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Monday, July 25, 2011

Week #72 - 'Relax and Enjoy'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am the host, and I have chosen the theme of 'Relax and Enjoy'!   I ask that we create a card or project using this beautiful photo for inspiration ...



... and use YELLOW, PINK, GREEN AND ANY NEUTRALS in your design!

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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Kylie Kueter - Kylie's Kraft Room!  Kylie earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #62 - 'Monochromatic'! 



And our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!



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 ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures
Spread Your Wings




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Spread Your Wings -- TWO cards this week!!




Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
Spread Your Wings


Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Deck The Halls



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Spread Your Wings




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Be Happy 2" Square Center



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

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our back our regular bi-monthly sponsor - JustRite Stamps!  


We are so excited about our new introductions for Summer - they are Fresh, Fun and more versatile than ever!!

JustRite Cling Stamps & Spellbinders Dies a perfect match!

2011 brings the opportunity for JustRite to introduce new cling stamp sets designed to coordinate with Spellbinders CHA Summer 2011 Release.  JustRite’s new cling line is also designed to coordinate with their JustRite Original line of stamps --- add a cling stamp set to your JustRite Collection to give a set in your collection a bold new look.

Prize package has a value of $44.90.  Merry & Bright Cling Set and the coordinating Spellbinders Die – 2010 Heirloom Ornament Die.   




Link your creations below by Sunday, July 31st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 1st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 1st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #71 - ' So Charming' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an inspiring week here in the Tea Room for our 'So Charming' challenge --  65 WONDERFUL cards and projects this week - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,475 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 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!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Lea Lawson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Tammy Roberts for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Stitchy Bear Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a gift certificate for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog. Thank you for your cooperation!



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 us all!!!  And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'So Charming' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Lenet #4

2. Lizzi #6

3. Meretekj #7

4. Sherry Wright #8

5.  Joanna M. #9

8. Karien #36

9. Donna Mundiinger #37

10. Irinka #39

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1. Inger #40

2. Charis #49

3. Magda Matraszek #53

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Fran #65!   So soft, so shabby ... so pretty!  I adore the sweet little tea party theme that Fran created on this card ... and how adorable is that pretty little pink tea pot??  The banner, the polka dots, the seam binding, the tiny alphas, the buttons ... so many pretty things combine to make this card a 'charmer'!!  Thanks for sharing such lovely inspiration with us all in the Tea Room this week, Fran :)





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, July 18, 2011

Week #71 - ' So Charming'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Pattie is our talented host, she has chosen the theme of 'So Charming' and asks that we create a card or project using this gorgeous photo for inspiration ...



... and use a CHARM!  (You need not use the colors from the inspiration picture unless you are inspired by them!)

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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Lea Lawson - Lea's Cupcakes and Sunshine!  Lea earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #61 - 'Ruffled Up'! 



And our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!



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 ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures
Have a Seat




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Sentiment Edibles



Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
Sentiment Edibles


Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Sentiment Edibles




Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Gift Leah




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Sentiment Edibles





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

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Whimsie Doodles!  


Whimsie Doodles is so excited to be sponsoring the new challenge! In March of 2009 Melyssa Connolly, artist and owner, began turning her whimsical hand-drawn images into digital files for sale online. Whimsie Doodles' digital stamp line features images that range from cute little boys and girls, to punny stuff, and everything in-between. We enjoy sharing lots of samples on our company blog (http://whimsiedoodles.blogspot.com)/, where we also post weekly challenges and tutorials.

Special Offer:
A special offer for The Shabby Tea Room Fans - use the discount code TSTR10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from date challenge goes live.

The lucky winner in this week's Tea Room Challenge will win a $10 gift certificate to Whimsie Doodles!

Link your creations below by Sunday, July 24th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 25th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 25th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #70 - 'Flower Power' WINNERS!

WOWOWOWOW ... a BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! An over the top creative week here in the Tea Room for our 'Flower Power' challenge --  128 STUNNING 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 1,457 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 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!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Andrea Ewen for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Tammy Roberts for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Stitchy Bear Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a gift certificate for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog. Thank you for your cooperation!



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 so GORGEOUS this week -- I couldn't pick a Top Ten Honorable Mention Cups of Tea ... I had to pick a top TWELVE! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Flower Power' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Lin #17

2. Sarah Bargo #19

3. Lizzi #27

4. Keilly #30

5.  Chupa #43

6.  Raffa #50

7. Becca Fabozzi #54

8. Annar #62

9. Sarah Nelson #68

10. Magda Matraszek #114

11.  Bligu #124

12.  Fran #128

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1. Lea L. #35

2. Cindy Holshouser #66

3. Loriete #74

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Chelsea Le #101!   Oh my shabby goodness ... STUNNING is the word that comes to mind when I first saw this lovely creation!  All of my favorites here ... vintage trim, machine sewing, paper flowers, seam binding, trinket pins, pearls, sparkly bling, distressing and pretty pink papers.  Just divine!  Thank you, Chelsea, for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room 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!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Week #70 - 'Flower Power'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Char is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Flower Power' and asks that we create a card or project using this gorgeous photo for inspiration ...



... and use the COLORS from the photo (reds, pinks, greens, neutrals) AND FLOWERS!

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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Andrea Ewen - Ewen Style!  Andrea earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #60 - 'Sweet Dreams'! 



And our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!



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 ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures
Tea Time




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Love Blooms Paper Pack




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Love Blooms paper, Summer Party Hat Silhouette, BFF Roundies Word Art





Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Summer Party and Tea Time





Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Floral Frame 8 and BFF Roundies Word Art




Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
Love Blooms Paper Pack




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

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Stitchy Bear Stamps!  



"Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps...we started this store April 1st, No Fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha, I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...!

I've been creating stamps for a little less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there was much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone..stitchy xoxox"

The lucky winner in this week's Tea Room Challenge will win a $10 gift certificate to Stitchy Bear Stamps!

Link your creations below by Sunday, July 17th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 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 #69 - 'Happy 4th of July' WINNERS!

BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another creative week here in the Tea Room for our 'Happy 4th of July' challenge --  56 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 1,451 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 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!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Robin Shakoor for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Tammy Roberts for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our regular monthly sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a prize package for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog. Thank you for your cooperation!



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 so GORGEOUS this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Classic Patterns' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Kim Duran #4

2.  Andrea Ewen #11

3.  Chris/CS Designs #17

4.  Lea L. #22

5.  Chupa #35
 
6.  Charlotte #36

7.  Mieke Wierega #38

8.  Sarah Nelson #39

9.  Maria P. #41

10.  Fran #47

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Sazzlecraft #26

2.  Keilly #30

3.  Yulis #32

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Jo #54!  WOW - what an absolutely gorgeous card!  I adore how Jo managed to put a shabby little sewing theme spin on her patriotic colored design this week.  The button card is precious and I love all the pretty doilies, lace and sewing embellishments!  Simply beautiful!  Thanks, Jo, for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room 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!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Week #69 - 'Happy 4th of July'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Melissa is our fabby host and she has chosen the theme of 'Happy 4th of July' and asks that we create a card or project using this photo for inspiration ...


... and use RED, WHITE AND BLUE!  Easy peesy :)

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 challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Robin Shakoor - Designs By Robin!  Robin earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #59 - 'Butterfly Wishes'! 



And our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!



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 ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures
Basket of Apples




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Ornate Frame




Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
I Luv Watermelon

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Fruity Strawberries




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Fruity Strawberries




Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Seashells For Sale




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

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome back our regular monthly sponsor - Robyn's Fetish 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.

Link your creations below by Sunday, July 10th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 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 #68 - 'My Favorite Things' WINNERS!

BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another creative week here in the Tea Room for our 'My Favorite Things' challenge -- a near 'record breaking week of submissions' (current record for one week is 200 submissions!)  -- 197 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 1,438 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 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!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Tammy Roberts for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Viola Mahr for joining us as our June Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digi Doodle Shop, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge by providing a $10 gift certificate for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog. Thank you for your cooperation!



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 so GORGEOUS this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Classic Patterns' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Angie #11

2.  Joanna M. #24

3.  Geri #52

4.  Sherry Wright #58

5.  Lenet #69
 
6.  Tab #80

7.  Maria P. #98

8.  Cathy #114

9.  Elizabeth Price #122

10.  Lauren #193

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Debbie Dolphin #15

2.  Cheryl Walker #43

3.  Sarah Bargo #175

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Julia #102 AND #103!  WOWOWOW!  What an amazing wedding gift set Julia created for our challenge last week!  The attention to detail on all the creations Julia made was outstanding!  I adore the 3-D cake and coordinating gift box/card.  AND ... Julia created the most whimsical and adorable Wizard of Oz step card ... I am smitten with anything Wizard of Oz -- my all-time favorite childhood movie!  The coloring and design work was just breathtaking!! Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room last week, 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!