Week #10 - Stars & Stripes!

With Memorial Day right around the corner, we here in the Tea Room decided to do a Red, White & Blue and/or stars & stripes theme this week!  Nicole is our cutie pie host and here is the photo she has chosen for us all to be inspired by:

We're excited to see your creations this week inspired by this photo ... use Red, White & Blue for your theme, use stars and/or stripes ... or use BOTH!!!  Have fun with our challenge this week :)

Note:  You must use the Week #9 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 or multiple project submissions.  Questions?  Contact me!

I am very happy to introduce you all to our talented GUEST DESIGNER this week - Linda Coughlin, The Funkie Junkie!  I fell in love with and began following Linda's work when she started participating in the weekly challenges here in the Tea Room!  Her lovely, shabby and vintage style just catches my eye each and every week and takes my breath away!  Linda was the winner of our Week #2 Challenge - 'Spring Inspired' and use stitching which you can view here!   Please take some time and flip through the pages on Linda's fabulous blog ... so much goodness there!!  And here is her submission this week for 'Stars & Stripes' ...

Linda Coughlin, The Funkie Junkie

And now 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 - My Paper Obsession

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations - Week #10 host

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

Our sponsor this week is Rae Barthel from Simply Rae!  Among many other accomplishments in the paper crafting industry, Rae is a Design Team Member for the Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker company and has graciously donated some yummy goodies for our prize this week!  I hope you can stop by Rae's blog and leave her a sweet comment to show some appreciation for her sponsorship with the Tea Room this week :)  Look at all the goodness Rae sent - stickers, patterned papers, buttons, silk flowers and tons of embellishments to create with!

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 prize package donated by Rae!

Link your creations below by Sunday, May 23rd to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #9 - 'Chipboard" WINNERS!

WOW ... so many chipboard fans!!  Another fun and inspiring week of 63 amazing designs submitted in the Tea Room :)  You guys are AWESOME!!!  This is SO MUCH FUN :)

Thank you to our fabulous GUEST DESIGNER, CATHY CLARK, for sharing of her time and talents with us this week in the Tea Room too!!

A special thank you to Kim, from My Favorite Things, for her sponsorship this week at The Shabby Tea Room ... the winner of the week #9 challenge will be treated to a $15 gift certificate from the My Favorite Things Shop - yippiee!!

And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye this week that capured the essence of the 'Chipboard'  challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Dru #6

2.  Terrie Bailey #10

3.  Linda, the funkie junkie #14

4. Lisa G. #17

5.  Sarah Martina #43

6.  Carol R. #61

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Simply Shaz #20

2.  Beth C. #38

3.  Geri #55

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER - Week #9:

Melissa Bove #19!  Melissa {hearts} chipboard so much that she not only created a design to submit to the Tea Room this week ... she created FOUR designs for submission!  The two cards were so pretty, the wall hanging was over the top beautiful with so many embellies and goodness ... BUT, the project that caught my eye was the picture frame that Melissa created using so many yummy chipboard pieces  -- pure deliciousness!  Thank you, Melissa, for sharing your talents and wonderful designs with us all 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!  Melissa will be eligible to Guest Design with us during an up-coming challenge too :)

Week #9 - "Chipboard Challenge"

Melissa is our hostest with the mostest this week and she has chosen a fun theme for us all to play along with ... "Chipboard Technique Challenge" - use some chipboard in your design!  This can be store bought or hand made -- get creative!  We can't wait to see your awesome designs!!

Note:  You must use the Week #9 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 or multiple project submissions.  Questions?  Contact me!

I am so tickled pink to share with you all my good stampy friend that will be joining us as a Guest Designer this week ... Cathy Clark!  I found Cathy's blog nine weeks ago when I launched The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Blog.  Cathy was one of our very first participants and I simply fell in love with her shabby, vintage paper crafting style!  I think we are sisters from a'notha m'otha!!!  I have found such inspiration in Cathy's gorgeous designs.  It's always delightful to pop over and peek at her blog - her designs are all such special little treasures and I'm so pleased to have her share her talents with us all this week :)

Cathy Clark - Papier Girl

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 - 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 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 $15 Gift Certificate donated this week by our wonderful sponsor ...

Please visit Kim and the gals at My Favorite Things when you have a moment this week.  Such adorable stamp sets and wonderful crafting supplies ... brand new dies and impression plates.  Great stuff!!  Be sure to check out the MFT Blog for more inspiration using supplies you can find in Kim's shop!

Link your creations below by Sunday, May 16th to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #8 'Get Your Bling On' - WINNERS!

A-MAZING ... 78 sparkle-y, bling-y and fabulous designs submitted for the Tea Room's 'Get Your Bling On' challenge this week!  Thanks to all of you for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us all in the Tea Room this week -- we appreciate your participation, support and such lovely comments!!

Thank you to our wonderful GUEST DESIGNER, KAREN GIRON, for sharing one of her lovely creations with us all this week and for being our sponsor as well - the winner will enjoy a custom made watermark from Karen's on-line site!

Picking honorable mentions, Tea Time Terrific Top Three and our Winner each week is such a daunting task ... so much talent -- every design is special and unique itself!  So, here we go -- here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of this week's 'Get Your Bling On' technique challenge - use glitter, LOTS of it:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Heather #19

2. Ros Crawford #35

3. Linda R #39

4.  Joanne #50

5.  Lori T #62

6.  Crafting Gina G #64

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Terrie Bailey #9

2.  Lenet #33

3.  Kelly Becker #34

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER - Week #8:

Lizzi Droege #16!   WOW ... Lizzi has done it again!  There was so much sparkle, glitter and bling on Lizzi's card that I almost needed sunglasses to peek at it :)  I simply {heart} everything about Lizzi's beautiful creation this week for our bling challenge.  The way she used the glitter to look like tea pouring out of the tea pot was so clever!  The handmade vintage seam binding flowers were simply gorgeous!  Lizzi, thank you, once again, for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us all in the 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 #8 - "Get Your Bling On"

For this week's challenge, create a card or project using GLITTER ... lots of it! The more the better!

Note: You must use the Week #8 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 or multiple project submissions. Questions? Contact me!

Please help me welcome the talented Guest Designer that will be joining us this week in the Tea Room ... KAREN GIRON! Karen has the {Sweetest} blog and offers weekly sketch challenges each Sunday called the 'Sweet Sunday Sketch'! She also is the talented creator of the watermarks you see on all of my designs! Karen has graciously agreed to not only Guest Design with us this week, but she is also our Sponsor this week and will offer one of her custom designed watermarks to the lucky winner of the Week #8 challenge here in the Tea Room :) How cool is that??? Please hop on over to Karen's blog when you have a minute and check out her {sweet} creations!

Karen Giron - The Sweetest Thing

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 - Host Week #8

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 donated for Week #8 by Karen Giron:

One custom created Watermark Design from Karen's on-line shop!

Link your creations below by Sunday, May 9th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #7 - 'Comforts of Home' WINNERS!

WOW! Another a-mazing week in the Tea Room! Thanks to the 66 fabulous creations submitted by our wonderful participants. You make my job very difficult ... it's nearly impossible to choose - such inspiration and creativity from ALL :)

Remember that the sidebar includes info for the guidelines surrounding our weekly challenges. If you get stuck or need further assistance, please feel free to contact me via e-mail ... I'm happy to help!

Thank you to our wonderful GUEST DESIGNER, JOANNE BASILE, for sharing one of her lovely creations with us all this week :)

So, here we go! Here are my picks for the designs that captured the essence of the 'Comforts of Home' challenge this week by either being inspired by the photo or colors or BOTH! As you can see from all the Honorable Mention Cups of Tea - the gallery was loaded this week with "A+" designs!!!

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Wendy #3

2. Peggy Sue #17

3. Nana #31

4. Carol R. #33

5. Wanda G. #36

6. Sharon #53

7. Tracy M. #59

8. Stacey Schafer #62

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Anabelle O'Malley #14

2. Abby #19

3. Leah C. #9

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER - Week #7:

Beth C. #38. Beth designed a multi-fold card for this week's challenge and also was inspired by the colors from our inspiration photo. Beth's gorgeous design is simply stunning - all the details just add such texture and depth to her design. That layered rose that Beth hand created is just lovely - so delicate and yet so bold. Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room this week, Beth!

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 disply on your blogs and the winner prize!

Shabby Vintage Seam Binding Rose & Flower tutorials!

I must send out a {huge} thank you to our Week #6 Winner from the 'Sketch This' Challenge - Geri Freeman. I asked her really sweet, said pretty please with sugar on top and she agreed to make up TWO You Tube Videos with tutorials on the scrumptious handmade rose and flowers she used on her winning card design last week!

THANK YOU, GERI!!!

You can view the flower tutorial here.

You can view the rose tutorial here.

And, I offer 15 different yummy colors of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding in my Etsy Shop here.

Enjoy :)