Week #196 - 'Noel' 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 'Noel' challenge -- we received 18 PRETTY 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 2,594 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 Karen Letchworth for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kimi Blundell for joining us as our December 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 'Noel' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Mosia #3

2.  Deb A. #16

3.  Susan Renshaw #17

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Nancy Penir #10 and #15  - winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Tammy Hobbs #12 - winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Claralesfleurs #5 - winner of 1 collage files 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 #196 - 'Noel'

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 'Noel' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   I ask that you create a HOLIDAY card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE BUTTONS AND POLKA DOTS!

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, Karen Letchworth!  Karen earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #191 challenge - 'Shabby Fall Party'.

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

Kimi Blundell!  

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 - Christmas Baubles
Paper Sweeties - Noel

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Christmas Baubles

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Christmas Baubles
Paper Sweeties - Believe

Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - Abigail, Make the Season Bright, Let it Snow

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Christmas Baubles

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Christmas Baubles, Antique Paper 1 & 2
Paper Sweeties - Homespun Holidays, Rusty Jingle Bells, Mint Green Tea seam binding

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 first place winner will receive 3 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three second place winner will receive 2 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three third place winner will receive 1 collage file

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, December 15th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 16th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 16th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #195 - 'Terrific Tags' 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 'Terrific Tags' challenge -- we received 34 TERRIFIC 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 2,596 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 Beth Johnson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kimi Blundell 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 'Terrific Tags' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Dawn #10

2.  Jackie Wallace #11

3.   LeeAnn Barrett #14

4.  Nancy G. #20

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Ang #18

2.  Sandy M. #19

3.  Narelle Farrugia #28

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kim L. #25!  The theme, the colors ... everything fits just perfectly!  My oh my, what a beautiful tag Kim shared 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!

Some holiday inspiration ...

Have you visited the Paper Sweeties blog yet this month to be inspired by the Sweeties Teamies' wonderful projects for this month's challenge?  Are you inspired by the theme ... the colors ... the shapes ... or something else?

We can't wait to see what you'll create for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the shop!

Play along with the current GIVE BACK Contest for a chance to WIN BIG!  One lucky December commenter will win a $100 gift certificate to the shop - WOW!!!

Week #195 - 'Terrific Tags'

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 'Terrific Tags' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A TAG!

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, Beth Johnson!  Beth earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #190 challenge - 'Pumpkin Spice'.

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

please help me welcome Kimi Blundell!  

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:  Ho Ho Ho, Make the Season Bright, Noel, Season of Love

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Paper Sweeties: Beautiful

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Paper Sweeties: Let it Snow

Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties: Homespun Holidays, Make the Season Bright, Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Sweeties: Beautiful

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties:  Abigail, Warm Winter Wishes, Abigail Sweet Cuts, Rusty Jingle Bells

Paper Sweeties: Make the Season Bright, Make the Season Bright Sweet Cuts, Rusty Jingle Bells, Oatmeal Cream seam binding, Rose Petal Cupcake seam binding

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 receive a $20 gift certificate to the Paper Sweeties shop!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, December 8th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 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 #194 - 'Christmas is Coming' 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 'Christmas is Coming' challenge -- we received 55 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 2,596 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 Melody Rupple for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Bugaboo Stamps, 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 'Christmas is Coming' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Susan Renshaw #9

2.  Tiwglet #38

3.  Claralesfleurs #45

4.  Jinny Newlin #51

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Maria Patrick #15

2.  Deni #36

3. Annar #53

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Nancy G. #20!  WOW ... Nancy created the perfect little card based on this week's inspiration photo -- full of charm and holiday sweetness!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week, Nancy!

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 #194 - 'Christmas is Coming'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Linda is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Christmas is Coming' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Linda asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE RED, WHITE & BROWN!

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, Melody Rupple!  Melody earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #189 challenge - 'Fall Florals'.

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
Bugaboo Stamps - Christmas Cupcake Mistletoe
Paper Sweeties -  Make the Season Bright

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Bugaboo Stamps - Coffee Time: May Your Cup

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Bugaboo Stamps - Christmas Teddy Cocoa
Paper Sweeties - Sending Holiday Cheer stamp & Rusty Jingle Bells

Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Bugaboo Stamps - Lil' Snowman

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Bugaboo Stamps - Christmas Ginger Candy Cane

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Bugaboo Stamps - Winter Circle Sentiments: Warm Winter 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 - Bugaboo Stamps!

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

Our links are:
Store : http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
Catch the bug Challenge blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, Debember 1st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 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!