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Ribbons arrived....

22/08/2011

....sorry for the delay in this post Our first shipment of EXCLUSIVE ribbons arrived today - yippee!!

We have all been busy trying to despatch all the pre orders, so you can get your hands on the ribbons first. We didn't quite make it....boo hooo....sorry, but the balance will leave tomorrow.

You have not seen these two for a little while, they came in to say "Hi" and "are you coming home mummy?". So I did not miss the opportunity to get them to do the honours with the "Bingo" bag. The winners of this weeks Friday FREEBIE are numbers....

Sydney picked Number 1 = Marilyn
Awww.....how could you!! Another g o r g e o u s Christmas ribbon! How can my budget stretch any more!!! Hope I win now to save me having to live on bread and water for a month!!Love the Christmas trees and have bought the snowmen...so....trees please!! Fingers are crossing now!! Have a lovely weekend all of you x

Sam picked number 26 = Dee W
The temptation to buy yet more ribbons is growing daily so I`d just love to win a bundle of New England Christmas ribbons.
Best wishes to everyone.
Love Dee W

Christmas ribbons for Marilyn and Dee, will you stick with your friday choice or have they changed over the weekend? Please send me an email to craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address and some stunning ribbons will be coming your way.

Must go I have a very hungry husband, not sure what he is going to cook me....Oh no I can not cook I have NEW ribbons to play with.

Challenge delights

22/08/2011

You have all probably worked out that i really enjoy our Ribbon Challenges, and that several of you were nervous that they would stop since starting our own dedicated Challenge blog here (you still have until the 24th to apply to be on the DT).

If that had happened I would not get the pleasure of giving our ribbons away and also I would have no parcels to open!!!

Todays parcel was an even bigger surprise for me, it was from our Button Challenge!!! Clare thought she had posted it, and kept looking and waiting to see her goodies appear on the blog, but nothing. BUT when she tidied her craft room she found her challenge box - ooops! I will come to Clare's defence she had been planning her wedding, not an easy task.

Clare did send us a handful of little favour bags she made to say sorry - yum yum. How on earth did you manage to print on m&m's?

What a beautiful button tiara, that's cool Clare. No buttons on Clare's own tiara she made, she used beads and wire, do show us a pic Clare, sounds wonderful.

Rather fitting Clare, it would have been our mothers birthday yesterday. Was meant to be.

The words on the back.

I do love this phrase, just so simple and perfect Clare.

And finally Clare made a button keyring.......I think it would be much better as a button Bag Charm Clare. It could then live on my camera bag!!

Jans goodies are from the Colour Create Challenge, she has used both buttons and ribbons, and I believe she asked for the Goosberry Jam Pot collection.

Really impressed with this collection Jan, simple and effective. Sometimes less is more. These butterflies are awesome.

I do think this style of card is super Jan, you never know I may have to borrow the idea and make something with our NEW Christmas ribbons.

Thank you Clare and Jan for joining our Challenges, we really hope you had fun and enjoyed playing.

I am getting really excitied.........after spending the weekend in Paris our ribbon consignment arrived in Poole at 5.30am this morning and is out for delivery today. I will be pouncing on every white van and lorry that turns into Tin Pot Lane!!!!

Ribbon Challenge # 25 - FULL

21/08/2011

SORRY EVERYONE THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW FULL.

WOW - I think this has broken all the records, and only 1, maybe 2, ummm 3 or 4 extra then the planned 15!

Emails kept arriving while trying to write this post. I will keep Rachie sweet tomorrow!!!!

Enjoy the rest of the day, sounds like many of you have been waiting for the challenge, you all pounced.

Ribbon Challenge # 25 - New England

21/08/2011

SORRY THIS CHALLENGE IS FULL

Is there anybody up for a ribbon Challenge?

Who would like to be one of the first to play with our

New England Christmas Ribbons?

Can you turn these EXCLUSIVE gorgeous ribbons into inspirational goodies?

Course you can, if I can you can!

We have 15 bundles of New England Christmas Ribbons - EXCLUSIVE to us remember!
(I have been given strict instructions by Rachie, not to miss count otherwise I will be making up the parcels myself - yikes!)

Go on and send me an email to craftyribbons@gmail.com and join in our ribbon fun.

The first 15 emails I receive will be in the challenge, all we ask in return is for you to send us two projects made with Our New England Christmas ribbons
- anything from cards to bags, ATC's to ABC's!

Friday FREEBIE - 32

19/08/2011

Another day, another NEW Collection of Christmas ribbons!

Once again this card is made from nothing apart from ribbon. The glitter swirl ribbon is gorgeous and also comes in silver and gold. It is totally sheer with wired glitter edges and scrummy glitter swirls, this ribbon is to die for! I have teamed it up with satin metallic christmas trees, cut out in the same way as I did with the snowmen ribbon on wednesday. I do have a xyron, but to be honest I am not a gadget girl and a roll of double sided tape is best for me!

These 8 ribbons are all part of our NEW Christmas Collection for 2011, these are not exclusive to us, but they are still as wicked. They are all in stock for delivery today and you can find them HERE. I am still adding to this section, I expect it will take me a few more hours as I have a crate full by the side of me to input.

What would you like as a Friday FREEBIE? We have launched so many Christmas Ribbons this week, have you a favourite? Go on, do tell..........................if you leave us a comment (please read our spam filter details below) tell us which you would like to give a home, and we will pick 3 winners from our "Bingo" bag on Monday.

We do try very hard to purchase enough ribbon to take us all the way to Christmas, but as you can imagine it is like a gigantic guessing game. We are not perfect and we do get it wrong - sometimes. Last year it was a battle over the snowflake string. We would love you to pre order your ribbon, we know there are a lot of full baskets hovering to get to the check outs!!! BUT...........

......we do not want to deceive you. We have designed more EXCLUSIVE ribbons, some arriving on Monday, as yet we do not have a confirmed delivery date for all the others, but believe it will not be next week, but the end of the week after.

We would hate you to order this weeks Christmas ribbons only to discover that there are others which you prefer. We would of course love you to buy them ALL!

Is it only me or do you think it maybe challenge time again? These ribbons are crying out to be played with..............if you agree then watch this space on Sunday!!!

Have a great weekend all, and thanks for joining in with our Christmas week of ribbons, cards and fun. Nearly forgot there is still time to apply to be on our Design Team HERE.

If you are unable to leave a comment due to our spam filters, 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.

New England Christmas

18/08/2011

I love all the new colours we have for Christmas today, shocking pinks, purples and even black, but I think I am a traditional girl at heart. I remember the smell of Christmases past, the pine tree, the cranberries, the colours were more muted, traditional even - reds and greens.

I hunted the world over for a rustic Christmas range, and I really do mean the world. I tried every manufacturer and even wholesalers that I could think of. Nope no rustic range to be found.

So I designed my own and New England Christmas was born.

Our New England Christmas Collection is rustic with a olde twist. Happy Christmas saddle stich ribbon with little stitched hearts compliment our vintage rocking reindeer, wrapped parcels, hanging decorations and Christmas tree ribbons. The collection is in delightful shades of cranberry and antique white with a hint of forest, a winning combination of Christmases past.
The New England Collection is EXCLUSIVE to Crafty Ribbons

There is so much detail in this collection, the little hearts have tiny stitches, as if they have been hand stitched to the ribbon. all the ribbons are grosgrain which adds a vintage feel to the collection. Once again we have choosen the words Happy Christmas and teamed it up with the classic stitched effect ribbon. The rocking reindeer is my favourite, he is just so sweet. Every little girl must have dreamt of a rocking horse for Christmas at some point, I know I did. Even now I want one!

All the ribbons work so well together, they were designed as a Collection, not just ribbons brought together. Sadly I did not have all the ribbons to photograph so you will see images saying photos to come. This is something I have never done before. I had hoped they would be with me today, but the tracking details tell me they have stopped off in Paris!!

We have tried to think of all the ribbons you would need for your projects, we have had 3mm grosgrain dyed to the exact same colours of Cranberry, Forest and Antique white so that you can use them for tag ribbons. We have also included 63mm grosgrain in Cranberry and Forest so that you can wrap around your cakes, maybe adding the Christmas tree ribbon on top.

So if like me you like a bit of tradition at Christmas, this range is maybe for you. It is available for PRE-ORDER HERE. All orders with PRE-ORDER items will be despatched as one complete order week commencing 22nd August

Enjoy.

Christmas Holiday Film

16/08/2011

I love this ribbon, I do, I do, I do, How I have managed to keep it a secret for almost half a year I have no idea!! There are 3 sweet little penquins a father like snowman, waving and having fun in the snow all captured on film.

When I came up with the idea they all thought I was a little mad in the office - "what, a film strip with pictures on ribbon, why?" It was not until I put the first mock up together that the penny dropped. It is a unique ribbon and once again EXCLUSIVE to us....yeah!

There are six different images which are repeated along the length of the ribbon. The ribbon is 38mm satin and is printed on one side only, cut it, chop it and stick it. Look at the detail of the printing there are little arrows and x xx's as on real film. I can assure you I was not the most popular bunny in the ribbon print room when this design was being transferred to ribbon!

As you all know I am NOT a card maker, so this design is very simple. I have teamed it up with another new ribbon (sadly not exclusive to us) The Merry Christmas is slightly padded and comes on a string with about 6 merry christmas's to a mtr. It comes in gold as well and you can find it HERE. I mounted the Merry Christmas onto Black Grosgrain ribbon from our Basics to Go collection HERE. A few 3D foam pads behind to raise it from the card and I was done.

This Film Strip Ribbon can be found HERE it is being delivered this week, so we are taking Pre-orders for despatch week commencing 22nd August. If you placed an order yesterday (thank you to all those wonderful people that did, we broke a day record for August!) and you would like this ribbon, just order in the normal way and we will despatch in one go. Do not forget the free postage by answering the question in the side bar.

Phew! It is hard work sharing secrets when you have struggled to keep them under wraps for so long.

Friday FREEBIE - thank you card

15/08/2011

WOW! Thank you guys for your wonderful comments, emails and even phone calls for our new Christmas tag ribbon - you are all super, and say such kind things. I thought they were good......but you LOVE them. In true TV style I would like to say that 50% of the stock has been pre-ordered..........BUT............you are Ok we have taken lots of pre-orders but we still have loads of stock left, 50% IS ONLY A DREAM.

If you love todays EXCLUSIVE ribbons, I can not speculate on what you will think of tomorrows selection.

I received this in the post....

...a wonderful thank you card from a Friday FREEBIE winner. Sarah won some button boxes a few weeks back and this was to say thanks. She also made my day by saying our blog was one of her favourites and she loves the tutorials. Awww thanks Sarah, a blog is only as good as it's followers.

It sounded like I gave everyone a tough day on Friday deciding which ribbons you would pick for the Friday FREEBIE prize - Back to School or Cherry Pick. Mollie had the pleasure of picking the numbers again this week from our "Bingo" bag.

Number 11 = Audrey
Please include me in the Bingo Bag – if I was lucky enough to be picked, I’d choose the Back to School selection.

Thanks
Audrey

Number 32 = Sandra
these ribbons would look so cute on the nappy cakes i make!! fingers crossed! enjoy your weekend. x

Wooohooo freebie ribbons coming your way Audrey and Sandra, all we need is an email to craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address and which ribbons you would like. Yes you can change you mind if you wish! Thank you to everyone that left super comments you are all stars.

I caught up with Mandy earlier today and she has been having a play too. Check out her cards with our NEW Ribbons HERE, What fantastic creations, six tags and a change of backing papers and you have a collection of winning cards.

Christmas is coming....

15/08/2011

It is, it is, it is..... For months we have been working hard on a range of ribbons that are EXCLUSIVE to Crafty Ribbons, and all this week we are going to be showing what we have created. To start our with we have......

Wooo hooo - this ribbon is awesome (even though I say so myself!) We have never seen anything like it before, it was designed with card makers in mind, the little tags can be cut out and used individually. There are six different Santa tag designs, all running along the length of the ribbon.

Not only are there tags in this collection but we have also designed Happy Christmas Ribbon - yes I did say HAPPY!! This is one of the hardest worded ribbons to find, Merry is all over the place but Happy Christmas - very elusive!

The Happy Christmas ribbon has tiny little stitches running down the edge of the ribbon that match the stitching on the tags perfectly. The ribbon is available in toning colours for the Santa tags we have Sherry, Tan and Willow as shown in my card.

BUT that is not all...................we have Snowmen tags.

Six different cheeky snowmen designs, we have also added the Nile coloured Happy Christmas ribbon to compliment the snowmen colours. But you can also use the Tan, Sherry and Willow ribbons, all 4 colours blend perfectly.

Want a Christmas cake that is different this year? At 63mm wide this ribbon will be perfect for your cakes, and look no one can see my messy icing!!!! Each metre of tag ribbon has about 28 tags, so plenty for you to be creative with.

But that is not all............we have Gingerbread Tags

How could we design a Christmas range without Gingerbread boys and girls. Once again six different designs to include a gingerbread house, star cookies as well as the gingerbread guys!

For the Gingerbread collection we also add a Ginger Happy Christmas ribbon for that extra zing, but the Tan, Nile and Willow also team up beautfully.

Not into cardmaking or cake making - then this ribbon can simplly be used for wrapping. Back the tag ribbon with double sided tape and stick to some card and cut around the tag. Hole punch and thread with the co-ordinating satin 3mm ribbon.........yes we think we have thought of everything!

Do you like it? Oh we do hope so, this is more then just a ribbon collection, there is a little bit of every team member in this collection.

You can find ALL this collection HERE. We are taking PRE-ORDERS, as it is not due into the warehouse until later this week. But to be honest we could not keep our mouths shut any longer - we were bursting. DO NOT forget this ribbon is EXCLUSIVE to Crafty Ribbons.

All week we are going to be showing you a different Christmas Ribbon 2011 Collection..........yes there will be more!!!

Is it too early to say "Happy Christmas" - no - not with ribbon.

DT Call

12/08/2011

I mentioned yesterday that we are launching a NEW Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog.

We are looking for DT members to join our team headed by Mandy.
If you are interested then please click the header above and it will take you through to the challenge blog,
where you will find all the details.

We have some wicked blog candy.......