Monday 24 December 2012

Challenge #43 'Nordic Noel' WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part in our 'Nordic Noel' challenge this fortnight. We had some beautiful entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your beautiful cards and projects. As always, it was super difficult to choose between them all on this challenge but I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#1 Kristi 
#9 Cathy 
#11 Jinny 

and the 'Winner' of our 'Nordic Noel' Challenge is:

#5 Dawn


Thanks for sharing with us this week Cathy. 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.

We're taking a little break and will return with a new challenge hosted by Debbie on 7th January 2013.

Tuesday 18 December 2012

Challenge #43 'Nordic Noel' - Week 2


Thanks to everyone who joined in with us last week.  There are a few more days left to play along in our last challenge this year.  

Why not get creative and share with us for a chance of winning a £10 voucher to use in the shop.  We stock a large choice of ribbons, lace, twine and trims, as well as buttons, papers and other sweet embellishments too!

To help inspire you this week, please check out one of our newest Design Team's beautiful festive card.



Please see our original post for the challenge details and even more inspiration from the team.

We'll be back on 7th January 2013 with a new challenge from our fabulous host Debbie!  

Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas!

Monday 10 December 2012

Challenge #43 'Nordic Noel'

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

Helen has chosen this beautiful Christmas photo .....


and ask that you create a card / project using the colours
RED
,
WHITE & KRAFT plus BUTTONS, RIBBON & TWINE!


Please welcome the newest members of our Design Team - Jeanne, Michelle, Tammy & Sarah - we hope you'll be inspired by their beautiful creations (Sarah will be sharing with us next Monday).

And now for some inspiration from our Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz



Helen Berry




Lenet Mos



Michelle Bala


Tammy Hobbs


Zuzana Obert

{to follow}


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 23rd December 2012 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 #42 'Pastel Christmas WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part in our 'Pastel Christmas' challenge this fortnight. We had some beautiful entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your beautiful cards and projects. As always, it was super difficult to choose between them all on this challenge but I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#5 Nancy
#20 Elizabeta
#25 Anitra

and the 'Winner' of our 'Pastel Christmas' Challenge is:

#15 Anne-Elise


Thanks for sharing with us this week Anne-Elise. 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.

Don't forget to check out this fortnight's challenge!

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Our Final DT member is....

{Click here for our current challenge}

And last but not least, please say hi to our final Design Team member who is.....



We'll be back next in a couple of weeks for our next challenge, where you can see more of our new team members beautiful cards.  

Have a great week!

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Excited to Announce....

Thank you to everyone who submitted their cards to our recent Design Team Call.  As expected, we received such stunning projects and I was blown away by the level of talent.  The decision to choose who was extremely difficult.  

So, would you like to meet some of the new design team?  

Please say hi to......

Jeanne Jachna - A Kept Life

 
Michelle Bala - My Passion for Crafting




We hope you'll pop back on 10th December for our next challenge and see what beautiful inspirational cards the team will create. 

Enjoy your week!

Monday 26 November 2012

Challenge #42 'Pastel Christmas'

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

Lenet has chosen this beautiful Christmas photo .....


and ask that you create a card / project using the colours
C
REAM,
BABY BLUE & PINK and some BLING!


I'm excited to welcome back our Guest Designer for November, the lovely and talented Ren-Yi Lo from Small Handed Creations



And now for some inspiration from our Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz



Zuzana Obert


Lenet Mos



Helen Berry



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 9th December 2012 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 #41 'Crochet' WINNER

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

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your beautiful cards and projects. As always, it was super difficult to choose between them all on this challenge but I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#5 Jeanne Jachna
#13 Bligu
#16 Anne-Elise

and the 'Winner' of our 'Crochet' Challenge is:

#10 Elizabeta




Thanks for sharing with us this week Elizabeta. 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.

Don't forget to check out this fortnights challenge!

Tuesday 13 November 2012

** Design Team Call **

{Click here for our current challenge}

We sadly said goodbye to two of our design team girls this month when their current terms came to an end. However, the good news is that we are looking for someone new to join our team and fortnightly challenges!

If you are interested in applying for the team, enjoy a challenge and of course using lots of gorgeous ribbons, laces, trim, etc., on your projects (as supplied by our Ribbon Reel shop), then check out the requirements below and send us your entry.

Good Luck Everyone!

DESIGN TEAM REQUIREMENTS:

  1. You will need to have a blog and actively post on it!
  2. You must create at least one card or project every fortnight for our Monday fortnightly challenges!
  3. You must be willing and able to work with the ribbon packs supplied by our shop, as well as the future possibility of sponsor supplied products, which may include items such as digital images and papers, stamps and templates.
  4. You must be willing to comment on our fortnightly submissions. You will be assigned two numbers and you will be required to comment on submissions ending with these numbers over the fortnight.
  5. You must be able to meet the fortnightly deadlines and submit projects in a timely manner, as well as having your blog post go live in conjunction with our challenges, linking back to The Ribbon Reel Blog and any of our sponsors, including The Ribbon Reel shop!
  6. It is preferable if you speak fluent English.
  7. You must be able to commit to a minimum six month term with the design team (with the option to extend).
  8. You must be able to create and host challenges following a rota (currently every 10 weeks).
So...here's the challenge....


Create a card or project inspired by the photo above using
PINK, AQUA, CREAM or WHITE plus RIBBONS or LACE

The Design Team Call will run from 12:00am GMT, Tuesday 13th November through to 11.59pm GMT, Sunday 25th November. The new design team member(s) will be contacted on Monday 26th November and the blog announcement will be made w/c 26th November. The new design team member will begin their term on Monday 10th December!

Please read the details below on submitting your application:

  1. Send an email attaching a photo of your completed card or project to me at mail@theribbonreel.co.uk.
  2. Send your complete name, address, phone, email and blog addresses.
  3. Include a short bio about yourself, including how long you have been crafting, what your favourite craft mediums are such as cards, layouts, altered art, what inspires you.
  4. Send your resume and let us know of any current design team positions you hold, as well as any past design team ones. It is not a requirement to have been on a design team before.
  5. Let us know why you'd like to be one of the Ribbon Reel girls!
Good luck!

Monday 12 November 2012

Challenge #41 'Crochet'

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

Zuzana has chosen this bright and beautiful inspiration photo .....


and ask that you create a card / project using CROCHET LACE or CROCHET FLOWER plus BUTTON & RIBBON/TWINE.

I'm excited to welcome our Guest Designer for November, the lovely and talented Ren-Yi Lo from Small Handed Creations


And now for some inspiration from our Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz




Zuzana Obert


Lenet Mos

(to follow shortly)


Helen Berry



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 25th November 2012 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 #40 'Over the Rainbow' WINNER

A massive thank you to everyone who took part in our 'Over the Rainbow' challenge this fortnight. We had some beautiful entries for this challenge and would like to thank our fabulous followers.

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your beautiful cards and projects. As always, it was super difficult to choose between them all on this challenge but I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#1 Kimberly
#9 Jeanne
#11 Alenuska

and the 'Winner' of our 'Over the Rainbow' Challenge is:

#2 Tammy



Thanks for sharing with us this week Tammy. Your card was bright 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.

Don't forget to check out this fortnights challenge!

Monday 29 October 2012

Challenge #40 'Over the Rainbow'

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

Sadly this will be Pauline and Fran's last challenge with us, as their terms are coming to an end.
And what a fantastic challenge Pauline has left us with too!

Pauline has chosen this bright and beautiful inspiration photo .....

source:here

and ask that you create a card / project with all the COLOURS of the RAINBOW,
plus RIBBON & TWINE in the photo

And now for some inspiration from our Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz


Pauline Pollington


Zuzana Obert




Lenet Mos



Helen Berry



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 11th November 2012 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 #39 'Shabby Naturals' WINNER

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

The design team enjoyed viewing all of your beautiful cards and projects. As always, it was super difficult to choose between them all on this challenge but before I announce who they are, I would like to introduce our Guest Designer for November. 

We are very excited to have the lovely Ren-Yi Lo from Small Handed Creations joining our team for the month as our Guest Designer.  So don't forget to pop back and say hi!

I am very pleased to announce the following 'Top 3' creations for this challenge are:

#2 Teresa
#16 Macarena
#25 Tatiana

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

#23 Anne-Elise


Thanks for sharing with us this week Anne-Elise. 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.

Don't forget to check out this fortnights challenge!

Monday 15 October 2012

Challenge #39 'Shabby Naturals'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge!  It's Fran's turn to host this week and she has chosen this beautiful inspiration photo .....


and ask that you create a card / project using the COLOURS in the photo
plus RIBBON / TWINE / BURLAP and make it SHABBY!

And now for some inspiration from our Design Team girls.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz


Pauline Pollington


Zuzana Obert




Lenet Mos


Helen Berry


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 28th October 2012 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.