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Monday, November 25, 2013

Week #194 - 'Christmas is Coming'



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 'Christmas is Coming' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Linda asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE RED, WHITE & BROWN!

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, Melody Rupple!  Melody earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #189 challenge - 'Fall Florals'.


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
Bugaboo Stamps - Christmas Cupcake Mistletoe
Paper Sweeties -  Make the Season Bright




Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Bugaboo Stamps - Coffee Time: May Your Cup



Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Bugaboo Stamps - Christmas Teddy Cocoa
Paper Sweeties - Sending Holiday Cheer stamp & Rusty Jingle Bells





Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Bugaboo Stamps - Lil' Snowman




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Bugaboo Stamps - Christmas Ginger Candy Cane





Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Bugaboo Stamps - Winter Circle Sentiments: Warm Winter 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 - 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 papercrafting 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, Debember 1st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 2nd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 2nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #193 - 'Gingham Country Christmas' 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 'Gingham Country Christmas' challenge -- we received 24 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 2,594 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 Alyson Takats for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Rina Meyers for joining us as our November 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! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Gingham Country Christmas' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Ang #10

2.  Annar #13

3.  Char Crawford #24

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Susan #5

2.  Lizbeth #16

3.  LeAnne #21

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lee Ann Barrett #12!  WOW ... what a beautiful work of art Lee Ann created for this week's Country Gingham challenge!  I adore that sweet aqua ornament hung with such a darling red & white gingham bow!  Thanks, Lee Ann, for sharing your 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, November 18, 2013

Week #193 - 'Gingham Country Christmas'


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 'Gingham Country Christmas' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Lesley asks that you create a CHRISTMAS card or project inspired by photo using RED, CREAM, BLUE AND GINGHAM!

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, Alyson Takats!  Alyson earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #188 challenge - 'FALL'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our November 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
My Time Made Easy - Summer Paper
Paper Sweeties - Homespun Holidays, Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts, Rusty Jingle Bells


Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
My Time Made Easy - Ga Ga For Gingham, What's Cookin' 

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
My Time Made Easy - Ga Ga For Gingham






Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - Snow Friends




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
My Time Made Easy - Ga Ga For Gingham




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
My Time Made Easy - Coveralls



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:
Coveralls template
Gingham Candied Apple paper
What's Cookin' stamps
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 24th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 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 #192 - Holiday Baking' 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 'Holiday Baking' challenge -- we received 10 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 2,589 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 Rina Meyers for joining us as our November 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 'Holiday Baking' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Alyson M. #2

2.  Annar #3

3.  Dawn #5

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.   Witchy Fingers #7 - winner of collage digital files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.   Bethie J. #4 -  winner of two collagel files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.   Ang #6 - 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, November 11, 2013

Week #192 - 'Holiday Baking'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Heidi is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Holiday Baking' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Heidi asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING THE CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE and  INCLUDE A 'BAKING ELEMENT', WHITE, RED & ORANGE!

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 HobbsTammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #188 challenge - 'FALL'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our November 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 - Sweet Apple
Paper Sweeties - Homespun Holidays, So Sweet of You, Happy Thanksgiving, Stand Add-on 2, Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die


Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Sweet Apple



Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Card

 


Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
  Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Card
 Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
  Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Cooking Card




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
 Digital Paper By Janet Etsy - Antique Paper 1, Antique Paper 2 
Paper Sweeties - Stand Add-on 1, Stand Add-on 2, 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 1st place = 3 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three 2nd place = 2 collage files
Tea Time Terrific Top Three 3rd place = 1 collage file


Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 17th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 18th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 18th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #191 - 'Shabby Fall Party' 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 Fall Party' challenge -- we received 7 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 2,588 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 LeAnn Pugliese for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Rina Meyers for joining us as our November 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 'Shabby Fall Party' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Dottie Seubert #1

2.  Digiscrap Boutique #2

3.  Kim Ogden #7

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Milagros C. Rivers #3

2.  Kristy Schalk #4

3.  AJ #6

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Karen Letchworth #5!  Oh my shabby goodness ... this card just makes me smile!  The gorgeous patterned papers, that cheery little banner and the yummy cake and candles blend together to create one adorable work of art.  Thanks, Karen, for sharing your talents with us 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, November 4, 2013

Week #191 - 'Shabby Fall Party'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Aneta is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Shabby Fall Party' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Aneta asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A BANNER, CUPCAKE/CAKE along with ORANGE/YELLOW.

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, LeAnne Pugliese!  LeAnne earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #188 challenge - 'FALL'.




And some more beautiful inspiration from our November Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer - please help me welcome the talented Rina Meyers!  



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 - Banner Wishes, You Are Amazing, You Make Me Smile



Aneta Matuszewska - Artisant
Paper Sweeties - Celebrate



Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Paper Sweeties - Emma, Sweeties Stand, You are Fabulous stamp sets
Paper Sweeties - Emma Sweet Cuts die




Lesley Croghan - Always Playing With Paper
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Sweeties - Beautiful




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties - Beautiful, Celebrate

 

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 play 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!

This week's winner will earn a $20 gift certificate to the Paper Sweetie's boutique!

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 10th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 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 #190 - 'Pumpkin Spice' 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 'Pumpkin Spice' challenge -- we received 16 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 2,587 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 Robyn Correa 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, The Cutting Cafe, 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 'Pumpkin Spice' challenge by including a PUMPKIN AND GLITTER:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Catherine #1

2.  Lisa Sarkis #3

3.  Grace O. #5

4.  Lizzi #7

5.  Lisa #9

6.  Rebecca Ednie #13

7.  Sarah Stone #14

8.  Dani A. #16

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Synnove #10

2.  Nancy G. #11

3.  Heather Hudson #12

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Bethie J. #15!   Oh my shabby goodness - LOVE!  I am completely smitten with this soft, pastel and delicious treat basket that Bethie created for our Pumpkin Spice challenge - complete with a yummy, glittered pumpkin to fit our challenge to a 'T'!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us in the Tea Room, Bethie!




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!