The Ribbon Girl Blog

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Winners of December challenge .... and closing down sale

Crafters I just wanted to say it's been a pleasure to get to know you all during our various challenges since 2010 and just to let you know that The Ribbon Girl store will close as soon as the remaining stock has been sold. If you are looking for a bargain, why not pop over and treat yourself, there is 50% off everything in the store as well as a section where you can buy full rolls/packs at very attractive prices. There are still more rolls of ribbon to add as soon as I get time.

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So sorry for the delay in announcing the winners, but it's been very busy during the closing down sale at The Ribbon Girl store. Thank you for the beautiful entries into the December 'anything goes' challenge. Winners must contact me by email within 7 days of this blog post to claim their prizes

The winner of the 1st prize chosen by random.org is No 33

Number 33, Sai Jirawadee who wins the prize of a £10 voucher for the Polkadoodles store

Magnolia Tilda with Heart Ribbon Scarf Pastel Christmas

and this is her gorgeous card

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The winner of the second prize from The Ribbon Girl

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

is kbrandy4

and this is her lovely Christmas stocking!

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I'd like to take this opportunity of wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Mary G xx

Saturday, 1 December 2018

The Ribbon Girl December 'Anything Goes' challenge ........................

Edited on 6th December - CLOSING DOWN SALE

The Ribbon Girl store will be closing down when the stock is sold. There is 50% off everything, so grab yourselves a bargain before it's all gone!

Yippee, it's December!!! and we're back with another 'anything goes' challenge. It will soon be Christmas so while this is an 'anything goes' challenge, it would be lovely to see your Christmas craft projects here. We were so pleased that so many crafters came and played last month, thank you very much. We are very grateful to Nikky at Polkadoodles for once again offering a voucher for her lovely store

First Prize:
£10 voucher from Polkadoodles

Second prize is a selection of ribbons and embellishments 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 Saturday 15th December, and prizes must be claimed within one week of being announced

Andrea

16mm 'Allison' Lace, 75mm 'Abigail' Lace, 55mm 'Emma' Lace, Gold / Ivory Chevron Ribbon, 6mm Ivory Pearl Trim, Poinsettia Gold Shimmer, 40mm White Daisy, Rose Leaf White, Beaded Stamen Mocha, Beaded Stamen White

Lorraine

Poinsettia Gold Shimmer, Frosted Ivory berry, 25mm Faux Hessian Ribbon, 15mm Gold/Ivory Chevron Ribbon, Pine Cones, Beaded Stamen Mocha, Tiny red berries, Shiny oval double ended red berries

Gina

Ballerina Blossom, Pine Cones, Beaded Stamens, Miniature Blue Blossoms , White Leaves, Silky Tassel, Jingle Bells, Guipure Lace, Organza Ribbon, Diamante Embellishment, Pearl Gems, Pearl Trim

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An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday, 17 November 2018

Winners of The Ribbon Girl 'anything goes' November Challenge .....

Thank you so much for all the lovely entries, there were 113 entries! The winner of the first prize, chosen by Random.org was Number 11 - that's you Margaret A

The prize is a £10 voucher for Polkadoodles generously given by Nikky Hall and there is so much to choose from in the Polkadoodles store you won't know which lovely images to pick!

This is Margaret A's card

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Second Prize

The winner of the 2nd prize, a selection of Christmas goodies from The Ribbon Girl was

No. 77 Debbie Johns and this is her lovely card

The winners must contact me by email within 7 days of this blogpost or forfeit their prizes. I will need the full mailing address for the second prize so it can be sent in the mail.

I hope you will join us for our December challenge here at 9am on Saturday 1st December and I'm looking forward to seeing lots and lots of gorgeous Christmas projects!

Mary G xx

Thursday, 1 November 2018

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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An InLinkz Link-up

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

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

Monday, 1 October 2018

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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An InLinkz Link-up

Friday, 28 September 2018

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

Sunday, 16 September 2018

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

Saturday, 1 September 2018

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