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

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'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?

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'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

Magnolia Only midweek reminder ..... it's for you ....

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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

isn't this card fabulous?  DT Jane Johnson coloured two images The Vintage Phone Both andEdwinwith Derby Hat

An old red telephone box!! DT Jane Johnson is lucky  enough to have one of these traditional style telephone boxes in her village, still in use - for those of you who may be reading from overseas, the majority of these old telephone boxes have sadly been replaced by modern silver metal and glass ones, just not the same at all! For her fabulous card Jane used a rusty tin jingle bell (the telephone rings!!), silver grey 25mm faux hessian ribbon, a resin bird, and red paper roses all from 

   

see you tomorrow!

Mary x  

A be-jewelled box .....

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

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

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Jane Millard has used an 'Empress' brooch to decorate this sumptuous gift box

Jane also added Natural Faux Hessian Ribbobn, Chocolate Mix pearls, Darjeeling pink blossom flower, Mocha cosmos daisy flower

    

see you tomorrow with more projects from the Ribbon Girls

Mary x

Tuesday trio .....

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

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

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we'd like to share a three projects by our talented design team

This lovely card by Jenny is featured in the current edition of 'Papercrafts Inspiration' magazine

Jenny used paradise aqua seam binding and a 20mm pearl and diamante embellishment on this elegant card.

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by Franz

Two gorgeous projects using the same products - above is a lovely double photo frame by DT Franz who made it for her little girl Camilla - Franz used ivory pearl lace, siam pink seam binding, ivory rose organza, pink 20mm WOC open roses, white Kort & Godt chysanth, pale pink and silver glitter ribbon, ivory button twine, self adhesive pearls, and white top-stitch thread all from

Franz also made this amazing paper bag using similar products

see you soon, Mary x

Magnolia Only Challenge ... One for the Boys!

Hello, it's time for another Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only challenge and this month we would like to see your boy cards

We have two fabulous prizes for our randomly chosen winner:
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

As usual our rules are simple - create a new project that follows the theme of the challenge (it must include a Tilda or Edwin stamp or a Doo Hickey die because this is our Magnolia challenge), blog about it mentioning our challenge then use the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post to add a direct link to your project.

This challenge will close on Saturday 5th October, 9PM (UK time) 

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Our talented Design Team have created some absolutely gorgeous projects, why not pop over to their own blogs to see more of their projects and remember that all the products listed below the cards are available from the Ribbon Girl Online Store

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by Mary

(Mary used: Sky blue 25mm satin ribbon, eyelash guipure lace, blues pearls, dusky blue 20mm and 10mm roses, white starburst stamens, white beaded stamens, flat flower pearl trim, blue diamante embellishment. (No image but  Mary used Magnolia doohicky dies to make the flower and the swirls)

by Astrid

(Astrid used: 38mm White Guipure Lace, 5metres Tile Blue Seam Binding, Cheesecloth Fabric, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Rolled Paper Roses Blue Kort & Godt, Beaded Ivory Gypsophalia, Beaded Stamen White/White)

by Teresa

(Teresa used: 25mm Faux Hessian Natural, 20mm & 10mm Blue Roses, Chocolate Brown Mix Flatback Pearls, 10mm Cream Tiny Pom Pom Bobble Trim, Natural Hemp Twine, Rusty Jingly Bells and Stickles)

by Sara

(Sara used: Josephine fine cream scallop lace ,blue/cream rustic gingham ribbon ,feet charm ,natural twine, 20mm cream rose ,10mm cream rose ,ivory hip rosebuds ,pearl and crystal branch ,blue 30mm rose ,brown 30mm rose ,blue 10mm rose)

by Katie

(Katie used: 25mm Hermione ivory cluny lace, white Tiny Ric Rac ribbon, black Jute mesh ribbon, 70mm natural Hessian ribbon, black button twine, natural button twine, white Gutterman top stitching thread, cowboy boot charm, star charm, Fairy Wishes tiny glass bottle)

by Jane J

(Jane used: 38mm brown striped grosgrain and memo pin)

by Debbie D

(Debbie used: Cheesecloth, Dark Carafe Seam Binding Vintage style, Rusty Jingly Bells, Chocolate Brown Button Twine, Organza Pearl White looped trim and Red Berries)

by Silvie

(Silvie used: 100 mm 'Camilla' ivory lace, 32mm natural faux Hessian ribbon, 15 mm Brown Cream Gingham ribbon, Copper color memo pins, pastel pearl brads (from the pastel mix), Bronze button charm, Chocolate Brown flatback pearls, White opal liquid pearls)

by Becky

(Becky used: cream jute mesh ribbon, natural hemp twine, star charm and stickles)

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In Linkz

Winner of the vintage brooch giveaway ....

'Princess' faux pearl and diamante vintage style brooch

A bunch of 10 Wild Orchid cream open roses

1 metre of ivory 3mm x 5mm oat shape pearl bead string

1 metre of 15mm cream satin ribbon

1 metre of 'Josephine' ivory vintage style fine cotton lace

We loved reading your ideas for what you would do with this lovely collection of goodies!

The winner of the vintage brooch giveaway picked at random is

Ellen

please email us within 7 days to claim your prize Ellen!!

see you all tomorrow morning for the September Magnolia Only Challenge!!

Mary x

Something old - something new ...

click here for the vintage style brooch giveaway

NEW!  we have even more beautiful vintage style brooches in the store - just look at this one!



and if you like sewing have you seen the new vintage style cotton lace patches?  These would also look fabulous on a card instead of a paper doiley or on a vintage style cushion cover or an insert on a table runner or lavender bag etc - suitable for numerous crafting and sewing projects - if you want more than one we will supply in one piece - for example, if you want 4 pieces  just leave a comment asking for 2 up and 2 down OR 4 in a row  and so on

and now we want to share some great cards made by the talented ladies on our design team
we've mentioned the products used on each project, all of which are from

By Jane B

jane used red saddlestitch, natural button twine, blue/white check bias binding, white top-stitch thread and an anchor charm

By Jane Johnson

Jane used  pink lily, baby pink blossom flower, ivory seam binding, wooden heart buttons, white button twine, resin dove, dusky rose spider web fabric

By Gina Knott

On this beautiful round easle card Gina used 15mm White Diamond Guipure, 25mm White Flat Polyester Fan Pattern Lace, 32mm 'Victoria' Antique White Fine Cluny Lace, Pink Box Pleated Satin Ribbon, 40mm Pink Daisy, 20mm Pale Pink Open Rose, Pink Lily Flowers, 14mm White Pearl Flat Back

By Katie K

Katie used white Ric Rac tiny ribbon, ivory button twine,

cream seam binding

We'll see you tomorrow morning with the winner of the Vintage Brooch Giveaway and also the Ribbon Girl 'Magnolia Only' challenge which begins at 9am

Mary x