New Year, New Beginnings and a Blog Hop!!

Happy Thursday morning to you lovely peeps!

Time once again for a new challenge at Crafty Ribbons.

Thanks for all your fabulous creations on our last challenge, you really are a crafty lot aren't you?

Please stop by the Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog and see if you were one of our handpicked top 3 or our Random Winner!

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Can you believe Christmas is over and we are into January??  Me neither. 

However, as we are now into January that means it’s time for the sales and Crafty Ribbons started their mega sale on the 3rd January where there are lots of fabulous ribbons at fantastic prices so to celebrate we’re having a blog hop with lots of prizes available.
This is the prize for the main blog hop winner:

Just think how many gorgeous ribbons you can buy with that, especially whilst the sale is on!!!
Of course, we also have our new challenge and this time,Gina is hosting.....

NEW BEGINNINGS

...And here is the prize for the challenge winner:

CONTENTS MAY VARY

 We'll draw a random winner for both the blog hop and challenge and  we’ll have the top 3 as usual. You can get all the details and lots more ideas from the Design Team over at the main site.

Here's what I made:

I have used a Whiff of Joy stamp called Willow Holding Baby which you can buy here.

See that gorgeous ribbon down the left hand side - well that's one of the new range of ribbons that will be available very soon at Crafty Ribbons.

The image is coloured with my Flexmarkers.  These pens are just fabulous to work with and I absolutely love them to bits.

The flowers and pins are from my stash and the sentiment is a wooden stamp I have had for ages.

Now comes the exciting bit........

We are having a Blog Hop that will run alongside this current challenge. If you get lost along the way, just pop back to the challenge blog and you will find the full list of blogs in Hop Order.
 At each stop there'll be a word to collect and a candy draw.
I've got these gorgeous ribbons to give away

To be in with a chance of winning this you just need to leave a comment at the end of this post. Let me know what you think of my card and saying you're joining us on the blog hop... 

At each stop there will be a word which you should collect. Once you have collected all 12 words re-arrange them to make a phrase and then leave that phrase in a comment on the challenge blog (we will have comment moderation on so you won't be able to cheat!!)

So, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Pinky’s Blog My word is A. The blog hop will run until 6pm on 18th January 2012 and the winner and the winners of each of the Design Teams Candy will be announced with the start of the New Challenge on the 19th January

Your next stop is the uber talented Bonnie. If you lose your way you can go back to Crafty Ribbons Challenge to get the full list. Good luck everyone.

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Challenges:
Card Crafters Circle - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - New Beginnings

Crafty Ribbons - Tag You're It!

Happy Thursday morning to you lovely peeps!

Time once again for a new challenge at Crafty Ribbons.

Thanks for all your fabulous creations on our last challenge, you really are a crafty lot aren't you?

Please stop by the Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog and see if you were one of our handpicked top 3 or our Random Winner!

So, onto our new challenge.

This time the challenge is:

MAKE A TAG!

Once again we have a fabulous prize on offer and here it is:

Now if you haven't seen or felt these ribbons before then you are in for a real treat.  They are totally lush!

So, why not enter your tag into our challenge to be in with a chance of winning these fabby ribbons.

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So here is my project for this challenge:

First off I used my Fleur De Lis rectangle nestabilitie to cut out the shape.  Then I stamped three different shades of Distress Ink onto a wet surface and then sprayed with water.  I dragged the die cut through the ink and then left it to dry.  Then I embossed it with milled lavender distress embossing powder. (I haven't missed bits when I stamped it the reindeer has some lovely flowers on it!)

Next I used my newly purchased set of Reindeer stamps from Kanban (gorgeous set, well worth buying!).  I stamped this with Versafine Black ink and then clear embossed it.  I did the same with the big and three small snowflakes at the top.

I added a small bow and ribbon to tie it to my parcel and of course I used seam binding ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.  You should see the range of colours this comes in - no.... really you should!!

Then I stamped my Dusky Concord Distress Ink pad all over (front and back) a piece of white lace and placed that across the bottom left hand corner of my tag.  The roses are all from my stash and I hand punched the shiny leaves.  That gorgeous pin is from the Funkie Junkie's Etsy Shop - if you love vintage you will love Linda's shop - believe me!

Finally that cute little ticket sentiment is from the lovely Lynne's blog Sentiments 4 You.  If you are looking for something other than sentiments then why not pay a visit to Lynne's fabulous on-line shop Crafts 4 You.

Challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - Free for All

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge - Anything Goes

Shopping our Stash - Christmas or Winter related

Sweet Stamps - Tag

Bows and Berries - Make a Tag

Hooked on Crafts - Something Punched (The whole shape is a Nestie Die Cut)

Get hippity with ippity - Embossing

My partner in crafting crime - Christmas Tags

Audsentiments - Any Christmas Sentiment

My exciting news!!

Hello peeps.

Well, you may remember a few days ago that I did this post showing some of my creations with ribbon as part of my DT application for the new Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog.

Well, the lovely Mandy contacted me yesterday to say that I was one of the people that had been chosen to be part of this new Challenge DT!!!  Woooooohoooooo!!

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How does the saying go again, "when one door closes, another door opens" and that is how it has been with me.  The lovely Elizabeth from Softpencil closed her digital store and the fabulous Lynne has decided to close down the Do It With Digi's challenge blog due to some current health issues. (Hope you are continuing to improve Lynne - big hugs!!).  So that meant I had a bit more time on my hands and when I saw the DT call for Crafty Ribbons, well I just HAD to go for it. 

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Those of you who have followed me for a while will know that I adore Crafty Ribbons (and their buttons) and that I have always praised their service and delivery.  I am sure you can imagine the whoops and shouts of joy and delight upon reading Mandy's email.  So, thanks Mandy and Ali for inviting me to be a part of the Crafty Ribbons DT, I hope I will do it justice.

Now don't forget people that there is a Candy on offer at the challenge blog and you still have a bit of time to get in on the act and win some gorgeous ribbons as this is open until Wednesday 31 August, the day before we go live with our first challenge.

If you pop over now to the challenge blog you will be able to meet the rest of the Design Team and their links will be on my blog ready for Thursday too.

The first challenge will go live on Thursday 1st September and I do hope you will pop over and join in the fun.  We shall be having a winner and a top 3 but you know what they say - you've got to be in it to win it!

So please come back on Thursday to see my new DT project for the Crafty Ribbons Challenge.

Some fantastic news from Crafty Ribbons

Hi all.

Those of you who know me and my blog will know that I have always championed Crafty Ribbons, their choice of ribbons and buttons and their fantastic delivery.

Well, here's the thing - they have now decided to have their own challenge blog.  The person that is going to be running this blog is none other than Mandy at Crafty Fox Cards and guess what????? She is looking for a Design Team to help with these fantastic new challenges.  Here is what Mandy has posted on the new Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog:

DT Call

Crafty Ribbons Challenge is a fantastic new challenge blog that will be launching on the 1st September 2011. We will be a fortnightly/bi-weekly challenge blog. At the moment there is only little old me so I'm looking for a few more talented crafters to join me!Requirements:* Have an active blog* Post at least once a week on your blog

* You must be able to take good clear photos of your work which you post on your blog

Commitments:

* Be able to work as part of a team.

* Meet deadlines.

* Post on an assigned number of entrants Cards/ projects for each Challenge

* Make a card/project for every challenge, Please bear in mind this is one card/project every two weeks* Join in with any blog hops or other events running during your term.

* Commit to a 3 month period.There maybe the option to extend your Design Team position at the end of your 3 month period....

* Have fun!

In return:

* You will be a part of a fantastic, friendly team.

* Gain or add to your DT experience.

* Get lots of gorgeous ribbons from Crafty Ribbons please note you will be required to use these on your cards/projects for the Challenge,but you will also be able to use them for other challenges etc that you wish to enter.......

If you are interested in entering the DT Call there are three simple steps to enter:

* Firstly publish a post with a link on your personal blog with information about this DT Call and our launch. Including 3-5 samples of your favourite/best projects. Then link your post up in the linky tool below.

* Secondly please e-mail a brief statement about yourself and any DT experience you have to craftyribbonschallenge@gmail.com. If you do not have any DT experience please still enter! We welcome everyone to enter in our call.

*Thirdly please become a follower of the Challenge blog.

THE DT CALL WILL END MIDNIGHT (UK TIME) 24th AUGUST 2011

The team will be announced after this time

Well, who could resist applying for a DT position like this??  Not me that's for sure.  So here are three projects that I particularly like which feature ribbons I have purchased from Crafty Ribbons in the past.

1.  This is a DT card for Totally Tilda and on here are three different ribbons from CR.  The oriental ribbon down the side, the black bow and the little pink butterfly!!

2.  This is a mother's day card I made following the tutorial for the ribbon rose on the Crafty Ribbons website - it's a bit on the bulky side but it was my first effort.

3.  This is a card I made for my DT project at Totally Tilda for the Ribbons and Roses challenge and features two different ribbons from CR:

So, if you are interested in becoming a member of the DT at the Crafty Ribbons challenge blog then off you go and do your post and good luck.