THE RIBBON GIRL CARD CHALLENGE FOR JUNE ~ NUMBERS

Hello and good morning, 

 and welcome June the 1st yeah!

 It's a beautiful day out there the sun is shining beautifully, the sky is blue and all is good aahhhh!

June also brings a new Card Challenge at The Ribbon Girl

this months challenge is Numbers and as you can see I used clocks, including a Ribbon Girl Clock Charm, I love making cards for Gentlemen with these papers I think they look so classy.

I have used Maja Design papers, layered and stitched

and all these gorgeous items from 

 The Ribbon Girl

25mm Navy Satin Ribbon, Gutterman Top Stitch Thread, Clock Charm, Melissa Frances Lockbox Applique Set, Flatback Pearls 'Blues' collection and Dusky Blue Roses.
There are 2 fabulous prizes to be won

From The Ribbon Girl there's a choice of 10 beautiful Divine Twine (10 metres of each colour of your choice) from this collection 

And a £10 Gift Voucher from the lovely ladies at
 Lili of the Valley

What great prizes eh? and all you have to do is make a card with numbers on it to be in with a chance to win

Good Luck!

Enjoy your Sunday, hope the sun is shining for you too

love & hugs

If there ever comes a day....

Good morning, 

Hope you have better weather than us it's pouring down here, I need some sunshine :)

I made this card with my very last sheet of this Pion paper and it's now discontinued :(

I loved this paper so hope I've used it wisely lol

I've used more of my favourite Ribbon Girl goodies ~

25mm and 50mm Grape Satin Berisford Ribbon, 25mm White Chelternam Guipure Lace, Prima Resin Angels 3, Bronze Vintage Tiny Frame, Green Hemp Twine, Liking Lilac Flatback Pearls

Take care and I hope you have a great day, despite the weather :)

Hugs

Vintage Card & Box

Good morning and hope you're enjoying the Bank Holiday here in the UK, okay so the weather could be better but at least it's a good day for crafting eh?

I made this card using the gorgeous Pion papers

and 

from The Ribbon Girl I used

25mm Silver Grey Berisford Satin Ribbon, 3mm Ivory Flatback Pearls, Gutterman Topstitch Thread, Mini Blooms Vintage Cream, Large Bloom Mixed Dahlia from the Barley Sugar Collection,

3mm Ivory String Pearls, Bronze Floral Heart Charm, Ivory Gypsophalia and 50mm 'Emily' Embroidered Tulle Lace.

Enjoy your day whatever you're doing 

and Thank you for stopping by, it means a lot to me. 

Hugs 

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia ~ Charms

Hello and Good Afternoon,

Yes I'm back with my second post of the day

this one is for

 Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia

and our theme this week is to Add a Charm

I've used this lovely Tilda at the beach, painted with distress reinkers and added lots of beach details, little shells, my charm is a flip flop sandal just below the top roses (as seen in this photo above)

I've also used a little bottle of sand, a bark heart, Pearls, roses and berries.

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Thanks for stopping by, hope you can join us in this challenge we look forward to seeing your creations with charms. 

Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend, 

hugs 

THE RIBBON GIRL MAGNOLIA ONLY CHALLENGE ~ BIRTHDAYS

Good morning dear Crafter's, 

I hope today finds you fit and well. 

What has happened to the weather? it's so wet & windy out there, just as I was enjoying the beautiful warm sunshine, it motivates me to get things done and I loved being able to go out without wearing woolies or a coat, oh well I suppose the ducks are enjoying it, roll on Summer. 

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It's the Magnolia Only Challenge today at The Ribbon Girl and the theme is Birthday Cards

For this challenge I've painted up this lovely Tilda with flowers and used the new Magnolia Corner Leaf stamp, I added lots of tiny die-cut Hydrangeas and butterflies.

I loved making this one and I used these gorgeous products from The Ribbon Girl 

Lace Patch Antique White, 17mm 'Lavinia' Ivory Fine Lace, Natural Hessian, Wooden Dress Button, 3mm Flatback Pearls, Bronze Key Charm, 20mm & 10mm Ivory Open Roses, Mini Rose Buds and Stickles Stardust Glitter. 

Hope you can join us in this challenge, as always there's some fabulous goodies up for grabs

You could win a stamp from Magnolia of Sweden

and a £10 Voucher from The Ribbon Girl

How great is that eh? 

Have a wonderful relaxing Sunday

and I will be back later today with another card

see you then

Hugs

Girly Creations at A Creative Romance

Good morning

It's time for another A Creative Romance Challenge and this week were making Girly Creations

I've used Tilda with Poppy and coloured her with distress inks

My papers were from my dear friend Sue 

thank you Sue :)

I made the large flower using hydrangeas, the daisies, twine, pearls, heart charm and heart frame are all from The Ribbon Girl. Berries & other flowers are Magnolia. 

Have fun making those Girly Creations, we can't wait to see them.

Hope you like it. 

Have a great weekend

Hugs 

Ivy Birthday Greetings

Good Morning Dear Crafters & Bloggers

Hope you are well and enjoying this beautiful sunshine, I'm loving it gives me so much energy to get on with everything I want to do.

Today I want to share this card with you, an Easel card, Tag & Pretty matching box

Made with the gorgeous Pion papers and all these beautiful products from The Ribbon Girl

'Lavinia' Lace, Khaki Green Satin Ribbon, Gypsophalia, 20 & 10mm Open Roses, 3.5" Doily, Rose Buds, Green Flatback Pearls, Key Charm, Gutterman Top stitch thread and Daisy-May Charm.

Thanks for looking, have a wonderful Sunny day. 

All my cards are for sale on ebay & Etsy :)

Hugs

CRISS CROSS CARD & BOX

Good morning all, 
I'm up early this morning (4am) as I had to drive my youngest to work, so I thought I would blog this card & box I made over the weekend.

All the beautiful products I used can be found at
The Ribbon Girl  store, there's so many gorgeous ribbons, lace pearls etc you'll love it. 
Have a wonderful day and see you soon, 
hugs

Baby Blanket

Hello lovely Crafter's how are you today?

I'm sharing this Lili of the Valley Baby card with you today

the cute stamp is called Baby Blanket

I've used Maja Design papers,

Magnolia sentiment

 and these gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl

Mimosa Yellow Seam Binding, 12mm 'Amanda' Ivory Lace, Ivory Chrysanthemum, Antique Blue Cherry Blossom, 10mm and 20mm Dusky Blue Open Rose, Ivory Button Twine, Baby Buggy Charm and 3.5" White Doily.

I hope you have a great day, thank you for stopping by,
hugs

Lovely Hanglar Or Sweet Magnolia ~ Add a Sentiment Challenge

 Good Afternoon Crafters,

'Add a Sentiment' is the new challenge at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia today

and I've used this beach theme paper called Shoreline Treasures by Pion along with 

Tilda at the Beach

This is where my holiday to Aberdovey comes into play :)

I've used seashells and sand on my card from Aberdovey

I've also used these lovely items from
 The Ribbon Girl

Ivory Jute Mesh Ribbon, 15mm Tea Towel Stripe Ribbon, Faux Hessian Natural Ribbon, Resin Starfish, Seahorse Charm, Natural Button Twine, Cheescloth
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Hope you can join us in this new challenge, pop over to LHOSM for more details about the challenge.
I will leave you to enjoy the rest of your Sunday now lol, 
have a lovely day.
hugs

The Ribbon Girl ~ Lovely Lili Challenge ~ Add Pearls

Hello and good morning to you

it's time for another Lovely Lili Challenge at The Ribbon Girl today and today's theme is to

 Add Pearls

This is one of my favourite LOTV's it's called Daisy Chain, I've used the gorgeous papers from Maja Design as well as all these gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl

38mm pale pink striped satin ribbon, Ballerina pink tu-tu-tulle ribbonBronze colour small square vintage style framePack of 90 ivory silk adhesive pearlsDoiley 3.5" whitePale Pink 10mm Open RosesPale pink 20mm Open RosesCoat hanger charm, bronze colourPink button TwineStickles Stardust

Have an enjoyable and relaxing Sunday,

I'll be back a little later with another card.

Hugs

Maja Design Vintage lady

Good morning,
 I was sure I had posted this card but after going back over lots of pages on my blog I can't see it so I'll put it down to my age lol and maybe I've used this lovely image so many times before but I just love these Maja papers. 

The papers and lovely lace are from Live & Love crafts, the flowers, key charm, button twine & string pearls are from The Ribbon Girl. 

Have a great weekend, I've two cards to post tomorrow so see you then. 

Hugs 

A Creative Romance ~ One for the Boys

Good morning, 

 Just helping out here for the A Creative Romance Challenge today

'One for the boys'

and here's my card

I used Pion 'For Father' papers, all stitched onto black card and black satin ribbon to finish off

I hope you will pop over to A Creative Romance and join in the challenge, we all have men/boys in our lives to make cards for and there's some great inspiration waiting for you over there.

Have fun!

See you soon

hugs

Have a dream come true day

Good morning Crafters, 
I hope you are well. I was fortunate to spend the day crafting yesterday and this was the first of three cards I made. 
I've a busy day ahead today, shopping and housework stuff and visiting mum but I'll be back later to visit your blogs again, I think I've caught up :)
Take care and have a good day.
Hugs

The Ribbon Girl Card Challenge ~ Flowers

Hello lovely Crafters & Bloggers

How are you today?

I just popped by to let you know it's The Ribbon Girl Card Challenge today and the theme is Flowers

I made this Criss Cross Easter card a couple of weeks ago using the beautiful papers by Pion and these beautiful The Ribbon Girl goodies.

25mm 'Jacqueline' Lace, 25mm Ecru Satin Ribbon, 68mm Fine Natural Hessian Ribbon, Mixed Dahlia Eastern Promise and 3.5" White Paper Doilies

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Who doesn't love flowers eh? it's a nice easy challenge with fabulous prizes to be won, so pop over to The Ribbon Girl blog and see the gorgeous cards for inspiration. 

Have a lovely Sunday

Hugs

Teresa xx