Saturday, 12 July 2014

Winner of July Card Challenge .......

The winner of the July Card Challenge 'Summer' as picked by random.org
is


number 65 - that's you  Mindy

here's the card Mindy made

Please email us Mindy within 7 days to arrange for your prizes to be sent

As usual our card Challenge was sponsored by our lovely friends at Lili Of The Valley and The Ribbon Girl



please pop back tomorrow ladies for the July Lovely Lili Challenge

Mary x

Sunday, 6 July 2014

July Card Challenge ...

Before we begin our new challenge we have exciting news ... we are thrilled to welcome a new Ribbon Girl to our Design Team - the very talented Elaine Livesey. Elaine has been a regular customer at The Ribbon Girl as well as being a lovely friend and a recent guest for our challenges and we are very happy that she is joining our team permanently. Pop over to her blog as she has a giveaway at the moment and you could win a £50 voucher to spend at The Ribbon Girl online store as well as having a nosey at her lovely new craftroom ;)
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So, onto the new challenge and this week it's a card challenge - we would like to see your Summer themed cards. The Design Team, plus this weeks lovely guest Christine Dark have created some beautiful cards to inspire you. Is summer all about weddings in your family or do you spend the summer beside the sea or in your flower filled garden? Whatever Summer means to you we would love to see your cards, remember that all the products listed after the projects can be found in The Ribbon Girl online store and there are more details about each project on the Design Team's individual blogs.

As usual our card Challenge is sponsored by our lovely friends at Lili Of The Valley and The Ribbon Girl




This challenge will run for 1 week and closes at 9PM UK time on Saturday 12th July. Our usual rules apply - create a new card that follows the theme - SUMMER (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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Guest DT Christine Dark

(Christine used: 'Leah' 12mm white scallop lace, a white guipure lace butterfly with a clear crystal butterfly charm, 38mm pink/white striped grosgrain, Kort & Godt blue rolled rose, WOC 30mm ivory wild rose, 10mm autumn gold open rose and a fuschia pink daisy with diamante center)

(Teresa used: 32mm Pure Silk Lavender Ribbon, 20mm 'Angelica' Ivory Tulle Lace, Ivory Embroidered Tulle Butterfly, Prima Treasures Resin Butterfly, Daisy-May in the garden, Lilac Hemp Twine, 10mm Open Lilac Rose, Cherry Blossom Lilac & White two tone,  Lilac/Purple/White Beaded Berries, Rose Buds Semi Open Lilac, Liking Lilac Pearls and Gutterman Topstitch Thread)

Mary
(Mary used: 'Lyra' 16m white guipure, hot pink 25mm satin, pink sequin and tulle lace, pink gardenias, open roses, sweetheart blosoms, white hip rosebuds and starburst stamens.  Lots of Stardust stickles and a small white guipure lace butterfly)
(Katie used 13mm Olivia cluny lace, 50mm Emily embroidered tulle lace, sticky tape, Anemone vintage pink flower, Darjeeling pink mini blossoms)

Jane
(Jane used: Phoebe white guipure lace, white rose organza trim, white flat back pearls)
(Elaine used: 50mm Emily Embroidered Tulle Lace, 15mm and 25mm Ivory Satin Ribbon, 18mm Lucy Lace Wooden Heart Button, Ivory Button Twine, Stickles Stardust, White Opal Liquid Pearls, 3mm and 5mm Ivory Adhesive Pearls)

Kylie
(Kylie used: 25mm Celery Green Plain Sheer, Angel Fish Charm, Prima Treasures Sea Collection Resins, Teal Cottage Garden Blooms, Cheesecloth, Natural Button Twine, 25mm faux hessian natural






(Becky used: white top stitch thread, 5mm self adhesive pearls, stardust stickles, Bethany lace, white rose and pearl organza, cheesecloth, white pom pom trim, tulips, white lilies, blue rolled roses, sweetheart blossom, garnish applique corners and woc roses)
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Saturday, 5 July 2014

Winner of 'Add a Diecut' Magnolia Only Challenge ...

The winner of the 'Add a Diecut' Magnolia only challenge is


Number 36 - that's you Peggy!!


This is the lovely card created by Peggy
Please email us within 7 days to claim your prizes
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 please pop back at 9am on Sunday morning for the Ribbon Girl June Card Challenge - fabulous prizes as usual
see you then!
Mary x

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Midweek reminder - ADD A DIE CUT - June Magnolia Only Challenge

click here to go straight to the challenge or just scroll down


Photo: 'Tiptoe Tilda' coloured with Inktense pencils by DT Becky Hetherington who added  Monique lace, ivory rose organza trim, teeny tiny pom pom trim, 5mm self adhesive pearls, white cheesecloth, stardust stickles, 15 and 10 mm WOC roses, Kort & Godt coffee rolled roses, white chrysanths and white WOC lillies all from http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/ - we'd love you to join in with our Magnolia Only Challenge 'add a diecut' which is open until Saturday at 9pm on our blog http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/

DT Becky Hetherington coloured Tiptoe Tilda with Inktense pencils then added Monique lace, ivory rose organza trim, teeny tiny pom pom trim, 5mm self adhesive pearls, white cheesecloth, stardust stickles, 15 and 10 mm WOC roses, Kort & Godt coffee rolled roses, white chrysanths and white WOC lillies all from



The Ribbon Girl June Magnolia Only Challenge 'add a die cut' remains open until 9pm on Saturday 5th July - 
Our 'Magnolia Only' challenge this month is very easy - we'd like to see you 'add a diecut'to your cards and projects featuring Tilda or Edwin or a Doohickey die, and of course we have two fabulous prizes from our regular sponsors - 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



Mary x

Sunday, 29 June 2014

June Magnolia Only Challenge ...

The winner of the Embellishment Giveaway is - Lorraine!

Please contact us to arrange delivery of your prize Lorraine
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Our 'Magnolia Only' challenge this month is very easy - we'd like to see you 'add a diecut' to your cards and projects featuring Tilda or Edwin or a Doohickey die, and of course we have two fabulous prizes from our regular sponsors - 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



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Our usual rules apply - make a new project please that fits the current challenge, no backlinking to older projects, then blog about it mentioning this challenge and use the InLinkz button at the end of the post to leave your link. The challenge closes at 9PM on Saturday 5th July (the prize will be redrawn if it isn't claimed after one week)
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Our fabulous 'Magnolia Only' Design Team have created some lovely projects to inspire you! Remember that all of the products mentioned under each project can be found in the Ribbon Girl Store. This month we have been joined once again by two talented guest designers - Tracy and Monique
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(Monique added: WOC ivory 30mm wild rose, white hip rosebuds, white sweetheart blossoms, 15mm ivory flat back resins, oval resin frame, cheesecloth, Waterlilliy flat lace, pale ivory rose organza ribbon, 11mm diamante spacer)



by Tracy

(Tracy used: 14mm pearls, pink braid, pink beaded stamens, white carnation, button twine, vintage effect lace, cream medium lily, pink hip roses, pink daisy)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: pearl trim, organza rose trim, Lyra guipure lace, pink medium lily flower, pearl trinket pin, crystal trinket pin, memo pin, 12mm cotton lace, guipure butterfly, adhesive pearls)

by Teresa

(Teresa used: 25mm White Satin Berisford Ribbon, 25mm White Cheltenham Guipure Lace, Mini Blooms Vintage Grey/Blue, Darjeeling Grey/Blue Blossom, Cherry Blossom Antique Blue 2 Tone, 10mm & 20mm Dusky Blue Open Roses, 10mm & 20mm Pink Open Roses, Semi Open Pale Pink Rose Buds, Bronze Floral Heart Charm, Resin Dove, Melissa Frances Resin Applique Corner, Gutterman Topstitch Thread, Pink Button Twine and Stickles Stardust)

by Dawny P



Magnolia DooHickeys Butterfly, Rose Leaf, Peony and Scalloped Tag
(Debbie used: Beaded Berries Ivory /Cream, Cheesecloth, Starburst Stamen White, Cherry Blossom White, Chrysanth Ivory Kort & Godt, Ivory 10mm Open Roses, 12mm Donna Ivory Fine Cotton Lace and Ivory Beaded Trim)


(Lillemor used: Cheesecloth, Butterfly and Ballerina Charm, Kort og godt; Rolled Paper Flowers Ivory and Berries, 25 mm White Cheltenham Guipure, Button Twine Dusky Blue, Stardust Stickles,
Platinum Stickles, Glossy Accent, Prima Resin Angels, Heartpearls)

by Katie

(Katie used: WOC 40mm white daisy, 30mm brown two tone wild rose, K&G ivory/cream beaded berries, white rose buds,  8mm Rebecca ivory cluny lace, 18mm Lucy white cluny lace, white seam binding ribbon, 3mm pale pink bead string, 3mm white s/a flatback pearls, sticky tape)

Jane used Pink seam binding, pink cameo, cameo frame, 35mm ivory knitting in lace

by Sara

(Sara used: ivory flat lace,ivory faux silk ribbon ,natural twine,ivory pearl flower trim ,ivory tear drop pins,

daisy ,ivory hip rosebud ,ivory cherry blossom ,cosmos daisy ,pearl flourish)

by Mary

(Mary used: 'Faye' ivory vintage style lace, cream satin ribbon, 30mm pink/pink wild roses, 10mm and 20mm pale pink roses, 6mm ivory flat back pearl string, 3mm ivory pearl s/a flatbacks and Stardust Stickles)
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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Embellishment giveaway..........


We have a nice giveaway for you today - you can win all of the embellishments that DT Becky used on this pretty card!!

1 metre of Emily embroidered tulle lace
1 metre of pale ivory organza rose trim
1 metre of tulle
1 pack of WOC 20mm ivory open roses
1 pack of 6mm ivory flat back pearls

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is leave a comment and add our badge to your own blog linked back to us - the winner will be announced on Sunday when the June Magnolia Only Challenge begins



Mary x

This giveaway is now closed - please come back at 9am Sunday 29th June
 to find out who won the embellishments!

Sunday, 22 June 2014

Winner of Ribbon Girl June Colour Challenge ....

The winner of the Ribbon Girl June Colour Challenge as chosen by random.org
is
number 17


that's you

this is Lesley's lovely card


please email us within 7 days to claim your prize of
A £10 voucher generously given by the lovely ladies at LOTV  to spend in their shop as well as a £10 voucher to spend at The Ribbon Girl


there is no challenge today but there will be a couple of little giveaways on our facebook page in the next few days
see you then, Mary x

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Midweek reminder .....June Colour Challenge .....

scroll down to next post or click here for the June Colour Challenge 'Ivory' - great projects from the DT and fabulous prizes to win .....


Sweet new baby card by DT Elise Dinolfo of USA - Elise used a LOTV image called 'Baby Moon' then added Kort & Godt Ivory Rose, WOC Large White Rosebud, Carnation anf white Rosebuds, some white Cheesecloth, 15mm ivory Butterfly Lace, and 25mm ivory Deborah Lace all from The Ribbon Girl



see you soon - you have until 9pm on Saturday evening to enter your project!

Mary 


Saturday, 14 June 2014

Winner of June Lovely Lili (LOTV) Challenge ....

The winner of the June Lovely Lili Challenge 'girly project' as chosen by Random.org is
No 3



that's you Flutterby Fairy (Kerry)

this is the winning card

2014_06_07 Fluttering_Pink & Turqouise

please email us within 7 days to claim your prizes

LOTV stamp of your choice


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


hope you will all pop back at 9am on Sunday morning for the June Colour Challenge - great inspiration from the design team and fabulous prizes!
see you then, Mary x

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Midweek reminder - June Lovely Lili (LOTV) challenge ....

scroll down for the challenge

This is a midweek reminder that the June Lovely Lili (LOTV) Challenge remains open until Saturday 14th June at 9pm so you have lots of time to get your 'girly' entry in

We've got two fabulous cards to inspire you using products from LOTV and The Ribbon Girl
The prizes for this challenge are:

LOTV stamp of your choice


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



6mm Pearl Ivory Flat BacksLilac 20mm Open Rose WOCRolled Paper Flowers - Lilac Roses Kort & GodtBeaded Twirl LavenderDoiley 3.5" White , Lilac Sheer Rose Ribbon, Cheesecloth Fabric

By Becky


We want to wish Becky a speedy recovery from her second lot of carpal tunnel surgery - get well soon Becky!
For this pretty card Becky added ivory cream rose organza, stardust stickles, natural button twine, 5mm self adhesive pearls, white tiny pom pom bobble trim and Emily lace

We're looking forward to seeing your projects 
Mary xx