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Monday, January 28, 2013

Week #151 - 'Cute as a Button'


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 'Cute as a Button' 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 BUTTONS!

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!  Tammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #138 challenge - 'Hey Pumpkin'. 


Created using the Warm Winter Wishes stamp set from Paper Sweeties!

And some more beautiful inspiration from our January Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    Cathy McGrath!  



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
Bugaboo - Winter Circle Sentiments - Warm Wishes
Paper Sweeties - Banner Wishes, Stand Add-on 4 




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Bugaboo - Winter Circle Sentiments - Warm Wishes




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Bugaboo - Heels Daisy




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Bugaboo - Winter Circle Sentiments - Warm Wishes




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Bugaboo - Winter Circle Sentiments - Warm Wishes
Paper Sweeties - Snow Friends




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Bugaboo - Valentine Jar
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 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.


 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, February 3rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 4th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 4th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #150 - 'Just Pretty' 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 'Just Pretty' challenge -- we received 56 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 2,370 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 Nancy Dynes for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Cathy McGrath for joining us as our January 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Just Pretty' challenge by including the colors, stripes and a flower in their design:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lea L. #6

2.  Teresa Kline #12

3.   Carmen Alice #18

4.  Shea Marshall #23

5.  Janine Smith #25

6.  Karien #33

7.  Synnove #35

8.  Tammy #43

9.   Maria P. #47

10.   Susie Wittwer #48

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Michelle Bala #19

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kristi Schurr #36!  Oh my shabby goodness ... what a lovely creation Kristi shared with us this week!  Gorgeous use of the inspiration colors, pretty striped pattern paper and oh-so pretty blooms!  Love!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week, 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!

Monday, January 21, 2013

Week #150 - 'Just Pretty'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tracey is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Just Pretty' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tracey asks that you create a card or project inspired by COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE STRIPES AND 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, Nancy Dynes!  Nancy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #136 challenge - 'Rustic Elegance'.


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 ...


Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - My Time Made Easy!

My Time Made Easy™ LLC


 My Time Made Easy™ LLC 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 lucky winner will receive a prize package containing the following from the My Time Made Easy Shop:

BFF Valentine Paper
BFF Valentine Tags Images
Rolled Bloom Scallped Cut File
BFF's Valentine Tags Cut File   
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, January 27th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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 #149 - 'Antique Roses' 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 'Antique Roses' challenge -- we received 32 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 2,359 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 Michelle Bala for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Cathy McGrath for joining us as our February Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digital Papers 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Antique Roses' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Sarah Stone #4

2.  Karien #7

3.  Anna Zaprezelska #8

4.  Irina Gerschuk #14

5.  Kristi S. #18

6.  Chelsea Le #19

7.  Carolyn #23

8.  Dorthe/Pips #25

9.  Mickey DeValle #26

10.  Julie P. #31

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Joann #24 - winner of three collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.   Andrea Ewen #2 - winner of two collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Meihsia Liu #3 - winner of one collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy


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!

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Chances to win some goodness from Paper Sweeties!

The January sketch is live over at Paper Sweeties -- hop on over to the BLOG to find out how you can play along for a chance to win some goodness from the Paper Sweeties shoppe!!


More chances to win:

Visit our January *new* stamp release Facebook Event!  Share your Paper Sweeties projects here!  One event attendee will win a FREE stamp set – winner announced 1/21/13.

Like our Facebook Fan Page!  One lucky fan will earn a FREE stamp set – winner announced 1/21/13.

Follow us on Pinterest!  One Paper Sweeties Boards Pinterest follower will receive a FREE stamp set – winner announced 1/21/13.


Visit our Flickr Gallery — upload your Paper Sweeties projects here!

Sign up for our Newsletter to receive subscriber only discounts and specials!

TODAY THROUGH JANUARY 20th

free shipping2 150x150 January Release Wrap Up!

… use FREE SHIPPING coupon code at check out to redeem your discount!

Happy shopping and creating!  Good luck to all those who enter!!
 

Monday, January 14, 2013

Week #149 - 'Antique Roses'




Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Rebecca is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Antique Roses' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE ROSES PLUS FABRIC/RIBBON!

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!  Michelle earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #137 challenge - 'Vintage Charm'. 


Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes and You Are Amazing

And some more beautiful inspiration from our January 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
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Antique Papers / Paper Sweeties - You Are Simply The Best



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage tickets / Paper Sweeties - You are Fabulous



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Antique Papers



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage Tickets



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Shabby Chic



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage tickets and Victorian French / Paper Sweeties - You are Fabulous



Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy!



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 #1 = 3 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three #2 = 2 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three #3 = 1 collage file

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, January 20th to play along.  Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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 #148 - 'Elegance' 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' challenge -- we received 43 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 2,356 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 Kristi Schurr for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Cathy McGrath for joining us as our January Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Paper Sweeties, 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Elegance' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Elizabeth Price #4

2.  Sarah Stone #7

3.  Shea Marshall #17

4.  Wanda Cullen #22

5.  Lizbeth #24

6.  Karen Letchworth #25

7.  Gitte #26

8.  Jill Norwood #27

9.  Marbella #36

10.  Dani A. #41

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Meihsia Liu #3

2.  Nerrida Mitchell #13

3.  Maria P. #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Marlene Gomez #37!  What an absolutely precious 3-D snowman Marlene created .. full of whimsey and fun from his embossed layers and blue buttons to his magic hat and snowflake flower embellishment!  Thank you for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Marlene.



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, January 8, 2013

PSSI #3 now live!


Paper Sweeties Sketch Inspiration #3 challenge is now live on the blog!  Hop on over and enter for a chance to win some goodness from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!

Monday, January 7, 2013

Week #148 - 'Elegance'




Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Starr is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Elegance' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO and INCLUDE RIBBON/BOW and 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, Kristi Schurr!  Kristi earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #134 challenge - 'Sketch This'.


Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You



And some more beautiful inspiration from our January Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    Cathy McGrath!  




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
Paper Sweeties - Occasions

 

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Banner Wishes and So Sweet of You



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Paper Sweeties - You're Invited



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Paper Sweeties!


 

Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers clear acrylic stamps that allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiment sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties Shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so fun to play with – they will bring back fond childhood memories of special moments from the past!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party favors, invitations and so much more!  

 This week's winner will receive TWO FREE STAMP SETS from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, January 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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 #147 'Monogram Madness' 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 'Monogram Madness' challenge -- we received 36 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 2,347 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 Lea Lawson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Silke Ledlow for joining us as our December Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Paper Sweeties and Digital Papers 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Monogram Madness' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Monika/buzsy #1

2.  Michelle Bala #3

3.  Rema Timm #4

4.  Kristi Schurr #8

5.  Rea #9

6.  Teresa Kline #25

7.  Synnove #30

8.  Lynn D.

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Nerrida Mitchell #1 - winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Cathy Mc #28 - winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Maria Patrick #21 - winner of 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Carolyn #13Winner of one complimentary stamp set from Paper Sweeties!



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!