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Monday, December 26, 2011

Week #94 - 'A Colorful & Shabby New Year'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Melissa is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'A Colorful and Shabby New Year' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...


... and Melissa asks that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo and USE PINK OR RED, BLUE, YELLOW AND GREEN!

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, Amber Goble - The Country Scrapper!  Amber earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #82 challenge - 'A Shabby Autumn'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our December Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Lea Lawson - Cupcakes and Sunshine!  

{COMING SOON!}


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
Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD
Altered Fairies Creative Scraps
Wonderland Tea Creative Scraps




Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD




Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD




Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Creating With Vintage Patterns CD
Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD



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 our sponsor - Crafty Secrets!


We retail and wholesale our vintage and retro inspired images paired with both meaningful or fun words and sentiments in our Heartwarming Vintage Collection of paper craft products and Clear Art Stamps. We ship orders from our USA warehouse in Blaine, WA or our head office in Surrey, BC.

Visit our BLOG to get our latest news and see artistic and inspiring samples from our Design Team.  Don't forget to sign up to get notified on new blog posts.

We are committed to high quality, great service and sharing inspiring ideas! Check out our large variety of themes from Babies, Birds, Cooking, Family, Fairies, Garden, Girlfriends to Holiday and Seasonal designs for card making, paper arts, scrapbooking and keepsakes.

Crafty Secrets has joined other member companies at Splitcoast Stampers in the annual Shop Hop Sale, and is offering FREE SHIPPING & GIFTS with orders from December 26th to 31st!!!  Most items are on sale now while supplies last, including all Clear Art Stamps and Heartwarming Vintage Products - WOW!

Sandy, owner of Crafty Secrets, will be generously providing this week's winner a copy of the brand new Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD and a $25 gift certificate to the shop!!!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, January 1, 2012 to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, January 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 #93 - 'A Kraft-y 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 'A Kraft-y Christmas' challenge -- we received 39  ABSOLUTELY 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 1,743 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 Iwona Palamountain for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Lea Lawson for joining us as our December 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 ... I especially enjoyed this week's challenge not only due to the wonderful, kraft-y theme, but also because it was during Christmas week ... a BIG thank you to all those that took the time out of your busy schedules to play along!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'A Kraft-y Christmas' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Kristi S. #3

2.  Archana #5

3.  Teresa Kline #11

4.  Jean Martin #13

5.  Maria P. #23

6.  Melody Rupple #28

7.  Sanne #30

10.   Lori U. #37

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Lin #6

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Vicky #29!  Oh my shabby goodness ... how absolutely ADORABLE and PRECIOUS is this sweet Santa card!  I love how he has a vintage feel by using the newsprint papers for his beard ... so clever!!  I am smitten with everything about this amazing card!  Thank you, Vicky, for sharing your talents with us all this week 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, December 19, 2011

Week #93 - 'A Kraft-y Christmas'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Char is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'A Kraft-y Christmas' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...



... and Char asks that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo and USE KRAFT, RED, NEWSPRINT, SILVER AND A STAR!

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, Iwona Palamountain - Random Acts of Creativity!  Iwona earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #81 challenge - 'Chevrons'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our December Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Lea Lawson - Cupcakes and Sunshine!  


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
Winter Circle Sentiments - Season's Greetings



Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Snowman Skates




Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Winter Circle Sentiments - Merry Christmas




Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Candy Cane



Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Winter Circle Sentiments - Warm Wishes Mittens




Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
JJ Christmas Cheer - Wrapped Up



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 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/


This week's winner will receive their choice of seven digital images from Bugaboo Stamps!!
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, Decmeber 25th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 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!



Week #92 - 'The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care'

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 'The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care' challenge -- we received 24 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 1,734 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 Ellen Parker for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Lea Lawson for joining us as our December Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Love to Stamp, 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 my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  LeAnne #1

2.   Joanna M. #2

3.   Lynne N. #3

4.   Stempelgedons #5

5.   Vicki Dutcher #6

6.   Keilly #11

7.  Susie Bentz #17

8.  #20

9.  Yolka #23


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Yulis #9

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Pattie Goldman #18!  What a stunning and perfect card for the Tea Room's 'stocking' challenge!  So elegant and beatiful ... thanks for sharing this lovely card with us all this week, Pattie!!



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, December 12, 2011

Week #92 - 'The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am our host and I have chosen the theme of 'The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...


... and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo and WITH A STOCKING in your design!

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, Ellen Parker - In a World of Craft!  Ellen earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #79 challenge - 'Boys Will be Boys'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our December Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Lea Lawson!  



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
Every Stocking Counts



Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Every Stocking Counts



Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Every Stocking Counts




Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Every Stocking Counts



Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Every Stocking Counts



Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Every Stocking Counts



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 our sponsor - Love To Stamp!


Love to Stamp is home of the Little Darlings rubber stamps. Here you can also find paper, sentiment stamps, tools and other embellishments, for all your crafting needs.

Love to Stamp is pleased to offer this week's winner one stamp set of their choice.
 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, December 18th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 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!



Week #91 - 'The Magic of 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 'The Magic of Christmas' challenge -- we received 49 BEYOND 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 1,725 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 Tammy Roberts for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Lea Lawson for joining us as our December 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!
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 my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Magic of Christmas' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Joanna M. #7

2.  Maria P. #10

3.  Ruby #19

4.  Marlene #20

5.  Darise Bruno #25

6.  Sandee #30

7.  Susie Bentz #32

8.  Chris Olsen #37

9.  Sharon Wheet #42

10.  Bligu #45



THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:


 1.  Andrea Ewen #3

2.  Kristi S. #34

3.  Cathy #41


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Amelia #39!  Wow!  Pink, check!  Gold, check!  Neutrals, check!  Flowers, check!  Snowflakes, check!  Amelia incorporated each element from last week's challenge into her card this week to create this stunning design!!  I simply adore how she formed the tree shape with flowers and then potted the tree in a planter!  Thank you very much, Amelia, 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, December 5, 2011

Week #91 - 'The Magic of Christmas'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Fran is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'The Magic of Christmas' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...



... and Fran asks that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo and USE PINK, GOLD, NEUTRALS, FLOWERS and SNOWFLAKES!

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 in the Tea Room during the Week #80 challenge - 'Vintage White'.


And some more beautiful inspiration from our December Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...  I'm tickled pink and please to introduce you all to Lea Lawson - Cupcakes and Sunshine!  



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
Christmas Twee



Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Christmas Twee



Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Beautiful Bow



Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
I Heart You




Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Christmas Presents



Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
My Mittens



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 our sponsor - Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps!


Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish  Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib.  Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers,designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps of their choice.
Please link your creations below by Sunday, December 11th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, December 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!


Week #90 - 'Winter Picnic' 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 'Winter Picnic' challenge -- we received 85 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 1,707 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 Lori Ulrich for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Audrey Pettit for joining us as our November Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our regular bi-monthly sponsor last week, JustRite 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 my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Winter Picnic' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.   Sherry Wright #3

2.   Colleen Dietrich #9

3.  Roseanne #11

4.   Birgit #14

5.   Rosemary D. #19

6.   Andrea Ewen #24

7.  Milagros C. Rivera #30


THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS: 
 
1.  Chupa #17

2.  Mia #36

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER: 

Heather Hudson #51!   WOW ... what a stunning and precious 3-D skate home decor project - perfect for this week's challenge!  Such wonderful bits and bobs of vintage charm -- thanks for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room, Heather!




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 28, 2011

Week #90 - 'Winter Picnic'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Cindy is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Winter Picnic' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration ...


... and Cindy asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and USE WHITE OR CREAM, NEUTRALS, SILVER AND GLITTER!

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, Lori Ulrich - Papercrafts by Saintsrule!  Lori earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #78 challenge - 'Pink Wedded Bliss'. 



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 ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures
O Christmas Tree and Winter Words


Charlene Cundy - Expresstions of Me!
Deck the Halls



Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Merry & Bright and Lace Borders



Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Lace Borders and Charming Christmas





Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart
Musical Notes Labels Twenty and O Christmas Tree



Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards
Fleur De Lis Twenty and O Christmas Tree



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 sponsor - JustRite Stamps!


JustRite expands their rubber stamp assortment to include 4 ½” x 5 ¾” Cling background stamps.  Design your own background paper with JustRite Background Stamps.

And this weeks oh so generous prize package that will go to our lucky winner is a JustRite Prize Package – $84.80 Value!!


JustRite Custom Dies – Charm Dies
Charming Christmas Cling Stamps
Elegant Charms Cling Stamps
Be Charmed Cling Stamps

Check out the JustRite Friday Inspiration post too!  

So, come on folks ... put your thinking caps on and show us your BEST 'Winter Picnic' creations this week!

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