Week #192 - 'Holiday Baking'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Heidi is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Holiday Baking' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Heidi asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING THE CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE and  INCLUDE A 'BAKING ELEMENT', WHITE, RED & ORANGE!

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, Tammy Hobbs!  Tammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #188 challenge - 'FALL'.

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

Rina Meyers!  

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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Sweet Apple
Paper Sweeties - Homespun Holidays, So Sweet of You, Happy Thanksgiving, Stand Add-on 2, Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Sweet Apple

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Card

 


Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
  Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Card
 Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
  Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Card

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
 Digital Paper By Janet Etsy - Antique Paper 1, Antique Paper 2 
Paper Sweeties - Stand Add-on 1, Stand Add-on 2, 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 - 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 1st place = 3 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three 2nd place = 2 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three 3rd place = 1 collage file

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 17th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 18th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 18th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #191 - 'Shabby Fall Party' 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 Fall Party' challenge -- we received 7 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 2,588 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 LeAnn Pugliese for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Rina Meyers for joining us as our November 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 'Shabby Fall Party' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Dottie Seubert #1

2.  Digiscrap Boutique #2

3.  Kim Ogden #7

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Milagros C. Rivers #3

2.  Kristy Schalk #4

3.  AJ #6

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Karen Letchworth #5!  Oh my shabby goodness ... this card just makes me smile!  The gorgeous patterned papers, that cheery little banner and the yummy cake and candles blend together to create one adorable work of art.  Thanks, Karen, 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!

Week #191 - 'Shabby Fall Party'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Aneta is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Shabby Fall Party' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Aneta asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A BANNER, CUPCAKE/CAKE along with ORANGE/YELLOW.

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, LeAnne Pugliese!  LeAnne earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #188 challenge - 'FALL'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our November Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer - please help me welcome the talented Rina Meyers!  

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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Paper Sweeties - Banner Wishes, You Are Amazing, You Make Me Smile

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Paper Sweeties - Celebrate

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Paper Sweeties - Emma, Sweeties Stand, You are Fabulous stamp sets
Paper Sweeties - Emma Sweet Cuts die

Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Sweeties - Beautiful

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties - Beautiful, Celebrate

 

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 and metal dies.  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 boutique carries 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 stamps and dies to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and so much more!

This week's winner will earn a $20 gift certificate to the Paper Sweetie's boutique!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 10th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 11th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 11th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #190 - 'Pumpkin Spice' 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 'Pumpkin Spice' challenge -- we received 16 WONDERFUL 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 2,587 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 Robyn Correa for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Karen Oliver for joining us as our October 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 'Pumpkin Spice' challenge by including a PUMPKIN AND GLITTER:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Catherine #1

2.  Lisa Sarkis #3

3.  Grace O. #5

4.  Lizzi #7

5.  Lisa #9

6.  Rebecca Ednie #13

7.  Sarah Stone #14

8.  Dani A. #16

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Synnove #10

2.  Nancy G. #11

3.  Heather Hudson #12

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Bethie J. #15!   Oh my shabby goodness - LOVE!  I am completely smitten with this soft, pastel and delicious treat basket that Bethie created for our Pumpkin Spice challenge - complete with a yummy, glittered pumpkin to fit our challenge to a 'T'!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us in the Tea Room, Bethie!

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 #190 - 'Pumpkin Spice'

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 'Pumpkin Spice' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A PUMPKIN AND GLITTER!

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, Robyn Correa!  Robyn earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #186 challenge - 'Oh My Pumpkin'.

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

Karen Oliver! 

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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
The Cutting Cafe - Pumpkin Treat Box
Paper Sweeties -  Banner Wishes, Sweeties Wagon, Home Tweet Home

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card & Sentiments

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
The Cutting Cafe - Pumpkin Treat Box

Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - Abigail, Jelly Bean Time, So Sweet of You, Stand Add-on 2

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous, Thanks Berry Much, Sweeties Wagon, Tea For Two

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!

The Cutting Cafe has generously donated 3 cutting files to this week's lucky winner!
 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 3rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 4th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 4th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #189 ' Fall Florals' 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 'Fall Florals' challenge -- we received 27 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 2,584 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 Sandee Shanabrough for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Karen Oliver for joining us as our October 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 'Fall Florals' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Rudlis #3

2.  Diane H. #5

3.  Janja #7

4.  Alyson M. #8

5. Betta #11

6.  Pat K. #14

7.  Vickie O'Dell #16

8.  Violace #17

9.  Sarah Stone #19

10.   Julie P. #21

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Maria Patrick #13

2.  Lori U. #24

3. Karen D. #27

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Melody Rupple #26!  What an absolutely perfect fall floral card Melody has created for this week's Tea Room challenge!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us, Melody :)

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 #189 - 'Fall Florals'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tina is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Fall Florals' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration.   Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo AND INCLUDE FALL 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, Sandee Shanabrough!  Sandee earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #185 challenge - 'The Splendor of Fall'.

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

Karen Oliver! 

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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Creations by AR - Garden Can Set
Paper Sweeties - Smile & Make Today Beautiful
Primrose Cookie Dough seam binding

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Creations by AR - Enchanted Lantern

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Creations by AR - Carry All Template

Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Creations by AR - Gift Card Purse
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Creations by AR - Pun'kin Card & Party Set

 
Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Creations by AR - Enchanted Lantern

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 3-D 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 lucky winner will receive two digital files generously donated by Creations by AR!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 27th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 28th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 28th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!