Summer Giveaway at The Ribbon Girl .........

The Design Team are having a break for August so we're having one or two giveaways for you instead.  The first giveaway is a surprise Maja 6x6 paper pad which will be sent direct to the winner from our very generous friends at Maja Design in Sweden   The Ribbon Girl has some gorgeous paper pads in stock - I wonder which one it will be?

  

This giveaway will run for one week and the winner will be chosen at random on Sunday 7th August - all you have to do is leave a comment and say what you would make with some scrumptious Maja vintage style paper

Looking forward to finding out what you would make - cards, mini albums, decorated gift boxes?

Best of luck and see you soon, Mary x
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED 7th August 2016  The winner was chosen at random - Jolanda Breedvelt who should contaxct us within 7 days to claim her prize!!

Winners of The Ribbon Girl July 'Use any Image' Challenge .....

Edited on 1st August - crafters I'm so sorry, I made a mistake with the 1st Prize which should have gone to Number 48 which is Dorte - I accidentally gave 1st prize to No 42 :-(        Dorte if you would kindly contact me* within 7 days I will arrange to send you a voucher for The Ribbon Girl store.

this is Dorte's sweet card

I hope you are all enjoying this lovely Summer weather as we're heading into August  Thanks for all your gorgeous entries crafters  -  the 3 winners have been chosen at random and they are as follows:

First prize chosen by random.org of a £10 voucher for LOTV  (and I know they will have some scrumptious rubber and digi Christmas stamps so it's a great time to win!!) goes to Number 42 Linda's Crafty Hall

This is Linda's card

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Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Number 100  Crafty-Stamper

A really beautiful christening card!

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Third prize:  from Marianne Designs

Number 147  Caroline's Creaties

Such a pretty 60th card from Caroline

* Winners you have 7 days to claim your prizes by email, via the contact page on our website or by message on our facebook page.  Please take a winners badge from the side bar and if possible, link it to the store (http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/index.php) 

There is no challenge today Sunday 31st July, because our hard working Design Team are having a break during the month of August, but I will be having one or two giveaways for you instead, so do keep popping back.

see you soon, Mary x

July Any Image Challenge ...

Welcome to the Ribbon Girl July 'Use any image' challenge -  you can do any type of project: cards, tags, bags, 3-d projects - anything you like, BUT YOU MUST use an image on your project.   This challenge will run until 9pm on Saturday 30th July, 2016   It's very interesting to see that 4 designers have chosen the Lemoncraft 'Forget me Not' 6x6 paper pad for their cards and so nice to see the different layouts they came up with.

There will be 3 winners and we'll share their projects when we announce the winners:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Third prize:  prize from Marianne Designs

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GDT Jennifer D

Jennifer used papers from the  Lemon Craft - Forget-Me-Not 6x6 pad, White Square Pearl Trim, Ivory Flower Pearl Trim, Charlotte White Lace, Pale Pink Pleated Satin Ribbon, Ivory String Pearls, Pale Pink Roses 10mm 

by Chantal

(Chantal used: Lemoncraft Forget me not design paper 6x6, Ivory 20mm Open rose WOC, Ivory 10mm open rose, Tulle Gathered Trim White 35mm, Scrapeniec Chipboard Buttefly mix, 3mm Ivory Pearl Flatback pearls, Scrapeniec Chipboard Innocence rounded corner set)

by Linda

(Linda used: Lemoncraft Forget-me-Not 6 x 6 Paper Pad, 40 mm White Daisy, White Cherry Blossom, White Sweetheart Blossom, White Gathered Tulle Trim, 10 mm Ivory Pearl FB Flower Trim, Scrapiniec Innocence Rounded Corner Set)

by Kat

(Kat used, Forget-me-not 6x6" paper pad - Lemoncraft, 25mm white 'Cheltenham' Guipure lace, Limoges blue seam binding, White cherry blossom, Cream hip rosebuds, Tiny white rosebuds, 10mm white square pearl trim, Small butterfly charm, 5mm sea charm mixed pearls, 3mm white pearls)

by Tamara

(Tamara used: Cheesecloth Fabric 50cm x 80cm,  10metres Natural Colour Button Twine,  10mm Red/Cream Square Check,  Dewdrops,  Scrapiniec chipboards, 32mm 'Clementine' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, Ivory 20mm Open Rose WOC)

by Mary

(Mary used: Maja 'Coffee in the Arbour' 6x6 pad, white Lyra guipure lace, 25mm and 7mm 'Grape' satin ribbon, 30mm pale pink wild roses and pieces from the Scrapiniec Lace Doily Corners and Rounded Corners  Chipboard sets  and the jam was made with raspberries, sugar and lemon juice)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: Galeria Paperiu As If In A Dream papers, pink and turquoise organza ribbon, ruffle edge organza ribbon, 6mm white perl fallback trim, cherry blossom flower, cocktail and wine bottle charm, hemp twine)

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Winners of The Ribbon Girl July Card Challenge ....

Thank you for all the lovely cards submitted to the July Card Challenge - what a wonderful collection of many types of beautiful cards!!  The three winners are shown below - please claim your prizes within 7 days of this blog post by email, via the contact page on our website or by message on our Facebook page

The winner of the first prize of  Papers from Maja Design  chosen by random.org is number 51 and thats you Shamita at Spiral Creativity   Shamita Maja Designs send the prize direct to you so they need your full address and a telephone number

This is Shamita's card

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The winner of the second prize is No 88 Coops who will receive a small selection of ribbons, trims and embellishments from The Ribbon Girl

this is Coops beautiful card!

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The winner of the third prize which is a stamp of the winners choice from LOTV is No 136 Ane

here is Ane's beautiful baby card! so pretty!

Thanks again crafters - and don't miss the July 'Use any Image' challenge which begins at 9am on Sunday 17th July!  

happy crafting, Mary x

July Card Challenge ...

Here we are again with this months CARD CHALLENGE and as usual it's an 'Anything Goes' challenge - any theme, any shape, as long as it is a CARD.   The challenge will run for 2 weeks and there will be three winners chosen at random on Saturday 16th July (9PM UK time).  All prizes must be claimed within 7 days and are not transferable. We are delighted to be joined by Jennifer Dix as our guest today, check out her blog for more of her amazing creations and those of the other Ribbon Girls.  Remember that all the products listed below each project can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store 

First Prize:  Papers from Maja Design - this prize will be sent directly from Maja in Sweden

Second Prize:  A selection of ribbons, trims and embellishments from The Ribbon Girl

Third Prize:  A stamp of the winners choice from LOTV

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Guest DT Jennifer Dix

Jennifer used:  papers from Lemoncraft 'Tiny Miracles' 6x6 pad, fuschia pink 20mm open roses, 16mm pale pink pleated satin ribbon, pink beaded crystal leaves, 10mm ivory double row pearl trim, ivory pearl bead string, Charlotte white lace, aqua ballerina blossoms, pink and white tulips, turquoise sweetheart blossom, baby pink sweetheart blossom, ivory aster 

Gina

Gina used: Pink Satin Spot/Tulle Ruched Pleated Trim, 32mm Clementine Ivory Embellished Tulle Lace, 28mm Prudence Pale Pink Flat Lace, Pink Daisy, Blue 30mm Wild Rose, 35mm Pink Trellis Rose, Antique Blue Two Tone Cherry Blossom, Beaded White Stamen, 12mm Ivory Pearl Flower, 4mm Ivory Pearl String, 20mm Pearl & Diamante Flower Embellishment, Ivory Button Twine, Stickles Stardust Ranger Ink.

Jacqui

Jacqui used: 38mm Phoebe White Guipure Lace, Cheesecloth, 4mm White Pearl Trim, White Seam Binding, 20mm Open White Rose, 10mm Open white Rose, 30mm Blue Wild Rose, Blue Pretty Blossom, Sparkly Glass Heart

Gretha 

Gretha used: 32mm 'Nicole' Ivory Vintage Style Fine Lace, 30mm Shabby White Ruffled Ribbon, FB 6mm Pearl White Trim, Poinsettia Silver shimmer, Pk of 10 Pale Pink Small Polka Dot Spotty Buttons, Wooden Star Buttons, Pom Pom Trim, White Pretty Bloom, Lilac 20mm Open Rose, 6mm pearl Ivory Flat Backs

Jane

Jane used:  used 10mm Dark Sage Green/Cream Square Check Ribbon, Scarlet Berry Satin Berisford no 908, Berries Green/Red Shiny 24 D/Ended Stems, white cherry blossoms, and green apples.


Dawny P

Danny used: Galeria Papieru As if in a Dream II 12x12 Stack, 15mm Pale Lime Green No 6 Berisford Satin, 15mm Pale Pink Satin Berisford No 70, Pale Lime Green Small Polka Dot Spotty Button 

Mary

Mary used: Maja Vintage Summer 6x6 pad, 30mm pale pink wild roses, large pale pink rosebud, pink/white beaded stamens, 16mm pleated pale pink satin, 30mm Prudence pale pink lace, 7mm pale pink satin ribbon, 15mm pale pink pearl diamante embellishment, 6mm white flatback pearl trim, White Opal liquid pearls and Stardust Stickles

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winners of The Ribbon Girl June 'Use any Image' challenge ....

Thanks for all your gorgeous entries crafters!!  The 3 winners have been chosen at random and they are as follows:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV  (and I know they will have some scrumptious Christmas stamps available very very soon!!

Number 39  Scrappelises Blog

Her lovely card which opens to reveal another image

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Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Number 116  Helene

This is Helen's pretty card

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Third prize:  from Marianne Designs

Number 193   Andrea Norris

Such a cute card from Andrea Norris - really lovely!

Winners you have 7 days to claim your prizes by email, via the contact page on our website or by message on our facebook page.  Please take a winners badge from the side bar and if possible, link it to the store (http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/index.php) 

I hope you will all return on Sunday morning 9am for The Ribbon Girl July Card Challenge

see you then, and thank you so much for sharing all your lovely makes!

Mary x