September 'Use any Image' challenge ....

Welcome to the September 'Use any Image' challenge - Anything goes so you can use any colour you like and use any image on your project - and it doesn't even have to be a card!! it can be any craft project - card, bag, tag, 3-D project, anything just as long as you include an image!    There will be 3 winners and we'll share your projects on the blog when we announce the winners:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Third prize:  from Marianne Designs

This challenge will run until Saturday October 1st, you need to leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz button at the end of this post and please play fair - this is a fun challenge, no cheating by linking an older project as it's not fair to everyone else. All the prizes are for the named winner only and can't be swapped, exchanged or donated

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Here are the lovely projects made by our very talented design team 

by Donna

(Donna Used; Maja Design Home For The Holidays 6 x 6 Paper Stack 814, 30mm White Zig Zag Cotton Lace, FB 10mm White Square Pearl Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Ivory, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt (now no longer available), Rolled Paper Flowers Red Kort & Godt, Small Pine Cones,  Oval red shiny berries,  Holly Leaves, 3mm White Pearl Bead String, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks,  Natural Hemp Twine & Daisy May Ice Skating bronze charm)

by Kat

(Kat used: Maja Design Home for the Holidays 6x6" paper pad, Scrapiniec chipboard Christmas snowflakes, 25mm faux hessian natural, Ivory button twine, Miniature white blossoms, white and blue 20mm/10mm open roses)

by Linda



Linda used Cheesecloth, Posie Dark Pink Seam Binding, Charlotte Elizabeth Vintage Style White Lace, Pale Pink 20 mm Open Roses, Sweetheart Blossom White, Rose Leaf, 5 mm Pearls Ivory Self Adhesive

by Anne

(Anne used; Lemon Craft 'tiny miracles' paper, 'Kate' white vintage style lace,  white tulle, stardust stickles, small ivory flatback hearts)

by Mary

(Mary used Pion 'Bridal Bouquet' paper and image, 'Alma' ivory vintage style lace, Vintage Ivory fluted edge sheer, green fabric rose leaves,  ivory/white magnolia, ivory anemonies, ivory/cream  beaded berries, ivory miniature blossoms, cream 20mm rose, sprigs from an ivory pearl/crystal branch, flat back ivory pearls and a portion of a Scrapiniec chipboard sign) 

by Chantal

(Chantal used: papers from Maja Design 'Home for the Holidays' 6x6 pad, red siky crush ribbon, white cheesecloth, brown rolled roses, burgundy cherry blossoms, ivory gardenia, 30mm ivory wild rose, white cosmos daisy, a red/white acrylic candy cane, mocha beaded stamens, ivory white lace flower applique trim, red/green frosted berries)

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An InLinkz Link-up

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

The winners of The Ribbon Girl September Card Challenge have now been chosen - many thanks to everyone who joined in!

  First prize of a scrumptious gift of paper from Maja Design in Sweden as chosen by random.org is

Number 161 that's you Sai Jirawadee

This is Sai's beautiful card

The second prize of a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl is

No. 84  Scrapcards by Marlie

This is Marlies wonderful card, lovely colours and great design Marlies!

The third prize goes to Number 101, Coops, and she will receive a stamp of her choice from our lovely friends at Lili of the Valley

goes to number 101 and that's Coops

This is Coops cute baby card

Thank you so much ladies, gorgeous cards!!  Can the winners please contact me within 7 days of this blog post by email, contact page on the website, or send a message to our facebook page

Please join in with The Ribbon Girl September 'Use any Image' challenge which begins at 9am on Sunday 18th September!!

see you then, Mary x

September Card Challenge ...

Welcome to our September CARD CHALLENGE and just like usual it's an anything goes challenge, so 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 17th September.  All prizes must be claimed with 7 days.  Please use the InLinkz button at the bottom of the post to link up your card entry

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

Second Prize:  A £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl

Third Prize:  A stamp of the winners choice from LOTV

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Our Design Team have been having a summer break but some of them are back today with beautiful cards to inspire you. Please check out their personal blogs for more information and remember that all the products listed below their projects can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store

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by Gretha

(Gretha used: 19mm 'Flora' Ivory Guipure Lace, Rose Organza White, White Seam Binding, Rolled Paper Flowers - Ivory Roses Kort & Godt, Ivory Pretty Blooms, 6mm Pearl Ivory Flat Backs) 

by Gina

(Gina used: 25mm Red Velvet Lace, Pine Cones, Gardenia, Ruby Red Rolled Paper Flowers, 30mm Ivory Wild Rose, Beaded White Stamen, Red Shiny Oval Shaped Berries, 10mm White Tiny Pom Pom Trim, 12mm Amanda Ivory Scallop Flat Lace, 32mm Clementine Embroidered Tulle Lace,  6mm Ivory Pearl Flat Backs, 4mm Ivory Pearl String, Bronze Pine Cone Charms, 20mm Pearl & Diamante Embellishment)

by Jane

(Jane used: white seam binding, pink roses 10mm and 20mm, antique blue cherry blossom, pale pink trellis rose and Cheltenham guipure lace)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: Studio Light paper pad #17, pearl and rhinestone self adhesive butterfly, pink button twine, butterfly dangle beads, white liquid pearls)

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winner of The Ribbon Girl Christmas Themed Giveaway .......

I had a smashing holiday - I hope everyone has had some nice warm summer weather, although I returned to very heavy rain and a definite drop in temperature!  The winner of the lovely Christmas goodies, chosen at random, is KraftyKoolKat - please email me within 7 days of this blog post with your full mailing address so I can send your prize.

A 'Craft & You' 'White Christmas' pad of 36 sheets of 6x6 papers, pack of 2 Scrapiniec 'Just for You' chipboards, a bunch of double ended shiny red berries, a pack of 5 frosted brown cones, pack of 10 tiny holly leaf charms, 1 metre ofred/white winter village grosgrain, 1 metre of scarlet berry red satin, a 10 metre bundle of ivory/natural Divine Bakers Twine and a 5mt bundle of Venetian Red seam binding!

Sorry there could only be one winner but all of the lovely Christmas products are available in the store!    I'll also have the new Pion 'The Night Before Christmas' papers and image sheets available from Wednesday of this coming week!!

I hope you will all pop back on Sunday morning at 9am for the return of The Ribbon Girl 'Card Challenge' our lovely Design Team ladies have had a nice Summer break, and now they're ready to wow you with their lovely creations!

Mary x