Challenge #10 PINK AND PEARLIE - PERFECT PINKIES!

Hi Pinkies... and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  Here's to a happy, healthy (and a little pink) 2013!

Now, once again it was such a difficult job to choose our Perfect Pinkies for our Pink and Pearlie challenge... we had so many fabulous entries  from our lovely followers (thank you all)- and as this challenge was open for a month... it gave us time to think..... and change our minds..... and think again.... and change our minds again......  etc, etc,  but at long last we whittled our list down to our very, VERY favourites.... though we would say that you're ALL our favourites!!  (Hmmmm do I sound like Brucie there??)  But we HAVE decided to choose SIX Perfect Pinkies this time as a one off special!  (nothing to do with Sylvia and I not owning a decision-making brain-cell between us!! hehe)

Without further ado... our Perfect Pinkies are:

#48 Amelia

#12 Sue Bearhouse

#34 Delphine

#26 Grace

#54 Marissa

#63 Viv

Here is your badge girls, please grab it and display on your sidebar.. to help spread the pink word!

Thank you all for your fabulous entries... it gets more difficult each time we have to choose... as we think all our entrants are winners!

We have a lovely new challenge for you this morning, so don't forget to check it out HERE.

Big hugs to our fab Pinkies.. 
Christine and Sylvia xx

Challenge #10 - Pink and Pearlie!

Hi Pinkies

Here at Pinkie Palace we have a fabulous new challenge for you today... this time our theme is 'Pink and Pearlie' - and we'd love to see - like the title says - entries using lots of pinks and pearls!!  Don't forget, your entry doesn't have to be a card... it can be anything.

Here's what we've come up with if you need any inspiration:

Christine

Sylvia

And now we'd thrilled to introduce our fabulous new Guest Designer for the next two challenges.. it's Nic... perhaps better known as Coops from Coops' Cluttered Corner - who we're delighted to say has agreed to join us as GDT.  We're sure you'll agree, her work is absolutely stunning so we're really lucky to have her on board!

Coops

"Hi, I am Nic or better known in blogland as Coops.  I am a married mum of 1 and I have been crafting about 7 years now. I first started card making when I had been made redundant from my then job and needed something to occupy my mind. I was soon hooked and I still love it as much now as i did then. I love to craft at night mainly as it helps me to wind down and I love to sit and colour an image to life. I find the  whole process of putting a card together really relaxing.

I would like to thank Christine and Sylvia for asking me to join them for a couple of challenges, it is a real honour."

So Pinkies... let's see you get our your pink pens and card... and your pearls... we're looking forward to lots of gorgeous entries.  This challenge is open for four weeks until 9 January... so we can have a little rest over Christmas..  

And talking of Christmas.... Sylvia and I would like to wish all our followers and entrants a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.... and to THANK YOU ALL for taking part and showing your support for our new challenge blog...  we've really enjoyed creating a special place for lovers of the colour pink!!

Big Hugs

Christine and Sylvia xx

Don't forget to use lots of pink and pearls on your entry..

Challenge #9 - Gonna be a Pink Christmas - PERFECT PINKIES

Hi Pinkies

Once again it was such a difficult job to choose our Perfect Pinkies for our Pink Christmas challenge... we sat down, scratched our heads, emailed each other, had the odd glass of wine (each!), had a long, long list of those we liked...  had another glass of wine (each!), then finally narrowed it down to our four favourites which are below...  We hope you'll agree, these are stunning cards and each worthy of a Perfect Pinkie badge!

#9 Michelle

#36 Shirley

#12 Amelia

#47 Tagenta

Here is your badge girls, please grab it and display on your sidebar..

Thank you all for your fabulous entries... it gets more difficult each time we have to choose... as we think all our entrants are winners!

We have a lovely new challenge for you this morning, so don't forget to check it out HERE.

Sylvia and I are going to be busy for the next couple of days decorating the Pinkie Palace of course for Christmas... and guess what colour are decorations are going to be?? hehe!

Big hugs to our fab Pinkies..
Christine and Sylvia xx

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..

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!

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