Pink Gem DT Card "Ribbons & Lace"

Good morning everyone!

Today is the start of our new challenge over at pinkgemchallengeblog

This time we'd like to see you use your "Ribbons & Lace"

Here's my card,

I've used,

"Ice Skating Penguin" From the new digi set at pinkgemdesigns

He's the ready coloured one and I've decoupaged him,

Added some glitter and white pom poms!

The sentiment is also from pinkgemdesigns It comes in a set of 9 Xmas designs,

Make sure you stop by the pinkgemchallengeblog to see the fab work from

"The Pinks" and for the full challenge details,

Have a lovely weekend,

Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Card #58 Polka Dots

Good morning, today is the start of our new challenge over at

pinkgemchallengeblog

and this time the challenge is "POLKA DOTS"

Here's my card,

I've used,

Ginger with Lollipop Digi stamp, he's part of a set of 3 designs

Backing papers are printed from Gingersnaps-papers set

The Sentiment also matches the set christmas-candy-calendar-digi-stamp

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Make sure you check out the pinkgemchallengeblog 

for the full challenge details and to see the rest of the gorgeous work from 

"The Pinks"

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a great weekend,

Wendy x

Keep Calm It's Xmas!!!!

Good morning! 

Today its my turn to give you some inspiration over at A Gem Of Inspiration

I've made a set of quick and easy Xmas cards

I've used,

The Gorgeous new set of "Keep Calm" digi's from pinkgemdesigns

You get the 3 sentiments in the set, in white, black and coloured,

I've used the white set and then layered them over

3 different coloured digi papers from the shades collection

They have then been die cut using Nestabilities Floral Ovals

Finished off with a white satin ribbon,

Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day,

Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Card #57 Flowers!

Good morning, I can't believe it's been over a week since I've blogged,

Sorry for my absence! I'm sad to see I've lost a few of my followers this week :( 

Anyway, today is the start of our new challenge over at pinkgemchallengeblog

and it's my turn again to choose the theme and I've decided on

"FLOWERS"

Nice and easy! We'd like to see lots of flowers on your project!

Here's my card

I've used,

One of Pink Gems new Digi's angel Jodie

Coloured her with Promarkers and Prisma pencils,

Layered her onto the Blue Digi paper "Shades" From pinkgemdesigns

Lots of glamour dust!

Flower embossed card,

The pink is also from the shades collection at pinkgemdesigns

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We are also saying goodbye to the lovely Jenny, it's very sad to see her go 

& it's been lovely working with her,

But that also means we are looking for a new team member!

So pop over to pinkgemchallengeblog for the full details,

I hope you have a lovely weekend, Thanks for visiting me and for all the lovely comments,

Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Card - For The Girls

Good morning, I hope you are all well and have a lovely weekend planned,

Today is the start of our new challenge over at pinkgemchallengeblog

This time it is my turn to host and I've chosen "For The Girls"
So we want to see your girlie creations,

Here's my card,

I've used,

"Mimi & Bird" Digi stamp from pinkgemdesigns

Coloured with Prisma pencils,

Layered her onto "Distressed Gingham" Digi papers from pinkgemdesigns

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Make sure you pop over to the pinkgemchallengeblog to see the gorgeous work from

the rest of the design team,

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I'd like to enter it for,
totallypapercrafts - Pretty pastles
whimsyinspires - Anything goes (2nd entry)

Hope you have a great weekend,

Wendy x

Happy Birthday Dad

Good afternoon, I hope you've been having a good week, 

We are having some work done at home this week, so everywhere is a mess!

I can't wait for them to be finished!

It's my Dads Birthday on Saturday and this is the card I've made for him,

I haven't made this shape for ages, and it was a bit tricky! I seem to be a square girl now!

I've used,

Lili of the Valley die cut square,

Kraft card,

Blue pearl card,

Corrugated Effect digi paper from pinkgemdesigns

Blue Zip to make the rolled flower

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I'd like to enter it for,

craftyribbonschallenge - Anything but Square

charismacardz - For the Guys

thepapershelter - Anything goes

simonsaysstampschallenge - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your week,

Wendy x

"Fairy Chloe"

Good afternoon, Happy Friday! I hope you are all well,

Today is my first post over at A Gem Of Inspiration

and here's the card I've made

I've used,

"Fairy Chloe" Digi stamp from pinkgemdesigns

Coloured with Promarkers and Prisma pencils,

Distressed Gingham & Distressed Hearts Digi papers from Here

Tonic flower punches

Pearls and ribbon from stash

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I'd like to enter it for,

fabnfunkychallenges - Things with Wings

charismacardz - Things with wings

digitaltuesdaychallenge - Things with wings

craftingforallseasons - Things with wings

Thanks for having a look and your comments are always appreciated,

Have a great weekend, Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Card #55 Lemon, Lilac, 2 Butterflies & a bow

Good morning, I hope you are all well, and been good while I've been away!

Today is the start of our new challenge over at pinkgemchallengeblog

and this time the challenge is "LEMON, LILAC, 2 BUTTERFLIES & A BOW"

Here's my card,

I've used,

"Princess Kaya" from the Princess set at pinkgemdesigns

I've coloured her with Prisma pencils and promarkers,

The sentiment comes with the image,

Isn't she lovely!

Make sure you pop over to the pinkgemchallengeblog to see the other fab

work from the design team and for the full challenge details,

Don't forget you have 2 weeks to enter, we'd love you to join in with us,

I'd like to enter it for,
sendasmile4kidschallenge - Anything goes,
disdigidesignschallenge - Use 1 or more die cut/Punch
digidoodleshopsbest -Anything goes
whimsyinspires - Anything goes
nomatterwhichchallenges - Die cuts or punches

Have a great weekend,

Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Card #54 "A Boy Thing"

Good morning I Hope you are all well,

As you read this I should be on my way to my holidays! Yay!

We are heading to Southampton to board our Cruise around the Mediterranean!

Yay! I'm so excited,

So this is a scheduled post, as it's the start of our new challenge 

over at pinkgemchallengeblog This time the theme is "A BOY THING"

So here's my card,

I've used,

"Dragon Josh" Digi image from pinkgemdesigns

Coloured with Prisma pencils,

Nestabilities Circle and Scalloped Circle die,

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So make sure you check out the fab work from the rest of the Design Team,

and the full challenge details at pinkgemchallengeblog

Thanks for having a look and as always your comments are really appreciated,

Hope you have a great weekend, 

Wendy x

Cutie Pie DT Card #25 Borders & Frames

Good morning, I hope you all had a good weekend and enjoyed the lovely weather,

Today is the start of our new challenge over at cutiepiechallenge

This time the challenge is "BORDERS & FRAMES"

Here's my card,

I've used,

"Skipping Milly" Digi image from pinkgemdesigns

Each image comes with a pre coloured version too, this is what I've used here,

Flower punches are a mix of Tonic and Woodware,

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Make sure you check out the fab work from the rest of the Design Team

and full challenge details at cutiepiechallenge

I'd like to enter it for,
robynsfetishchallengeblog - Use a digi,
sendasmile4kidschallenge - Anything goes
thecraftypad - To Die for
stamptacularsundaychallenge - Lets hear it for the girls

Hope you have a great week,

Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Challenge 53 Animals or Teddies

Good morning, I hope you are all well, It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day today, so I'm going to make the most of it! I hope it's lovely where you are too.

Today is the start of our new challenge over at pinkgemchallengeblog

and this time the challenge is "ANIMALS OR TEDDIES"

Here's my card,

I've used,

"Love Birds" Digi stamp from the New "Tweet Birds" Set from pinkgemdesigns

I've printed the pre coloured images twice and layered them up.

I think they are so cute!

The Blue backing paper is "Corrugated effect" download from pinkgemdesigns

So pop over to pinkgemchallengeblog to see all the other fab work from the design team

and to check out the full challenge details, remember you have 2 weeks to join in!

Also if you've not checked out our new pinkgemdesignsinspiration blog

There's still time to enter the launch candy, so come over and join us.

I'd like to enter it for,
lejdesignschallengeblog - Clean & Simple,
thepapershelter - Clean & Simple,
bearlymine-challenges - Wings
/nomatterwhichchallenges - Anything goes
sparklesforumchallenges - Nature

Hope you all have a brilliant weekend,

Thanks for stopping by,

Wendy x

"Clara with Flower"

Good morning, I hope you are all well, feels like I haven't blogged for ages!

I'm not sure what happened last week? it was gone before I knew it!

I've made this card for some friends, It's the 1st Birthday of their shop

"Krafty Moos!"

So I thought this image from pinkgemdesigns was perfect!

I've used,

"Clara with flower" from pinkgemdesigns

Coloured with Prisma pencils,

Marianne creatables flower Die,

Martha Stewart bubble border punch,

I've used the sketch from shellysimagesblog

pausedreamenjoychallenges - Around the farm
aandtsketchchallenges - Anything goes,

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Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment,

I always love to read them,

Have a great day, Wendy x

Exciting New Blog!!!!

Good afternoon everyone, I have some exciting news to tell you,

There is a new blog starting today!

It's the new pink gem designs inspiration Blog!!!

It's been set up to give you lots of ideas and

 inspiration for using your pinkgemdesigns Stamps, Digi images, Papers, etc,

 To launch the blog, Janet from pinkgemdesigns

Has given this fab Candy to win!

To be in with a chance of winning, pop over to the Blog

Become a follower, add the Badge to your sidebar and leave your details with the Linky!

The winner of the candy will be drawn by Random Org on Monday 20th August and announced on here on Tuesday 21st August.....

You may already be a follower of our A Gem of a Challenge Blog. If not be sure to check it out at pinkgemchallengeblog

 There's a new challenge every fortnight with prizes and we would love for you to be a follower and join in with us

So pop over and join us, we'd love to see you there,

Wendy x

Pink Gem Sketch Challenge DT Card

Good morning, and welcome to my new followers it's lovely to have you here,

Today is the start of the new challenge at

pinkgemchallengeblog

This time we have a brilliant sketch for you to follow by Vicky

Here's my card,

I've used,

Digi stamp "Cartwheel Jodie" From pinkgemdesigns

Yellow "Distressed Heart" Backing paper from pinkgemdesigns

Kraft card,

Nestabilities Label die,

Lace & Ribbon from stash,

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Remember you have 2 weeks to join in & the chance to win some fab Digi's from pinkgemdesigns,

Check out the pinkgemchallengeblog for the full details

and to see the amazing work from the rest of the DT, hope you can join in with us,

I'd like to enter it for,
allsortschallenge - Flower,stamps,paper
sendasmile4kidschallenge - For girls,
movingalongwiththetimes - Summer
paperplaychallenges - Layer it up,

Hope you have a great weekend,

Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Card # Kraft at Xmas

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you have a lovely weekend planned and we get the promised nice weather?

Today is the start of our new challenge over at pinkgemchallenge

and this time Jenny would has chosen the theme of "Kraft at Xmas"

So we'd like to see you use some Kraft card, paper, etc on your Xmas projects,

Here's my card,

I've used,

"Ice skating Chloe" Rubber stamp from pinkgemdesigns

Coloured with Promarkers,

Sentiment is a Digi stamp from pinkgemdesigns

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Remember you have 2 weeks to enter so there's no excuse not to join in!

Check out the pinkgemchallengeblog for the full challenge details and to see all the fab work from the rest of the Design Team x

I'd like to enter this card for,

fetch-a-sketch - #27 Fab sketch
ccmonthlychallenge - Ho ho ho its Xmas!
diecuttindivas - Xmas in July
paperplaychallenges - Xmas in July
delightfulsketches - Xmas in July
doitwithdigischallenge - Xmas in July
christmasblogchallenge - Colour challenge - Pink & aqua

Thank you for having a look and taking the time to leave a comment, they are always appreciated,

Have a lovely weekend

Wendy x

"Birthday Jungle"

Good morning, It's a bit of a wet day here (for a change!)

I would like to know what happened to summer! A bit of sun would be lovely x

It's the second week of our sketch challenge over at A Gem Of A Challenge

so you've still got time to join in,

For this card I've used,

Tyson, Giraffe & Ella digi stamps from pinkgemdesigns

I've merged them together to create a jungle,

Coloured with Prisma pencils,

The sentiment is a rubber stamp from pinkgemdesigns

Memory box rolled rose die,

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I'd like to enter it for,

pausedreamenjoy - Jungle

thepoodlesparlour - Use a digi

totallypapercrafts - Lots of layers

Thanks for visiting today, and taking the time to leave a comment, they are really appreciated,

I hope you have a lovely weekend

Wendy x

Pink Gem Challenge DT Card # 50

Good morning, Today is the start of a fab new challenge over at A Gem of A Challenge

This time it's Jenny's turn to host and she has designed this fab sketch for you to follow,

I love a good sketch challenge, and this is a great sketch to follow,

So come and join us in the fun,

This is my card, I've flipped the sketch,

I've used,

"Cupcake Teddy" from pinkgemdesigns,

Coloured with Prisma pencils & Promarkers,

"Distressed Hearts" Digi papers from pinkgemdesigns,

"Corrugated Effect" Digi papers from pinkgemdesigns

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I'd like to enter it for,
thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge - Pastles
disdigidesignschallenge  - Pile on the flowers
paperplaychallenges - Happy Birthday
sassycherylschallenge - Anything goes
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Make sure you check out A Gem Of A Challenge to see the fab work from the 

design team and for the full challenge details,

Don't forget you have 2 weeks to enter, so there's plenty of time x

Have a lovely weekend, see you soon

Wendy x

"Birthday Card Rosie"

Good afternoon, I hope you are all well

I've made this card for a friend to give to her daughter,

I've folled the fab sketch over at pinkinksketchchallenges

I've used,

8x8 card base,

"Rosie hoop" Digi image from digistampboutique

Coloured with Promarkers and Prisma pencils,

Papers are a digi download "Distressed hearts" & "Corrugated effect"from pinkgemdesigns 

Ribbons from stash,

Nestabilities dies,

Martha stewart border punch,

Memory box rolled rose die,

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I'd like to enter it for,

pinkinksketchchallenges - fab sketch,

digistampboutique - July comp

sweetstampinchallengeblog - Scallops

ribbongirls - Girlie Card,

totallypapercrafts - Digi
movingalongwiththetimes  - Happy birthday

Thanks for having a look and taking the time to leave a comment, they are always appreciated,

Wendy x

Pink Gem DT Card - Challenge 49

Good morning, I hope you are all well,

Today is the start of a fab new challenge over at A Gem Of A Challenge

and this time the theme is Buttons, Bows, Bling & Butterflies,

 Here's my card,

I've used,

The adorable "Josh with puppy" & "Jodie" digi stamps

from pinkgemdesigns

Coloured with Prisma pencils,

The sentiment is a stamp from pinkgemdesigns

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Make sure you check out The challenge blog to see all the other fab work from the DT

and for the full challenge details, don't forget the challenge is open for 2 weeks, 

so there's plenty of time for you to enter.

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I'd like to enter it for,
sweetstampinchallengeblog - Ribbons & Bows
robynsfetishchallengeblog - Anything goes
craftsandmechallenges - Anything goes
 delightfulsketches - Anything goes
craftycatzweeklychallenge  - Pastles

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 Thanks for stopping by and all your recent comments,

Hope you have a lovely weekend

Wendy x

A Gem Of A Challenge - DT Card

Good morning, I hope you are all well,

I'm so excited to say this is my first card as part of the DT at A Gem Of A Challenge

And today is the start of the new challenge,

It's Christine's turn to host and she has designed this fab sketch for you to follow,

Here's my take on the sketch,

 I've used,

"Jodie on Bike" You can find her at pinkgemdesigns

Coloured with Prisma pencils,

Papers are DCWV "Nanna's Kids"

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Make sure you check out The challenge blog to see all the other fab work from the DT

and for the full challenge details x

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I'd like to enter it for,

sendasmile4kids - Bright Colours

Thepinkelephantchallenge - Vibrant colours
craftycalendarchallenge  - Flowers in bloom

Thank you for stopping by, have a great weekend

Wendy x