Week #226 'Polka Dot Love' 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 'Polka Dot Love' challenge -- we received 29 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 2,697 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 Price for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Amelia Breytenbach for joining us as our July 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 'Polka Dot Love' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Paper  Talk With Samra #2

2.  Cathy Mc #5

3.   Su #9

4.  Nowe Love #11

5.  Love, Tea & Rain Boots #14

6.  Carmen Alice

7.  Karasiowa #19

8.  More Please #26

 

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

2.  Bligu #20

3.  Pamellia #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Michelle Bala #4!  Oh my shabby goodness ... WOWZERS!  The card Michelle created for this week's challenge not only matches the inspiration photo perfectly, but is absolutely STUNNING!  Thanks for sharing your work with us in the Tea Room, Michelle!

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 #226 - 'Polka Dot Love'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Macarena is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Polka Dot Love' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Macarena asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE FLOWERS & 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, Julie Price!  Julie earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #215 challenge - 'Pastel Goodness'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer - please help me welcome Amelia Breytenbach!  

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:  Showering You With Love, Splish Splash, Banner Wishes, Showering You With Love Sweet Cuts, Sweeties Wagon Sweet Cuts, Robin Egg Sequins

Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Paper Sweeties:  Sweet Cuts Tea For Two Bundle

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Paper Sweeties: Little Wishes, Beautiful Little Wishes Sweet Cuts, Bubblegum Seam Binding

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose

Paper Sweeties: Showering You With Love, Cotton Candy Baker's Twine 

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
 Paper Sweeties: Beautiful stamp set, frosting sequins, bubblegum sequins

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, coordinating metal dies and pretty embellishments.  Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories ... plus so much more! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  You'll enjoy using your Paper Sweeties stamps, dies and embellishments 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, July 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 14th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 14th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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Week #225 - 'Sketch This' 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 'Sketch This' challenge -- we received 17 CREATIVE 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 2,691 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 Kate Tear for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Macarena for joining us as our June Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Bossy Joscie, 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 'Sketch This' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Paper Talk With Samra #5

2.  Carole Pollard #8

3.  Studio-Sara #17

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Mary V. #6

2.  Bligu #15

3.  Rudlis #16

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Sarah Stone #10!  WOW - what a 4th of July stunner!  Thanks for sharing your work with us this week, Sarah!

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! 

Patriotic Prints + Red, White & Blue!

 The Paper Sweeties July Inspiration Challenge is all about RED, WHITE & BLUE + PATRIOTIC PRINTS!  Play along for a chance to win a $20 shopping spree to the boutique and a guest designer spot for next month!

 

 

Week #225 - 'Sketch This'

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 'Sketch This' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by:

 THE SKETCH!

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, Kate Tear!  Kate earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #214 challenge - 'Easter Sweetness'.

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

Macarena!  

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
Bossy Joscie: Vintage Sheet Music Flair, Vintage French Book Flair, Polka Dot Flair
Paper Sweeties:  So Sweet of You, Strawberry Sequins

Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Bossy Joscie: Blueberry Pinbacks

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Bossy Joscie: Offset Sun Ray

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question

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 -  Bossy Joscie!

Joscelyne Cutchens is the woman behind the brand Bossy Joscie. She has been an avid crafter for years and took the plunge into creating flair and stamps a few years ago. You can find many different modern, classic and trendy designs to accent your crafts right in her little shop. She also offers personalized and sentiment stamps as well as digital elements too.

This week's lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from Bossy Joscie!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 6th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 7th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 7th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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Week #224 - 'Party 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 'Party Time' challenge -- we received 22 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 2,686 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 Kate Tear for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Macarena for joining us as our June 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 'Party Time' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Jill Norwood #3

2.   Brenda van der Hulst #12

3.   Sweet Nine #14

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  First place winner = 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Cathy Mc #19

2.  Second place winner = 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Achang #6

3.  Third place winner = 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Nowe Love #11

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 prize!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes! 

Week #224 - 'Party Time'

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 'Party Time' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   I ask that you create a BIRTHDAY card or project inspired by the photo USING PINK, GREEN 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, Kate Tear!  Kate earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #213 challenge - 'Floral Fantasy'.

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

Macarena! 

  

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: Cupcakes Day
Paper Sweeties: Borders, Splish Splash, Banner Wishes, Occasions, Mint Seam Binding, Frosting Sequins

Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Paper Roses

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Your Time , Square labels 
Paper Sweeties: Blueberry Seam Binding

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose

Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Cupcakes Day

Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Antique Paper 1, Flower Strips, Bunnies Labels, Sweet Color Paper
Paper Sweeties: Happy Wishes, Mint Seam binding, Watermelon seam binding, Frosting sequins

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 winner = 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

Tea Time Terrific Top Three 2nd place winner = 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy
 Tea Time Terrific Top Three 3rd place winner = 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 29th to play along. Tea Time Terrific Top Three Winners will be announced Monday, June 30th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 30th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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