Challenge #9 - Gonna be a PINK Christmas!!

Hi Pinkies

Today's challenge is taking into account the time of year.... yes - it hadn't escaped our attention here at the Pink Palace that the festive season is creeping up on us!!  So we'd love to see your creations (it doesn't have to be a card)..... using PINK as your main colour... and with a Christmas theme!

If you need inspiration, we've come up with the following:

Christine

Christine

Sylvia

Christine - Nanaseaside (Guest Designer)

Christine - Nanaseaside (Guest Designer)

For more details on our cards and creations, just click on the name above each photo which will take you to our blogs.

We'd love to say a great big thank you to Christine (Nanaseaside), our fabulous Guest Designer for her stunning creations over the last couple of challenges.  They have been absolutely gorgeous.

So Pinkies...  we can't wait to see your Pink Christmas creations.... they make a fabulous change to traditional festive colours don't they?

Big hugs from the Pink Palace..
Christine and Sylvia xx

PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO USE LOTS OF PINK ON YOUR ENTRY..

Challenge #9 - Gonna be a PINK Christmas

1. Dee	2. Susie Sugar	3. chriscesar
4. Margaret A	5. lalkygirl	6. Laura
7. Jayne	8. ~*Joni	9. R Meyers
10. michelle	11. Marion L	12. Amelia
13. Leona	14. carol gill	15. sherryn
16. Denise Goeldner	17. ~DEANNE~	18. Sarah S-W
19. kraftylittlebox	20. Gibmiss	21. Kath
22. Sanna Saksija	23. Jackie C	24. Claire C
25. ~DEANNE~	26. Lisa Jane	27. Karien
28. ~DEANNE~	29. Angela P.	30. valou250809
31. Patricia	32. Bridie Payne	33. Meggymay
34. Wishcraft	35. Crafting Vicky	36. Shirley D
37. lindyloo	38. pinky	39. Liz buttonsforbrains
40. Juliet A	41. Monica-LaPaperaGialla	42. Mandy (Paper Panda)
43. Di	44. Leesa aka The Navy Wife	45. rachel fisher
46. Bo	47. tangenta	48. Rachel
49. coops	50. Blankina	51. Sue T
52. Suzi

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Perfect Pinkies for Challenge #8 - Punches and Dies

Hi Pinkies

What a difficult job it was to choose the Perfect Pinkies for our Punches and Dies challenge... but we managed it eventually..  and here's our choice:

 #45 Coops

#16 Pauline

#27 Suzanne

#2 Colleen

Hope you like our choices this time... they each have used dies and punches in such different ways and we think you'll agree, are all stunning creations.  And to our Perfect Pinkies... your badge is below... please display it on your sidebar to help spread the PINK word!!

Thank you to all our lovely Pinkies that entered our Punches and Dies challenge...  the standard of entries we are getting is fabulous.... and if we were able to, we'd pick you all as winners!

Watch this space for our new challenge today..

Big hugs
Christine and Sylvia xx

Challenge #8 - Punches and/or Dies

Hi Pinkies

Time for another pink challenge...  this time as the title says, we'd like you to use PUNCHES AND/OR dies on your project ....  remember, it doesn't have to be a card... but we would like to see lots of PINK obviously as it's our favourite colour!

We had a fabulous lot of entries for a last challenge... but we're sure we can do better....  so to inspire you, we have come up with the cards below:

Christine

Christine

Sylvia

And now we'd like to welcome and introduce our new Guest Designer for the next two challenges... it's the lovely Christine Craig from Nanaseaside.... who wow-ed us with a fabulous halloweeen creation in our Pink Plus One challenge.  Here are her stunning cards using punches and dies...

 Christine Craig (Nanaseaside)

Christine Craig (Nanaseaside)

About our new Guest Designer:
I've been a crafter since I was young (many moons ago) and like many of us, have moved through all sorts of different crafts, but now my passion is paper crafting.  I am privileged to be a DT on some awesome challenge blogs. I live by the seaside, and have a very supportive OH.  I love to loose myself in my craft room....

So pinkies, have we inspired you enough to get out your pink pencils, card and your punches/dies?  We'd love to see your creations!

Big hugs
Christine and Sylvia xx

DON'T FORGET TO USE PUNCHES AND/OR DIES ON YOUR ENTRY - THANK YOU!

Challenge #8 - Punches and Dies - Remember please to follow our guidelines

1. Sally Miller	2. Hilde	3. Kym's Crafty Cards
4. Colleen Dietrich	5. lainey	6. lindyloo
7. Ulla	8. Margaret A (Granmargaret)	9. Karen O
10. Caz W	11. Ursula Uphof	12. Annette
13. Susie Sugar	14. Mags	15. rachel fisher
16. sazzle	17. Pauline C	18. Sonia
19. Cheryl F	20. Tip Top	21. Julie B.x
22. SHARON	23. Jill	24. Scrappellen
25. Mervi	26. Gibmiss	27. Monica
28. Suzanne B	29. Jennifer H.	30. Becky
31. Dilyana	32. Jill	33. Liz
34. Sanna Saksija	35. Scrappellen	36. Mau XX
37. Sue T	38. Wishcraft	39. Patricia
40. Craftyanny	41. Georgina b	42. Monica
43. Kathleen	44. Kelly O	45. coops
46. Elle	47. Flora S	48. valou250809
49. Jenny Lawrence	50. Carole Robb Bisson	51. Becky
52. Susie Sugar	53. **Vicky**	54. Kate
55. Nonni	56. Jayne	57. Liv Solveig
58. SarahR	59. Cazro	60. DanielaC.
61. Sandie	62. Sharon hudson	63. bea
64. SHARI GREEN	65. sharon hudson	66. Little K Smith
67. Rachel	68. Carole Robb Bisson	69. Jayne

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Perfect Pinkies for Clean and Simple Challenge

Hi Pink Ladies..

Here's our choice of Perfect Pinkies for our Clean and Simple challenge.  It proved to be quite a difficult challenge for entrants- so we've chosen the ones that we feel have stuck to the challenge theme of  'CAS with lots of pink space'

Hope you like!!

Sarah

Kath (this is a very pale pink background)

Sarah Jane (The Crystal Elephant)

Patricia

Here's your Perfect Pinkie badge girls...  hope you'll show it off in your sidebar!

Watch this space for our new challenge today.... It'll be online HERE soon.. and we have our new Guest Designer joining us!

Thank you all for your stunning entries........  each and every card is fabulous and we are constantly inspired and amazed by the standard of entries.. which is why we have taken the decision never to delete a card from our challenges, even those that don't particularly stick to the challenge requirements!

Big hugs to our Pink Ladies everywhere...

Christine & Sylvia xx

Midway reminder...

Good Morning to all you lovely Pink Ladies...

Just a quick reminder today that we're midway through our 'Keep it Clean and Simple - Use Loads of Pink Space' challenge.........  and for some reason this one has proved a bit of a hard one for you as we've had less than the expected entries so far..  (Sylvia and I have been twiddling our pink thumbs waiting...)  And some of the entries we've had have also seemingly misunderstood the need for PINK space too...   sad, but true....

So come on all you Pinkies out there.......  we have 250 followers now....  where are you all?????  Show us your pink in all shapes and forms.... but just make sure you give us lots of pink space with your Clean and Simple creation!!

PINK RULES.... OK???  now GO PINKIES....... GO!!

Big hugs
Posh and Pretty!!
xx

Challenge #7 - Keep it Clean and Simple - LOTS OF PINK SPACE

Hi Pinkies

Firstly, a big pink thank you to all who are making our challenge blog so successful with their entries....  we're so happy here at Pink Palace to know that there is a 'plethera of pinkies' out there, wanting to share their favourite colour with like-minded others!  We now have 246 followers.....  how good is that????

Now....  onto our new challenge..  This time, our theme is Keep it Clean and Simple...  (CAS).... and we would like to see lots of  PINK SPACE on your card...  and few (if any at all) embellies.  We've come up with a few ideas to help with inspiration...   and you'll find more details of all these cards on our blogs if you click on the names above each card.

 Christine

Christine

Sylvia

and our fabulous Guest Designer - Denise

This is Denise's 2nd Guest Designer card - so next time we'll have a new temporary member of our team... and it could be you!!  Thank you so much Denise for joining us.... your cards have been stunning and we've been really pleased to have you on board for a short time!

So now, let's see what you can create with a Clean and Simple theme....  and let's try and break our record for the number of entries... which I think stands at close to 150!  We never get tired of seeing all the different interpretations of the challenge......  and we are always picking up new ideas from our entrants...

Don't forget to make sure there is a LOT OF PINK SPACE on your creations and  keep the embellies to an absolute minimum....  We can't wait to see what you come up with........  so, grab your pink card and pens, and get IN THE PINK zone!!

Big hugs to all our pinkie followers..
Posh and Pretty!! (AKA Christine and Sylvia) xx

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the Challenge requirements and guidelines before you enter - we do not enjoy being the "bad guys" and having to leave negative comments - this is supposed to be fun for you, and for us.   Thank you so much.

KEEP YOUR CARDS CLEAN AND SIMPLE PLEASE - LOTS OF PINK SPACE

1. chriscartesetpatchs	2. Sarah's Little Snippets	3. Lisa
4. Ineke	5. chriscartesetpatchs	6. Mary Marsh
7. Didos	8. Lynne	9. fiona
10. Mau xx	11. lindyloo	12. Katina
13. bea	14. Tip Top	15. bea
16. Blankina	17. Christine Craig	18. rachel fisher
19. Hazel	20. Hazel	21. Liz buttonsforbrains
22. Sarah-Jane (the crystal elephant)	23. Kath	24. Valerie Andrieux
25. Patricia	26. DanielaC.	27. Karen
28. Flora S	29. Wishcraft	30. Sally
31. Carol Yates	32. Margaret A	33. Rachel
34. SarahR	35. Jan ltc	36. Monica
37. Lisa Jane	38. lalkygirl	39. Grá
40. SarahR	41. Sarah's Little Snippets

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Perfect Pinkies for Challenge #6- Buttons and Bows

Hi Pinkies

Well we've been deliberating again, and we've come up with our Perfect Pinkies for the Buttons and Bows challenge...  and here they are:

Wishcraft

Patricia

Liz

Sandy

Hope you agree these fabulous cards are worthy of their Perfect Pinkie badges.... please grab your badge girls and wear it on your sidebar with pride!!

Thank you all so much for entering our challenges - it's lovely to have so much pinkness in the world.... and don't forget to watch out today for our next challenge.... we're sure you'll love it!!

Big hugs

Posh and Pretty xx