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Monday, June 25, 2012

Week #120 - 'Soft & Sweet'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lenet is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Soft & Sweet' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS in the photo!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Tans Hobbies - Tan's Hobbies!  ___ earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #108  challenge - 'Homegrown Flowers'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Dawn Barwick!  

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
Hello There Mrs. Butterfly image and pink lace trim


Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Hello There Mrs. Butterfly image



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Hello There Mrs. Butterfly image



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Hello There Mrs. Butterfly image



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Hello There Mrs. Butterfly image and pearl buttons



Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Hello There Mrs. Butterfly image and doilie



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 TWO sponsors this week - Little Darlings Rubber Stamps AND Creating is Fun Etsy!


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

Winner will receive one stamp set of choice.




My name is Martha and opened the Creating is Fun Etsy shop in December 2011 to be able to offer good quality items for a reasonable prize.
My love for crafting is shabby chic/ Vintage and try to find items that will fit that description ;)

Sponsoring Shabby Tea Room is a great honor and to be able to offer one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate.

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 1, 2012 to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 2nd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 2nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #119 - 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' WINNRS!

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 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' challenge -- we received 48 GORGEOUS cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,141 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 Amelia Breytenbach for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Dawn Barwick for joining us as our June Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Meljen's Designs and Digital Paper by Janet, 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 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #1

2.  Colleen Dietrich #3

3.  Sassy #6

4.  Michelle Bala #11

5.  Monika/buzsy #17

6.  Sarah Nelson #18

7.  Anne-Elise #21



THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Michelle #20 - WINNER OF 3 DIGITAL COLLAGES

2.  Silke Ledlow #24 - WINNER OF 2 DIGITAL COLLAGES

3. Creatively Chloe #33 - WINNER OF 1 DIGITAL COLLAGE

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Tracey #43!  WOW!!  How stunning is this lovely card?  The dress form all dolled up with her pretty lace, tulle, flowers and bling really caught my eye this week!  Thanks, Tracey, for sharing your talents with us all 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!

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

Monday, June 18, 2012

Week #119 - 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend'




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 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Fran asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS FROM THE PHOTO and INCLUDE PEARLS and/or CRYSTALS!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Amelia Breytenbach - Stamped For The Occasion!  Amelia earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #107 challenge - 'Bright and Beautiful Spring'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Dawn Barwick - All Things Pretty Crafty!  



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
Sweet Lace Heart image & Antique Paper



Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Sweet Lace Heart image & Antique Paper



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Sweet Lace Heart image & Antique Paper



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Stamped With Love image & Antique Paper



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Victorian Bird Cage image & Antique Paper



Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Sweet Lace Heart image & Antique Paper



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 TWO sponsor(s) - Meljen's Designs AND Digital Paper by Janet Etsy!


Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has a new challenge every Thursday, and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the adorable line of Meljen's Designs stamps at our store to browse all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's exclusive rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!  Don't forget to join Meljen's Designs on Facebook to take advantage of special sales and promotions that are just for her facebook fans!


Meljen's winner will receive their choice of four images from the shop!






My name is Janet, I'm Polish, live in the south of Italy and the mother of two children!!  I am a printing technician by profession, but an artist by passion.
I really like to draw and photograph everything with my camera. I am in love with old graphics and illustrations, and I always have my colored markers and pencils around me to sketch with.  I'm so happy to be sponsoring this week's Tea Room challenge!

Janet


Tea Time Terrific Top Three Winners will each receive collage packages from Digital Paper by Janet Etsy!

  
Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 24th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 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 #118 - 'Shabby Beautiful' 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 'Shabby Beautiful' challenge -- we received 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 2,132 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 Maria Patrick for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Dawn Barwick for joining us as our June 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 'Shabby Beautiful' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Annie B. #13

2.  Lizbeth #17

3.  Cathy #27

4.  Sassy #31

5.  Lizzi #35

6.  Michelle Bala #38

7. Heather Hudson #42



THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Rebecca Deeprose #20

2.  Bligu #21

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Inger #30!  Such beautiful shabby bliss!!  This card is simply stunning, oh-so-shabby and just lovely!  We just adored all the wonderful elements Inger added to her design this week -- thanks for sharing your talents with us 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!

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

Friday, June 15, 2012

Thank you for your votes!

Thanks to everyone who voted for me during the first three rounds of the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol contest!!!  Sadly, I did not make it through the last round for feminine/masculine card challenge :(

I had a blast creating for the challenges and so appreciate all your awesome comments!!!

Hugs!
xoxox

Monday, June 11, 2012

Paper Crafts 2012 Gallery Idol Contest!


WOWOWOWOWOW ... thanks to YOUR votes, I have advanced onto round three of the 2012 Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Contest!

For the third round, we were to create two cards - one feminine/one masculine - using the SAME products on each!
I need your help ... please visit the Paper Crafts Connection Blog HERE for instructions on how to view the Gallery Idol Contest finalist cards or simply click on the DIRECT LINK on the widget immediately to the right of this post on the sidebar  -->
Registering and voting is as easy as 1-2-3 ... voting ends at NOON (MDT) ON THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH.  The 10 finalists that will advance to the next round will be announced on Friday the 15th.
I cannot advance in the competition without your VOTE ... thanks in advance for your sweet comments and support!!
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Week #118 - 'Shabby Beautiful'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am our host and I ahve chosen the theme of 'Shabby Beautiful' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING PINK, AQUA, NEUTRALS, FLOWERS ... and MAKE IT SHABBY! **

** Click HERE to view our Shabby Tea Room DESIGN STYLE Page!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Maria Patrick - Maria's Merry Makings!  Maria earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #106 challenge - 'Pennant Party'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Dawn Barwick - All Things Pretty Crafty!  



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
Grab a Cuppa


Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Fine Finish stamp set and Wistful Musical Magic papers



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Grab a Cuppa & Wistful Musical Magic papers



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Grab a Cuppa



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Whistful Musical Magic papers





Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Grab a Cuppa & Whistful Musical Magic papers



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 Easyâ„¢ LLC

 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.


This week's winner will receive the Grab a Cuppa template, Wistful Musical Magic paper and Fine Finish digital stamp set prize package!!!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 17th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 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 #117 - 'Sweet Summertime' 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 'Sweet Summertime' challenge -- we received 57 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 2,128 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 Tammy Hobbs for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Dawn Barwick for joining us as our June Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and Little Things For Cute Creations 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 'Sweet Summertime' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Katie Tate #6

2.  Leanne Whitby #12

3.  Rina Fashionista #18

4.  Michelle Bala #24

5.  Rudlis #25

6.  Lea L. #28

7.  Claudia Matthews #34


10.  Sally #49

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Rebecca Deeprose #23 and #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:


Winner #1 - Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps = Bronwyn Eastley #1!



Winner #2 - Little Things For Cute Creations = Creatively Chloe #57!



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!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Paper Crafts 2012 Gallery Idol Contest!


Pinch me please ... out of nearly 500 designers submitting nearly 2,000 cards, I was chosen as one of the Top Twenty finalists to advance onto round two of the 2012 Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Contest!

I need your help ... please visit the Paper Crafts Connection Blog HERE for instructions on how to view the Gallery Idol Contest finalist cards or simply click on the DIRECT LINK on the widget immediately to the right of this post on the sidebar  -->

Registering and voting is as easy as 1-2-3 ... voting ends at NOON (MDT) ON THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH.  The 15 finalists that will advance to the next round will be announced on Friday the 8th.

I cannot advance in the competition without your VOTE ... thanks in advance for your sweet comments and support!!

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Monday, June 4, 2012

Week #117 - 'Sweet Summertime'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Starr is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sweet Summertime' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the picture USING TEAL or AQUA, PINK and BROWN!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Tammy Hobbs - Creating Somewhere Under The Sun!  Tammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #105 challenge - 'Spring is Near'.



And some beautiful inspiration from our June Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Dawn Barwick!  





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
 English Tea Cup & Cake




Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
 English Tea Cup








Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
I Heart U

 



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
I Heart U





Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
English Tea Pot




Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
English Tea Cup



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 FIRST sponsor - Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More!


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.


And the Shabby Girls are also pleased to welcome our SECOND sponsor - Little Things For Cute Creations Etsy!  Evgenia has graciously provided a $15 gift certificate to her shop for our second lucky winner this week!!





 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 10th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 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!