Sunday, January 27, 2013

SHOP SHOUT OUT FOR JANUARY; Really Reasonable Ribbons

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday! So this month I wanted to do a shout ourt to an amazing little shop that I discovered through the Gecko Galz Design Team (mainly Heather Hudson) it is alled "Really Reasonable Ribbons". Now as some of you know I LOVE ribbon...I have plastic bins full of ribbon rolls and lace and trims...cant get enough of it. And when I popped in to this companies site my head about exploded...yes it is a ribbon lovers candy shop.....Organza, silks, swiss dot, satin....oh the ribbons you will find! And get this they have a ribbon club...each month a new seletion of ribbons, yes I have it bad and see that I will be doing alot of shopping here...I LOVE RIBBON!
But seriously this store has amazing products and I invite all of you to go check it out!



So I thought I would share with you some designs using fun ribbons!


Hand dyed silk ribbon
Gecko Galz Flower Fairies Collage Set


Double sided satin stiched ribbon in blue and brown
Geko Galz Shabby Chic Nature Collage Set


Brown Biased Ribbon
Gecko Galz Shabby Chic Nature Collage Set


Black Organza Ribbon
Lynne Perella Stamp



Have fun creating with ribbon!
Leanne

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

WINNERS! And Non such

Hi everyone!

welcome to 2013...sorry this is late getting out Blogger has been having some major issues with loading photos but it is fixed now...woooo hooo! It has been a crazy and wild new year thus far but in a good way. I turned 50 recently and some people think this is a bad thing but to me I view it as an accomplishment...hey I made it!  So in celebration of  this milestone I held a challenge with the December images "The Cats Meow Challenge" and I have to tell you the entries were AMAZING! Thank you to everyone who took part. Our winner is Diane Bove for her amazing birthday card congrats to you Diane you won the $25 shopping spree at Gecko Galz! Just email them at geckogalz@yahoo.com and let them know you won and they will tell you where to go from there!

Diane Boves Winning Design!

Now dont ret if you did not get to take part in this challenge I will be holding a new challenge every month based around my giveaway images so  this month I am giving you some un little Valentine images to play with and anyone who would like to enter the challenge just do a project using the images below and either link to this posting or email the picture to me at fripperiesandbutterflies@yahoo.com . Then on February 14th I will post pictures of all the entries and the followers will get to vote on a winner! and what will the winner get? You will get the March Collage sets from Gecko Galz.....all 5 sets! So get your creative juices going and create a fun valentine and win!!!!!!
I hope you all enjoy the FREE images below!







Good luck to everyone!
Have a happy Scrappy Day
Leanne