Week #46 - 'Winter Wonderland'

This week, Cathy is our lovely host and she has chosen this wonderful photo for inspiration ...

... and Cathy asks us to create a card or project with a 'Winter' theme!  The temps are burrrr ... cold outside in most parts of the world these days, so this one should be easy for us all!  Pull out those mittens, snowflakes, snowmen and get creatin'!  We cannot wait to see what you come up with :)

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!

I'm happy to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer - Emily Hughes!  Emily has shared many of her lovely designs with us all here in the Tea Room over the weeks and this week's Guest Designer sample will not disappoint --

Emily Hughes - Branch Out Designs

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Puddle Jumper - Winter Dana 

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Melissa Bove - Creating From The Heart

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Puddle Jumper - Winter Dana and Penny

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch 

Puddle Jumper - Winter Dana

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

I'm so happy to announce our sponsor this week - By Lori Designs!

And Lori is providing our lucky winner this week a shop gift certificate ...

... so don't miss this opportunity to play along for your chance to win some of these cutie patootie images!!

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 gift certificate from By Lori Designs!

Link your creations below by Sunday, January 30th  to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 31st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 31st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #45 - 'White and Bright' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 116 FABULOUS cards and projects for our 'White and Bright' challenge this week - WOW!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 906 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Keep peeking in ... we are T-minus 6 weeks until our big FIRST BIRTHDAY BASH!!  We're lining up sponsors to join us and will have a special birthday celebration challenge for you all to play along with during Week #53!  If you're not a follower yet, please consider becoming one before the Birthday Bash Celebration ... many prizes to give out to our loyal followers.  It'll be such a fun celebration that you won't want to miss!  Mark your calendars now!!

Please join me in thanking Deb Saaranen for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Special Guest Designer!

Thank you to Webster's Pages for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome 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 over-the-top wonderful this week -- I simply could not narrow the gallery down to just 6 Honorable Mention Cups of Tea, so this week we have a TOP TEN! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'White and Bright' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Sherry Wright #9

2.   Sharon Johnson #17 

3.   Becky Jo #50

4.    Agnieszka #58

5.   CARDiology #67

6.   Colleen Dietrich #84

7.   Denise J. #97

8.   Kristin #103

9.   Stella #110

10.  Amy White #111

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Sylvia Anne #6

2.  Polly #34

3.  Kathleen #94

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Char #70!  Well, sweet Charlene has done it again :)  Her a-mazing card created with a red and white, crisp and clean palette with lovely shabby elements added in just took my breath away!  The lovely bloomers, baker's twine, heart trinket pin, pearls and Prima flower were stunning again a simple sentiment and backdrop!  Charlene, thanks so much for joining us weekly here in the Tea Room and inspiring our followers with your shabby and vintage creations :)

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!

Week #45 - 'White and Bright'

This week's challenge is called 'White and Bright' and I am your host!  I have chosen this lovely picture for inspiration this week ...

... and I'll ask you all to create a card or project using WHITE AND/OR CREAM PLUS ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL COLOR!  (Additionally, you can use neutral colors for shading, inking, stamping, highlighting -- black, brown, kraft).  The Shabby Girls cannot wait to see what you'll create!

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!

I'm thrilled to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer - Deb Saaranen!  Deb has shared several of her lovely creations with us in the Tea Room over the months and we are always so inspired by her work!  Deb received this Guest Designer invitation for her win during week #37 "Pick a Cause'.

Deb Saaranen - Dream In Color

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Petite Papers - Lullaby Lane & Life's Portrait, bloomers, sparklers, trim, Journaling Cards - Hello! Beautiful

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!

Hold onto your hats my shabby little bloggity friends ... we have an extra special vintage treat for you this week ... a local sponsor from right here in North Carolina, and one of my favorites ... Webster's Pages!!!  Webster's Pages home office is just 20 minutes from my house -- oh my shabby goodness :)

And the prize ... DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

A nearly $40 value :)  Thank you, Brandin!  What a TREAT!

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 Spring Market prize package from Webster's Pages!

Link your creations below by Sunday, January 23rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 24th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 24th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #44 - ' Sketch This' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 67 WONDERFUL cards and projects for our 'Sketch This' challenge this week!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 884 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 Geri Freeman for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Special Guest Designer!

Thank you to Robyn's Fettish 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 'Sketch This' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Audrey Petitt #11

2.  Denise J. #35

3.   Kim Faucher #36

4.  Kylie #44

5.  Linda The Funkie Junkie #45

6.   Beth C. #55

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Char #14

2.  Shabby Pretty Pink Bird #15

3.  Anabelle O'Malley #27

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Sherry Wright #6!  Oh my shabby goodness ... simply STUNNING is all I have to say about Sherry's shabby and vintage card creation for our sketch challenge this week!  Those flowers are gorgeous, the antiquing and inking, lovely!  The frame, pearls, paper doilie ... and oh that wonderful butterfly.  Yes, this project IS 'Absolutely Fabulous' just like the tag says!  Thank you, Sherry, 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!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Week #44 - 'Sketch This'!

This week's challenge is called 'Sketch This' and Pattie is our hostess with the mostest this week!  Pattie is asking us all to create a card or project using this sketch ...

... that's it!  Easy peesy, right!  The Shabby Girls cannot wait to see what you'll create!

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!

I'm thrilled to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer - Geri Freeman!  Geri is a frequent visitor here in the Tea Room and we have be wowed week after week by her shabby and vintage creations!  Geri received this Guest Designer invitation for her win during week #36 ' What Are You Thankful For?'.

 

Geri Freeman - Paper Wishes

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

'Sammy da Snowman'

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

'Chester da Snowman'

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

'Mittens'

 

Melissa Bove - Creating From The Heart

'Snowman Word Art and Sammy da Snowman'

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

'Snowmen Word Art'

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch 

'Snowmen Word Art and Frosty da Snowman'

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!

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 digital package from Robyn's Fettish!

Link your creations below by Sunday, January 16th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 17th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 17th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #43 - 'Welcome to 2011' WINNERS!

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!

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 ~

 

Kristin Bueter - Mindless Creativity 

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!