Special Guest Designer Challenge ...

Hello crafters, it's a five week month so we're filling in the gap with a special challenge 

We'd like to see your projects with LOVE as the theme, eg, sending love, love someone, love something, weddings, anniversaries, engagements, valentines - anything you like, card, bag, tag, box etc, as long as you follow the theme of 'LOVE'

The first prize consists of:

1 metre of Cream 15mm satin ribbon, and 1 metre of bridal white 15mm satin ribbon

An ivory guipure lace heart applique  -  One bunch of ten pale pink 20mm roses

A key charm, a heart charm and a pink gem diamante heart embellishment

one pack of 5 bark hearts and a pack of Marianne Romantic Heart self adhesive pearl/crystal stickers

The second prize is a Guest DT Spot for The Ribbon Girl February  'use any image' challenge!! PLEASE ADD GDT IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR PROJECT TO BE CONSIDERED

The usual rules apply - just use the InLinkz tool to link up your project, the challenge will end at 9pm on Saturday 6th February

We're so looking forward to seeing what you make  -  best of luck!!

Mary xx

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by Andrea

(Andrea used: Satin ribbon, aqua blossom flower, hemp twine, heart dangle beads, liquid pearls)

Mary

On this Victorian style vintage valentine card Mary used 'Deborah' ivory fine cotton lace, 12mm red faux silk ribbon, ivory lace leaves and a guipure lace heart.  Flowers included burgundy 20mm open roses, small rose leaves, ivory wild rose distressed with ink, plum tiny gyp flowers, white/white beaded berries

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Winners of Ribbon Girl 'Use any image' January challenge ...

There is an extra little extra challenge on the blog at 9am Sunday morning with a lovely prize and we're also looking for a GDT to join us for the February Use any image challenge - can't wait to see your craft projects! so please pop back tomorrow!!

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful makes with us - we all enjoyed looking at your blogs over the past couple of weeks.  We had over 200 entries!!  The three prize winners together with their fabulous cards are shown below - all prizes must be claimed within 7 days of this blog post or they will be forfeited.  You can email us, message us on facebook or use the contact page on our website

The winner of the first prize (chosen by random.org)  is number 21 (musings of a chocoholic)

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV (great week to win this, they have some fabulous little 'trio' stamps just out!!

and this is her (I think it is Danielle?)  lovely card!

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The winner of the 2nd Prize is 166  Kelly N  

 £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

this is Kelly's card - so pretty

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Th winner of the 3rd prize goes to Number 85 (Sue - Tanglemouse cards)

Mystery prize from Marianne Designs

this is Sue's gorgeous card!

See you all on Sunday crafters for our extra challenge 

Mary xx

January Any Image Challenge ...

Hello, hello we're back with our first challenge of the New Year! and it's our ANY IMAGE challenge.  As you can see, the DT have all made mostly pink cards (a nice change from Christmas cards) but you can do any colour you like and use any image - and it doesn't even have to be a card!! it can be any craft project - just as long as you include an image!

There will be 3 winners and the prizes are:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Third prize:  Mystery prize from Marianne Designs

The challenge will run for two weeks and ends on Saturday 30th January (9pm UK time). Usual rules apply - create a new project, blog about it mentioning this challenge then use the link up at the bottom to share. The prizes will be picked at random, they are nontransferable and will be redrawn after one week if they aren't claimed

The Design Team have created lovely projects to inspire you

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by Chantal

(Chantal used: Beaded stamen White White, Lily Small White, 5mm Crystal Bead String, Pearl and Crystal Branch White, Bakers Divine Twine 10 metres Teal Stripe, Cheesecloth, Rose Organza white, cherry blosom baby pink, Pastel mixed Pretty blooms, small Ivory Gardenia Ivory, pale pink 10mm open roses)

by Linda

(Linda used: Cheesecloth, Rose Petal Pink Vintage Seam Binding, 32 mm Clementine Ivory Tulle Lace, Ivory White Magnolia Flower, White/Purple-Pink Two Tone 30 mm Wild Rose, Carnation Ivory, Pale Pink 20 mm Open Rose, Hip Rosebuds Pink 2 Tone, Beaded Berries Ivory/Cream, 5 mm Clear Crystals Self Adhesive)

by Tamara

(Tamara used: Lace Flower Applique Trim Antique White, Beaded twirl, 15mm Pale Pink Crystal and Diamante Embellishment, 45mm 'Blanche' Embroidered Tulle Lace, 12mm Milly Pale Pink Daisy Guipure, Cheesecloth Fabric 50cm x 80cm , 25mm Shocking Pink Small Check Gingham, 20mm pale pink open roses)

by Liz

(Liz used: Oval Ivory pearl string , White opal liquid pearls, Top stitch thread - cream, 15mm White church window guipure lace, 3-6mm Ivory pearl S/A pearls, Ivory button twine)

by Donna

(Donna used: 45mm "Bethany" Ivory Guipure Lace, FB Trim 10mm Square Ivory Pearl, Pink Check lacey Edge Ribbon, Lily Flower Medium/Large Pretty Pink, Kort and God White Chrysanth and ivory rolled roses; White Magnolia Flowers, Resin Frames Heart Assortment, Small Heart Charm With Pink Gem, 24mm Diamante Heart, 3mm White Pearl Bead String, 5mm Pink Pearls Self Adhesive and Sugar and Spice s/a Pearl Flatbacks)

by Mary

(Mary used: Pale pink satin ribbon tied with pink bakers twine and topped with a 15mm sparkly button, Fiona white guipure lace, pink gardenia, pale pink 20mm open roses, pink blossom flower, pink tiny rosebuds, green rose leaves and Kort and Godt white chrysanths.  Finished with lots of Stardust Stickles for added sparkle!)

by Anne

(Anne used: Dawny lace, 3mm white bead string, tulle, lilac/white cherry blossom, white carnation, pink cosmos daisy, stardust stickles, flat pearls)

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Winner of the Ribbon Girl New Year Twine Giveaway .......

The winner of the twine giveaway comprising 10 x 10metre bundles of twine, chosen at random, is

Theresa

Please contact us within 7 days of this announcement by email or via the contact page on our store website Theresa with your full mailing address so we can send your prize!

  

  

  

Our Ribbon Girl design teams are back from their extended Christmas break and we hope you will all join us tomorrow morning for the January 'Use Any Image' Challenge! three great prizes to be won and some fabulous inspiration! 
see you then, Mary x

New Year Twine Giveaway ..............

  

  

  

Our Ribbon Girl design teams are having a break until mid January so we're having a giveaway of  10 x 10metre bundles of assorted 100% Cotton 'Divine' Bakers Twine and 100% Jute 'Button' Twine - just leave a comment and one winner will be chosen at random on 15th January!

We have lots of different colours and types of twine including metallic twine and hemp twine  -   so useful for embellishing cards, craft projects, table decorations and much much more!

We love to read your comments and we'd like to wish you all a Very Happy New Year!!

Mary and Andrea xx

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED AND THE NAME OF THE WINNER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

Winner of Christmas Lace Giveaway

The winner of the Christmas Lace Giveaway chosen at random was Peggy   Please email us within 7 days of this announcement to claim your prize - we will need your full mailing address.

Please pop back later today for details of another giveaway 

We wish all our visitors and customers a Happy New Year!!

Christmas Lace Giveaway .....

We'd like to wish all our customers and visitors a Peaceful and Joyful Christmas!!

If you would like to win the 15 metres of assorted lace shown in this photograph please leave us a comment - on New Years Eve we'll choose one comment at random and the winner will receive the prize!!

Mary and Andrea xx

ps  during the Christmas holiday period you may still place orders 

www.ribbongirl.co.uk 

but they won't be mailed out until after 31st December

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED!!

Winner of Ribbon Girl December Card Challenge ....

Thank you so much for all your fabulous cards - we really enjoyed looking at them!  The winners of the Ribbon Girl December Card Challenge chosen at random were as follows:

The winner of the 1st prize of an assortment of pink ribbon, lace and embellishments from The Ribbon Girl

was number 53 - that's you Crafty Kiwi Mama

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and the winner of the 2nd prize of a stamp of your choice from LOTV 

was number 100 and that's you Coops

Please email me before 31st December to claim your prizes

We'd like to thank everyone for taking part and hope you will pop back tomorrow for our Christmas giveaway!!

see you then, Mary x

December Card Challenge ...

Ho Ho Ho! It's nearly Christmas! Here we are again with a new CARD CHALLENGE and just like last month it's an ANYTHING GOES challenge. 

This challenge will run for TWO WEEKS and will close on 19th December, there are really no rules other than you must make a card and it must be a new card, please no back linking to older projects.  Blog about it mentioning this challenge then leave a link using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post. The prizes will be redrawn if the winners do not claim them after 1 week of the winners being identified on this blog and are not transferable. Remember that all the products listed below each of the Design Team's cards can be found in The Ribbon Girl's online store

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As usual we have two super prizes from The Ribbon Girl and Lili Of The Valley

1st prize is an assortment of pink ribbon, lace and embellishments from The Ribbon Girl

2nd prize is a stamp of your choice from LOTV 

We can't wait to see what you make and if you need any inspiration check out what the fabulous Ribbon Girl Design Team have made

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by Jane

(Jane used: Phoebe white guipure lace, white, shabby white ruffled ribbon, white pearl trim, wooden snowflake buttons, white button twine, frosted pine cones, white cherry blossom and red Christmas fabric flowers)

by Mary

(Mary used: Amelia ivory fine cotton lace, Donna narrow cream cotton lace, ivory pure silk ribbon, small pine cones, tiny red berries, ivory white magnolias, white tiny rose buds.  I added sparkle with Stardust Stickles and the sentiment was computer generated. and on the lid of the box was decorated with red loopy trim, Clementine lace, a sparkly acrylic heart button tied with button twine)

by Natalie

(Natalie used: Cheesecloth, White Chrysanth by Kort & Godt, Red 15mm Open Roses, 3-6mm Ivory Pearls,  Silver Jingle Bells, Bark Hearts, 15mm Merry Christmas Ribbon, Tiny Holly Leaves, Burgundy 20mm Open Roses, Silver S/A Hearts, Kort & Godt Rolled Red Flowers & Christmas Fabric Flowers)

by Gina

(Gina used: 38mm Silver Flake Web Ribbon, 45mm Eleanor White Embroidered Tulle, 12mm Leah White Scallop Lace, Cheesecloth, Ivory White Magnolia Flower, 20mm Dusky Blue Open Rose, Antique Blue 2 tone Cheery Blossom, Beaded White Stamen, Natural Hemp Twine, Silver Jingle Bells, 4mm White Pearl String, 20mm Starburst Diamante Embellishment)

by Teresa

(Teresa used: Blanche embroidered tulle lace, 20mm pink open roses, small pine cones, taupe blossom flowers,  3mm white pearl string, Kort and Godt ivory/white beaded berries, red apples )

by Gretha 

(Gretha used:38mm Charlotte Elizabeth Vintage Style White Lace, 25mm Red/Cream Rustic Gingham Berisford No 15, Dusky blue Button Twine, Christmas Snowflake charm No 4, Cream Medium Pom Pom Trim,   Red Small Polka Dot Spotty Buttons, Wooden Small Heart Button, Gardenia Ivory Small,  Dusky Blue 20mm Open Rose, Sweetheart Blossom White, 8mm Pearl Ivory Flat Backs)

by Sharon

(Sharon used: wooden fantasy flowers, Christmas snowflake no 4, Diamante snowflake, Eleanor lace, Silver flake ribbon, Pearl/ivory flower shape flatbacks)

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