Week #116 - 'Color Me Pretty'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tammy is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Color Me Pretty' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tammy asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo USING WHITE/CREAM, PINK and BLUE plus FLOWERS and A FABRIC ELEMENT!  (Your fabric element can be anything that is made from material - ribbon, lace, burlap, fabric, chenille, velvet, etc.).

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, Linda Langes - A Happy Scramper! Linda earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #105 challenge - 'Spring is Near'. 

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

Heidi Gonzales!   

And a special treat from former Shabby Girl, Sheri Holt!
JustRite Stamps Design Team Coordinator  

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
Botanical Butterflies and Botanical Medallions & Banners

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
 Botanical Butterflies and Botanical Medallions & Banners

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Botanical Butterflies and Botanical Medallions & Banners

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
 Botanical Butterflies and Botanical Medallions & Banners

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
  Botanical Medallions & Banners

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
 Botanical Butterflies and Botanical Medallions & Banners

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 Papercraft is very excited to bring to you MORE custom dies that coordinate with the clear and cling dies. If you're looking for Shabby Chic or Vintage design, we've got you covered!!  With our wonderful background stamps, delicate lace border stamps, flowers galore and sentiments for every occasion, you are sure to find what you are looking for in the JustRite Store.  All JustRite Cling and Clear stamps are manufactured in the USA.  For all your card making ideas Follow JustRite on Pinterest! Happy Pinning!!

This week's lucky winner will receive this AMAZING prize package:

GOOD LUCK to all who enter!!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, June 3rd to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, June 4th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 4th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #115 - 'Garden 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 'Garden Party' challenge -- we received 78 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 2,104 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 Heidi Gonzales for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsors last week, Bugaboo Stamps and Digital Paper 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 my eye this week for capturing the essence of the 'Garden Party' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Andrea Ewen #5

2. Cindy Holshouser #12

3. Sassy #15

4. Lori Ulrich #24

5. Michelle Bala #25

6. Davi #26

7. Rebecca Deeprose #39

8. Gitte #42

9. Jinny Newlin #51

10.  Teresa Kline #65

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Leesa aka The Navy Wife #41 - winner of 3 collages from Digital Paper by Janet Etsy

2.  Kitika #73 - winner of 2 collages from Digital Paper by Janet Etsy

3. Kara Lynne #27 - winner of 1 collage from Didgital Paper by Janet Etsy

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Dani A. #50!  Wow ... this beautiful card is so soft and pretty .... I just love everything about it from those yummy polka dots to the beautiful pink roses, the sweet little birdie, pearls, butterfly and shabby picket fence!!  Thanks so much, Dani, for sharing your 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! 

Week #115 - 'Garden Party'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Rebekah is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Garden Party' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebekah asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS FROM THE INSPIRATION PHOTO AND INCLUDE A DIMENSIONAL 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, Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz!  Tracey earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #104 challenge - 'Colorful Confections'. 

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

 Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner!  

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
BF Border 5 image and Romantic Day papers

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Silhouette Butterfly image and Romantic Day papers

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Laugh Sentiment image and Romantic Day papers

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Skye Pencil Orchid and Romantic Day papers

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Live, Love, Laugh image and Romantic Day papers

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Live, Love, Laugh image and Romantic Day papers

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 TWO sponsors this week:

 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/

AND  ...

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 Terrific Top Three Winners will receive:
1st place = 3 digital collage files
2nd place = 2 digital collage files
3rd place = 1 digital collage file

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, May 27th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 28th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 28th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #114 - 'Beautifully Shaped' 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 'Beautifully Shaped' challenge -- we received 42 WONDERFUL cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,097 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 Jinny Newlin for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heidi Gonzales for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, The Stamping Boutique, 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 'Beautifully Shaped' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Carole #6

2. Gisele #11

3. Sarah Stone #13

4. 2amscrapper #17

5. Karen I. #23

6. Ira #25

7. Kim Duran #30

8. Jessica @ Paper Therapy #38

9. Linda Langes #40

10.  Dani A. #41

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Diane H. #22

2.  Cathy Mc #24

3. Tracey #33

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Rebecca Deeprose #32!  What a lovely card ... I adore all the beautiful blossoms, the sweet basket, the adorable polka dots and the gorgeous ribbon!!  Great job, Rebecca, in capturing the essence of our 'Beautifully Shaped' challenge this week -- thanks for sharing your work 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!**

Week #114 - 'Beautifully Shaped'

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Lenet is our wonderful host and she has chosen the theme of 'Beautifully Shaped' along with this gorgeous photo for inspiration and Lenet asks that you create a SHAPED card or project that is also inspired by THE COLORS IN THE PHOTO!  This week we're looking for 'shaped' cards or projects -- NO squares or rectangles this week, please!

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, Jinny Newlin - Soaring!  Jinny earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #103 challenge - 'Shabby Shutters'. 

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

Heidi Gonzales - My Lil' Scrap Corner!  

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
Cupcake

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
 Love Birds

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Life Sentiment

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Birthday Hot Air Balloon

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Marie Antionette - Let Them Eat Cake

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Flower Cart

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 - The Stamping Boutique!

Tracey Malnofski's  resume reads like a who's who of the Stamping Industry. Besides being the owner and a designer for The Stamping Boutique, she's also a stamp artist for Unity Stamp Company and has also worked for InStyle Stamps, Squigglefly, and The Digi Shack. She's a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in her community.Tracey has quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but she loves them all. Her "Boutique" has it all - fairytale, whimsy, sentimental . . . and Candy!

Here's what Tracey says about her Stamping Boutique:

"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality, as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

Store: http://thestampingboutique.com/
Challenge Blog: http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Monthly Challenge: http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/p/monthly-contest.html


This week's Tea Room winner will receive three images of her choice!

 

Please link your creations below by Sunday, May 20th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 21st. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 21st as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #113 - 'Pretty as a {Pitcher} 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 as a {Pitcher}' challenge -- we received 66 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 2,088 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 Jeanne Jachna for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Heidi Gonzales for joining us as our May Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More, 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 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Char #4

2. Andrea Ewen #5

3. Sassy #12

4. Jennifer Harris #23

5. Angie Crockett #36

6. Viv #38

7. Maria P. #41

8. Dawn #44

9. Janet K. #63

10.  Dani A. #64

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Mickey DeValle #43

2.  Monika/Buzsy #52

3. Tracey #60

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lynn Put #61!   Oh my ... LOVE!!  What a beautiful card Lynn created to share with us all this week!  I simply adore everything on this card from the sweet polka dots and gingham checks to the pretty seam binding, pearls, seed packet, roses, trinket pinks, tiny tag ... and LOVELY teapot!!!  Thanks, Lynn, for sharing your talents with us 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! 

Week #113 - 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}'

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 'Pretty as a {Pitcher}' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Fran asks that we create a card or project inspired by the COLORS in the photo and INCLUDE A ROSE!

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, Jeanne Jachna - A Kept Life!  Jeanne earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #102 challenge - 'High Tea'. 

And some more beautiful inspiration from our May Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...  please welcome Heidi Gonzales -   My Lil' Scrap Corner!  

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
Tea Pot

Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Primitive Pitcher

Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 Teapot

Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Teapot

Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
I Heart U

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness
Teapot

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 and More!

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, May 13th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, May 14th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 14th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!

Week #112 - 'Spring is Love' 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 'Spring is Love' challenge -- we received 59 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 2,080 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 Birgit Johansson for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Lori Ulrich for joining us as our April Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Little Darlings Rubber 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 'Spring is Love' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1. Andrea Ewen #6

2. Carole #7

3. Sassy #28

4. Michelle Bala #34

5. Anne-Elise #39

6.  Karien #40

7. Mynnette #43

8. Maria P. #45

9. Ragnhilda #53

10.  Amelia #54

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

2.  Tracey #27

3. Dani A. #56

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Monica/Buzsy #14!  Oh my shabby goodness ... LOVE!!  This sweet card that Monica created just makes me smile and captures the 'essence' of the inspiration photo to a 'T' this week!  I adore the green and white polka dotted paper, the house and angel wings die cuts, the lace, pearls, flowers and sentiment -- just perfect!!  Thanks for sharing your talents with us all in the Tea Room, Monica!!

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!