'Hello' and a wedding garter .....

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Silvie Z

'Hello' by DT Silvie Z  featuring a beautifully coloured Marci image and lots of layers - Silvie added 50mm Embroidered Emily tulle lace, 25mm Lilac Velvet lace, Purple beaded Berries, Ivory beaded berries, White gardenia flower, Purple carnation flower, Ivory Cherry blossoms, Brass Button charms, Cream, Wavecrest and Mauve rose seam binding 

  

all from

Caroline Nash

Regular customer Caroline Nash sent us this photo of her made-to-measure stretch lace wedding garter with hand-made ribbon flowers embellished with a diamante and pearl centre - thanks for sharing Caroline

   

see you tomorrow for more inspiration

Mary x

Christmas giveaway .....

As there is no challenge today we are having a fabulous giveaway of a some lovely ribbons and embellishments (and see the new ones below) - perfect for all those Christmas cards we'll soon be making!

plus a metre each of these new wired edge sparkly, glittery Christmas ribbons which have just arrived:

 

Pack of 10 red gingham buttons

Bunch of ivory gypsophalia

1 metre green Christmas Winter Village Grosgrain

1 Diamante Bow Buckle Slide

1 metre silver grey satin

1 metre green/white pencil stripe

10 metres dark green button twine

Pack of 10 sparkly flower buttons

Pack of 10 jingle bells

To be in with a chance of winning, please leave us a comment and mention this giveaway on your blog with a link to The Ribbon Girl online store and we'll pick one lucky winner on Saturday 14th September  (thanks to Marg B for letting me know I had put the wrong date here!!)

(prizes must be claimed within 7 days of the winner being announced)

Mary x

this giveaway is now closed

and the winner is .....

The winner of the Ribbon Girl September Card Challenge to 'include numbers' as picked by random.org is

Number 12 - that's you Tinie

please email us to with your details so we can sort out your prizes- firstly from

our lovely friends at  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

(all prizes must be claimed within 7 days)

Please pop back tomorrow morning for a very nice giveaway!!

Mary x

Some Christmas inspiration ...

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The weather has suddenly changed from warm and sunny to cool, wet and windy bbbrrrrr, perfect weather to make a few Christmas cards!!  Here are a few from the Ribbon Girl Design Team to inspire you:

Teresa

I love these criss cross cards by my talented teamie Teresa - for this gorgeous card Teresa used

25mm Red Satin Ribbon, 20mm Angelica Ivory Tulle lace, Beaded Gypsophalia,

Small Red Berries, 5mm Red Flatback Pearls from the Christmas Mix, plus Red & Ivory Roses

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Jane M

Jane used a holly charm, gingham ribbon, red lace, green stick on pearls from

Teresa

Teresa used ~ Blue Satin Ribbon, Angelica Lace, Pearl trim

WOC Blue & Ivory Roses, Flatback Pearls, Pearl Brad & Stickles

from

Andrea and I won't be here to blog tomorrow because we're attending the all day LOTV Christmas Workshop  and Open Day at their Leeds HQ - can't wait - looking forward to meeting up with old (and new) friends - if you were lucky enough to get a place please say hello! (if you didn't get a place on 7th September or the October workshop, I understand there will be a third workshop in November so get on over to book your place!

Mary x

Midweek reminder - include numbers ...

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Talented Debbie Dolphin made this beautifully shaped card for the Ribbon Girl September Card Challenge 'include numbers' which runs until Saturday 7th September.  DT Debbie used 'Claire' embroidered tulle lace; pink organza rose ribbon, ivory flat lace, cheesecloth, 3mm pink pearl bead string all from The Ribbon Girl

    

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

We'll be back tomorrow with a couple of Christmas cards .....

Mary x

Cake maker card ...

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'Cake Maker' by DT Katie K who is a wizard with her sewing machine as well as being a talented card maker - Katie made a miniature apron for this cute card!! - she added 13mm Olivia white cluny lace, 19mm white Flower Guipure lace, pale rose pink tiny Ric Rac ribbon and 4mm white pearl string all from 

     

see you tomorrow

Mary x

Cute Fairy ...

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'Cute Fairy' by DT Andrea who is the guest DT for Lili of the Valley for the month of Sepember - Andrea added Picket fence, lilac pretty blossom flowers and Stardust Stickles all from

     

see you tomorrow for some midweek inspiration

Mary x

'Hold my hand' ....

Summertime has officially ended here in the UK and we're now into Autumn - we want to wish  good luck to all students, teachers and all who work in schools and colleges at the beginning of this new term, and especially if they are starting at a new school!  This morning we have a lovely card by the talented Francesca of sunny Italy:

By Franz

'Hold my Hand'  - Franz added Tile Blue Seam Binding, Pale Pink 20mm Open Rose , Chrysanth Cream Kort & Godt, 20mm Ivory Lace and Pear , 3mm Pale Ivory Pearl Bead String, Fuschia Pink Rose Organza Ribbon, Ivory Rose/Pearl Organza from http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/

     

I'll be back tomorrow with more inspiration from the Ribbon Girl Design Team

Mary x

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September Card Challenge ...

Hi everyone, can you believe that it is September already and time for another card challenge here at the Ribbon Girl, this month we would love to see your cards that include numbers

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 7th September

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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

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by Becky

(Becky used: cream top stitch thread, 5mm self adhesive pearls, stardust stickles, neutral button twine, coffee brown rolled roses, 'Bethany' ivory guipure lace, ivory rose organza trim, white lily, white tulip and winged heart charm)

by Sara

(Sara used: zigzag cotton lace, bead trim, pearl flat backs, 10mm roses, ivory beaded berries, rolled roses, button twine, memo pin, bird cage pin, Victoria cluny lace)

by Katie 

(Katie used: cream, blue, and white tiny Ric Rac ribbon, blueberry blue Divine Baker's twine) 

by Mary

(Mary used: pale pink ruffle edge sheer with pink/pink saddlestitch, pink organza rose trim, twinkle tinsel, blue rolled rose, pink starburst stamen, ivory carnation, pale pink 10mm rose and white beaded stamens)

by Kim

(Kim used: Cheesecloth, Seam binding, Silver Jingle Bells, White Organza Looped Trim, Vintage Style Lace)

by Jane B

(Jane used: 13mm Rusty Tin bells, Button Twine, Resin Cameo Frame, acrylic paint dabber)

by Teresa

(Teresa used: 50mm Emily Embroidered Tulle Lace, 25mm Ecru Satin Berisford Ribbon, Ivory/Cream Beaded Berries, Beaded Ivory Gypsophalia, Mixed Dahlia Eastern Spice, Pearls Chocolate Brown Mix 5mm Self Adhesive, Chocolate Brown Button Twine, Rusty Jingly Bells and Stickles Stardust)

by Silvie

(Silvie used: 38mm Ivory Guipure lace, Lavender Beaded twirl, Beaded Ivory Gypsophalia, Ivory Cherry blossoms, Lilac roses from the Floribunda mix pack, Lilac Kort and Godt rolled rose, Ivory Kort and Godt Chrysanths, White Sweetheart blossoms, Ivory Hip rose buds, Cream and Sky Mauve Seam Binding, Silver Key charm, Ivory heart pins, Pearl Ivory Flower shaped flatback embellishment, self adhesive ivory pearls, white opal liquid pearls)

by Jane J

(Jane used: 38mm glitter organza, tiny red berries, 2 row diamante trim)

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