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Monday, February 24, 2014

Week #207 - 'Wishy Washi'

Click HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!


 

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 'Wishy Washi' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE WASHI TAPE!  (real Washi Tape or faux!)

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, Tracey KellyTracey earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #203 challenge - 'Warm & Cozy'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer -  Nancy PenirNancy used the Sophie, Celebrate and Live, Love Grow and Beautiful stamp sets along with the Sophie Sweet Cuts die 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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Flower Strips
Paper Sweeties: Welcome Spring




Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Flower Strips, birds set, Big paper roses



Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Vintage Tickets





Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Flower Strips
Paper Sweeties:  Live, Laugh, Love, Wedding Day





Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Romantic Paper Roses





Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Antique Paper Background 1, Black Button Alphabet Circles



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 2nd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 3rd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 3rd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #206 - 'Baby Shower Party' 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 'Baby Shower Party' challenge -- we received 40 BEYOND 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 2,641 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 Julie Woodward for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Nancy Penir for joining us as our February 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 'Baby Shower Party' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  KB Stamps #7

2.  Scraps & More #14

3.  Diane H. #17

4.  Juhild #19

5.  Lou Sims #20

6.  Char #26

7.  Maria Patrick #29

8.  Colleen Dietrich #30

9.  Michelle Bala #33

10.  Rebecca Ednie #34
 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.   Karen McAlpine #4

2.   Simply Shaz #11

3.   Karien #22

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lisa #25!   Wowzers ... this every so sweet card that Lisa created stole our hearts this week!  The little stick pony nosegay and yummy tag, embellishments, embossing and patterned papers combine to create an absolutely darling baby card!  Thanks for sharing your creativity with us all this week, Lisa!




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, February 17, 2014

Week #206 - 'Baby Shower Party'

Click HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!


 

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 'Baby Shower Party' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Linda asks that you create a BABY card or project inspired by the the photo!

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, Julie WoodwardJulie earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #203 challenge - 'Warm & Cozy'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer - please help me welcome Nancy Penir!  




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
Creations by AR: Lil' Bear
Paper Sweeties: Once Upon a Time, Live Love Laugh, Robin Egg Sequins



Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Creations by AR: Baby Onesis





Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Creations by AR: Baby Onesies





Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards
Creations by AR: Baby Onesies Box and Card Set
Paper Sweeties:  Occasions 





Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Creations by AR: Baby Onesies Box and Card 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 - Creations by AR!


Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3D templates, cutting files and digital images. Visit Creations by AR 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, February 23rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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 #205 - 'Sketch This' 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 'Sketch This' challenge -- we received 27 LOVELY 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 2,460 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 Diane Hover for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Nancy Penir for joining us as our February Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Paper Temptress, 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 'Sketch This' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  AJ #4

2.  Birgit #6
 
3.  Darlene Pavlick #11  

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Sarah George #5

2.  Lenet #12

3. Tricia T. #18

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Sandy M. #14!  Sandy's take on this week's sketch is just so sweet and adorable!  I love that checked pattern paper!  Thank you, Sandy, for sharing your lovely work with us all 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, February 10, 2014

Week #205 - 'Sketch This'

Click HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!



Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lesley is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sketch This' along with this beautiful sketch for inspiration!   Lesley asks that you create a card or project inspired by the  SKETCH!

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, Diane HoverDiane earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #202 challenge - 'Baby It's Cold Outside'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer -  Nancy Penir!  



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) ...


Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant






Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards
Paper Temptress:  Azalea Mica/Metallic Carstock; VellumCryogen White Cardstock
Paper Sweeties:  Abigail Stamp/Die Bundle; Sending Sweet Thoughts Stamp/Die Bundle






Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Temptress: Cryogen White






Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties: You Are





Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
{coming soon}


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 Temptress!



This week's lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Paper Temptress!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, February 16th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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 #204 - 'All That Glitters in Love' 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 'All That Glitters in Love' challenge -- we received 45 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 2,635 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 Diane Hover for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Nancy Penir for joining us as our February 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 'All That Glitters in Love' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Darlene Pavlick #14

2.  Karen O. #32

3.  Sharon Gurnhill #36

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Simply Shaz #38

2.   Katie K. #42

3.   kbrandy4 #43

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lenet #44!   What a stunning keepsake box Lenet has created ... and I spy some Paper Sweeties stamp sets and seam binding too!  Thanks for sharing your beautiful project with us this week in the Tea Room, Lenet!




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, February 3, 2014

Week #204 - 'All That Glitters in Love'

Click HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Heidi is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'All That Glitters in Love' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Heidi asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE PINK/RED/BURGUNDY, FLOWERS, HEARTS & GLITTER!

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, Diane HoverDiane earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #200 challenge - 'So Romantic'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer - please help me welcome to wonderfully talented Nancy Penir!  



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!!!

WELCOME TO THE TEAM:  Jill Norwood!  Jill is stepping up replacing Lesley's spot for the reminder of this term.  I know you will find so much inspiration in Jill's beautiful creations!!

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
Paper Sweeties: You Are & Alphas Lower stamp sets, Peppermint Baker's TwineCotton Candy sequins





Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Paper Sweeties: Love





Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards
Paper Sweeties: Emma Stamp Set and Sweet Cuts Die; Sweetie Pie Stamp Set; Sending Sweet Thoughts Stamp set and Sweet Cuts Dies




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Sweeties: Beautiful




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties: Warm Winter Wishes, Abigail, Abigail Sweet Cuts





Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner



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 is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers high quality, on trend acrylic stamps, metal dies and fun embellishments.  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 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 stamps and dies to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and more!


Winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from the Paper Sweeties boutique!


Play along with this month's Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge for ANOTHER CHANCE to win some goodies and a guest designer spot for a future challenge!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, February 9th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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 #203 - 'Warm & Cozy' WINNERS!

Click HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!

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 'Warm & Cozy' challenge -- we received 24 LOVELY 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 2,630 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 Alyson MacDonald for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jill Norwood for joining us as our January Month-Long Special Guest Designer!  Jill has actually stepped up into a permanent position for the reminder of the current term replacing Lesley who needed to step down ... welcome Jill!

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 'Warm & Cozy' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  LeAnne #7

2.  Mynnette #9

3.  Dawn #10

4.  Catherine #11

5.  Kristin #12

6.  Diane H. #18

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.   Rebecca Deeprose #21 - winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.   Paper Pathway #13 - winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.   Tracey K. #15 - winner of 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy



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

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

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Are YOU the next Shabby Girl? We're hosting a DT CALL!

Here it is ... the long-awaited and much-anticipated DESIGN TEAM CALL at The Shabby Tea Room!!  Thank you to all who have inquired over the past weeks ... the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your creativity and inspiration shine and hope to see many of you submit your creations for a chance to earn one of TWO available spots on The Shabby Tea Room Design Team!

Creativity + Inspiration = FUN!
 
The Shabby Tea Room is looking for a few creative designers to join our team of Shabby Girls!

This call will be open from February 1st through 12 noon EST on February 28th.   The new Shabby Girls will be chosen and notified by March 1st.

Here are the details regarding requirements of the position and instructions on how to apply  -- following these directions will directly impact the selection process, so please read everything very carefully to be sure you understand and complete all steps.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us before you submit!
 
Requirements:
  • Actively post to your own blog in English  (International designers welcome)
  • Participate in our weekly challenges for six months to be posted every Monday morning
  • Ability to print and work with digital images, acrylic stamp sets, dies, embellishments, templates (as supplied by our weekly sponsors)
  • Comment on participant submissions as per your assigned rotation numbers (you will have two assigned numbers)
  • Link to our challenge blog, Design Team members and post our pink Tea Pot blinkie and Design Team Badge on your blog sidebar
  • Create a theme and host a weekly challenge once every six weeks per your DT rotation
     What the Shabby Girls are searching for:
  • High quality, on trend and creative work
  • Ability to photograph your work well and brightly lit
  •  Fun, creative, happy spirited individuals who love to create with paper, stamps and glue and who love to share with and inspire others
What this team offers:
  • Sponsor-donated digital images, acrylic stamps, papers, templates, embellishments
  • Fun and creative inspiration along with a 'family-like' team atmosphere
  • Links to your blog from our Challenge Blog and your fellow Shabby Girls' blogs
  • Blog community socialization, friendship, creativity, inspiration ... FUN
  • A Six-Month Design Team Term beginning on March 17th and running through September 14, 2014
How to Apply:

1. Follow The Shabby Tea Room blog
2. Email deb4tasteful at earthlink dot net with "DT Call" as subject
3. Include the following in your email:
  • Full Name
  • Blog Address
  •  Design Team experience (current or past DT experience is not required)
  • Tell us a bit about yourself and why you would like to be a Shabby Girl
  • Submit a newly created card and/or project (never before shared on your blog) based on the following INSPIRATION PHOTO.  You may be inspired by the colors, theme, objects in photo or all of the above!  Remember ... we ARE The Shabby Tea Room, so we really adore anything shabby, vintage and tea-related, but all design styles are welcome and will be considered!  Please ATTACH your submission to your e-mail ... do not include it in the body of the e-mail.  We are looking for your BEST WORK, so let your creativity soar and 'wow us' with your application projects!
  • You may submit as many times as you wish.  Only your first application will require all of the above ... any subsequent applications need only include 'DT Call' in the subject like of your e-mail, your name in the body and a picture of your submission attached to the e-mail.

 Good luck to all who apply!  The Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your beautiful creations!