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Monday, March 31, 2014

Week #212 - 'Pretty in PINK'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Linda is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Pretty in PINK' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Linda asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE WHITE and/or CREAM, PINK, GREEN, FLOWERS, LACE and/or RIBBON!

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, the talented Jinny Newlin!




And some more beautiful inspiration from our March Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer -
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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
D.R.S. Designs: Berry Wreath
Paper Sweeties: Occasions, Banner Wishes, Little Wishes, Wagon Add-on: bloom and grow, Mint Seam Binding, Cotton Candy Baker's Twine, Bubblegum Sequins




Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
D.R.S. Designs:  Single Rose





Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
D.R.S. Designs: You Brighten My Day Greeting

 




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
D.R.S. Designs:delightful surprise b'day greeting





Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
D.R.S. Designs: Berry Wreath





Sharon Gregory - Simply Shaz
D.R.S. Designs: berry wreath




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 -  DRS Designs!



DRS Designs - a family owned company since 1950 - boasts hundreds of original rubber
stamp designs. All images are available fully mounted, completely unmounted or mounted
on cling cushion and are proudly hand crafted in the USA. Our rubber stamp collection
includes a wide assortment of images including sentiments for all occasions, easy
background designs and fun technique stamps such as our stained glass and plaid designs.
The DRS Designs website features a huge card sample gallery, online demos and tips, a
secure shopping area and more. Be sure to visit our daily blog with posts from our fantastic
design team for inspiration and ideas.


DRS is providing a $10 gift certificate to this week's lucky winner!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, April 6th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, April 7th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 7th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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Week #211 - 'Bits and Bobbles' 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 'Bits and Bobbles' challenge -- we received 31 AMAZING 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 2,658 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 Melody Rupple for joining us as our March 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 'Bits and Bobbles' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Mosia #5

2.  Mirella DK #11 & #15

3.  Cathy Mc #19

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Macarena #13 - winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Karien #18 - winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Char Crawford #22 - winner of 1 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!
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Week #211 - 'Bits and Bobbles'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tina is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Bits & Bobbles' for this week's challenge!   Tina asks that we create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE FLOWERS, BUTTONS AND PRINT/SENTIMENT!

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, the talented Sharon Wheet!




And some more beautiful inspiration from our March Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer -  Melody Rupple!


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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...


Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Ribbon Spools
Paper Sweeties: Little Wishes, Robin Egg Sequins, Robin Egg Baker's Twine, Frosting Seam Binding





Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Ribbon Spools, Tickets, Background





Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Ribbon Spools

 



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Ribbon Spools, flower strips
Paper Sweeties: Best Wishes




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Sweet color paper





Sharon Gregory - Simply Shaz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Flowers frame




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Super Cupcake Set
 Paper Sweeties: Sequins - frosting, cookie dough, bubblegum



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 Terrific Top Three first place winner = 3 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three second place winner = 2 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three third place winner = 1 collage file
 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, March 30th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 31st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 31st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #210 - 'Anything Goes' 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 'Anything Goes' challenge -- we received 211 AMAZING 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 2,655 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 Sarah Stone for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Melody Rupple for joining us as our March Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Bugaboo Stamps, 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 'Anything Goes' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Karasiowa #44

2.  Happy Chick Designs #49

3.  Paper Primrose #50 & #101

4.  Scrap Pracownia #66

5.  Lisa F. #76

6.  Kate #81

7.  Lesley Croghan #93

8.  Gail L. #117

9.  Confessions of a Paper Sniffer #165

10.  Macarena #185

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Ela17 #40

2.  Jo #161

3. Nance Salkeld #210

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Sara S. #58!   Oh my shabby goodness -- LOVE!  What a beautiful card Sara created for this week's challenge!  I love the twine wreath, organza bow, burlap, lace, pearls and all those soft and pretty blooms!  Just beautiful!  Thank you, Sara, for sharing your talents with us all!




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, March 17, 2014

Week #210 - 'ANYTHING GOES'


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 'Anything Goes' for this week's challenge!   The sky is the limit this week ... let your creativity soar!  We can't wait to see your lovely projects in the gallery this week -- ready, set ... GO!

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, Sarah StoneSarah earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #207 challenge - 'Wishy Washi'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our March Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer -  Melody Rupple!



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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ... and, please help me WELCOME the newest additions to our design team family:  Diane, Lenet and Sharon!
 

Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Bugaboo Stamps:  Garden Cat - Plant Pot




Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Bugaboo Stamps: Stella with Sewing Buttons




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Bugaboo Stamps: Hang in there my friend





Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Bugaboo Stamps: bears birthday





Sharon Gregory - Simply Shaz
Bugaboo Stamps: Beach baby 2





Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
 Bugaboo Stamps: Birdhouse - Beehive


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 - Bugaboo Stamps!



As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

Our links are:
Store : http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
Catch the bug Challenge blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/


Please link your creations below by Sunday,  March 23rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 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 #209 - 'Spring is Near' 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 'Spring is Near' challenge -- we received 38 GORGEOUS 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 2,648 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 Lisa Elton for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Melody Rupple for joining us as our March Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, The Cutting Cafe, 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 'Spring is Near' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Karen's Kreations #4

2.  Mary V. #7

3.  Designs by Sharon #11

4.  Creative Seconds #12

5.  Kim's Kreations #13

6.  Karien #31
 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.   Sandy M. #16

2.   Bethie J. #30

3.   Tricia T. #34

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Tracey K. #26!  Oh my shabby goodness -- pure shabby-licious beauty!  This soft and oh-so-sweet card just stole my heart!  Thank you, Tracey, for sharing your talents with us all last week 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! 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, March 10, 2014

Week #209 - 'Spring is Near'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Aneta is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Spring is Near' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Aneta asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE BABY BLUE, BIRDS AND SPRING 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, Lisa EltonLisa earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #206 challenge - 'Baby Shower Party'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our March Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer -  Melody Rupple!  



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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
The Cutting Cafe: Pocket Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties:  Make Today Beautiful, Grape Sequins, Frosting Seam Binding



Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
The Cutting Cafe: Wheelbarrow Deliveries printable set 




Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
The Cutting Cafe:  Pocket Shaped Card



 

Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards
The Cutting Cafe:  Wheelbarrows
Paper Sweeties:  Sending Springtime




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
The Cutting Cafe:  Wheelbarrow Deliveries printable set 




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
The Cutting Cafe: Wheelbarrow Deliveries printable set


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. 

The Cutting Cafe has generously donated three files for this week's lucky winner!
 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, March 16th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 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!