Week #136 - 'Rustic Elegance'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Rebecca is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Rustic Elegance' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE SOMETHING RUSTIC AND SOMETHING ELEGANT!

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, Cathy McGrath - Sew Creative!  Cathy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #125 challenge - 'Sweet Summertime'.

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

Kathy Montgomery!  

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
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Shabby Chic Background paper / Frost It Pink - rusty jingle bell
(Paper Sweeties - You Are Simply The Best & Banner Wishes stamp sets; Cameo Beige Sugar seam binding)

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Old Moda and Shabby Chic Background papers
(Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile)

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Antique Paper 3

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Shabby Chic Background papers
(Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You)

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Big Paper Roses, Shabby Chic Background, Square Labels
(Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile)

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Shabby Chic Background papers

Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration ,additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our TWO sponsors this week:

#1 - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

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

Prize Package:
Tea Time Top Three #1 = 3 collage files
Tea Time Top Three #2 = 2 collage files
Tea Time Top Three #3 = 1 collage file


#2 - Frost It Pink

  

 We are delighted to share our passion of scrap booking with all of you wonderful scrappers! Our goal is to help you make beautiful treasures for a lifetime. Memories cherished forever. So whether you are new on this journey or traveled the road of scrap booking for some time, we hope that you will find something on this site to help you Cherish your Memories for Years.

 Winner will receive a prize package valued at approximately $50!

Good luck to all who participate this week!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 21st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 22nd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 22nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #135 - 'Beautiful Romance' 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 'Beautiful Romance' challenge -- we received 43 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 2,290 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 pink tea pot 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 Julie Price for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kathy Montgomery for joining us as our October Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, My Time Made Easy, 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Beautiful Romance' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #5

2.  Lisa G. #6

3.  Anni #7

4.  Lizbeth #8

5.  Teresa A. #11

6.  Jill Norwood #13

7.   Jen Adcock #17

8.  Sparklygirl Tina #19

9.  Monika/buzsy #25

10.  Dani A. #37

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Meihsia Liu #1

2.  Jenny Hodges #26

3.  Ellen Parker #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Clara LesFleurs #35!  Oh my shabby goodness ... this is one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL hand crafted projects I've ever seen!  I am completely smitten with the gorgeous and oh-so shabby lamp and card set!  What an amazing gift to a lucky recipient!  Thank you, Clara, for sharing your talents with us 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!

Link Up For Pink Linky Party!!

I am delighted to announce that Paper Sweeties has partnered with the Link Up For Pink Blog and is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Link Up For Pink Linky Party going on from October 1st through 14th!!  There are $4,000 worth of giveaways from nearly 100 generous sponsors – WOW!  Paper Sweeties has donated two complimentary stamps sets for one lucky winner!

The Link Up For Pink Blog is a Breast Cancer Awareness Blog created as a place to share and inspire!

I got MY mamogram today ... and got a pink goodie bag as a prize too!!!

Please visit the Link Up For Pink Blog for complete details on how to submit a project … or two … for your chance to be a winner!

Good luck to all that enter!!

 

Week #135 - 'Beautiful Romance'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Starr is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Beautiful Romance' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING PINK, GREEN, WHITE AND LACE!

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, Julie Price - Stamps, Paper Ribbons N Things!  Julie earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #124 challenge - 'Oh-So Pretty in Pink'.

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

Kathy Montgomery!  

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
Awareness Ribbon Card

An additional project created by Debbie using I Support You template, Be Supportive digi stamps and Monograms Defined acrylic stamps can be found HERE

 

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
{Off this week}


Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
I Support You template, Cancer Cannot paper

 

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 I Support You template, Cancer Cannot paper, Be Supportive digi stamps

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 I Support You template and Be Supportive digi stamps

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
I Support You template, Cancer Cannot paper and Be Supportive digi stamps

Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girls individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects!

 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, the owner of My Time Made Easy, has generously donated the Ribbons of Support  package containing the following products for this week's lucky winner:

I Support You template
Awareness Ribbon Card cut file
Be Supportive digital stamps
Cancer Cannot paper

Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 14th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 15th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 15th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #134 - 'Sketch This' 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 'Sketch This' challenge -- we received 24 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 2,285 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 pink tea pot 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 Silke Ledlow for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kathy Montgomery for joining us as our October Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and Paper Sweeties, 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sketch This' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Kehr #5

2.  Cathy Mc #6

3.  Teresa Kline #7

4.   Lisette #13

5.   Ela #17

6.   Ellen Parker #16

7.   Maria P. #19

8.  Janine Smith #22

9.  Lizbeth #23

10.  Katie Tate #24

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

2.  Synnove #10

3.  Jinny Newlin #18

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNERS:

PRIZE ONE -- Michelle Bala #9 - Winner of digital package from Robyn's Fetish

PRIZE TWO -- Kristi S. #8 - Winner of one stamp set from Paper Sweeties

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! Winners, 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 #134 - 'Sketch This'

 

COLORS and SKETCH!!

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 'Sketch This' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create a card or project inspired by COLORS FROM THE PHOTO AND USE THE SKETCH!

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, Silke Ledlow - My Life! It is always such a treat when Silke joins us here in the Tea Room to share her talents!!

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

Kathy Montgomery - In My Little Korner!  

Kathy used the So Sweet of You sentiment stamp set from Paper Sweeties!

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
Beary A Pumpkin/Robyn's Fetish and Best Witches!/Paper Sweeties

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Pumpkin Magic/Robyn's Fetish and You Make Me Smile/Paper Sweeties

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
5 Pumpkin Friends/Robyn's Fetish

Emma and Too Cute To Spook/Paper Sweeties

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Pumpkin Magic/Robyn's Fetish and You're A Superstar/Paper Sweeties

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Pumpkin Friends/Robyn's Fetish and Emma, Rah-Rah!/Paper Sweeties

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
A Little Birdie Told Me/Robyn's Fetish and Little Wishes, So Sweet of You/Paper Sweeties

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 sponsors this week:

#1 - 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.


#2 - Paper Sweeties

 Paper Sweeties is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz and offers acrylic stamps that allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a variety of all-occasion sentiment sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are perfect for card making, scrap booking, party favors and so much more!  You can also find hand tea-stained seam binding in the shoppe!

Winner will receive one free stamp set of choice from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 7th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 8th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 8th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #133 - 'The WHITE Challenge'

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 'The WHITE Challenge' challenge -- we received 59 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 2,284 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 pink tea pot 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 Joann Jamieson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Tammy Hobbs for joining us as our September Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Paper Sweeties, 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 'The WHITE Challenge' by using white/neutrals plus ONE additional color:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Bonya #3

2.   Andrea Ewen #7

3.   Gitte #13

4.   Cathy Mc #23

5.   Karien #30

6.   Corrinne Quinn #39

7.   Christy Sugiarto #42

8.   Aleksandra #50

9.   Tanya Prilalova #54

10.  Bilgu #56

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.   Zlyuka #19

2.   Lucy Patrick #26

3.  Suerte #36

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Sarah #45!  I have such a soft spot in my heart for anything holiday and I was completely smitten with this pretty little creation made using an ice skating Tilda!!  Thank you, Sarah, for sharing your talents with us 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!