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Monday, November 28, 2011

Week #90 - 'Winter Picnic'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Cindy is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Winter Picnic' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...


... and Cindy asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and USE WHITE OR CREAM, NEUTRALS, SILVER AND GLITTER!

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, Lori Ulrich - Papercrafts by Saintsrule!  Lori earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #78 challenge - 'Pink Wedded Bliss'. 



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



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
O Christmas Tree and Winter Words


Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Deck the Halls



Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Merry & Bright and Lace Borders



Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Lace Borders and Charming Christmas





Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Musical Notes Labels Twenty and O Christmas Tree



Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Fleur De Lis Twenty and O Christmas Tree



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 bi-monthly sponsor - JustRite Stamps!


JustRite expands their rubber stamp assortment to include 4 ½” x 5 ¾” Cling background stamps.  Design your own background paper with JustRite Background Stamps.

And this weeks oh so generous prize package that will go to our lucky winner is a JustRite Prize Package – $84.80 Value!!


JustRite Custom Dies – Charm Dies
Charming Christmas Cling Stamps
Elegant Charms Cling Stamps
Be Charmed Cling Stamps

Check out the JustRite Friday Inspiration post too!  

So, come on folks ... put your thinking caps on and show us your BEST 'Winter Picnic' creations this week!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, December 4th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 5th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 5th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #89 - ' Colors of Nature' 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 'Colors of Nature' challenge -- we received 52 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 1,701 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!

Please join me in thanking Sarah Bargo for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Audrey Pettit for joining us as our November Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Whoopsi Daisy, 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 my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Colors of Nature' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Michelle Bala #10

2.  Maria & Simeon #16

3.  Steph C. #17

4.  Donna #21

5.  Susan #23

6.  Ellen Parker #24

7. Rosemary D. #33


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.   Lenet #7

2.  Jenn #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Teresa Kline #31WOW ... what a shabby stunner!  The layering on this card is simple beautiful -- each layer more pretty than the last!   I love the tea stained paper doilie, pretty seam binding, newsprint patterned paper, polka dots, tag, lace trim ... oh my!!  Thank you, Teresa, 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, November 21, 2011

Week #89 - 'Colors of Nature'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Sheri is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Colors of Nature' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...


... and Sheri asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS in the photo provided!

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, Sarah Bargo - Thankful Tidings!  Sarah earned this Guest Designer spot for her top three runner up placement in the Tea Room's recent Design Team Call!!



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



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
#306



Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
#306




Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
#199




Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
#199




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
#199




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
#180




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 - Whoopsi Daisy!


Whoopsi Daisy has been trading since 2009... I began the company when I retired from working for a major Multinational Company as a Planner....I have sketched little girls since I was a child and I now have the time to make it my Job...the future is looking very bright for Whoopsi Daisy as I am working on a brand new outlet for the little cuties.
Whoopsi Daisy is pleased to offer this week's Tea Room Winner 5 sheets of digital images (20 images total)!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 27th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 28th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 28th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!



Week #88 - 'Shabby Pastel Christmas' WINNERS!

A HUGE, 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 'Shabby Pastel Christmas' challenge -- we received 84 ABSOLUTELY 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 1,691 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 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 Audrey Pettit for joining us as our November 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 this week was no exception!  I can tell you that I agonized over the decision on which cards and projects to pick this week -- there were SO MANY gorgeous creations that followed the challenge guidelines to a 'T'!   I tried to narrow my finalist choices down to the projects that incorporated all of the colors from the inspiration photo and created something in a Christmas theme also.  So, we have 13 beautiful Honorable Mention Cups of Tea this week -- I simply couldn't narrow it down any further!  And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Shabby Pastel Christmas' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Meretekj #4

2.  Andrea Ewen #5

3.  Judy #7

4.  Joy #16

5.  Katie Tate #28

6.  Karien #37

7.  Vicky #45


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Suzanne Dean #30

2.  Lana #41

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Milagros C. Rivera #55!   {Love} does not even begin to express how much I simply adore this oh-so-pretty in pink handmade nutcracker!  I want one for my personal collection ... it is absolutely stunning, creative and beyond inspirational!  I am a huge fan of anything pink, so this sweet little fella really pulled on my heart strings this week ... thank you Milagros, for sharing your beautiful Christmas Nutcracker 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! 

Monday, November 14, 2011

Week #88 - 'Shabby Pastel Christmas'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Melissa is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Shabby Pastel Christmas' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...


... and Melissa asks that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo using these pretty PASTEL COLORS AND A HOLIDAY THEME!

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, Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not To Scrap!  Lenet earned this Guest Designer spot for her top three runner up pick for our recent Design Team Call!



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



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
3-D Fireplace Card Template



Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Bag It Template




Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Carry All Template





Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Gift and Card Combo Template




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Piece O' Cake Template




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Sneakies Template



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 - Creations by AR!

I'm Adela and I live in sunny Southern California with my husband and our two teenage girls! Crafting has been a passion of mine since I was a little girl. I love to sew, crochet, knit, draw, paper craft, stamp... I love anything related to crafting! With encouragement from many people, my love of paper crafting in 3D has led me to open an online shop which allows me to share some of my template designs. I feel so blessed and I truly believe that God has given everyone their own special talents and it is our privilege to share it with others.

Creations by AR is pleased to offer two templates of winner's choice for this week's prize!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 20th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 21st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 21st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!



Week #87 - 'A Shabby Thanksgiving' 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 'A Shabby Thanksgiving' challenge -- we received 23 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 1669 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!

Please join me in thanking Evgenia Petzer for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Audrey Pettit for joining us as our November Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish, 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 creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'A Shabby Thanksgiving' challenge by using blue, yellow, brown and neutrals in their designs:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Eli #2

2.  Joanna M. #8

3.  Anne #9

4.  Joy #12

5.  Rosemary D. #13

6.  Kiki #16

7.  Tammy #17

8.  Patty O'Malley #19

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Andrea Ewen #3

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Rema #18!   WOW -- Rema's card just screams SHABBY!  Look at those soft pastel colors using yellow, blue, brown and neutrals!  Look at the pretty white paper doilie, satin ribbon, lace trim, button, twine and pearls!  Look at the sweet vintage Thanksgiving image ... I just adore everything about this sweet little card!  Thanks, Rema, 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, November 7, 2011

Week #87 - 'A Shabby Thanksgiving'

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 'A Shabby Thanksgiving' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...



... and Char asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo with a THANKS OR THANKFUL THEME and BROWN, YELLOW, BLUE AND NEUTRALS!

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, Evgenia Petzer - My Hobby Scrapbook!  Evgenia earned this Guest Designer spot for being a runner up during our recent Design Team Call!



And some more beautiful inspiration from our November Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Audrey Pettit!  Many of you will remember that Audrey was one of the inaugural Shabby Girls back in March of 2010 and we're delighted she will be back with us this month sharing her awesome talents and wonderful little paper crafted treasures!!!




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
Ornate Frame



Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Tom Turkey



Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Ornate Frame




Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Basket of Apples




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
A Little Birdie Told Me


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 - 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 of their choice.

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 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!



Week #86 - 'Homespun Fall' - 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 'Homespun Fall' challenge -- we received 48 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 1664 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!

Please join me in thanking Mariya Solovieva for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Melissa Phillips for joining us as our October Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Simple Treasures 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 my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Homespun Fall' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Michelle Bala #4

2.  Andrea Ewen #6

3.  Joanna M. #7

4.  Dawn Braun #8

5.  Becky #17

6.  Tammy #25

7. Magda (i) Lena #35

10.   Geri #46

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Susie Moore #10

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kristi S. #28!   What a beautiful card ... so elegant -- love those polka dots and pom-pom trim!  The die cut leaves is adorable and love the seam binding and bling!  Beautiful round shape and sentiment ... thanks so much for sharing your talent with us all in the Tea Room, Kristi!


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!