WELCOME to the newest Shabby Girls!

A big Shabby Tea Room THANK YOU to everyone who submitted for our recent Design Team call!  We received so many gorgeous projects and applications that it was almost impossible to choose 'just two new designers', so we have some good news ... we're adding THREE new designers to the team!  The competition was stiff and the work was beautiful from all!

Before we announce the newest Shabby Girls who will officially join the team next week, I would like to take a moment to THANK the outgoing designers for their commitment of time and talent over the past six to twelve months -- sharing a bit of what they love to do with all of the wonderful followers here in the Tea Room:

Aneta Matuszewska

Lesley Croghan

Jill Norwood 

From ALL of us, ladies, a big shabby THANK YOU!

For the latest Design Team call, we asked everyone to submit projects inspired by THIS photo ... and I am sure you will agree that the designer's selected captured the essence of this lovely photo beautifully:

 

And now, without further ado, the moment you've all been waiting for ... let's meet the newest Shabby Girls who will be joining the team beginning with next week's new challenge:

Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest

Diane submitted these two gorgeous tea-inspired projects that wow'ed us:

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That is the Question

After taking a break from the team, Lenet is returning as a designer in the Tea Room and won us over with this shabby-licious tea-inspired project:

Sharon Gregory (Shaz) - Simply Shaz

Shaz has been a long-time participant in the Tea Room - sharing her lovely work almost from day one - and stole our hearts with this beautiful tea-inspired project:

I know you'll all agree with me when I say that we are in for a treat from these ladies in the upcoming weeks and months ... you will surely find so much inspiration in their beautiful projects each week!

Welcome to the team, ladies!  I am so excited to get crafty with you here in the Tea Room!

Week #208 - 'Pretty Polka Dots' 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 'Pretty Polka Dots' challenge -- we received 40 A-MAZING 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 2,648 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 Lenet Mos for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Melody Rupple for joining us as our March 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 'Pretty Polka Dots' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lori U. #10

2.  Jinny Newlin #12 & #23

3.  Alyson M. #18

4.  Mosia #19

5.  Pat K. #27

6.  Jo #30

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.   Tricia T. #20

2.   Simply Shaz #37

3.   Char Crawford #40

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Mynn #14!   Oh my shabby goodness -- cuteness x 10!!!  This pretty in pink and polka dotted little sweetie pie couldn't be any {sweeter}!  Thank you, Mynn, for sharing your lovely work with us all this 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!

Week #208 - 'Pretty Polka Dots'

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 'Pretty Polka Dots' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE 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, Lenet Mos!  Lenet earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #204 challenge - 'All That Glitters in Love'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our March Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer - please help me welcome the talented Melody Rupple!  

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: Beautiful, Robin Egg Sequins, Robin Egg Paper Straw, Robin Egg Seam Binding, Bubblegum Seam Binding

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Paper Sweeties: Home Tweet Home 

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Paper Sweeties:  Emma,  Thanks Berry Much 

Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards
Paper Sweeties: Abigail, Abigail Sweet Cuts die; Jelly Bean Time

 


Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Sweeties: Beautiful

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties: Home Tweet Home

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 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!

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

And, if you're looking for additional inspiration and another place to share your 'polka dotted' project for yet another chance to win some goodies, please visit the Paper Sweeties March Inspiration Challenge - 'Polka Dot Love'!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, March 9th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 10th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 10th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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Week #207 - 'Wishy Washi' 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 'Wishy Washi' challenge -- we received 22 FUN 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 2,646 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 Tracey Kelly for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Nancy Penir for joining us as our February 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 'Wishy Washi' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Creative Seconds #4

2.  Grove Walker #11

3.  Lovely Scrap #15

4.  Blue & Black #18

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Simply Shaz #17 - winner of three collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Sarah Stone #2 - winner of two collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Kim's Cards & Crafts #20 - winner of one 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! Winners please 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!

Spring-y inspiration & a DT Call update ...

THANK YOU to everyone who submitted their lovely work for our recent Design Tea Call!  We are going through all the applications and invitations will be sent out this weekend to the designers chosen to be invited to join the team!

The March inspiration board is up on the Paper Sweeties blog today!

How will YOU be inspired by this yummy photo ... the colors, the theme, the polka dots, the nest/eggs???

Hope you'll have time to play along this month for a chance to win a shopping spree and guest designer spot at Paper Sweeties!

Hugs - xoxox

Week #207 - 'Wishy Washi'

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 Tina is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Wishy Washi' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE WASHI TAPE!  (real Washi Tape or faux!)

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, Tracey Kelly!  Tracey earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #203 challenge - 'Warm & Cozy'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer -  Nancy Penir!  Nancy used the Sophie, Celebrate and Live, Love Grow and Beautiful stamp sets along with the Sophie Sweet Cuts die 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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Flower Strips
Paper Sweeties: Welcome Spring

Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Flower Strips, birds set, Big paper roses

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Vintage Tickets

Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Flower Strips
Paper Sweeties:  Live, Laugh, Love, Wedding Day

Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Romantic Paper Roses

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Antique Paper Background 1, Black Button Alphabet Circles

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 = 3 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three second place winner = 2 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three third place winner = 1 collage file

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, March 2nd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 3rd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 3rd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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Week #206 - 'Baby Shower 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 'Baby Shower Party' challenge -- we received 40 BEYOND 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 2,641 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 Julie Woodward for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Nancy Penir for joining us as our February 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 'Baby Shower Party' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  KB Stamps #7

2.  Scraps & More #14

3.  Diane H. #17

4.  Juhild #19

5.  Lou Sims #20

6.  Char #26

7.  Maria Patrick #29

8.  Colleen Dietrich #30

9.  Michelle Bala #33

10.  Rebecca Ednie #34
 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.   Karen McAlpine #4

2.   Simply Shaz #11

3.   Karien #22

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lisa #25!   Wowzers ... this every so sweet card that Lisa created stole our hearts this week!  The little stick pony nosegay and yummy tag, embellishments, embossing and patterned papers combine to create an absolutely darling baby card!  Thanks for sharing your creativity with us all this week, Lisa!

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!