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Monday, November 29, 2010

Week #38 - 'Get In Shape'

Week #38 in the Tea Room brings Pattie as our lovely host and she has chosen the fun theme of' Get In Shape' ... make a shaped card or project using NO squares or rectangles!  What does this mean ... you can use a circle, oval or any shape that you can think of -- except no squares or rectangles.  Put your thinking caps on and have fun with this one!!

I don't know about you all, but after the fabby Thanksgiving Holiday we celebrated here in the US this past Thursday, I need to 'Get In Shape' before all the yummy Christmas Holiday food starts coming to the table!  Turkey ... and sweet potatoes ... and stuffing ... and apple pie -- OH MY!

Note: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple guidelines (listed on the sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Stephanie Severin! Stephanie earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #30 - "Vintage Halloween" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!


Stephanie Severin - Ingenious Inkling



And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Sparky and Friends, Sparky the Snowman


Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Sparky the Snowman


Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Christmas Nested Sentiments, Christmas Nested Frames & Occasions


Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
On vacation this week!


Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
Sparky the Snowman



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch - Week #38 Host
Sparky and Friends


Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

Please welcome back this week's Tea Room sponsor ... JustRite Stamps!


JustRite® has over a 100 year history in making product for the commercial stamping industry. It was acquired by Millennium Marking Company in 2004. JustRite began using its knowledge of stamp products to introduce stamp making technology to crafters.

Our images and unique stamping system of are what set us apart in the stamping community. Our priority is a regular introduction of fresh high-quality stamping images for beginners to seasoned stampers. From line art images, to big bold and colorable you are sure to find something to spark your creativity. We go far beyond simply showing stampers new images. We feature beautiful handmade projects from the stamping community’s most talented designers. In addition to enjoying the sheer “art of the project” we strive to share how you could re-create the project yourself including complete supply lists for the project.

Our stampers are sold in sets of images that you can mix and match with borders, centers and font to enhance your creative experience. All stampers are precision engineered for a clear sharp impression.
The JustRite stamping community is all about fun designs, facilitating inspiration and sharing ideas.

Our Super Sale section has $10 or less deals, while supplies last.
Our Holiday Sale section is 25% off all JustRite Original holiday stamps until November 29 (that’s today!), while supplies last.

Please visite JustRite Stamps for details on all the wonderful specials and new releases!

The prize we are donating is the winner’s choice of TWO Elizabeth Dulemba Cling stamp sets of their choice, plus our Mini Binder Box, a $50 value!




We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and the wonderful prize package from JustRite Stamps!

Link your creations below by Sunday, December 5th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 6th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 6th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #37 - 'Pick a Cause' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 23 projects submitted for our 'Pick a Cause' challenge this week were so lovely and heartfelt!! Such wonderful cards for simply wonderful causes ... a special thank you to all those that joined in this week - we appreciate your time, efforts and donations to these worthy charities! We also would like to recognize and thank our 811 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!  We'd love to hit 1,000 followers by the first of the year, so please help spread the word to your blog friends and advertise our blog.  We'd be so happy if you could help us grow!



The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON! We love to visit your blogs to peek at all your lovely creations, but some of you still have your word verification turned on and this is slowing us down, and in some cases causing our computers to freeze up. We would like to ask you to help us by turning it off!
Please join me in thanking Becky Jo Bert for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG thank you to June Lanum for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome handmade prize package for our Winner!

We thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Pick a Cause' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   June Lanum #5    Scleraderma Foundation

2.   Karen Howard #6  Operation Write Home

3.  Monique #7  Cards For Kids

4.   Beth C. #14  American Heart Association

5.   Laney #15  Think Pink for Breast Cancer

6.   Cindy Groh #21  Cards For Kids

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Stella #4  UNICEF

2.   Bettina #12  Cancer

3.  Lenet #20  Ronald McDonald House

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Deb Saaranen #18- Susan G. Komen For The Cure!  Deb's Vintage inspired design this week was absolutely stunning!  The use of peach, cream and black is so striking, the image is gorgeous and those bloomers are delicious!!  Thanks for sharing your fabby talents with us all in the Tea Room this week, Deb!

Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Week #37 - Pick a Cause'

Week #37 in the Tea Room brings Nicole as our host and she has chosen the theme of 'Pick a Cause' for us to play with!  What does this mean?  At this time of celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US and preparation for all the amazing celebrations to come in December with all the religious holidays we all celebrate, we here in the Tea Room are so very thankful for all our blessings ... including all of YOU :)

This week we would love to see you all pick a favorite charity, organization or cause and make a card to celebrate it!  If you don't have a favorite charity or cause, the Shabby Girls have each chosen a cause to work with and you may use one of ours!  Please visit the individual Shabby Girls' blogs to read more about each individual charity or organization.  They are all wonderful and so worthwhile!
If you're interested in sending the creation you design into the charity that you are playing for, please contact the individual Shabby Girls if you need more details or mailing instructions.  Each Shabby Girl will have a link to the organization she is playing for this week, so it's really easy to create and send too!

The 'rules' this week will be really loose ... pretty much anything goes!  Have fun with this challenge -- we can't wait to see what you create!  Will it be a Card for Kids with a child's theme?  Will it be a Card for our Troops with a holiday theme?  Will is be a Card for anemia, breast cancer, prevention of cruelty to animals, ALS, MS, adoption ... the sky's the limit!  Anything goes!  Be sure to tell us which charity or organization you are designing for in your post :)

Note: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple guidelines (posted on the sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Becky Jo Bert! Becky earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #29 - "Pearls and Pastels" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!



Becky Jo Bert - Craftily Yours



And now for some more inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...


Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures





Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl




Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations




Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa





Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations - Week #37 Host




Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDRENS CENTER




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration ... and all the deets if you want to link up to one of our charities this week!

Please welcome this week's Tea Room sponsor ... June Lanum from Lina Beas!



June has provided the most beautiful, handmade trinket pins and crocheted flowers for the Shabby Girls to work with this week ... aren't they all so pretty!!  June has also provided a wonderful selection of her handmade lovelies for the lucky winner of this week's challenge ...


We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and the prize package from Lina Beas!

Link your creations below by Sunday, November 28th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 29th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 29th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #36 - 'What Are You Thankful For' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for joining us this past week for our Lavender & Lace Challenge!!! The 72 projects submitted last week were beautiful!! You girlies are really rockin' these challenges each week and we are so inspired by your creativity! We also would like to recognize and thank our 805 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much and are honored to be able to spend a little time each week peeking into your blogs at all your lovely creations!!!



The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON! We love to visit your blogs to peek at all your lovely creations, but some of you still have your word verification turned on and this is slowing us down, and in some cases causing our computers to freeze up. We would like to ask you to help us by turning it off!

Please join me in thanking Anya Schrier for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG shabby thank you to The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome prize for our Winner!

We thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! We truly love to see all of your creations and enjoy each and every precious project!! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'L'What Are You Thankful For' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Deb Saaranen #4

2.   Chupa #8

3.   Irit #10 

4.   Karen Lee #14

5.  Giovana #24

6.  Amy Duff #39

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Beverly G. #19

2.  Lizzi D. #47

3.  Catz #67

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Geri #68!  Oh my shabby goodness ... the shabby and vintage altered frame that Geri created for our Grateful challenge this week just took my breath away!  So soft, so shabby, so vintage and lovely!  I know Geri's sister will treasure this keepsake for many years to come!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us all this week in the Tea Room, Geri!
Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Week #36 - 'What Are You Thankful For?'

Week #36 in the Tea Room brings Lisa as our host and she has chosen this {sweet}, seasonal photo as inspiration for us to work with ...



... and asks that you make a card or project to share something that you are thankful for!  Everyone living in the US will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday next week, so this is perfect timing to get your holiday cards made to send to loved ones!!  I realize that everyone who visits the Tea Room does not celebrate this holiday, so let's open this challenge up to any thankful theme ... what are you thankful for OR Thanksgiving OR thank you cards and/or using some of the colors from the inspiration photo -- one or ALL!  Have fun with this week's challenge -- we can't wait to see what you create :)

Note: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple guidelines will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Anya Schrier! Anya earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #28 - "School Days" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!






And now for some more inspiration from the Shabby Girls ... I do believe the girlies have OUTDONE themselves this week with their inspiration projects -- what do you think??!!??

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures


Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl



Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations


Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa



Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch



Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

Please welcome this week's Tea Room sponsor ... The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store!

Sharon Johnson, owner of the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, has donated this amazingly delicious prize package of ribbons, flowers and lace for our lucky winner this week:



Isn't it simply DREAMY!!!

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and the prize package from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store!

Link your creations below by Sunday, November 21st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 22nd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 22nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #35 - 'Lavender & Lace' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for joining us this past week for our Lavender & Lace Challenge!!! The 66 projects submitted last week were so unbelievably gorgeous and creative!! You girlies are really rockin' these challenges each week and we love it!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 788 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much and are honored to be able to spend a little time each week peeking into your blogs at all your lovely creations!!!



The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON!  We love to visit your blogs to peek at all your lovely creations, but some of you still have your word verification turned on and this is slowing us down, and in some cases causing our computers to freeze up. We would like to ask you to help us by turning it off!


Please join me in thanking Dawn Burnworth for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG shabby thank you to My Time Made Easy and Lauren Meader for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome prize for our Winner!

We thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! We truly love to see all of your creations and enjoy each and every precious project!!  And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Lavender & Lace' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Melisa Waldorf #13

2.  Noomiy #14

3.   Ros Crawford #18

4.   Amy #20

5.   V.S. #25 & #47

6.   Beverly #26

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Monique #27
 
2.  Zuza Matuza #29 

3.  Kianel #54

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:


Annette #45!  WOW ... what a stunner!  Annette's lovely project this week was truly amazing!  The gorgeous lace sleeve Annette designed was so pretty and creative!  The front of the card was just breathtaking, and then it opened up to show a tri-fold card decorated inside and a secret surprise of chocolate inside the pocket too!  Just fabulous ... all the way around!  Thank you, Annette, for sharing your amazing paper crafting talents with us all in the Tea Room this week :)


Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Week #35 - 'Lavender & Lace'

Week #35 in the Tea Room brings Clare as our host and she has chosen this beautiful photo as inspiration for us to work with ...



... and Clare asks that you create a card or project based on the inpsiration photo -- use the colors from the picture, the floral and/or lace theme ... OR BOTH!  (Photo courtesy of Kellene Gilof:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/40980447@N04/ ).

Note: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple guidelines will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Dawn Burnworth!  Dawn earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #27 - "Fresh Living" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!



Dawn Burnworth - My Stamping Thyme
Tea For You template



And now for some more inspiration from the Shabby Girls ... you're in for a treat this week -- I think the Design Team projects are especially GORGEOUS this week :)

All a Flutter template, Trendy Tags #3 cut file, Tea Parlor Fortune Teller's Fallen Leaf paper, Just For You stamp set, Just For You Sentiments stamp set, You've Got Mail stamp set




Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Sensational Sentiments stamp set



Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations - Week #35 Host
Just For You Sentiments stamp set, Just For You stamp set


Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
All a Flutter template



Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
Just for You stamp set,  Sensational Sentiments stamp set



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
All a Flutter template, Just For You Sentiments stamp set


Please be sure to visite the Shabby Girls individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

Please welcome this week's Tea Room sponsor ... My Time Made Easy!



My Time Made Easy, LLC, provides you with the basics for creating your own coordinating handmade cards, tags, and gift packaging in no time. It is fun, affordable, and we made it easier than ever! I have always said that it really is all about the TOTAL package. Now you can afford to create and dress up the simplest of gifts on your own, and make them appear to be that much more special. Nothing says love like something handmade. Lauren Meader, Owner.

My Time Made Easy™ LLC

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and a prize package from My Time Made Easy!

Link your creations below by Sunday, November 15th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 16th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 16th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #34 - 'Country Kitchen' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 60 projects submitted for our 'Country Kitchen' projects this week were so very pretty!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 776 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!



The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON!   We love to visit your blogs to peek at all your lovely creations, but some of you still have your word verification turned on and this is slowing us down, and in some cases causing our computers to freeze up.   We would like to ask you to help us by turning it off!

Please join me in thanking Lenet Mos for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG thank you to There She Goes Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an beautiful stamp set for our Winner!

We thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Country Kitchen' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:


1.   Cora Hoekstra #9

2.   Angela Crockett #31

3.   Tracy Payne #32

4.   Susan B. #39

5.   Barb Nichols #56

6.  Betty Wright #59 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Chupa #26

2.   Jinny Newlin #55

3.   Corinna #60

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Melissa Bove #30!  WOW ... Melissa created an absolutely adorable 3-D vintage stove and two cards for this week's tea room challenge!!!  I simply fell in love with all the sweet vintage and shabby elements Melissa used to create this precious little keepsake ... those mini pots and pans are the cutest!  So creative and just wonderful ... thanks for sharing your talents with us all this week in the Tea Room, Melissa !!


Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!