Happy New Year and a Ribbon Girl Giveaway!!!

Happy New Year to You!  Wishing you all a FABULOUS 2014!

I've finally completed a card that I can show you .. whew!  lol!  My little Bodhi is still on vacation .. so not a lot of time for me to play in here .. but more time to enjoy with him!  :)

This little darling is LOTV's "Pretty Bouquet" .. it's been a long time since I've coloured her and couldn't resist making something with her once again.

I've also used some yummies from The Ribbon Girl store such as the beautiful charm "Daisy May", Kort & Godt rolled flowers, Ivory Pleated Ribbon, cheesecloth, and stickles.

Here's a little closeup of the "Daisy May" charm .. I love these little charms

Also, I'd like to tell you that The Ribbon Girls is having a gorgeous collection of pink goodies to give away!!!  OooH my .. you don't want to miss out on that!  Click here to enter!  You have until Sunday January 5th to enter!!!!!!!!

And one more thing ... look at who I got to meet over this Christmas holidays????????  Wheeeee!!!  My SWEET beautiful friend Dena!  Truly wanted to keep her all to myself .. BUT .. she was on a family vacation .. so .. guess I needed to share her.  LOL!  ;)  I Miss you Dena!

Alright .. thank you for reading all my tidbits!  :)  hehehe!  Thank you soooo much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Merry Christmas to You!

Good Early Morning to you!  Just a quick post .. to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

May your day be filled with lots of love and memories to treasure forever!

I've not had time to make a new Christmas card with all of the wonderful things going on here .. so I'm posting a card that I've made last year using these gorgeous LOTV "Set 34 - Christmas Recipe" stamps.

Wishing you all a BEAUTIFUL Christmas!  See you again soon!  ;)

Hugs,

Elise

Made With Love ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all having a wonderful week so far!

Bodhi is almost on his Christmas vacation .. and he simply cannot wait for school to be out!  lol!  He's so excited that Christmas is around the corner and he's already planning our movie nights (with popcorn and hot cocoa if I may add)!  hehe!!  ;)

Today I've a card to share with you using the SWEET LOTV "Cosy Pram" along with papers from "Always and Forever" and "Petal Fresh".  I so love this image .. it's absolutely ADORABLE!

And I've added on the charm "Made with Love" ... cause .. you know ... babies are MADE with love?!  hehehehehe!  ;)

A lot of the yummy goodies on here is from the lovely Ribbon Girl store!  I so love the goodies in there!!  I've used Pink Embroidered Tulle Lace, Teresa Lace, Ivory Roses Kort & Godt, Cheesecloth, Stardust Stickles, Flat Pearls from there.  :)

Please also visit the LOTV Inspirational Blog .. my BEAUTIFUL DT sisters will be posting something for you everyday with their GORGEOUS creations!

Thank you so much for visiting me ... I truly love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Kids Christmas Craft Challenge!

Just for kids aged 16 and under

We know lots of you like to make cards or do various other crafts when your Mums, Aunties, Grandmas, Nannas, carers and big sisters and so on are making cards or colouring in so we thought it would be nice to have a special challenge JUST FOR KIDS!

The challenge will run from 11am Sunday 15th December until 9pm on Saturday 28th December.

The winners will be announced on New Years Eve - we're sure you will have some time to fill in before Christmas and maybe some spare time between Christmas and New Year - you might even be hoping to get some new craft things in your Christmas stocking and this is a great opportunity to put them to good use.

There will be 3 prizes of crafty goodies and the challenge will be judged by 3 well known UK crafters

Dawny Phillips freelance designer, craft tutor and TV presenter for Lili of the Valley

  Kath Stewart  well known Freelance Craft Designer, Craft Tutor & Demonstrator for Fiskars

Andrea Gourley - Craft Designer and Teacher

The winners will have their project displayed here on our blog, on The Ribbon Girl Facebook Page and on the front page of The Ribbon Girl online store website on New years Day, 1st January 2014 - you could be famous!

You can enter any type of project, for example you could make a card - could be a thank you card, a birthday card, a get well soon card, do a drawing or painting, a piece of knitting, bead work, embroidery, crochet or sewing - in fact, any type of craft you like to do as long as it is your own work.  No need to send us the project, just ask an adult to photograph it for you and put your project on their craft blog so they can enter it for you using the inlinks button on the Ribbon Girl Challenge Blog.  And don't worry if you don't have a blog, just get an adult to email a photo of your project to Mary and she will enter it for you - let us have your name, age and an email address so we can make contact if you are chosen as the winner.

Good luck everyone and we're really looking forward to seeing all of your fabulous projects

so

g e t   c r a f t i n !!!

Crafty Ribbons Annual Advent Event with LOTV!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all having a beautiful weekend so far!

Are you all ready for Christmas???  OoOH!  Pretty soon!  Can't wait to see Bodhi's face on Christmas morning again!!  So much fun!

Some of the LOTV girls are joining Crafty Ribbons Annual Advent Event for fun!  Here's my card using the gorgeous "Festive Christmas Tree" coloured with distress inks, "Set 33 - Christmas Grungy Messages" and the beautiful "Woodland Wishes" paper.

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Rock A Bye Baby ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're having a great start to your week!

Well .. do you remember in my last post I mentioned that it was supposed to snow on Saturday?  And that Bodhi's best friend was coming over to play .. so hopefully they'd be able to play in the snow out in our backyard?  sigh .. well .. it did NOT snow!  blaughgggh!  lol!  It was mighty windy and very cold .. but no snow.  :(  Ahhhh well ... 

At least the boys had so much fun playing together.  :)  They are so inseparable .. ever since Kindergarten.  And even if they are now in different classrooms this year .. they still eat lunch together and play together during recess EVERY SINGLE DAY!  So cute!  :)

Anyway!  Here's a card that I've made with this absolutely DARLING LOTV "Rocking Horse" coloured with Distress Reinkers.  

Have you all gotten your fill of this PRECIOUS release?!!!!!!  Oh I tell you .. they just make my heart melt all over again and again!  Truly!  You simply must treat yourselves to some LOTV goodness!!!

And I know you've been enjoying all the GORGEOUS creations by my FABULOUS DT sisters on their personal blogs as well as on LOTV's Inspirational Blog!

Don't forget that this month .. there is a new challenge over at LOTV's Challenge blog .. "Anything But a Card".  Easy!  A tag, a gift bag, a bookmark, a gift box ... come join in!!!

And just a reminder ...

Thank you SO very much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See you again soon!

Warm Hugs,

Elise

Merry Christmas ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you've all had a beautiful week!

How is the weather where you're at?  It is SO cold here .. and we're supposed to snow here in town on Saturday!  :)  Yayyy!  It's a rare treat for us to have snow at our home .. we're excited and looking forward to it.  Plus Bodhi's best friend Hudson is coming over to spend the day with us, so it'll be fun for the little boys together to play out back in the snow.  Crossing our fingers that it really happens.  ;)

Well, I've made another Christmas card a couple weeks ago using some yummy goodies from The Ribbon Girl Store .. truly such a beautiful store!

I've used Emily Lace, Carnation Ivory, Hip Rose Buds White, Flat Back Pearls, Cheesecloth, Seam Binding all from the gorgeous Ribbon Girl store!  ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV Baby Release!!!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all doing well!

Did you get to treat yourselves to some LOTV goodies at the online sale?  I sure hope you did!  The new baby release is just the most DARLING aren't they?!  sigh ... Loooove them so much!

I've made a card using this precious "Balloon Basket" ... awwwww!  Such a sweet image right?  :)  The papers are from LOTV's "Always and Forever" stack, and the little frame was made for me by a gorgeous overseas friend .. I love it so much!!!

Please make sure you check out my beautiful DT sisters on their personal blogs as well as on the LOTV Inspirational Blog .. because they have the most GORGEOUS creations for you!  :)

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Elise

LOTV Sale!!!

Good Morning to you!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I wanted to pop in and let you all know that the lovely LOTV is having a fabulous sale!  Now is a great chance for you to stuff your stockings with goodies that you've been wanting!  hehe!!!  ;)

Have fun shopping!  Go ahead .. spoil yourselves!  You deserve it! ;)

Big Hugs,

Elise

Ribbon Girl Anything Goes!!!

HAPPY DECEMBER!  Wow, can you believe it's the last month of the year again?!  Holy smokes!  Another beautiful year coming to an end ... and another gorgeous year ready to begin!  Whew!

Hope you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving .. such a special time with family and friends!

Well, this month of December we're having "Anything Goes" Challenge at the Ribbon Girl blog!!!  Wooohooo!  Easy peasy for everyone!

My project is a Christmas stocking with all sorts of yummy goodies from the Ribbon Girl store!  sigh .. truly had a fun time with their laces!!

Here's the goodies that I've used from The Ribbon Girl Store:

Ivory Pleated Satin Ribbon,  Emily Lace,  Lace Patches Antique White, Ivory Faux Silk, 'Deborah' Ivory Fine Cluny Lace, 'Teresa' Ivory Fine Vintage Style Cluny Lace,  'Butterfly' Ivory Fine Cluny Lace, White Seam Binding

They really have such a GORGEOUS selection of everything .. and I LOVE shopping through their store!!!  sigh ... :)

Thank you so very much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise