October Lovely Lili Challenge ...

Hello, Hello! I am so happy to be introducing our newest regular challenge here at The Ribbon Girl - a Lovely Lili challenge featuring products from our friends at Lili Of The Valley. This will be a regular challenge each month and to inspire you we have gathered together a fabulously talented group of designers. Our 'Lovely Lili' Design Team is made up of - Andrea, Anne, Becky,  Dawny, Debbie, Elise, Fleur, Gretha, Franz, Jane, Mary and Teresa  and we'll be on the look out for Guest Designers too from the entrants to the challenges!

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To kick off our challenge we want to see your 'Anything Goes' projects that include a LOTV image or sentiment stamp or a pre-coloured Artpad image

For our randomly chosen lucky winner we have:

A LOTV stamp of your choice

and a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl

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Our rules are very simple - create a new project following the theme of this months Lovely Lili challenge (your project must include a LOTV image or sentiment stamp or a pre-coloured Artpad image), blog about it mentioning this challenge then use the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post to enter your project into the challenge. The challenge will close at 9PM UK time on Saturday October 19th, 2013. remember that all the products listed below each project can be found at The Ribbon Girl online store.

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by Teresa

(Teresa used: Lili of the Valley James and Snowman and a Grunge Sentiment

35mm 'Beatrice' Antique White Guipure Lace, 25mm Faux Hessian Ribbon, Ivory Pearl Flatbacks, Stickles Stardust, Green Hemp Twine and Roses)

by Elise

(Elise used: Used Hip Rosebuds, Ivory Carnation, Matilda Lace, Emily Lace, Cheesecloth)

by Becky

(Becky used: coffee rolled roses, cream chrysanths, stardust stickles, Darjeeling mini white blossom flowers, antique white lace patch, ivory rose organza, oval ivory pearl string, cream top stitch thread, ivory 10mm open rose, glossy accents, 38mm ivory faux silk, lily and nickel colour memo pins)

By Anne

Anne used ivory silk ribbon, brown organza, chocolate brown lace with sequins and beads, chocolate mix pearls

by Gretha 

(Gretha used: Ivory guipure lace, white pearl bead string, oloroso seam binding, flowers and cheesecloth)

By Dawny

Dawny used pink/fuschia saddlestitch, Kort and Godt white chrysanths and pink rolled roses, WOC pink pretty blossom flowers, white beaded stamens and 5mm pink pearls

by Franz

(Franz used: Iced Lime and Sea Moss Seam Binding, Lilac 20mm Open Rose, Ivory 10mm Open Rose, pale ivory Rose Organza ribbon, 6mm Ivory Pearl Flat Backs)

by Jane B

(Jane used: 15 mm small check Berisford Ribbon, Button Twine, Charm, small aqua polka dot buttons)

by Fleur 

(Fleur used:  Lovebirds, Pink/Fuchsia Mix Hemp Twine, Pearls Sugar and Spice,
Darjeeling Pink Blossom Mixture,  Floral Heart Silver Charm)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: Glacier aqua ribbon, white tiny pom pom, white liquid pearls, stardust stickles)

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Winner of Ribbon Girl October Card Challenge ....

Congratulations to

Karien No 86 as picked by random.org - 

you are the winner of the Ribbon Girl October Card Challenge 'make it sparkly'. Please contact us within 7 days so we can arrange your prizes 

This is what Karien made - isn't it gorgeous!!

your prizes are a stamp of your choice from the   LOTV catalogue  generously given by the lovely ladies at LOTV and £10 voucher towards a spending spree in the Ribbon Girl  online store

 There were some fabulous projects entered into this challenge - we can see you all like to add a bit of sparkle to your projects! Thank you to everyone for joining in!

I hope you will join us again on Sunday morning at 9am UK time for the 

Ribbon Girl 'Lovely Lili' Challenge - we've got a fabulous design team, great prizes and what could be nicer than crafting with LOTV products?

see you tomorrow

Mary xx

October Card Challenge - Make it sparkly - midweek reminder

please click here or scroll down to the October Card Challenge - make it sparkly!

We love sparklyness here at the Ribbon Girl so the more sparkly the better - aAs usual we are sponsored by our lovely friends Lili Of The Valley who will give our lucky winner a stamp of their choice from the LOTV catalogue and the Ribbon Girl who will give our winner a £10 voucher towards a spending spree in their online store

you have until Saturday evening to enter your card and just in case you needed some inspiration just have a look at these gorgeous cards with all sorts of embellishments from The Ribbon Girl online store

By Jane

Jane made this beautiful card for her parents wedding anniversary and she used ivory tulle, a rustic bell, white Kort and Godt Chrysanthemums, Diamante trim, ivory beaded gypsophillia and Emily embroidered lace

by Anne

Anne used chocolate brown beaded and sequinned tulle lace, chocolate brown pearls, flatback pearls, liquid pearls, stardust stickles and a luxurious bow made with brown organza overlayed onto ivory pure silk ribbon

By Silvie

Silvie added Moccha beaded stamens, ivory beaded gypsophalia, white tulip, ivory hip rose buds, Pink flowers from Floribunda pack,  Rose petal seam binding, diamente heart slider buckle, chocolate and peaches & cream self adhesive flatback pearls

and we couldnt resist showing you Jane's special birthday card card again - Jane added one of our gorgeous sparkly vintage style brooches to add the sparkle to this card

we want to thank Caroline for sharing her North Pole tags using organza ribbon and our large key charms (which will be back in stock within the next 7 days)

we've had some fabulous entries into the October Card Challenge 'make it sparkly' and we look forward to seeing even more before this challenge closes on Saturday

bye for now, Mary x

October card challenge - Make It Sparkly

We're back with another card challenge and this time we want to see your cards with added sparkle! We love sparklyness here at the Ribbon Girl so the more sparkly the better

As usual we are sponsored by our lovely friends Lili Of The Valley who will give our lucky winner a stamp of their choice from the LOTV catalogue and the Ribbon Girl who will give our winner a £10 voucher towards a spending spree in their online store

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 We have a few simple rules to make our challenges fair to everyone who enter:

Please make a new project that follows the theme of our challenge (no backlinking to older projects)

Blog about your project mentioning our challenge then leave a link to it using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post

The challenge will close at 9PM (UK time) on Saturday 12th October

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Our fabulous Design Team have created some gorgeous projects again this month, you can visit their blogs to find out more and remember that all the products listed below each project can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store - and we are very pleased to announce that the lovely Lillemor of Sweden (Magnolia Only Team)  and Gretha Bakker of Netherlands  (Lovely Lili Team) have joined the Ribbon Girl design team - we are so pleased to have you with us ladies and are looking forward to seeing your Magnolia and Lili of the Valley creations very soon!!

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by Silvie



Silvie used 50mm embroided 'Emily' lace, 18mm White 'Lucy' lace, White pearl and organza looped trim, Ivory berries, Kort and Godt rolled pink roses, Kort and Godt Cream Chrysanths, 10mm Pale pink and Ivory open roses, Ivory hip rose buds, pink tulip seam binding, white opal liquid pearls, stardust stickles, pink hemp twine, pastel pink pearl brad, Ivory pearlized heart pin

by Teresa

(Teresa used: 25mm Burgundy Satin Ribbon, 24mm 'Chantal' Ivory Cream Tulle Lace, Kort & Godt Ruby Red Rolled Paper Roses, Ivory Beaded Gypsophalia, Ivory Roses, 13mm Rusty Jingly Bells, Gold Metallic Twine and Stickles Stardust)

by Mary G

Mary used: 'Faye' ivory lace, raspberry velvet zig zag, burgundy satin ribbon, starburst diamante embellishment, snowflake charm, diamante stems, flower from a 'Barley Sugar' pack, cream open roses, ivory hip rosebuds, coffee pretty blossoms and stardust stickles

By Sara

Sara used 25mm white fan lace, 12mm white scallop flat lace, white beaded twirl, white hip rosebuds, deep pink cosmos daisy, 20mm white rose, dress charm, sparkly button,  cerise pink scrunched tafetta ribbon 

by Jane B

(Jane used: Diamante trim, Tiny red berries, Jingle bells 10mm, 15mm, red check ribbon)

by Katie K

(Katie used: Sparkle pink/white rose, 38mm vintage pink fluted edge sheer,  13mm Olivia white vintage cluny lace, 20mm Angelica ivory tulle lace)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: Twinkle tinsel, Stardust Stickles, white Liquid Pearls)

By Becky

Becky used 5mm self adhesive pearls, star dust stickles, ivory rose organza, neutral button twine, cream chrysanths, cream rolled roses, lily, white tulips, ivory pearl and crystal branch, 5mm clear self adhesive crystals and Melanie pale ivory flat lace

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Winner of 'Magnolia Only Challenge ' one for the boys ...

I am pleased to say that  No 11  -  Leslie

has been chosen at random as the winner of the 'Magnolia Only' challenge, 'One for the Boys' - there were not a lot of entries this week (perhaps you don't like making boy cards and would prefer to make girl cards?) but the quality  of each and every one was magnificent - thankfully I didn't have to choose the winner - random.org did that for me!

please email us Leslie to claim your prizes

this is Leslie's card

There are two fabulous prizes for Leslie
A Magnolia stamp all the way from the home of Tilda and Edwin kindly donated by Magnolia of Sweden

A £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl online store

(all prizes must be claimed within 7 days)

please visit us again on Sunday morning at 9am for the Ribbon Girl October Card Challenge

Mary x

Black and white and some new ribbons .....

scroll down or click here for the 'Magnolia Only' challenge '

'ONE FOR THE BOYS' - ends at 9pm this evening!

We have two fabulous prizes for our randomly chosen winner including A £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl online store and a Magnolia stamp all the way from the home of Tilda and Edwin kindly donated by Magnolia of Sweden

We've got some new ribbons in the store today including foil printed satin with snowflakes, satin with festive foliage, picot edge satin in pink, aqua and ivory, very shiny glacier satin ribbon in red, blue and aqua and some really pretty organza with a flower print in pink, blue and lilac

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DT Debbie Dolphin

Wish you were at the Magnolia Day in Boras, Sweden today? me too, but DT Debbie Dolphin will be there demonstrating painting in black and white and this is one of the beautiful cards she will be making using one of the new Magnolia stamps

 Debbie added a rusty bell, red paper roses, 'Danielle' Antique White Lace, Burgundy Starburst Stamens, some red berries from a bunch of 12 and some Cheesecloth all from 

    

see you on Sunday morning for the Ribbon Girl October Card Challenge!!

Mary x

Afternoon tea anyone?

scroll down or click here for the 'Magnolia Only' challenge '

'ONE FOR THE BOYS'

We have two fabulous prizes for our randomly chosen winner including A £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl online store and a Magnolia stamp all the way from the home of Tilda and Edwin kindly donated by Magnolia of Sweden

By Yuri Kitamura

This is definitely 'one for the girls' here is Tilda taking afternoon tea - a beautiful pink confection by DT Yuri Kitamura who added 15mm Pale Pink Crystal & Diamante Embellishment, 15mm 'Butterfly' Ivory Fine Cluny Lace, 32mm 'Josephine' Cream Fine Double Scallop Lace, Rose Petal Pink Seam Binding, Liquid Pearls White Opal, Light Brown Hemp Twine, Pale Pink Open Rose, Cheesecloth all from

   

ps  We have more new ribbons for you and hope to have them on the website later today including some gorgeous midnight blue/silver satin and some very pretty soft satin ribbon with a picot edge!

see you soon

Mary x