Week #20 - '1 - 2 - 3' WINNERS!

WOW! Another FUN week here in the Tea Room! Big hugs and thanks you to the a-mazing 71 paper crafters who submitted designs this week! We also would like to recognize and thank our 569 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 BIG thank you to Melissa Bove for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!  What an adorable baby card she designed!

And last, but certainly not least, a big thank you to the team at JustRite Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week and supplying a $100 gift certificate for our winner!!  WOW!!!!  WE LOVE JUSTRITE STAMPS in the Tea Room :)

And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the '1 - 2 - 3' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Sharyn #18

2.  Lizzi #21

3.  Ros Crawford #22

4.  Carol R. #54

5.  Patti Painter #20

6.  Sylvia #61

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Deb Hickman #10

2.   Sabrina #13

3.  Nikki Schmaltz #34

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Pattie Goldman #31 and #36!!   WOWOWOWOW!!!  Pattie not only created one gorgeous creation for our 1-2-3 challenge, but she created TWO amazing stunners!!  Pattie's shabby and vintage inspired card was simply gorgeous with all the pearls, swirls and flowers!  Design #2 was the sweetest and shabbiest little gift set of a bird house and matching card ... just wonderful!  Pattie's pretty designs earned her the $100 gift certificate from JustRite this week ... and for past accomplishments in the Tea Room, Pattie will be joining us next week as our Tea Room Guest Designer!  Thank you, Pattie, for sharing your talents 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! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

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}!

Melissa Bove - Creating from the Heart

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!

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 #90!  This 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!

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!

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!