Week #114 - 'Beautifully Shaped'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lenet is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Beautifully Shaped' along with this gorgeous photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a SHAPED card or project that is also inspired by THE COLORS IN THE PHOTO!  This week we're looking for 'shaped' cards or projects -- NO squares or rectangles this week, please!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: 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 and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Jinny Newlin - Soaring!  Jinny earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #103 challenge - 'Shabby Shutters'. 

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

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner!  

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
Cupcake

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
 Love Birds

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Life Sentiment

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Birthday Hot Air Balloon

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Marie Antionette - Let Them Eat Cake

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Flower Cart

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 - The Stamping Boutique!

Tracey Malnofski's  resume reads like a who's who of the Stamping Industry. Besides being the owner and a designer for The Stamping Boutique, she's also a stamp artist for Unity Stamp Company and has also worked for InStyle Stamps, Squigglefly, and The Digi Shack. She's a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in her community.Tracey has quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but she loves them all. Her "Boutique" has it all - fairytale, whimsy, sentimental . . . and Candy!

Here's what Tracey says about her Stamping Boutique:

"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality, as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

Store: http://thestampingboutique.com/
Challenge Blog: http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Monthly Challenge: http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/p/monthly-contest.html


This week's Tea Room winner will receive three images of her choice!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, May 20th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #113 - 'Pretty as a {Pitcher} 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 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}' challenge -- we received 66 GORGEOUS 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 2,088 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 Jeanne Jachna for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heidi Gonzales for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More, 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 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Char #4

2. Andrea Ewen #5

3. Sassy #12

4. Jennifer Harris #23

5. Angie Crockett #36

6. Viv #38

7. Maria P. #41

8. Dawn #44

9. Janet K. #63

10.  Dani A. #64

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Mickey DeValle #43

2.  Monika/Buzsy #52

3. Tracey #60

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lynn Put #61!   Oh my ... LOVE!!  What a beautiful card Lynn created to share with us all this week!  I simply adore everything on this card from the sweet polka dots and gingham checks to the pretty seam binding, pearls, seed packet, roses, trinket pinks, tiny tag ... and LOVELY teapot!!!  Thanks, Lynn, for sharing your talents with us 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 #113 - 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}'

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 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Fran asks that we create a card or project inspired by the COLORS in the photo and INCLUDE A ROSE!

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, Jeanne Jachna - A Kept Life!  Jeanne earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #102 challenge - 'High Tea'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...  please welcome Heidi Gonzales -   My Lil' Scrap Corner!  

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
Tea Pot

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Primitive Pitcher

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Teapot

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Teapot

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
I Heart U

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Teapot

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 and More!

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, May 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #112 - 'Spring is Love' 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 'Spring is Love' challenge -- we received 59 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 2,080 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 Birgit Johansson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Lori Ulrich for joining us as our April Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Little Darlings Rubber Stamps, 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 'Spring is Love' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Andrea Ewen #6

2. Carole #7

3. Sassy #28

4. Michelle Bala #34

5. Anne-Elise #39

6.  Karien #40

7. Mynnette #43

8. Maria P. #45

9. Ragnhilda #53

10.  Amelia #54

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Kathy M. #17

2.  Tracey #27

3. Dani A. #56

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Monica/Buzsy #14!  Oh my shabby goodness ... LOVE!!  This sweet card that Monica created just makes me smile and captures the 'essence' of the inspiration photo to a 'T' this week!  I adore the green and white polka dotted paper, the house and angel wings die cuts, the lace, pearls, flowers and sentiment -- just perfect!!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room, Monica!!

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 #112 - 'Spring is Love'

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 'Spring is Love' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS FROM THE PHOTO and INCLUDE FLOWERS, POLKA DOTS and a HEART!

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, Birgit Johansson - Cards R Fun!  Birgit earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #100 challenge - 'Candy Hearts'. 

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

Lori Ulrich!  

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
Sooo Big

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Sooo Big

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Sooo Big

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Sooo Big

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Sooo Big

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Sooo Big

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 - Little Darlings Rubber Stamps!

Welcome to the home of Little Darlings Rubber Stampes!  Here you can also find paper, sentiment stamps, tools and other embellishments, for all your crafting needs.

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps is please to offer this week's Tea Room winner one stamp set of their choice!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, May 6th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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!

Weel #111 'April Showers' 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 'April Showers' challenge -- we received 75 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 2,076 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 Christine Penaflor for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Lori Ulrich for joining us as our April Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, The Cutting Cafe, 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 'April Showers' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #3

2.  Rebecca Deeprose #6

3.  Loriete #12

4.  Carole #18

5.  Diane H. #22

6.  Ludkasz #38

7.  Mindy Baxter #44

8. Berit Synnove #52

9. Michelle Bala #56

10.  Karien #66

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Sassy #2

2.  Tracey #34

3. Kristy Schalk #68

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Stacy T. #58!  WOW!!!  Simply STUNNING are the words that came to mind when I saw Stacy's project this week ... absolutely perfect for our 'April Showers' photo inspired challenge this week!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week 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 #111 - 'April Showers'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Starr is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'April Showers' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO and USE LACE or RIBBON plus FLOWERS!

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, Christine Penaflor - Creative Journey!  Christine earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #98 challenge - 'Sparkly & Bright'. 

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

Lori Ulrich!  

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
Jar Shaped Card

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Tea Pot Shaped Card

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Jar Shaped Card & Sentiment from Flower Pot Shaped Card

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Umbrella Shaped Card

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Tea Pot Shaped Card

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
House Shaped Card

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 - The Cutting Cafe!

The Cutting Cafe is your one stop for affordable printable stamps and cutting files...We offer several different printable stamps in many occasions from birthdays to all holidays and we have one of the largest shaped card selection of cutting files. All of our cutting files come in svg, pdf and wpc.

This week's lucky winner will win three sets of choice from The Cutting Cafe!!!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, April 29th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, April 20th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 30th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!