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Monday, October 28, 2013

Week #190 - 'Pumpkin Spice'


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 'Pumpkin Spice' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A PUMPKIN AND GLITTER!

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, Robyn Correa!  Robyn earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #186 challenge - 'Oh My Pumpkin'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our October 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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
The Cutting Cafe - Pumpkin Treat Box
Paper Sweeties -  Banner Wishes, Sweeties Wagon, Home Tweet Home



Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card & Sentiments


Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
The Cutting Cafe - Pumpkin Treat Box




Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - Abigail, Jelly Bean Time, So Sweet of You, Stand Add-on 2




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card
Paper Sweeties - You Are Fabulous, Thanks Berry Much, Sweeties Wagon, 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 - 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!

The Cutting Cafe has generously donated 3 cutting files to this week's lucky winner!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 3rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 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 #189 ' Fall Florals' 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 'Fall Florals' challenge -- we received 27 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 2,584 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 Sandee Shanabrough for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Karen Oliver for joining us as our October 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 'Fall Florals' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Rudlis #3

2.  Diane H. #5

3.  Janja #7

4.  Alyson M. #8

5. Betta #11

6.  Pat K. #14

7.  Vickie O'Dell #16

8.  Violace #17

9.  Sarah Stone #19

10.   Julie P. #21

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

2.  Lori U. #24

3. Karen D. #27

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Melody Rupple #26!  What an absolutely perfect fall floral card Melody has created for this week's Tea Room challenge!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us, Melody :)




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, October 21, 2013

Week #189 - 'Fall Florals'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tina is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Fall Florals' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration.   Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo AND INCLUDE FALL 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, Sandee ShanabroughSandee earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #185 challenge - 'The Splendor of Fall'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our September 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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
Creations by AR - Garden Can Set
Paper Sweeties - Smile & Make Today Beautiful
Primrose Cookie Dough seam binding




Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Creations by AR - Enchanted Lantern





Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Creations by AR - Carry All Template





Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Creations by AR - Gift Card Purse
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You





Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Creations by AR - Pun'kin Card & Party Set




 
Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Creations by AR - Enchanted Lantern




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!


Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3-D 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.

This week's lucky winner will receive two digital files generously donated by Creations by AR!

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 27th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 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 #188 'FALL' 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 'FALL' challenge -- we received 31 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 2,579 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 Karen Oliver for joining us as our October 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 'FALL' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Grace O. #2

2.  Caroline T. #4

3.  Catz #7

4.  Gibmiss #8

5.  LeAnn Barrett #10

6.  Berni C. #12

7.  Judy1223 #16

8.  Bonnie G. #19

9.  Kim Ogden #21

10.   Lori U. #28

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS - these cards wowed us which all included a fall theme, pumpkins and a stamped sentiment in their designs:
 
1.   Tammy Hobbs #23 - winner of three collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.    LeAnne #18 - winner of two collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.   Alyson M. #14 - 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, October 14, 2013

Week #188 - 'FALL'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Linda is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'FALL' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Linda asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A FALL THEME, PUMPKINS AND A STAMPED SENTIMENT!

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 #184 challenge - 'The White Challenge'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our September 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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Autumn Wind Set
Paper Sweeties - Give Thanks (coming 10/15), Ambrosia Cantalope seam binding


Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Autumn Wind Set


Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Autumn Wind Set





Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You and Stand Add-on 2




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Autumn Wind Set




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Autumn Wind Set




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 1st place winner will receive 3 collage files!!!
Tea Time Terrific Top Three 2nd place winner will receive 2 collage files!!
Tea Time Terrific Top Three 3rd place winner will receive 1 collage file!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 21st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 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 #187 - 'Sketch This' 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 'Sketch This' challenge -- we received 31 OUTSTANDING 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 2,578 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 Karen Davis for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Karen Oliver for joining us as our October 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 'Sketch This' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Erum #1

2.  Sarah Stone #4

3.  Judy 1223 #6

4.  Karien #8

5.  Teresa Kline #15

6.  Niepowtar #18

7.  Judy #21

8.  Julye #23

9.  Macarena #26

10.   Narelle Farrugia #28

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

2.   Coops #11

3.   Lori U. #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Jinny Newlin #22!  Oh my cuteness!  Jinny rocked our sketch challenge this week using her Emma,  The Splendor of Autumn and Make Today Beautiful stamp sets and Ambrosia Cantalope seam binding from Paper Sweeties!!  Love, love ... LOVE this darling card!




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, October 7, 2013

Week #187 - 'Sketch This'



Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lesley is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Sketch This' along with this beautiful graphic for inspiration.  Lesley asks that you create a card or project inspired by the layout of the sketch provided!

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, Karen Davis!  Karen earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #183 challenge - 'Time Flies'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our September 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 (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
Paper Sweeties - Happy Fall Ya'll, Make Today Beautiful



Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Paper Sweeties - You Are The Most Wonderful, Beautiful




Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Paper Sweeties - Abigail, You Are Fabulous stamps; Abigail Sweet Cuts die




Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - Abigail, So Sweet of You, Jelly Bean Time




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Sweeties - Beautiful




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You, I'm Having a Tea Party




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  high quality, on trend acrylic stamps and metal dies.  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 sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties boutique carries tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so much fun to create with and are sure to bring back fond childhood memories!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties stamps and dies to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and so much more!

Winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from the Paper Sweeties boutique!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 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 #186 - 'Oh My Pumpkin' 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 My Pumpkin' challenge -- we received 13 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 2,572 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 Diane Hover for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jill Norwood for joining us as our September 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 'Oh My Pumpkin' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Karien #1

2.  Kathy #2

3.  LeAnne #4

4.  Glenda #7

5.  Darlene Pavlick #8

6.  Sandy M. #9

7.  Lori U. #13

8.  Char Crawford #11

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Judy #5

2.  Oh My Pumpkin #10

3.  Alyson M. #12

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Robyn Injoystampin #6!  What an absolutely darling masculine fall card Robyn created -- sweet, adorable, perfect for the Tea Room Oh My Pumpkin challenge!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us, Robyn!




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, October 1, 2013

Paper Sweeties October challenge ...


Scroll down or click HERE for this week's 'Oh My Pumpkin' challenge!

The new challenge is up over at Paper Sweeties for the month of October!  Hop on over to check out the lovely inspiration projects created by the Sweeties Teamies and then play along for a chance to win some yummy goodness from the Paper Sweeties boutique!