The Shabby Tea Room

Monday, September 5, 2011

Week #77 - 'Birthstones' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Sweet Days of Summer' challenge -- 62 LOVELY 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 1,559 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 Andrea Ewen for joining us as our August Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Pink Persimmon, 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 'Birthstones' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Lindsay #2

2. Kristii #3

3. Terrie Bailey #5

4. Lin #8

5. Joanna M. #10

6. Michelle Bala #27

7. Tammy #34

8. Karen Irvine #40

9. Maria P. #53

10. Fran #62

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Silke #19

2. Cindy Holshouser #24

3. Tamara M. #43

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Mariyca #60! Oh my shabby goodness, would you look at this amazing altered basket project! I adore how Mariyca painted a basket she wasn't using, gave it a fresh face lift with all those amazing embellishments and turned an old, unused basket into a work of art! WOW - stunning ... just adore all those beautiful flowers, pearls and goodies! Thanks for sharing your project with us Mariyca!

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, August 29, 2011

DESIGN TEAM CALL - FINAL WEEK!

*** FINAL WEEK TO APPLY ***

Click HERE for our current challenge!

Well, how time flies when you're having fun!! Sadly we will be saying goodbye to two of our Shabby Girls in a couple weeks when the current term comes to an end. The happy news is that we're looking for {new talent} to join the Shabby Girls for our weekly challenges!

If you love a challenge and are interested in applying to be a part of this fun little family, then read over all the requirements. If you feel you can meet all the requirements, then check out the details of this call at the end of this post and send in your submission!

Good luck to all that apply!

REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR SHABBY GIRL DESIGNERS:

1. You must have a blog and be an active blogger!

2. You must speak fluent English!

3. You must create one card or project per week for our Monday challenges!

4. You must be willing and able to work with sponsor supplied products, including but not limited to digital images, digital papers, stamps, ribbons, templates and dies.

5. You must be willing to comment on our followers' weekly submissions. You will be assigned two numbers to comment on weekly -- there are no exceptions to this requirement!

6. You must be able to meet weekly deadlines, submit projects in a timely manner, have your blog posts go live in conjunction with our weekly challenges and link back to The Shabby Tea Room and to our weekly sponsors.

7. You must be able to commit to a six-month term with the Shabby Girls.

8. You must be able to create and host weekly challenges once every six weeks.

If you have questions on any of the above, please feel free to contact me via e-mail before you apply!

Want to apply for the team? Here's the challenge:

'Let's Have Tea'

Create a card or project inspired by the photo using pastels in blue, pink and yellow plus flowers!

This Design Team Call will run from 12:00 am EST Monday, August 22nd through 11:59 pm EST Sunday, September 4th. The two new Shabby Girls will be contacted on Monday, September 5th and the announcement of the new team members will be made on Sunday, September 12th. The two new Shabby Girls will officially begin on Monday, September 19th.

How to submit your application:

1. Send a picture of your completed card or project to me at deb4tasteful@earthlink.net as an e-mail ATTACHMENT.
2. Send your complete name, address, phone, e-mail address and blog address.
3. Include a brief bio about yourself to include how long you've been paper crafting, what inspires you with your paper crafting and what are your favorite paper crafting mediums ... ie: cards, layouts, altered art, 3-D projects.
4. Send your resume to include any design teams you are currently participating on as well as any past positions. Please also include any publications you have earned. {A past or present design team position is not a requirement to earn a spot here with the Shabby Girls, we just want to know your experience level.}
5. Let us know why you want to be a Shabby Girl!!!

You may submit AS MANY times as you wish ... we are excited to see your best projects and awesome creativity!!

Good luck to all who submit!

Week #77 - 'Birthstones'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room! This week Pattie is our host and she has chosen the theme of 'Birthstones' along with this fun photo for inspiration ...

... and Pattie asks that we create a card or project inspired by the color of YOUR birthstone ... be sure to tell us which is your birthstone in your blog post too!

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 - Inkling's From Kylie's Craftroom! Kylie earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #67 - 'Classic Patterns'!

And our August Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ... please 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

Vintage Greetings and You're a Jewel

Peridot Birthstone

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

You're a Jewel and Scottie Dogs
Ruby Birthstone

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
You're a Jewel

Diamond Birthstone

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

You're a Jewel and Scottie Dogs

Garnet Birthstone

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

You're a Jewel and Scottie Dogs

Rose Birthstone

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Scottie Dogs

Aquamarine Birthstone

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 this week - Pink Persimmon!

Pink Persimmon is owned by sisters Darcy McNairy and Judi Andersen.
"We love stamping and crafting together. It all started with our very creative Grandma Lottie who helped foster a love of all types of needlework and crafts. Time spent together with our Grandma is something that we both remember clearly, sitting by her side as she stitched on linen towels, or made adorable felt Christmas ornaments." Judi is the creative director for Pink Persimmon and she brings a fun vintage style to her stamp designs. Darcy runs the business side, so they make a great team together. All their stamps are made in the
USA with a high quality clear photopolymer material. You won't be disappointed with the quality of these stamps.

The lucky winner of this week's challenge will receive a $40 gift certificate to the Pink Persimmon Shop!

Link your creations below by Sunday, September 4th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, September 5th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 5th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #76 - 'The Sweet Days of Summer' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Sweet Days of Summer' challenge -- 54 LOVELY 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 1,549 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 Amelia Breytenbach 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, Paper Pretties, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a stamp set 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 'The Sweet Days of Summer' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Sherry Wright #4

2. Chupa #12

3. Paul B. #14

4. Magda(i)Lena #16

5. Brises #22

6. Vicky #25

7. Cassandra #32

8. Maria P. #43

9. Monika/buzsy #44

10. Lenet #50

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Michelle Bala #28

2. Fran #37

3. Jo #54

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Joanna M. #5! Wow ... would you look at that gorgeous handmade rolled pink satin blossom!! Simply stunning! And the soft and pretty patterned papers along with the little pops of pearl bling just make this card a beauty to behold! Thanks, Joanna, for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room this week!

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

Monday, August 22, 2011

DESIGN TEAM CALL!!

Click HERE for this week's Tea Room challenge.

Well, how time flies when you're having fun!! Sadly we will be saying goodbye to two of our Shabby Girls in a couple weeks when the current term comes to an end. The happy news is that we're looking for {new talent} to join the Shabby Girls for our weekly challenges!

Good luck to all that apply!

REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR SHABBY GIRL DESIGNERS:

1. You must have a blog and be an active blogger!

2. You must speak fluent English!

3. You must create one card or project per week for our Monday challenges!

4. You must be willing and able to work with sponsor supplied products, including but not limited to digital images, digital papers, stamps, ribbons, templates and dies.

5. You must be willing to comment on our followers' weekly submissions. You will be assigned two numbers to comment on weekly -- there are no exceptions to this requirement!

7. You must be able to commit to a six-month term with the Shabby Girls.

8. You must be able to create and host weekly challenges once every six weeks.

If you have questions on any of the above, please feel free to contact me before you apply!

Want to apply for the team? Here's the challenge:

'Let's Have Tea'

Week #76 - 'The Sweet Days of Summer'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room! This week Char is our host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sweet Days of Summer' along with this gorgeous photo for inspiration ...

... and Char asks that we create a card or project with handmade flowers and the colors of pink, peach, green and neutrals!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Amelia Breytenbach - Stamped For the Occasion! Amelia earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #66 - 'Pink Lemonade'!

And our August Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ... please welcome Andrea Ewen - Ewen Style!

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

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Basket Full of Apples

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Just Married

Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
Rocking Horse

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Owl Always Love You

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Roses

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Feronia

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 this week - Paper Pretties!

Paper Pretties is a full-service online crafting store. We have many exclusive stamp lines, from elegant to whimsical, sweet to clever; there is something for every stamper in our Prettie Boutique!

In case you haven't heard yet, Paper Pretties has a BRAND NEW owner, Heather Lee-Reppen. Now located in Madison, WI, we are pleased to offer you amazing customer service, faster and cheaper shipping, and a wider variety of stamping "must have" products to go along with all of our fun new stamps!! All orders are shipped within 24 hours.

Paper Pretties is offering the adorable stamp set for our lucky winner this week:

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

Week #75 - 'Polka Dots' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Polka Dots' challenge -- 162 LOVELY 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 1,534 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 Julie Malcolm 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, Creations by AR, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a template 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 'Polka Dots' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Joanna M. #15

2. Teresa Kline #51

3. Lea L. #62
Lea L. #89

4. Wanda G. (stampcat) #65

5. Denise January #93

6. Rebekah F. #98

7. Joan Ervin #104

8. Crystal B. #135

9. Lynn Put #153

10. ToryJes #158

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Colleen Dietrich #37

2. Monia #45

3. Lizzi #54

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Magda(i)Lena #90! WOW ... what a shabby and vintage stunner! So many beautiful elements added to this amazing design ... I adore the felt wings, sweet sheet music paper and stitching, adorable blossoms, seam binding bow, punched border, notebook paper and postal elements!! Thanks for sharing your amazing talents with us all in the Tea Room, Magda(i)Lena!