Monday 24 February 2014

February Magnolia Only Challenge ....

Most of you may know  of the sad loss on 17th February of Roy, beloved and loving husband of Mary and adored Dad of Andrea - the Ribbon Girl store will remain closed for a short while until they feel more able to deal with it.  They would like to take this opportunity to thank their wonderful design team who have showered them with love and messages of condolance on their sad loss.

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Our 'Magnolia Only' challenge this month is very easy - we'd like to see lace on your projects featuring Tilda, Edwin or a Doohickey die, and of course we have two fabulous prizes from our regular sponsors - a Magnolia stamp all the way from the home of Edwin and Tilda kindly donated by Magnolia of Sweden and a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl



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Our fabulous 'Magnolia Only' Design Team have created some lovely cards to inspire you! I'm sure you will agree they have surpassed themselves with these wonderful projects. Remember that all of the products mentioned under each project can be found in the Ribbon Girl Store.  This month we are delighted to give a very warm welcome to our guest designer Diana Adamski 

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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 2nd March, 9PM (UK time)

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GDT Diana


Diana used a resin oval frame, clear diamante embellishment, heart key charm, 3mm cleasr crystal bead string, 20mm WOC dusky blue roses, natural button twine, cheesecloth and white seam binding

Mary G


Mary used 7mm satin ribbon, white cherry blossom, pink gardenias, pink beaded stamens and Amelia ivory fine cluny lace.

by Andrea

(Andrea used: teeny tiny pompom trim, cream flower guipure lace, water lily flat lace, picot edge satin, heart pin, 5mm pearl bead trim, pleated satin ribbon)



19mm white flower guipure lace, white cherry blossom, white lily, dusky blue 10mm rose, dusky blue 30mm wild rose, white rose organza trim, white pearl trim, pale blue seam binding, silver colour butterflies, cheesecloth.




Katie used 20mm Angelica ivory tulle lace, 8mm Rebecca fine cluny lace,
pale ivory rose organza ribbon, pink medium pom pom trim,
WOC pale pink lily flower, deep pink cherry blossom,
ivory and pink two-tone hip rose buds.

Debbie Dolphin


Debbie has used; Cheesecloth, Metal Heart, 12mm Ivory Flat lace, Irridescent Bead String, Blue 10mm open Roses and Ivory flat back Pearls

Sara


Sara has used; ivory flat lace ,ivory cherry blossom ,ivory hip rosebud ,ivory cosmos daisy ,lilac stamen ,lilac beaded berries ,natural twine ,flower charm ,ivory pearl string ,ivory tiny pom pom ,ivory 10mm rose ,ivory 20mm rose.

Becky


Becky has used; Ivory pearl and rose organza, 5mm self adhesive pearls, 6mm ivory pearl string, star dust stickles, ivory liquid pearls, cream chrysanths, lilac rolled roses, orchid, heather, WOC roses and cream top stitch thread.

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Sunday 23 February 2014

February Colour Challenge Winner

Sorry this is a little later than usual, I am taking over the blog side of things for Mary and Andrea during this sad time for them both. Please bear with us in the meanwhile, and even though we will still be having challenges, with winners being chosen by good old random org, please be patient for your prizes to be sorted, they will be, but I can't give a timescale just yet I am afraid.

The randomly chosen winner of the prizes of


&


is


with this gorgeous creation,


Congratulations sweetie, can you please e-mail me within 7 days to claim your prize, at beckyheth@gmail.com.


Sunday 16 February 2014

February Colour Challenge ...

It's Sunday again which means it's another challenge here at The Ribbon Girl.  This week it is our Colour Challenge and we would like to see your RED projects. Once again we are so pleased to say that we are sponsored by Lisa and Laila at LOTV and also TheRibbon Girl who are offering one randomly chosen winner two prizes of:



This challenge will run for 1 week and closes at 9PM UK time on Saturday 22nd February. Our usual rules apply - create a new project (please no backlinking to old projects), blog about it mentioning this challenge then leave a link using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post. The prize will be redrawn if the winner does not claim it after 1 week of the winner being identified on this blog
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Our amazing Design Team ladies have been working their magic again and have made some gorgeous creations for your inspiration, all of the products listed below their projects can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store


(Mary used: LOTV art pad image, red grosgrain ribbon, white opal liquid pearls, 32mm eyelash edge white guipure lace and Stardust Stickles)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: 40mm red gingham ribbon, large cupcake charm, hemp twine)

by Jenny

(Jenny used: Resin Dove, Prima Bird Houses, 38mm Red Silky Crush Ribbon, Diamante Heart Stick pin, 25mm Hermione Ivory Vintage Style fine Cluny lace, Peacock Charm bronze, 10mm Ivory pearl Square trim. Ivory cream beaded berries, Beaded Ivory Gypsophalia)


(Gretha used: 50mm Emily Embroidered Tulle lace, Gingham Ribbon, Cheesecloth, Daisy roses, Flat Back Pearls)

by Kath

(Kath used: Natural Soft Hessian Mesh, Red 15mm Paper Roses, Darjeeling White Blossom Flowers, Cosmos Daisy Flower Red, Red/Cream Square Check, Feather Pendant Bronze/Brass, Wooden Heart Buttons, Bronze Vintage Frame Ornate, Hessian Natural Ribbon, Natural Hemp Twine)

by Gina

(Gina used: Prima Rose Heart Corners50mm 'Emily' Embroidered Tulle Lace, Cheesecloth Fabric, 38mm Red Faux Silk Ribbon, 15mm Red Roses, Ruby Red Rolled Paper Flowers, Ivory Rolled Paper Flowers, Bronze Vintage Oval Flower Frame, Paint Dabber White Snow Cap, 3.5” White Paper Doily

by Anne

(Anne used: Claire ivory embossed tulle, Teresa lace, seam binding, stickles)

by Yuri

(Yuri used: Floribunda Roses Raspberry Ripple, Floral Heart Silver Colour, Doiley 3.5" White, Resin Ivory Heart Rectangle, Wooden heart Buttons, Natural Hemp Twine, Red Button Twine, Vintage Style Ivory Cotton Lace, 16mm Red/White No 117 Berisford Pencil Stripe Ribbon, White No 80 Gutterman Top Stitch Thread, 6mm Sticky Tape)

by Franz

(Franz used: 20mm Edwina Cream Deep Scallop, 9mm Red/White Saddlestitch, 9mm Red Spot Organza, Key with scrolled heart Charm, Ivory 30mm Wild RosesRolled Paper Flowers (Ruby Red Roses) Red Kort & GodtHip Rose Buds Ivory Pk of 10)

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Saturday 15 February 2014

Winner of Febuary Lovely Lili Challenge ......


We didn't have masses of entries but the standard was very high indeed, thank you for entering!  The winner of the February Lovely Lili Challenge 'Romance'
as chosen by random.org
is No18
that's you Lesley
and this is her card

please email us within 7 days to claim your prizes Lesley

Please pop back on Sunday morning for the February Colour Challenge!

see you then
Mary x

Sunday 9 February 2014

February Lovely Lili Challenge ...

It's Sunday again which means it's another challenge here at The Ribbon Girl and this week it is our 'Lovely Lili' LOTV challenge. We would like to see your LOTV projects with a romantic theme to them please and we are of course sponsored once again by our fabulous friends Lili Of The Valley and The Ribbon Girl who are offering one randomly chosen winner two prizes of:

LOTV stamp of your choice

and a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl


This challenge will run for 1 week and closes at 9PM UK time on Saturday 15th February. Our usual rules apply - create a new project (please no backlinking to old projects), blog about it mentioning this challenge then leave a link using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post. The prize will be redrawn if the winner does not claim it after 1 week of the winner being identified on this blog
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Our Design Team has been joined by Tracy Payne this week who is our guest designer and they have all created some beautiful LOTV romantic projects, please visit their blogs to see more of their fabulous projects and remember that all the products listed below each image can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store
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by Tracy Payne
(Tracy used: Oval pearl string, Wooden Fence, Crystal Flourish, Edwina Scallop Lace, Diamante Heart  Stick Pin, White Daisy, Lavender Beaded Berries, Purple Starburst Stamen, Beaded Lavender Gypsophalia, Hip Rose Buds, 14mm Flat Backed Pearl inside a 20mm Diamante Spacer)

by Mary G

(Mary used: 30mm pink two tone wild roses, large pink rosebuds, pink/white hip rosebuds, fuschia pink 20mm open roses, pink velvet lace, 15mm dusky pink satin ribbon and Stardust stickles)

by Teresa
(Teresa used: Champagne Pure Silk Ribbon, Pearl Lace Trim, Ivory Cherry Blossom (painted) White Chrysanthemums, Gypsophalia, Small Blossom, Stickles Stardust, Birdcage Charm and Pink Hemp Twine)

By Andrea

(Andrea used: pink satin ribbon, Teresa cluny lace, 10mm flower pearl trim, filigree bronze heart painted with paint dabber, aurora borealis glass heart, 10mm pale pink roses, 15mm crystal embellishment, stardust stickles, liquid pearls)

by Elise

(Elise used: Zig Zag Cotton Lace, Edwina Lace, Teresa Lace, Diamante & Pearl Trim, Pale Pink Faux Silk, Cheesecloth, Stickles, Kort & Godt Rolled Roses, Large Rose Bud, Wooden Heart)

Debbie D

(Using LOTV Paper Heartfelt)
(Debbie used: Cheesecloth, Dusky Vintage Pink Wild Roses, Red Paper Roses, Ivory Self Adhesive Pearls and Ivory Scallop Flat lace)

by Gretha 

(Gretha used: Pencil Stripe Ribbon, Bead strings, Flatback Pearls, Cheesecloth, Cosmos Daisies & roses)

by Anne

(new LOTV  heartfelt papers)

(Anne used: 2 row diamante trim, tulle, rose organza, ruffle edge organza, silky crush, diamante and crystal embellishment, flatback pearl trim, white cotton lace, 8mm flatback pearl, 15mm crystal spacer)

by  Fleur

 (Fleur used: Lavender Seam Binding, Faux Hessian, Mixed Dahlia ~ Barley Sugar, Lrg Ivory Rose Buds, Ivory Rose Buds, 3mm & 5mm Lilac Pearls, Cheesecloth, White Cosmos Daisy, Ivory Gypsophalia, 3mm Ivory Pearl String, 25mm Hermione Lace, Bronze Peacock Charm)

by Franz

(Franz used: Limoges Blue Seam Binding, Rose Organza Pale Ivory, Ivory 20mm Open Rose WOC, 6mm Pearl Ivory Flat Backs, Lilac 20mm Open Rose WOC, Lilac 30mm Wild Roses, 20mm Ivory Lace and Pearl Trim, Mini Glossy Accents, 38mm Pale Blue/Silver Glitter Organza)

by Becky
(Becky used: 5mm self adhesive pearls, cheese cloth, lilac rolled roses, cream chrysanth, lilies, hip rose buds, silky ivory crush and stardust stickles)
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Saturday 8 February 2014

Winner of February Card Challenge ....

There were some magnificent cards in our February Card Challenge 'hearts' and the winner chosen by random.org is shown below, but because of the high standard of all entries, we wanted to show our appreciation by having a second winner who will receive a small package of ribbons and lace.  


No 57  -  that's you  Karen H and you receive the LOTV and Ribbon Girl gift vouchers


Karen, please email us to arrange your prizes
as usual our card Challenge is sponsored by the lovely and generous ladies at Lili Of The Valley 




The second winner who will receive a small package of ribbons and lace is



No 19 - that's you Debbie S

Please let us have your address Debbie so we can send your lace and ribbons!

All prizes must be claimed within 7 days of this announcement

We look forward to seeing everyone again at 9am Sunday 9th February for the Ribbon Girl 
Lovely Lili Challenge

Mary x




Sunday 2 February 2014

Card Challenge: Hearts

Hello, welcome to another challenge here at the Ribbon Girl and as it's the first Sunday of the month it's a 'Card Challenge'.  We'd like to see your cards that incorporate hearts this week

As usual our card Challenge is sponsored by Lili Of The Valley and The Ribbon Girl




This challenge will run for 1 week and closes at 9PM UK time on Saturday 8th February. Our usual rules apply - create a new card (please no backlinking to old projects), blog about it mentioning this challenge then leave a link using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post. The prize will be redrawn if the winner does not claim it after 1 week of the winner being identified on this blog

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Here are the beautiful cards from our fabulous Design Team:

by Mary G
(Mary used:image from  LOTV artpad, some 32mm white guipure lace, 7mm orchid satin ribon, a crystal butterfly charm, a stem of clear crystal hearts, two stems of tiny pearl clusters, lilac/white  cherry blossom, 10mm and 20mm lilac open roses, natural hemp twine, Stardust Stickles)

by Andrea


(Andrea used: pearl rose organza, ivory picot edge satin, teeny tiny pompom trim, polka dot button, bakers twine, heart pin, shiny heart charm and stardust Stickles)

by Kylie

(Kylie used: Aurora Borealis crystal hearts, Small Beaded Berries Ivory , Diamante Stick Pin, Heart, Mixed Colour Memo Pins, 16mm Pink Ruffle Edge Sheer, Rolled Paper Flowers - Pale Pink Roses Kort & Godt, Starburst Stamen Pink, Canterbury Rose Pink, cheesecloth)

by Jane J


(Jane used: white rose buds, crystal heart pin, double diamante trim, white Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums, white pearl string)

by Teresa 


(Teresa used:Prima Rose Heart Corner, Silver Key & Lock Charms, White String Pearls,  20mm Lilac Open Roses & 10mm Lilac Open Roses, Burgundy Starburst Stamens, 20mm Dusky Pink Open Roses, 45mm 'Blanche' Embroidered Lace, 38mm Fluted Edge Sheer Organza Ribbon, Pink Pearl Brad and Gutterman Topstitch Thread)

by Jane B

(Jane used: 5mm black gingham ribbon, natural button twine, 5mm adhesive pearls,rusty bell)

by Katie


(Katie used: WOC 30mm lilac wild rose, 20mm ivory open rose, white sweet heart blossom, pink medium pom pom ribbon, 30mm white zig zag cotton lace, 13mm Olivia white cluny lace, 3mm aqua sparkle bead string)

by Sara


(Sara used: prima ballerina ,2.5"rustic heart , Gertrude embroidered lace ,ivory inches tape measure ,lace patch sqaure ,cream seam binding ,ivory pearl string ,coffee and cream floribunda roses ,milky coffee cosmos daisy ,mocha cosmos daisy ,ivory hip rosebuds ,ivory small beaded berries ,cream daisy ,heart charm ivory teardrop pins)

by Louise

(Louise used: Brown 2 tone 30 mm wild roses, Dusky blue 10 mm open rose, 15 mm pale gold crystal and diamante embellishment, cheese cloth fabric, 5 metres of sticky tape 6 mm, Prima resin wings and heart, 38 mm vintage blue fluted edge sheerer, stickles star dust)

by Silvie


(Silvie used: 45mm 'Bethany' Ivory guipure lace, 15mm Ivory Organza stripe ribbon, Cream and Blue Seam binding, White beaded twirl, Blue beaded twirl, 30mm Dusky blue wild rose, White hip rose bud, Pale lemon Sweetheart blossoms, 10mm Dusky blue roses, Kort and Godt Ivory rolled rose, bronze button charm, Clear crystal diamante embellishment, white opal liquid pearls, 5mm clear self adhesive gems)

by Becky


(Becky used: stardust stickles, white topstitch thread, 5mm self adhesive pearls, lilac rolled roses, white chrysanth, white teeny tiny pom pom trim, 20mm scallop venise white lace, neutral button twine and a key small)
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