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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Week #88 in The Shabby Tea Room

Welcome to another fun week at The Shabby Tea Room. This week Melissa is our host and she asks us to create a card or project with a holiday theme and to use the colors from this beautiul inspiration photo.

"A Shabby Pastel Christmas"

I love everything about this photo: the colors, the delicious cupcakes and cookies, and the beautiful flowers.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Designs by AR.

She has so many wonderful templates and other great products.

The winner of this week's challenge will win 2 templates!

For my project I used the Carry All template. I just love this template. I have a large collection of templates and I have to say that they aren't all user friendly. This template from Designs by AR was super easy to assemble and everything lined up like it should! It went together effortlessly. I used a Scalloped Oval nestability die to cut the 'handle' openings.
I stamped the cream CS with the Background Basics Tin Types stamp set from Papertrey Ink. The snowflakes are Papertrey Ink dies covered with glitter. The sentiment is Hero Arts.
This little tote measures 4 1/2 " tall, 4" wide and 1 1/8" deep. It's the perfect size for a pair of socks or other small gift item. I'll be making lots of these for Christmas! And if you give a gift to someone early in the season they will be able to re-use the pretty package.
Click on over to the other Shabby Girls' blogs to see the beautiful creations they have waiting for you.

Have a great week - I hope you find time to join us for this festive challenge:)

Sunday, November 6, 2011

"Shabby Thanksgiving" in The Shabby Tea Room

Welcome to week #87 in The Shabby Tea Room. This week Char is our host and she has provided us with this sweet image.

Char asks that we create a card or project using the colors brown, yellow, blue and neutrals.

For my card I used papers from Pink Paislee and Melissa Frances. The image border is from this week's sponsor, Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and is called Ornate Frame. This week's lucky winner will receive 5 images From Robyn's store. They are very fun to work with. And since you are printing them yourself you can print them in any size to fit your project.

Be sure to stop in at the other Shabby Girls' blogs to see the beautiful creations they have waiting for you!

I hope you have a chance to create something for this week's Shabby challenge. Have a great week!

p.s. - here's a postage tip. I bought some stamps last week and learned that the post office now sells 20-cent stamps. Most of the cards I mail have a bump and require an extra twenty cents to mail. So I always put two 10 cent stamps on my envelopes. Now I can add one 20-cent stamp. Just passing this on in case you also like to mail cards with pretty embellishments.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Homespun Fall

Welcome to week #86 in The Shabby Tea Room! This week Debbie is our host and she asked that we create a card/project inspired by the inspirtaion photo with a fall scene. And here is the pretty image.

And here is my card:

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Fall Elegence and added glitter to the pumpkins. The CS is Smokey Shadow. That luscious seam binding you see is from our sponsor this week, Simple Treasures. I used Ambrosia Cantalope and Cake Crumbs Shabby Seam Bindings on this card. This week's lucky winner will get 15 yards of seam binding!

Be sure to check out the Simple Treasures store to see all of the beautiful colors this shabby seam binding comes in. I'm partial to the Mint Green.

And click on over the Shabby Girls' blogs to see the wonderful projects they have created this week.

Have a great week!

Friday, October 28, 2011

miss you

This card is for Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge. Maki is the host this time and she challenges us to use either leaf or tree images, and not to use flowers as the focal point.

I used one of my all time favorite stamp sets, Swing Set, and colored the tree with four different colors of shimmery paint, trying to make it look like the 'leaves' are changing colors. It is pure coincidence that the coloring matches the dyed silk ribbon - love it when that happens!

This close up is to show the shimmer.

My friend Rosemary is the current guest designer on the Flourishes blog. It's been very fun to see her beautiful cards here this past month.
Have a great weekend.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hello Friend

I'm so happy to be able to play along in the Textured to Perfection challenge going on in The Moxie Fab World. Here are Cath's instructions:

Create a paper crafted project (card, gift bag, tag, layout, home decor item, mini-book cover, etc.) that incorporates texture in an innovative way.

I've been wanting to make some pink burlap leaves and this challenge was the perfect reason to get it done. I mixed some pink acrylic paint with water in a 16 oz plastic cup, rolled up the cream burlap and soaked it for an hour or so. Then I laid it out to dry overnight. I adhered it to some Sweet Blush CS {Papertrey Ink} then cut the leaves with PTI's Falling Leaves dies. I then stamped the veins with brown ink. The card base was embossed with PTI's Damask impression plate. I added sweet blush ink to the raised areas. The woodgrain piece was stamped with Hero Arts' woodgrain stamp and all edges were inked with distress ink.
The sentiment and tag are PTI's Tiny Tags - I love this set and use it a lot! I added a little of the pink burlap behind the tiny heart opening.

It was so refreshing to get some 'pink' out after making so many fall-colored cards. Thanks so much for your visit today.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Week #85 in The Shabby Tea Room

Welcome to another fun challenge in the Tea Room. This week Fran is our host and she has chosen this fun inspiration photo:

The theme this week is Happy Halloween, and Fran asks us to create a card or project using the colors purple, orange, black and any neutrals you choose - plus twine or raffia.

I used patterned papers from Crafty Secrets and October Afternooon with a vintage image from my collection. I added seme MS black glitter to the hat for some added sparkle.
Our generous sponsor this week is More Paper Than Shoes.

The winner of this weeks challenge will receive a $20.00 gift certificate to this store. There are lots of beautiful flowers as well as classes and other great links.

Please take a look at what the other Shabby Girls have created this week for even more inspiration.

I can't wait to see the Halloween project you create this week!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Shabby Tea Room Week #84

Welcome to another Autumn-inspired challenge this week in

The Shabby Tea Room. I am thrilled to be your host this week! Here is our inspiration photo.

Please create a card or project using the colors in the inspiration photo and one dry embossed element. You can use an embossing folder, an impression plate or even a brass stencil and stylus. {I have quite a stash of the old brass stencils and still enjoy embossing the old fashioned way at times!}

I started with MME paper called So Sophie from the Open Your Heart collection. I stamped 2 different leaves from Papertrey Ink's Falling Leaves stamp set in Ranger's Wild Honey and PTI Summer Sunrise inks. The PTI Mat Stack 4 is embossed with their woodgrain impression plate. The sentiment, from PTI's Fall Elegence set, is stamped onto a Mat Stack 2 die.

The cluster of flowers are Prima Flowers in Guillian Cider from Classy Cards 'n Such.

Classy Cards 'n Such is our sponsor this week and our winner will receive a $15.00 Gift Certificate to this wonderful online shop! There are so many great items for card makers. You will find stamps, dies/embossing folders and lots of beautiful embellishments.

If you click on the above image you can visit the Classy Cards 'n Such Blog.

I am looking forward to seeing what you create this week. Thanks so much for stopping by - and be sure to see what the other Shabby Girls have come up with for this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge.