Ribbon Challenge # 15
09/05/2010
SORRY THIS CHALLENGE IS FULL.
Full Blooms only here!
Just imagine if all our gardens stayed in FULL BLOOM all throughout the summer. Our NEW range of ribbon is called "Full Blooms" and every ribbon is bursting with blooms of every shape and colour.
As soon as I saw these ribbons I had an idea for Winnie (Sydney's special bear), it's been a long time since he had a new outfit.
Winnie is all dressed up for a summer tea party in the garden, the delightful daisy sheer ribbon skirt has been topped with matching lace and a bit of bling!
Do you think you could come up with some unique creations using this selection of ribbon? Are you inspired by flowers? Anybody want to have a play with a bunch of "Full Blooms" ribbons?
If so, then we have 10 free bundles of "Full Blooms" ribbons to give away. All we ask in return for these ribbons are two cards or projects that use the ribbons around a Flower theme.
The ribbons can be used to enhance all forms of crafts - card making, projects, ATC's. If you are up to the challenge, then send us an email to craftyribbons@gmail.com marked RIBBON CHALLENGE # 15
The first TEN to reply will be sent an email requesting address details so we can send your free ribbons! Your finished cards and projects will be posted onto the blog.
Enjoy the flowers.
Friday FREEBIE 19
07/05/2010
It's not a very nice morning here in Dorset, rather cloudy with a hint of rain. Lets hope it cheers up before the weekend.
As our shows are all finished until September we are going through a "tidy up time" in the warehouse. What with the lead up to Christmas and then straight into the January sale, our warehouse has got a little out of sorts! Ribbons have been put back on the wrong shelves or as I call it "DUMPED" (drives me mad), but I do understand why it happens when we are so busy.
If you could have heard Rachie yesterday, all she was doing was a huffing and a puffing as she started to sort out the Grosgrain ribbons.
She came across several NEW colours and widths that were not on the website, we had obviously ordered them in for customers and then promptly forgotten about them. So if you are after a NEW grosgrain colour, keep an eye on this section today as I update it with Rachie's finds. Grosgrain Ribbons can be found HERE.
Our Friday FREEBIE today is a wonderful collection of ribbons, all in soft shades of summer blue. Rachie found them scattered about the warehouse "homeless".
Could you give these ribbons a good home? YES - then leave a comment below and we will pick a winner from our "Bingo" bag on Monday.
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Well, I have lots to do, so expect to hear from me over the weekend. Those in the "know" will know what I am going on about, wink, wink say no more!!!!
What happens to time!
06/05/2010
Where has this week gone? I had so much planned, but seem to be running out of time to achieve everything by tomorrow!
If you want just a little bit more inspiration on what you can do with our Strawberry Shortcake ribbons, then look no further - we have boxes, cards, a door hanger, notelets and a memory book. Phew1 I had better get started.
This "sweet wishes" box was created by Kim, it is just adorable. The little girl is holding a basket of strawberries.
Maybe this is what I need to get all my work done. I could hang it on my office door. Not sure the photo shows the the finer detail - but the ribbons have been machine stitched.
Would I ever hang it this way round?!
The colours are just perfect Kim, lime and pink - yummy. I do hope your son is getting better.
Poppy made this delightful lilac card, with best wishes running along the edge. These strawberry ribbon colours seem to be just perfect they match with so many different colour combos.
This set of notelets made by Poppy are just what is called for to scribble a quick note, and how delightful they look with the matching ribbons.
I think some of Leighs sticky letters got lost in the post! But we all know what she was thinking of.
Leigh this card is fun.
This is a really good idea Leigh, a memory book or sometimes called a brag book.
Inside the book are a couple of photos. These photos are from Leighs sons wedding back in October, (do you remember Tony and I went to the reception on the Saturday evening of The Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace). It was a wonderful evening, the table flowers were all in pumpkins to create a autumnal feeling - with lots of ribbon, of course!
There is one more set of goodies to arrive, from Gail and her 4 year old Samantha, fingers crossed they arrive tomorrow then we will be able to set a NEW challenge.
Hooray Esme
04/05/2010
Let's all put our hands together for Esme (Linda's Chicken), well done Esme, she won second place over the weekend.
Linda was so pleased she had to get the bling ribbon out!!
As we received over 50 comments for this weeks Friday FREEBIE, we have 2 lucky girls who will also be celebrating tonight. Bev and Sam picked the numbers and I had the very talented Sydney helping me to take the photo.
The lucky winners of this weeks Friday FREEBIE are..... (drum roll please.....)
No 14 = Liz Ford
Liz wrote "Hi all, definately Bev,s bag for me this time as I still have a small stash of Bling left over fron Christmas time.
Paris sounds great fun Ali and what a lovely surprise for a friend.
Liz x"
No 40 = Alyson
Alyson wrote "Loving the colours of Bev's bag so it would be that for me if I was lucky enough to win!
hugs Alyson x"
Well done girls, you both wanted Bev's Bags, so you will have Pic Nic on it's way to you once you have e-mailed us your addresses to craftyribbons@gmail.com.
A big thank you to the other 55 wonderful people who left comments. I spent the weekend in France and it was just wicked to be able to read your thoughts. It sounded as if you had a real problem choosing between Bev's Bag and the Bling - ummmh I will have to see if I can not create the same dilemma this week, tee hee.
If you were not lucky to win this weeks Friday FREEBIE then you have another chance of winning a Bev's Bag Spring Blooms (this is the last one!) by joining in the Challenge over at Crafty Pad juct click HERE to go through to their blog.
But I will warn you... you have to use ribbon in the challenge!!!!
I received some more strawberry challenge goodies in the post this morning, so will share those with you later this week.
Have fun.
Out of the Blue
01/05/2010
That's right 20% off everything on our website for this bank holiday weekend!!!
Starts on Saturday 1st May and ends midnight on Monday 3rd. All you have to do to claim the 20% off is to enter BLUE into the voucher section during the checkout process.
This offer is NOT being shown on the website, but if you want to share the secret with friends then please do.
Have a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend.
The Crafty Team
Rolls a plenty
28/04/2010
What great value our fantastic ribbon rolls are at only 10p per mtr. We try to add a basket a week, but like all plans it never quite happens in reality!
But we have added in NEW selection this week, well if I am truthful I added them on Monday but forget to tell you - sorry, (well I have had a lot to tell you, what with the NEW gorgouse Bling Ribbons and all the fantastic strawberry challenge goodies).
So without further ado here they are in their shiny shopping trolley.
What do we have in the shopping trolley? There is a delicious black sheer ribbon printed with soft purple flowers, a solid soft pine satin, ummh a classic gold edge taffeta (great for wrapping male gifts), ooooh there is a narrow printed fresco (not many of those, so get in quick). You will find flowers, leaves, fish, swirls, plains, taffetas, satin, sheer and wire edge, cor what a collection. To see all the fantastic bargain ribbon rolls in this collection then click HERE
I have two more selections of strawberry challenge creations, the first is from Linda who has sent in a "1st" for the blog...
Tatting and ribbons - Linda describes this as her "trademark" craft. Not something I have tried, It looks amazing but is it fiddly? The little cream butterfly is delightful.
You are right Linda, a perfect colour combo to match the ribbons. It is amazing how different crafts work so well with ribbon.
Do you remmber Esme the chicken wearing the easter ribbons? Well Esme's eggs are going to be entered into a local produce show on 1st May - so we all have to keep our fingers crossed for her. Good luck Esme.
The next two cards are twins...
... one dressed in white....
...the other dressed in pink! These great cards were made by Natalie what perfect creations.
If you look at the time I posted this you will see it was very early. I don't do early!!! We are heading for the port to take a crossing to France, we should be heading to heathrow to take a flight but as you all know there was a small problem recently and we found it hard to book! Tony and I are up to no good - no it is not that bad, but it is a secret, cannot tell you now but will explain on Friday.
I am sure Tony won't mind if I have a little nap enroute!!!
More Bling
27/04/2010
We know you loved our velvet bling (click HERE to see) when we launched it way back in August - it does everything it says on the tin! A velvet based ribbon that is highly glittered, but the best bit is the glitter does not fall off, honest we promise. Twenty stunning colours that enhance every project going, I love every single one of them BUT....
.....I wanted a white, oh and a sapphire would be wicked or maybe a cool copper. Stop it Ali, you have every colour in the range. Please Mr Manufacture can we have some NEW colours......
...."WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
Amethyst - Copper - Irrediscent - Rainbow - Rhodolite - Rose Quartz - Sapphire - Shocking Gold - Silver Noir - Snow White - Topaz
Yippee we have 11 NEW colours and a WANT IT ALL pack of just the NEW colours - how great is that? You will find them ALL by clicking HERE.
Calm down Ali, you have some strawberry goodies to show everyone. This collection was sent in by Carol, I think Carol has been in every one of our challenges and we know she enjoys them.
This card is really funny, it sounds like me, I do enjoy a loooong soak after a hectic day at the office!!
These Tilda images are so cute, I read your comment about pens Carol, promarkers you say. I have seen those at the shows, they are quite chunky with tips at both ends. To be honest I think I am holding back a little - as I know I will get hooked!!! The colours here are just fantastic Carol.
Ooooh! Sweeties!! But how can you open such a creation, it's wicked Carol.
Isn't this rhyme just perfect?
Thank you Carol for your goodies, I am sure we will find a way into the chocs without touching the packaging!
Never work with children
26/04/2010
I totally agree, trying to take a photograph of Mollie with the winning Friday FREEBIE number today was almost impossible. What do you think...
This is Mollie just after pulling the number from the "Bingo" Bag - can you read the number?
Nope. Well is this any better? She is inspecting it to make sure she likes the number.
Nope well this one is much better, she is holding the number up. So the winner of this weeks Friday FREEBIE is........
....O.K. I know Mollie is holding it the wrong way round but the Number is 30
30 = Jenny
Jenny wrote "Another fantastic freebie loads of lovely colours thanks for the chance to win."
Phew that was an effort, and I only showed you 3 photos! Well done Jenny, please email us on craftyribbons@gmail.com with your address so we can send your winning gingham ribbons to you. Thanks to everyone else for such super comments, we reached 50 again this week - fantastic.
Sounds like you are all gingham fans, well you will be pleased to hear that we have added some NEW colours to all the widths, we had these in stock but for some reason they were not on the site. (I think Rachie had ordered them by mistake, and was trying to hide them!!!!) Check out all the ginghams by clicking HERE You can now buy ALL the gingham ribbons on 20mtr rolls, in ALL the colours - perfect.
We are still receiving Stawberry Challenge goodies in the post - thank you. So here is todays selection, but it is a mystery selection as there was no name or note in side the envelope - are these your wonderful creations? if so please do email me craftyribbons@gmail.com or leave a comment below.
This is a cheecky chappie! Great idea with the ribbons on different layers, thats new.
I do like this strawberry he is so much fun, and the swirls and dots work so well together.
Love the ribbon rosette, I had a quick peek to see how it was made, (just so I could share it with you all!) It is hand gathered with little stitches and the centre is a brad - wicked idea.
The last goodies in the envelope were some pre stamped images for us to colour. Thank you so much - who ever you are, that is so kind. My colouring is still way off the mark, I think I need to experiment with a few different mediums to find the one I like. Tony I need to go shopping!!
Anyone for a Picnic
25/04/2010
What a beautiful day for a picnic or as Sydney calls it a Nic Nic!
Pic Nic is what Bev has called her NEW Bev's Bag. Bright red and white, with checks, polka dots (of course!), stripes, forget me nots and gingham. I see some eyelash hiding in there as well as my NEW wide sheer glitter polka dots, that I have not found time to put on the site yet - I will get there, well only if I stop buying more NEW ribbons and I just can not see that happening!!!
Go on join in with the Pic Nic while you can, we all know what Bev is like - it will not be around for long! Click HERE to bring the delights of Bev's NEW Ribbon Bag - Pic Nic to your home.
Friday FREEBIE 17
23/04/2010
What another wonderful day - will it last for the weekend?
I went and collected Sydney from school yesterday, and all the little girls had their summer dresses on. Blue and white gingham, they looked amazing with their little white ankle socks - it brought a lot of memories flooding back.
So for this weeks Friday FREEBIE it had to be a collection of gingham ribbons....
...two different widths 5mm and 10mm, perfect for all those summer cards. so if you fancy adding these colourful ribbons to your stash then leave a comment. We will pick a number from our "Bingo" bag on Monday. We do have 3 unclaimed prizes so do please check back and see if you have been a lucky winner. So do not forget to check on Monday to see if you have won these beauties!!!
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More strawberry delights on show today.
I think this is a "pyramid" card and it has been skillfully crafted by Margaret. Looks amazing and I love the ribbon bow that is not a bow! I am sure you understand what I mean!
What a cheecky little strawberry girl is and a perfect colour match.
Great idea to colour the edges Margaret that brings together the lilac strawberry ribbon.
Oooo, this card is a bit different, I have taken a side view to show you the different levels.
Margaret is that clever or what?
Our next batch of creations have come all the way from Houston in America, our blog is really becoming international! Yippee!!
This is Alecia's "Light of my Life" card - fantastic.
Alecia really enjoyed playing with the fun ribbons, she has certainly made some fun creations.
This is really fun - it looks as if it has been made on exercise book paper! Thats different, "thanks berry much Alecia!"
We hope you are getting lots of inspiration from all these talented crafters, they all come up with some super creations.
Have a fantastic weekend, enjoy the weather - I have some garden work planned so I expect it will rain!!!
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