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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Final day to play to WIN with the Sweeties!!



The Paper Sweeties Sketch Inspiration #4 challenge ends today at 6 pm EST.  Create a little goodie to share based on the February sketch using anything from your craft stash -- you'll get an extra vote if you use something from the Paper Sweeties shoppe!

Winner will be announced tomorrow along with our brand new sketch inspiration for March!

We will also be releasing ALL the *new* in March stamp sets on the 1st so you can get your Easter cards, projects and gifts underway!!   We'll be offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders from March 1st through 5th to help you stock up on all your favorite stamps!!

We can't wait to see your projects! 

Monday, February 25, 2013

Week #155 - 'Pink Party'



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 'Pink Party' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired the COLORS AND THEME of 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, Sherry Wright!  Sherry earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #142 challenge - 'Just Neutrals'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ... Teresa Kline!  


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
The Cutting Cafe - Easter Basket Shaped Card & Bunny Treat Box
Paper Sweeties - Occasions



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
The Cutting Cafe - House Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - Pennant Party & You Make Me Smile




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
The Cutting Cafe - Bunny Treat Box




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
The Cutting Cafe - Candy Jar Shaped Card




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
The Cutting Cafe - Teapot Shaped Card & Bunny Treat Box
Paper Sweeties - Pennant Party & Warm Winter Wishes






Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
The Cutting Cafe - Gumball Machine Shaped Card




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 - The Cutting Cafe!

The Cutting Cafe


The Cutting Cafe is your one stop for affordable cutting files and printable stamps. We offer a huge selection on just about any occasion. 

This week's winner will receive three files generously donated by The Cutting Cafe!!!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, March 3rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, March 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 #154 - 'A Silver Lining' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'A Silver Lining' challenge -- we received 39 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 2,408 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 Lori Ulrich for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Teresa Kline for joining us as our February Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Creations by AR, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'A Silver Lining' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Pauline C. #8

2.  Tammy #9

3.  Leesa aka the Navy Wife #15

4.  Ava G. #30

5.  Bea #38

6.  Ann #38

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Cathy Mc #21

2.  Dorthe #32

3.  Sylwia-er #34

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Christine Creative Journey #12I fell in love with Christine's gorgeous vintage-inspired card this week -- so beautiful -- especially the silver glass glitter!




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, February 21, 2013

And the WINNERS are ...




The WINNERS of the February *new* stamp release contests and events are now announced on the Paper Sweeties blog today!  Hop on over to see if YOU won some goodness from the shoppe!

Thanks to everyone who attended our latest new stamp release events, left us sweet comments and purchased some Paper Sweeties stamps to add to your crafty supplies!

The current Paper Sweeties Sketch Inspiration #4 challenge continues through February 28th -- visit the blog for complete details on how to play along to win!

Hugs!
xoxoxo

Monday, February 18, 2013

Week #154 - 'A Silver Lining'


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 'A Silver Lining' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo incorporating the colors of AQUA AND BROWN AND INCLUDE A SILVER 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, Lori Ulrich!  Lori earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #141 challenge - 'Tic Tac Toe'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...   Teresa Kline!  


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 - Creations by AR!


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Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3D templates, cutting files and digital images. Please visit our shop for inspiration!

I am pleased to offer The Shabby Tea Room participants a challenge discount of 10% off entire purchase during the week of my sponsorship.  The discount code is challenge10.  

This week's lucky winner will receive two templates from the shop as their prize!!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, February 24th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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 #153 - 'Sweet Silhouettes' 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 Silhouetes' challenge -- we received 43 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 2,398 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 Cathy McGrath for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Teresa Kline 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 'Sweet Silhouettes' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Meihsia Liu #3

2. Chriscesar #14

3.  Alyson M. #17

4. Kristi Schurr #19

5. Michelle #26

6. Kathy M. #27

7. Sylwiaer#31

8. Dani A. #38

9. Diane H. #40

10.  Shirley #41

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Rachelle Olaridge #25 - winner of three collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Monika/buzsy #13 - winner of two collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Maria P. #43 - 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!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Let the February Paper Sweeties *new* Stamp PEEKS begin!

The Sweeties Teamies have begun sharing projects today on the Paper Sweeties blog created using the *new* in February stamps ... with a tea theme this month!  The design team will continue to share projects, ideas and inspiration on the 14th, 15th and 16th ... and the *new* stamps will be LIVE in the shop on the 15th!

Hoping you find something you LOVE!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Week #153 - 'Sweet Silhouettes'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Rebekah is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sweet Silhouettes' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo using a SILHOUETTE AS YOUR FOCAL POINT!

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, Cathy McGrath!  Cathy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #141 challenge - 'Tic Tac Toe'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...  Teresa Kline!  

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 - Vintage Silhouettes
Paper Sweeties - Paradise Aqua Mist & Vintage Winter White seam binding; Banner Wishes, You're My Prince Charming & Snow Friends stamp sets




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage Silhouettes, Beautiful Roses
Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes





Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage Silhouettes




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




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage Silhouettes / Paper Sweeties - You Are Simply The Best

Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage Silhouettes / Paper Sweeties - You Are Simply The Best 



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Victorian French / Paper Sweeties - Christmas in the Heart




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 Top Three Winners will each receive prize packages from Janet's shop!

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



Week #152 - 'Happy Birthday in Pink & Blue' 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 'Happy Birthday in Pink & Blue' challenge -- we received 37 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 2,389 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 Teresa Kline for joining us as our February 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 'Happy Birthday in Pink & Blue' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Cindy #2

2.  R Meyers #6

3.  Karen L. 7 & 31

4.  Michelle Bala #12

5.  Lynsey #15

6.  Stacey Schafer #19

7.  Lalky Girl #23

8.  Maria P. #30

9.  Jean Martin #32

10.  Sylwia-er #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Karen L. #8

2.  Cathy Mc #27

3.  Natali #28

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kathy M. #25!  Wowzers ... this is one of the prettiest cards I've ever seen -- stunning!  I adore all the lovely layers and embellishments.  I think this card is suitable for framing and keeping as a keepsake treasure!  Thank you, Kathy, for sharing your wonderful 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, February 4, 2013

Week #152 - 'Happy Birthday in Pink & Blue'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lenet is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Happy Birthday in Pink and Blue' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a BIRTHDAY card or project using the COLORS FROM THE PICTURE !

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, Lea Lawson!  Lea earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #140 challenge - 'Sweet Shabby Christmas'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our February Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...   please help us welcome Teresa Kline!  


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 - So Sweet of You



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



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




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Pennant Party




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties -  You Are Amazing




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 hand drawn, high quality photopolymer acrylic stamps.  Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiment and all-occasion 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 and are sure to spark your creativity!  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, February 10th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, February 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!


Week #152 - 'Cute as a Button' 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 'Cute as a Button' challenge -- we received 31 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 2,380 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 Tammy Hobbs 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, 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 our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Cute as a Button' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Gele #9

2.  Vic #11

3.  Adrienne #14

4.  Karien #19

5.  Teresa Kline #20

6.  Meihsia Liu #23

7.  Carolyn #26

8.  Heather A. Hudson #27

9.  Synnove #30

10.  Nance Salkeld #31

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Synnove #12

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kristi Schurr #18What an absolutely precious little mitten Kristi created using the colors from our inspiration picture, the shape of the mitten and a cute red button!  Thank you, Kristi, for sharing your creativity with us all!



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!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Paper Sweeties Sketch Inspiration #4 challenge!

The Paper Sweeties Sketch Inspiration #4 challenge is now live!  Please visit the Paper Sweeties BLOG to check out the complete details on how you can play along for a chance to win TWO FREE STAMP SETS from the shop!