Week #88 - 'Shabby Pastel Christmas'

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

... and Melissa asks that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo using these pretty PASTEL COLORS AND A HOLIDAY THEME!

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, Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not To Scrap!  Lenet earned this Guest Designer spot for her top three runner up pick for our recent Design Team Call!

And some more beautiful inspiration from our November Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Audrey Pettit!  

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

3-D Fireplace Card Template

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Bag It Template

Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie

Carry All Template

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

Gift and Card Combo Template

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Piece O' Cake Template

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Sneakies Template

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 - Creations by AR!

I'm Adela and I live in sunny Southern California with my husband and our two teenage girls! Crafting has been a passion of mine since I was a little girl. I love to sew, crochet, knit, draw, paper craft, stamp... I love anything related to crafting! With encouragement from many people, my love of paper crafting in 3D has led me to open an online shop which allows me to share some of my template designs. I feel so blessed and I truly believe that God has given everyone their own special talents and it is our privilege to share it with others.

Creations by AR is pleased to offer two templates of winner's choice for this week's prize!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 20th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 21st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 21st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #87 - 'A Shabby Thanksgiving' 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 'A Shabby Thanksgiving' challenge -- we received 23 WONDERFUL 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 1669 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 Evgenia Petzer for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Audrey Pettit for joining us as our November Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

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 and inspires us all!!!  Your creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'A Shabby Thanksgiving' challenge by using blue, yellow, brown and neutrals in their designs:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Eli #2

2.  Joanna M. #8

3.  Anne #9

4.  Joy #12

5.  Rosemary D. #13

6.  Kiki #16

7.  Tammy #17

8.  Patty O'Malley #19

9. Cheryl Lea #21

10. Marcia Rio Branco #22

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Andrea Ewen #3

2.  Maria P. #20

3.  Lori U. #23

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Rema #18!   WOW -- Rema's card just screams SHABBY!  Look at those soft pastel colors using yellow, blue, brown and neutrals!  Look at the pretty white paper doilie, satin ribbon, lace trim, button, twine and pearls!  Look at the sweet vintage Thanksgiving image ... I just adore everything about this sweet little card!  Thanks, Rema, 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 #87 - 'A Shabby Thanksgiving'

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

... and Char asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo with a THANKS OR THANKFUL THEME and BROWN, YELLOW, BLUE AND NEUTRALS!

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, Evgenia Petzer - My Hobby Scrapbook!  Evgenia earned this Guest Designer spot for being a runner up during our recent Design Team Call!

And some more beautiful inspiration from our November Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Audrey Pettit!  Many of you will remember that Audrey was one of the inaugural Shabby Girls back in March of 2010 and we're delighted she will be back with us this month sharing her awesome talents and wonderful little paper crafted treasures!!!

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
Ornate Frame

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Tom Turkey

Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Ornate Frame

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Basket of Apples

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
A Little Birdie Told Me

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 - 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 of their choice.

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 14th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 14th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #86 - 'Homespun Fall' - 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 'Homespun Fall' challenge -- we received 48 BEAUTIFUL 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 1664 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 Mariya Solovieva for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Melissa Phillips for joining us as our October Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Simple Treasures Etsy, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

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 and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Homespun Fall' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Michelle Bala #4

2.  Andrea Ewen #6

3.  Joanna M. #7

4.  Dawn Braun #8

5.  Becky #17

6.  Tammy #25

7. Magda (i) Lena #35

8. Rosemary D. #36

9.  Maria P. #43

10.   Geri #46

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Susie Moore #10

2.  Laurel S. #20

3.  Katie Tate #23

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kristi S. #28!   What a beautiful card ... so elegant -- love those polka dots and pom-pom trim!  The die cut leaves is adorable and love the seam binding and bling!  Beautiful round shape and sentiment ... thanks so much for sharing your talent with us all in the Tea Room, Kristi!

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 #86 - 'Homespun Fall'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am our host and I have chosen the theme of 'Homespun Fall' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...

... and I asks that you create a card or project inspired by this photo using the COLORS and FALL THEME pictured here!

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, Mariya Solovieva - Mariyca's Handmade!  Mariya earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #77 challenge - 'Birthstones'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our October Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Melissa Phillips, Lily Bean's Paperie!  It's always such a treat when Melissa stops by for a sweet visit ... her shabby creations are mini masterpieces created with handmade tending loving care!!!

Ambrosia Cantalope Shabby Vintage Seam Binding

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

Ambrosia Cantalope and Cake Crumbs Shabby Vintage Seam Binding 

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Ambrosia Cantalope and Vintage Winter White Shabby Vintage Seam Binding

Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie

Ambrosia Cantalope and Cake Crumbs Shabby Vintage Seam Binding

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

Ambrosia Cantalope, Cake Crumbs and Vintage Winter White Shabby Vintage Seam Binding

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Ambrosia Cantalope, Cake Crumbs and Vintage Winter White Shabby Vintage Seam Binding

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Ambrosia Cantalope, Cake Crumbs and Vintage Winter White Shabby Vintage Seam Binding

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 - Deb's Simple Treasures Etsy (that's me)!

Deb's Simple Treasures Etsy was born from my love of all things vintage and shabby!  I adore creating mini masterpieces out of paper and glue ... and the addition of pretty little bits and bobs of shabby treasures and beautiful seam binding adds such dimension and texture to projects!

I hand tea stain all the seam binding in my Etsy shop with tender loving care!  I currently have 15 beautiful colors in my shop:  http://debssimpletreasures.etsy.com.

I'm pleased to offer this week's Tea Room winner 15 yards (1 yard of each color) of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 6th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 7th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 7th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #85 - 'Happy Halloween' 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 'Happy Halloween' challenge -- we received 46 SPOOKY 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 1661 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 Joanna Munster for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Melissa Phillips for joining us as our October Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, More Paper Than Shoes, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

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 and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Happy Halloween' challenge by using PURPLE, ORANGE, BLACK, NEUTRALS AND TWINE OR RAFFIA in their designs:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Janette G. #8

2.  Lou #15

3.  Deb Hickman #27

4.  Ane Lene #28

5.  Tammy #30

6.  Rosemary D. #31

7. Cammie Murphree #36

8. Lesley Croghan #37

9.  Debi Ryan #41

10.   Helen Berry #44

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

2.  Susie Moore #19

3.  Jo #43

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Geri Freeman #46!  Oh my shabby goodness ... what absolutely adorable candy treat holders Geri created for her kid's teachers!  I adore the glassine bags covered with sweet paper doilies and love those pretty colored chipboard frames!  The sparkly pumpkin faces are so precious and love the bits and bobs of ribbon, burlap and twine!  Thanks, Geri, for sharing these sweet treats 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 #85 - 'Happy Halloween'

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

... and Fran asks that you create a card or project inspired by the HALLOWEEN THEME in this photo AND USE PURPLE, ORANGE, BLACK & NEUTRALS WITH TWINE OR RAFFIA!

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, Joanna Munster - Inspired by Stamping!  Joanna earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #76 challenge - 'The Sweet Days of Summer'.  And, I have some additional exciting news we are happy to share with you all today ... for those of you who follow Joanna's blog, you know that she launched her very own line of beautiful stamps a couple of weeks ago!  Well, it is with great pride and pleasure that I can share with you all today  that I will be one of the designers on Joanna's inaugural design team - yippiee!  For the official announcements, please visit Joanna's blog and my personal blog - Simple Treasures!  Joanna used the Tricks and Treats stamp set on her card design today!

And some more beautiful inspiration from our October Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Melissa Phillips, Lily Bean's Paperie!  It's always such a treat when Melissa stops by for a sweet visit ... her shabby creations are mini masterpieces created with handmade tending loving care!!!

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

Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!

Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

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 - More Paper Than Shoes!

My name is Anna Fearer and I love paper and creating OOAK creations to share with others. I have been creating paper flowers for about 3yrs.  I really enjoy making paper flowers. These unique and earth friendly flowers are designed with lots of love. These flowers are carefully pieced together to bring them to life.

Anna is graciously providing the Tea Room winner a $20 gift certificate this week!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 30th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 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!