WELCOME OUR NEWEST SHABBY GIRLS!

Hello crafty friends!  I'm so excited to be here announcing the newest additions to the Tea Room family!  Thanks again to everyone who took the time to send in lovely projects for our recent Design Team Call ... we really appreciate all the time you all took to send in your lovely work!  It was a hard decision to make, but in the end we feel that we have the best and most talented team of designers to inspire you weekly here in the Tea Room!

So, without further ado, let's met the NEW SHABBY GIRLS and take a peek at the projects they submitted that landed them a designer spot on the team ... inspired by this photo:

Aneta Matuszewska

Iceland

Heidi Gonzales

United States

Lesley Croghan

Canada

Linda Dudziak

Poland

Tina Milbourn

USA

And ... me!

I think you'll agree with me that we have one talented bunch of ladies joining our little family and we are already busy behind the scenes thinking up new challenge themes and creating little projects to inspire you all weekly here in the Tea Room!

Have fun playing along with this week's new challenge ... and be sure to stop be each of the out-going Shabby Girls' blogs and leave them a little love ... they have all been with us for one year and some a bit longer ... that is a whole lot of creativity and inspiration shared each and every week here for our Tea Room challenges!

Looking forward to a fun fall and winter season filled with fun, friendship and lots of crafty goodness!

Week #182 - 'Sweet Summer Time' 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 41 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 2,550 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 Karien VanDerWesthuizen for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jill Norwood 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sweet Summertime' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andie Miller #10

2.  Birgit #19

3.  Synnove #20

4.  Sanja Grdinic #21

5. Tina #24

6.  Linda J. #25

7.  Jinny Newlin #27

8.  Pooja #29

9.  Lydia #30

10.  Macarena #39

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Tammy #22

2.  Padoriaa #28

3. Lizbeth #37

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Inger Harding #12!  Wowzers ... stunning is the first word that came to mind when I saw Inger's gorgeous card this week ... soft, feminine, sweet, beautiful ... perfect!  Thanks, Inger, for sharing your talents with us all 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 #182 - 'Sweet Summertime'

A HUGE thank you to everyone who submitted such gorgeous projects for the DESIGN TEAM CALL here in the Tea Room!  It was very difficult to choose 'just five new designers' from the loads of inspiration included in all the applications we received.  I will be contacting the new designers this week and we look forward to seeing their lovely creations in the Tea Room beginning on our week #184 challenge! 

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 'Sweet Summertime' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the lovely photo!

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, Karien VanDerWesthuizen!  Karien earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #177 challenge - 'Oh Baby'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our September Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ... Jill Norwood using the Abigail, Jelly Bean Time and You Make Me Smile stamp sets 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
Paper Sweeties - You Are

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

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Paper Sweeties - Best Wishes

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - So Proud of You

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

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
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 - Paper Sweeties!

 

 

Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers high-quality, on-trend 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 boutique!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, September 8th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, September 9th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 9th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #181 - 'Tea Party Picnic' 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 'Tea Party Picnic' challenge -- we received 24 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 2,542 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 Jean Martin for joining us as our August Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, The Cutting Cafe, 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 'Tea Party Picnic' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lesley Croghan #3

2.  Kristy Schalk #7

3.  Sylwia-eR #9

4.  Lisa Sarkis #10

5.  Karen O. #12

6.  Rita K. #15

7.  Tracy #19

8.  Pinkclover #20

9.  Karien #21

10.  Glenda Boyd #22

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Pauline C. #1

2.  Heidi Gonzales #18

3.  Karen D. #24

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Padoriaa #4!  Absolutely stunning presentation this week for our Tea Party Picnic challenge from Padoriaa!  What a stunner ... thanks so much for sharing your lovely work with us all 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 #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!