Meet the newest SHABBY GIRL!

Thank you to everyone who took the time out of your busy schedules this past week to submit cards and projects for our Design Team Call!  We had such a wonderful array of creations submitted ... it was very difficult to choose just ONE person to join our team.  You are all so talented and amazing!

Although we only had one spot open for this mid-term replacement DT spot, rest assured that the Shabby Girls had so much fun perusing all of your wonderful submissions.  If you submitted for this DT Call, but were not chosen, please check back with us after the first of the year.  The current DT term will expire in March, so we will no doubt be doing another call and looking for some talented, shabby designers to join our fun little crafty family this spring!

So, without further ado, here is the announcement you all have been waiting for!!  Our DT call asked for you all to create a card or project inspired by this stunning photo:

The red and white color palette is so crisp and clean and I love how it plays against the sparkle of the glass ornaments and glass stemware on the table!  The flowers and berries in the centerpiece are beautiful and I love how they match up with the little rings around each candle in the beautiful light fixture!

The RUNNER UP entry is the wonderful and shabby banner decoration ...

designed by EMILY HUGHES!  I just {heart} everything about this sweet banner - from the papers and inking to the seam binding, buttons and flowers - gorgeous!  The Shabby Girls would love to invite Emily to Guest Design with us during week #46 in the Tea Room :)

DRUM ROLL, please!  The 1st place winning entry is this absolutely stunning glass snow globe decoration ...

... and the winning designer and new Shabby Girl is MELISSA BOVE!

CONGRATULATIONS, Melissa, and welcome to The Shabby Tea Room Design Team!  We're so happy to have you join the Shabby Girls :)

A big thanks again to all who entered ... we really love that you took the time and energy during these busy days leading up to the big Christmas holdiay to submit for our shabby little DT call!  Your time, efforts and talents mean the world to all of the Shabby Girls!

 

A Shabby Design Team Call!

Please click HERE if you are looking for this week's current challenge - 'Tis The Season'! 


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM DESIGN TEAM CALL:

It is with a sad heart that I announce that our sweet, Shabby Girl, Lisa Golzbein, has decided to step down from the DT for the time being.  She has a few personal things on her plate that need attending to ... and family always comes first!  I wish Lisa every happiness and best wishes ... I can speak for all the Shabby Girls when I say that we will miss her smiling face and pretty creations!

So, what this means is that we are one Shabby Girl short and are holding an impromptu DT Call this week!  Please read over the requirements for the open Design Team position, and if you are in agreement with all, then please continue to read this post for the instructions on how to submit!

DT requirements:

• Make one DT project per week based off of the current challenge theme.  You will have the opportunity to work with products and supplies donated by our kind sponsors.  If you have a conflict and choose not to accept any free products, that is perfectly fine, but please let me know up front.
• Have a blog and actively post projects.
• Comment on our fabulous followers' submissions weekly.
• Be able to meet deadlines, post your projects to our DT Group, create challenge themes.
• Post your DT project on your personal blog weekly and link back to TSTR and the Shabby Girls.
• Most important ... to be a Shabby Girl you have to like to have fun and LOVE to paper craft!!

That's about it!  Easy peesy, right??  If this sounds like something you are interested in, here is how you can submit your work by following these two easy steps:

Step #1 - Please prepare one NEW card or project based off of this inspiration photo and created specifically for The Shabby Tea Room Design Team Call:

You may use the colors, theme or both!  Please have fun with this and submit your BEST work!  Remember, only our name is shabby ... BUT I do have a very soft spot for anything vintage and shabby, so I will take this into consideration when filing the open DT spot!!  You may enter as many times as you wish.

Step #2 - After you've completed your project, please send me an e-mail with your design attached along with your contact info, including mailing address and phone number, and blog your address - put 'The Shabby Tea Room DT Call' in the subject line.  Please list any current Design Team spots you are active with (DT experience is not a requirement) along with a short description of your design style and paper crafting experience!

This Design Team call will run from Monday, December 6th at 12 am through Sunday, December 12th at 11:59 pm.  I will contact the new Shabby Girl on Monday, December 13th and your term will begin immediately and run until March 14, 2011 ... with the option to renew your term for an additional six months if all the terms of the DT requirments have been completely satisfied.

Any questions, please feel free to contact me!  Good luck to everyone who chooses to submit for this DT Call!  We cannot wait to see your creations!!  Have FUN!!!

Week #39 - 'Tis The Season!

I am your host this week for the #39 challenge, and I have chosen the theme of  'Tis The Season' for us all to play along with this week!  What I'd love to see you create is a holiday gift item or gift set.  Now this is really open for interpretation ... maybe you'll make someone a handmade card or set of cards ... maybe you'll make a plate of homemade cookies with a little gift tag ... maybe you'll be inspired by the Shabby Girls and come up with a gift that will knock our socks off!  We cannot wait to see what you all create :)

Here are a couple of inspiration photos to get your creative juices flowing and kick start your mojo ...

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, Ira Huberts! Ira earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #31 - "Pumpkin Patch" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!

Ira Huberts - Ira's CreaCorner

And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures - Week #39 Host

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

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!

We're so excited to have Craft Brulee sponsor the Week #39 challenge here in the Tea Room!  Jennifer provided each of the Shabby Girls a beautiful packet of vintage lace trims and lovely handmade satin and lace flowers with beads, feathers and pearls!!

Craft Brulee is a crafter's dream store complete with digi stamps, rubber stamps, fabric flowers, stunning trims, mixed media supplies and an awesome blog with lots of inspiration.

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 $10 gift certificate from Craft Brulee!

Link your creations below by Sunday, December 12th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 13th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 13th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #38 - 'Get In Shape' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 65 AMAZING projects submitted for our 'Get In Shape' challenge this week were wonderful!! You all absolutely blew me away with your creativity and inspiration!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 819 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!! We'd love to hit 1,000 followers by the first of the year, so please help spread the word to your blog friends and advertise our blog. We'd be so happy if you could help us grow!

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

A BIG thank you to JustRite Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome $50 prize package Winner!  The Shabby Girls {heart} JustRite Stamps!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent level and breathtaking inspiration was over the top this week ... I simply could not narrow the Honorable Mention Cups of Tea down to just six this week, so we have 12 projects to showcase this week - WOW!!!  And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Get In Shape' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  June Lanum #11

2.  Monique #13

3.  Bonnie McLain #18

4.  Sandra P. #30

5.  Cindy Holshouser #35

6.  Kate #40

7.  Lizzi #41

8.  Grace N. #47

9.  Beverly G. #48

10.  Gini Cagle #52

11.  Ruth #60

12.  Happy Days #62

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Cora Hoekstra #8

2.  Andrea Ewen #20

3.  Natascha #59
  
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Melissa Bove #6!  Well, Melissa has done it again!  This week she inspired us all with a gorgeous, shabby and vintage inspired star shaped banner with so many pretty elements added - vintage sheet music, tinsel,
Christmas papers, sheer snowflakes, pearls, chipboard letters, ornaments, glitter,  rub-ons, Christmas picks, ribbons and gems.  A truly wonderful, handmade from the heart keepsake that will, no doubt, be treasured for many years to come!  Thank you, Melissa, for inspiring 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 #38 - 'Get In Shape'

Week #38 in the Tea Room brings Pattie as our lovely host and she has chosen the fun theme of' Get In Shape' ... make a shaped card or project using NO squares or rectangles!  What does this mean ... you can use a circle, oval or any shape that you can think of -- except no squares or rectangles.  Put your thinking caps on and have fun with this one!!

I don't know about you all, but after the fabby Thanksgiving Holiday we celebrated here in the US this past Thursday, I need to 'Get In Shape' before all the yummy Christmas Holiday food starts coming to the table!  Turkey ... and sweet potatoes ... and stuffing ... and apple pie -- OH MY!

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, Stephanie Severin! Stephanie earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #30 - "Vintage Halloween" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!

Stephanie Severin - Ingenious Inkling

And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Sparky and Friends, Sparky the Snowman

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Sparky the Snowman

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Christmas Nested Sentiments, Christmas Nested Frames & Occasions

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
On vacation this week!

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Sparky the Snowman

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch - Week #38 Host

Sparky and Friends

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

Please welcome back this week's Tea Room sponsor ... JustRite Stamps!

JustRite® has over a 100 year history in making product for the commercial stamping industry. It was acquired by Millennium Marking Company in 2004. JustRite began using its knowledge of stamp products to introduce stamp making technology to crafters.

Our images and unique stamping system of are what set us apart in the stamping community. Our priority is a regular introduction of fresh high-quality stamping images for beginners to seasoned stampers. From line art images, to big bold and colorable you are sure to find something to spark your creativity. We go far beyond simply showing stampers new images. We feature beautiful handmade projects from the stamping community’s most talented designers. In addition to enjoying the sheer “art of the project” we strive to share how you could re-create the project yourself including complete supply lists for the project.

Our stampers are sold in sets of images that you can mix and match with borders, centers and font to enhance your creative experience. All stampers are precision engineered for a clear sharp impression.

The JustRite stamping community is all about fun designs, facilitating inspiration and sharing ideas.

Our Super Sale section has $10 or less deals, while supplies last.
Our Holiday Sale section is 25% off all JustRite Original holiday stamps until November 29 (that’s today!), while supplies last.

Please visite JustRite Stamps for details on all the wonderful specials and new releases!

The prize we are donating is the winner’s choice of TWO Elizabeth Dulemba Cling stamp sets of their choice, plus our Mini Binder Box, a $50 value!

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 wonderful prize package from JustRite Stamps!

Link your creations below by Sunday, December 5th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 6th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 6th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #37 - 'Pick a Cause' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 23 projects submitted for our 'Pick a Cause' challenge this week were so lovely and heartfelt!! Such wonderful cards for simply wonderful causes ... a special thank you to all those that joined in this week - we appreciate your time, efforts and donations to these worthy charities! We also would like to recognize and thank our 811 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!  We'd love to hit 1,000 followers by the first of the year, so please help spread the word to your blog friends and advertise our blog.  We'd be so happy if you could help us grow!

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 Becky Jo Bert for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG thank you to June Lanum for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome handmade 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 'Pick a Cause' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   June Lanum #5    Scleraderma Foundation

2.   Karen Howard #6  Operation Write Home

3.  Monique #7  Cards For Kids

4.   Beth C. #14  American Heart Association

5.   Laney #15  Think Pink for Breast Cancer

6.   Cindy Groh #21  Cards For Kids

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Stella #4  UNICEF

2.   Bettina #12  Cancer

3.  Lenet #20  Ronald McDonald House

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Deb Saaranen #18- Susan G. Komen For The Cure!  Deb's Vintage inspired design this week was absolutely stunning!  The use of peach, cream and black is so striking, the image is gorgeous and those bloomers are delicious!!  Thanks for sharing your fabby talents with us all in the Tea Room this week, Deb!

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 #37 - Pick a Cause'

Week #37 in the Tea Room brings Nicole as our host and she has chosen the theme of 'Pick a Cause' for us to play with!  What does this mean?  At this time of celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US and preparation for all the amazing celebrations to come in December with all the religious holidays we all celebrate, we here in the Tea Room are so very thankful for all our blessings ... including all of YOU :)

This week we would love to see you all pick a favorite charity, organization or cause and make a card to celebrate it!  If you don't have a favorite charity or cause, the Shabby Girls have each chosen a cause to work with and you may use one of ours!  Please visit the individual Shabby Girls' blogs to read more about each individual charity or organization.  They are all wonderful and so worthwhile!

If you're interested in sending the creation you design into the charity that you are playing for, please contact the individual Shabby Girls if you need more details or mailing instructions.  Each Shabby Girl will have a link to the organization she is playing for this week, so it's really easy to create and send too!

The 'rules' this week will be really loose ... pretty much anything goes!  Have fun with this challenge -- we can't wait to see what you create!  Will it be a Card for Kids with a child's theme?  Will it be a Card for our Troops with a holiday theme?  Will is be a Card for anemia, breast cancer, prevention of cruelty to animals, ALS, MS, adoption ... the sky's the limit!  Anything goes!  Be sure to tell us which charity or organization you are designing for in your post :)

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 (posted 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, Becky Jo Bert! Becky earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #29 - "Pearls and Pastels" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!

Becky Jo Bert - Craftily Yours

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations - Week #37 Host

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDRENS CENTER

Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration ... and all the deets if you want to link up to one of our charities this week!

Please welcome this week's Tea Room sponsor ... June Lanum from Lina Beas!

June has provided the most beautiful, handmade trinket pins and crocheted flowers for the Shabby Girls to work with this week ... aren't they all so pretty!!  June has also provided a wonderful selection of her handmade lovelies for the lucky winner of this week's challenge ...

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 Lina Beas!

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