Pink Gem Designs - "Autumn" -

Good Morning all you Gemsters, well I have some wonderful news my new Great Grandson arrived safely on the 15th and mum and dad plus big brother Jacob are all giving young Toby the very best of care and love.

And so far there doesnt seem to be much brotherly rivalry between them no doubt that will come as they get older.
Anyway todays Challenge is a "Autumn" one and there are some gorgeous images to play with over on Pink Gem Designs

So do pop over to Janets website to see them and Im sure you will exactly what you are after, I chose this little sweetheart

Full of the joys of Autumn, and here were I live in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire the trees are just beginning to turn to their Autumn colours and I suspect its doing the same near you. Anyway this little girl is titled "Autumn Bella" and you will find her here.
I have printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used Presscut dies to cut her out and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment was one I found on the internet and I thought it was appropriate for this gorgeous image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of brown card, the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this one is called  "Autumn Harvest" I have used three papers, the first a white background with leaves on, and the second and third a yellow one and another leaf one I have cut in stripes and used a leaf border punch down the edges, this was with a Martha Stewart Leaf Border punch.
These were then layered up as shown in the photo and across the top left hand corner I have laid a piece of wide ribbon and positioned my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have created a bow with has been placed in the top left hand corner about the mounted image and three leaf buttons have been stuck down the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to create a card for this "Autumn" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.blogquickquotes.com/ 
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

"You make me a Happy Bunny"

Good Morning Crafters, this week has been so hectic, not only have we suffered from 5 power cuts, which caused our dishwasher to go crazy, but I have met a sweet person on Facebook who is due to go into hospital on Monday, and we were chatting by personnel messenger when she said I had made her a Happy Bunny and that she wished it was possible to get hold of a little bunny with that message on it. Well I took the bull by the horns and mentioned this to Janet Roberts from Pink Gem Designs, not actually expecting anything quite as quickly as she was in creating this cute and gorgeous image for anyone to use.
Of course I had to get my little mitts on it quickly and create this gorgeous card that Janet created as well as the actual image, if your also interested in getting your hands on it to you will find it here and if you just want the digi image to create your own card you will find it here.
I printed the three sheets that actually create this card and layered both the insert and the front onto green card and then cut out all the decoupage and layered it with silicone glue. I do hope you love it as much as I do, and this card will be winging its way to my special friend as she is unfortunately due to go into hospital on Monday for a operation, and I want to wish her all the best and a speedy recovery so she can get back to crafting.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #133 - "Kraft plus 1 other Colour" - Pink Gem Challages

Good Morning Crafters, well the Challenge over on Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot is all about using Kraft paper so it was up to me to think about which of the gorgeous Pink Gem images to use and I hope you like the result. As always our very generous sponsor is Janet of Pink Gem Designs

and you really should pay a visit to her website and see what gorgeous images there is on offer. And here is the card I created for this Challenge.

 

And I have used "Spiderman Andy" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him afterwards I used a Justright Vintage Labels No.2 to cut it out and then created a mount by drawing around the die and cutting out by hand.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of Kraft card and I used a large embossing folder and put it through my ebosser to create the background, I also then used some duster and inkpad to darked it.

I then placed my mounted image in the middle and in the top left hand corner I have used a Memory box Spider Corner and a spider, the sentiment is one from Papercraft dies and this was placed down the right side.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Kraft plus one other Colour" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered into the following Challenges:-

http://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/ 

http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://copicmarkerspain.blogspot.ca/ 

http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ 

http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 

http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://liastampz.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #117 - "Spring is in the Air" - Pink Gem

Good Morning Crafters, well Im actually on my second DT Card for Pink Gem Challenge Blog, and Im thoroughly enjoying playing with Janets beautiful images and she also has some fabulous papers as well so lots to choose from and so why not pay the Pink Gem Designs website and see for yourself.

And as the theme this time is "Spring is in the Air" I have chosen this gorgeous image.

This sweet image is "Poppy in Sneakers" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used one of my Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment has been stamped onto white card and a smaller one of the same die set as the mount and also mounted onto another smaller one of the fancy one.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a piece of blue card and the papers I have used this time are from Nitwits "Spring Breeze" digi set, I  have used three papers the first a yellow  one with flowers on and the second a sentiment one in blue and white and the third another white background with flowers on to.
I have mounted them as shown about and wrapped a piece of lace around the left side and then placed my mounted my image at a jaunty angle on top, and I created a spray of daffodils and tulips and wrapped a bow around the stems and a butterfly on top of the bow. I also placed my sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pay a visit to Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Spring is in the Air" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/
http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://getinkychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.ca/

My second card with the new Vintage Girls from Pink Gem

Good Evening Crafters, well the sun is out and it was quite warm a couple of hours ago but its now turning quite cold outside, at least we managed to get the grass cut, hubby says we are in for some more rain, just hope hes got that wrong. Anyway heres my second card with one of the new Pink Gem Vintage Girls, there are six of them altogether and you will find my first card on my No.2 blog if youd like to visit its www.nannieflash2.blogspot.com and see it, you will need to scroll down as Ive got a post for Sarah Hallam's new Masks on the top, her new ones are being previewed on Create and Craft on Friday at 1pm and 6pm and they are fabulous.
Anyway I have printed this image which is "Elsa" on white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards Ive used on of the Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out and a the new Timeless Rectangle for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment is a Whimsey stamp and this also has been cut with a small die from the Timeless Rectangle Die set, this is a Spellbinder one to.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of blue card, the paper I have used is from the Butterfly paper pad from Tonic punches as is the butterfly die thats also been used with some blue card to. To finish of I have used one of the metal butterflies as a embellishment.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html