November Ribbon Girl Anything Goes Challenge ........

It's the beginning of another month (and now we can say it's Christmas next month!!!) and that means the Ribbon Girl Anything Goes challenge is back again. We were so pleased that so many crafters came and played last month, thank you. 

Prize:
£10 voucher from Polkadoodles

 

2nd prize is a selection of ribbons and embellishments for Christmas crafting from The Ribbon Girl

Our Design Team have been playing and have made some scrumptious projects to inspire you and we hope that you visit their blogs to find out more information about what they have made. No back-linking please crafters and remember to use the InLinkz button at the bottom of this challenge to enter your project and do check out the products listed below their projects which can all be found in The Ribbon Girl online store

This challenge ends at 9pm UK time on Thursday 15th November, prizes must be claimed within one week of being announced

Gina Knott

Gina used: 25mm Hessian Ribbon, Ivory & Gold Poinsettia, Diamante Snowflake, Grace Ivory Guipure Lace, 13mm Rusty Jingle Bells, 6mm Pearl Flat Backs, Gold/Ivory Chevron Ribbon, 4mm Ivory Pearl String, Ivory Double Row Pearl Trim, 

Andrea Norris

Andrea used 20mm Ivory Rose, Small Blossom Coffee Two Tone, Beaded Stamen Mocha, 25mm Hessian Ribbon, Gold/Ivory 15mm Chevron Ribbon, 

Lorraine Bailey

Lorraine used 40mm White Daisy, 30mm Pink Wild Rose, Mid blue open rose, Small Blossom White, Miniature lilac Blossom, Mermaids tail, Sky mauve lilac seam binding, 16mm Allison Lace, 38mm Ivory sugar Sprinkles Sheer Ribbon, Liquid pearls

Andrea Gourley

Andrea used 50mm  Grape satin ribbon, a lilac tassel from a pack of mixed silky tassels, silver twine, small heart beads, 25mm silver snowflake trim, lilac tiny ric rac, lilac 25mm satin edge sheer ribbon, 5mm small check gingham ribbon and an 18mm brilliant cut sparkly button

Mary Gourley

Mary used Monique 55mm Guipure Lace, 25mm and 15mm Aqua satin ribbon, an 18mm round brilliant cut sparkly button tied on with silver twine, lilac two tone and a lemon/white two tone 30mm wild rose, pink carnation and some daisy leaves.  The image is from LOTV No 41 Enchanted Unicorns art sheet and the backing paper is from the Watercolour Dots Warm Sunshine 8x8 paper pack 

We're really looking forward to seeing what you make!

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Winners of The Ribbon Girl October 'anything goes' challenge .....

Thanks to everyone who took part in The Ribbon Girl October 'anything goes' challenge, the winners have been chosen at random and are:

First Prize chosen by random.org is  Number 17

and that's you Rutscht

This is her lovely tag and Rutscht has won a £10 voucher very kindly offered by Nikky at Polkadoodles

 

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The winner of the second prize of a selection of ribbons, lace and embellishments from

 

is Number 61 and that's Lynne

and this is Lynn's pretty card 

Winners must claim their prize by emailing me within 7 days of this blog post

Thanks for joining in crafters, and we'll see you again for our

November challenge on Thursday 1st November 2018

Mary G x

October Anything Goes Challenge ...

It's the beginning of another month and that means the Ribbon Girl Anything Goes challenge is back again. We were so pleased that so many crafters came and played last month, thank you.

Once again we have two fabulous prizes from our lovely friend Nikky at Polkadoodles and The Ribbon Girl

A £10 voucher from Polkadoodles

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A selection of pretty products from The Ribbon Girl

Our Design Team have been playing and have made some scrumptious projects to inspire you and we hope that you visit their blogs to find out more information about what they have made. Remember to use the InLinkz button at the bottom of this challenge to enter your project and do check out the products listed below their projects which can all be found in The Ribbon Girl online store

This challenge ends at 9PM UK time on Sunday 14th October, prizes must be claimed within one week of being announced

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Gina Knott

Gina used: Beaded Stamen Pink/White, Daisy, Pale Pink Rose, 20mm Ivory Rose, White Rose Leaf, Ivory Pearl String, Double Row Ivory Pearl Trim, Ivory Guipure Lace Heart, Ivory Flower Pearl, Champagne Silk Ribbon, Gold/Pink Chevron Ribbon, Ecru Stain Ribbon

Andrea Norris

Andrea used: 53mm Isabelle White Guipure Lace, 15mm Rosa Bianca Guipure Lace, 6mm Pearl White Trim, 38mm Red Faux Silk Ribbon, White Snowflake Button 25mm, Star Button Clear with Glitter, Bakers Divine Twine Cherry Red, 40mm White Daisy, 20mm Paper Rose Red, Holly Leaves Mid-Green 40mm

Lorraine Bailey

Lorraine used 38mm lilac faux silk ribbon, 20mm deep lilac paper roses, holly leaves, white miniature blossoms, Purple Plum Divine Twine, 40mm White Daisy, Frosted ivory/white berries, Silver jingle bell,

Andrea Gourley

Andrea used: silver lame ribbon, pink satin ribbon, pink gingham ribbon, 10mm silver star trim, pink tiny ricrac, white ricrac, star pins, teardrop pins, pink openweave ribbon

Mary Gourley

Mary used: 53mm Isabelle White guipure lace, 16mm pink/gold chevron ribbon, tiny pearl cluster stem, 40mm pink tea rose, 20mm coral pink paper rose, coral exotic blossom, green rose leaves, 8mm pearl flower flatback trim, ivory oval pearl and diamante embellishment and 10mm ivory flatback pearls

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A new challenge starts at 9am on Monday 1st October ...

The Ribbon Girl October Challenge

 starts at 9.00am on

 Monday 1st October

 see you then!

Mary G x

Winners of Ribbon Girl September 'Anything Goes' Challenge ......

It was lovely to see all your gorgeous projects entered into our September 'Anything Goes' Challenge.   Both winners were chosen at random but Mary forgot to save the screen shot of the Random Org site :-(
The winner of the first prize of a £10 voucher  for Polkadoodles, so kindly provided by Nikky Hall is

Number 71  -  that's you Ans Gilbert

here is Ans beautiful card

The winner of the 2nd prize of a selection of products from The Ribbon Girl is

 

Number 55    that's you Coops

 

Here is Coop's pretty pink card

Winners must claim their prizes within 7 days of this blog post by emailing me otherwise no claim will be accepted

I'll be back with another challenge soon

Mary xx

September Anything Goes Challenge ...

We're back! We have missed our monthly challenges here at The Ribbon Girl so thought we would start them up again. Each challenge will be an 'Anything Goes' challenge and will launch on the 1st of each month, running for 2 weeks. We ask that you link to this challenge on your blog entries and that you don't backlink to older projects. Every month we will have one or two lovely prizes from The Ribbon Girl and a few of our other Crafty Shop Owner friends for you to win so start spreading the word!

We have invited a few of our Ribbon Girl friends to come and play and they have created some stunning projects. Please visit their own blogs for more information and remember that all the products listed below their projects are available from The Ribbon Girl online store

This challenge will end on Saturday 15th September at 9PM UK time, prizes are not transferable and we would like the lucky prize winners to claim their prizes within a week of them being announced please

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For September we have two fabulous prizes:

A £10 voucher from Polkadoodles

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A selection of pretty products from The Ribbon Girl

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Gina Knott

Deep Pink Strawberries, Forget me Knot Flowers, Pink Daisy  White Beaded Stamen,
Pale Pink Lily, Fuschia Pink Rose, Pale Blue Beaded Twirl, Pale Pink Wild Rose, Pearl Cluster, Jessica White Guipure Lace, Blue Seam Binding Ribbon, Silver Padlock Charm, Teardrop Pin, Heart Shaped Pearl Pin, Butterfly Beads, Sparkly Button, White Double Row Pearl Trim


Stacey Schofield

38mm Pale Pink Silky Crush, Cloud Bead, 4mm White Pearl Beads, Hemp Twine, Pearl Heart, Heart with Pink Gem Charm, 10mm White Square Pearl Trim, Louise White Guipure, Ivory Open Rose, Large Rose Bud Pale Pink,  Pale Pink Open Roses, Small Blossom Baby Pink & White, Beaded Stamen, Frosted berries

Andrea Norris

Pink Tulip Seam Binding, Pink Flowery Organza, 45mm Chantal Ivory Flat Lace, 25mm Veronica Ivory Flat Lace, 4mm Ivory Flatback Pearl Trim, Lily Flowers Small Pale Pink, Lily Flowers Small White, White Heart Pin, For You Scrapiniec Chipboard

Lorraine Bailey

White Rose Leaf,  Liquid Pearls White Opal,  40mm White Daisy,  20mm Paper Roses coral pink,  Cherry blossom baby pink,  10mm white/pink open roses,    Butterfly Bead mixed pack,  Pearl heart 6mm white,   38mm Phoebe white guipure lace,   25mm pink Mermaid ribbon, 7mm pink beresford satin ribbon

Andrea Gourley

Andrea used: Frozen glitter velvet, Turquoise twill stripe, Aqua ruffle edged sheer, Aqua polkadot button, Silver twine, Mermaid charm, Crystal trinket pin, Heart pin, Heart bead, Star bead

Mary Gourley

Mary used Rosa Bianca white guipure lace, 38mm Duck Egg (Aqua) Blue faux silk, white organza with silver stars, 15mm white and aqua satin,  silver twine, 10mm silver jingle bells, a white poinsettia, duck egg double blossom, 20mm white paper rose and holly leaves
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Don't miss this ..... 'Anything Goes' Challenge begins 1st September!!

We've missed our 'Anything Goes' challenges and we are delighted
to let you know there will be a regular challenge here,  lasting for two weeks and starting on the first of each month

The next challenge begins at 9am on Saturday 1st September and thereafter on the 1st of each month 

  

We hope you will be able to join us  because we love to see what you make.  

There will be a prize from The Ribbon Girl  and a prize from Polkadoodles

plus some great crafty inspiration from some very talented ladies! 

see you on 1st September

Mary x

Winners of The Ribbon Girl June Challenge ....

It was so nice to see all of your lovely projects, even though the weather has been a bit too hot for crafting indoors!  Both winners were chosen at random, and they are as follows.  Prizes must be claimed within 7 days of this blog post by emailing me

The first prize of a £10 voucher for Polkadoodles kindly provided by Nikky Hall is

No. 25     that's you Kelly's Cards

here is Kelly's pretty card

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The winners of the flowers provided by Mary at The Ribbon Girl is

No 104 and that's Crafty Natalie

Here is Crafty Natalie's cute card!

 

We'll be back before too long with another challenge,

Mary G xx

June Anything Goes Challenge ...

Welcome to The Ribbon Girl June Challenge - 'Anything Goes' challenge here on The Ribbon Girl blog and we'd love to see all your cards, tags, boxes, and craft projects with the option of 'Summer' . The closing date is Saturday 30th June and the two winners will be chosen at random.  No back-linking before 4th June please.    The first prize from Nikky Hall of Polkadoodles is a £10 voucher for The Polkadoodles store and Mary of The Ribbon Girl has selected some pretty flowers for the second prize.  Prizes must be claimed within 7 days. Please use the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post to enter the challenge

1st prize

The second prize is a selection of flowers from The Ribbon Girl

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To give you a little inspiration here are some cards by Stacey, Andrea and Gina recently using products from The Ribbon Girl store which are listed beneath each photograph

Stacey Schofield

 

Stacey coloured Tilda with her summer hat and added Pale Peach satin ribbon, ivory petite beaded berries, ivory 20mm open roses, ivory hip rosebuds, 4mm ivory flatback pearl trim, tiny pearl flowers on silver stems, ivory hemp twine, pale pink blossom flowers 

Andrea Gourley

 

On this new home card, Andrea included white daisy flowers (a sure sign of Summer), 25mm faux hessian ribbon, a selection of leaf and heart pins and 3mm rainbow mix self adhesive pearls

Gina Knott

 

Gina's card features the lovely Tilda 'enjoying summer' and she added 'Jessica' 45mm white guipure lace, 10mm square white pearl trim, lilac organza ribbon, lilac exotic blossoms, a wild rose, blue/pink forget me nots, grape autumn berries, white beaded stamens, 4mm white pearl trim, 14mm ivory pearl cluster flatbacks

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Prize for Ribbon Girl Project Group June challenge .....

Crafters there is a new challenge starting today over on the  Ribbon Girl Projects Facebook Group - anything goes as long you include flowers of any type (including flowery background paper etc)    This is a members only group so if you havent joined yet please visit us

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and for those who dont like Facebook .......

The Ribbon Girl June Challenge will be live here on the blog tonight!

and there will be 2 lovely prizes, 

one from Polkadoodles and one from The Ribbon Girl

I'll be back this evening to start the blog challenge

see you then, Mary xx