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Monday, May 26, 2014

Week #220 - 'Let's Go For a Ride'


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 'Let's Go For a Ride' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE SOMETHING WITH WHEELS, PINK, FLOWERS and BACKGROUND TEXTURE!

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, MacarenaMacarena earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #211 challenge - 'Bits and Bobbles'.


And some more beautiful inspiration from our May 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: Shabby Chic Banners 3
Paper Sweeties:  Life is a Special Occasion, Frosting Sequins, Frosting Seam Binding




Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  Shabby Chic Banners 3




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:matilda and pink scooter



Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy:  matilda and pink scooter





Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
 Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Big Paper Roses 2





Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy: Shabby Chic Banners 3, Romantic Paper 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 - 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 Top Three first place winner will receive three collage files
Tea Time Top Three second place winner will receive two collage files
Tea Time Top Three third place winner will receive one collage file 


Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 1st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 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!
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Week #219 - 'Flowers and Balloons' 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 'Flowers and Balloons' challenge -- we received 27 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 2,680 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 Tracey Kelly for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Alyson MacDonald for joining us as our May 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 'Flowers and Balloons' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Brenda #1

2.  Synnove #10

3.  More Please #20

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Paper Talk With Samra

2.  Bligu

3.  Karasiowa

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Melissa Bove #18!  Oh my shabby goodness - LOVE this soft, pastel stunner Melissa created for this week's challenge -- a perfect fit for our beautiful inspiration photo!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us in the Tea Room this week, Melissa!




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! 
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Monday, May 19, 2014

Week #219 - 'Flowers and Balloons'


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 'Flowers and Balloons' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Linda asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE FLOWERS and/or BALLOONS!  *Bonus vote if you use BOTH!

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, Tracey KellyTracey earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #209 challenge - 'Spring is Near'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our May 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!!!

*SPECIAL ALERT*  ...  please help me welcome the talented REBECCA DEEPROSE to The Shabby Tea Room design team!  Rebecca is a returning design team member and I am so excited to have her beautiful talents back in the Tea Room again!

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:  Balloons
Paper Sweeties: Rainbows and Roses, Tuti-Fruiti Sequins



Diane Hover - Nellie's Nest
Bugaboo Stamps: Critter Balloons - Elephant






Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question
Bugaboo Stamps: Flower Jar




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Bugaboo Stamps: Balloons




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Bugaboo Stamps: Balloons
Paper Sweeties: Best Wishes



 
Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Bugaboo Stamps: Thank You Tulip Block

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, May 25th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 26th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 26th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!
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Week #218 - 'Tea 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 'Tea Party' challenge -- we received 17 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 2,677 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 Sara Sherlock for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Alyson MacDonald for joining us as our May 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 'Tea Party' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  The Pretty Paper Patisserie #8

2.  Char Crawford #11

3.  Lauren #16

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Darlene Pavlick #1

2.  Kate's Paper Nest #4

3.  Karen Wood #15

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

#7 Evgenia Petzer!   Pure deliciousness ... what a yummy slice of cake Evgenia has created!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week in the Tea Room, Evgenia!




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! 
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Monday, May 12, 2014

Week #218 - 'Tea Party'


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 'Tea Party' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Tina asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A TEA CUP/TEA POT OR PETIT FOUR/SWEET TREAT, LACE/RIBBON and PEARLS!

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, Sara SherlockSara earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #210 challenge - 'Anything Goes'.



And some more beautiful inspiration from our May 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) ...



Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
Paper Temptress:  Heavenly White Premium Ultrasmooth Cardstock





Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner
Paper Temptress: Vintage silver lustre, Cryogen white
Paper Sweeties: It's Tea Time , Watermelon Seam Binding





Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict
Paper Sweeties: Best Wishes
Paper Temptress: Black (plike black text)Lagoon (Mica/Metallic)Retro Silver Lustre 





Lenet Mos - To Scrap or not to Scrap, that is the Question

 




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!



This week's lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Paper Temptress!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, May 18th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 19th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 19th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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Week #217 - 'Pretty Prints' 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 Prints' challenge -- we received 15 CHEERY AND FUN 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 2,675 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 Mynnette Kitchen for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Alyson MacDonald for joining us as our May 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 'Pretty Prints' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Dawn #1

2.  Brenda #9

3.  Padoriaa #14

 
THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE'S:
 
1.  Mary V. #6

2.  kbrandy4 #10

3.  Char Crawford #15

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Karien #8!  WOWZERS ... what a stunning bag Karien created -- I love the soft colors, pretty floral fabric, fun gingham fabric and beautiful satin roses!  Thank you, Karien, for sharing this amazing project 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! 
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Monday, May 5, 2014

Week #217 - 'Pretty Prints'


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 'Pretty Prints' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!  I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE FABRIC!


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, Mynnette Kitchen Mynnette earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #208 challenge - 'Pretty Polka Dots'.  Mynnette used the Sending Springtime stamp set along with a Mint Paper Straw and Raspberry Baker's Twine from the Paper Sweeties boutique on her sweet project!


And some more beautiful inspiration from our May 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 Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties

Tuti-Fruiti Sequins, You Make Me Smile stamp set




Linda Dudziak - Made by Groszek
 Paper Sweeties:  Beautiful






Sharon Gregory - Simply Shaz
Paper Sweeties:  I'm Having a Tea Party




Tina Milbourn - Confessions of a DeNami Addict

Paper Sweeties: Make Today 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 - Paper Sweeties!




Paper Sweeties 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!




Winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from the Paper Sweeties boutique!

And, for another chance to WIN, hop on over to the Paper Sweeties blog to check out the May challenge and create something FUN to share!





Please link your creations below by Sunday, May 11th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 12th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 12th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

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