Giveaway ....

January has five Sundays so there is no challenge today - instead, I've got a small Valentine/Wedding/Engagement themed giveaway for you -  our usual Card Challenge will begin on Sunday 5th February.

If you want to be in with a chance of winning this little prize, just leave a comment - one person will be chosen at random and the winner announced here on Saturday 4th February - the winner will receive

1 metre 38mm ivory faux silk

1 metre 'Donna' ivory cream vintage style cotton lace

1 metre 'Veronica' polyester 25mm flat lace

1 x embroidered tulle heart applique

1 x pack of 5 heart shaped wooden buttons

1 x bronze colour filigree heart charm

1 x pack of 3 pearl cluster flowers on silver stems

1 metre 15mm Ivory mermaid sparkle ribbon

Mary x
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Winners of the January 'Use any Image' challenge ........

Thank you for the wonderful projects you all made for the January 'Use any Image challenge - the three winners are as follows:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

The winner of the first prize from Lili of the Valley is No. 97 - that's you Crafty Natalie

Crafty Natalie's lovely card

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

The winner of the 2nd prize of The Ribbon Girl voucher is No 140 Knippen & Plakken

Third prize:  from Marianne Designs

The winner of the Third prize from Marianne Design is No  Crea Astrid

This is Crea Astrid's cute card

All prizes must be claimed by emailing me within 7 days of this blog post

I hope you will all pop back on Sunday for a little giveaway as January is a 5 week month and therefore there will be no challenge on Sunday 29th January (but we'll be back with the card challenge on sunday 5th February)

see you soon, Mary x

Any Image Challenge ...

Welcome to the January '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

Our Design Team ladies have been busy making some beautiful projects to inspire you, please visit their blogs to find out more about their lovely creations and remember that all the products listed below their cards can be found in The Ribbon Girl online store

The challenge will run for two weeks until 9PM on January 28th, please use the InLinkz button to link up your entry.
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Donna

(Donna used; Galeria papieru 'Purple Rain' 12 x 12 paper Pad, 45mm 'Jessica' White Guipure lace, FB 10mm White Square Pearl Trim, 16mm Lilac Velvet Ribbon, White Foamiran A5 Sheet, Olive Green Foamiran A5 Sheet, Lily Flowers Small White Pk Of 5, Small Beaded Berries Lilac Pk Of 6, Trinket Pins Vintage Style Ivory Pearl, Ivory Resin Dove, 5 Metres White Seam Binding, 3mm Purple Pearl Stamen, 3mm White Pearl Bead String & 3mm s/a White Pearl Flatbacks)

Mary

(Mary used: 7mm Black and 7mm Sable double sided satin ribbons and Gold Liquid Pearls)

Kat

(Kat used: Maja Design Vintage Romance 6x6 paper pad, White sweetheart blossoms, Miniature pale blue blossoms, Dusky blue 10mm open roses, Ivory 20mm open roses, Teresa lace now unavailable but Iris or Astrid are similar, Ivory button twine, 11mm round pearl and diamante flatback)

Linda

(Linda used: Cheesecloth, 15 mm Pale Pink Satin Ribbon, 20 mm Sylvia Pale Aqua Lace, 6 mm Ivory Pearl Trim, Ivory Magnolia Flower, Beaded Cherries Pink, 20 mm Ivory Open Rose, 10 mm Ivory Open Roses, Miniature Pale Mint Blossoms, Hip Rose Bud Cream, Rose Leaves - Green, 11 mm Ivory FB Pearls, 8 mm Ivory FB Pearls, 6 mm Ivory FB Pearls

Chantal

(Chantal used: 23mm ivory daisy guipure lace, margaret guipure lace, cheesecloth, lilac starburst stamens, lilac rolled roses, white magnolia flowers, lilac miniature blossoms, vintage violet roses, white babies breath, flatback ivory pearl embellishments)

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Winners of January Card Challenge .... and GDT places ......

We were overwhelmed with the beautiful cards entered into the January Card Challenge and the number of crafters who wanted to be considered for a 3-month GDT spot with our Design Team.  In fact, there were so many entries, we couldn't choose just one so we have chosen 4 crafters to join our Design Team as a Guest for 3 months  *** please scroll down to the bottom of this post to find out who we chose

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The winners of the January Card Challenge are as follows:

First prize:  Papers from Maja Design, Sweden - the prize will be sent directly to the winner

No. 149 which is Ada

This is Ada's lovely card

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Second prize:  £10 voucher towards a shopping spree at The Ribbon Girl

The winner of the 2nd prize is no. 117 which is Marlies

This is Marlie's beautiful card - her first Christmas card of 2017!!

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Third Prize:  A stamp of the winner's choice from LOTV

The winner of the 3rd prize is No. 3 Michelle Lancaster

and here is Michelle's very pretty lilac card!

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***WINNERS OF THE 3-MONTH GUEST DT PLACES:

No. 61 Netty's Cards  (Use any Image Challenge Team)

No. 92  Stacey S  (Card Challenge Team)

No. 124 Katie K  (Card Challenge Team)

No. 177 The Craft Bucket  (Use any Image Challenge Team

Well done to the winners of the GDT places and the winners of the prizes listed above - please email us within 7 days to claim your prize or confirm you still want to take up the GDT places so we can get in touch with you

We hope you will all join in with The Ribbon Girl 'Use any Image' Challenge which starts at 9am on Sunday 15th January.

Mary x

January Card Challenge and chance to be a Guest Designer

Happy New Year 2017!!  Everyone here at The Ribbon Girl would like to wish you all a happy, healthy and creative new year and we have a card challenge to kick us off, as usual it's an anything goes challenge so nice and easy for the start of the year.

As well as prizes from our regular fabulous sponsors we are looking for someone who would like to join our Design Team as a guest for 3 months. If this is something that you would like to do please indicate by adding GDT after your name in the InLinkz tool.  We are very pleased to welcome Sue Hastead to our Card Team, as well as making such pretty cards, Sue colours her images beautifully!  It's a pleasure to let you know that the very talented Kalina Pavlova will be joining our Card Challenge team in February and we look forward to seeing her lovely makes!  

First prize:  Papers from Maja Design, Sweden - the prize will be sent directly to the winner

Second prize:  £10 voucher towards a shopping spree at The Ribbon Girl

Third Prize:  A stamp of the winner's choice from LOTV

Our Design Team ladies have been busy making some beautiful cards to inspire you, please visit their blogs to find out more about their lovely creations and remember that all the products listed below their cards can be found in The Ribbon Girl online store

The challenge will run for two weeks until 9PM on January 14th, please use the InLinkz button to link up your entry and remember to add GDT if you would like to be considered for our Design Team
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Sue

(Sue used: Craft and You My Wedding 6x6 paper pad, Pale Pink 20mm Open Rose, Sweetheart Blossom Baby Pink and White, Miniature Ivory Cream Blossom, Burgundy 10mm Open Rose, 5mm Pearl Ivory Flower Trim, Cheesecloth, 25mm Pale Pink Satin Edge Sheer Ribbon, Ivory Button Twine, Daisy Flower Charm, Liquid Pearls White Opal)

  

Jane

(Jane used 'Craft & You' paper pad, red Kort & Godt rolled roses, white lily, antique blue 2 tone cherry blossoms, 25mm white Cheltenham guipure lace, cheesecloth, white seam binding, miniature pale blue blossoms, Stardust Stickles and Glossy Accents)

Mary

(Mary used: Pion 'In Provence' paper, Emma 55mm ivory guipure lace, Heliotrope 15mm satin ribbon, pink magnolia, a pale pink cherry blossom, 15mm Vintage Violet rose, lilac 30mm open rose, lilac/white hip rosebud, dark lilac anenome, two crystal trinket pins, Scrapiniec 'rounded corners' chipboard pieces and some natural hemp twine)

Gina

(Gina used: Lemoncraft Heart Painted 6x6 Paper Stack, 3mm Pearl Pale Pink Stamens, Tool set for shaping flowers, A5 sheets of Pale Pink and White Foamiran, 25mm White Frilled Lace, 32mm Eva Antique White Fine Lace, Cheesecloth, 15mm Pink/Silver Metallic Satin Edge Ribbon,  15mm Round Clear Diamante Flatback, Natural Hemp Twine, Diamante Heart Top Loop Charm, Beaded Strawberries, 4mm White Pearl String, 4mm White Pearl Trim)

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