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Monday, December 15, 2014

Week #242 - 'Shabby Chic Holiday'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week our challenge is called 'Shabby Chic Holiday'!  Please create a card/project INSPIRED BY THE PHOTO USING PINK, AQUA, IVORY + 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, Beth Johnson!  Beth earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #238 challenge - 'Spooky Wishes'.

And now for some more beautiful inspiration from the Shabby Girls (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
{Creator}


 Alyson MacDonald - Paper Cake Trail
Creations by AR: Ornaments Box Set
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Romantic Paper





Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Creations by AR:  Ornaments Box Set
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Christmas Baubles




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Creations by AR: Ornaments Box Set
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Christmas Circles





Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Creations by AR: Bottle of Cheer




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Creations by AR: Gift card box
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:   Sweet color paper 2 & Christmas Circles

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 sponsors - Creations by AR and Digital Papers by Janet Etsy!

 Sponsor #1:

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.

Sponsor #2:

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 first place winner will receive three collage files.
Tea Time Terrific Top Three second place winner will receive two collage files.
Tea Time Terrific Top Three third place winner will receive one collage file.

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, January 4th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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!
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Week #241 - 'Waiting For Santa' WINNERS!

A big THANK YOU to all of our crafty friends for being so supportive of this fun little challenge blog! Such an inspiring week here in the Tea Room for our 'Waiting For Santa' challenge -- we received 7 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 2,722 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for 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!

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 'Waiting For Santa' challenge:
 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Paper Talk With Samra #7

2.  LeAnne #1

3.  Mary V. #3

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNERS:

Winner of the prize package from Paper Sweeties:   Amelia Breytenbach #6


Winner of the prize package from The Cutting Cafe:  Heather Hudson #4




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

Please be sure to review the rules on our rule page in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes! 
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Monday, December 1, 2014

Week #241 - 'Waiting For Santa'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week our challenge is called 'Waiting For Santa'!  Please create a card/project INSPIRED BY THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE A STOCKING +  get an extra vote if you include LACE!

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, Samra Leshinski!  Samra earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #233 challenge - 'Celebrate'.


And now for some more beautiful inspiration from the Shabby Girls (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
{Creator}


Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Paper Sweeties:  Homemade With Love
The Cutting Cafe:  Christmas Stocking Box





Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Paper Sweeties: Join Me For Tea
The Cutting Cafe: Stocking Box





Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties: Joy, Joy Sweet Cuts
The Cutting Cafe:  Christmas Stocking Box





Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties: Ho Ho Ho
The Cutting Cafe: Christmas Stocking Box




Lenet Mos -
To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Paper Sweeties: Occasions
 The Cutting Cafe: Christmas Stocking Box




Alyson MacDonald - Paper Cake Trail
off this week


And for more holiday inspiration, play along with the Paper Sweeties December challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to the boutique and a guest designer spot!


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 sponsors - Paper Sweeties and The Cutting Cafe!
Sponsor #1:




Paper Sweeties offers high-quality, on trend acrylic stamps, coordinating metal dies and pretty embellishments. Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create handmade from the heart treasures that will be keepsakes for years to come!  We carry adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories ... plus we also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets along with coordinating dies - perfect for every paper crafted project! You'll enjoy using your Paper Sweeties stamps, dies and embellishments 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!


Sponsor #2:


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 lucky winner will receive three cutting files from The Cutting Cafe!

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, December 14th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 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!
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Week #240 - 'Grateful' WINNERS!

A big THANK YOU to all of our crafty friends for being so supportive of this fun little challenge blog! Such an inspiring week here in the Tea Room for our 'Grateful' challenge -- we received 15 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 2,720 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for 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!

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 'Grateful' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Myrna Sweet #5

2.  Designs by Sharon #4

3.  Lucy Patrick #12
 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Winner of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Paper Talk With Samra #6

2.  Winner of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy -  My Eclectic Spirit #10

3.  Winner of 1 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Nina B. #1 & #2

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER of Bugaboo Stamps prize:
 
Barb Thompson #11



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

Please be sure to review the rules on our rule page in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes! 
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Week #240 - 'Grateful'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week our challenge is called 'Grateful!  Please create a card/project INSPIRED BY THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE 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, Lorraine CollettLorraine earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #237 challenge - 'Show Your Shape'.


And now for some more beautiful inspiration from the Shabby Girls (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
{Creator}


 Alyson MacDonald - Paper Cake Trail
Bugaboo Stamps: Autumn Sign
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Autumn Wind





Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Bugaboo Stamps:  Jar - Autumn
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Autumn Wind



Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Bugaboo Stamps: Bobblehead Thanksgiving Scarecrow
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Antique Paper 6 - Backgrounds
Paper Sweeties: Seam Binding - Frosting



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Bugaboo Stamps: Autumn sign
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Autumn Wind



Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Vintage Tags




 Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
{off this week}

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 sponsors - Bugaboo Stamps and Digital Papers by Janet Etsy!
Sponsor #1:


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/
Sponsor #2:

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 first place winner will receive three collage files.
Tea Time Terrific Top Three second place winner will receive two collage files.
Tea Time Terrific Top Three third place winner will receive one collage file.

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 30th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 1st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 1st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!
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Week #239 - 'Just Neutrals' WINNERS!

A big THANK YOU to all of our crafty friends for being so supportive of this fun little challenge blog! Such an inspiring week here in the Tea Room for our 'Just Neutrals' challenge -- we received 43 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 2,720 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for 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!

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 'Just Neutrals' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Inger Harding #18

2.  Ela17 #22

3.  BethieJ #25

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Lesley Croghan #7

2.  Mynn #37

3.  Michelle Bala #38

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER (1) - Paper Temptress prize:


 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER (2) - Paper Sweeties prize:


 




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

Please be sure to review the rules on our rule page in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes! 
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Monday, November 3, 2014

Week #239 - 'Just Neutrals'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week our challenge is called 'Just Neutrals'!  Please create a card/project INSPIRED BY THE PHOTO USING AN ONLY NEUTRAL PALETTE (white, cream, kraft, brown, tan, black, silver, gold)!

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 #229 challenge - 'Ring Around The Rosie'.



And now for some more beautiful inspiration from the Shabby Girls (please click on each designer's blog link to view additional photos of their projects) ...

Debbie MarcinkiewiczPaper Sweeties
{Creator}



 Alyson MacDonald - Paper Cake Trail
Paper Sweeties: Hello Friend stamp set and Be Happy Sweet Cuts
Paper Temptress: Metallic Gold, Cream Velvet and White Leather






Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Paper Sweeties: You Are Amazing









Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties: Autumn BlessingsGive Thanks
Paper Temptress: Graphite Text




***WELCOME BACK*** Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties: Live Love Grow
Paper Temptress: White Diamond




{off this week}



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!

For ANOTHER chance to win some goodness, play along with the November challenge at Paper Sweeties!



 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsors - Paper Sweeties and Paper Temptress!

Sponsor #1:




Paper Sweeties offers high-quality, on trend acrylic stamps, coordinating metal dies and pretty embellishments. Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create handmade from the heart treasures that will be keepsakes for years to come!  We carry adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories ... plus we also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets along with coordinating dies - perfect for every paper crafted project! You'll enjoy using your Paper Sweeties stamps, dies and embellishments 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!


Sponsor #2:


 


This week's lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Paper Temptress!



 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 16th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 17th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 17th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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