	Noor Nahdi	88.	Chris Olsen	137.	The Crafty Den
40.	Karen Mar	89.	Tiggertastic	138.	Brook
41.	Katy Craft McCormick	90.	Wicked Witch	139.	Marsha D
42.	JLJ Designs	91.	Renata	140.	sallysbitz
43.	Ann Kristin E.	92.	Erin...	141.	Marsha D
44.	Ann Kristin E.	93.	Lisa	142.	Jenn
45.	Ann Kristin E.	94.	Sarah S-W	143.	Stacey G . (2Craf-t-4u)
46.	Pat (mspfd)	95.	Miesje	144.	Melanie
47.	~Jeri M~	96.	Brook	145.	Esme
48.	rianna	97.	Berni
49.	nnalorac	98.	Netty

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