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Monday, June 24, 2013

Week #172 - 'Summer Breeze'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Starr is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Summer Breeze' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND ADD A FABRIC ELEMENT!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: 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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Sharon Wheet!  Sharon earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #167 challenge - 'Open Window'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Jeanne Jachna!   Jeanne created this beautiful card using the Live Laugh Love stamp set from Paper Sweeties!



Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
The Cutting Cafe - Tall Ice Cream Cone Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - You Are Amazing



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
The Cutting Cafe - Butterfly Treat Box



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
The Cutting Cafe - Butterfly Treat Box
Paper Sweeties - You Are Amazing




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
The Cutting Cafe - Tall Ice Cream Cone Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
The Cutting Cafe - Seed Packet Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - Pennant Party



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
The Cutting Cafe - Tall Ice Cream Cone Shaped Card




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - The Cutting Cafe!

The Cutting Cafe


The Cutting Cafe is your one stop for affordable cutting files and printable stamps. We offer a huge selections on just about any occasion. 

This week's winner will receive three files of choice from The Cutting Cafe!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 30th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 1st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 1st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #171 - 'Ruffles and Ribbons' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Ruffles and Ribbons' challenge -- we received 36 STUNNING cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,489 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Sharon Wheet for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jeanne Jachna for joining us as our June Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Creations by AR, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Ruffles and Ribbons' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Cathy Lynn #5

2.  Monika/buzsy #10

3.  Marybeth #11

4.  Judy Talley #13

5.  Glenda Boyd #25

6.  Char Crawford #30

7.  Cathy Mc #32

8.  Karien #34

9.  Cissy P. #35

10.  Dani A. #36

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Mindy Baxter #19

2.  Jill Norwood #20

3.  Rina M. #22

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Bligu #26!  Wow ... stunning is the word that first came to mind when I saw Bilgu's gorgeous card!  Absolutely perfect for this week's Tea Room challenge!  Thank you for sharing your talents with us all, Bilgu!




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!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Monday, June 17, 2013

Week #171 - 'Ruffles and Ribbons'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Rebekah is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Ruffles and Ribbons' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create a card or project inspired by our beautiful inspiration photo USING PINK, GREEN, RUFFLES and RIBBONS!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: 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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Sharon Wheet!  Sharon earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #165 challenge - 'Totally Textured'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Created using Wedding Day stamp set from Paper Sweeties

Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Creations by AR:  Princess Dress Card
Paper Sweeties: You Are Amazing




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Creations by AR: Haute Tote
Paper Sweeties: Little Wishes




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Creations by AR:  Enchanted Lantern





Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Creations by AR:  3 Pocket Caddy
 Paper Sweeties: Banner Wishes




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Creations by AR:  Surprise Purse
Paper Sweeties:  Little Wishes & I'm Having a Tea Party




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose 
Paper Sweeties: You Are Amazing




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Creations by AR!

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 Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3D templates, cutting files and digital images. Visit www.creationsbyar.com for inspiration!

I am pleased to offer The Shabby Tea Room participants a challenge discount of 10% off entire purchase during the week of my sponsorship.  The discount code is challenge10.


Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 23rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 24th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 24th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #170 - 'Sweet as Sugar' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Sweet as Sugar' challenge -- we received 44 STUNNING cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,488 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Sharon Wheet for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jeanne Jachna for joining us as our June Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digital Papers by Janet Etsy, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sweet as Sugar' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Karen Wallace #4

2.  Agieszka/onaija #7

3.  Ginger #10

4.  Rina M. #12

5.  Eulanda #14

6.  Macarena #24

7.  Dawn #25

8.  Bilgu #32

9.  Sylwia-eR #34

10.   Teresa Kline #36

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.   Jill Norwood #29 - winner of three collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.   Monika/buzsy #15 - winner of two collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.   Cathy Mc. #30 - winner of one collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy


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!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Friday, June 14, 2013

Friday Featured Fan!

Scroll down or click HERE for this week's 'Sweet As Sugar' challenge!


 Congratulations to today's Friday Featured Fan at Paper Sweeties  -- Kristi Schurr!


 Kristi created this stunning card using the Banner Wishes stamp set - WOW!

I love seeing what you create using your Paper Sweeties stamps!  Send me a link to your project and you may be the NEXT Friday Featured Fan!

Hugs!

Monday, June 10, 2013

Week #170 - 'Sweet as Sugar'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lenet is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sweet as Sugar' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING BLUE, PINK, WHITE (OR CREAM) AND FLOWERS!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: 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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Sharon Wheet!  Sharon earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #164 challenge - 'Beautiful Spring'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Created using Wedding Day and Faith Hope Love stamp sets from Paper Sweeties.

Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Little Patisserie
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous stamp set;  Paradise Aqua Mist, Vintage Winter White seam binding




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Little Patisserie
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Little Patisserie




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Little Patisserie 




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Little Patisserie & Romantic Time
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Little Patisserie



Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy!

My name is Janet, I'm Polish, live in the south of Italy and the mother of two children!!  I am a printing technician by profession, but an artist by passion.  I really like to draw and photograph everything with my camera. I am in love with old graphics and illustrations, and I always have my colored markers and pencils around me to sketch with.  I'm so happy to be sponsoring this week's Tea Room challenge!

Janet

Tea Time Top Three Winners will receive:
1st place =  three collage files
2nd place = two collage files
3rd place = one collage files
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 16th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 17th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 17th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #169 - 'Let's Have Tea' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Let's Have Tea' challenge -- we received 21 BEAUTIFUL cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,486 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Rina Meyers for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jeanne Jachna for joining us as our June Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Paper Sweeties, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Let's Have Tea' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Karen Wallace #2

2.  Shea Marshall #4

3.  Meihsia Lu #5

4.  Cathy Mc. #12

5.  Jill Norwood #16

6.  Rudlis #19

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Monika Buzsy #6

2.  Marybeth L. #9

3.  Elaine Fleming #13

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kristi Schurr #17Wowzers -- stunning comes to mind when I look at Kristi's tea themed card ... I especially adore the beautiful pink grosgrain ribbon, yummy seam binding and Paper Sweeties sentiment!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Kristi!



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!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Monday, June 3, 2013

Wek #169 - 'Let's Have Tea'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am our creative host and I have chosen the theme of 'Let's Have Tea' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by THE COLORS FROM THE PHOTO, INCLUDE FLOWERS AND A TEA THEME!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: 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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Rina Meyers!  Rina earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #163 challenge - 'Spring Bliss'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Created using Tea For Two from Paper Sweeties!


Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

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


Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Tea For Two, You Make Me Smile



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Join Me For Tea



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Join Me For Tea



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
I'm Having a Tea Party



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Tea For Two



Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Paper Sweeties!




Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers  high quality photopolymer acrylic stamps.  Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties shop carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so much fun to play with and are sure to bring back fond childhood memories!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and so much more!

Winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from the Paper Sweeties shop!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 9th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 10th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 10th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #168 - 'Shabby Sunshine' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Shabby Sunshine' challenge -- we received 30 BRIGHT AND CHEERY cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,484 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Teresa Kline for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Silke Ledlow for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Bugaboo, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Shabby Sunshine' challenge by using aqua, yellow, white and twine:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Stacey Schafer #5

2.  Glenda Boyd #7

3.  Maria Patrick #9

4.  Dawn #12
 
5.  Lilavadi #13

6.  Sylwia-eR #16

7.  Macarena #17

8.  Jill Norwood #18

9.   Vikki W. #22

10.   Judith #24

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Cathy Mc #19

2.  Linda Langes #26

3.  Jinny Newlin #28

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Tammy #14!  Ohhhhh ... Tammy's little 'sweetie' captured my heart!  The perfect design to go along with our inspiration photo this week!  Thank you, Tammy, for sharing your 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!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!