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Monday, July 29, 2013

Week #176 - 'Fresh Summer Breeze' 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 'Fresh Summer Breeze' 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 2,511 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 Lesley Croghan for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kristi Schurr for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Paper Temptress, 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 'Fresh Summer Breeze' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Dian Ratna #2

2.  Tabitha #9 & #10

3. Liana Elbekova #14

4.  Agnieszka Onaija #15

5.  Glenda Boyd #20

6.  Tina #25

7.  Char Crawford #30

8.  Jayn Erym #31

9.  Padoriaa #34

10.  Karen Davis #36

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Suzi Mac #13

2.  Lizbeth #33

3.  Lydia #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Bligu #26!  Oh ... my ... shabby ... goodness!  WOW!  Just absolutely perfect -- stunning!  What a lovely mix of shabby in combination with the challenge requirements using aqua, white, soft pink, lace and flowers!  Thank you, Bligu, for sharing your talents with us all last 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!

Monday, July 22, 2013

Week #176 - 'Fresh Summer Breeze'


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 'Fresh Summer Breeze' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING WHITE/CREAM, AQUA, SOFT PINK, LACE AND FLOWER(S)!

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, Lesley Croghan!  I have been a huge fan of Miss Lesley's beautiful work for a very long time and am tickled that she is joining us this week in the Tea Room!  Lesley was one of the recent finalists in the Paper Crafts Magazine Gallery Idol 2013 Contest!



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

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 -  Paper Sweeties
Paper Temptress - cardstock
Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
{On Vacation}



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Paper Temptress - cardstock
Paper Sweeties - Best Wishes




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Wedding Day





Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Paper Temptress - cardstock
 Paper Sweeties - Rainbows and Roses




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
 Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow, Fun Shapes, Rainbow and Roses



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 Temptress!


The Paper Temptress has graciously donated a $25 gift certificate to this week's lucky winner!

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 28th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 29th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 29th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #175 - 'Romantic' 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 'Romantic' challenge -- we received 48 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 2,503 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 Bligu for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kristi Schurr for joining us as our July 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 'Romantic' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Tracy #2

2.  Danielle #3

3.  Meretekj #14

4.  Catherine #21

5.  AgaP #23

6.  Artisant #26

7.  Zetka #28

8.  Karen Wallace #33

9.   Viv #34

10.  Giada #38

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Ragnhilda #7

2.  Lori U. #29

3.  Karen D. #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Cathy Mc. #45Wow ... stunning hardly seems to cover the beauty that abounds in this gorgeous card that Cathy created for this week's Romantic challenge!  Thank you, Cathy, for sharing your time and 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!

Monday, July 15, 2013

Week #175 - 'Romantic'


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 'Romantic' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING PEARLS, LACE AND FLOWERS!

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, Bligu!  Bligu earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #171 challenge - 'Ruffles & Ribbons'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Kristi Schurr!   Kristi used the Live Laugh Love 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 -  Paper Sweeties
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Best Wishes and Home Tweet Home



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Best Wishes




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
My Time Made Easy - Petal Prints Papers




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
My Time Made Easy - Just a Little Note


Paper Sweeties - Make Today Beautiful




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow




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 - My Time Made Easy!

My Time Made Easy™ LLC
 

My Time Made Easy™ LLC 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.

This week's winner will receive the following prize package:
Fanciful Flower Card
Petal Prints Paper
Just a Little Note Stamp Set


Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 21st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 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 #174 - 'Cherry Pie' 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 'Cherry Pie' challenge -- we received 35 SWEET 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 2,499 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 Christy Sugiarto for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kristi Schurr for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, 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 'Cherry Pie' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Michelle Bala #6

2.  Jill Norwood #7

3.  Karen Letchworth #9

4.  Manunya #16

5.  Shea Marshall #19

6.  Maria Patrick #23

7.  Kim Ogden #24

8.  Teresa Kline #28

9.  Jinny Newlin #29

10.  Padoriaa #33

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Mynette #5 - winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Tina Milbourn #14 & #26 - winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Stacey Schafer #22 - winner of 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy


Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three Winners, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs and contact me via e-mail to claim your prizes!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Monday, July 8, 2013

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Happy crafting, my friends!

Week #174 - 'Cherry Pie'



Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tracey is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Cherry Pie' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tracey asks that you create a card or project inspired by photo using RED, WHITE (or CREAM), AQUA AND TWINE and/or BURLAP!

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, Christy Sugiarto!  Christy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #172 challenge - 'Summer Breeze'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Kristi Schurr created using the Beautiful 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 -  Paper Sweeties
#1 - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous & You Make Me Smile



#2 - Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You


Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous & Beautiful


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 - 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 Terrific Top Three Winners will receive:

1st place = 3 collage files
2nd place = 2 collage files
3rd place = 1 collage file

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 14th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 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!