Four lucky numbers are.......
18/06/2012
Number 4 = KRAFTY KAREN
Oooh I adore these!!!
With so many "little-lies" birthdays coming up I could have a field day with these!! Especially one that loves those little jelly bears.. lol..xx
Number 9 = Jan
Hi, Ooooh lovely cute summery ribbons - lovely - just what we need to bring some sunshine into our lives, there's precious little outside is there?
Hugs Jan xxx
Number = Julie
Such a delightful selection - as always!
Number 32 = Alison
Poor Bev, I can imagine how hard it is to choose a Bev's bag having paid a visit to the warehouse. Fabulous. Great work ladies and Tony.
Good Luck all.
Alison
Well done girls you have Bev's NEW ribbon Bag to play with. Please can you send an email with your address to craftyribbons@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone that left super messages, I had a very busy weekend and I only managed to finish reading them today.
We have SUNSHINE in Dorset - please stay!!!
Friday Freebie - Teddy bear picnic
15/06/2012
We have Bev to blame for the delay in this post - she just could not decide on which ribbons to put into her NEW Bev's Bag. "This one, no this one, ooh and this one, this is new, that one has to go in" What is she like!!
Bev's NEW Ribbon Bag - Teddy Bears Picnic
We have four of Bev's new bags up for todays Friday FREEBIE - for a chance to win, leave a comment below.
Have a great weekend everyone.
If you are unable to leave a comment due to our spam filters (comment disappears when screen is refreshed), please email it to craftyribbons@gmail.com
and we will add it for you. All the comments go into our "Bingo" bag and we draw a random number(s) on Monday.
Please check back to see if you have won, it is up to you to claim your prize - we do not contact you.
Hello wednesday - colour splash
13/06/2012
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
How many of us take pictures? I do, I take hundreds - and not just of ribbon! But what do you do with your photos? Leave them on your camera card, show them to family or friends?
Here is a simple idea to use your photos. I recently went to London for my birthday, and I was snapping away as normal and took loads of photos. But I got rather sad that no one would enjoy them. This is my favorite picture of the day.................
I turned the photo into black and white then repainted the telephone boxes red. I printed the photo out onto glossy photo paper then added a couple of ribbons to match the telephone boxes. The wide ribbon at the bottom is our cotton ribbon here and the With all my love ribbon is NEW and you can find it here.
My Dad would have loved this card - so Dad this is for you.
One extra winner!
11/06/2012
It has been raining all day here in Dorset and it is the last day of the childrens school holidays.
There was such a rush to help pick the winner from the "Bingo" from Sydney and Sam that I did not have the heart to say I only needed one number as there was only one winner!!! So we have two winners.
Winner number 12 = Craftygranny
Wow fab ribbons and gorgeous colours.
Winner number 14 = Dorothy
A new challenge yippee love these lovely ribbons .what fab colours.
Dorothy
Not sure which one was the extra lucky winner but well done Craftygranny and Dorothy. We hope you can keep calm until the ribbons arrive, please email us your address to craftyribbons@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone that left us a super comment, it was great to read them all. I was going to to use the NEW Summer Breeze ribbons, BUT my computer decided to die on me on Friday. So while I was loading up all my software onto the new computer, I was having a play with ribbons at the same.
I do hope all our followers are safe and sound, this weather is awful.
Ribbon Challenge # 28 - Saddle Stitch
10/06/2012
SORRY THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW FULL
I promised you a NEW Challenge today and here it is..............
It has been a while since the last ribbon Challenge..........
...so is anyone up for a NEW Challenge?
THESE ARE NEW AND EXCLUSIVE SADDLE STITCH
After our success of the narrow saddle stitch ribbon we designed for our EXCLUSIVE Baby Ribbon we decided to expand the colours.
Fancy playing with these NEW Saddle stitch ribbons (not on the website yet)?
Send me an email to craftyribbons@gmail.com with your name and address.
The first 14 emails I receive will be in the challenge, all we ask in return is for you to send us TWO projects made with our EXCLUSIVE Ribbons
- anything from cards to bags, ATC's to ABC's!
Friday FREEBIE - Keep Calm
08/06/2012
It has been a while since our last Friday FREEBIE - did anyone win in the Best of British Event? Some prizes were not claimed in the time allowed so NEW winners have been picked, do check out if you are a new winner. Details on our Inspiration blog here
We launched these NEW Ribbons during the event, oooooh you do like them.........
.....so thought they would make a super Friday FREEBIE prize. For a chance to win just leave us a comment below, if Henry our over active spam filter eats your comment (refresh you screen after leaving the comment) then please email it to us craftyribbons@gmail.com and we will add it for you.
We will pick the winner on Monday from our "Bingo" Bag, so do not forget to check back to see if you have won.
It has been a while........................but with all this bad weather at the moment.......................maybe we need a new ribbon challenge? What do you think? Leave me your ideas in your comment and I will get my thinking cap on for Sunday..............we always launch challenges on Sundays don't we!
The NEW Summer Breeze ribbons (& feathers) werE all added to the site yesterday.
You can find them here.
Hope the weather is kinder to you over the weekend, we had a right hooly here last night.
Challenge blog - butterflies & bows
07/06/2012
Time for a new challenge over on our Challenge blog. Gina is hosting the new challenge and she has picked the theme
BUTTERFLIES & BOWS
To be honest I am a little carded out, making cards does not come easliy to me and so I thought I thought I would do something different. I have a friend with a birthday this week, and I know she keeps the ribbons from her prezzie, I could combine the two - prezzie wrapping and butterflies and bows.
I think there is nothing quite like crisp white grosgrain ribbon here. It looks just so fresh and perfect. To bring in the butterfly theme I used our blue butterfly ribbon here. Thinking it looked rather plain for my friend, I made a few hovering butterflies!
I simply cut the butterflies from the ribbon and threaded on some craft wire. To give them a kind of movement I twisted the wire around a lollipop stick to create a spring.
Our design team have made some super creations with butterflies and bows - check them out here. Thank you to everyone that joined in with our last challenge and hope to see you back this time...................we do have a scrummy prize..................
If you are looking for some fresh, crisp ribbons to use on your summer crafting then do check out this NEW Range, it is being uploaded to the website today. When it is live, you will find it here. Some of you may have had some of these ribbons - Bev sneaked some of them into her last Bev's bag!
I received a wonderful email from Karen, a follower of this blog and also our NEW Inspiration blog. She sent me photos of some of her creations she made for her children to celebrate the Jubilee. A crown for each and a little card for them to remember the day.
A King for the day
Love the use of this ribbon Karen.
Great flags too.
Thank you so much for sharing these creations with us Karen.
Have a good day all.
Hello wednesday - this much........
06/06/2012
Don't you just LOVE wednesday's? Say hello to wednesday "hello wednesday" It's all downhill from now on to the weekend - yippee!!!
Seems a while since our last Hello wednesday. Did you enjoy our BOB - Best of British event? I note that several of our regular followers won prizes. If you have forgotten to check, then pop over to the Inspiration blog and have a look.
I have my friend Leigh to thank for making this card. What a brilliant use of our tape measure ribbon. I gave you a sneak peak of this ribbon when it arrived, but i forgot to put it onto the website. I am pleased to say you can now find it here. Yippee at last Ali!!!
I managed to catch up on a lot of photography work over the long weekend, so expect to find lots of NEW goodies coming your way!
Buttons.............She made the ribbon belt famous several years back, so now it is the turn of the button.
Delayed Friday Freebie winners are.......
15/05/2012
Apologies for not posting the winners details yesterday, life just got in the way of blogging!
Sydney picked the winners for me, she came home from school bursting with energy wanting to make a pair of bat wings! You can not see them very well in the photo but they are there, hence the card ringlets around her waist.
Number 3 = WendY
Sun is shining here too - hope it lasts. Just love these vintage ribbons. Thanks for the chance to win some - if not, will be spending my pennies soon. WendY x
Number 27 = Rosalee
Lovely bag and beautiful collection. I would love to have a chance.
Hugs, Rosalee
Oooh WendY you have been lucky lately, maybe you should buy a lottery ticket this week! Congratulations WendY and Rosalee you both have a Bev's Bag to delve into........all we need are addresses please to craftyribbons@gmail.com
Todays Challenge goodies are from Dorothy, I think Dorothy has joined us on every challenge and she always makes oodles of super creations. Plenty of inspiration to share.
First creation is this charming little baby crib, decorated with our baby washing line ribbon, the baby inside has matching blankets.
The crib arrived on it's own carrier, a work of art in itself Dorothy.
Dorothy has made me several of these book style cards for different challenges, they are always charming and packed with exquisite decoration. I love the little doylies Dorothy.
Oooh you do like testing my photography skills Dorothy, this reflective card is always a challenge for me. A beautiful colour, it is like an iris irridescent depending on the light.
This card is delightful Dorothy, I love the rocker you have created, and the way you have carefully cut out the little clothes from the ribbon.
What a treasure chest of a card, everytime I look at this card Dorothy I see something different, very clever.
Not sure what the correct name is for this type of card (someone please tell me), it is like a decoupage window. I love the way you have matched the bears bows with her hat, very classy.
Thank you Dorothy for all your delightful creations, I always enjoy opening your challenge parcels, just like a pandoras box! I know it is a while since you crafted with these ribbons, but I do hope you enjoyed them.
I hope you all have a crafty day.
Challenge Blog - Flowers
10/05/2012
How can it be a NEW Challenge already over on our challenge blog here! Time is certainly flying by at the moment. Thank you to everyone that joined in with our last challenge, hope you all had fun, we had some super bright and colourful creations for Charlottas challenge. The NEW Challenge is being hosted by Pinky and is called.....
Flowers
Wooohoo I can do this new challenge, should I use flower ribbons or flower buttons, yikes decisions, decisions!
Flower buttons - these buttons are super to work with and are due back into stock today. You will find them here. I wanted to created a fun girly card, and as you know I have been re-organising the ribbon shelves and came across lots of ribbons that I had forgotten about. These little Crafty Fairy ribbons were one such collection, you can find them here.
The Fairy bow can be removed from the card as it is a hair bow with a hair clip attached. The hair bows are one of the projects on our NEW DVD here or you can just download the hair Bow clip here. They really are very easy to make and great fun - a card and a gift in one.
Do you have a flower card or project in mind? Then why not join in with our NEW Challenge here You could win one of these....................
....................that's correct a Flower button box is the prize. Pop on over to the blog and see what the fantastic design team girls have created - we have a new teamie to welcome, Lorraine has joined our ribbon girls, find out more here.
I have got myself into a right pickle, we start our "Best of British" event next week - two weeks of amazing creations from all the design team.....................ummmmmm............I have not yet fully completed one project......ooooooh I have lots started............my design room is covered with cards...................my sewing room at home has piles of boxes in process...............I even have a project on the go in the sitting room!!! Looks like I am either going to have to call in the ribbon fairies or I am going to be very busy for the next week!!!
Focus Ali, one project at a time maybe that is the answer. Have a great day everyone, while I chase my tail!
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