Week #62 - 'Monochromatic'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week brings Sheri as our fabby host and she has chosen this beautiful photo as inspiration ...

... and asks that we create a card or project in a MONOCHROMATIC color palette ... use any ONE color with any neutrals (black, tan, white, cream, kraft) in your design this week!  (You need not use the colors in the inspiration photo ... unless you are inspired by them!)

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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!  Tammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #52 - 'Luck of the Irish'!

And our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!

Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!! 

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures

 Annalee and Sparkling Spring papers from Prima, Calla Lillies, Pink & White Mulberry Roses, Kaisercraft Pink Rhinestones - The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique
**EXTRA prize offered at Debbie's blog from The Beary Scrap**
(Design Team members ARE eligible for this prize package!)

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards 

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

 I am pleased to welcome our sponsor this week - The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique!

And the prize this week ... a $20 gift certificate to The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique - WOW!!

Link your creations below by Sunday, May 22nd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 23rd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 23rd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #61 - 'Ruffled Up' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'Ruffled Up' challenge -- 72 LOVELY cards and projects this week - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,327 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends page!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)

Please join me in thanking Terri Moore for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Michelle Bala for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digital Delights By LoubyLoo, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome digital package for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog.

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 so BEAUTIFUL this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sweet Dreams' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Sara #1

2. Sherry Wright #15

3. Monika/Buzsy #19

4. Gisele #22

5. Carol R. #36
 
6. Robin #52

7. Sandra P. #57

8. Lenet #58

9. Tammy Roberts #63

10. Fran #71

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Andrea Ewen #2

2. Anabelle O'Malley #17
 
3.  Janet Khoo #53

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lea L. #6!  Oh my shabby goodness ... the patterned papers from Pink Paislee, the glittered butterfly, the gorgeous ruffly bloomers, sweet trinket pins, lovely sentiment and scalloped die cuts just made me {swoon}!!  Thank you very much, Lea, for sharing your amazing 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!

New blog feature ...

Check out the sidebar for a new FAVORITE FRIENDS FEATURE!  This neat little gadget is yet another way that we, here in the Tea Room, would like to spotlight our Favorite Friends and Frequent Visitors!

Simply click on the 'Please sign in for your visit to be counted' link and then the TOP TEN Visitors will be showcased here on the blog daily!

The more times you visit and peek, the better your chances to be highlighted as one of our TOP TEN FAVORITE VISITORS!

Too fun ... give it a try :)

You still have until 11:59 pm tonight to enter our current 'Ruffles' challenge too!

Week #61 - 'Ruffled Up'

Hello my shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week brings Danielle as our lovely host and she has chosen this beautiful photo as inspiration ...

... and asks that we create a card or project based on the inspiration photo and use RUFFLES!  You can make ruffles from ribbon or paper or trims ... whatever inspires you!  (You need not use the colors in the inspiration photo unless you feel inspired by them).

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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Terri Moore - Life With Terri!  Terri earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #51 - Classic Elegance!

And our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!

Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!! 

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures

 Dreams Do Come True Sentiment

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Congrats on Your New Home

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune

Happy Mother's Day Sentiment

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Ice Cream Cart

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Loving You Sentiment

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards 

Birthday Pippin

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

 I am pleased to welcome our sponsor this week - Digital Delights By Louby Loo!

 

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.

And the prize this week for our lucky winner ...

Link your creations below by Sunday, May 15th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #60 - 'Sweet Dreams' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'How Egg-cellent' challenge -- 82 PRETTY cards and projects this week - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,310 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends page!

Please join me in thanking Denise January for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Michelle Bala for joining us as our Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome digital package for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog.

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 so BEAUTIFUL this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sweet Dreams' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Cathy D. #5

2.  Sherry Wright #6

3.  Linda, the funkie junkie #24

4.  Lin #33

5.  Jan Garber #46
 
6.  Blackdragon #50

7.  Jane Johnson #61

8.  Deb.x #70

9.  Ingrid Danvers #76

10.  Naomi #77

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Amelia #54

2.  Debbie Dolphin #67
 
3.   Robin Shakoor #81

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Andrea Ewen #4!  Oh my shabby goodness ... what pure blissfulness!  The lovely papers, gorgeous flower and pearls, beautiful tag and all-around design just stole my heart this week!  Such a beauty!  Thank you, Andrea, for sharing your amazing 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!

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

Week #60 - 'Sweet Dreams'

Welcome shabby friends ... so glad you're here today!  This week I am our challenge host and I've chosen this BEAUTIFUL, SOFT and SOOTHING photo as inspiration for our creativity this week ... 

... and I ask that we create a card or project based on the inspiration photo and use BLUE, WHITE (or CREAM) and a NEUTRAL (KRAFT, BROWN, BLACK, TAN).  

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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Denise January - Sassy Stampin'!  Denise earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #50 - Buttons and Bows :)

And our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is none other than ... DRUM ROLL PLEASE -- Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!

Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!! 

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures

Birdies Nest

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Waking Up Birdie

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune

I {heart} U

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Rock-a-Bye Baby

 

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards 

Good Night Princess

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

 I am pleased to welcome back our regular monthly sponsor in the Tea Room this week ... Robyn's Fetish 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.

Link your creations below by Sunday, May 8th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #59 - 'Butterfly Wishes' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'How Egg-cellent' challenge -- 162 GORGEOUS cards and projects this week - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,300 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends page!

Please join me in thanking M@rjan Kuppers for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Anabelle O'Malley for joining us as our Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, The Stamp Fairy, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome $15 store voucher for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog.

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 so WONDERFUL this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Butterfly Wishes' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lori Leng #4

2. Sherry Wright #20

3. Rebekah F. #25

4. Kasey in Oz #29

5. Andrea Ewen #33
 
6. Maureen #37

7. Liz Marsden #43

8. Marisa #65

9. Sari #79

10. Diane Hover #100

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Cindy Holshouser #51

2. Bronwyn E. #78
 
3.  Fran #128

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:


Robin Shakoor #158 AND #113!  Robin not only created the most beautiful card with lovely papers and a gorgeous butterfly, but she also shared an amazing layout as well with a pretty butterfly and more wonderful papers and embellishments - WOW!  Such a talented lady and so nice to share her talents with us all in the Tea Room weekly ... thank you, Robin :)

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!