Challenge #66 'Shabby Christmas'

Welcome friends to our new monthly challenges!

 On the first Monday of the month, we will set a new challenge and this month is Tammy's turn to host.

Tammy has chosen this beautiful shabby Christmas photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using the inspiration photo using BLUE, PINK & CREAM/WHITE PLUS RIBBON.

And now for some inspiration from our fabulous Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jeanne Jachna

Keilly Mulvihill

Michelle Bala

Pauline Pollington

Tammy Hobbs  

Zuzana Obert

I am super excited to welcome our first sponsor for this month -
Paper Sweeties!

$20 gift certificate to the Paper Sweeties boutique

Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers high quality, on-trend acrylic stamps and metal dies.  Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties boutique carries tea-stained seam binding and bits and bobs to help embellish your crafty proejcts too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so much fun to play with and are sure to bring back fond childhood memories!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties stamps and dies to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and so much more!


 And our second sponsor  The Ribbon Reel




Link your card / project below by Sunday 31st December 2013 (12pm GMT) to play along.
We will award a 'the ribbon reel top 3' badge to the three most creative projects and two lucky winners will win a gorgeous prize from our sponsors and earn 'the ribbon reel winner' badge.

* NEW * Monthly Challenges

Wondering where our new challenge is for this fortnight?  

Well....I'm excited to announce that we are moving to monthly challenges as of December. 

There will be a new challenge on the 1st of each month.  So you get even longer to join in and share your cards and projects with us.

Tammy is our host for December and she has a fantastic challenge lined up for us all.  

So don't forget to save the date and pop back to see us!

Challenge #65 'Blue, White & Gold' WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part our 'Blue, White & Gold' challenge this fortnight. We had some stunning entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers for joining in.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your gorgeous cards and projects.  I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#3 E Kushner
#8 KanaVeine

#11 kbrandy

and the 'Winner' of our 'Blue, White & Gold' Challenge is:

#9 Absurdistika 

Thanks for sharing with us this week Oksana.  Your card was beautiful and so elegant!  Don't forget to email me (mail@theribbonreel.co.uk) by the end of the week to claim your prize!
 
 Congratulations to all, you can collect your 'top 3' and 'winner' badges from our side bar which you can display on your blogs.

Challenge #65 'Blue, White & Gold' WINNER

Details of our winner and top picks will follow later today!

Challenge #65 'Blue, White and Gold'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge!  It's Zuzana's turn to host this week.

Zuzana has chosen this beautiful photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using BLUE, WHITE & GOLD and use RIBBON / LACE.

And now for some inspiration from our fabulous Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jeanne Jachna

Michelle Bala

Pauline Pollington

Sarah Ingle

Tammy Hobbs

Zuzana Obert

And the prize from The Ribbon Reel is...


Take a look at our design teams personal blogs for more creativity and inspiration. Link your card / project below by Sunday 10th November 2013 (12pm GMT) to play along. We will award a 'the ribbon reel top 3' badge to the three most creative projects and one lucky winner will win a gorgeous prize and earn 'the ribbon reel winner' badge.

Challenge #64 'Eerie Elegance' WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part our 'Eerie Elegance' challenge this fortnight. We had some stunning entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers for joining in.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your gorgeous cards and projects.  I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#5 Deb
#17 AgnieskaBe

#20 Crafting Vicky 

and the 'Winner' of our 'Eerie Elegance' Challenge is:

#13 Chris Gualazzi  

Thanks for sharing with us this week Chris.  Your card was beautiful and so elegant!  Don't forget to email me (mail@theribbonreel.co.uk) by the end of the week to claim your prize!
 
 Congratulations to all, you can collect your 'top 3' and 'winner' badges from our side bar which you can display on your blogs.

Challenge #64 'EERIE ELEGANCE'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge!  It's Jeanne's turn to host this week.


Jeanne has chosen this eerie and elegant photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using PURPLE & BLACK with a HALLOWEEN THEME to include RIBBON.

And now for some inspiration from our fabulous Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jeanne Jachna

Michelle Bala

Pauline Pollington

Sarah Ingle

(to follow)

Tammy Hobbs

Zuzana Obert

And the prize from The Ribbon Reel is...


Take a look at our design teams personal blogs for more creativity and inspiration. Link your card / project below by Sunday 27th October 2013 (12pm GMT) to play along. We will award a 'the ribbon reel top 3' badge to the three most creative projects and one lucky winner will win a gorgeous prize and earn 'the ribbon reel winner' badge.

Challenge #63 'Shabby Autumn' WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part our 'Shabby Auturm' challenge this fortnight. We had some stunning entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers for joining in.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your gorgeous cards and projects.  I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#3 Alyson M
#4 Adziamar

#12 Lizbeth

and the 'Winner' of our 'Shabby Autumn' Challenge is:

#9 Teresa Kline

Thanks for sharing with us this week Teresa.  Your card was beautiful.  Don't forget to email me (mail@theribbonreel.co.uk) by the end of the week to claim your prize!
 
 Congratulations to all, you can collect your 'top 3' and 'winner' badges from our side bar which you can display on your blogs.

Challenge #63 'Shabby Autumn'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge!  It's Debbie's turn to host this week.


Debbie has chosen this pretty autumnal photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project to include FLOWERS, RIBBON & SHEET MUSIC PAPER.

And now for some inspiration from our fabulous Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jeanne Jachna

Michelle Bala

Pauline Pollington

Sarah Ingle

Tammy Hobbs

Zuzana Obert

And the prize from The Ribbon Reel is...


Take a look at our design teams personal blogs for more creativity and inspiration. Link your card / project below by Sunday 13th October 2013 (12pm GMT) to play along. We will award a 'the ribbon reel top 3' badge to the three most creative projects and one lucky winner will win a gorgeous prize and earn 'the ribbon reel winner' badge.

Challenge #62 'Pretty in Pink' WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part our 'Pretty in Pink' challenge this fortnight. We had some stunning entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers for joining in.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your gorgeous cards and projects.  I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#25 Groszek
#29 Sue W

#35 Cathy Mc

and the 'Winner' of our 'Pretty in Pink' Challenge is:

#1 Marbella

Thanks for sharing with us this week Marbella .  Your card was so delicate and beautiful.  Don't forget to email me (mail@theribbonreel.co.uk) by the end of the week to claim your prize!
 
 Congratulations to all, you can collect your 'top 3' and 'winner' badges from our side bar which you can display on your blogs.

Challenge #62 'Pretty in Pink'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge!  It's my turn to host this week.

Before we get started, we will be sadly saying a farewell to our teamie, Helen. 
We have been lucky to have Helen with us for the last two years sharing her creativity and inspiration to us all. 
We wish you all the very best.

I have chosen this pretty pink photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project inspired by the COLOURS in the photo PLUS FLOWERS & RIBBON.

And now for some inspiration from our fabulous Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jeanne Jachna

Michelle Bala

Pauline Pollington

Sarah Ingle

Tammy Hobbs

And the prize from The Ribbon Reel is...


Take a look at our design teams personal blogs for more creativity and inspiration. Link your card / project below by Sunday 29th September 2013 (12pm GMT) to play along. We will award a 'the ribbon reel top 3' badge to the three most creative projects and one lucky winner will win a gorgeous prize and earn 'the ribbon reel winner' badge.

Challenge #61 'White on White' WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part in Pauline's 'White On White' challenge this fortnight. We had some stunning entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers for joining in.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your gorgeous cards and projects.  I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#12 sylwia-eR
#14 Karen D

#19 Klaudia

and the 'Winner' of our 'White On White' Challenge is:

#2 Dee

Thanks for sharing with us this week Dee .  Your card was gorgeous and a great take on the W.O.W challenge.  Don't forget to email me (mail@theribbonreel.co.uk) by the end of the week to claim your prize!
 
 Congratulations to all, you can collect your 'top 3' and 'winner' badges from our side bar which you can display on your blogs.

Challenge #61 'White on White'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge!  It's Pauline's turn to host this week.

Before we get started, we will be sadly saying a farewell to our teamie, Lenet.  We will miss your beautiful inspirational cards and projects Lenet and wish you all the very best.

Pauline has chosen this stunning photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using WHITE ON WHITE, LACE & FLOWERS.

And now for some inspiration from our fabulous Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jeanne Jachna

Michelle Bala

Pauline Pollington

Sarah Ingle

Tammy Hobbs

And the prize from The Ribbon Reel is...


Take a look at our design teams personal blogs for more creativity and inspiration. Link your card / project below by Sunday 15th September 2013 (12pm GMT) to play along. We will award a 'the ribbon reel top 3' badge to the three most creative projects and one lucky winner will win a gorgeous prize and earn 'the ribbon reel winner' badge.