CHALLENGE #14

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Before we start though, we have a very sad Farewell to say to Toni who is leaving us.
We love Toni's stunning work and the her awesome committment made to Let's Get Shabby.

Toni is a true Shabby Girl We sure are going to miss your creations amongst ours Toni xx

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CHALLENGE No#14

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Is all about this

two part criteria:

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WINGS

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including this quote in whole or part:

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'Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly'

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With fabulous sponsorship by

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DIVINE DESIGN KITS

Check out this fabulous prize!! .

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And here are the Shabby Girls

interpretation of
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'WINGS' and the 'QUOTE'
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Mandy.

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Julie .

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Jenneke

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Chimene

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Ruth .

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Yumiko

Introducing our newest DT Member:

Corinne

(known also as Mabaco)

My name is Corinne DERETZ. On the Net, I am Mabaco.I live in France with my husband, my two children and my cat.I am director of kindergarten ...I'm scrapbooking since 2005 and my style is decidedly shabby.I love the flowers, lace, beads, tear my papers and ink.I also love rework my photos.I scrapbook to leave a trace of our history.I am very honored to join such a talented Design Team and I hope you enjoy my creations ...

Here is Corinne's creation
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here is our wonderful

Sponsor and Guest Designer's creation

Leslie

Gorgeous inspiration here!!

Hopefully soon the Shabby Girls will upload their close-ups and details to their blogs,

so make sure you stop by to see them!!

We cant wait to see your creations!!!!

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OUR CHALLENGE 14 GUEST DESIGNER AND SPONSOR

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All the Shabby girls would like to welcome

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DIVINE DESIGN KITS

and owner and guest designer

Leslie Guerreo.

Make sure you pop on over and check out some of Leslie's current and past kits and you will see what we mean by gorgeous!

Here is a little about Leslie:

I'm a mother and friend to my two children (boy 7 and daughter 5).

I began scrapbooking prior to the birth of my son when my sister-in-law showed me a scrapbook she was working on.

Growing up I expressed my artistic side by sewing, but once I was introduced to paper crafting, my creativity shifted from sewing to srapbooking.

After years of purchasing scrapbooking supplies from the local scrapbooking store and never finding the newest products, I decided to start my own scrapbook kit club.

As a proud owner of Divine Design Kits, I strive to obtain the greatest and latest products in the scrapbooking world and I might even throw in a few unexpected surprises!

My kits are very affordable as I love to pass on my savings to other fellow paper crafters because I know that we are currently facing major economic difficulties.
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Welcome Leslie!

Ww are looking forward to working along side you for our next challenge!!

And we will see you all here tomorrow night for

Challenge 14's reveal!!

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1ST BIRTHDAY WINNER AND HONORABLE MENTIONS!

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Its time to announce our
WINNER

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of our 1st birthday challenge
$100 WORTH OF
PURPLE ONION STAMPS!!!

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AND THIS VERY LUCKY GIRL IS

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VIBEKE

Congratulations Vibeke
your LO is beautiful! We love your stamped butterflies!!
Can you email us your details please so we can pass them on!

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AND WHO CAME CLOSE WITH

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HONORABLE MENTIONS!

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Willea

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Lene

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Jeanet

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Simone .
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Zandra .
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Deb

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYED!!

SUCH GORGEOUS WORK!!
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Don't forget that we aren't the only one having a birthday
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Purple Onion is turning seven

Happy birthday Purple Onion.

We hope that the 'Let's Get Shabby' blog is around to celebrate it's seventh birthday.

and to celebrate, Michele is having a

big 25 % of sale

So if you have been wanting to get some of her great stamps,

now would be the time to do it!
SALE ends 26th July.

A very big thank-you to

Michelle

for sponsoring

'Let's Get Shabby'!

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JULIE'S STAMPING TUTORIAL

As it is our first birthday

creating a PARTY SET is perfect!

Here is what I created using some of my Purple Onion stamps.

Invite with matching place tag, treat bag and cup cake toppers and party blower.

Here are the steps to make these.

-Load up the Purple Onion Vintage damask background stamp with paint and stamp onto 3 pieces white card. One for the invite and the others to make up the extra bits.

-Once paint is dry ink up the Purple Onion Happy Birthday Border Tape or HBBT for short and stamp across the bottom of the invite piece about an inch up and on another piece which has been cut in half, stamp the birthday strip onto both.

-Mount the invite and the place tag and treat bag topper onto black card. Folding the treat bag topper and place card in half.

-Add to each of these a thin black punched strip under the stamping and a ribbon and bow above it.

-Add some letter stickers, a few punched butterflies and some bling.

-Out of the damask extras punch out several circles and matching black scallops to make the blower and cup cake topper embellies.

-For the blower using some brought one as a template trace onto black bazzill, assemble and embellish.
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We are not the only one's having a birthday.


It just so happens that

Purple Onion is turning seven

Happy birthday Purple Onion.

We hope that the 'Let's Get Shabby' blog is around to celebrate it's seventh birthday.

and to celebrate, Michele is having a

big 25 % of sale

So if you have been wanting to get some of her great stamps,

now would be the time to do it!

SALE ends 26th July.

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Keep those projects featuring

our CHALLENGE #13 criteria

Stamping and Birthdays

coming in!

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So loved popping in and checking out the ones that have been entered so far.

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BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG HOP WINNERS

Hope you all had fun playing along with the blog hop. I know I did and I got a giggle out of a few of the answers that came through too!

Before we announce the winners, would you like to know the answers to the questions?


Shabby blog question- Name one of three sponsors that have sponsored us twice.
WIOIN/Ruby Street Design/Purple Onion

Mandy's blog question-Who shared a Christmas themed shabby tutorial or tip?
Jenneke

Julie's blog question-What was our 10th Challenge?
Shabby Easter

Jenneke's blog question-Who of the Shabby Girls is a dance teacher?
Mandy

Toni's blog question-Name the original Shabby Girls?
Mandy, Julie, Jenneke, Chimene and Hilda

Ruth's blog question-Which two Shabby Girls recently met?
Mandy and Julie.

Yumiko's blog question- In what country does Toni live?
America.

Michelle's blog question-Which one of the Shabby Girls blog is called The art of a Dutch Vink? Chimene

Sharon's blog question-Which one of the newer Shabby Girls has won a Shabby challenge? Yumiko



So here is what you are all waiting to hear. The rak winners.

The winners of the shabby raks are .....

Marg Oliver (questions)
Rhonda (blog comment)

The winner of Mandy's rak is Yyam

The winner of Julie's rak is Debra

The winner of Jenneke's rak is Willea

The winner of Ruth's rak is Linda 45

The winner of Toni's rak is Gini Cagle

The winner of Yumiko's rak is Momo

The winner of Michelle's rak is Loes

The winner of Sharon's rak is Leonne

A big big thank you to all the Shabby girls, and Michelle and Sharon from PURPLE ONION for their generosity in putting together all these gorgeous raks.

Can the winners please email your details to Mandy using the email address above her picture in the side bar and we will get the ball rolling on getting your raks posted out to you.

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Now there is still some time to get your Challenge# 13 projects in. To check out all the details pop in here and if you are in need of some party ideas make sure you pop in over the weekend and check out this month shabby tutorial.

Birthday bash blog hop

is now closed.
Thanks to all who played along. Stay tuned as we will be posting all the rak winners here in the next few days.

BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP

WHOOHOO...

Are you ready for some blog hopping fun???

Most of the Shabby girls, along with Michelle (our fabulous Sponsor Purple Onion) and Sharon (our fabulous guestie) this month have put together a rak each on their blogs that you could be lucky enough to win by random draw.

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There's TWO RAKs here to be won here on LGS as well!!

That means there will be quite a few raks up for grabs.

Now just what do you need to do to be in the running for them??

Here are the details:

Over the weekend, the girls will be popping up a question relating to either the Shabby blog or one of the team members, along with a photo of their rak.

Post a comment on their blog to be in the running for that rak and then find the answer to their question (don't post the answer there!!) because you will need to gather all the answers from each blog (NINE all up) and email them to Julie jacsplace2@iinet.net.au in one email by midnight TUES 13 July(Aust time-so check the clock at the top of our LGS blog if you are not sure)

Here on Shabby you can win one of two raks below!

(Donated by Ant thanks heaps!!)

Post a comment for one and the second will go to a random correct answer email sent to Julie

Oh and make sure you are a follower!!

Its all in good fun!

And lots of chances to win a RAK!

Here is your Shabby blog question.

Name one of three sponsors that have sponsored us twice.

Now pop into the other blogs for the rest of your questions.
(If a blog doesnt have a question up yet...keep checking back as it could be due to time zones)

Mandy

Julie

Jenneke

Toni

Ruth

Yumiko

Michelle

Sharon

Hope you have fun blog hopping!!!

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Dont forget to join in for this month's

Challenge 13

because we want to see

'BIRTHDAY AND STAMPING CREATIONS!!

And if you need to add to your stamp collection pop on over and check out what Michelle has in store over at Purple Onion.

IT'S NEARLY GAME TIME.......

Game time you might ask????
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Well, you can't have a BIRTHDAY PARTY without games can you?
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Make sure you pop in over the weekend to find out all the details

And not just here,

but on the Shabby girls blogs,

our Guest Sharon's blog

and the Purple Onion blog too.
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We're sure you will want to play along!!!!!!!
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