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Monday, May 30, 2011

Week #64 - '2 - 4 - 6'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week brings Charlene as our fabby host and she has chosen this pretty photo as inspiration ...



... and a recipe challenge this week!!  Charlene asks that we create a card or project with TWO PATTERNED PAPERS (manufactured or handmade), FOUR BUTTONS AND SIX LAYERS!  How fun is that??!!??  (You need not use the colors from the photo unless you are inspired by them!)

Note: 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. Thanks for your understanding and participation!


I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Sharon Gregory - The Ramblings of a Fairy!  Tammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #54 - 'BINGO'!




And our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!




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!!!

~ June Special Month-Long Guest Designer ... VIOLA MAHR!!! ~

And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures
 Signs of Life




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Forever Friends





Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
You Are The Best




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Signs of Life




Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Because I Care




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Hope Borders & Centers




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome back our regular bi-monthly Tea Room Sponsor - JustRite Stamps!



JustRite now has 3 distinct brands of products- JustRite Original Stamps, JustRite Cling Stamps and JustRite Custom dies manufactured by Spellbinders.  With the introduction of two new product lines JustRite is more versatile than ever.  JustRite cling stamps are designed to coordinate with Spellbinders Label templates.
 
And the awesome prize for one lucky winner this week ...



Link your creations below by Sunday, June 5th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 6th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 6th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #63 - 'Sweet Baby' WINNERS!

BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'Sweet Baby' challenge -- 60 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 1,355 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 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!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Heather Hunter for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Michelle Bala for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Lauretta's Digital Stamps and Coco Dingo Digital Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome gift certificate for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog. Thank you for your cooperation!




The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was so GORGEOUS this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sweet Baby' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Eli #4

2.   Donna #11 - 14

3.    Sharon Johnson #15

4.   Pink Latte #22

5.   Andrea Ewen #31

6.   Fairy Di #36
 
7.   Tracey Brossart #37

8.   Linda, The Funkie Junkie #51


9.   Jen Adcock #54

10.   Martuska #55


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.    Theresa Neubaum #46
 
2.    Lenet #50

3.   Tammy Roberts #59 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Heidi D. #24!  All I can say is oh so PRETTY IN PINK!  What a beautiful infant image, lovely coloring, gorgeous paper flowers frame ... just stunning work!  Thank you, Heidi, for sharing your wonderful creation 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!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Week #63 - 'Sweet Baby'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week brings Melissa as our FUN host and she has chosen this beautiful photo as inspiration ...



... and asks that we create a card or project with a BABY THEME!  (You need not use the colors in the inspiration photo unless you are inspired by them!)

Note: 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. Thanks for your understanding and participation!


I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Heather Hunter - Shabby Shambles!  Tammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #53 - 'Party Time'!




And our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!




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 -  Simple Treasures
 Rocking Horse




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Bird in Flight





Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
Duck




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Rocking Horse



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Letter B



Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Goodnight




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

 I am pleased to welcome our dual sponsors this week - Lauretta's Digital Stamps and Coco Dingo!


Hi am Lauretta, I am also known under the nickname of Ladypou.  I am the founder of Craft Your Passion challenge blog. I love to draw,  and have started my own line of digital stamps in January 2010 called Lauretta's Digital Stamps.  You can find my images here:   http://laurettasdigitalstamps.blogspot.com/.  I am also on other Design teams like Meljen's Designs and Pattie's creations (both digital stamp artist)  and on Karmascrap ( a weekly sketch challenge ) and also a store DT here in Canada called (La cour a Scrap...booking).  I love each and every place were I have fun creating and expressing my artistic passions.  Please come and visit me on my personal blog:    http://www.passioncartesetplus.blogspot.com.


Hi my name is Corinne and my nickname is Frenchie on the forums  ( I am originally from France ).  Lauretta is one of my best friends, and we created the Craft Your Passion challenge blog, together.  My drawing artist name is Coco Dingo. My blog of digital stamps is Coco Dingo.  You can view/purchase my images at:
http://cocodingo.blogspot.com/.  I am also with the design team of karmascrap.  I’m a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator since last year. You can visit my personal blog at:  http://passionscorinne.blogspot.com/. Here,   you will find all of my passions on this blog: scrapbooking, cards, drawings and jewelry.


And the prize package to our lucky winner this week is four digital images of your choice from either shop!

Link your creations below by Sunday, May 29th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 30th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 30th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #62 - "Monochromatic' WINNERS!

BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'Monochromatic' challenge -- 141 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 1,335 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 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!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)  It's so fun to see visiting numbers rising!

Please join me in thanking Tammy Roberts for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Michelle Bala for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome gift certificate for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog.




The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was so GORGEOUS this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Monochromatic' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Chris Olsen #23

2.   Evgenia Petzer #50

3.   Sazzlecraft #61

4.   Simply Shaz #62

5.   Dalia #65
 
6.   Linda L. #78

7.  Kirsten #98 

8.  Nancy Jensen #110

9.   Lynn Put #125

10.  Fran #139

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.   Andrea Ewen #5

2.   Sherry Wright #9
 
3.    Zvezdo4ka #52

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Kylie #112!  Oh my holly jolly goodness ... this holiday creation is simply gorgeous!  What a sweet Tilda image -- love that damask paper pieced dress and all the bling!  The coloring is magnaficent and just the right tough of shabbyness to add a time-worn look!  Thank you, Kylie, for sharing this sweet card with us all 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!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Week #62 - 'Monochromatic'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week brings Sheri as our fabby host and she has chosen this beautiful photo as inspiration ...



... and asks that we create a card or project in a MONOCHROMATIC color palette ... use any ONE color with any neutrals (black, tan, white, cream, kraft) in your design this week!  (You need not use the colors in the inspiration photo ... unless you are inspired by them!)

Note: 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. Thanks for your understanding and participation!


I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness!  Tammy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #52 - 'Luck of the Irish'!




And our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!




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 -  Simple Treasures
 Annalee and Sparkling Spring papers from Prima, Calla Lillies, Pink & White Mulberry Roses, Kaisercraft Pink Rhinestones - The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique
**EXTRA prize offered at Debbie's blog from The Beary Scrap**
(Design Team members ARE eligible for this prize package!)




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!




Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune





Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart



Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch



Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards 




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!

 I am pleased to welcome our sponsor this week - The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique!

And the prize this week ... a $20 gift certificate to The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique - WOW!!


Link your creations below by Sunday, May 22nd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 23rd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 23rd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #61 - 'Ruffled Up' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'Ruffled Up' challenge -- 72 LOVELY cards and projects this week - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,327 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 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!

NEW FEATURE ... Top 10 Members {on our sidebar}!  Click to sign in and have each of your visits to the Tea Room registered ... you just may find yourself spotlighted as one of the Top 10 Featured Favorites in the Tea Room :)

Please join me in thanking Terri Moore for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Michelle Bala for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digital Delights By LoubyLoo, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome digital package for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog.




The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was so BEAUTIFUL this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sweet Dreams' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Sara #1

2. Sherry Wright #15

3. Monika/Buzsy #19

4. Gisele #22

5. Carol R. #36
 
6. Robin #52

7. Sandra P. #57

8. Lenet #58

9. Tammy Roberts #63

10. Fran #71

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1. Andrea Ewen #2

2. Anabelle O'Malley #17
 
3.  Janet Khoo #53

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lea L. #6!  Oh my shabby goodness ... the patterned papers from Pink Paislee, the glittered butterfly, the gorgeous ruffly bloomers, sweet trinket pins, lovely sentiment and scalloped die cuts just made me {swoon}!!  Thank you very much, Lea, for sharing your amazing 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!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

New blog feature ...

Check out the sidebar for a new FAVORITE FRIENDS FEATURE!  This neat little gadget is yet another way that we, here in the Tea Room, would like to spotlight our Favorite Friends and Frequent Visitors!

Simply click on the 'Please sign in for your visit to be counted' link and then the TOP TEN Visitors will be showcased here on the blog daily!

The more times you visit and peek, the better your chances to be highlighted as one of our TOP TEN FAVORITE VISITORS!

Too fun ... give it a try :)

You still have until 11:59 pm tonight to enter our current 'Ruffles' challenge too!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Week #61 - 'Ruffled Up'

Hello my shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week brings Danielle as our lovely host and she has chosen this beautiful photo as inspiration ...



... and asks that we create a card or project based on the inspiration photo and use RUFFLES!  You can make ruffles from ribbon or paper or trims ... whatever inspires you!  (You need not use the colors in the inspiration photo unless you feel inspired by them).

Note: 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. Thanks for your understanding and participation!


I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Terri Moore - Life With Terri!  Terri earned this Guest Designer spot for her win during Week #51 - Classic Elegance!




And our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer is Michelle Bala - My Passion For Crafting!




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 -  Simple Treasures
 Dreams Do Come True Sentiment




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Congrats on Your New Home





Danielle Greenwood - Au Clair de La Lune
Happy Mother's Day Sentiment





Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Ice Cream Cart





Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
Loving You Sentiment




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards 
Birthday Pippin



Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration!
 I am pleased to welcome our sponsor this week - Digital Delights By Louby Loo!



Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!
In addition we also have a growing range of "Delightful Piecings" which are paper pieced files designed to be used with your cutting machines or for hand cutting.
Fancy a new blog makeover, header or new watermark, then stop by our sister site Delightful Custom blogs.

And the prize this week for our lucky winner ...




Link your creations below by Sunday, May 15th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 16th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 16th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #60 - 'Sweet Dreams' WINNERS!

A BIG shabby thank you to everyone for being so supportive of this wonderful, shabby little challenge blog!!! Another beautiful week here in the Tea Room for our 'How Egg-cellent' challenge -- 82 PRETTY cards and projects this week - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!! We also would like to recognize and thank our 1,310 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 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 Denise January for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Michelle Bala for joining us as our Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge last week by providing an awesome digital package for our lucky winner!

A QUICK REMINDER ... the Shabby Girls {heart} visiting your wonderful blogs filled with such inspiration, but with the increasing popularity of the Tea Room challenges, it is becoming more time consuming to get around to each and every applicant's submission in order to leave comments. Please consider turning WORD VERIFICATION OFF and leaving COMMENT MODERATION ON. Word Verification will NOT protect you from spam comments, and if you have Word Verification turned on, we may not be able to leave a comment on your blog.



The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration was so BEAUTIFUL this week! And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Sweet Dreams' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Cathy D. #5

2.  Sherry Wright #6

3.  Linda, the funkie junkie #24

4.  Lin #33

5.  Jan Garber #46
 
6.  Blackdragon #50

7.  Jane Johnson #61

8.  Deb.x #70

9.  Ingrid Danvers #76

10.  Naomi #77

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:

1.  Amelia #54

2.  Debbie Dolphin #67
 
3.   Robin Shakoor #81

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Andrea Ewen #4!  Oh my shabby goodness ... what pure blissfulness!  The lovely papers, gorgeous flower and pearls, beautiful tag and all-around design just stole my heart this week!  Such a beauty!  Thank you, Andrea, for sharing your amazing talents with us all weekly 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!