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Monday, April 29, 2013

Week #164 - 'Beautiful Spring'


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 'Beautiful Spring' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE FLOWERS, LACE & 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, Sylwia!  Sylwia earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #155 challenge - 'Pink Party'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our April 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 -  Paper Sweeties
The Cutting Cafe - Window Sill Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - Stand Add-on #2



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
The Cutting Cafe - Seed Packet Holder



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
The Cutting Cafe - Window Sill Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - Banner Wishes



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 The Cutting Cafe - Seed Packet Holder 
Paper Sweeties - I'm Having a Tea Party




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
The Cutting Cafe - Window Sill Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - You Are Amazing



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
The Cutting Cafe - Window Sill Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - Abigail




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 selections on just about any occasion.

This week's winner will receive three cutting files from The Cutting Cafe!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, May 5th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 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 #163 - 'Spring Bliss' 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 'Spring Bliss' challenge -- we received 39 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 2,463 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 Kathy Montgomery for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Lea Lawson for joining us as our April Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Manor House Creations, 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 'Spring Bliss' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  LeAnn #4

2.  Andrea Ewen #6

3.  Lisa Blastick #7

4.  Katie Tate #11

5.  Alyson M. #18

6.  Coco #19

7.  Char #27

8.  Paper Profusion #31
 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Monika/buzsy #13

2.  Jill Norwood #22

3.  Amelia #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

RMeyers #3Wow, what a stunning easel card filled with beautiful embellishments and lovely coloring!



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, April 22, 2013

Week #163 - 'Spring Bliss'


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 'Spring Bliss' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the INSPIRATION PHOTO USING YELLOW, GREEN, WHITE (OR CREAM) AND INCLUDE FLOWERS AND POLKA DOTS!

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, Kathy MontgomeryKathy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #152 challenge - 'Happy Birthday in Pink and Blue'.


And some more beautiful inspiration from our April Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Lea Lawson!  


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 -  Paper Sweeties
Paper Sweeties - Fancy Monograms, Beautiful


Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Paper Sweeties - I'm Having a Tea Party



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Join Me For Tea



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Paper Sweeties - I'm Having a Tea Party



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties - Tea For Two




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 - Manor House Creations!


Manor House Creations was born in June 2011. The owners, seeing a need for a greater choice of flowers on the scrapbooking market, and having a desire to promote excellent product and efficient service, formed a new company. The focus at Manor House Creations is on providing quality, highly sort after products.

Manor House Creations blooms are diverse in size and design, and available in a multitude of colours. We spend considerable time with the factory managers, carefully choosing colours and adding our own personal touch to each flower design. Prints are selected exclusively for Manor House Flowers. With such a versatile range, we cater to both the avid scrapbooker and off-the-page crafter alike.

Winner will receive 4 flower packs!




 







Please link your creations below by Sunday, April 28th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, April 29th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 29th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #162 - 'Pretty Shabby' 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 'Pretty Shabby' challenge -- we received 38 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 2,461 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 Lea Lawson for joining us as our April 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 'Pretty Shabby' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Heather A. Hudson #2

2.   Vilini #3

3.   Junhild #6

4.   2amscrapper #7

5.  Matyda #13

6.   Milagros C. Rivera #18

7.  Lisa Blastick #20

8.  Barb King #36

9.  Agna #34

10.  Kbrandy4 #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.   Denise VR #15

2.    Tanja #23

3.   Shea Marshall #25

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Teresa Kline #28!  Lovely -- just so pretty and wonderful!  I adore the recycled coffee sleeve on the bottom of Teresa's card -- brilliant!



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, April 16, 2013

Pin to Win!


Visit the Paper Sweeties blog to see how you can PIN to WIN!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Paper Sweeties - *New* April Stamps Are Here!

Today is RELEASE PARTY DAY at Paper Sweeties!  Please visit the shoppe to check out the brand new stamps available today -- beautiful frames and labels, sentiments with fun and whimsical new fonts, pretty potted blooms, clouds, rainbows ... and the most adorable rain slicker, hat and boots outfit for the Sweeties dolls!

The Design Teamies are sharing some beautiful inspiration projects on the blog!


FREE SHIPPING April 15th and 16th.  Happy Shopping!

Week #162 - 'Pretty Shabby'


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 'Pretty Shabby' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tracey asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND USE A RECYCLED ITEM - let us know what your recycled item is!

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 #151 challenge - 'Cute As A Button'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our April Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Lea Lawson!  


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 -  Paper Sweeties
Creations by AR - Birdhouse Topiary
Paper Sweeties - Spring Is Here & Beautiful



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Creations by AR - Dessert Cage



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Creations by AR - Let's Vase It




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Creations by AR - Tray Chic



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Creations by AR - Gift Card Combo
 Paper Sweeties - I'm having a Tea Party




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Creations by AR - Gift Card Combo
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 - Creations by AR!

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 Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3D templates, cutting files and digital images. Visit www.creationsbyar.com 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.

Winner will receive two files from Creations by AR!

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, April 21st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, April 22nd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 22nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #161 - 'Shabby Spring' 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 Spring' challenge -- we received 38 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 2,461 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 Lea Lawson for joining us as our April 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 'Shabby Spring' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Jeanne #2

2.  Donna's Designs #6

3.  Cindy #17

4.  Diane #22

5.  Karen L. #25

6.  Stacy Chic #26

7.  Sylwia-eR #33

8.  Lin Monika #35

9.  ellapu #36

10.  Jay #37

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Nikki #10 - winner of three collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

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

3.  Karien #19 - 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!

Monday, April 8, 2013

Week #161 - 'Shabby Spring'


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 'Shabby Spring' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS and THEME of the photo and make it SHABBY!

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 SchurrKristi earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #150 challenge - 'Just Pretty'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our April 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 Paper By Janet Etsy - Birdhouse & Vintage Tape Strips
Paper Sweeties - Jelly Bean Time 




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Digital Paper By Janet Etsy - Birdhouse





Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Spring Garden




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Birdhouse




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Birdhouse
Paper Sweeties - You Are Amazing




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Birdhouse
Paper Sweeties - Banner Wishes


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 Winners will receive:
First place = 3 collage files
Second place = 2 collage files
Third place = 1 collage file
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, April  14th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, April 15th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 15th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!