Honey Gold & Cream Wedding Cake ...

A simple stacked wedding cake decorated with 25mm and 15mm Berisford Honey Gold satin ribbon, 28mm cream vintage style cluny lace, 17mm cream vintage style tulip lace, 4mm ivory pearl string and some gorgeous flower arrangements made with Wild Orchid Crafts gardenias, cosmos and hip rose buds, plus Ribbon Girl irridescent heart and clear drop gem stems, white satin and diamante daisy flowers and white beaded swirl branches - all from The Ribbon Girl. 

nb all flower arrangements were made by my very clever little sister Jackie - thanks Jackie!

There are more cakes to look at on the Ribbon Girl Blog Cake pages

Mary G x

Birthday cake card .......

 

Happy New year everyone!  There is a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly - anything goes - sponsored by LOTV.  This is my DT card, I coloured the sweet image with copics and added lots of Stardust Stickles.  The purple card was a bit too dark so I toned it down with a snow white Adirondack paint dabber

 

 

I added pearls, a pink fluted edge sheer ribbon with some 3mm irridescent pearl string and a flower shaped sparkly button tied on with some plum purple Divine Twine. 

 

The flowers are WOC 35mm trellis rose, 20mm open rose, large rose bud, carnation, lily, cosmos and a Kort & Godt chrysanthemum flower all from here

 

I hope you will have time to pop over to PTW  and be inspired by the wonderful cards  made by the DT and you've got a whole week to get your card in

see you soon, Mary G x

 

 

Merry Christmas Everyone

 

I hope you all have a lovely day with your family and friends and I'll be back later in the week

Mary G x

Pom Pom give away ...

There's a pom pom give away over at the Ribbon Girl blog - it's open until 25th December

Ivory give away on the Ribbon Girl Blog ...

Day 2 and it's an IVORY giveaway over at the Ribbon Girl Blog - follow this link for more details

 

1 metre of ivory lace with pearls

1 metre of ivory silky crush ribbon

1 pack of ten 20mm Wild Orchid Crafts open roses

1 pack of 6 Kort & Godt ivory beaded roses

1 pack of ivory flower shaped flatbacks

1 metre of 38mm vintage style ivory fluted edge sheer ribbon

See you tomorrow Mary G x

Pick of the year at Papertake Weekly .....

 

 

This weeks challenge over at Papertake Weekly is 'Pick of the Year' so you can pick your favourite challenge and re-do it!!  I chose 'anything goes' and made this tag which features a LOTV Mini Masterpiece coloured by Bev Rochester matted onto LOTV Classic Christmas paper and slathered in Stardust Stickles.  My flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts 20mm ivory open roses and a small ivory gardenia.  I also used two Kort & Godt ivory chrysanthemums plus Ribbon Girl red beaded berries; tiny red berries and medium red berries.

 

All of the flowers, red and silver ribbons and Stardust Stickles are from The Ribbon Girl online store

There are some fabulous projects by the PTW design team - please pop over and be inspired!
See you soon, Mary G x

 

 

Something new at LLF .....

 

This week's challenge at Lilis Little Fairies is 'something new' so I just had to ink up my new  LOTV mermaid stamp which has sat in the 'new stamp' drawer since October - I coloured her with copics -  isn't this a sweet little mermaid?  Even though I went for a pale blue/aqua combination, I think it still looks girlie.  I added blue velvet lace and a bow of blue silky crush ribbon, and a selection of Wild Orchid Craft flowers, plus blue beaded berries, a Kort & Godt chrysanth, an anchor charm and some 5mm clear gems.

 

 

My flowers include Wild Orchid Craft flowers, Ribbon Girl blue beaded berries, a Kort & Godt chrysanth.  My card was finished with an anchor charm and some 5mm clear gems.

Flowers, ribbons, lace, charm, gems all from here

 

I hope you get time to pop over to see the lovely cards made by the DT at LLF and you have a week to get your card in - new job, new home, new baby, anything new, or use something new etc

See you soon Mary  G x

 

all white ? .......

 

This weeks Papertake Weekly challenge is 'all white' or snow - I have to own up that I was so busy this was a 'last minute make' and I had to ask Andrea to help me out so we could take a photo before the light went!!  So this is a 'joint effort'

 

 I used our Westie die which we have used for our family Christmas cards this year (we think it looks like our little Westie, 4year old Haggis - yes, the one who eats Christmas cards - our front door opens onto a wall so we can't have a basket on the letterbox!)

 

We embossed white paper and made it into snow covered hills, die cut a white fence with our new fence die and used some sparkly paper we've had for years for the sky. 

 

The only addition is the nose and eye made with a black marker pen and a tiny scrap of 9mm white and silver snowflake grosgrain ribbon from here

 

I hope you will have time to pop over to PTW to view the fabulous work by the DT and join in yourself

see you soon, Mary G x

Anything goes at PTW ..... with the option of making a gift

 

The new challenge at this weeks Papertake Weekly is 'anything goes' sponsored by Lili of the Valley with the option of making a gift  -  I made an 'exploding' box which I thought would be mid-way between a card and a gift - I had a great time making it but I hadn't bargained on it being so difficult to photograph!

 

 

 

I used LOTV Classic Christmas papers, red satin ribbon and 12mm white cotton lace plus a LOTV Mini Masterpiece - the box and the lid weren't too bad to make, as long as I made sure I measured everything perfectly :-) and I managed to get the little wobbly bits stuck to strips of acetate and hey presto, it worked - I was amazed!

 

 

I went to town on the lid and used Kort & Godt beaded roses, beaded berries and chrysanthemums; Wild Orchid Crafts large rosebuds, hip rosebuds and Ribbon Girl berries - all the flowers are from here

 

There is some very inspirational work by the PTW design team and I urge you to pop over and have a look - I'm sure you will be inspired to join in!

See you soon, Mary G x

ho ho ho .....

 

There is a new challenge over at The Ribbon Girl blog 'ho ho ho' or 'Christmas' and your project can be anything at all - it doesn't have to be a card - sew, knit, papercraft, sculpt - anything you fancy making as long as you follow the theme. 

 

This is the last challenge of the year and both teams have come together to give you a fantastic display of fabulous projects to inspire you to get crafting.  There will be two prizes for the winner of a £20 voucher for the Ribbon Girl online store and a stamp of your choice from the very generous ladies at LOTV.

 

I made a special Christmas card - the image is a mini masterpiece from LOTV and I've used different shaped nesties to cut kraft card for each layer.  I used white liquid pearls, green velvet lace, 8mm ivory silk hearts, Kort & Godt beaded swirl branch, Wild Orchid Crafts white cosmos daisies and white sweetheart blossom, plus Ribbon Girl red beaded berries.

 

I hope you will find the time to look at all of the fabulous projects by the multi-talented Ribbon Girls

See you soon, Mary G x

A pastel card ........

The challenge at LLF this week is 'pastel colours' so I made this card as light as possible, and found some paper in my stash which matched the pink coat of this image (a LOTV mini masterpiece coloured by Bev Rochester) then left as much white space as I could.  I tied some rose pink silky crush ribbon around one layer of card and made a bow to the side.

 

For the flower arrangement I used WOC white cosmos, white hip rosebud, pink carnation, large pink rosebud, baby pink cherry blossom and Ribbon Girl ivory beaded berries and blue beaded berries and a Kort & Godt white beaded swirl branch.

 

Please pop over and look at the fabulous creations by LLF Team 'A' and you've got a whole week to get your project on your blog and entered into the challenge.

 

Silky Crush, Flowers, Beaded Berries, beaded Swirls all from here

 

See you soon, Mary G x

 

Please Father Christmas ........

 

 

First of all I just want to say that I'm thinking of everyone who has suffered flooding, discomfort and travel problems during the dreadful weather we're having in the UK this week.

 

This weeks challenge at Papertake Weekly is a sketch - this is my DT card and I tipped the sketch on it's side.  The background paper and the image is from Pion - the little girl looks as if she is praying for a nice gift or Father Christmas is telling her off and she's saying she's very sorry, I can't make my mind up which it is lol
I cut 3 separate frames with nesties which were distressed with tea dye.  Behind the frames you can just see some faux diamante trim - this was a 6-row piece which I cut into single rows.

 

 

 

 I added some gorgeous new box pleated satin ribbon - this one is ivory - plus some 9mm red velvet ribbon topped by a flower shaped sparkly button tied with silver metallic twine.  I used 6mm and 3mm double sided sticky tape to adhere the ribbons and the faux diamante mesh.

 

Please pop over to PTW to see the lovely examples by the Design Team - you're sure to be inspired to make a card yourself - you have a whole week to get your project in and you could win a nice prize!

 

Ribbons, button, twine, diamante, pearls, sticky tape are all from The Ribbon Girl online store

and only a month to go until Christmas woohoo!!

See you soon, Mary G x

 

Ribbons and pearls ......

 

This weeks challenge at Papertake Weekly is 'ribbons and pearls'...... my favourite embellishments after sparkle!!   I used a Hanglar stamp and coloured him with copics, adding Stardust Stickles to make him sparkle! The blue paper is from the LOTV Frosty Christmas pad

 

I used 9mm willem blue velvet ribbon, 4mm white pearl bead string and 38mm white guipure lace.  I experimented with the gorgeous new beads by adding a strip of 6mm double sided sticky tape to my card above the velvet ribbon, removing the red backing and sprinkling on the blue and aqua mix beads - they look lovely and I'll be using this technique again!

 

 

As you can see, this card was to welcome new baby Harry  -  I strung the alphabet beads on some of the silver metallic twine and fixed it to the hanglar hands with half a tiny glue dot.  The other embellishments used were a silver butterfly (from a pack of 5) and some 5mm self adhesive pearls.

 

Please go and check out the outstanding work by the PTW design team ladies - I'm sure you will be inspired to get crafting - you have a full week to get your card in!

 

Velvet ribbon, lace, pearls, silver metallic twine,

See you soon, Mary G x

 

 

 

Shades of lavender .....

 

The November colour challenge over at The Ribbon Girls Blog starts today - shades of lavender - you can create any type of project (cards, scrapbookk layouts, knit, sew,  boxes, ornament etc using any colours from the lavender/purple colour range. 

 

I decorated a cracker (from Paula) using Lily of the Valley nitwit papers and the small squares from mini masterpieces No 24.  I die cut the little images and placed them on a pretty die cut oval mat, all edges were distressed with tea dye ink.  I added lavender tiny ric rac and ivory 10mm vintage style cotton lace, lilac gems and some pretty lavender/ silver metallic edge ribbon.  The flowers are WOC white cosmos, Kort & Godt beaded berries,  a white cherry blossom and some white hip rosebuds.  I used 3mm double sided tape to adhere the laceand the ric rac around the cracker. This cracker would make a pretty gift if filled with chocolates or a bag of fragrant lavender - crackers are for every day, not just for Christmas!

 

I hope you will find time to go and look at the inspiration of the super talented design team - and you have two weeks to enter your project.  Good luck and see you soon

Mary G x 

 

Food, glorious food ......

 

It's Thursday again and there is a new challenge at Lilys Little Fairies and the theme this week is 'food' - I used a ready coloured 'Christmas Kids'  LOTV die cut and used LOTV Classic Christmas papers.  I added white guipure lace, red satin ribbon, 5mm pearls and a snowflake No 4 charm.  The sentiment is from the hand written sentiment sheet - which very useful

 

I hope you will pop over to the LLF blog and check out the fabulous cards by the design team and be inspired to enter your own creation (which must feature a LOTV product) - there's a great prize to win!

See you soon Mary G x