Saturday 31 January 2015

Winner of January Magnolia Only Challenge ...

The Winner of the January Magnolia Challenge 'spots or dots' chosen by random.org is



No 1 !!! that's you Louise


and this is Louise's lovely card

Please email us within 7 days Louise to claim  two fantastic prizes of a Magnolia stamp all the way from the home of Edwin and Tilda kindly donated by Magnolia of Sweden and a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl




and we'll see you all on Sunday morning for our
February Card Challenge and we'll be introducing two new Ribbon Girls who have recently joined our team!!

Thursday 29 January 2015

Magnolia Only Midweek Reminder .....

Midweek reminder

Magnolia Only Challenge

'spots or dots'


A gorgeous card from DT Silvie Z who coloured Tilda with Vintage Clothes with Copics.  Silvie added 38mm 'Phoebe' white guipure lace, cheesecloth, floribunda roses, White beaded stamens, Pink beaded stamens, 30mm lilac wild rose, 20 mm Lilac rose, silk pearl heart, stardust stickles, flat back pearls, pink and white decorative hat pins all from www.ribbongirl.co.uk 
Please scroll down for the challenge, or click here
Mary x


Sunday 25 January 2015

January Magnolia Only Challenge: Seeing Spots!

It's time for another MAGNOLIA ONLY challenge here at The Ribbon Girl blog and this week we are 'seeing spots!'  Once again we have two fantastic prizes for our winner: a Magnolia stamp all the way from the home of Edwin and Tilda kindly donated by Magnolia of Sweden and a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl



Of course we have a few simple rules - this is a Magnolia challenge so you must use a Tilda or Edwin stamp or Doo Hickey dies, create a new project that fulfils the challenge of 'seeing spots' then blog about it mentioning this challenge and use the InLinkz button at the bottom of the post to link it up. This challenge will close on January 31st, 9PM (UK time), the prize will be redrawn after one week if it is not claimed
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Once again we are joined by our guest Tracy Payne as well as the rest of The Ribbon Girl Design Team including our new Ribbon Girl Tamara Potocnik of Slovenia -  who have all been busy creating projects to inspire you, please visit their own blogs to find out more and remember that all the items listed below their projects can be found in The Ribbon Girl online store

(Tracy used: a fabulous 'diamond' butterfly brooch, a beautiful pearl and diamante flower embellishment on top of a pink and white spotted organza bow'; 'Monique' white guipure lace,some  pink and white beaded stamens, white hip rosebuds and pink and ivory roses)







(Jane used: cheesecloth, Clara ivory guipure lace, pale pink blossoms, white Kort & Godt chrysanthemum, pale pink rose, pink seam binding, white beaded twirl stem, apple blossom pastels pink and blue collection)



(Andrea used: Microdot satin ribbon, 10mm pink roses and Liquid pearls)







(Tamara used: 'Ophelia' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, cheesecloth, Stems of Crystal Butterfly with Silver Wire, Stickles Stardust Ranger Ink, Cream Seam Binding, 10mm pink roses)

Mary


(Mary used: 25mm large spot satin ribbon, pink and pale pink 10mm and 20mm roses, blue/white beaded stamens, square sparkly button and 3mm pink satin ribbon)






(Katie used: 8mm Rebecca ivory cluny lace, 25mm Joanne ivory cluny lace, 19mm Alice white Guipure lace, rose pearl white organza ribbon, pink organza looped trim, pale rose pink tiny ric rac ribbon, small white lace butterfly, heart wooden button, 15mm Hand Made With Love printed ribbon)



(Teresa used: 23mm Daisy Guipure Lace, Resin Frames Ornate, Pale Pink & Ivory Cherry Blossom, Pale Pink & Ivory 10mm & 20mm Open Roses, Stickles Stardust, Vintage Pink Seam Binding, Cheesecloth, Bronze Daisy-May with Apples Charm, Diamante Trim (used on Daisy lace)




(Lillemor used: floribunda roses, Beaded Lavender Gypsophalia, 15 mm Ivory Floral Resin Flatbacks, 65 mm Louise white Guipure, Butterfly Silver Charm)

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Saturday 24 January 2015

Winner of Ribbon Girl January Colour Challenge

There were some fabulous entries  - thanks for joining in - pink is my favourite colour!! but there can only be one winner of the January Colour Challenge 'PINK' as chosen by random.org  and it was ....



No  37 - that's you Ang's Craft Cupboard


this is Ang's card


Please contact us within 7 days to claim your prizes from Marianne Designs


and The Ribbon Girl


We look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday morning at 9am for
The Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge!

Mary x


Sunday 18 January 2015

January Colour Challenge ...

Hello, Happy New Year. We hope everyone has had a lovely break during Christmas and New Year. The Ribbon Girls are back with a new challenge, this week it's a Colour Challenge and it's everyones favourite colour - PINK!!

We are so pleased to say that we are sponsored by Marianne Designs and also The Ribbon Girl who are offering one randomly chosen winner  prizes of:





This PINK COLOUR challenge will run for 1 week and closes at 9PM UK time on Saturday 24th January. Our usual rules apply - create a new project (please no backlinking to old projects), blog about it mentioning this challenge then leave a link using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post. The prize will be redrawn if the winner does not claim it after 1 week of the winner being identified on this blog
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Our talented Design Team have been busy yet again creating inspiring projects and this week they have been joined by Suzi McManus, check out all of the teams personal blogs for more details about their projects and remember all the products listed below each project can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store

Guest DT  Suzi McManus 



(Mary used: Lacey edge dusty pink daisy ribbon, WOC pink cherry blossom, 3mm pink pearls, 'Monique' white guipure lace, Eiffel tower from the new Eiffel flat back resin set)





(Kath used: Wooden Tag 2, Pink Tulip Seam Binding, Pale Pink Open Rose, Pink Sequins, Sugar and Spice Pearls)




(Jenny used: Pink Heart Pins, Star Dust Stickels, Oval Clear Diamante Embelishment, 32mm Corrissa Ivory Lace, 16mm Picot Edge Ribbon, 7mm Shocking Pink Satin. White Lilies, White Sweetheart blooms, Ivory Kort and Gord Rolled roses)


(Gina used: 32mm Victoria Antique White Fine Cluny Lace, Pink Silky Crush Ribbon, 15mm Pale Pink Crystal & Diamante Embellishment, 3mm Pale Pink Pearl Bead String, 4mm Pale Pink Round Pearls, Sweetheart Blossom Baby Pink & White,  Starburst Stamen Pink, Gardenia Small Pink, Rose Buds Large Pale Pink, Diamante Heart Side Loop Charm, 5mm Pink Pearls)




(Debbie used: Cheesecloth, Pink Wild Roses,Pink Rosebuds, 10mm Double Row Ivory Pearl Trim, Prima Angels, Amanda Ivory Flat Lace and 3mm sugar and spice pearl flatbacks)


(Yuri used: 18mm 'Teresa' Ivory Fine Vintage Style Cluny Lace, Pink Diamante Side Heart Charm, 3mm x 5mm Oval Ivory Pearl String, Rose Organza Pale Ivory, Pale Pink 10mm Open Roses, 9mm Pink/Fuschia Saddlestitch Ribbon, Cheesecloth, 3 Stems Clear Crystal Hearts)


(Greta used: 15mm Shocking Pink No 72 Check Gingham, Vintage Style Fine Cotton Lace, White Teeny Tiny Pom Pom Trim, Ivory 20mm Open Rose WOC, Sweetheart Blossom White, Rose bud semi open pale pink, 11mm Pearl Ivory Flat Backs)




(Andrea used: Daisy guipure lace, Lacey edged check ribbon, Natural hemp twine, Pink heart pin, Small chunky star dangle beads)
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Meet our new design team members .....

We are delighted to announce that after much deliberation we have asked the following ladies to join The Ribbon Girl Design Team.  It was a very difficult task because there were so many wonderful entries.  We were originally looking for two new members but have ended up with 4!


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Welcome to the team ladies - we are looking forward to seeing your beautiful cards and projects!

Mary and Andrea xx