Ribbon Girl Challenge - Jasmine

 

 

Good morning crafty friends, hope you are all well. It’s a beautiful day today again here after a lovely week and it cheers you up doesn’t it!

Did any of you catch the new X-Files? we were looking forward to it after watching and enjoying it for many years but after a promising first episode it was disappointing, in fact one or two of them were ridiculous. We were loyal and stuck with it for the full 6 weeks hoping it might improve but I wasn’t sorry to see the end of it and I’m looking forward to Game of Thrones starting in April now - I hope that isn’t a let down but I don’t think it will be!

I’m loving having some crafty time, I do quite a bit of work for the magazines which I really enjoy as it gives me chance to go out of my comfort zone a bit and do something a bit different. Lili of the Valley have a new launch which is definitely right back in my comfort zone, the stamps are available from March 31st and you can pre-order them on the website now. There are eight fab teenage images, Jasmine and Oliver, and also some new clear sentiments

Time for another Ribbon Girl ‘use any challenge and there are, as always, some great prizes up for grabs;

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Third prize:  Mystery prize from Marianne Designs

 

The team have made some lovely cards and projects to inspire you and the challenge will run until 9pm on Saturday 2nd April - you can enter and see all the details on the Ribbon Girl blog

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I used one of the new stamps for my challenge card and this is Jasmine Music…

 

…the greeting is from the useful teenage girl sentiments 

There are (of course!) lots of gorgeous goodies from the Ribbon Girl store on my card; tulle, flatback pearls, stardust stickles, tiny vintage cream blooms and some of their delicious new pale pink sugar sprinkles sheer ribbon

Here’s everything else I used:

Sizzix doily die, EK Success corner punch, Sue Wilson finishing touches flourish die and Heartfelt collection papers from NitWits

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Hope you like it, thanks as always for stopping by and any comments you take the time to leave me are very much appreciated

 

Anne x

 

 

Spring challenge–last chance!

 

 

 

Good evening crafters, hope you are having a lovely weekend

Just a quick post to remind you that if you haven’t already entered there’s just time to join in with our Spring challenge…

 

 

All you have to do to be in with the chance of winning one of fabulous prizes is to join the Spring Event on Facebook. It closes tomorrow and there are some great prizes up for grabs;

5 winners will be picked at random, the first 4 will have the choice of any of the following;
any 2 sentiment sheets or
any 5 rubber stamps or
any Cross Stitch Kit or
£20 to spend in our Ebay Store (where there are still many die cut sheets and toppers)
and, the lovely Ribbon Girl have also offered a fab £10 voucher for their store as an extra prize

 

Lucy has been putting lots of inspiration from the Design Collective over the past 2 weeks so be sure to go and have a look

 

I’ve used one of the old favourite stamps that has been brought back as a limited run for my card, this is Bunnies in Love… so cute!

 

 

Hope you like it, you can download the pretty papers from NitWits and this is from the Promises collection - and I added a layer of tulle from the Ribbon Girl

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I’ll be back in a couple of days with a sneak peek of the latest stamps and you’re gonna love them!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, we’re going to take Manny to the coast tomorrow if the weather stays fine so I hope you are doing something nice too

 

Anne xx

LOTV Spring Challenge…

 

Good morning everyone, did you get the snow yesterday? It was unexpected and I have to say it was nice not to have to go out! I think we have more forecast here for tomorrow so the kids will be happy. It’s nice today and I’m going to cut up some wood, the house opposite is being renovated and the builder gave me all the old skirting boards that have been taken off – they are solid wood and will burn great. We’re just about out of logs and didn’t really want to have to buy any more because they are all to store then over the Summer so this will nicely see us for another couple of weeks, don’t want to do much else on these dark nights other than get my onesie on and sit in front of a roaring fire

Hopefully Spring is on the way and what better way to welcome it than with a chance to win some Lili of the Valley goodies! Lucy is holding a challenge on the Facebook page…

 

 

All you have to do to be in with the chance of winning one of fabulous prizes is to join the Spring Event on Facebook. You have until March 13th to enter and there are some great prizes up for grabs;

5 winners will be picked at random, the first 4 will have the choice of any of the following;
any 2 sentiment sheets or
any 5 rubber stamps or
any Cross Stitch Kit or
£20 to spend in our Ebay Store (where there are still many die cut sheets and toppers)
and, the lovely Ribbon Girl have also offered a fab £10 voucher for their store as an extra prize

(talking of the Ribbon Girl, just a heads up that Mary has got in some delicious papers from Maja Design, Lemon Craft and Pion Design, they can be quite hard to find in the UK and they are GORGEOUS so have a look here)

sorry, I digressed, there will be lots of Spring inspiration from the Design Collective over the 2 weeks so be sure to check it out every day if you’re wanting some ideas

I used Hey Chick which is one of the Little Critters sets, I find these smaller size images so useful…

 

The papers are discontinued as printed pads but you can still download them from NitWits and this cheerful collection is called Sunny Side Up

 

Hope you like it, thanks as always for stopping by and have a lovely day all

 

Anne x

 

 

Ribbon Girl challenge, and some old favourites are back…

 

 

 

Hello crafters, thanks for stopping by

I had a lovely few days last week staying with my pals Mary and Andrea from the Ribbon Girl…

…this is us just after we’d tucked into fish and chips at the coast - and it was FREEZING!

We had a few trips out and of course spent some time crafting. Mary has been making these smashing shaped cards so we all had a go at one - I’m not sure what you’d call it but they are ever so easy and fold flat to go into an envelope

I made this for my DT challenge card, it’s an ‘ANY IMAGE’ challenge so anything goes as long as you include an image!

 

       

 

             

 

 

I can’t take credit for the lovely colouring on this image, it was from a card at Lili of the Valley. The cards were handled quite a lot in the shop and are packed and unpacked for the shows so inevitibly some of them fall apart eventually. I can’t bear to throw them away when someone has spent a long time colouring them so this is one I saved to re-use as I love this little Rosie with her cake!

It’s one my LOTV favourites and great news because it is amongst the cute designs that are back. There are quite a few of the retired stamps being brought out this month as a limited run so have a peek - there some old favourites that you might have missed first time around!

The papers are First Edition Bella Rose and the tag is made using Set 8 happy circular sentiments (LOTV)

Finally of course there is lots of scrumptiousness from the Ribbon Girl shop; tulle, stardust stickles, bead string, 8mm Rebecca antique lace, scarlet berry 15mm satin ribbon, 15mm red roses, 11mm flatback pearls

 

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Full details for the challenge are on the Ribbon Girl blog as well as some inspiration from the team. There are great prizes for 3 lucky winners which will be announced on the Ribbon Girl blog after 9pm on Saturday 5th March

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

Second prize:  £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Third prize:  Mystery prize from Marianne Designs

 

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It’s a gorgeous day here in Leeds today, I’ve got some washing out for the first time this year and Manny is sunbathing in the conservatory! Have a good day whatever you are doing

Anne xx

Baby Rabbit…

 

 

Hello crafters, what have you all been up to today? I bought a digital piano a couple of years ago with good intentions and then never played it, I don’t want to part with it because it was expensive and I do hope to start again at some point in the future so we’ve moved it up into the attic. But, that’s meant I’ve had to have a rearrange of things up there so I’ve had a trip to Ikea for some storage. Keith hates Ikea with a passion and we’re nearly divorced every time he does go so I had a lovely few hours there on my own and a good look around. I always have to race around at 100 miles an hour when he’s with me although it is handy having him to lift things! I love having a good sort out, it’s theraputic and especially going through my craft stash and finding things I forgot I had. Although, it does always give me a shock at how much I’ve spent… I just collect rather than use dies, stamps and papers now – I hope I’m not on my own in that?

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These three cards are some I made for a magazine feature, it’s a while since it was published so i think it’s ok to show them on my blog now. It was to make 3 simple cards using one stamp and this cutie is Baby Rabbit from Lili of the Valley

 

 

The pink (Butterfly Kisses) and yellow (Country Meadow) papers are discontinued pads but you can still download the collections from NitWits, the sentiments on these two cards are from Lili of the Valley

For the blue one I used some lovely Wild Rose Studio papers and the greeting was done on the computer

 

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Right, I’m excited for Happy Valley shortly – it was one of the best things on tv last year and I hope the 2nd series will be as good

Have a lovely evening all, thanks as always for leaving me a comment I love to read them

 

Anne xx

 

New Trios, a Ribbon Girl challenge, and The Loft is open…

 

 

Good afternoon lovely crafty friends, hope you are well

I’m enjoying my time at home but I can’t wait for the weather to pick up. I actually got a nice walk with Manny yesterday, my hip was feeling ok and for the first time in weeks in wasn’t a miserable grey day so off we went and it blew a few cobwebs away. It was windy, I love the wind and we came back covered in mud and feeling a lot better for it!

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It’s nearly Valentine’s Day so there is a special challenge this week at the Ribbon Girl with a LOVE theme

Mary has put together some gorgeousness for the first prize…

and, there is a fantastic opportunity for second prize to win a Guest DT Spot for our February  'use any image' challenge!! Full details are all on the Ribbon Girl blog so why not give it a go

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I went to see my old pals at Lili of the Valley last week and it was so nice to catch up with everyone, I didn’t realise just how much I’d miss those girls! Lisa and Laila have done an amazing job on The Loft coffee shop which is now open, it’s in the Springfield Centre just around the corner from the office and once it’s up and running they are going to do some offers for LOTV customers so keep an eye out for that. Even if you don’t want anything crafty it’s worth a visit for lunch…  lovely toasties, soup, sandwiches and of course coffee and cake!! You can get all the details on the Lili of the Valley website and don’t forget to like the new Facebook page too

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The new Trios are now available to buy and I love them all, the smaller images are so useful for putting on tags and as I’ve done here mini cards

I like these cute smaller cards and you can make a lovely envelope to match from a sheet of 8 x 8 paper

 

 

This is the Birthday Trio and you get the 3 images and some sentiments for £4.50 so they are a great buy

There 9 to choose from in the new range and there is a launch offer on them at the moment, get all 9 sets for just £35.00

 

 

I used Pastel Dreams papers which are some of my favourites, they are discontinued now in the printed pads but you can still download the collection from NitWits. You can’t really see on the pictures but I die cut some acetate flowers and dots too, the die set is Perky Posies from ‘Lil Inkers. I glittered them and sneaked them amongst the paper ones, I think they add a nice bit of texture

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I’ll be having a catch up on all your blogs over the next few days, apologies for not visiting lately – I’ve missed seeing what you’ve all been up to

That’s it for now, enjoy your Wednesday everyone

 

Anne xx

 

 

 

Ribbon Girl… the challenge is back!

 

 

 

Hello everyone – happy new year!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, ours was quiet but nice and relaxed and a long overdue break. I’ve had my first few weeks at home and it’s flown by, by the time I’ve had breakfast, showered, tidied round and taken Manny out it’s lunchtime before I know it, in fact I don’t know where the time has gone. I need to get myself into some sort of routine and then I don’t waste my days, it’s new to me not having to go to work and because spare time has always been such a luxury I feel a bit guilty if Keith gets home and I’ve not been very productive!!

I had a play in the attic as it’s time for the first Ribbon Girl challenge of the New Year. It's an ANY IMAGE challenge and it doesn't have to be a card, it can be any craft project…  just as long as you include an image!

There will be 3 winners and the prizes are:

First prize:  £10 voucher for LOTV

Second prize:  £10 voucher for the Ribbon Girl

Third prize:  Mystery prize from Marianne Designs

 

Here’s my card made for a special friend, this sweet Lili of the Valley stamp has been discontinued now which is a shame. The papers are from the Bonnets and Bowties collection available at NitWits

 

 

I used lots of gorgeous embellishments from the Ribbon Girl and you can find them all on their website;

Dawn antique lace, 3mm white bead string, tulle, lilac/white cherry blossom, white carnation, pink cosmos daisy, stardust stickles, flat back pearls

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Hope you like it, you can see some inspiration from the fabulous team and find all the details for the challenge on the Ribbon Girl blog

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Have a good Wednesday crafters, it’s a nice day here today and I can see blue sky for the first time in ages so I’m going to take Manny for a walk now

 

Anne x