October Any Image Challenge ...

We're back with our October 'USE ANY IMAGE' challenge. It's a really simple challenge to enter as you can make any kind of project as long as it has an image on it. As usual we have some fabulous prizes from our kind friends at Lili Of The Valley (a £10 voucher), Marianne Designs (see photograph for details) and The Ribbon Girl (£10 voucher)

First prize:  £10 voucher for Lili of the Valley

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Third Prize from Marianne Designs

This challenge runs until 9PM on Saturday 29th October (UK time), please make a new project no backlinking and use the InLinkz button at the bottom of the post to link up your projects. The prizes are non transferable, the Ribbon Girl voucher covers the cost of products but not postage

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Our Design Team have been busy creating, please visit their own personal blogs for more information but all the products listed below their projects can of course be found in The Ribbon Girl online store

by Donna

(Donna used: Pion The Night Before Christmas Images PD1619, Pion Night Before Christmas PD 7904, Scrapiniec Chipboard Royal Window 02, 75mm 'Michele' White Guipure Lace, 16mm 9549 Moss Green Velvet Ribbon, FB 10mm White Square Pearl trim, Small Ivory Gardenia, Small Pine cone, Frosted Berries Red/Green, Trinket Pins Vintage Style Ivory Pearl, Holly Leaf Mulberry Paper 30mm Pk, Red 12 - 15mm paper Roses 15mm, White Seam Binding & Cheesecloth Fabric)

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by Mary

(Mary used: Maja Designs 'I Wish' 6x6 paper pack, Deborah ivory lace, Scrapiniec Jolly Holly borders, tiny red berries, large holly leaves, ivory 30mm and 20mm roses, red/green frosted berries, frosted cones and lots of Stardust Stickles)

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by Anne

(Anne used; cheesecloth, white seam binding, tulle, red button twine, 5mm red crystals, apple charm, dragonfly charm)

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by Chantal

(Chantal used: Design paper - Lemon Craft Forget me not, French Veil White 50cm, Scrapeniec Chipboard shapes, cherry blossoms, Ivory 10mm and 20mm open rose)

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by Kat W

(Kat used: Craft & You 'Frozen' 6x6 paper pad, White lace now unavailable but ivory available - 45mm 'Clarice' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, FB 4mm pearl white trim, 5mm sea charm mixed self-adhesive pearls)

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by Gretha 

(Gretha used: 30mm Shabby White Ruffled Ribbon, 4mm White Pearl Bead String, Seam Binding Tile Blue Vintage Style,  Pine cone Charms Silver Tiny, Natural Colour Button Twine, Rolled Paper Flowers, Aqua Roses, Rolled Paper Flowers - Ivory, Dusky Blue 20mm Open Rose, Beaded Stamen White/White, Stickles )

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winners of The Ribbon Girl October Card Challenge ....

Thanks for all 191 entries to The Ribbon Girl October Card Challenge crafters - the winner of the first prize chosen by random.org is number 183

 and that's Lucy Patrick - Lucy you have won a lovely prize of papers from Maja Design!! (when you claim your prize we need your full address and 'phone number to pass onto Maja Design!

This is Lucy's stunning card

The winner of the second prize of a £10 voucher to spend in The Ribbon Girl store is

Number 38 and that's Lynne R

This is Lynne's stunning Christmas card! 

The winner of the third prize of a stamp of your choice from our lovely friends at Lili of the Valley is

number 117 and that's  Beth Brovold 

This is Beth's beautiful Autumn card - lovely colours Beth!

The winners must claim their prizes within 7 days of this blog post by emailing me, or sending a message to our facebook page or contacting us using the contact page on our web site.

Crafters, your cards for this challenge were magnificent  - I'm sorry there can only be 3 winners but hope you will all join in with the October 'Use any Image' challenge which starts at  9am UK time on Sunday 15th October

see you then, Mary xx

October Card Challenge .....

October already and here we are with another card challenge. As usual all you need to do to enter the challenge is make a new card and use the InLinkz button at the end to link it up and it's our regular 'anything goes' card challenge so it's really easy to join in!

We have 3 great prizes from our friends at Maja Design, Lili of the Valley and of course The Ribbon Girl 

First prize:  Papers from Maja Design, Sweden - the prize will be sent directly to the winner

Second prize:  £10 voucher towards a shopping spree at The Ribbon Girl

Third Prize:  A stamp of the winner's choice from LOTV

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This challenge runs until Saturday October 15th, 9pm (UK time)

Our Design Team have made some lovely cards to inspire you, all the products listed below their cards can be found in The Ribbon Girl online store

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Gina

(Gina used: Pion Night Before Christmas Paper, Pion The Night Before Christmas Images, 18mm Rusty Jingle Bells, 4mm Ivory Pearl String, 10mm Double Row Ivory Pearl Trim, White Beaded Stamen, Scrapiniec Chipboard Christmas Snowflakes, Scrapiniec Chipboard Park Avenue Sign, 55mm Emma ivory Guipure Lace, 15mm Burgundy Red No. 405 Berisford Satin Ribbon, Beaded White Stamen,  Cherry Blossom Burgundy, Beaded White Cherry, Rolled Paper Flower (Ruby Red), Ivory/Off White Carnation, Cream Medium Pom Pom Trim, Pine Cones, 12mm Pearl Ivory Flower, 6mm Pearl Ivory Flat Backs)

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Mary

(Mary used: Pion 'The Night before Christmas' collection - Images II PD1619, paper PD7901, 38mm glitter honeycomb ribbon, 50mm gold striped sheer ribbon, red/green frosted berries, 20mm ivory open roses, green rose leaves, ivory/gold poinsettia, Scrapiniec Chipboard 'Merry Christmas' and a piece from the Jolly Holly borders set)

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Andrea

(Andrea used: pink/white spot and pink gingham every-day 12x12 paper, pink/fuschia saddlestitch ribbon, pink magnolia from a bunch of mixed pink, ivory heart and ivory teardrop pin, pink hemp twine)

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Jacqui

(Jacqui used: James Cracker, Cheesecloth, White Seam Binding, 20mm Dusky Blue Open Rose

20mm Vintage Lilac Open Rose, 10mm White Open Rose, 10mm Vintage Lilac Open Rose, 25mm Pink Wild Rose, 6mm Pearl Trim, 38mm-Charlotte-Elizabeth Lace, Galeria-Papieru-Snow Queen 12x12 paper pad)

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Jane

(Jane used: Pink anenomes, white roses, 10mm and 20mm, pink rose buds, pink blossoms, pink cherry blossoms, Scrapinec 'Just for You' chipboard piece, Lemoncraft House of Roses papers, Craft & You Vintage Times papers)

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winners of The Ribbon Girl Use any Image Challenge .......

There were 172 entries to the challenge - thank you so much for joining in!  The winners of the September 'Use any Image' challenge are as follows

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV chosen by random.org

No. 16 Beas Scrapbooking

this is Beas lovely card

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

The winner is No 56 Michelle Lancaster

this is Michelle's pretty card

Third prize:  from Marianne Designs and the winner is No 139  Billie A

 

This is such a cute card from Billie!

The three winners should contact me by email, or via the contact page on our website or by message on our facebook page within 7 days of this blogpost or forfeit the prize.

Thanks for joining in everyone, please pop back on Sunday morning for details on the October Card Challenge - we hope you will all join in with that!

bye for now

Mary xx

September 'Use any Image' challenge ....

Welcome to the September 'Use any Image' challenge - Anything goes so you can use any colour you like and use any image on your project - and it doesn't even have to be a card!! it can be any craft project - card, bag, tag, 3-D project, anything just as long as you include an image!    There will be 3 winners and we'll share your projects on the blog when we announce the winners:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Third prize:  from Marianne Designs

This challenge will run until Saturday October 1st, you need to leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz button at the end of this post and please play fair - this is a fun challenge, no cheating by linking an older project as it's not fair to everyone else. All the prizes are for the named winner only and can't be swapped, exchanged or donated

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Here are the lovely projects made by our very talented design team 

by Donna

(Donna Used; Maja Design Home For The Holidays 6 x 6 Paper Stack 814, 30mm White Zig Zag Cotton Lace, FB 10mm White Square Pearl Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Ivory, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt (now no longer available), Rolled Paper Flowers Red Kort & Godt, Small Pine Cones,  Oval red shiny berries,  Holly Leaves, 3mm White Pearl Bead String, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks,  Natural Hemp Twine & Daisy May Ice Skating bronze charm)

by Kat

(Kat used: Maja Design Home for the Holidays 6x6" paper pad, Scrapiniec chipboard Christmas snowflakes, 25mm faux hessian natural, Ivory button twine, Miniature white blossoms, white and blue 20mm/10mm open roses)

by Linda



Linda used Cheesecloth, Posie Dark Pink Seam Binding, Charlotte Elizabeth Vintage Style White Lace, Pale Pink 20 mm Open Roses, Sweetheart Blossom White, Rose Leaf, 5 mm Pearls Ivory Self Adhesive

by Anne

(Anne used; Lemon Craft 'tiny miracles' paper, 'Kate' white vintage style lace,  white tulle, stardust stickles, small ivory flatback hearts)

by Mary

(Mary used Pion 'Bridal Bouquet' paper and image, 'Alma' ivory vintage style lace, Vintage Ivory fluted edge sheer, green fabric rose leaves,  ivory/white magnolia, ivory anemonies, ivory/cream  beaded berries, ivory miniature blossoms, cream 20mm rose, sprigs from an ivory pearl/crystal branch, flat back ivory pearls and a portion of a Scrapiniec chipboard sign) 

by Chantal

(Chantal used: papers from Maja Design 'Home for the Holidays' 6x6 pad, red siky crush ribbon, white cheesecloth, brown rolled roses, burgundy cherry blossoms, ivory gardenia, 30mm ivory wild rose, white cosmos daisy, a red/white acrylic candy cane, mocha beaded stamens, ivory white lace flower applique trim, red/green frosted berries)

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winners of The Ribbon Girl September Card Challenge ....

The winners of The Ribbon Girl September Card Challenge have now been chosen - many thanks to everyone who joined in!

  First prize of a scrumptious gift of paper from Maja Design in Sweden as chosen by random.org is

Number 161 that's you Sai Jirawadee

This is Sai's beautiful card

The second prize of a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl is

No. 84  Scrapcards by Marlie

This is Marlies wonderful card, lovely colours and great design Marlies!

The third prize goes to Number 101, Coops, and she will receive a stamp of her choice from our lovely friends at Lili of the Valley

goes to number 101 and that's Coops

This is Coops cute baby card

Thank you so much ladies, gorgeous cards!!  Can the winners please contact me within 7 days of this blog post by email, contact page on the website, or send a message to our facebook page

Please join in with The Ribbon Girl September 'Use any Image' challenge which begins at 9am on Sunday 18th September!!

see you then, Mary x

September Card Challenge ...

Welcome to our September CARD CHALLENGE and just like usual it's an anything goes challenge, so any theme, any shape, as long as it is a CARD.   The challenge will run for 2 weeks and there will be three winners chosen at random on Saturday 17th September.  All prizes must be claimed with 7 days.  Please use the InLinkz button at the bottom of the post to link up your card entry

First Prize:  Papers from Maja Design - this prize will be sent directly from Maja in Sweden

Second Prize:  A £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl

Third Prize:  A stamp of the winners choice from LOTV

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Our Design Team have been having a summer break but some of them are back today with beautiful cards to inspire you. Please check out their personal blogs for more information and remember that all the products listed below their projects can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store

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by Gretha

(Gretha used: 19mm 'Flora' Ivory Guipure Lace, Rose Organza White, White Seam Binding, Rolled Paper Flowers - Ivory Roses Kort & Godt, Ivory Pretty Blooms, 6mm Pearl Ivory Flat Backs) 

by Gina

(Gina used: 25mm Red Velvet Lace, Pine Cones, Gardenia, Ruby Red Rolled Paper Flowers, 30mm Ivory Wild Rose, Beaded White Stamen, Red Shiny Oval Shaped Berries, 10mm White Tiny Pom Pom Trim, 12mm Amanda Ivory Scallop Flat Lace, 32mm Clementine Embroidered Tulle Lace,  6mm Ivory Pearl Flat Backs, 4mm Ivory Pearl String, Bronze Pine Cone Charms, 20mm Pearl & Diamante Embellishment)

by Jane

(Jane used: white seam binding, pink roses 10mm and 20mm, antique blue cherry blossom, pale pink trellis rose and Cheltenham guipure lace)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: Studio Light paper pad #17, pearl and rhinestone self adhesive butterfly, pink button twine, butterfly dangle beads, white liquid pearls)

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winner of The Ribbon Girl Christmas Themed Giveaway .......

I had a smashing holiday - I hope everyone has had some nice warm summer weather, although I returned to very heavy rain and a definite drop in temperature!  The winner of the lovely Christmas goodies, chosen at random, is KraftyKoolKat - please email me within 7 days of this blog post with your full mailing address so I can send your prize.

A 'Craft & You' 'White Christmas' pad of 36 sheets of 6x6 papers, pack of 2 Scrapiniec 'Just for You' chipboards, a bunch of double ended shiny red berries, a pack of 5 frosted brown cones, pack of 10 tiny holly leaf charms, 1 metre ofred/white winter village grosgrain, 1 metre of scarlet berry red satin, a 10 metre bundle of ivory/natural Divine Bakers Twine and a 5mt bundle of Venetian Red seam binding!

Sorry there could only be one winner but all of the lovely Christmas products are available in the store!    I'll also have the new Pion 'The Night Before Christmas' papers and image sheets available from Wednesday of this coming week!!

I hope you will all pop back on Sunday morning at 9am for the return of The Ribbon Girl 'Card Challenge' our lovely Design Team ladies have had a nice Summer break, and now they're ready to wow you with their lovely creations!

Mary x