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Halloween Mimi




Guy Fawkes Milly

Cooming soon to Pink Gem Designs 10 Halloween/Autumn stamps. These will be limited editions and only so many will be available. They will be with us in about 2 weeks so keep watching the Pink Gem Blog for news of their arrival!

Birthday Milly

A card made using 'Birthday Milly' which is available from Pink Gem Designs.......see her here
The image has been coloured with a combination of Ciao Copic Markers and Khoo-in-oor woodless pencils.
Card Blank & Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
DP - Three Bugs In A Rug - Colour Me Pink/Leaves
CS - Pink Co-ordinations
Flower Made From Paper Flowers and Punches
Ribbon From Stash
Cuttlebug - Star & Swiss Dots Embossing Folders - Nestabilities
Fiskars Threading Water Punch

Milly On Reindeer

Another Christmas card using 'Milly On Reindeer' stamp which is available from Pink Gem Designs.........see her here. The image has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers with Glamour dust added for a bit of sparkle.
Card Blank, Sentiment and Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
CS - Bazzill
DP - October Afternoon, Good Cheer
Sparkly Vellum
Sizzix Snowflake Die used with Cuttlebug
X-cut Snowflake punch
Ribbon - From Stash

Halloween/Autumn

Pink Gem Designs will be releasing some Halloween/Autumn designs in a couple of weeks including ' Devil Max' shown in the card above! This stamp is my own design but was previously sold last Autumn by another stamp company. I have had lots of requests for these and other designs which Pink Gem Designs will be re - releasing soon

A Lovely Award!

I have had this lovely award given to me by Shirley (Nannieflash) She is such a sweetie!.....Thank you Shirley! I am supposed to pass it onto others but this is something I am not good at so I would like to award it to all the lovely visitors who pass my way and leave such lovely comments!
I must apologise for my lack of card making at the moment but I am concentrating on some new stamp designs.
I was wide awake at 4.30 am this morning so decided to take a trip to the Next Sale which started at 5am (yes mad....I know lol) Well I couldn't believe how full the car park was when I arrived.....looked like a Saturday afternoon.......so I wasn't the only mad person & I did manage to bag a few bargains!

Ice Skating Mimi

A card I made today using my Mimi 'Ice skating ' stamp which is available from Pink Gem Designs........see her here I have coloured her with Ciao Copic Markers and added Glamour dust to the fur on her clothes and snow. I have stamped and inked the White Coredinations CS with Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid ink........I thought it would make a change from using patterned paper and I enjoyed playing around with it!
Card Blank - Craftwork Cards
Sentiment Stamp - See D's
Gems & Ribbon From Stash
Cuttlebug - Nestabilities - Sissix Snowflake Die - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Winter Mimi

A Christmas card made with little 'Winter Mimi' stamp which is available at Pink Gem Designs....see her here Mimi has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers and I have added Doodlebug Crushed Velvet to the fur on her clothes

Card Blank & Sentiment Craftwork Cards
DP Paper Heart - Holiday Joy Blue Swirl
CS - Core-Dinations
Dovecraft Chalks
Ribbon & Gems From Stash
Cuttlebug - Nestabilities - Snowflake Embossing folder - Sissix Snowflake Die
X - cut Snowflake Punch

Thankyou!!

Thank you to everyone who left comments this morning on my post about blogging problems. Hubby has now installed Firefox for me and it's fab!!! Thank you soooo much!!X

Blogger!!!!

Is blogger playing up or is it just us? It has been throwing me off my own and other peeps blogs for the last couple of days. I have been trying to leave comments on other blogs this morning but have given up as I am finding it impossible!!! A big thank you to everyone for your lovely comments.......I will get round to visiting you when normal service returns!X

Rodney Reindeer

I made this card today using my 'Rodney Reindeer' stamp. This is another of the Christmas stamps recently released by Pink Gem Designs........ See him here This is a very large stamp as are many of the PGD stamps especially the Christmas ones so you will need a large acrylic block. We now sell them on the website and they have finger grooves down the sides for an easy grip. See them here. The image has been coloured with Ciao Copic markers.
Card Blank - Craftwork Cards
DP- Two Bugs In A Rug - Reindeer Games
Stamp Sentiment - Dovecraft
The Star Die Cut - I got free with a magasine last Christmas
Stick On Gems - Poundland
Cuttlebug - Nestabilities

There Is No Love Like 'Snowlove'.........

.........to melt even the coldest heart!

I have made this card using 'Snowlove' a Christmas stamp recently released from Pink Gem Designs........see it here. I have coloured the image with Ciao Copic Markers with glamour dust added for a touch of sparkle.
Card Blank - Craftwork Cards
DP - October Afternoon - Good Cheer/ Sugar Cookies
Sentiment Stamp - Dovecraft
Doodlebug Brad
Cuttlebug - Nestabilities - Sizzix Sizzlets Snowflake Die





..............and in the August Issue of Craft Stamper Pink Gem Designs makes a little appearance!

Mimi & Snowman

I think this has to be my favorite out of all the stamps I have designed so far 'Mimi & Snowman' She is so cute and such a dream to colour! She is available from Pink Gem Designs....see her here

I have coloured the image with Koh-in-oor pencils and Ciao Copic Markers.......with glamour dust added for a touch of sparkle.

Well I was so pleased as I was part way through making this card to find my new set of Sizzix snowflake dies had arrived through the letterbox........thank you Cutting Edge Crafts for your fabulous service once again! The large snowflake in the top corner was made with one of them which I covered with glamour dust and added a dewdrop to the centre. The smaller snowflakes were made with an X-cut punch
Craftwork Cards Scalloped Square Card Blank

CS Bazill

DP October Afternoon - Good Cheer/Tinsel

Sentiment - See D's

Dewdrops

Ribbon From Stash

Cuttlebug - Nestabilities - Sissix Snowflake Die - X cut snowflake punch

Nativity Max, Milly & Donkey

I thought I would show you this card I made from last Christmas using Nativity Max, Nativity Milly, & Nativity Donkey. These have just been re-released by Pink Gem Designs along with 6 other new Christmas designs. You can see all the Christmas designs at Pink Gem Designs here

Please note the actual donkey stamp is smaller than the one shown here as this was a coloured in drawing which I made to go on the card with Max & Milly.

Beach Sprinkles/ Friday Sketchers

A card I have made today using 'Beach Sprinkles' which is available from Pink Gem Designs. I have followed the sketch on the Fridays Sketchers blog challenge. The image has been coloured using Ciao Copic Markers and glamour dust added to the wings & crown
Craftwork Cards Card Blank
DP - Came from The Craft Emporium but I can't remember the make
CS Bazill
Sentiment Stamp Hero Arts
Dewdrops
Ribbon from stash
Cuttlebug - Nestabilities - Star embossing folder

Ooops....... Forgot To Mention Sparkle!

'Sparkle' who is Fairy Sprinkles pet puppy dog was also released today over at Pink Gem Designs. See him here

9 New Christmas Stamps!

9 New Christmas Stamps have been released today over at Pink Gem Designs! See them here

Blog Candy Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered the draw to win a £25 voucher to spend at www.pinkgemdesigns.com

The lucky winner, selected at random from the 76 entries, is Carol Jenkins from South Wales

Pink Gem Blog Candy!

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The draw will take place after Midnight on the 30th June. The gift voucher is electronic and a code will be sent to the winner for them to redeem against their order at the checkout stage.
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Mimi & Bird/ Jack & Crab

Phew........what a warm one! and it's only 6.30 am. I do love the hot weather but I am finding it very difficult sleeping at the moment due to the heat.

I haven't been online as much these last few days as I have had family staying and have still got Chloe my 9 year old grandaughter for a few more days. Normal service will be resumed at the weekend! Yesterday we took her to Cadbury World and today I think we will take a trip to the Cotswolds where she can paddle in the stream at Bourton On The Water. She has been spending most of her other time here out in the paddling pool trying to keep cool!

Here are two more cards which were shown in Simply Cards and Papercraft Issue 60 'Mimi & Bird' and 'Jack With Crab' Which are available from Pink Gem Designs. Both images were coloured with Ciao Copic Markers

Sprinkles & Teddy

Sprinkles & Teddy as seen in Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 60. There are 7 different Sprinkles stamps available at Pink Gem Designs........see them here.
The image has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers

Max & Frog .......& Spot too!

As seen in Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 60 using Pink Gem Designs stamps 'Max & Frog' & Spot. The two images have been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers

Good News!

Birthday Milly & Winter Milly are now back in stock at Pink Gem Designs !

Maid Milly & Dillon

Maid Milly & her baby pet dragon Dillon as seen in the July Issue of Simply Cards & Papercraft.
Both stamps are available from Pink Gem Designs

Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 60

A Feature I did on Pink Gem Designs stamps in Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 60 which goes onsale today. X

Quick Cards Made Easy

Quick Cards Made Easy Issue 63 goes onsale today featuring Pink Gem Designs Stamps Sprinkles Fairy on the Favorites for July page, a free draw to win PGD stamps and an interview with little old me lol!

Skipping Milly

A card using 'Skipping Milly' Stamp which is available from Pink Gem Designs. The image has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers.

Card Blank & Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

DP - October Afternoon - Cherry Hill

CS - Bazill Bling

Ribbon From Stash

Dewdrops Used For Flower Centres

Fiskars Threading Water Punch

EK Success Large Flower Punch

Small Flower Punches

Cuttlebug - Nestabilities - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder