Week #4 - 'Embrace The White"

Using this gorgeous photo for inspiration, create a card or project using mainly white or cream and one other subtle color.

Note: You must use the Week #4 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 card or project POST and not your entire blog. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Sharon Johnson! I've enjoyed visiting Sharon's blog, No Time To Stamp?, during the past several years and always find such beauty and inspiration in her lovely designs! Sharon's creative use of stamps, embellishments and gorgeous silk ribbons is truely breathtaking! I am tickled pink that Sharon agreed to take a bit of time out of her busy schedule to join us this week in the Tea Room! Please hop on over to Sharon's blog when you have a minute and check out her beautiful creations!

SHARON JOHNSON - No Time To Stamp?

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog

Jill Hilliard - Jill's Card Creations

Melissa Hubert - Week #4 Host - My Paper Obsession

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

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

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! One lucky participant will earn 'The Shabby Tea Room Winner' badge and this prize package donated this week by Host and Design Team Member, Melissa Hubert:

Link your creations below by Sunday, April 11th to play along. Winner and Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, April 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 #3 'Let's Get Scrappy' WINNERS!

WOW - thank you to the record number of partipants in the Tea Room this week -- 59 FAB-ulous submissions to be exact! It's so exciting to see you all enjoying the projects and inspiration that our shabby little challenge blog has to offer! The creativity is amazing and I'm simply in awe of you all - so much talent. THANK YOU for sharing your lovely work with us! You are making the task of selecting winners at the end of each week a very daunting project -- you're ALL WINNERS in my opinion :)

A special thank you to our {sweet} GUEST DESIGNER, MELISSA PHILLIPS, who was kind enough to share one of her beautiful vintage and shabby creations with us here in the Tea Room this week. I don't know about you all, but I find so much inspiration each time I visit Melissa's blog - simply fabulous!

And now, onto our Winners for Week #3 ... these are the top designs that not only caught my eye with wonderfully creative and beautiful designs using mostly scraps in their projects, but also followed the challenge rules by properly linking just their project posts back to The Shabby Tea Room:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Crafty Dawn #22

2. Karola #24

3. Julie Day #39

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Lynn Put #34

2. Simply Shaz #41

3. Sarah Martina #42

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER - Week #3:

Cathy, The Papier Girl #7. Cathy's shabby and vintage style is absolutely beautiful. The layers of goodness that were incorporated into this project were so gorgeous - lovely lace, shabby vintage seam binding, stamping, patterned papers, trinket pin, rhinestones, paper flower - yum! Cathy's card wow-ed me with the fact that it was all created with 'Just Scraps' -- simply stunning! Thanks from all of us, Cathy, for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room!

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

"Follow Me #2" Contest WINNER!

A big thank you and hugs to everyone who joined in during this second round of the "Follow Me" contest. So many lovely comments were left on both blogs ... I really appreciate all your support and kindness :) I'm astonished at how quickly this little shabby challenge blog has taken off ... but I know if you're all anything like me, you all {love} to paper craft and share your passion with others!!

The winner of 10 yards (1 yard each of 10 colors!) of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop is:

Beadz - Gini Cagle

Congratulations, Gini!!! Please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

"Follow Me" Contest - again!

Our third weekly challenge is under way and we've been getting such {sweet} comments from you all! I'm so happy you're enjoying this little challenge blog because I'm sure having a ton of fun hosting it for you all :)

I thought we'd do another "Follow Me" contest for an additional prize at the end of the current week #3 challenge! Are you up for it? The prize will be 10 yards of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding in 10 scrumptious and yummy colors found here!

Already a follower ... earn ONE chance to win!

Become a NEW follower from 3/29 through 4/4 ... earn TWO chances to win!!

Become a follower of The Shabby Tea Room AND Simple Treasures (on sidebar at top next to Debbie) ... earn THREE chances to win!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ENTER :)

Week #3 - "Lets Get Scrappy"

The Week #3 Challenge in the Tea Room is entitled "Let's Get Scrappy" - create a card or project using 'scraps' of any kind. This one should prove to be a fun one for everyone to give a try! Here is a photo I found for inspiration -- you do not have to use these colors. Have fun ... I can't wait to see your creativity blossom this week :)

NOTE: You must use the Week #3 challenge requirements AND direct link your card/project back to The Shabby Tea Room in order to be considered for the weekly prizes! Please only link to your project and not your entire blog. If you have questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact me.

I am so happy to introduce our Guest Designer for the week #3 challenge - none other than the fabulous MELISSA PHILLIPS! I have enjoyed following Melissa's blog for the past few years and love to start my mornings there! I grab a cup of coffee and sit down for a visit in Melissa's shabby and beautiful blog ... she is such an inspiration for us all. Her paper crafting is absolutely some of the most beautiful work that I've seen in my travels and her blog is such a pleasure to read -- I enjoy all the sweet stories of her family adventures, the love she has for her precious little girl and the yummy recipes she is kind enough to share with us all - oh my, the homemade breads :) Please hop on over to Melissa's blog when you have a minute and check out her scrumptious and shabby creations ... simply {sweet}!

MELISSA PHILLIPS - Lily Bean's Paperie

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog

Jill Hilliard - Week #3 Host - Jill's Card Creations

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 will award a "The Shabby Tea Room Terrific Top Three" badge to the three most creative projects!!! One lucky participant will earn "The Shabby Tea Room Winner" badge and this prize package donated this week by Host and Design Team Member, Jill Hilliard:

The gift is a set of 8 embellished and scalloped flat thank you notes with matching envelopes!

Link your creations below by Sunday, April 4th to play along. Winner and Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, April 5th. We will have an all new challenge for you to play along with on the 5th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #2 - "Spring Inspired" WINNERS!

WOW ... another fun week in the Tea Room! We received 49 FAB-u-lous submissions for the week #2 challenge - such talent ... such inspiration ... such FUN :) Thank you to everyone who submitted a project this week for our challenge. You are ALL winners in my book!

A big thanks goes out to our WONDERFUL GUEST DESIGNER, ANABELLE O'MALLEY, for sharing one of her beautiful designs with us all this week!

And without further ado, here are this week's Honorable Mention designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the "Spring Inspired with Stitching" Challenge, our Tea Time Terrific Top Three and our Week #2 Winner:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Stacey Schafer #15

2. Laurel S. #17

3. Christine (Creative Journey) #30

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Cathy #5

2. Ashley Lydia #46

3. Geri Freeman #44

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER - Week #2:

Linda, the funkie junkie #13! Linda's beautiful design simply took my breath away. To me, the dogwood flowers absolutely say 'spring'! The layers and dimension Linda created with her card design are wonderful. The stitching is outstanding - several layers of stitching with different stitch settings -- the scalloped stitched border that creates a frame is fabulous!! Thank you from all of us, Linda, for sharing your wonderful talent in The Shabby Tea Room this week!

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

Week #2 - "Spring Inspired - With Stitching"

The trees are budding, the flowers are blooming! The Shabby Tea Room's challenge this week is to create a card or project that is "Spring Inspired" AND to use some sort of stitching on your design ... faux or real!

NOTE: You must use both of these challenge requirements AND link your project back to The Shabby Tea Room in order to be considered for the weekly prizes! If you have questions, please contact me.

I am tickled pink to introduce you all to the wonderful and very talented Guest Designer who will be joining us in the Tea Room this week ... please welcome ANABELLE O'MALLEY! I simply {heart} Anabelle's design style - very elegant, shabby and vintage! Her designs have such texture, depth and beauty. We're very lucky that Anabelle could take some time out of her busy schedule to pop on over and play with us this week! Please visit Anabelle's blog when you have a minute and check out her beautiful and inspiring creations ... simply divine!

ANABELLE O'MALLEY - Bits and Pieces

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Audrey Pettit - Week #2 Host - Audrey Pettit's Weblog


Jill Hilliard - Jill's Card Creations



Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Hop on over to our Design Team individual blogs by clicking on the links above to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

We will award a "The Shabby Tea Room Terrific Top Three" badge to the three most creative projects!!! One lucky participant will earn "The Shabby Tea Room Winner" badge and this prize package donated this week by our Host and Design Team Member, Audrey Pettit:

Link your creations below by Sunday, March 28th to play along. Winner and Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 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!