30 April 2018

With love on your special day .....


This card with pink roses is trimmed with 100% pure silk ribbon, vintage style fine cotton lace, ivory faux pearl trim, mulberry paper roses, daisy and leaves.

close up of the flowers and silk ribbon
A double tag with computer generated sentiment


Ribbon, flowers, pearl trim,  and leaves are all from The Ribbon Girl
This card is for sale in my Ebay store

Thanks for looking, see you soon,
Mary x

28 April 2018

Beauty is in the little things


A greetings card embellished with an embroidered tulle butterfly, daisy, ballerina blossom, cosmos daisies, smooth berries, ivory wild rose, Oloroso seam binding and 'Iris' 15mm cream cotton lace, 6mm ivory flatback pearl trim and some daisy leaves.

Close up of the flower arrangement

Inside the card is decorated to co-ordinate with the front, with space for a personal message

This card is for sale in my Ebay shop

Thanks for looking, see you soon,
Mary G xx



Lilac birthday card in vintage style .......



A vintage style birthday card trimmed with 17mm 'Laila' white vintage style fine cotton lace, 15mm satin edge sheer ribbon, 5mm flower pearl trim, white guipure lace leaf, ivory white and lilac ballerina blossoms, lilac small beaded berries and a stem of tiny pearl flowers on silver stem.

Close up of flowers and ribbon

Close up of lace and pearl trim
Thank you for looking, see you soon
Mary x

22 April 2018

Vintage style greetings card


I used my new X-Cut emboss/cut folder and an old Pion vintage image for this card.  I added 38mm ivory faux silk, 10mm ivory square pearl trim, white guipure lace leaves, pink large rosebud, white daisy, green daisy leaves and an ivory 30mm wild rose and some 3mm ivory s/a pearls to the centres of the cut-out flowers.  I think this would make a lovely frame for a photo.  This card is for sale in my Etsy Store

All embellishments are from The Ribbon Girl

Thanks for looking, see you soon
Mary xx

7 April 2018

Thank you ....

 A thank you card for a friend using 50mm Twinkle ribbon, sparkly acrylic button, lilac roses, green leaves and a pretty white guipure applique leaf.  I added 3mm s/a ivory pearls to the centres of the butterflies,  all from www.ribbongirl.co.uk

thanks for looking, see you soon
Mary G xx






2 April 2018

Lilac butterfly birthday card ................


Lilac card trimmed with white lace leaves, dark lilac 20mm paper roses, lilac/white two tone hip rosebuds and petite white beaded stamens.  The ribbon on the bottom right is 25mm lilac satin edge sheer, tied with silver twine.  I have added another dark lilac paper rose and a couple of small butterfly dangle beads to the ends of the silver twine. 
This photo shows the lovely butterflies which I've enhanced with 3mm ivory pearl s/a pearls.  

We currently have an 'anything goes' challenge over at The Ribbon Girl blog and there are some lovely prizes to be won

Thank you for looking
see you soon,
Mary x

1 April 2018

Sending you happy thoughts ....




A greetings card with a lovely image from the digital Winnie Polkadoodles Celebrations 2 set with co-ordinating digital paper.



I added a pink daisy, pretty pink lily flower, blue/white beaded stamen, 65mm 'Louise' white guipure lace topped with some 6-row pearl trim (cut down to 4 rows).  The ribbon is 15mm dusky pink satin topped with a sparkly acrylic button tied on with silver twine.  The sentiment is from LOTV

I have made this card especially for The Ribbon Girl 'Anything Goes' Challenge and there are two lovely prizes, one from Nikky at  Polkadoodles and one from The Ribbon Girl  -  please pop over and be inspired by the other examples  -  we love to see what you have been making - and the challenge will run until 28th April so you've got lots of time to make something, and it doesn't have to be a card, it can be a card, tag, layout, bag, box - whatever you wish

see you soon, Mary x

Wishing you a peaceful and joyous Easter .....




An Easter card with vintage ivory fluted edge sheer ribbon, large ivory rosebuds, 20mm ivory open roses, a white lily flower and a white cosmos daisy.  

The butterfly centres are 3mm s/a pearls 

Flowers, ribbon and pearls are from The Ribbon Girl

Thanks for looking and I hope you will join in with the April 'Anything Goes' challenge over onThe Ribbon Girl blog

Mary x