Only our name is shabby ... your project need not be!

Monday, December 27, 2010

Week #42 - 'Shabby Chic Baby'

The Week #42 challenge brings brand new Shabby Girl, Melissa as our lovely host and she has chosen the theme of 'Shabby Chic Baby' for us all to create with this week! Using this gorgeous inspiration photo, please create a card or project and use a bit of FABRIC on your creation!   Whatever you choose from this picture as your inspiration, we know it will be fabulous and the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your work!

Note: 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 guidelines (listed on the sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Anabelle O'Malley!  Anabelle is a frequent guest and participant in the Tea Room and we simply adore her sweet, shabby and vintage creations -- pure yumminess!!!  Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!


Anabelle O'Malley - Bits and Pieces 





And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Rocky Da Rocking Horse



Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Rocky Da Rocking Horse



Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Rocky Da Rocking Horse







Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
Primitive Bear



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Lucy Angel


Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!
The sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Robyn's Fettish Digital Stamps!



Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish  Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is
owned by Robyn Weinrib.  Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5
digital stamps or  4 digital stamps and 1 paper set of their choice.


We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and the prize package noted above from Robyn's Fettish Digital Stamps and More!

Link your creations below by Sunday, January 2nd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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!

Week #41 - 'Scandinavian Christmas' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 40 FABULOUS cards and projects for our 'Scandinavian Christmas' challenge this week!! We know that time was very short this week with the Christmas holiday, so we absolutely appreciate your  participation! We also would like to recognize and thank our 840 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!
Please join me in thanking Betty Wright for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

Thank you to Digital Delights By Loubyloo for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a store gift certificate to our Winner!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was beautiful this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Scandinavia Christmas' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lenet #9

2.  Merry Christmas #19

3.  Silke Ledlow #20

4.  Heather H. #22

5.  Scandinavian Christmas #32

6.  Chupa #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Lebkuchen #24

2.  Jinny Newlin #36

3.  Lori #39

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Julia Aston #15!  Julia virtually duplicated the inspiration photo this week for her card!  The lovely red and white papers, beautiful metal heart, oh so pretty ribbons and embellies!  Just absolute prettiness!  Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Julia!
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!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Week #41 - 'Scandinavian Christmas'

The Week #41 challenge brings Clare as our lovely host and she has chosen the theme of 'Scandinavian Christmas' for us all to create with this week! Using this gorgeous inspiration photo, please create a card or project!  Maybe you'll be inspired by the red and white color palette!  Maybe the gingham check fabric will speak to you!  Maybe you'll decide to design based off the silver punched heart ornament or the snowflakes!  Whatever you choose from this picture as your inspiration, we know it will be fabulous and the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your work!



Note: 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 guidelines (listed on the sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Betty Wright!  Betty has been a participant in our shabby weekly challenges for quite some time know and has earned several Tea Time Top Three spots along with her win during week #33 'Case a Shabby Girl'!! We all simply adore Betty's sweet creations :)   Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!



Betty Wright - Stamping to the Wright



And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Nutcracker



Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Sugarplum



Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations - Week #41 host!
Circular Merry Christmas Sentiment



Gingerbread House




Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
Gingerbread Cookie



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Gingerbread House


Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!
The sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Digital Delights By Loubyloo!




Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!

In addition we also have a growing range of "Delightful Piecings" which are paper pieced files designed to be used with your cutting machines or for hand cutting.

Fancy a new blog makeover, header or new watermark, then stop by our sister site Delightful Custom blogs.



We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and a $10 gift certificate from Digital Delights By Loubyloo!

Link your creations below by Sunday, December 26th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 27th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 27th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #40 - 'Warm and Snuggly' WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! We received 24 AMAZING cards and projects for our 'Warm and Snuggly' challenge this week!! You all absolutely blew us away with your creativity and talent -- such stunning cards and gifts!! We know that time is very short this time of year preparing for the upcoming holidays, so we absolutely appreciate your time and participation!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 833 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Please join me in thanking Lizzi Droge for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

Thank you to Amazing Music Box for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing a store gift certificate to our Winner!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was beautiful this week! And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Warm and Snuggly' challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Joy #4

2. Rachel Hope #7

3. Yenni Natalia #8

4. LeAnne #11

5. A-len-ka #16

6. Axes Designs #18

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Sherry Wright #13

2. Dawn Brun #22

3. Amy Duff #24

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Adela #17!  The sweet little purse pocket Adela designed just stole my heart this week!  The soft color palette of cream and lavender was so pretty and that tiny felt mitten embellished with seam binding, rhinestones, trinket pins and paper flower was just too cute for words!!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Adela :)

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!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Week #40 - 'Warm and Snuggly'!

The Week #40 challenge brings Cathy as our lovely host and she has chosen the theme of 'Warm and Snuggly' for us all to create with this week!  Using this inspiration photo of lovely stacks of felt, please create a card or project using FELT or FLEECE!

Note: 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 guidelines (listed on the sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Lizzi Droge! Lizzi is an avid weekly participant in the Tea Room and we simply adore her shabby and vintage inspired creations!!  Lizzi earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #32 - "Chocolate Covered Autumn" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!




Lizzi Droge - Buttercrem 'n Roses




And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...


Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures





Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl - Week #40 Host



Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations






Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations





Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch



Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

The sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Amazing Music Box!


Shop Authentic Sorrento Music Boxes at AmazingMusicBox.com. Free UPS Ground Shipping on all Orders in USA.  Marina will provide the winner from this week's challenge a $15 cash prize or shop credit!

We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative FELT projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and a $15 prize from Amazing Music Box!

Link your creations below by Sunday, December 19th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 20th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 20th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #39 - 'Tis the Season WINNERS!

A big shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of our shabby little challenge blog!!! The 58 AMAZING projects submitted for our 'Tis The Season challenge this week were breathtaking!! You all absolutely blew us away with your creativity and talent -- such stunning gifts!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 823 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Please join me in thanking Ira Huberts for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer!

A BIG thank you to Craft Brulee for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome store gift certificate to our Winner!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was over the top this week!  And without further ado, here are the designs that caught my eye for capturing the essence of the 'Tis The Season challenge ...

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Rebekah #12

2.  Kianel #13

3.  Tammy #15

4.  Deb #17

5.  Laurel S. #22

6.  Treat Box #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Betty Wright #6

2.  Adela #27

3.  Corinna #34

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Piali #5!  Piali snow-themed gift set just stole my heart this week!  The black, red, white and kraft color palette is so elegant and beautiful!  I simply adore all the stamped snowflakes and look at those matching earrings.  I love to give and receive gifts just like this, Piali!  Thanks for sharing your inspiration and talents with us 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!

Meet the newest SHABBY GIRL!

Thank you to everyone who took the time out of your busy schedules this past week to submit cards and projects for our Design Team Call!  We had such a wonderful array of creations submitted ... it was very difficult to choose just ONE person to join our team.  You are all so talented and amazing!

Although we only had one spot open for this mid-term replacement DT spot, rest assured that the Shabby Girls had so much fun perusing all of your wonderful submissions.  If you submitted for this DT Call, but were not chosen, please check back with us after the first of the year.  The current DT term will expire in March, so we will no doubt be doing another call and looking for some talented, shabby designers to join our fun little crafty family this spring!

So, without further ado, here is the announcement you all have been waiting for!!  Our DT call asked for you all to create a card or project inspired by this stunning photo:


The red and white color palette is so crisp and clean and I love how it plays against the sparkle of the glass ornaments and glass stemware on the table!  The flowers and berries in the centerpiece are beautiful and I love how they match up with the little rings around each candle in the beautiful light fixture!

The RUNNER UP entry is the wonderful and shabby banner decoration ...



designed by EMILY HUGHES!  I just {heart} everything about this sweet banner - from the papers and inking to the seam binding, buttons and flowers - gorgeous!  The Shabby Girls would love to invite Emily to Guest Design with us during week #46 in the Tea Room :)

DRUM ROLL, please!  The 1st place winning entry is this absolutely stunning glass snow globe decoration ...



... and the winning designer and new Shabby Girl is MELISSA BOVE!

CONGRATULATIONS, Melissa, and welcome to The Shabby Tea Room Design Team!  We're so happy to have you join the Shabby Girls :)

A big thanks again to all who entered ... we really love that you took the time and energy during these busy days leading up to the big Christmas holdiay to submit for our shabby little DT call!  Your time, efforts and talents mean the world to all of the Shabby Girls!
 

Monday, December 6, 2010

A Shabby Design Team Call!

Please click HERE if you are looking for this week's current challenge - 'Tis The Season'! 


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM DESIGN TEAM CALL:

It is with a sad heart that I announce that our sweet, Shabby Girl, Lisa Golzbein, has decided to step down from the DT for the time being.  She has a few personal things on her plate that need attending to ... and family always comes first!  I wish Lisa every happiness and best wishes ... I can speak for all the Shabby Girls when I say that we will miss her smiling face and pretty creations!

So, what this means is that we are one Shabby Girl short and are holding an impromptu DT Call this week!  Please read over the requirements for the open Design Team position, and if you are in agreement with all, then please continue to read this post for the instructions on how to submit!

DT requirements:
  • Make one DT project per week based off of the current challenge theme.  You will have the opportunity to work with products and supplies donated by our kind sponsors.  If you have a conflict and choose not to accept any free products, that is perfectly fine, but please let me know up front.
  • Have a blog and actively post projects.
  • Comment on our fabulous followers' submissions weekly.
  • Be able to meet deadlines, post your projects to our DT Group, create challenge themes.
  • Post your DT project on your personal blog weekly and link back to TSTR and the Shabby Girls.
  • Most important ... to be a Shabby Girl you have to like to have fun and LOVE to paper craft!!
That's about it!  Easy peesy, right??  If this sounds like something you are interested in, here is how you can submit your work by following these two easy steps:

Step #1 - Please prepare one NEW card or project based off of this inspiration photo and created specifically for The Shabby Tea Room Design Team Call:



You may use the colors, theme or both!  Please have fun with this and submit your BEST work!  Remember, only our name is shabby ... BUT I do have a very soft spot for anything vintage and shabby, so I will take this into consideration when filing the open DT spot!!  You may enter as many times as you wish.

Step #2 - After you've completed your project, please send me an e-mail with your design attached along with your contact info, including mailing address and phone number, and blog your address - put 'The Shabby Tea Room DT Call' in the subject line.  Please list any current Design Team spots you are active with (DT experience is not a requirement) along with a short description of your design style and paper crafting experience!

This Design Team call will run from Monday, December 6th at 12 am through Sunday, December 12th at 11:59 pm.  I will contact the new Shabby Girl on Monday, December 13th and your term will begin immediately and run until March 14, 2011 ... with the option to renew your term for an additional six months if all the terms of the DT requirments have been completely satisfied.

Any questions, please feel free to contact me!  Good luck to everyone who chooses to submit for this DT Call!  We cannot wait to see your creations!!  Have FUN!!!

Week #39 - 'Tis The Season!

I am your host this week for the #39 challenge, and I have chosen the theme of  'Tis The Season' for us all to play along with this week!  What I'd love to see you create is a holiday gift item or gift set.  Now this is really open for interpretation ... maybe you'll make someone a handmade card or set of cards ... maybe you'll make a plate of homemade cookies with a little gift tag ... maybe you'll be inspired by the Shabby Girls and come up with a gift that will knock our socks off!  We cannot wait to see what you all create :)

Here are a couple of inspiration photos to get your creative juices flowing and kick start your mojo ...






Note: 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 guidelines (listed on the sidebar) will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Please take a moment to help me welcome our Guest Designer this week, Ira Huberts! Ira earned this Guest Designer Spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #31 - "Pumpkin Patch" challenge. Please stop by her blog and leave her a bit of shabby {love}!



Ira Huberts - Ira's CreaCorner




And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures - Week #39 Host






Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl



Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations




Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations




Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

We're so excited to have Craft Brulee sponsor the Week #39 challenge here in the Tea Room!  Jennifer provided each of the Shabby Girls a beautiful packet of vintage lace trims and lovely handmade satin and lace flowers with beads, feathers and pearls!!


Craft Brulee is a crafter's dream store complete with digi stamps, rubber stamps, fabric flowers, stunning trims, mixed media supplies and an awesome blog with lots of inspiration.




We will award a 'The Shabby Tea Room Tea Time Terrific Top Three' badge to the three most creative projects!!! The Shabby Tea Room Winner will earn our adorable pink tea pot winner badge and a $10 gift certificate from Craft Brulee!

Link your creations below by Sunday, December 12th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 13th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 13th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!