Gem of A Craft Challenge: January 2013

Saturday, 26 January 2013

Challenge 64...

Good Morning to all you wonderful Crafter's...Firstly I'd like to say thank you to all those who took part in last week's challenge,we all loved visiting your blogs and seeing all your beautiful creations...We hope you will all join in with us for this challenge....

We do have one more bit of news for you all Donna is hosting this challenge,but this will be her last challenge with Pink Gem Designs as Donna has decided to step down from the DT,we wish you all the best for the future Donna,we are going to miss both you and your gorgeous cards.....

Now we would like to announce the Top 3 and the winner of the last challenge........

Diane W

Lucy Patrick

Donna Mundinger

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

And the winner chosen by Random Org is.........

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2013-01-25 19:34:30 UTC

So that's you......

Kathy D.

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

Congratulations to you all.....

Now for our new Challenge this time Donna is hosting and she has the theme of...

HOLIDAYS

(it could be Easter,summer,Christmas)

This challenge will run from 8am 26th January until 6pm 1st February

The prize for the winner will be.....

2 Individual Digi images (NOT SETS) of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS
(Subject to Availability).....

And here is some inspiration for you all from The Gems..

Janet

Donna

Kelly

Happy Crafting,

Mandy & The Team

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Challenge 63.....

Good morning everyone and welcome to a brand new A Gem of a Challenge,challenge..... Thank you to all of you who joined in with our last challenge it was lovely for the team to see so many of you and to see all your gorgeous creations we hope you will all join in with this challenge..

We would also like to say a special thank you to those of you who entered the DT call we would have loved to have had all of you join us,but unfortunately there is only space this time for four of you and those 4 are....

Lisa W

Debbie S

Shea Marshall

Kelly Lloyd

if you could drop me an e-mail at mpfox1@btinternet.com please...

Before we move onto our new challenge we have a few changes to tell you all about...

As you all know we have been a 2 week challenge for a long time now,but we have decided to move to weekly from this new challenge....

As we have a large DT we have split into 2 teams,The Pinks and The Gems so each team will be doing alternate weeks..

The prize will be 2 Individual Digi images of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS (Subject to Availability).....

Now we would like to announce the Top 3 and the winner of the last challenge........

Papersniffer

Celine

Julieanne

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

And the winner chosen by Random Org is.........

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2013-01-18 19:57:32 UTC

So that's you......

Ruby

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

Congratulations to you all.....

Now for our new Challenge this time Katie is hosting and she has this fabulous theme for you all...

Emboss it

(Can be either wet or dry)

This challenge will run from 8am 19th January until 6pm 25th January

The prize for the winner will be.....

2 Individual Digi images of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS (Subject to Availability).....

And here is some inspiration for you all from The Pinks

KATIE

CHRISTINE

CARA

LISA

DONNA M

LYNDSEY

RIA

SUE

Happy Crafting,

Mandy & The Team

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Midway Reminder for challenge 62 & DT call....

Morning Everyone,time for a little midway reminder about our current challenge,we also have a DT call on at the moment,so why not take a look....

We now need 3 new DT members as we are very sad to be saying goodbye to Rebekah,who has decided to step down from the DT....Rebekah had been with Pink Gem for nearly 3 years so we will miss both her and her gorgeous cards,we wish you all the best Rebekah for the future what ever it holds for you,please pop back and see us,take care and big hugs....

Our theme for this challenge is...

"NEW BEGINNINGS"

Please scroll down to the main challenge post below or click here to see the gorgeous cards and inspiration that some of the fabulous DT posted last week and to enter via Inlinkz there for the challenge..

Please do not enter via this post as it won't be counted...

The prize for the winner will be.....

4 Digi images of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS (Subject to Availability).....

And here are the cards that the Gems have made for your inspiration.........

JANET

Happy Crafting,

Mandy & The Team

Saturday, 5 January 2013

Challenge 62 & DT Call

Good morning everyone and welcome to a brand new A Gem of a Challenge,challenge.....

Happy New Year to all of you,we hope you all had a fabulous Christmas, it's time for our new challenge but before we get to it we have some news....

Before we move on we have some news we are all very sad to be saying goodbye to both Sazzle and Vicky who have both decided to step down from the DT ...We will miss you both and your beautiful cards,please pop by and say hello and join in with us sometimes...

Take care and best wishes for the future from all of us...

Which means it's time for a DT CALL as we are two team members down,is there anyone out there who would like to join a friendly team of girls,who love a laugh and a chat...

What we require is someone who is,

1. Good at colouring,

2. Can take good quality clear photo's of your work

3. Have an active blog

4. Can comment on entrants cards/projects (we have a number rota)

5.We don't mind if you have never been on a DT or are already on a DT/s but what we do ask is that you can offer the same commitment to Pink Gem Designs as your other DT's...

If the answer to the above is YES then please add DT after your name and we will pop by your blog....

The two lucky people will be announced with our next challenge...So good luck everyone.....

Now we would like to announce the Top 3 and the winner of the last challenge........

So our Top 3 in no particular order chosen by Debbie are........

Julie P