1K Fan Page celebration ...

Whoooo hoooo!  Did you see?  Our Paper Sweeties FAN PAGE reached 1,000 fans today!  THANK YOU to everyone who has LIKED and SHARED our page over the past 11 months — you all are so sweet!  Our goal was to reach 1,000 fans by our 1st Birthday on August 15th, but thanks to all of you, we reached our goal a couple weeks early!

Hop on over to see who the lucky winner is of the $25 gift certificate to the boutique!  Next prize given out at the 1,050 level — won’t you help us reach our next goal by sharing our Fan Page with your crafty friends?

Until next time, my friends, happy stamping

Fan Page 'Tag You're It' CONTEST!

 TAG ... you're it!  Hop on over to Facebook to read all about the current Paper Sweeties TAG contest -- by playing along, you and a friend that you tag will earn a double chance to win this soon-to-be-released stamp set!  It is part of our regular *new* stamp release line up in August, but is a CKC-Charlotte show exclusive, so although it's part of the August release on the 15th, it won't be available in the boutique until the 18th -- after we return from the show!  Play along with our contest to win your set for FREE!!!

 LIKE our Fan Page and SHARE us to be eligible to win a $20 gift certificate on 8/1 to kick off our month-long 1st birthday festivities!!

Week #177 - 'Oh Baby!'

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 'Oh Baby!' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create a BABY CARD OR PROJECT FOR A BOY OR GIRL 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, Monika Davis!  Monika earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #173 challenge - 'Glorious Flowers'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Kristi Schurr!  

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
Bugaboo Stamps - Boo Peeker Rocking Horse
Paper Sweeties - Once Upon a Time

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
{On Vacation}



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
 Bugaboo Stamps - Sugar and Spice Sentiment

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Bugaboo Stamps - Boo Peeker Carriage

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Bugaboo Stamps - Sugar and Spice Sentiment
Paper Sweeties - Pennant Party

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
 Bugaboo Stamps - Wee One Bug Butterfly
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 - 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, August 4th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 5th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 5th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #176 - 'Fresh Summer Breeze' 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 'Fresh Summer Breeze' 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 2,511 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 Lesley Croghan for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kristi Schurr for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Paper Temptress, 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 'Fresh Summer Breeze' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Dian Ratna #2

2.  Tabitha #9 & #10

3. Liana Elbekova #14

4.  Agnieszka Onaija #15

5.  Glenda Boyd #20

6.  Tina #25

7.  Char Crawford #30

8.  Jayn Erym #31

9.  Padoriaa #34

10.  Karen Davis #36

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

2.  Lizbeth #33

3.  Lydia #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Bligu #26!  Oh ... my ... shabby ... goodness!  WOW!  Just absolutely perfect -- stunning!  What a lovely mix of shabby in combination with the challenge requirements using aqua, white, soft pink, lace and flowers!  Thank you, Bligu, for sharing your talents with us all last week 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!

Week #176 - 'Fresh Summer Breeze'

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 'Fresh Summer Breeze' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING WHITE/CREAM, AQUA, SOFT PINK, LACE AND FLOWER(S)!

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, Lesley Croghan!  I have been a huge fan of Miss Lesley's beautiful work for a very long time and am tickled that she is joining us this week in the Tea Room!  Lesley was one of the recent finalists in the Paper Crafts Magazine Gallery Idol 2013 Contest!

And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Kristi Schurr!  

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 Temptress - cardstock
Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
{On Vacation}



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Paper Temptress - cardstock
Paper Sweeties - Best Wishes

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Wedding Day

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Paper Temptress - cardstock
 Paper Sweeties - Rainbows and Roses

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
 Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow, Fun Shapes, Rainbow and Roses

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 Temptress!

The Paper Temptress has graciously donated a $25 gift certificate to this week's lucky winner!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 28th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 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 #175 - 'Romantic' 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 'Romantic' challenge -- we received 48 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 2,503 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 Bligu for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kristi Schurr for joining us as our July 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 'Romantic' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Tracy #2

2.  Danielle #3

3.  Meretekj #14

4.  Catherine #21

5.  AgaP #23

6.  Artisant #26

7.  Zetka #28

8.  Karen Wallace #33

9.   Viv #34

10.  Giada #38

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Ragnhilda #7

2.  Lori U. #29

3.  Karen D. #35

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Cathy Mc. #45!  Wow ... stunning hardly seems to cover the beauty that abounds in this gorgeous card that Cathy created for this week's Romantic challenge!  Thank you, Cathy, for sharing your time and 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!

Week #175 - 'Romantic'

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 'Romantic' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING PEARLS, LACE AND FLOWERS!

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, Bligu!  Bligu earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #171 challenge - 'Ruffles & Ribbons'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Kristi Schurr!   Kristi used the Live Laugh Love stamp set from Paper Sweeties!

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
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Best Wishes and Home Tweet Home

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Best Wishes

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
My Time Made Easy - Petal Prints Papers

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
My Time Made Easy - Just a Little Note

Paper Sweeties - Make Today Beautiful

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
My Time Made Easy - Fanciful Flower Card 
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow

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 provides you with the basics for creating your own coordinating handmade cards, tags, and gift packaging in no time. It is fun, affordable, and we made it easier than ever! I have always said that it really is all about the TOTAL package. Now you can afford to create and dress up the simplest of gifts on your own, and make them appear to be that much more special. Nothing says love like something handmade.

This week's winner will receive the following prize package:
Fanciful Flower Card
Petal Prints Paper
Just a Little Note Stamp Set


Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 21st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 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 #174 - 'Cherry Pie' 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 'Cherry Pie' challenge -- we received 35 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 2,499 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 Christy Sugiarto for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kristi Schurr for joining us as our July 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 'Cherry Pie' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Michelle Bala #6

2.  Jill Norwood #7

3.  Karen Letchworth #9

4.  Manunya #16

5.  Shea Marshall #19

6.  Maria Patrick #23

7.  Kim Ogden #24

8.  Teresa Kline #28

9.  Jinny Newlin #29

10.  Padoriaa #33

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Mynette #5 - winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Tina Milbourn #14 & #26 - winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Stacey Schafer #22 - winner of 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three Winners, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs and contact me via e-mail to claim your prizes!

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

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Week #174 - 'Cherry Pie'

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 'Cherry Pie' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tracey asks that you create a card or project inspired by photo using RED, WHITE (or CREAM), AQUA AND TWINE and/or BURLAP!

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, Christy Sugiarto!  Christy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #172 challenge - 'Summer Breeze'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our July Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Kristi Schurr created using the Beautiful stamp set from Paper Sweeties! 

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
#1 - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous & You Make Me Smile

#2 - Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Cards
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous & Beautiful

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:

1st place = 3 collage files
2nd place = 2 collage files
3rd place = 1 collage file

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, July 14th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, July 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!