Week #22 - 'Reflections' ... AND FOLLOW ME CONTEST!

Using this photo for inspiration, create a card or project!   You can use the soft, neutral and shimmery colors in the photo or the theme ... or BOTH!

Note:  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 guidelines will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

• Cards/projects must be newly created following the current challenge guidelines.  You may enter as many times as you wish.
• Cards/projects must DIRECT LINK back to The Shabby Tea Room.
• Please do not cross-promote events unrelated to The Shabby Tea Room Challenge.
• Please only link your submission POST - not your entire blog or multiple challenge submissions.

FOLLOW ME CONTEST!!!

We have some fun and exciting news ... we have double sponsors this week!!  Yes, that means two prizes - whooo hoooo!!  At the end of the week we'll be giving out a prize from our challenge sponsor to the winner of the challenges and a prize for this 'follow me contest' to ONE OF OUR FOLLOWERS!  How to win ... already a follower, you're entered automatically in the contest!  Not a follower yet, sign up today and earn a chance to win the prize :)  Triple BONUS, when we hit 600 followers this week, then I'll include 6 yards of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop with the prize too!!

Our 'follow me contest' sponsor is:  Blackleaf Studios!

Chic and crafty steal and a fabulous assortment of commercial and personal use graphics, clipart, scrapbooking elements and digital stamps. Blackleaf Studios also creates a unique range of digital papers, stationary sets, svg die cutting templates, embellishments and more.. Visit the shop at http://www.shopblackleaf.com/

One lucky follower will receive this gorgeous VINTAGE digi set ...

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week - Clare Buswell!  Clare has been a Tea Room participant for quite a while now and we've loved seeing her scrumptious creations week after week!  Clare has even had some honorable mentions and wins along the way.  I simply adore Clare's soft, shabby and chic design style!  Please be sure to visit her blog and leave her a bit of {love}!

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

 

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

'Waiting'

 

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog

'Garden Beauties'

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

'Seed Catalog Cover'

 

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

'Suitcase Stack'

 

Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

'Coffee & Chocolate'

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

'Great Adventure'

Hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

Please welcome this week's Tea Room sponsor ... Isabella's Sketchbook!

Isabella's Sketchbook is a digi-stamp boutique offering a variety of designs from delicate hummingbirds to vintage aprons. Isabella strives to offer designs that will assist you in creating your own beautiful work or art.

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 $12 gift certificate to Isabellas' Sketchbook!

Link your creations below by Sunday, August 15th to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 16th.  We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 16th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #21 - 'House and Home' WINNERS!

Another FUN week here in the Tea Room with some GORGEOUS cards and projects! Big hugs and thanks you to the wonderful 64 paper crafters who submitted designs this week! We also would like to recognize and thank our 584 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges!  We {heart} you all in the Tea Room!!!


The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON!

Please join me in thanking Pattie Goldman for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer! The tussy mussy and card gift set that Pattie created was simply STUNNING!

And last, but certainly not least, a big thank you to Jet Pens for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week and supplying a $25 gift certificate for our winner!!

And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'House and Home' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Deb Hickman #5

2.  Mandy #14

3.  Lin #17

4.  Sharon #20

5.  Betty #38

6.  Nela #60

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Lenet #13

2.  Amy Duff #26

3.  Ros Crawford #18

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kirsty Vittetoe #51!  Kirsty's sweet and shabby birdhouse creation just took my breath away.  You could tell immediately that Kirsty put a lot of love into creating this magnificant piece to share with us all in the Tea Room!  Such gorgeous vintage lace trims, beautiful paper flowers, yummy buttons, pretty paper doilies, wonderful patterned papers ... simply stunning!  Great job, Kirsty ... thanks for sharing your talents with us all 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 # 21 - 'House and Home'

Using this photo for inspiration, create a card or project using soft blues, creams, whites and browns and/or with a house image on your design!

Note:  you must use the Week #21 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 in your post 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 happy to introduce you all to one of my stampy friends who will be joining us this week as our talented Guest Designer ... Pattie Goldman!  I fell in love with Pattie's shabby little creations several months ago when she found the The Shabby Tea Room challenges, and have enjoyed seeing her name pop up all over blog land for winning challenges and being selected to design teams!  Please take a few minutes this week to visit Pattie's blog and leave her a little shabby love!

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

 

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures - Week #21 Host

Jet Pens - atyou Spica Glitter Pens/silver, chocolate, olive, sky blue, orange

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog
Jet Pens - Stardust Jelly Roll Pens

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

 

Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

Jet Pens - atyou Spica/clear, garnet, buttermilk

 

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Jet Pens - atyou Spica

Hop on over to the Shabby Girls' individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

Our sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Jet Pens!

Jet Pens is a Japanese pen and stationery store where you can find unique and hard to find Scrapbooking items such as white gel pens, craft pens, adhesives, calligraphy brushes, art and office products. Jet Pens has been featured in Martha Stewart Blueprint, Wired magazine, Fortune Small Business and more. Free shipping for orders over $25!

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 $25 gift certificate donated by Jet Pens this week!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 8th to play along.  Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 9th.  We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 9th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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!