August 19, 2012

shabby patterns...TSTR #128

Happy Monday everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. Tammy is our hostess this week and she asks that we use:
                                                
                                                   *COLOURS FROM THE PHOTO
                                                   *INCLUDE FLOWERS
                                                   *INCLUDE A DAMASK PATTERN



We are doubly lucky to have two sponsors this week in the Tea Room: Creations by AR, and Debbie's new company, Paper Sweeties! You have the chance to win 2 templates from Creations by AR and a stamp set from Paper Sweeties! Are you ready to play???


 I got to create with the Library Pocket Set this week and decided to make a mini book. The template comes with two inserts; a tag and the library card. I chose to use the card for my creation. I cut it out of the same flowery damask paper I used on the pocket, and topped it with some sticky back embossed borders.


 All three pockets were made from a manilla file folder, and dressed up using bits and bobs.. The inserts will hold photos and I plan on writing on the backs as well!


Separated and held together with rings. The mini can also be easily expanded by making more sweet little pockets!

I hope you will join us this week and play along for some really great prizes! Check out the rest of the Shabby Girls to see what they got to play with this week!
                          
                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Tammy- Paperie Sweetness

                          Fran- Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

                          Starr- The Paper Chase

Cheers!
~Becks

The Shabby Tea Room Design Team Call...

Here it is ... the long-awaited and much-anticipated DESIGN TEAM CALL at The Shabby Tea Room!!  Thank you to all who have inquired over the past months ... the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your creativity and inspiration shine and hope to see many of you submit your creations for a chance to earn one of TWO available spots on The Shabby Tea Room Design Team!
Please read the following INSTRUCTIONS and REQUIREMENTS very carefully as your ability to follow these instructions and submit proper and complete projects will directly impact your success on making the Design Team! 
Creativity + Inspiration = FUN!
 
The Shabby Tea Room is looking for a few creative designers to join our team of Shabby Girls!
 
This call will be open until September 2nd.   The new Shabby Girls will be chosen and notified by September 4th.

Here are the details regarding requirements of the position and instructions on how to apply  -- following these directions will directly impact the selection process, so please read everything very carefully to be sure you understand and complete all steps.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us before you submit!
 
Requirements:
  • Actively post to your own blog in English
  • Participate in our weekly challenges for six months to be posted every Monday morning
  • Ability to print and work with digital images, stamp sets, dies, embellishments, templates (as supplied by our weekly sponsors)
  • Comment on participant submissions as per your assigned rotation numbers (you will have two assigned numbers)
  • Link to our challenge blog, Design Team members and post our pink Tea Pot blinkie and Design Team Badge on your blog sidebar
  • Join and keep up to date in our Design Team Yahoo Group (this is where  all DT information will be posted)
  • Create a theme and host a weekly challenge once every six weeks per your DT rotation
    What the Shabby Girls are searching for:
  • High quality work
  • Ability to photograph your work well and brightly lit
  • Ability to follow the directions in the Design Team Application, applications not doing so will not be considered
  •  Fun, creative, happy spirited individuals who love to create with paper, stamps and glue and who love to share with and inspire others
What this team offers:
  • Sponsor digital images, stamps, papers, templates, embellishments
  • Fun and creative inspiration along with a 'family-like' team atmosphere
  • Links to your blog from our Challenge Blog and your fellow Shabby Girls' blogs
  • Blog community socialization, friendship, creativity, inspiration ... FUN
  • A Six-Month Design Team Term beginning on September 17th and running through March 17, 2013 (as long as all Design Team requirements are completely fulfilled.  Failure to fulfill any and all of the DT requirements will result in termination from the team)
How to Apply:

1. Be or become a follower of The Shabby Tea Room
2. Email deb4tasteful@earthlink.net with subject "DT Application" as subject
3. Include the following in your email:
  • Full Name
  • Blog Address
  • Current and previous Design Team experience (current or past DT experience is not required)
  • Tell us a bit about yourself and why you would like to be a Shabby Girl
  • Submit a newly created card and/or project (never before shared on your blog) based on the following INSPIRATION PHOTO.  You may be inspired by the colors, theme, objects in photo or all of the above!  Remember ... we ARE The Shabby Tea Room, so we really adore anything shabby, vintage and tea-related, but these design styles are not all inclusive, all design styles are welcome and will be considered.  Please ATTACH your submission to your e-mail ... do not include it in the body of the e-mail.  We are looking for your BEST WORK, so let your creativity soar and 'wow us' with your application projects!  Please do not share your application project on your blog until this call expires.
  • You may submit as many times as you wish.  Only your first application will require all of the above ... any subsequent applications need only include 'DT Application' in the subject like of your e-mail, your name in the body and a picture of your submission attached to the e-mail.  

 Good luck to all those who apply ... the Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your creations!

August 12, 2012

for the love of books...TSTR #127

Hey there Tea Room fans!
Welcome to another brand new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room! This week I'm your host and I ask that you use:
                                   *COLOURS: PINK
                                                         CREAM
                                                         AQUA

                                   * BOOK PRINT or TEXT


Don't you just love that pic? I have a soft spot for old hard cover books...one of these days I'll have a library in my house. A girl can dream :)


Our sponsor this week is My Time Made Easy! I just love Lauren's templates...so versatile and endless possibilities! We got to play with the Trendy Tool Tote. It's fab! Play along with us and you have a chance to win one template, digi image and digi papers!


I decided to put together a little creative kit...and make it slightly shabby...and of course pink! It contains many little things to create something shabby; card bases, patterned paper, embellies and trims, bows and fabric rounds..


Made a shabby banner out of tags and paper scraps.. french book page rosettes...complete with double ribbons, a great cameo and button..

 
This was such an easy, great template to work with.. I can't wait to get crafty again!

Stop by the rest of the team blogs and leave some love for the Shabby Girls!
                          
                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Tammy- Paperie Sweetness

                          Fran- Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

                          Starr- The Paper Chase
 
Happy Crafting!
~Becks

August 5, 2012

soft neutrals...TSTR #126

It's time for a new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room.. This week Lenet is our shabby hostess and she asks that we use
                                *THE NEUTRAL COLOURS IN THE PHOTO


We welcome back Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps as our sponsors this week! You have the chance to win 5 digi images!! Lets play! I used the Lily image this week.


 Love the soft, neural palette to chose from. I loved this challenge.. So soothing to mix creams, browns with tea dyed doilies, layer upon layer...Pure love! I printed the lily image onto some french vintage book pages and popped out the leaves(a little hard to tell in the photo) with dimensional foam. 

Just showing the layers.. love the look of neutral on neutral!


Check out the rest of the Shabby Team and see what great things they created! Hope you'll join our challenge this week!

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Tammy- Paperie Sweetness

                          Fran- Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

                          Starr- The Paper Chase

~Becks

July 29, 2012

sweet summertime...TSTR #125

Hello my sweets!
Hello new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room! This week the lovely Fran is our hostess and she asks that we use:
                                       * THE COLOURS IN THE INSPIRATION PHOTO
                                       * FLOWERS
                                       * A STAMPED ELEMENT


JustRite Stampers are our shabby sponsors once again and I chose to work with Seeds of Summer (one of my faves!) and Botanical Butterflies.Play along this week and you have a chance to win a fab prize pack of Vintage Label and Banner Dies, as well as Violette Vintage Labels!



I've been obsessed of late with packs and pockets, and followed my love and made three in different styles, using the Seeds of Summer set. I made some wax paper baggies and stamped diretly on, then heat embossed. How I love the effect! I used acrylic paints to colour in those gorgeous petunias.


Stamping directly onto wax baggie then embossing with black powder, this has to be my favourite of this trio!


A file folder turned into a flower pot pocket....perfect for tucking seed packs into.


Join our challenge this week and pop by to visit the rest of the Shabby Girls to see their gorgeous projects!

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Tammy- Paperie Sweetness

                          Fran- Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

                          Starr- The Paper Chase

Cheers!
~Becks

July 22, 2012

oh-so pretty in pink...TSTR #124

Hello folks! Welcome to another week and a new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room! This week Debbie is our shabby hostess and she asks that we use:
                         *THE COLOURS FROM THE INSPIRATION PICTURE
                         *A FLOWER



Isn't that picture just mouth-watering delish! This week our sponsor is Digital Papers By Janet(Etsy). Just love her digi's. The papers are just a dream to work with. I used Antique Cards 1. First Prize wins 3 collages, Second Prize wins 2 collages and Third 1 collage. Let's get playing.


I chose to make a pocket with a tag this week. The papers are just so beautiful I didn't want to cover them up.


Lovely layers and a shabby bloom, made out of layers of muslin, fabric and my hand crocheted trim, all topped off with a ribbon flower.


The tag I left blank.. made the rose and flowers 3D to add a little pop...


My little set, all ready for it's recipient.. love the dreamy romance of Janet's papers!

Stop by the rest of the Shabby Girl's blogs for more great projects:

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Tammy- Paperie Sweetness

                          Fran- Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

                          Starr- The Paper Chase


I'm off to pop round and leave some love!
~Becks

July 15, 2012

sew crafty...TSTR #123

It's time to get crafty again! Another week and that means a new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week Starr is our host and she asks that we use:
                                         *COLOURS FROM THE INSPIRATION PICTURE
                                         * BUTTONS
                                         * RIBBON OR TWINE
                                         *STITCHING (MACHINE OR FAUX)

Such a great picture. Who wouldn't want a craft room like that. So many great colours to choose from. I went with peach, pink, grey and a pop of bluey tourquoise.


Bugaboo Stamps is our sponsor this week and you have the chance to win 7 FREE DIGIS!!! I played with the Silhouette Hummingbird flowers. I coloured it on the computer then printed it out. Easy peasy!


I added some machine stitching to hold the layers together..


Such a great image to work with! Perfect for my engagement card for a friend:)

Pop by the Shabby Girls blogs to see their awesome projects:

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Tammy- Paperie Sweetness

                          Fran- Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

                          Starr- The Paper Chase

See you in the Tea Room:)
~Becks