Week #35 - 'Lavender & Lace'

Week #35 in the Tea Room brings Clare as our host and she has chosen this beautiful photo as inspiration for us to work with ...

... and Clare asks that you create a card or project based on the inpsiration photo -- use the colors from the picture, the floral and/or lace theme ... OR BOTH!  (Photo courtesy of Kellene Gilof:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/40980447@N04/ ).

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!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Dawn Burnworth!  Dawn earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #27 - "Fresh Living" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!

Dawn Burnworth - My Stamping Thyme

Tea For You template

And now for some more inspiration from the Shabby Girls ... you're in for a treat this week -- I think the Design Team projects are especially GORGEOUS this week :)

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
My Time Made Easy Designer's Gallery

All a Flutter template, Trendy Tags #3 cut file, Tea Parlor Fortune Teller's Fallen Leaf paper, Just For You stamp set, Just For You Sentiments stamp set, You've Got Mail stamp set

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Sensational Sentiments stamp set

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations - Week #35 Host

Just For You Sentiments stamp set, Just For You stamp set

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

All a Flutter template

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Just for You stamp set,  Sensational Sentiments stamp set

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

All a Flutter template, Just For You Sentiments stamp set

Please be sure to visite the Shabby Girls individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

Please welcome this week's Tea Room sponsor ... My Time Made Easy!

My Time Made Easy, LLC, provides you with the basics for creating your own coordinating handmade cards, tags, and gift packaging in no time. It is fun, affordable, and we made it easier than ever! I have always said that it really is all about the TOTAL package. Now you can afford to create and dress up the simplest of gifts on your own, and make them appear to be that much more special. Nothing says love like something handmade. Lauren Meader, Owner.

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and a prize package from My Time Made Easy!

Link your creations below by Sunday, November 15th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 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 #34 - 'Country Kitchen' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 60 projects submitted for our 'Country Kitchen' projects this week were so very pretty!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 776 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON!   We love to visit your blogs to peek at all your lovely creations, but some of you still have your word verification turned on and this is slowing us down, and in some cases causing our computers to freeze up.   We would like to ask you to help us by turning it off!

Please join me in thanking Lenet Mos for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG thank you to There She Goes Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an beautiful stamp set for our Winner!

We thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Country Kitchen' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:


1.   Cora Hoekstra #9

2.   Angela Crockett #31

3.   Tracy Payne #32

4.   Susan B. #39

5.   Barb Nichols #56

6.  Betty Wright #59 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Chupa #26

2.   Jinny Newlin #55

3.   Corinna #60

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Melissa Bove #30!  WOW ... Melissa created an absolutely adorable 3-D vintage stove and two cards for this week's tea room challenge!!!  I simply fell in love with all the sweet vintage and shabby elements Melissa used to create this precious little keepsake ... those mini pots and pans are the cutest!  So creative and just wonderful ... thanks for sharing your talents with us all this week in the Tea Room, Melissa !!


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 #34 - 'Country Kitchen'

Week #34 in the Tea Room brings Cathy as our host and she has chosen this absolutely gorgeous photo of a beautiful, vintage kitchen as inspiration for us to work with ...

... and Cathy asks us all to create a card or project inspired by anything in this picture!  Maybe you'll be inspired by the colors, maybe the layout sparks your creativity ... maybe you love the theme of the photo.  You may use one or all of the inspiration ideas for your card or project.  Let your creativity flow ... we can't wait to see what you design for the Tea Room this week!

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 (listed on the sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, the talented Lenet Mos! Lenet earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #26 - "Tag You're It" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!  Look at the shabby and vintage set that Lenet has created for our Tea Room challenge this week ...

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap

And now for some more inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl - Week #34 Host

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Now, 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 ... There She Goes Stamps!

There She Goes Clear Stamps offers a variety of stamp sets for all of your stamping needs. From elegant to playful, they have something for everyone and the collection keeps on growing! TSG takes pride in the versatility of their stamp sets and many of the stamp sets can be used in combination with others giving you even more variety in your paper crafting fun.

Visit the TSG Blog weekly for new challenges as well as inspiration from the talented design team- the Trendsetters!

Links:

Website- https://www.thereshegoesclearstamps.com/store/

Blog- https://www.thereshegoesclearstamps.com/store/

Prize stamp set info for the lucky winner of this challenge:

Daily Grind is a 6x8 size stamp set with a total of 35 stamps and retails for $24!!

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and the prize package from There She Goes Stamps!

Link your creations below by Sunday, November 7th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 8th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 8th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #33 - 'Consider It CASED' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 34 projects submitted for our 'Consider It CASED' challenge this week were wonderful!! I could tell that you all really studied the design team cards and put some thought into your projects this week.  Simply inspiring!!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 751 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS {WOW!} for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

The design team shabby girls thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON! We love to leave you all some sweet comments and having Word Verification turned off makes our jobs much quicker and easier -- not to mention is allows us to visit without our computers 'freezing up'!!

Please join me in thanking Cheryl Baker for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG thank you to Robin's Fetish Digital Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome digital prize package for our Winner!

We thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for picking one of the featured Shabby Girls cards on the Week #33 post and best captured the essence of the 'Consider It CASED' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Angi B. #6

2.  Lenet #9

3.   Knerten #20

4.   Wanda Cullen #23

5.   Eva #26

6.   Ros Crawford #34

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Melissa Bove #12

2.   Karen Lee #19

3.   Monique #28

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Betty Wright #30!  I simply fell in love with Betty's sweet teddy bear popping out of that holiday package with those cute candy canes!  Such lovely embellies and gorgeous coloring!  Betty adds the most scrumptious layers to all of her designs and is a regular here in the Tea Room!  Thank you so much, Betty, for sharing your wonderful talents with us all weekly :)


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!

The Shabby Girls are Hopping with JustRite Stamps today!

Welcome to JustRite Stampers’ newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops! Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! And don’t forget that JustRite has some Christmas stamps in their newly released CLING line of stamp sets -- you can find them HERE. This week, the designers joining the JustRite design team are the Flower Soft and The Shabby Tea Room challenge blog design teams! So mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 9am Central for great Christmas gift, card & project ideas, starting at the JustRite Inspiration blog!

Here are some projects the Shabby Girls have designed for your inspiration today:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

'Christmas Nested Sentiments, Something Sweet, Baking Stamp Ensemble'

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
'Hearts Come Home'

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
'Christmas Nested Sentiments'

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
'Something Sweet'

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
'Christmas Nested Sentiments'

Pattie Goldman - My Pampered Paper Patch
'Christmas Ornament, Christmas Nested Sentiments'

Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop today!

JustRite Inspiration Blog

JustRite Design Team:

Sharon Harnist
Angela Barkhouse
Sankari Wegman
Stephanie Kraft
Kazan Clark
Michele Kovack
Kellie Fortin
Barb Schram
Debbie Olson
Becca Feeken
Heidi Blankenship

Flower Soft Design Team:

Jeanne Streiff
Debbie Seyer
Gini Cagle
Linda Beeson
Deb Felts
Cibele Glazer
Vicki Garrett
Dina Kowal

The Shabby Tea Room Design Team:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Nicole Segnere
Clare Buswell
Pattie Goldman
Lisa Golzbein

Cathy Clark-Santie

Thanks for peeking :)

Week #33 - 'Consider it CASED!'

I am your host this week for our Tea Room Challenge and I've chosen the theme of  'Consider it CASED'!  How fun!  This week I'd love for you to create a card or project that is inspired by one of the Shabby Girls' Design Team projects listed below!  CASE = Copy And Edit Slightly, so pick your favorite card and designer from this post and then CASE it!  Maybe you like the layout, maybe you love the colors, maybe you're inspired by the theme, maybe you love the embellies used ... that's it!  Just pick one designer and her DT card below and then go make one similar to it!  Can't choose just one DT member, then feel free to CASE two, three or everyone on the team and submit all your cards and projects!  BE SURE TO TELL US WHICH DESIGNER'S CARD YOU CASED FOR YOUR DESIGN!

We cannot wait to see what you design this week for our 'Consider It Cased' Challenge based off of the shabby girls' creations showcased here!!!

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 (listed on sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along! 

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Cheryl Baker!  Cheryl earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #25 - "Old Meets New" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!

Cheryl Baker - Cheryl's Creative Cards & ATC's

And now for some more inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures - Week #33 Host

'Primitive Bear'

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

'Waking Up Ms. Birdie'

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

'Fruity Strawberries'

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

'Lucy Angel'

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

'Don't Rain on my Parade'

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

'Waking Up Ms. Birdie'

Now, 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 ... Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps!

Robyn also hosts a weekly challenge blog called I Did It Creations!

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge!

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 paper set of their choice.

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and the prize package from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More!

Link your creations below by Sunday, October 31st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 1st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 1st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #32 - 'Chocolate Covered Autumn' WINNERS!

A big thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 60 projects submitted for our 'Chocolate Covered Autumn' challenge this week were WONDERFUL!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 744 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

The design team members thank everyone who has adjusted your blog settings to turn Word Verification OFF and leave Comment Moderation ON! We really enjoy visiting each and every one of your blogs to see all of your lovely creations ... turning Word Verification off saves us time and allows us to visit without any computer glitches!
Please join me in thanking Lenet Mos for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG thank you to Meljen's Designs for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome digital prize package for our Winner!

We thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Chocolate Covered Autumn' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Stampin' Pam #8

2.   Rae Ann #9

3.   Silke #10

4.   Grace N. #26

5.   Cabio #31

6.   Betty Wright #53

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   2amscrapper #6

2.   Ros Crawford #24

3.   Sarah Nelson #58

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lizzi #22!  Well, Miss Lizzi has done it again!  Her shabby and vintage creations never cease to amaze me -- her creativity is endless!  This week Lizzi created a beautiful card that was directly inspired by our photo and, for the icing on the cake (no pun intended!), Lizzi created the most scrumptious 3 dimensional floral cake -- it just took my breath away!  So lovely, so elegant, so beautiful ... such inspiration for us all!  Thank you, Lizzi, for sharing your talents with us all weekly 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!