Candy Winner (and a quick card sneaked in too)

Oh dear, I have been slacking this week as I've not yet drawn my birthday blog candy winner.  Well, there is no time like the present.

I wasn't intending to share a card today, because I wanted to do a quick post to get the winner notified.  But I couldn't resist sharing a card that uses one of the fab ribbons from Fantastic Ribbon.

So, I know I'm terrible for keeping y'all on the edge of your seat, waiting to find out who the winner is .... but here's my card, using cute little Linda ballerina from StampFairy :

 Inside of card :

Card Recipe:

• Image - Stamp Fairy Linda Ballerina and freebie ballet shoes
• Sentiment - One of my own Freebies
• Papers - Coney Island by Robyn's Fetish
• Colouring mediums - Promarkers and Dovecraft Shimmer chalks for shadow
• Nesties - Fleur De Lis Squares & Lacey Circles for sentiment
• 10mm & 15mm roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
• Flat backed pearls - The Works
• Ribbons - who else, of course Fantastic Ribbon

So, without further ado, the lucky random winner drawn is ......

Drum roll please .....

Mamma Mia 

who actually gave not just one tip, but two!!  She said :

Hi Netty! 

Love your cards, and also your freebie sentiments.
As quite a new cardmaker I've only used ribbons in two ways so far.
1) tie a bow using the Bow Maker on my Crafter's Companion Ultimate Pro - sooooo easy and gives a great result!
2) just wrapping 1 or a layer of 2 different sized and/or coloured ribbons around my card.
Thanks for the chance to win your Blog Candy - hope I'm lucky :o)
Helen xxx

Well Helen, you are the lucky winner, so please email me with your full postal address.  I will pass your deets onto Fantastic Ribbons.  I know you'll get some fab ribbons from them, and I'd love to see what you do with them.

Meanwhile, I'm off to find myself one of those bowmaker thingies !!!

Thanks to everyone for entering, and also many many thanks to Keith at Fantastic Ribbons for sponsoring my Birthday Candy.  It was great to meet you in person at the Westpoint Creative Stitches show recently and thank you personally.

I've been inspired by:

• Craft your Passion - Anything goes with ribbon
• Sassy Studios - Pink
• Allsorts - Bear with us

Happy crafting

Birthday Candy Time (sticky post)

In celebration of my birthday in one month, I have some (literally) Fantastic Ribbons to give away courtesy of ... yes, you've guessed it,

Fantastic Ribbons !!!

This online shop sells my all-time favourite ribbons, like the one used on my previous post, or the card below (which is an oldie, but still one of my faves).

So when the lovely Keith at Fantastic Ribbons offered to sponsor some blog candy, I was absolutely delighted.  Thanks Keith !!!

They are also launching a new range soon, and have sent me some pictures to tempt you :

The fabulous prize generously donated by Fantastic Ribbons is 4 rolls of any ribbons of your choice from the Fantastic Ribbon web site, with free postage.  How Fantastic is that !!!

In order to win :

1. Ensure you're a follower of my blog (if you're not already).
2. Post a picture of the Fantastic Ribbon badge on your blog, with a link back to this specific post.
3. Leave a comment on this post telling me your favourite way to use ribbons on your creations (see below)  

Your comment may be something simple, like how you attach a bow to your card, or how you create the 'perfect bow'.  But perhaps you have other creative ideas, like pleating, fancy bows or creating rosettes or ribbon flowers?  

Feel free to leave a link to a blog post if you need more space to show us your tip 'in action'.  If you do leave a link to a ribbon tip in your comment, please mention and link to this giveaway in your related blog post.  (no back-linking though please).

Your "ribbon tip" doesn't have to be complicated, so no-one is excluded from winning, but I just want to see something to show that you love beautiful ribbons!  The idea is that we may all learn something new for using our ribbons, as well as be in for a chance to win some Fantastic Ribbons.

A winner will be selected at random on my birthday, October 5th, and notified on this blog, so keep an eye out to see if you're the lucky person.

Good luck everyone, and I look forward to reading all your comments and top tips for using beautiful ribbons.

Happy Crafting