Week #138 - 'Hey Pumpkin'

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 'Hey Pumpkin' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by THE COLORS FROM THE PICTURE AND INCLUDE A FLOWER(s)!

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, Michelle Bala -My Passion for Crafting!  Michelle earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #130 challenge - 'A Labor of Love'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our October Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Kathy Montgomery!  

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
 Emma, Best Witches!, Banner Wishes, Sweeties Wagon, Happy Fall Ya'll, Stand Add-on #2, Stand Add-on #3

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
You Make Me Smile

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Emma, Too Cute To Spook

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
So Sweet of You

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Stand Add-on #3, Happy Fall Ya'll

Abigail, Emma, Best Witches!

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
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 - Paper Sweeties!




 Paper Sweeties is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers clear acrylic stamps that allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiment sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties Shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so fun to play with – they will bring back fond childhood memories of special moments from the past!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party favors, invitations and so much more! 

Winner will receive two free stamp sets from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, November 4th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, November 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!

Week #137 - 'Vintage Charm' 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 'Vintage Charm' challenge -- we received 39 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 2,297 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 Maria Patrick for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kathy Montgomery 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 'Vintage Charm' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Meihsia Liu #4

2.  Karen Irvine #5

3.  Ira #10

4.   Lucy Patrick #16

5.  Monika/buzsy #17

6.  Birgit #21

7.  Loskutok #26

8.  Svetlana V. #35

9.  Laila aka Konoko #37

10.  Janine Smith #39

 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Tracy Payne #14

2.  Karen Letchworth #15 

3.  Cathy Mc #32

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Michelle Bala #9!  WOW -- is all I have to say about the gorgeous home decor project Michelle created for our Vintage Charm challenge!!  I adore how she created a banner using the Banner Wishes stamp set from Paper Sweeties and love the soft, pastel and shabby patterned papers she chose for her project too!  The clear crystal gem for the 'charm' is soooo pretty!!  Thanks for sharing this beautiful project with us all, Michelle :)

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!

Week #137 - 'Vintage Charm'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tracey is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Vintage Charm' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tracey asks that you create a card or project inspired by THE COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE A CHARM!

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, Maria Patrick - Maria's Merry Makings!  Maria earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #126 challenge - 'Shabby Neutrals'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our October Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Kathy Montgomery!  

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
 You Are Amazing stamp set and Vintage Winter White seam binding

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
So Sweet of You

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
You Make Me Smile

 

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 Banner Wishes

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
You Make Me Smile

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Little Wishes, Abigail and You Are Special

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 clear acrylic stamps that allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiment sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties Shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so fun to play with – they will bring back fond childhood memories of special moments from the past!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party favors, invitations and so much more! 

Winner will receive two free stamp sets from the Paper Sweeties Shoppe!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 28th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 29th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 29th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #136 - 'Rustic Elegance' 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 'Rustic Elegance' challenge -- we received 50 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 2,289 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 Kathy Montgomery for joining us as our October Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Frost It Pink and 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 'Rustic Elegance' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Sherry Wright #4

2.  Dawn #5

3.  Rebecca Ednie #13

4.  Michelle Bala #18

5.  Monika/buzsy #21

6.  Jen Adcock #26

7.  Janine Smith #27

8.  Jeanne J. #34

9.  Lisette #40

10.  Bligu #49

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Inger #7 - WINNER of 3 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

2.  Zlyuka #19 - WINNER of 2 collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.  Lori U. #22 - WINNER of 1 collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Nancy Dynes #50!  Winner of $50 prize package from Frost It Pink!!

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!

Paper Sweeties October *NEW* stamp release!

We're excited to announce the Paper Sweeties October *NEW* stamp release!!  Please visit the Shoppe to check out the eleven new stamp sets released TODAY -- versatile and amazing sentiments, adorable accessory sets ... and, as always, sweet new outfits to fit all the Sweeties and their friends!!

Then hop on over to the BLOG to check out the amazing inspiration projects from the Sweeties Teamies!

While visiting the blog, be sure to check out all the fun incentives, contests and giveaways going on now to help celebrate our latest release!

Happy stamping my friends!

Week #136 - 'Rustic Elegance'

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 'Rustic Elegance' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE SOMETHING RUSTIC AND SOMETHING ELEGANT!

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 - Sew Creative!  Cathy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #125 challenge - 'Sweet Summertime'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our October Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...  

Kathy Montgomery!  

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
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Shabby Chic Background paper / Frost It Pink - rusty jingle bell
(Paper Sweeties - You Are Simply The Best & Banner Wishes stamp sets; Cameo Beige Sugar seam binding)

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Old Moda and Shabby Chic Background papers
(Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile)

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Antique Paper 3

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Shabby Chic Background papers
(Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You)

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 Big Paper Roses, Shabby Chic Background, Square Labels
(Paper Sweeties - You Make Me Smile)

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Shabby Chic Background papers

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 TWO sponsors this week:

#1 - 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

Prize Package:
Tea Time Top Three #1 = 3 collage files
Tea Time Top Three #2 = 2 collage files
Tea Time Top Three #3 = 1 collage file


#2 - Frost It Pink

  

 We are delighted to share our passion of scrap booking with all of you wonderful scrappers! Our goal is to help you make beautiful treasures for a lifetime. Memories cherished forever. So whether you are new on this journey or traveled the road of scrap booking for some time, we hope that you will find something on this site to help you Cherish your Memories for Years.

 Winner will receive a prize package valued at approximately $50!

Good luck to all who participate this week!

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 #135 - 'Beautiful Romance' 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 'Beautiful Romance' 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 2,290 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 Julie Price for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kathy Montgomery for joining us as our October 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!!!  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 'Beautiful Romance' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Andrea Ewen #5

2.  Lisa G. #6

3.  Anni #7

4.  Lizbeth #8

5.  Teresa A. #11

6.  Jill Norwood #13

7.   Jen Adcock #17

8.  Sparklygirl Tina #19

9.  Monika/buzsy #25

10.  Dani A. #37

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Meihsia Liu #1

2.  Jenny Hodges #26

3.  Ellen Parker #29

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Clara LesFleurs #35!  Oh my shabby goodness ... this is one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL hand crafted projects I've ever seen!  I am completely smitten with the gorgeous and oh-so shabby lamp and card set!  What an amazing gift to a lucky recipient!  Thank you, Clara, 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!

Link Up For Pink Linky Party!!

I am delighted to announce that Paper Sweeties has partnered with the Link Up For Pink Blog and is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Link Up For Pink Linky Party going on from October 1st through 14th!!  There are $4,000 worth of giveaways from nearly 100 generous sponsors – WOW!  Paper Sweeties has donated two complimentary stamps sets for one lucky winner!

The Link Up For Pink Blog is a Breast Cancer Awareness Blog created as a place to share and inspire!

I got MY mamogram today ... and got a pink goodie bag as a prize too!!!

Please visit the Link Up For Pink Blog for complete details on how to submit a project … or two … for your chance to be a winner!

Good luck to all that enter!!

 

Week #135 - 'Beautiful Romance'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Starr is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Beautiful Romance' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING PINK, GREEN, WHITE AND 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, Julie Price - Stamps, Paper Ribbons N Things!  Julie earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #124 challenge - 'Oh-So Pretty in Pink'.

And some more beautiful inspiration from our October Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    

Kathy Montgomery!  

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
Awareness Ribbon Card

An additional project created by Debbie using I Support You template, Be Supportive digi stamps and Monograms Defined acrylic stamps can be found HERE

 

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
{Off this week}


Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
I Support You template, Cancer Cannot paper

 

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 I Support You template, Cancer Cannot paper, Be Supportive digi stamps

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
 I Support You template and Be Supportive digi stamps

Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
I Support You template, Cancer Cannot paper and Be Supportive digi stamps

Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girls 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 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.

 Lauren, the owner of My Time Made Easy, has generously donated the Ribbons of Support  package containing the following products for this week's lucky winner:

I Support You template
Awareness Ribbon Card cut file
Be Supportive digital stamps
Cancer Cannot paper

Please link your creations below by Sunday, October 14th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, October 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!