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Monday, February 27, 2012

Design Team updates ...

Click HERE for this week's 'Shabby Shutters' challenge or scroll down!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all your wonderful applications for the Tea Room's recent Design Team call!  We received nearly 60 shabby-licious projects for review ... the task of selecting just four new designers was daunting amongst the array of talent and creativity we received!

We wanted to share with you that the four new Shabby Girls have been contacted and plans are in the works for them to begin bringing you some lovely inspiration beginning March 19th!  The new designers will be announced here on March 5th ... stay tuned!

We have also extended Month-Long Special Guest Designer spots to an additional four designers that caught our eye for their beautiful application projects.

Again, thank you to all who took the time to submit their work ... the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every gorgeous submission and are awed at the response to our shabby little call!

Hugs!
xoxoxo

Week #103 - 'Shabby Shutters'

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



... and Fran asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING NAVY BLUE AND NEUTRALS PLUS A DISTRESSED ELEMENT!

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, Amelia Breytenbach - Stamped for the Occasion!  Amelia earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #91 challenge - 'The Magic of Christmas'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Joanna Munster - Inspired by Stamping!  




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
Going for a Ride




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Going for a Ride




Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Going for a Ride




Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Going for a Ride




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Going for a Ride




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Going for a Ride




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 - Little Darlings Rubber Stamps!



Welcome to the home of Little Darlings Rubber Stamps!  Here you can also find paper, sentiment stamps, tools and other embellishments, for all your crafting needs.

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps will be offering one stamp set of winner's choice to our lucky Tea Room winner this week!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, March 4th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 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 #102 - 'High Tea' 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 'High Tea' challenge -- we received 69 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 1,909 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 Heather Hudson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Joanna Munster for joining us as our February Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, The Stamp Fairy, 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 'High Tea' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Dee #2

2.   Karli CwC #6

3.   Rosemary D. #14

4.   Sent Sue #15

5.  Heidi Gonzales #16

6.   Michelle Bala #22

7.   Starr T. #28

8.  Lea L. #29


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Stacy Koo #36

2.  Dana #52

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Jeanne J. #10!  Wow ... Jeanne sure captured the essence of the High Tea inspiration photo to a 'T'!  What an absolute beauty this card is -- thanks, Jeanne, 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, February 20, 2012

The Shabby Tea Room DESIGN TEAM CALL -- Final Week!

FINAL WEEK TO APPLY ... this call ends at midnight EST on Sunday, February 26th.

Here it is ... the long-awaited and much-anticipated DESIGN TEAM CALL at The Shabby Tea Room!!  Thank you to all who have inquired over the past weeks ... the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your creativity and inspiration shine and hope to see many of you submit your creations for a chance to earn one of FOUR available spots on The Shabby Tea Room Design Team!

Please read the following INSTRUCTIONS and REQUIREMENTS very carefully as your ability to follow these instructions and submit proper and complete projects will directly impact your success on making the Design Team!  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail before you submit!  
Creativity + Inspiration = FUN!
 
The Shabby Tea Room is looking for a few creative designers to join our team of Shabby Girls!
This call will be open until February 26th.   The new Shabby Girls will be chosen and notified by February 29th.

Here are the details regarding requirements of the position and instructions on how to apply  -- 
 
Requirements:
  • Actively post to your own blog in English or have a translate button on your blog for our foreign friends
  • Participate in our weekly challenges for six months to be posted every Monday morning
  • Ability to print and work with digital images, stamp sets, dies, embellishments, templates (as supplied by our weekly sponsors)
  • Comment on participant submissions as per your assigned rotation numbers (you will have two assigned numbers)
  • Link to our challenge blog, Design Team members and post our pink Tea Pot blinkie and Design Team Badge on your blog sidebar
  • Join and keep up to date in our Design Team Yahoo Group (this is where  all DT information will be posted)
  • Create a theme and host a weekly challenge once every six weeks per your DT rotation
What the Shabby Girls are searching for:
  • High quality work
  • Ability to photograph your work professionally and brightly lit
  • Ability to follow the directions in the Design Team Application, applications not doing so will not be considered
  •  Fun, creative, happy spirited individuals who love to create with paper, stamps and glue and who love to share with and inspire others
    What this team offers:
    • Sponsor digital images, stamps, papers, templates, embellishments
    • Fun and creative inspiration along with a 'family-like' team atmosphere
    • Links to your blog from our Challenge Blog and your fellow Shabby Girls' blogs
    • Blog community socialization, friendship, creativity, inspiration ... FUN
    • A Six-Month Design Team Term beginning on March 19th and running through September 16, 2012 (as long as all Design Team requirements are completely fulfilled.  Failure to fulfill any and all of the DT requirements will result in termination from the team)
    How to Apply:

    1. Become a follower of The Shabby Tea Room
    2. Email deb4tasteful@earthlink.net with subject "DT Application" as subject
    3. Include the following in your email:
    • Full name and address
    • Blog address
    • Current and previous Design Team experience (current or past DT experience is not required)
    • Tell us a bit about yourself and why you would like to be a Shabby Girl
    • Submit a newly created card and/or project (never before shared on your blog) created for this call based on the following INSPIRATION PHOTO.  You may be inspired by the colors, theme, objects in photo or all of the above!  Remember ... we ARE The Shabby Tea Room, so we really adore anything shabby, vintage and tea-related, but these design styles are not all inclusive, all design styles are welcome and will be considered.  Please ATTACH your submission to your e-mail ... do not include it in the body of the e-mail.  We are looking for your BEST WORK, so let your creativity soar and 'wow us' with your application projects!
    • You may submit as many times as you wish.  Only your first application will require all of the above ... any subsequent applications need only include 'DT Application' in the subject like of your e-mail, your name in the body and a picture of your submission attached to the e-mail.
     

    GOOD LUCK to all who apply!  The Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your beautiful creations!!

    {Please scroll down for current weekly challenge details and link tool}

    Week #102 - 'High Tea'

    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 'High Tea' along with this stunning photo for inspiration ...


    ... and Cindy asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND USE A DOILIE!

    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, Heather Hudson - My Artistic Adventures!  Heather earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #90 challenge - 'Winter Picnic'. 





    And some more beautiful inspiration from our February 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
    Barry Peeker



    Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
    Nelly



    Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
    Love Sentiments




    Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
    Love Sentiments




    Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
    Barry Peeker and Love Sentiments




    Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
    Barry Peeker and Love Sentiments




    Deanne - The Stamp Fairy Design Team
    Donny Bee




    Gerda - The Stamp Fairy Owner and Illustrator
    Barry Bee



    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 - The Stamp Fairy!

    The Stamp Fairy is a young company owned and illustrated by Gerda Burghardt. She creates cute and whimsy images for young and old, inspired by life, love and 4 cute cats. The Stamp Fairy Store launched in November 2010 and is steadily growing. Gerda and her wonderful Design Team are running and sponsoring challenges for crafters. Every Friday The Stamp Fairy will be offering at least 1 free Digi for download, so be sure to stop by. You will definitely want to check out that cute shop, you will be sure to find something for your crafting needs.
     
    Please link your creations below by Sunday, February 26th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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 #101 - 'Hi Ho Cherry O' 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 'Hi Ho Cherry O' challenge -- we received 35 DELICIOUS AND 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 1,889 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 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 Teresa Kline for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Joanna Munster for joining us as our February Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

    A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, My Time Made Easy, 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 'Hi Ho Cherry O' challenge:

    HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

    1.  Dawn #4

    2.  Stacy T. #9

    3.  Milagros C. Rivera #10

    4.  Rema T. #19 and #23

    5.  Jinny Newlin #21

    6.  Bonya #26

    7.  Karien #27


    THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
     
    1.  Stacy Koo #15

    THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

    Starr T. #18 and #32WOWZERS ... Starr submitted not one, not two, not three -- but FIVE gorgeous cherry themed projects this week that just blew us away!  She created two amazing gifts sets that were not only beautiful ... but looked delicious enough to eat!  I know I'd {love} to be the recipient of any of the sets Starr designed -- simply wonderful!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room this week, Starr!



    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, February 13, 2012

    Week #101 - 'Hi Ho Cherry O'

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


    ... and Sheri asks that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo and FEATURE CHERRIES ON IT FOR NATIONAL CHERRY MONTH!

    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, Teresa Kline - Paperie Blooms!  Teresa earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #89 challenge - 'Colors of Nature'. 



    And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
    Joanna Munster - Inspired by Stamping!  



    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

    Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!







    Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog


    Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart





    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 - My Time Made Easy!


    My Time Made Easy provides you with the basics for creating your own coordinating handmade cards, tags, and gift packaging in no time. It is fun, affordable, and we made it easier than ever! I have always said that it really is all about the TOTAL package. Now you can afford to create and dress up the simplest of gifts on your own, and make them appear to be that much more special. Nothing says love like something handmade.


    Lauren, from My Time Made Easy has generously donated the Hey Cupcake Template, Farmhouse Fresh Paper, Sweet Sentiment and Sweet Treats Stamp Sets to this week's lucky winner!!!!

     


    Please link your creations below by Sunday, February 19th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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 #100 - 'Candy Hearts' 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 'Candy Hearts' challenge -- we received 56 ADORABLE 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 1,864 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS -- The Shabby Girls {heart} you all 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 Milagros C. Rivera for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Joanna Munster for joining us as our February Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

    A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps, 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 'Candy Hearts' challenge by using hearts and a food theme:

    HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA -- 9 this week:

    1.  Rebecca Ednie #7

    2.  Melissa (Sunshine Honey Bee) #12

    3.  Rebekah #16

    4.  Gayle #24

    5.  Gemma #36

    6.  Maria P. #39

    7. Kaia #50
    THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS - 4 this week:
     
    1.  Helen B. #19

    THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

    Birgit #44Smitten ... that's the first word that popped into my head when I saw this oh-so-sweet treat set that Birgit created this week!  How lovely ... I can't begin to choose what I liked best -- the beautiful blooms, pearls, buttons and lace on the card ... or the pink heart pinwheels on the yummy cupcakes!!!  Thank you, Birgit, for sharing your amazing 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, February 6, 2012

    Week #100 - 'Candy Hearts'

    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 'Candy Hearts' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...



    ... and Melissa asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and USE A FOOD THEME AND HEARTS!

    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, Milagros C. Rivera - Paper Boutique Scrapbooking Studio!  Milagros earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #88 challenge - 'Shabby Pastel Christmas'. 



    And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...  I am pleased to welcome Joanna Munster - Inspired by Stamping to the Tea Room this month!  



    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
    I Heart U




    Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
    Hot Cocoa




    Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
    I Heart U




    Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
    I Heart U




    Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
    I Heart U




    Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
    Lucy Valentine's Girl



    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, February 12th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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!