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Paper Sweeties ... come see what it's all about!!

Have you had a chance to check out the 'new kids on the block' yet?

Click HERE to read all about the launch of my new paper doll stamp line!!!

Please visit the Paper Sweeties Shoppe to peek at the cutie-pie sets released over the past several days and stop by the blog for some amazing inspiration from the Design Team girls too!

And, Paper Sweeties will be running a sale on Wednesday & Thursday ... here are the details:

GRAND PRE-OPENING SPECIAL EVENT AT PAPER SWEETIES!

When:  Wednesday, August 8, 2012  -  12 am EST 
through
Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 11:59 EST

Where:  Paper Sweeties Shoppe

What:  Pre-Grand Opening SALE … place an order of $30 or higher and RECEIVE ONE FREE STAMP SET (free stamp set retail value $10 – either Emma or So Proud of You sets will be sent randomly)! 

HAPPY SHOPPING, my friends!

Week #126 - 'Soft Neutrals'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lenet is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Soft Neutrals' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the colors in the photo and use ALL NEUTRALS!

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, Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose!  Rebecca earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #114 challenge - 'Beautifully Shaped'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our August Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ... please help me welcome the talented Jean Martin!  

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
English Tea Cup

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
I Heart U

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

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Lily

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Basket of Apples, Cake, Corner Holly

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
I Heart U

 

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, August 12th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 13th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 13th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #125 - 'Sweet Summertime' 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 Summertime' challenge -- we received 50  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 2,192 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 Lynn Putt for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heather Hudson for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, JustRite 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 'Sweet Summertime' challenge:

LINKS COMING SOON --

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Bligu #9

2.  Monkika/Buzsy #14

3.  Rebecca Deeprose #19

4.  Magda (i) Lena #20

5.  Emily D. #28

6.  Colleen Dietrich #31

7.  Just Me #37

8.  Teresa Kline #39

9.   Rema T. #40

10.  Witchy Fingers #48

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.   Anna Zaprzelksa #8

2.   Kathy M. #25

3.   Michelle Bala #42

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Cathy Mc #44!  WOWZERS ... Cathy's gorgeous creation just blew me away this week ... the stunning 3-D hydrangea looks just like our inspiration photo!  Thank you so much, Cathy, for sharing your amazing 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 #125 - 'Sweet Summertime'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Fran is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sweet Summertime' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Fran asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS in the photo AND INCLUDE FLOWER(S) PLUS A STAMPED ELEMENT!

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, Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene!  Lynn earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #113 challenge - 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}'. 

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

Heather Hudson!  

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
Seeds of Summer and Vintage Rose Medallions stamp sets

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
 Seeds of Summer and Vintage Rose Medallions stamp sets

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Seeds of Summer stamp set

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 Seeds of Summer and Botanical Butterflies stamp sets

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Seeds of Summer and Vintage Rose Medallions stamp sets

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Vintage Rose Medallions stamp set

 Special Guest Designer - Sheri Holt (former Shabby Girl!)
JustRite Stamps Friday Inspiration Challenge Host
Fleuriste Newsprint Background Stamp

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 back our regular bi-monthly sponsor - JustRite Stamps!

Have you been to the JustRite website lately?  We have done a ton of work to our website to make it super easy to shop!!  You can now Shop by Release Date, Spellbinders Compatible Stamps,and JustRite Custom Die Compatible Stamps. JustRite Papercraft is very excited to bring to you MORE custom dies that coordinate with the clear and cling dies. All JustRite Cling and Clear stamps are manufactured in the USA.  For all your card making ideas Follow JustRite on Pinterest! Happy Pinning!!

This week's lucky winner will receive this awesome prize package generously donated by JustRite Stamps: 

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 5th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 6th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 6th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #124 - 'Oh-So Pretty In Pink' 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 'Oh-So Pretty In Pink' challenge -- we received 86 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 2,180 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 Monika Davis for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heather Hudson for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digital Paper by Janet 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 'Oh-So Pretty In Pink' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #1

2.  Julie B. #18

3.  Leanne Whitby #23

4.  Mynnette #33

5.  Rebecca Deeprose #46

6.  Hannemor #48

7.  Lynn Put #59

8. Cathy Mc #62

9.  Lori U. #74

10.  Charlotte Zweigoron #80

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Michelle Bala #19  -  1st runner up (winner of 2 collage files)

2.  Teresa Kline #61  -  2nd runner up (winner of 1 collage file)

3. Magda(i)Lena #78

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Julie P. #26!   Oh my shabby goodness ... what a perfectly sweet and adorable project created by Julie this week!  I adore that precious little Magnolia stamped image, colored perfectly in the challenge colors of pink and green and the cupcake is simple divine!  Thanks so much, Julie, 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 #124 - 'Oh-So Pretty in Pink'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am our creative host and I have chosen the theme of 'Oh-So Pretty in Pink' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO and INCLUDE A FLOWER!

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, Monika Davis - MAD Stamper!  Monika earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #112 challenge - 'Spring is Love'. 

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

Heather Hudson!  

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
Bellissima paper

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Bellissima and Big Paper Roses #2 paper

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Bellissima and Antique Cards #1 paper

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Antique Cards #1

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Bellissima and Sweet paper

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Bellissima and Big Paper Roses #2 paper

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 - Digital Paper by Janet!

My name is Janet, I'm Polish, live in the south of Italy and the mother of two children!!  I am a printing technician by profession, but an artist by passion.  I really like to draw and photograph everything with my camera. I am in love with old graphics and illustrations, and I always have my colored markers and pencils around me to sketch with.  I'm so happy to be sponsoring this week's Tea Room challenge!

Janet

Winner = 3 collage packages
1st runner up = 2 collage packages
2nd runner up = 1 collage packge

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 29th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 30th. 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!