Week #73 - 'Mix and Match' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'Mix & Match' challenge --  101 STUNNING  cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,506 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 :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Heidi Didriksen for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Andrea Ewen for joining us as our August Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Chi Chi Memories, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a digital prize 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. Thank you for your cooperation!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes us all!!!  And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Mix & Match' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lizzie #8 and #77

2.  Joanna M. #15

3.  Agnieszka #17

4.  Fran #29

5.   Stacey G. #47

6.   Pati Olson #64

7.   Sandy G. #69

8.  Magda Matraszek #81

9.  Stephinka #91

10.   Magda (i) Lena #98

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Laurel S. #5

2.  Joy L. #55

3.  Rebekah F. #71

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Inger #48!   What an absolutely sweet and precious birdhouse and so many lovely patterned papers!  I love birdhouses and polka dots and this sweet handmade treasure has lots of both of them!  Just beautiful ... thanks for sharing your talents with us all this week in the Tea Room, Inger!

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 #73 - 'Mix and Match'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Danielle is our host, and she has chosen the FUN theme of 'Mix and Match'!   Danielle asks that we create a card or project using this beautiful photo for inspiration ...

... and use {at least} THREE DIFFERENT PATTERNED PAPERS in your design - manufactured or make your own!  You need not use the colors from 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, Heidi Didriksen - Papir Dama!  Heidi earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #63 - 'Sweet Baby'! 

And a brand new month brings a brand new Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ... I am pleased to welcome Andrea Ewen - Ewen Style!

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

Splash of Fun

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Summer Fun Kite

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
Summer Fun Kite

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Summer Fun Kite

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

 Splash of Fun and Diving Candace

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 Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Chi Chi Memories!  

Chi Chi Memories is the labor of love of talented artist and illustrator Natalie Tong.  Natalie's background in graphic design has helped her create the very happy world of Chi Chi Memories.  Her line of digi images centers around kids Jordy and Candace and their world of animal friends such as Freddie the elephant and Teddy the bear, among others.  Natalie's designs are meant to spread happiness and cheer around blogland.  You can visit Chi Chi Memories at http://chichimemories.com where you will find the shop (where you can find FREEBIES), the blog and challenges.  There is also a Papercraft Planet group for you come share your work with Chi Chi Memories images and chat.  We are so thrilled to be sponsoring!

This week's winner will receive a prize package to include three digital images!

Link your creations below by Sunday, August 7th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 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 #72 - 'Relax and Enjoy' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an inspiring week here in the Tea Room for our 'Relax and Enjoy' challenge --  82 WONDERFUL 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 1,487 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 :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Kylie Kueter for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Tammy Roberts for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Stitchy Bear Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a gift certificate 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. Thank you for your cooperation!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes us all!!!  And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Relax & Enjoy' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #3

2.  Sherry Wright #5

3.  Scrap It Girl #7

4.  Tamara M. #10

5.   Brises #21

6.   Michelle Bala #25

7.   Paul B. #39

8.  Hilda #58

9.  Chupa #66

10.   Charis #67

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Magda Matraszek #63

2.  Fran #71

3.  Magda Lena #72

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Wanda G. #30!   Oh my shabby goodness ... I am smitten with Wanda's card this week!  What beautiful floral papers, whimsical gingham papers, lovely criss cross card design and adorable embellishments - love that pretty paper doilie and pink bloom!!!  This card captured my {heart} the minute I laid eyes on it!  Just perfect for the Tea Room's Relax & Enjoy color inspiration challenge!  Thank you, Wanda, for sharing your talents with us all 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 #72 - 'Relax and Enjoy'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am the host, and I have chosen the theme of 'Relax and Enjoy'!   I ask that we create a card or project using this beautiful photo for inspiration ...

... and use YELLOW, PINK, GREEN AND ANY NEUTRALS 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 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, Kylie Kueter - Kylie's Kraft Room!  Kylie earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #62 - 'Monochromatic'! 

And our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!

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

Spread Your Wings

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Spread Your Wings -- TWO cards this week!!

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune

Spread Your Wings

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Deck The Halls

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Spread Your Wings

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Be Happy 2" Square Center

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

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our back our regular bi-monthly sponsor - JustRite Stamps!  

We are so excited about our new introductions for Summer - they are Fresh, Fun and more versatile than ever!!

JustRite Cling Stamps & Spellbinders Dies a perfect match!

2011 brings the opportunity for JustRite to introduce new cling stamp sets designed to coordinate with Spellbinders CHA Summer 2011 Release.  JustRite’s new cling line is also designed to coordinate with their JustRite Original line of stamps --- add a cling stamp set to your JustRite Collection to give a set in your collection a bold new look.

Prize package has a value of $44.90.  Merry & Bright Cling Set and the coordinating Spellbinders Die – 2010 Heirloom Ornament Die.   

Link your creations below by Sunday, July 31st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 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 #71 - ' So Charming' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an inspiring week here in the Tea Room for our 'So Charming' challenge --  65 WONDERFUL 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 1,475 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 :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Lea Lawson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Tammy Roberts for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Stitchy Bear Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a gift certificate 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. Thank you for your cooperation!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes us all!!!  And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'So Charming' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Lenet #4

2. Lizzi #6

3. Meretekj #7

4. Sherry Wright #8

5.  Joanna M. #9

6.  Karita #24

7. Tanya Flower #25

8. Karien #36

9. Donna Mundiinger #37

10. Irinka #39

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1. Inger #40

2. Charis #49

3. Magda Matraszek #53

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Fran #65!   So soft, so shabby ... so pretty!  I adore the sweet little tea party theme that Fran created on this card ... and how adorable is that pretty little pink tea pot??  The banner, the polka dots, the seam binding, the tiny alphas, the buttons ... so many pretty things combine to make this card a 'charmer'!!  Thanks for sharing such lovely inspiration with us all in the Tea Room this week, Fran :)

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 #71 - ' So Charming'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Pattie is our talented host, she has chosen the theme of 'So Charming' and asks that we create a card or project using this gorgeous photo for inspiration ...

... and use a CHARM!  (You need not use the colors from the inspiration picture 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, Lea Lawson - Lea's Cupcakes and Sunshine!  Lea earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #61 - 'Ruffled Up'! 

And our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!

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

Have a Seat

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Sentiment Edibles

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune

Sentiment Edibles

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Sentiment Edibles

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Gift Leah

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Sentiment Edibles

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

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Whimsie Doodles!  

Whimsie Doodles is so excited to be sponsoring the new challenge! In March of 2009 Melyssa Connolly, artist and owner, began turning her whimsical hand-drawn images into digital files for sale online. Whimsie Doodles' digital stamp line features images that range from cute little boys and girls, to punny stuff, and everything in-between. We enjoy sharing lots of samples on our company blog (http://whimsiedoodles.blogspot.com)/, where we also post weekly challenges and tutorials.

Special Offer:
A special offer for The Shabby Tea Room Fans - use the discount code TSTR10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from date challenge goes live.

The lucky winner in this week's Tea Room Challenge will win a $10 gift certificate to Whimsie Doodles!

Link your creations below by Sunday, July 24th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 25th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 25th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #70 - 'Flower Power' WINNERS!

WOWOWOWOW ... a BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! An over the top creative week here in the Tea Room for our 'Flower Power' challenge --  128 STUNNING cards and projects this week - WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,457 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 :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Andrea Ewen for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Tammy Roberts for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Stitchy Bear Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a gift certificate 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. Thank you for your cooperation!

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 GORGEOUS this week -- I couldn't pick a Top Ten Honorable Mention Cups of Tea ... I had to pick a top TWELVE! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Flower Power' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Lin #17

2. Sarah Bargo #19

3. Lizzi #27

4. Keilly #30

5.  Chupa #43

6.  Raffa #50

7. Becca Fabozzi #54

8. Annar #62

9. Sarah Nelson #68

10. Magda Matraszek #114

11.  Bligu #124

12.  Fran #128

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1. Lea L. #35

2. Cindy Holshouser #66

3. Loriete #74

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Chelsea Le #101!   Oh my shabby goodness ... STUNNING is the word that comes to mind when I first saw this lovely creation!  All of my favorites here ... vintage trim, machine sewing, paper flowers, seam binding, trinket pins, pearls, sparkly bling, distressing and pretty pink papers.  Just divine!  Thank you, Chelsea, 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!