Only our name is shabby ... your project need not be!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

PSSI #3 now live!


Paper Sweeties Sketch Inspiration #3 challenge is now live on the blog!  Hop on over and enter for a chance to win some goodness from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!

Monday, January 7, 2013

Week #148 - 'Elegance'




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 'Elegance' 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 INCLUDE RIBBON/BOW and 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, Kristi Schurr!  Kristi earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #134 challenge - 'Sketch This'.


Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You



And some more beautiful inspiration from our January Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    Cathy McGrath!  




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
Paper Sweeties - Occasions

 

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Banner Wishes and So Sweet of You



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Paper Sweeties - You're Invited



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous




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 sponsor - Paper Sweeties!


 

Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers clear acrylic stamps that allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiment sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties Shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so fun to play with – they will bring back fond childhood memories of special moments from the past!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party favors, invitations and so much more!  

 This week's winner will receive TWO FREE STAMP SETS from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, January 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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 #147 'Monogram Madness' 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 'Monogram Madness' challenge -- we received 36 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 2,347 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 Lea Lawson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Silke Ledlow for joining us as our December Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Paper Sweeties and Digital Papers 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Monogram Madness' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Monika/buzsy #1

2.  Michelle Bala #3

3.  Rema Timm #4

4.  Kristi Schurr #8

5.  Rea #9

6.  Teresa Kline #25

7.  Synnove #30

8.  Lynn D.

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Nerrida Mitchell #1 - winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Cathy Mc #28 - winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Maria Patrick #21 - winner of 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Carolyn #13Winner of one complimentary 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! 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!

Monday, December 31, 2012

Week #147 - 'Monogram Madness'



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 'Monogram Madness' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create a card or project inspired by the colors in the photo and include a MONOGRAM as your focal point!

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, Lea Lawson - Cupcakes & Sunshine!  Lea earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #131 challenge - 'Creative Candy'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our December Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    Silke Ledlow!  



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
Occasions - Paper Sweeties  /  Black Button Alphabet - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy


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

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Black Buttons Alphabet - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Black Buttons Alphabet - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Believe - Paper Sweeties / Black Buttons Alphabet - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
 You Are Amazing - Paper Sweeties / Black Buttons Alphabet - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy




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 sponsors - Paper Sweeties and Digital Papers by Janet Etsy!


Sponsor #1 - Paper Sweeties





Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers clear acrylic stamps that allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiment sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties Shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so fun to play with – they will bring back fond childhood memories of special moments from the past!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party favors, invitations and so much more! 

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

~~~~~~~~~~~

Sponsor #2 - 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

Tea Time Top Three will receive winners choice of files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:
#1 = 3 collage files
#2 = 2 collage files
#3 = 1 collage file

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, January 6, 2013 to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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 #146 - 'Favorite 2012 Project' 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 'Favorite 2012 Tea Room Project' challenge -- we received 40 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 2,342 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 Michelle Bala for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Silke Ledlow for joining us as our December 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Favorite 2012 Tea Room' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Milagros C. Rivera #1

2.  Meihsia Liu #2

3.  Karen Letchworth #6 & #11

4.  Stacey Schafer #9

5.  Yulis #18

6.  Cathy Mc #21

7.  Bronwyn Eastley #26

8. Monika/buzsy #30

9. Valou 250 809 #39

10.  Cathy #40

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Maria Patrick #4

2.  Magda(i)Lena #24

3.  Joann #31 & #32

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kathy M. #34!  Thank you, Kathy, for sharing your amazingly beautiful, shabby holiday album with us all!  What an absolute treasure and such a special keepsake!



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!

Monday, December 24, 2012

Week #146 - 'Favorite Tea Room Project'

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 'Favorite Tea Room Project' and Lenet asks that you share your favorite project that you created for ANY Tea Room challenge from 2012!  If you haven't created anything for the Tea Room in the past, feel free to create anything new to share with us this week!  This is an anything goes week -- play as often as you can -- enjoy and Merry Christmas!!

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, Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!  Michelle earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #134 challenge - 'Sketch This'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our December Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    Silke Ledlow!  



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 ...


Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
You Make Me Smile



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
You Make Me Smile



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
You're a Superstar



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Emma, Abigail & Christmas Blessings



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Little Wishes




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 sponsor - Paper Sweeties!



 

Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers clear acrylic stamps that allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiment sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so fun to play with – they will bring back fond childhood memories of special moments from the past!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party favors, invitations and so much more! 

Winner will receive two free stamp sets of choice from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!



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


Week #145 - 'Shabby Chic Holiday' 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 'Shabby Chic Holiday' challenge -- we received 40 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 2,339 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 Sarah Ingle for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Silke Ledlow for joining us as our December Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Paper Sweeties and Frost It Pink, 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 'Shabby Chic Holiday' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Shari N. #10

2.  Elizabeth Price #11

3.  Carolyn #14

4.   Micha #18

5.  Monika/buzsy #30

6.  Cathy Mc #33

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Amelia #20

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Winner #1 - Lorianna #9 - winner of one stamp set from Paper Sweeties!



Winner #2 - Milagros C. Rivera #13 - winner of prize package from Frost It Pink!



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!