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Monday, July 30, 2012

Week #125 - 'Sweet Summertime'



Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Fran is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sweet Summertime' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Fran asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS in the photo AND INCLUDE FLOWER(S) PLUS A STAMPED ELEMENT!

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, Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene!  Lynn earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #113 challenge - 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our July 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
Seeds of Summer and Vintage Rose Medallions stamp sets


Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
 Seeds of Summer and Vintage Rose Medallions stamp sets



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Seeds of Summer stamp set



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 Seeds of Summer and Botanical Butterflies stamp sets



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Seeds of Summer and Vintage Rose Medallions stamp sets



Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Vintage Rose Medallions stamp set



 Special Guest Designer - Sheri Holt (former Shabby Girl!)
JustRite Stamps Friday Inspiration Challenge Host
Fleuriste Newsprint Background Stamp





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!


Have you been to the JustRite website lately?  We have done a ton of work to our website to make it super easy to shop!!  You can now Shop by Release Date, Spellbinders Compatible Stamps,and JustRite Custom Die Compatible Stamps. JustRite Papercraft is very excited to bring to you MORE custom dies that coordinate with the clear and cling dies. All JustRite Cling and Clear stamps are manufactured in the USA.  For all your card making ideas Follow JustRite on Pinterest! Happy Pinning!!

This week's lucky winner will receive this awesome prize package generously donated by JustRite Stamps


 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 5th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 6th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 6th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #124 - 'Oh-So Pretty In Pink' 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 'Oh-So Pretty In Pink' challenge -- we received 86 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 2,180 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 Monika Davis for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heather Hudson for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digital Paper by Janet 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 'Oh-So Pretty In Pink' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #1

2.  Julie B. #18

3.  Leanne Whitby #23

4.  Mynnette #33

5.  Rebecca Deeprose #46

6.  Hannemor #48

7.  Lynn Put #59



THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Michelle Bala #19  -  1st runner up (winner of 2 collage files)

2.  Teresa Kline #61  -  2nd runner up (winner of 1 collage file)

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Julie P. #26!   Oh my shabby goodness ... what a perfectly sweet and adorable project created by Julie this week!  I adore that precious little Magnolia stamped image, colored perfectly in the challenge colors of pink and green and the cupcake is simple divine!  Thanks so much, Julie, 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 23, 2012

Week #124 - 'Oh-So Pretty in Pink'



Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am our creative host and I have chosen the theme of 'Oh-So Pretty in Pink' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO and INCLUDE A FLOWER!

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, Monika Davis - MAD Stamper!  Monika earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #112 challenge - 'Spring is Love'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our July 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
Bellissima paper


Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Bellissima and Big Paper Roses #2 paper



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Bellissima and Antique Cards #1 paper



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Antique Cards #1



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Bellissima and Sweet paper



Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Bellissima and Big Paper Roses #2 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 sponsor - Digital Paper by Janet!


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

Winner = 3 collage packages
1st runner up = 2 collage packages
2nd runner up = 1 collage packge
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 29th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 30th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 30th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #123 'Sew Crafty' 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 'Sew Crafty' challenge -- we received 28 SWEET 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 2,172 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 Stacy Thoeny for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heather Hudson for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Bugaboo 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 'Sew Crafty' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Meihsia Liu #2

2. Rebecca Deeprose #4

3. Black Lissi #7

4. Corrine #8

5. Melody Rupple #17

6. Loskutok #21

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Ellen Parker #10

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Tracey#16Wow ... Tracy has done it again -- she captured our hearts with this sweet and precious hand made card featuring ALL the required elements of our challenge last week - colors, buttons, ribbon, twine and stitching -- LOVE!!!  Thank you, Tracey, for sharing your amazing talents with us all weekly here 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, July 16, 2012

Week #123 - 'Sew Crafty'



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 'Sew Crafty' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by COLORS in the photo AND USE BUTTONS, RIBBON/TWINE and STITCHING!

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, Stacy Thoeny - Paper & Bling!  Stacy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #111 challenge - 'April Showers'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our July 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
Heels with Big Bow


Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Bookstack



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Faith Block



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Silhouette Hummingbird Flowers



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Love Conquers All



Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Friendship Sentiment



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 - Bugaboo Stamps!


 As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of paper crafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

Our links are:
Store : http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
Catch the bug Challenge blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/




 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 22nd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 23rd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 23rd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!



Week #122 - 'Elegance & Lace' 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 'Elegance & Lace' challenge -- we received 65 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 2,169 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 Michelle Bala for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heather Hudson for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Crafty Secrets, 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 'Elegance & Lace' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Meihsia Liu #4

2. Andrea Ewen #5

3. Suerte #8

4. Ellen Parker #9

5. Cathy Mc #10

6. Monika/buzsy #20

7. Kathy M. #24



THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Kim #13

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Joann #16!  Oh my shabby goodness ... how sweet and precious is this adorable vintage inspired hand crafted dresser!  So creative and beautiful  -- I would love this sweet dresser in my room!  Thank you, Joann, for sharing this amazing creation 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, July 9, 2012

Week #122 - 'Elegance & Lace'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tammy is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Elegance & Lace' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tammy asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING WHITE/CREAM, KRAFT, PINK and LACE!

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, Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!  Michelle earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #110 challenge - 'Beautiful Roses'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our July 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
Creating With Vintage Typography CD #3 and Sweet Kids stamp set


Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
 Creating with Vintage Typography CD #3,Metal Bottle Caps,Alpha Button stickers,Sweet chips Rectangle Album, Love Mail Creative Scraps, Mini Vintage Creative Scraps



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Heartwarming vintage cuts : love and romance, Classic paper designs, Pastel paper designs



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 CD #2-Creating with Vintage Illustrations, "Material Girl" stamp set



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 CD1 Creating With Vintage Patterns, Card Sentiments Large



Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
 Pixie Dust Clear Art Stamps, Mini Vintage Creative Scraps


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 - Crafty Secrets!


 We retail and wholesale our vintage and retro inspired images paired with both meaningful or fun words and sentiments in our Heartwarming Vintage Collection of paper craft products and Clear Art Stamps. We ship orders from our USA warehouse in Blaine, WA or our head office in Surrey, BC.

Visit our BLOG to get our latest news and see artistic and inspiring samples from our Design Team.  Don't forget to sign up to get notified on new blog posts.

We are committed to high quality, great service and sharing inspiring ideas! Check out our large variety of themes from Babies, Birds, Cooking, Family, Fairies, Garden, Girlfriends to Holiday and Seasonal designs for card making, paper arts, scrap booking and keepsakes.

Crafty Secrets has generously donated a $50 gift certificate for this week's lucky winner!

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 15th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 16th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 16th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #121 - 'You're Invited' 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 'You're Invited' challenge -- we received 22 lovely 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 2,155 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 Joann Jamieson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heather Hudson for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More, 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 INVITATION PROJECTS that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'You're Invited' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #1

2.  Colleen Dietrich #3

3.  Jinny Newlin #6

4.  Teresa Kline #8

5. Rebecca Deeprose #13

6.  Lizbeth #20
 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Tracey #11

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Sari #9!  What an amazing and beautiful set, Sari created for the Tea Room challenge this week!  The crackled teapot and cups are stunning, the piece of cake frosted with all that yummy 'icing' is delicious and the card is gorgeous - WOW!!  Thanks, Sari, for sharing your talents with us all this week in the Tea Room - we simply adore your tea party invitation set!



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 2, 2012

Week #121 - 'You're Invited'



Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Rebekah is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'You're Invited' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create an INVITATION inspired by 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, Joann Jamieson - Castlepark Designs!  Joann earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #109 challenge - 'Birthday Bash'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ... please welcome Heather Hudson!  




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
Cake


Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Cake



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
English Tea Cup



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Teapot



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Baby



Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Tea For Two



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 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.

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 8th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 9th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 9th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!