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Monday, July 26, 2010

Week #20 - 'One, Two, Three'

We can't wait to see your best designs for our 1, 2, 3 challenge ... create a card or project using ONE ribbon, TWO buttons and THREE punches or dies!

Note:  You must use the Week #20 challenge requirements and DIRECT LINK your project back to The Shabby Tea Room in order to be considered for the weekly prizes.  Please only link your submission for this challenge and not your entire blog or multiple challenge submissions.  Projects not properly linked will not be considered for the weekly prizes.  Questions?  Contact me!

I am very pleased to introduce you all to our Guest Designer for this week - Melissa Bove!  Melissa earned this guest spot for her design during our Week #9 - Chipboard Challenge!  I am a huge fan of Melissa's gorgeous work ... much of it is shabby and yummy!  Please take a minute to visit Melissa's blog and leave her some sweet {love}!






And now for some more inspiration from our Shabby Girls Design Team Members ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
'From Our House'




Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog
'From Our House'

 



Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
'Hearts Come Home'



Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
'Groovy Snowman'



Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession
'Groovy Snowman'



Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations - Week #20 Host
'From Our House'


Hop on over to the Shabby Girls' individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

Please welcome back our fabulous sponsor for the Week #20 challenge, JustRite Stampers ...




JustRite's new 84-page full-color 2010 Catalog & Idea Book has over 100 projects for inspiration!!



JustRite's August and Holiday releases are NOW AVAILABLE!  Please visit their website to see all the new sets and accessories!!

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!!  One lucky participant will earn 'The Shabby Tea Room Winner' badge and a $100 Gift Certificate from JustRite!

You don't have to use a JustRite stamp set or accessory on this week's challenge in order to qualify ... but if you have them and use them, you'll get bonus points from me!!

Link your creations below by Sunday, August 1st to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 2nd.  We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 2nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #19 - 'From the Garden' WINNERS!

WOW! Another FABULOUS week here in the Tea Room!  Big hugs and thanks you to the a-mazing 83 paper crafters who submitted designs this week! We also would like to recognize and thank our 545 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges!



The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation On!

Thank you to Lizzi Droege for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

And last, but certainly not least, a big thank you to Leah Cornelius from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week and supplying digi images for our winner!!

And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'From the Garden' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Jo Willis #4

2.  Sari #18

3.   Gini Cagle #19

4.   Karin #38

5.   Amy Duff #32

6.  Deb Saaranen #47

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Ros Crawford #14

2.   Milagros #33

3.   Annika #57

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Davi #72!  Davi's stunning easel garden card just blew me away.  The attention to detail was amazing!  The sweet garden arch covered by lovely pink 3-dimensional blooms, gorgeous patterned papers and lovely buttons, ribbons and punches was just outstanding!  Thank you, Davi, for sharing your beautiful work 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! Davi, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Week #19 - 'From the Garden'

Using this photo for color inspiration, create a card or project with a garden theme and/or using lovely greens, creams, yellows, reds and whites ... OR BOTH!


Note:  You must use the Week #19 challenge requirements and DIRECT LINK your project back to The Shabby Tea Room in order to be considered for the weekly prizes.  Please only link your submission for THIS challenge and not your entire blog or multiple challenge submissions.  Projects not properly linked will not be considered for the weekly prize.

I am happy to welcome back LIZZI DROEGE as our talented Guest Designer this week!  Lizzi has been a 'regular' in the Tea Room since the very beginning!  Her scrumptious creations as always filled with lots of vintage and shabby charm ... buttons, embellies, glitter and love!  Please visit Lizzi's blog when you have a moment this week and leave her a little love!





Lizzi Droege - Buttercreme and Roses




And now for some more inspiration from our talented Shabby Girl Design Team Members ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
'Welcome Precious Baby'



Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog
'Cherry Blossom'

 


Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
'Home Sweet Home'

 


Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
'Baby Buggy'

 


Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession - Week #19 Host
'Welcome Precious Baby'




Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
'Watermelon Cocoa'



Hop on over to our Shabby Girl Design Team individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

I am pleased to welcome our very first digi sponsor here in the Tea Room ...



Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is a Christian digi stamp company offering a wide variety of hand drawn digital stamp designs and sentiments for the digital stamper or scrapbooker. We started out as a clear stamp company back in November 2007 and made the change over to all digital in February 2010. We have hundreds of fabulous digis to choose from starting at just $.99. Check us out at http://sweetnsassystamps.com/

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!!  One lucky participant will earn 'The Shabby Tea Room Winner' badge and Leah, owner of Sweet n' Sassy Stamps, will be providing a digi image package for this week's winner as well!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 25th to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 26th.  We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 26th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #18 - 'Christmas in July' WINNERS!

WOW!  Was this ever an inspiring week in the Tea Room ... so fun to see all those 'cool' holiday designs when the temps are soaring into the 90's and 100's in most places in the US!  A BIG thank you to the a-mazing 121 paper crafters who submitted designs this week!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 534 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges!



The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation On!

A heartfelt thank you goes out to Wendy Sue Anderson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our distinguished Guest Designer :)

And last, but certainly not least, a big thank you to Amy Stahl at Frost it Pink for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week and supply a lovely prize for our winner!!

And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Christmas in July' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Sandi #10

2.  Melissa Bove #16

3.  Lin #22

4.  Simone R. #35

5.  Deb Hickman #40

6.  Kirsty Vittetoe #52

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Lindsay #15

2.  Distressed Miss #88

3.  Gwen Snater #109

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

April Rose #90This isn't the first time April has submitted a winning design for the Tea Room challenges!  This talented paper crafter is truely inspiring to us all!  April's stunning creation this week just left me breathless!  Her use of soft pinks, ice blues and whites in her design were amazing.  The Magnolia Tilda image she used is adorable and all the glitter, shimmer and bling just added to the wow-factor!  Thank you, April, for sharing your wonderful work with us in the Tea Room!

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!  April, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Week #17 - 'Let's Make an Impression' WINNERS!

PLEASE CLICK HERE  FOR THIS WEEK'S 'CHRISTMAS IN JULY' CHALLENGE!

WOW!  Another RECORD BREAKING week in the Tea Room -- an amazing 152 submissions for our 'embossing' challenge last week and 529 fabulous followers!  I {heart} all of you who participate weekly in the Tea Room -- such creativity and inspiration for us all to enjoy!

I returned from vacation late in the day yesterday and enjoyed spending three hours last night and this morning going through each and every precious design submission to the Tea Room for last week's embossing challenge.  WOW - such amazing creations ... one and ALL!  I left all 152 participants just a snippet of {love} for each submission is very important to us -- we appreciate all of your time and talents!!!



Thanks once again to those who have adjusted your blog setting to turn WORD VERIFICATION off and leave COMMENT MODERATION on.  The design team thanks you so very much for this time saving measure!

Thank you to our WONDERFUL GUEST DESIGNER, ANABELLE O'MALLEY, for sharing one of her amazing paper creations for us all to be inspired by last week!  We {heart} you, Anabelle :)

A big thank you to Aesa Lina from Pixie Petals for sharing some of her gorgeous handmade lovelies with our design team to create with this week and also for offering the prize for our lucky winner below!

And last, but certainly not least, thanks to ALL OF YOU who share your creative designs with us here in the Tea Room weekly.  We love to see your designs and look forward to your next visit in the Tea Room!

Without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Let's Make an Impression' embossing challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Browyn Eastley #17

2.  Nana #26

3.  Betty #60

4.  Juls #96

5.  Stella #132

6.  Kristine #150

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Heather H. #65

2.  Marina #99

3.  Lenet #138

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER - Week #17:

Clare Buswell #147!  Clare's 3-D embossed vintage trunk filled with handmade with love embossed tea pockets just left me speechless!  Clare is a 'regular' designer here in the Tea Room and we all simply are amazed by her talents!  Clare is truely an inspiration to us all and we so appreciate the time she spends on her lovely creations and submissions to the Tea Room for us all to enjoy :)
Congratulations to ALL!  Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can display proudly on your blogs!  Winner please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Week #18 - 'Christmas in July'

We encourage you all to dust off those gorgeous holiday themed stamps and accessories for our challenge this week!  We're looking for your best design on a card or project with a holiday theme - 'Christmas in July'!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Note:  You must use the Week #18 challenge requirements and DIRECT LINK your project back to The Shabby Tea Room in order to be considered for the weekly prizes.  Please only link your submissions for this challenge and not your entire blog or multiple challenge submissions.  Questions?  Contact me!

I am very pleased to welcome our talented GUEST DESIGNER this week in the Tea Room ... WENDY SUE ANDERSON!  I am sure you've seen Wendy's work all around town over at Papertrey Ink, Cosmo Cricket and many of the paper crafting publications -- just to name a few of my favorites!  She is one creative and talented lady and we're lucky she will be joining us this week with some inspiration direct from her craft room!!


Wendy Sue Anderson - Just me ... and my little world



And now for some more inspiration from our Shabby Girl Design Team Members ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures



Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog


Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl - Week #18 host



Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

 

Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession


Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations


Hop on over to our Shabby Girls' individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

We're delighted to have FROST IT PINK back in the Tea Room again this week as our sponsor!  Amy has been so kind and generous to provide such yummy prize packages for our lucky winners!  This week Amy did not disappoint ... the prize package is a fabulous one!







We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!!  One lucky participant will earn 'The Shabby Tea Room Winner' badge and the delicious prize donated by Frost It Pink!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 18th to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 19th.  We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 19th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


 
 


Sunday, July 11, 2010

Week #17 - 'Let's Make an Impression' WINNERS!

I am away on vacation ... the Week #17 Winners will be announced on July 14th when I return!

Monday, July 5, 2010

Week #17 - 'Let's Make an Impression'

Audrey is our lovely host this week and has chosen embossing for our challenge, so you all should have a ton of fun with this one!  We want to see your most creative designs using embossing somewhere on your project!  Create a card or project using embossing - heat or dry - and share it with us here in the Tea Room this week :)

Note:  You must use the Week #17 challenge requirements and DIRECT LINK your project back to The Shabby Tea Room in order to be considered for the weekly prizes.  Please only link your submission for this challenge and not your entire blog or multiple project submissions.  Questions?  Contact me!

I am pleased to welcome back ANABELLE O'MALLEY as our Guest Designer this week in the Tea Room!  Anabelle's sweet and vintage design style is always so inspiring to me and it's such a treat to have her joining us again this week!  Anabelle is an esteemed designer for Prima, Webster's Pages and Tattered Angels, among others -- some of my favorite companies and products!  Thank you, Anabelle, for taking the time to create and inspire us this week :)


Anabelle O'Malley - Bits and Pieces



And now for some more inspiration from our Shabby Design Team Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures


Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog - Week #17 Host




Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl


Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa



Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession



Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations



Hop on over to our Design Team individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

We are pleased to welcome our Shabby Tea Room Sponsor this week:  Pixie Petals Etsy Shop!   Aesa provided the Design Team members with the most gorgeous handmade satin and lace flowers and yummy crocheted fleurettes! These were so much fun to create with! The Pixie Petals Etsy Shop offers vintage and vintage-inspired embellishments as well as handcrafted blooms, bits and bobs!  Check out the amazing flowers on the DT inspiration - so delicious!


Pixie Petals will be offering a $10 gift certificate to the lucky winner of the Week #17 Embossing Challenge ... so hop on into your craft spaces and get busy with your embossing projects :)

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!!  One lucky participant will earn 'The Shabby Tea Room Winner' badge and a gift certificate for a shopping spree at Pixie Petals!

Link your creations below by Sunday, July 11th to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 12th.  We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 12th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #16 - 'Popsicles and Pinwheels' WINNERS!

What a quick week last week was here in the Tea Room!  So many fabulous 'Popsicles and Pinwheels' projects submitted ... you made it very difficult to choose -- all the projects were wonderful!  We sincerly do appreciate all your creative efforts, inspiration and eye candy for us all to savor each week in the Tea Room :)  Weren't these bright and bold colors so much fun to create with?!?!

70 AMAZING submissions and 510 fabulous followers to date.  We're tickled {pink} that you all enjoy this shabby little bloggity site :)

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable 4th of July for those that celebrate the holiday here in the US!  We had a beautiful weekend ... plenty of family time, boating out on the lake, BBQ's, visits with friends, fireworks displays (professional and at home) and lots of R & R.  Couldn't get much better than that!

Thank you to our WONDERFUL GUEST DESIGNER, DEBBIE OLSON, for sharing one of her lovely creations with us all this week in the Tea Room!

A special thanks to our SPONSOR, COSMO CRICKET, for partnering up with us periodically and sharing some of their fabulous products with our Tea Room followers - yum :)

A bit of housekeeping ... we will be leaving this Friday for our annual family trip to the beach and I am not sure what, if any, internet connections I will have available at the condo we are renting for the week.  If I do not get around to commening on your precious submissions from Friday through Tuesday, please forgive me.  I'll catch up with you when I return home!  Also, due to me being away from my computer from Friday through Tuesday, I cannot guarantee that the winners will be announced Monday morning as usual.  It might have to wait until Wednesday for me to return home and be back at my computer.  I will pre-post the #18 challenge for you all to get started with while I am away.  In the meantime, the other shabby girls will be holding down the fort!

Thanks for your patience with me while I sneak away for a well-deserved vacation with my family :)  We are very much looking forward to getting away from work and commitments to share some quality time with our boys before they both leave for college the middle of August!

Okay, now down to business!  Here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Popsicles and Pinwheels' challenge by creatively using hot pink, bright green and turquoise this week:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lindsay #26

2.  Onai Ja Agnieszka #33

3.  Beth C. #40

4.  Kirsty Vittetoe #41

5.  Moshie #55

6.  Claire Buswell #65

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Barb Schram #17

2.  Ira #37

3.  Lisa M. #52 (and Lisa's blog matched our challenge theme this week!)

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER - Week #16:

Dana Gustafson #24Dana's precious little vintage apron design is simply adorable!  The attention to detail from the handmade scrumpled turquoise flower to the sweet details on the bottom of the skirt just wow-ed me!  All of the papers and embellisments coordinated so well together - how cute is that sentiment and the tiny little utensils!  Dana's project was simply {sweet}!  Thanks from all of us, Dana, for sharing your amazing talents in the Tea Room this week!

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

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Monday's post ...

Due to the holiday weekend and the 4th of July celebrations with family and friends today, The Shabby Tea Room winners and next week's challenge will not be posted at it's usual time of 12:01 AM EST (USA).  Please watch for these posts to arrive Monday, July 5th, mid-morning instead.


Happy 4th of July to everyone who celebrates the holiday ... off to watch some fireworks with my family :)