A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 89 SENSATIONAL cards and projects for our 'Welcome to 2011' challenge this week!! It's so good to see everyone back on track after the hectic holidays and finding time once again to play in the Tea Room :) We also would like to recognize and thank our 862 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!
Please join me in thanking Kristin Bueter, Audrey Pettit, Pam Imholz and Tangii Crain for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Special Guest Designers!
Thank you to Cosmo Cricket for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a 6 x 6 pack of patterned papers to our Winner!
Some of you are having a couple challenges using our new linking system, and in particular, not including your name in the #2 spot so we know who you are. I found these linking instructions on the Mr. Linky site and thought I'd share them here with you all for your convenience in posting your project for next week's challenge -- we want to be sure to give the proper credit to the right people for all the wonderful work shared here in the Tea Room each week ...
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What blog post do you want your thumbnail to link to?
1. Link it to: Example: http://www.riggsfamilyblog.com/2009/01/about-abby.html . This will link the name of your card or project.
Please enter an address to link your thumbnail to (do this by right clicking on the blog post title, copy it and then paste it in the #1 linky spot).
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2. Enter a name that will show up below your thumbnail:
25 characters max (here is where you type YOUR NAME or YOUR BLOG NAME).
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3. Your email:
OPTIONAL - If you want the Linky List owner to be able to contact you, include your email. LINKY TOOLS NEVER SHARES YOUR EMAIL. It is NOT published on the Linky List. Only the owner of this list will see your email address.
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4. Click this button if you want to get your image from a file on your computer:
Click this button if you want to get your image from a web page, such as your blog:
Note: check the size of your file. 4 MB is the max upload size. If bigger than that, resize first. You don't want to sit around and wait for a file bigger than that to upload anyway. You've got better things to do.
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The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was shabby-licious this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Welcome to 2011' challenge ...
HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:
1. Melisa Waldorf #2
2. Viola Mahr #24
3. Denise January #31
4. Steph #42
5. Teresa Kline #63
6. Maria #81
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
1. Wanda G. #66
2. Love grows in happy homes #75
3. Linda the funkie junkie #86
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:
Michelle #15! WOW ... Michelle's I {heart} You banner just made me smile! I adore banners and this one certainly did not disappoint with it's soft, pastel color palette, flowers, pearls, chipboard and bits of love! Thank you, Michelle, for sharing your lovely 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! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!
Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Week #43 - 'Welcome to 2011'!
Happy New Year to all of our friends here in the Tea Room!
This week's challenge is called 'Welcome to 2011' and Nicole is our creative host! Nicole is asking us all to create a card or project using ELEVEN ELEMENTS! Pretty cool, huh? Your elements can include, but not be limited to things such as - cardstock, patterned papers, lace, ribbons, layers, embellishments (buttons, pearls, rhinestones, glitter, etc.), dies, punches ...! Let your imagination run wild ... just be sure you do the MATH! We'll be counting your elements, so be sure to use 11 in your design :)
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!
The Shabby Girls are so pleased to announce some wonderful and exciting news ... we have not only one, not two, not three, but FOUR Guest Designers who are joining us this week in the Tea Room to help kick off this brand new year! Please take a moment to help me welcome these three special and talented ladies ...
Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog
~ Past Shabby Girl Design Team Member ~
Tangii Crain - The Inking Spot of Crain
Pam Imholz - Paper and Ribbons and Stamps! Oh My!
And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Melissa Bove - Creating From The Heart
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!
The sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Cosmo Cricket!
And they have graciously donated a 6" x 6" pack of Garden Variety and Material Girl patterned papers for our winner!
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 patterned pack of papers from Cosmo Cricket!
Link your creations below by Sunday, January 9th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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 #42 - 'Shabby Chic Baby' WINNERS!
A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 43 OUTSTANDING cards and projects for our 'Shabby Chic Baby' challenge this week!! We know that time was very short this week with the Christmas and New Year holidays, so we absolutely appreciate your time and participation! We also would like to recognize and thank our 851 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!
Please join me in thanking Anabelle O'Malley for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!
Thank you to Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a digital package to our Winner!
The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was shabby-licious this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Shabby Chic Baby' challenge ...
HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:
1. Sherry Wright #3
2. Frillions By Eli #25
3. Lalky girl #29
4. Suzi #30
5. Karien V/D Westhuizen #38 & #39
6. Geri #43
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
1. Sari #8
2. Simply Shaz #28
3. Lin #34
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:
Shabby Chic Baby #7! So many pretty in pink shabby elements on Michelle's card this week ... the glittered chipboard hearts, the tiny pink trinket pin, the baby bracelet letters, the pink floral fabric bow -- every single element came together in this design to create an absolutely stunning work of art! Thank you, Michelle, for sharing your talents with us all 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!
Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!
Please join me in thanking Anabelle O'Malley for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!
Thank you to Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a digital package to our Winner!
The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was shabby-licious this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Shabby Chic Baby' challenge ...
HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:
1. Sherry Wright #3
2. Frillions By Eli #25
3. Lalky girl #29
4. Suzi #30
5. Karien V/D Westhuizen #38 & #39
6. Geri #43
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
1. Sari #8
2. Simply Shaz #28
3. Lin #34
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:
Shabby Chic Baby #7! So many pretty in pink shabby elements on Michelle's card this week ... the glittered chipboard hearts, the tiny pink trinket pin, the baby bracelet letters, the pink floral fabric bow -- every single element came together in this design to create an absolutely stunning work of art! Thank you, Michelle, for sharing your talents with us all 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!
Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Week #42 - 'Shabby Chic Baby'
The Week #42 challenge brings brand new Shabby Girl, Melissa as our lovely host and she has chosen the theme of 'Shabby Chic Baby' for us all to create with this week! Using this gorgeous inspiration photo, please create a card or project and use a bit of FABRIC on your creation! Whatever you choose from this picture as your inspiration, we know it will be fabulous and the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your work!
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, Anabelle O'Malley! Anabelle is a frequent guest and participant in the Tea Room and we simply adore her sweet, shabby and vintage creations -- pure yumminess!!! Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!
Anabelle O'Malley - Bits and Pieces
And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Rocky Da Rocking Horse
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Rocky Da Rocking Horse
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Rocky Da Rocking Horse
Melissa Bove - Creating From The Heart
Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
Primitive Bear
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Lucy Angel
Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!
The sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Robyn's Fettish Digital Stamps!
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 noted above from Robyn's Fettish Digital Stamps and More!
Link your creations below by Sunday, January 2nd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 3rd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 3rd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!
Week #41 - 'Scandinavian Christmas' WINNERS!
A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 40 FABULOUS cards and projects for our 'Scandinavian Christmas' challenge this week!! We know that time was very short this week with the Christmas holiday, so we absolutely appreciate your participation! We also would like to recognize and thank our 840 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!
Please join me in thanking Betty Wright for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!
Thank you to Digital Delights By Loubyloo for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a store gift certificate to our Winner!
The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was beautiful this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Scandinavia Christmas' challenge ...
HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:
1. Lenet #9
2. Merry Christmas #19
3. Silke Ledlow #20
4. Heather H. #22
5. Scandinavian Christmas #32
6. Chupa #35
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
1. Lebkuchen #24
2. Jinny Newlin #36
3. Lori #39
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:
Julia Aston #15! Julia virtually duplicated the inspiration photo this week for her card! The lovely red and white papers, beautiful metal heart, oh so pretty ribbons and embellies! Just absolute prettiness! Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Julia!
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!
Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!
Please join me in thanking Betty Wright for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!
Thank you to Digital Delights By Loubyloo for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a store gift certificate to our Winner!
The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was beautiful this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Scandinavia Christmas' challenge ...
HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:
1. Lenet #9
2. Merry Christmas #19
3. Silke Ledlow #20
4. Heather H. #22
5. Scandinavian Christmas #32
6. Chupa #35
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
1. Lebkuchen #24
2. Jinny Newlin #36
3. Lori #39
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:
Julia Aston #15! Julia virtually duplicated the inspiration photo this week for her card! The lovely red and white papers, beautiful metal heart, oh so pretty ribbons and embellies! Just absolute prettiness! Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Julia!
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!
Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Week #41 - 'Scandinavian Christmas'
The Week #41 challenge brings Clare as our lovely host and she has chosen the theme of 'Scandinavian Christmas' for us all to create with this week! Using this gorgeous inspiration photo, please create a card or project! Maybe you'll be inspired by the red and white color palette! Maybe the gingham check fabric will speak to you! Maybe you'll decide to design based off the silver punched heart ornament or the snowflakes! Whatever you choose from this picture as your inspiration, we know it will be fabulous and the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your work!
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, Betty Wright! Betty has been a participant in our shabby weekly challenges for quite some time know and has earned several Tea Time Top Three spots along with her win during week #33 'Case a Shabby Girl'!! We all simply adore Betty's sweet creations :) Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!
Betty Wright - Stamping to the Wright
And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Nutcracker
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Sugarplum
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations - Week #41 host!
Circular Merry Christmas Sentiment
Melissa Bove - Creating From The Heart
Gingerbread House
Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
Gingerbread Cookie
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Gingerbread House
Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!
The sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Digital Delights By Loubyloo!
Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!
In addition we also have a growing range of "Delightful Piecings" which are paper pieced files designed to be used with your cutting machines or for hand cutting.
Fancy a new blog makeover, header or new watermark, then stop by our sister site Delightful Custom blogs.
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 Digital Delights By Loubyloo!
Link your creations below by Sunday, December 26th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 27th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 27th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!
Week #40 - 'Warm and Snuggly' WINNERS!
A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 24 AMAZING cards and projects for our 'Warm and Snuggly' challenge this week!! You all absolutely blew us away with your creativity and talent -- such stunning cards and gifts!! We know that time is very short this time of year preparing for the upcoming holidays, so we absolutely appreciate your time and participation! We also would like to recognize and thank our 833 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!
Please join me in thanking Lizzi Droge for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!
Thank you to Amazing Music Box for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a store gift certificate to our Winner!
The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was beautiful this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Warm and Snuggly' challenge ...
HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:
1. Joy #4
2. Rachel Hope #7
3. Yenni Natalia #8
4. LeAnne #11
5. A-len-ka #16
6. Axes Designs #18
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
1. Sherry Wright #13
2. Dawn Brun #22
3. Amy Duff #24
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:
Adela #17! The sweet little purse pocket Adela designed just stole my heart this week! The soft color palette of cream and lavender was so pretty and that tiny felt mitten embellished with seam binding, rhinestones, trinket pins and paper flower was just too cute for words!! Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Adela :)
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!
Please join me in thanking Lizzi Droge for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!
Thank you to Amazing Music Box for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a store gift certificate to our Winner!
The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was beautiful this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Warm and Snuggly' challenge ...
HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:
1. Joy #4
2. Rachel Hope #7
3. Yenni Natalia #8
4. LeAnne #11
5. A-len-ka #16
6. Axes Designs #18
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
1. Sherry Wright #13
2. Dawn Brun #22
3. Amy Duff #24
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:
Adela #17! The sweet little purse pocket Adela designed just stole my heart this week! The soft color palette of cream and lavender was so pretty and that tiny felt mitten embellished with seam binding, rhinestones, trinket pins and paper flower was just too cute for words!! Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Adela :)
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!
Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!
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