The Shabby Tea Room

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Paper Sweeties Shoppe - now 'officially open!

Please be sure to visit the Paper Sweeties Blog to check out the AMAZING inspiration from the Sweeties Teamies! They have all created some gorgeous projects to share with you today to help celebrate our grand opening!

We're offering a couple of specials today to make the celebration a bit more fun:

"Like" our Facebook Fan Page TODAY for your chance to win TWO FREE STAMP SETS from Paper Sweeties. The winner will be announced on the Paper Sweeties Blog tomorrow, so make sure you stop back to see if you've won!

FREE SHIPPING today for our grand opening celebration! Use the "FREE SHIPPING" code found on the bottom right side of our home page at checkout for your discount!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Week #127 - 'For the Love of Books'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room! This week Rebekah is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'For The Love of Books' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING CREAM, AQUA, PINK and NEWSPRINT!

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, Danielle Arnheiter - Sage's Rose Garden! Danielle earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #115 challenge - 'Garden Party'.

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

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
Trendy Tool Tote, Fresh Cut Expressions Collection 1

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Trendy Tool Tote

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Trendy Tool Tote

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Trendy Tool Tote

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Trendy Tool Tote

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Trendy Tool Tote

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 - My Time Made Easy!

My Time Made Easy provides you with the basics for creating your own coordinating handmade cards, tags, and gift packaging in no time. It is fun, affordable, and we made it easier than ever! I have always said that it really is all about the TOTAL package. Now you can afford to create and dress up the simplest of gifts on your own, and make them appear to be that much more special. Nothing says love like something handmade!

Lauren, owner of My Time Made Easy, has graciously donated this prize package for our lucky winner this week:

Trendy Tool Tote template

Tending The Garden digital stamp set

Vintage Flourishes - Bright digital paper collection

Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 19th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 20th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 20th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #126 - 'Soft Neutrals' 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 'Soft Neutrals' challenge -- we received 85 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 2,204 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 Rebecca Deeprose for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jean Martin for joining us as our August 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 'Soft Neutrals' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. NG Cards # 11

2.   Mimowoine Zauroczenia #12

3.   Kathy M. #13

4.   Michelle Bala #18

5. Jill Norwood #43

6.   Sparklygirl-Tina #45

7. Leanne Whitby #55

8. Teresa Kline #73

9. Kristi S. #74

10. Ela 17 #78

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Synnove #30

2. Cathy Mc #65

3. Tracey #79

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Maria P. #62! Oh my shabby goodness ... seam binding, baker's twine, crochet doilie, flowers, rhinestones, chipboard, antique brad, stamping, layering ... this card has it 'all'!! I adore the background paper with the script handwriting ... thank you, Maria, 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!

Friday, August 10, 2012

Paper Sweeties BLINKIE now available!!

The Paper Sweeties BLINKIE is now complete and ready to be added to your blogs!!!

Please visit our FAQ page here to grab the code! Happy posting :)

Hugs!
xoxoxo

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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!

Monday, August 6, 2012

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!

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!

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!