Week #181 - 'Tea Party Picnic'

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 'Tea Party Picnic' 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 FLOWERS AND A TEA THEME!

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, Agata Araskiewicz (Bligu)!  Agata earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #176 challenge - 'Fresh Summer Breeze'. 

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 -  Paper Sweeties
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card
 Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes, Tea For Two

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties -  I'm having a Tea Party

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card
 Paper Sweeties - Make Today Beautiful

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup & Tea Pot shaped cards
Paper Sweeties - Tea for Two, I'm having a Tea Party

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 - The Cutting Cafe!

 

The Cutting Cafe is your one stop for affordable cutting files and printable stamps. We offer a huge selections on just about any occasion.

Regina from The Cutting Cafe has generously donated two cutting files for this week's winner!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, September 1st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, September 2nd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 2nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #180 - 'Material Girl' 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 'Material Girl' challenge -- we received 25 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 2,533 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 Cathy McGrath 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, Creations by AR, 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 'Material Girl' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Teresa A. #2

2.  Macarena #3

3.  Groszek #9

4.  Glenda Boyd #10

5.  Allie #14

6.  Katie Tate #17

7.  Milagros C. Rivera #19

8.  Karien #21

9.  Jessica #22

10.  Karen O. #23

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Karen D. #11

2.  Lori Ul #12

3.  Synnove #25

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lesley Croghan #7!  WOW!  What an absolutely beautiful card Miss Lesley has created for our 'Material Girl' challenge -- full of blues, greens, flowers and burlap material -- LOVE!  Thank you, Lesley, for sharing your work with us 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 #180 - 'Material Girl'

Would you like a chance to try out to become one of the Shabby Girls???

Click -> HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!  Hurry ... this call ends AUGUST 31ST.

 

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 'Material Girl' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tracey asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE MATERIAL 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, Cathy McGrath!  Cathy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #175 challenge - 'Romantic'. 

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 -  Paper Sweeties
Creations by AR: Baby Onesie
Paper Sweeties: Little Wishes

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Creations by AR - Hat's Off

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Creations by AR - My Picnic Basket

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Creations by AR - My Picnic Basket

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Creations by AR - My Picnic Basket

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Creations by AR - Gift Card Combo

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 - Creations by AR!

  Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3D templates, cutting files and digital images. Visit www.creationsbyar.com for inspiration!

I am pleased to offer The Shabby Tea Room participants a challenge discount of 10% off entire purchase during the week of my sponsorship.  The discount code is challenge10.

This week's winner will receive two files graciously donated by Creations by AR!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 25th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 26th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 26th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #179 - 'Vegetable Garden' 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 'Vegetable Garden' challenge -- we received 20 DELICIOUS 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 2,529 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 Mynette Kitchen 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, 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 'Vegetable Garden' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lori U. #1

2.  Karen Wallace #2

3.  Teresa Kline #10

4.  Teresa A. #12

5.  Cathi O'Neill #13

6.  Judy Talley #16

7.  Char Crawford #17

8.  Karen O. #18

9.  Sarah Stone #19

10.  Karien #20

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.   Kathy M. #3 - WINNER of three collage files from Digitial Papers by Janet Etsy

2.   Artisant #11 - WINNER of two collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.   Tina #9 - WINNER of one collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

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 #179 - 'Vegetable Garden'

Click -> HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL! 

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 'Vegetable Garden' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE VEGETABLES (OR FRUIT) AND TEXT!

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, Mynnette Kitchen!  Mynnette earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #174 challenge - 'Cherry Pie'. 

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 -  Paper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage Tape Strips
Paper Sweeties - Sweeties Wagon

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Sweet Color Paper 1

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Romantic Paper Roses
 Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Romantic Day 2
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You and Alphas - Upper

 

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose 

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

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!


 1st Place Tea Time Terrific Top Three winner = 3 collage files
 2nd Place Tea Time Terrific Top Three winner = 2 collage files
 3rd Place Tea Time Terrific Top Three winner = 1 collage file

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 18th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 19th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 19th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #178 - 'Lazy Days' 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 'Lazy Days' challenge -- we received 21 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 ___ 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 Tina Milbourn 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, 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 'Lazy Days' challenge by including the COLORS from the photo and a METAL element:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Iza #6

2.  Iwa #9

3.  Raginhilda #11

4.  Sarah Stone #14

5.  Loskutok #15

6.  Teresa Kline #16

7.  Judy Talley #17

8.  Char Crawford #20

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Jill Norwood #3

2.  Serafeena #5

3.  Karen O. #19

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Artisant #12!   WOW!!  Simply stunning!!  This card created by Aneta is just breathtaking and fits the challenge perfectly by incorporating the colors from the photo and that lovely metal frame!  Thank you, Aneta, for sharing your beautiful work 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!

Week #178 - 'Lazy Days'

Click -> HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!

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 'Lazy Days' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS FROM THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE A METAL 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, Tina Milbourn!  Tina earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #174 challenge - 'Cherry Pie'. 

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

Jean Martin!   Jean used the Emma and Dream a Little Dream stamp sets from Paper Sweeties on her darling card!

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 Sweeties - Make Today Beautiful

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

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Join Me For Tea

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

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose

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  high quality photopolymer acrylic stamps.  Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties shop carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so much fun to play with and are sure to bring back fond childhood memories!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and so much more!

Winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from the Paper Sweeties shop!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 11th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 12th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 12th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!