Sunday 31 July 2016

Summer Giveaway at The Ribbon Girl .........

The Design Team are having a break for August so we're having one or two giveaways for you instead.  The first giveaway is a surprise Maja 6x6 paper pad which will be sent direct to the winner from our very generous friends at Maja Design in Sweden   The Ribbon Girl has some gorgeous paper pads in stock - I wonder which one it will be?

Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics 6x6 Paper Pad Maja Design Vintage Baby 6x6 Paper Stack 754 Maja Design Life in the Country 6x6 Paper Stk 459



This giveaway will run for one week and the winner will be chosen at random on Sunday 7th August - all you have to do is leave a comment and say what you would make with some scrumptious Maja vintage style paper

Looking forward to finding out what you would make - cards, mini albums, decorated gift boxes?

Best of luck and see you soon, Mary x
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED 7th August 2016  The winner was chosen at random - Jolanda Breedvelt who should contaxct us within 7 days to claim her prize!!

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

Edited on 1st August - crafters I'm so sorry, I made a mistake with the 1st Prize which should have gone to Number 48 which is Dorte - I accidentally gave 1st prize to No 42 :-(        Dorte if you would kindly contact me* within 7 days I will arrange to send you a voucher for The Ribbon Girl store.

this is Dorte's sweet card

I hope you are all enjoying this lovely Summer weather as we're heading into August  Thanks for all your gorgeous entries crafters  -  the 3 winners have been chosen at random and they are as follows:

First prize chosen by random.org of a £10 voucher for LOTV  (and I know they will have some scrumptious rubber and digi Christmas stamps so it's a great time to win!!) goes to Number 42 Linda's Crafty Hall




This is Linda's card

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Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Number 100  Crafty-Stamper
A really beautiful christening card!

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Third prize:  from Marianne Designs

Number 147  Caroline's Creaties


Such a pretty 60th card from Caroline
* Winners you have 7 days to claim your prizes by email, via the contact page on our website or by message on our facebook page.  Please take a winners badge from the side bar and if possible, link it to the store (http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/index.php) 

There is no challenge today Sunday 31st July, because our hard working Design Team are having a break during the month of August, but I will be having one or two giveaways for you instead, so do keep popping back.

see you soon, Mary x

Sunday 17 July 2016

July Any Image Challenge ...

Welcome to the Ribbon Girl July 'Use any image' challenge -  you can do any type of project: cards, tags, bags, 3-d projects - anything you like, BUT YOU MUST use an image on your project.   This challenge will run until 9pm on Saturday 30th July, 2016   It's very interesting to see that 4 designers have chosen the Lemoncraft 'Forget me Not' 6x6 paper pad for their cards and so nice to see the different layouts they came up with.

There will be 3 winners and we'll share their projects when we announce the winners:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/index.php

Third prize:  prize from Marianne Designs





by Kat



by Tamara




(Mary used: Maja 'Coffee in the Arbour' 6x6 pad, white Lyra guipure lace, 25mm and 7mm 'Grape' satin ribbon, 30mm pale pink wild roses and pieces from the Scrapiniec Lace Doily Corners and Rounded Corners  Chipboard sets  and the jam was made with raspberries, sugar and lemon juice)

(Andrea used: Galeria Paperiu As If In A Dream papers, pink and turquoise organza ribbon, ruffle edge organza ribbon, 6mm white perl fallback trim, cherry blossom flower, cocktail and wine bottle charm, hemp twine)
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Winners of The Ribbon Girl July Card Challenge ....

Thank you for all the lovely cards submitted to the July Card Challenge - what a wonderful collection of many types of beautiful cards!!  The three winners are shown below - please claim your prizes within 7 days of this blog post by email, via the contact page on our website or by message on our Facebook page
The winner of the first prize of  Papers from Maja Design  chosen by random.org is number 51 and thats you Shamita at Spiral Creativity   Shamita Maja Designs send the prize direct to you so they need your full address and a telephone number



This is Shamita's card
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The winner of the second prize is No 88 Coops who will receive a small selection of ribbons, trims and embellishments from The Ribbon Girl
this is Coops beautiful card!
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The winner of the third prize which is a stamp of the winners choice from LOTV is No 136 Ane


here is Ane's beautiful baby card! so pretty!



Thanks again crafters - and don't miss the July 'Use any Image' challenge which begins at 9am on Sunday 17th July!  

happy crafting, Mary x

Sunday 3 July 2016

July Card Challenge ...

Here we are again with this months CARD CHALLENGE and as usual it's an 'Anything Goes' challenge - 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 16th July (9PM UK time).  All prizes must be claimed within 7 days and are not transferable. We are delighted to be joined by Jennifer Dix as our guest today, check out her blog for more of her amazing creations and those of the other Ribbon Girls.  Remember that all the products listed below each project can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store 

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


Second Prize:  A selection of ribbons, trims and embellishments from The Ribbon Girl


Third Prize:  A stamp of the winners choice from LOTV


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Jennifer used:  papers from Lemoncraft 'Tiny Miracles' 6x6 padfuschia pink 20mm open roses, 16mm pale pink pleated satin ribbon, pink beaded crystal leaves, 10mm ivory double row pearl trim, ivory pearl bead string, Charlotte white lace, aqua ballerina blossoms, pink and white tulipsturquoise sweetheart blossombaby pink sweetheart blossom, ivory aster 

Gina
Gina used: Pink Satin Spot/Tulle Ruched Pleated Trim, 32mm Clementine Ivory Embellished Tulle Lace, 28mm Prudence Pale Pink Flat Lace, Pink Daisy, Blue 30mm Wild Rose, 35mm Pink Trellis Rose, Antique Blue Two Tone Cherry Blossom, Beaded White Stamen, 12mm Ivory Pearl Flower, 4mm Ivory Pearl String, 20mm Pearl & Diamante Flower Embellishment, Ivory Button Twine, Stickles Stardust Ranger Ink.

Gretha 


Jane
Jane used:  used 10mm Dark Sage Green/Cream Square Check Ribbon, Scarlet Berry Satin Berisford no 908, Berries Green/Red Shiny 24 D/Ended Stems, white cherry blossoms, and green apples.


Dawny P


Danny used: Galeria Papieru As if in a Dream II 12x12 Stack15mm Pale Lime Green No 6 Berisford Satin15mm Pale Pink Satin Berisford No 70Pale Lime Green Small Polka Dot Spotty Button 

Mary
Mary used: Maja Vintage Summer 6x6 pad, 30mm pale pink wild roses, large pale pink rosebud, pink/white beaded stamens, 16mm pleated pale pink satin, 30mm Prudence pale pink lace, 7mm pale pink satin ribbon, 15mm pale pink pearl diamante embellishment, 6mm white flatback pearl trim, White Opal liquid pearls and Stardust Stickles
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Saturday 2 July 2016

Winners of The Ribbon Girl June 'Use any Image' challenge ....

Thanks for all your gorgeous entries crafters!!  The 3 winners have been chosen at random and they are as follows:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV  (and I know they will have some scrumptious Christmas stamps available very very soon!!



Number 39  Scrappelises Blog

Her lovely card which opens to reveal another image

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Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Number 116  Helene
This is Helen's pretty card

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Third prize:  from Marianne Designs

Number 193   Andrea Norris

Such a cute card from Andrea Norris - really lovely!

Winners you have 7 days to claim your prizes by email, via the contact page on our website or by message on our facebook page.  Please take a winners badge from the side bar and if possible, link it to the store (http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/index.php) 

I hope you will all return on Sunday morning 9am for The Ribbon Girl July Card Challenge
see you then, and thank you so much for sharing all your lovely makes!
Mary x