Funky Snowman

Funky Snowman is available now from Pink Gem Designs
CS Bazill Bling
DP Pink Petticoat
Craftwork Cards sentiment
Buttons & Ribbon From Stash
Snowflake Punch
Cuttlebug - Button Embossing border-Snowflake Cut & Emboss Die

Meg In Hat & Scarf

Just thought I would show you another Christmas design coming to Pink Gem Designs soon! This is 'Meg In Hat & Scarf' and she will be available in a couple of weeks

Truly Scrmptious - Frog Prince

I made this card for my soon to be 80 year old FIL.......I hope he likes it and it's not too trendy as he is a bit of an old fashioned boy. I do find making mens cards difficult & especially older ones.

I have followed the latest sketch on The Truly Scrumtious Challenge. I must admit I can't follow a sketch unless it talks to me and this one did......liked it as soon as I saw it!

I have used my Frog Prince stamp which is available from Pink Gem Designs and he has been coloured with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with Sansador with glamour dust added to the wings of the dragonfly and the crown

The papers are Basic Grey (proper man papers these!)

CS Bazill Bling

Numbers - Thickers

Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - Nestabilities - Star die

Botton From Stash

Rodney Reindeer

Introducing Rodney Reindeer.....another Christmas stamp to be released from Pink Gem Designs in a couple of weeks!

More Christmas Designs.....

........are going to be re-released over at Pink Gem Designs in the next week or two including our best seller from last Winter 'Little Gem & Robin'. We have also order new stocks of the Christmas designs we released last week as there are not many left! Who would belive it when we are only just into June! I have to admit I have been bitten by the Christmasy bug myself with getting all these lovely designs made into stamps again. I made this one last winter but just wanted to give you a preview of one of the stamps soon to be released.X

Awards

I have been given these awards by the lovely Shirely (Nannieflash) and Edna (Edna's Place). These kind ladies have wonderful inspiring blogs so pop over and take look......you won't be dissapointed!
I am not very good when it comes to picking up awards so if I have left any behind please excuse me I don't mean to offend. Life is a bit hetic these days and I have a mind like a sieve at the best of times! Now I am supposed to pass these on and that's another thing I am not good at so I would like to award them to all the lovely peeps who visit the Pink Gem Blog and leave such lovely comments! X

Stamptacular Challenge - Fabulous Fathers

I made this Fathers day card today and I am entering it for this weeks Stamptacular Sunday Challenge......this week the theme is 'Fabulous Fathers'. I always struggle with men's cards and I have 3 to make this week yuk! I have used my Marvin On A Grapevine stamp which is available from Pink Gem Designs The image has been coloured with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with Sansador

Silver Corregated CS & Bazzill Bling

DP is a bit of a mixture of Basic Grey, October Afternoon and Graphic 45

Paperclip & String from stash

Craftwork Cards Silver Card Candy
Letters - Thickers

Cuttlebug - Star dies

Sprinkles & Sparkle

A sample card made with 'Sprinkles On Cloud' stamp which is available now from Pink Gem Designs. I have also added a new design which is 'Sparkle' ........Sprinkle's little puppy dog. Sparkle is not available just yet but will be soon! The images have been coloured with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with Sansador. Glamour dust has been added to wings and cloud for a touch of sparkle

Card Blank - Craftwork Cards Scallop Square
DP October Afternoon ' Ducks In A Row '

C S Bazill Bling

Martha Stewart Doily Punch

Cuttlebug/Swiss Dots Embossing Folder & Nestabilities

EK Success Retro Flower Punch

X cut and Woodware small flower punches with Dewdrops added to the centre

Ribbon from stash

Timholtz Distress Ink 'Tattered Rose'

The Winner......

........of the 6 Pink Gem Designs stamp draw is Claire from Aberdeen in Scotland. I don't think she knows it yet though as she has not replied to our email......perhaps she is away on holiday!

Funky Snowgirl

This is a card I made last winter using 'Funky snowgirl' which has just been released again from Pink Gem Designs. She and the other Christmas designs are selling fast would you believe and it is only June! Stocks are limited so order soon to avoid dissapointment. We will get more stocks towards the end of the summer. This is a large stamp and you will need a large acrylic block to use with it. we sell these on the website 100 x 150mm with finger grooves for an easy grip.

Christmas Stamps Have Arrived!

The Christmas stamps we put on the website for pre order last Friday have now arrived at Pink Gem Designs and are avaliable NOW! Stocks are limited though and half of some of the designs have sold already. You will need a large acrylic block (100mm X 150mm) with some of the designs as these are large stamps especially Winter Milly and Funky Snow Girl. We now sell these blocks on the website. The Medium Block (76mm X 100mm) will be ok with most of our other stamps.

Only 3 Days Left!.....

........ to enter our competition to win 6 Pink Gem Designs stamps of your choice. All you have to do is register on our brand new Website and you will enter the draw which will take place on wednesday 10th June!

Nautical Milly

A sample card using 'Nautical Milly' stamp which is available from Pink Gem Designs. The image has been coloured with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with Sansador

Card Blank and Card Candy - Craftwork Cards

CS- Bazill Bling

DP - Pink Petticoat

Sentiment stamp - Scrappy Cat

Ribbon from stash

Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder & Nestabilities

EK Success Retro Flower Punch

Woodware Small Flower Punches

Winter Milly

A sample card made with 'Winter Milly' one of the Winter designs available to order now from Pink Gem Designs. They will be dispatched from Tuesday 9th June but stocks are limited at this time.

Milly has been coloured with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with sansador.

Craftwork cards card blank and sentiment

DP Pink Petticoat

CS Bazill Bling

Ribbon & Stick on gems from stash

Cuttlebug- Snowflake Die and snowflake embossing folder

X-cut snowflake punch

Christmas Stamps

Winter Mimi



Ice Skating Mimi

A selection of Christmas stamps are now ready to order over at Pink Gem Designs which will be available for dispatch from Tuesday 9th June. Lots of you have been telling us you like to start early making Christmas cards so as a special treat we have re-released some of our most popular designs from last Winter....the ones people keep asking us for. We have only a limited amount at this moment in time but will have more stocks towards the end of the summer as well as some brand new Christmas designs X

Sketch Saturday & Summer Milly

My entry for this weeks Sketch Saturday using the new Summer Milly stamp from Pink Gem Designs. She is one of 9 new releases and as you can see she is quite a large stamp. She is cut on the largest oval Nestie and her head is just peeping over the top!

You will need a large acrylic block to use with Summer Milly and quite a few of the other Pink Gem Design stamps which are of a good size. We now sell these on the website and they measure 100mm X 150mm (approx 4x6 inches). All the blocks have finger grooves running down the side for an easy grip. We stock the medium size too.

Milly has been coloured with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with Sansador & paper stumps. I used a beige Prisma for the skin

Thoughtful Sprinkles

Thoughtful Sprinkles is one of the 9 new summer stamps just released at http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/ . As you can see she is a very large stamp making her excellent value......she is a dream to colour too! I have used my new Koh-i-noor pencils to colour Sprinkles except for the skin where I have used my copics. Glamour Dust added to the wings crown & stars.

Craftwork Cards - Scallop Square Card Blank & Card Candy

DP - Pink Petticoat Little Big Dots Download

CS - Bazill

Hero Arts Sentiment

Introducing Sprinkles & Sunflower

A Sample card made using 'Sprinkles & Sunflower' a new stamp just released from www.pinkgemdesigns.com . Isn't she a cutie! This is one of 9 brand new releases from Pink Gem Designs. They are available now and ready for immeadiate dispatch (just arrived from the factory as I was in the middle of typing this!

I have coloured the image with Koh-in-oor pencils and Ciao Copics with glamour dust added to the wings, crown & stars

Sea Shell Mimi

A sample card made with one of the new releases from Pink Gem Designs. She is called 'Sea Shell Mimi' and is one of 9 new stamps available to buy now on our website. The stamps will be with us from the factory on Friday and we will dispatch Saturday morning ( May 23rd)

I have tried a new colouring medium today.......Koh-in-oor woodless pencils. There wasn't a skin colour in the set of 24 I bought so my Copics had to help out. JUST ARRIVED AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR IMMEADIATE DISPATCH!

New Stamp Releases!

Summer milly

Our new June releases are arriving with us early than expected. So rather than keep you all waiting we have decided to release them sooner. The new stamps will be dispatched on Saturday along with any of our other stamps you may order with them.

There are 2 new Mimi stamps including 'Ice Cream Mimi' shown on the card below, 3 new Sprinkles Fairy stamps, & 3 new Milly. The one shown above is called Summer Milly. Milly is sitting on her favorite log once again! We now have the four seasons of Milly on her log. When I first designed Milly I drew her sitting on a log and called it Autumn Milly. Then Winter approached so I thought it would be fun to draw her sitting on a snow covered log so we had Winter Milly. Spring Milly followed and now Summer Milly. I think this Summer one is now my favorite from all the four Seasons. Autumn Milly & Winter Milly will be appearing again on the website towards the end of the Summer.

If you would like to see the new designs over at www.pinkgemdesigns.com click HERE

Sketch Saturday & Sneaky Peak

A few weeks ago I posted this photo of my little Grandaughter Mimi eating ice cream in the Easter sunshine. Some of you may remember me saying how it inspired me to do a stamp design and here is what I came up with.........

............'Ice Cream Mimi' is one of my new stamp designs for June which will be available at http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/ along with more designs of Milly and Sprinkles Fairy. The new Sprinkles stamps will be in issue 63 of Quick Cards Made Easy which will be on sale in June. If you want to be in with a chance to win 6 PGD stamps pop along to our new Website & register to recieve news letters and updates.

This is also my entry for this weeks Sketch Saturday .

Bathtime Mimi

A sample card made using Bathtime Mimi stamp which is available at Pink Gem Designs. The image has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers with glamour dust added to the bubbles.

Craftwork Cards - Scallop Square Card Blank & Card Candy
CS - Bazill Basics
DP- Funky Fairy Download 'Paisley Love'
Sentiment - Printed On Computer
Ribbon And Gem From Stash
Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - Nestabilities
EK Success Flower Punch
X Cut Flower Punch

Pirate Mimi

A sample card made with Pirate Mimi available from Pink Gem Designs. This little cuite is one of our May special offers and is priced at only £2.95 The stamp is a good size being approx 78 x 64mm. As you can see she is fab in colour! I have used Ciao Copic Markers to colour the image.

Craftwork Cards - Scalloped Square Card Blanks, Card Candy & Sentiment
CS - Bazill Basic & Bling
DP - Pink Petticoat
buttons, ribbon & lace from stash
Cuttlebug - Embossing folders & borders - Nestabilities
EK Success Flower Punch
X cut Flower Punch

New DT Members!

It was a very hard descision to make as I had so many wonderful entries......I got to the final two and couldn't choose between them so decided to have them both!

I would like to welcome........

Tab Robinson - Tabby Craft Designs

Judy Laing - Judy's Crafty Moments

.............to the Pink Gem Designs DT

I would like to thank everyone for all your wonderful entries.........I wish I could have had more of you!

Janet X

Colour Create - Blue & Green

Woo Hoo!..........a card at last!

This is my entry to this weeks Colour Create Challenge The colours this week are Blue & Green with a bit of paper piecing.
Does anyone remember the old saying Blue & Green should never be seen? These colours used to be a big no, no together back in the dark ages lol
I have used Pink Gem Designs stamps Maid Milly and her baby pet dragon Dillon which can be found in the Max & Milly section of www.pinkgemdesigns.com . The images have been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers with glamour dust added to Dillon's wings and Milly's veil.
Craftwork Cards Scolloped Square Card Blank and Card Candy
CS - Bazill Basic & bling
DP - Pink Petticoat Ice Cream Swirls Download
Sentiment - www.pinkgemdesigns.com

Fiskars Threading Water Punch
Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - Nesties Labels 4
EK Success Retro Flower Punch
X Cut Flower Punch

DT Call & News!!!

It's going to be an exciting time over the coming months at Pink Gem Designs with a new website, magazine articles and new summer designs to be released......phew it's all go at the minute!

We are now looking for a new DT member so if you would like to apply:-

You must have an active blog and be able to photograph and post pictures of your work.
Your colouring of stamped images must be exceptional.
As a DT member you will recieve 2 free stamps every month. All we ask in return is that you make at least two cards using the PGD stamps and post them on your blog, forums etc explaining how you made the cards.
If your interested in joining our DT please email us at pinkgemdesigns@googlemail.com telling us a bit about yourself, attach two photos of your most recent work and add a link to your blog.
The DT call will close at 6pm on Tuesday 12th May. NOW CLOSED!

Thank You!

Sorry I have not been around much this week but normal service will be resumed as soon as possible!

I have been so busy lately with new designs, launching the new WEBSITE and checking the many DT applications.

The response to the new site has been fantastic. I would like to say a big thank you to all Pink Gem Designs customers old and new for all their support and well wishes!

Hopefully may get a card made today......... and some much needed housework yuk!

Janet X

DT Call Update!

We have had massive response to our call for a new DT member for Pink Gem Designs. We therefore have decided to bring it to an end early. Entrants don't have to make cards especially.....just show us two examples of your most recent work. Anyone who wants to enter please send us a link to your blog as this is what we are most interested in. We need to see that the blog is active and the work is consistent. The DT call will now end on Tuesday 12th May at 6pm......so still plenty of time to enter. X

We Are Live!!!!!

Pink Gem Designs now has a brand new Website! Pop across to www.pinkgemdesigns.com where there is a competition to win six Pink Gem Designs stamps of your choice!

Colour Create - Red, Cream & Chocolate

My entry for this weeks Colour Create and this week the colours are Red, Cream & Chocolate. I have used my Daisy stamp which is available from Pink Gem Designs - Funky Animals set 3.
The image has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers and Daisy's face has been decopaged.
Card blank, sentiment & Candy - Craftwork Cards
Card stock - Bazill
DP Pink Petticoat Little Big Dots
Flower and brad from stash