Add a bit of bling .... and some midweek inspiration ....

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So pleased we've got the beautiful ivory pearl and crystal bead branches back in stock - a selection of round and oval faux pearls with a scattering of gem-cut faux crystal beads on fine twisted silver stalks - breathtaking!  Perfect for cards, scrapbook pages, bridal cakes, accessories and crafting, these lovely branches can be used as they are or cut into smaller stems for use on cards and many other craft projects. An example using the white pearl branch can be seen below

and have you seen the new aurora borealis crystal hearts - sold in packs of ten hearts, each one has a hole so they can be hung on a chain or piece of twine or an ear-ring - super sparkly, perfect for card makers, bracelets and loads of other crafty projects

25mm round 'Starburst' diamante embellishment - very sparkly and so elegant, this beautiful embellishment requires glueing or stitching in place - have a look further down the page to see how Franz used this sparkly embellishment

By Katie K 

Katie used 18mm Lucy white cluny lace, 8mm Rebecca ivory cluny lace,

white organza rose ribbon, ivory pearl and crystal branch,

WOC white lily flower, ivory/lemon sparkle rose,

10mm pale pink open rose

By Franz

Pink and sparkly 'thank you' card by DT Franz who added a Starburst Diamante Emebellishment, Pale Pink Silk Ribbon, Jessica White Guipure Lace, Ivory open roses and white pearl organza ribbon

Reminder:  We will be on holiday next week - you can still place orders but they won't be sent out until w/c 1st July so if you need anything urgently please place your orders before Saturday 22nd June

Mary

June Colour Challenge ...

Here we go with another colour challenge at the Ribbon Girl and this month we want to see your projects using all shades of pink - our favourite!!

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We have two fabulous prizes for our lucky winner from Lili Of The Valley and Ribbon Girl

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As usual our rules are very simple - please create a new project following the colour theme of the challenge, no back linking to older projects, blog about it mentioning this challenge then use the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post to leave a link to your project. One lucky winner will be chosen at random when the challenge closes on Saturday 22th June, 9PM (UK time)

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Our Design Team have created some fabulous projects to inspire you but before we share them we would like to welcome some new Design Team members. Today we are welcoming three very talented and inspiring crafters to the Ribbon Girl team - Alberto from Italy, Yuri from Japan and Jenny from UK are all joining our Colour Challenge team and they have worked their magic to create some beautiful projects for us. 

Remember that all the products listed below the projects can be found in the Ribbon Girl online store

by Alberto

(Alberto used: Fairy Wishes Tiny Glass Bottle, 15mm White Church Window Guipure, 50mm 'Emily' Embroidered Tulle Lace, Daisy Pale Pink RGirl, 16mm Pink Pleated Satin Ribbon, Tulip Flower White Pk of 5, Brass Colour Memo Pins)

by Yuri

(Yuri used: Rolled Paper Roses Pink Kort & Godt, Aster Ivory, Pink Crystal Hearts, 12mm Ivory Pearl Flower Shape Flatbacks, Silver Colour Butterflies, Lily Flowers Pale Pink, 'Rebecca' Ivory Vintage Style Fine Scallop Lace, Pink Tulip Seam Binding, Pearls Sugar and Spice, Pink Tulle Lace, Hip Rose Buds, Irridescent Sparkle Bead String, Cheesecloth)

by Jenny

(Jenny used:  Marshmallow Anenomes, Bee Charm, White top stitch thread, Strawberry Glaze Pink Seam Binding, Cheesecloth, 20mm Diamante Spacer & 14mm Clear Crystal Gem &Pearl Small Symmetrical flourishes)

by Mary

(Mary used: Flat pearl bead string, dusky pink tiny ric rac; dusky pink 7mm satin, pink crystal diamante heart, 5mm pink pearls, WOC deep pink 35mm trellis rose, pink carnations, white hip rosebuds, pink sweetheart blossom, white Kort & Godt chrysanths and Stardust Stickles)

by Andrea

(Andrea used: guipure lave, concertina ribbon, engraved heart charm, pearl string, sparkle rose, irridescent heart stem, stardust stickles)

by Gina

(Sparkle Rose Pink/White, 38mm Vintage Pink Fluted Edge Sheer Ribbon, Cheesecloth, Hip Rose Buds Pink/White, 40mm Daisy Pale Pink,  Pink Trellis Rose 35mm, Lily Flower, 5mm Pink Pearl s, Beaded Twirl Pink, 50mm Emily Embroidered Tulle Lace, 20mm Vintage Pink Open Rose)

by Astrid

(Astrid used: 5 mm pink pearls self adhesive, 32 mm "Annabelle" Ivory Fine Vintage Style Cluny Lace, 16 mm pink Ruffle Edge Sheer, 20 mm Vintage Pink Open Rose, Rolled Paper Roses Pink Kort & Godt, Chrystanth Cream Kort & Godt, Beaded Stamen White, Cheesecloth)

by JaneM

(Jane used: Saddlestitch ribbon, paper flowers, Stick on gems and pearls)

by Kath

(Kath used: Mixed Dahlia Marshmallow Mix, Ivory Guipure Lace, Butterfly Charm, Pearls Sugar and Spice, Pale Pink Silky Crush) by Anne (Anne used: Kort and Godt rolled roses, topstitch thread, 'Emily' embroidered tulle lace, hemp twine, tulle, teardrop pinwheel, pearl bead string, flatback pearls, white beaded sprigs) by Franz (Franz used: Lily Flowers Pale Pink, 38mm Pale Pink/Silver Glitter Organza, Beaded Twirl Pink, 50mm 'Emily' Embroidered Tulle Lace,6mm Ivory Silk Hearts Self Adhesive) by Bev (Bev used: 25mm White Flat Polyester Fan Pattern Lace, Ruffle Edge Sheer Ribbon, Stephanotis White, Ivory 20mm resin flatback embellishments, Resin Cameo Frame Flatback, Gardenia, 20mm roses,10mm roses) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Winner of June Wedding Giveaway .......

The winner of the June Wedding Giveaway is

Margreet

Please email us Margreet with your name and address so we can send your prize

The prize must be claimed within 7 days from today

Please pop back on Sunday morning ladies - it's the Ribbon Girl June Colour Challenge!! and we've got some fabulous projects by our very talented design team!!

see you then,

Mary x

From the heart .... in pink and blue

This morning we're showcasing a beautiful card by DT Silvie Z

'From the Heart' by DT Silvie Z features 'Irish Marci' and Silvie decorated her card with 35mm Pink Trellis rose, 20mm White open rose, 10mm pale lilac open rose, 10mm white open roses, 15mm Sky Blue satin ribbon, 22mm White fan pattern Cluny lace, Sugar and Spice Self Adhesive flatback pearls all from The Ribbon Girl http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/

  

I'll pop back late this evening with the winner of our June Wedding Giveaway and tomorrow morning sees the start of the Ribbon Girl June Colour Challenge 1

Mary x

Maxine the Florist .....

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'Maxine the Florist' by DT Debbie Dolphin

'Maxine the Florist' beautifully coloured by Debbie  - I love the hat! Debbie added 'Josephine' ** Ivory Cream Fine double scalloped Lace, Ivory Lace and Pearl Trim, Cheesecloth,Chocolate Brown Hemp Twine and Beaded Stamen White

** 32mm 'Josephine' is an ivory cream very fine beautifully patterned cotton (95%) cluny lace.  One edge has small scallops while the other edge has sweeping scallops surrounding flowers and small foliage.  Would enhance any bridal, christening or special occasion item of clothing or accessory, special bedlinen, wedding cakes, cards, vintage style accessories and numerous sewing and craft projects.

See you soon, Mary x

Restocked and new products - June Wedding Giveaway is open until Saturday .....

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NEW AND RESTOCKED PRODUCTS

  

We're now offering 7 colours of hemp twine in 10metre bundles at only £1.00 each. We've got the natural colour wired edge faux hessian ribbon back in stock and the resin doves and flatback frames should be back in the store by this weekend.  It's worth checking the Sale & Specials section whenever you visit the store - our  small scrap bags have proved very popular and are a great way to try products you wouldn't normally choose!

Now for more inspiration from our mega talented design team members using products from

By Katie K

Katie used 50mm Emily tulle lace, blue fluted edge sheer ribbon, 

cream seam binding ribbon, natural button twine,

white rose organza ribbon, WOC 10mm pale pink rose

By Kim

Kim used  50mm Emily lace, white pearl organa ribbon, white Kort & Godt chrysanths, ivory resin dove, white beaded swirl, white seam binding and white looped organza

By Jane J

Jane added a white daisy flower, a pink flower from the Canterbury Rose Pink collection, Siam Pink seam binding, 50mm Emily embroidered tulle lace 

ps  Just to give you advance warning - Ribbon Girl will be on holiday from 23rd June for one week - you can still place orders but they won't be sent out until w/c 1st July so if you need anything urgently please order it soon

Mary

Some pretty bibs and the winner of the Ribbon Girl June Card Challenge

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A trio of trimmed bibs by Katie B

Our customer Katie made these pretty bibs for her daughter's dolls - she trimmed the bibs with bias binding from The Ribbon Girl - thanks for sharing these with us Katie!

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WINNER OF RIBBON GIRL JUNE CARD CHALLENGE

There were some fabulous entries (190 of them)  into the Ribbon Girl June Card Challenge to  'add a die cut' and we're sorry that we were not able to leave a comment with every entry.  The winner picked by random.org was number 69

scrapellen

Please contact us within 7 days by email to claim your prizes of a stamp of your choice from the lovely ladies at Lili of the Valley and a £10 voucher towards a shopping spree in the Ribbon Girl online store

Mary x

June wedding giveaway ....

There is no challenge today Sunday 9th June and as it is now 'wedding season' we thought it would be nice to have a  June Wedding giveaway

2 metres of cream satin ribbon

1 metre of 'Josephine' ivory vintage style cotton lace

1 metre of flat ivory pearl lace trim

1 bunch of small ivory gardenias

1 large diamante heart buckle slide

1 floral heart, a padlock, a shiny heart and small key charm

all from

Please leave a comment and mention this give away on your blog - I'm looking forward to reading your comments and will pick one winner at random on Saturday 15th June

Mary x

This giveaway is now closed

Shabby-debbied-doooooo ............

By Debbie Dolphin

The very talented Debbie Dolphin thought our resin flat back frames were just a bit too shiny for her liking - so she shabbied them - or as I say 'debbied them' this is how she did it .... thanks for sharing this Debbie!

,After my last post I have had a few emails on how I 'Shabbied' the beautiful Resin frames from the Ribbon Girl on the picture above'

As beautiful as they are, when they arrived I thought they needed a little roughing up or 'Debbie'd' as Mary called it!! :D

I first coated in gesso (white paint will do)

When dried I brushed on Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I then dipped my finger into the paint and slightly brushed the top of the pattern. This helps to highlight the beautiful intricate detail of the frame.

So if you want to do the same, we've got plenty of doves and frames in stock and more on the way so get 'shabby-debbie-doooooooing !!

Debbie xx

Thanks for sharing Debbie and I'll be back soon with the winner of our June card challenge - still time to enter

Click here or scroll down for the Ribbon Girl June Card Challenge

Mary x

Midweek inspiration from The Ribbon Girl .....

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Our Mixed Dahlias and floribunda roses are back in stock!  These lovely paper flowers, handmade from recycled cotton pulp, make a lovely addition to all types of crafting projects

Today I wanted to bring you some mid-week inspiration to get you in the mood for crafting .... 

'Birdcage Cake' by our customer Sandi Turner who used white Church Window Guipure Lace on top of Navy Blue Satin Ribbon - thanks for sharing Sandi!

and here are some gorgeous cards made by our talented Design Team using products from

Sara

Lazy Summer Days card by DT Sara (and the sun is actually shining again this morning!) who used peach daisy, ivory cosmos daisy, pale peach cosmos daisy, ivory gypsophalia, ivory crystal and pearl branch, ivory mini pom pom trim, emily tuille lace, hermione vintage cluny lace ,rebecca fine scallop lace all from The Ribbon Girl

Gina

Tilda with Flowing Hair by DT Gina using Bird Cage Bronze Colour Charm, Red small Beaded Berries, 50mm Emily Embroidered Tulle Lace, Oloroso Seam Binding, 25mm Red Velvet Lace, Ivory Asters (Chrysanthemum), Small Gardenia, 35mm Ivory White Trellis Rose

Katie K

'Love Life' by DT Katie who used baby pink sweetheart blossom, WOC pale pink trellis rose 35mm, K&G beaded ivory/cream berries, ivory button twine, seam binding ribbon, Rebecca vintage cluny lace 

Becky

Happy Birthday by DT Becky who used white tulips, white chrysanths, beaded stamen white, white rose organza trim, stardust stickles and Jessica White Guipure

I hope everyone continues to see the sunshine this week and that you will have time to join in with our June Card Challenge to 'add a diecut' see below - lovely prizes to win and the challenge remains open until Saturday.

See you later with details of a few more new products!

Mary x