Let's get shabby

Challenge #31

2012-01-25T23:56:00.005+11:00

Here is our first Challenge for the New Year!

We are creating with a

New Year's song inspiration....

We really loved this song because it has quite a positive message and feels very international too!

So create with either the title and/or any of the lyrics within your project

(so long as its visable)

Title of song: 'This is the New Year'

by Ian Axel

you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHw2VbFn0fM

Lyrics:

Another year you made a promise
Another chance to turn it all around
And do not save this for tomorrow
Embrace the past and you can live for now
And I will give the world to you

Speak louder than the words before you
And give them meaning no one else has found
The role we play is so important
We are the voices of the underground
And I would give the world to you

Say everything you’ve always wanted,
Be not afraid of who you really are,
Cause in the end we have each other,
And that’s at least one thing worth living for,
And I would give the world to you

A million suns that shine upon me
A million eyes you are the brightest blue
Lets tear the walls down that divide us
And build a statue strong enough for two,

I pass it back to you
And I will wait for you,
Cause I would give the world
And I would give the world
And I would give the world to you

This is the new year
A new beginning
You made a promise
You are the brightest
We are the voices
This is the new year
We are the voices
This is the new year

Here are our DT's beautiful creations:

AND

Introducing our newest Shabby Girl

Welcome

DORA

Hello everyone,

My name is Dora Dekker, I live in Alkmaar, it is in the North-West of the Netherlands.

I'm a very energetic person who can't sit still. Most of the time I'm scrapping or creating. I also read a lot, and I mean a lot! I love music from years ago, think about Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Young, Petula Clark, Johny Cash...and so many more. I'm addicted to musicals too.

I'm a girl who tries to enjoy every day in life, I’m enthusiastic and spontaneous.

I start scrapbooking in 2008 and make everything that is possible, love to make little drawers, baskets, cards, layouts, and mini albums. I love to make vintage projects, and most of the time my projects are romantic and shabby chic.

So when Mandy ask me to join the team I was doing a little happy dance, I was really honoured! Great to be in this team!

Looking forward to see all the beautiful inspiration that we all make.

Here's Dora's lovely creation

One very lucky Winner of this Song Inspiration Challene will receive this RAK of trims, hearts and floral tissue paper

Please be sure to look at the Shabby Girls blogs to see extra detail on their projects!

Remember to check out guidelines to be in the running to be a Winner or Honorable Mentions especially when it comes to multi-listing your project etc - the rules are on the left hand bar

And upload your projects by midnight 20th February

(Sydney Australia time)

Cant wait to see what you create!!

Challenge #30 Winners and Highly Commendeds

2012-01-22T23:40:00.000+11:00

Its been a little while since Challenge #30 was revealed...

and its nice to be back for the new year!

Our WINNER is

Minowolne

winning this wonderful prize

please get in touch with your details and congratulations

and we thank Carol of

Tattered Inspirations

for her fabulous sponsorship and being our guest designer

Next we have our

Honorable Mentions

running very closely behind....

Gorgeous projects!!

We are excited to show you our next challenge so stay tuned!

Reminder time.....

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Challenge #30

Tattered Inspirations is having a Sale!

2011-12-04T08:49:00.002+11:00

A note from our Sponsor

Tattered Inspirations

Hi Everyone

I have been creating madly (or pretty much consistently) over the past few weeks and I have stocked my Tattered Inspirations Etsy store with loads of new goodies (have included a couple of pics for you)

So now it is time for a sale to clear some lovely goodies to make way for new stock...... There are almost 50 items at very low prices here - all beautiful and all handmade by me - I just want to clear the decks a little... they are great value at 1/2 price - gotta love that bargain

So pop in and have a look around - there is seam binding, kits, cabochons and hat pins - even a few bottle tops and tiles - lovely!!

here is the link to the SALE section of the shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tatteredinspirations?section_id=10799453

And check out the new flowers, trim kits and mini kits too - I hope you like them!!

Don't forget there is free postage in Australia until next Friday 10th of December - the Etsy store blurb tells you how at the top..... gotta love that!!

So have fun and I hope you enjoy the sale

ALSO: here's some pics of

NEW STOCK

just in:

Hope you are having an awesome weekend!

Lots of love
Carol

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Dont forget to take part in

CHALLENGE #30

Challenge #30

2011-11-26T07:40:00.002+11:00

Challenge #30 is all about

A List!

At least 4 must be noticable on your project.

angel

holly/ivy/mistletoe/wreath (can use more than one but counts as one choice)

star/s

bell/s

dove/s

snowflakes

tree/s

candle/s

clock/s

fireworks

ornament/s

cradle

It can be either a Christmas project OR any other big annual Family/Religious Celebration

NOTE: this Challenge will close JANUARY 20th

thats right (big smile) - we are having a month off - so plenty of time to get those entries in!

Just a reminder of the rules - check the left hand bar and among them is:

Multi-listed submissions are not accepted, please create one project just for LGS in mind - thankyou

Here are the DT examples:

Guest Design Member and Sponsor

Carol

The winner will receive this fabulous prize

With many thanks from

Tattered Inspirations Etsy

But thats not all -

A note from Carol:

The shop is very full at the moment with new products each week

Aussie ladies wanting to take part in the post free offer at Tattered Inspirations - type the word

countdown into the coupon code and postage is free for domestic postage

If overseas girls would like to let me know they found me on your blog when ordering, I will pop in an extra packet of goodies with their order
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The Shabby girls will get close-ups and more details on their blogs as soon as they can

Looking forward to seeing fabuous creations!!

Hope you enjoy this challenge!!

Introducing our Sponsor for Challenge#30

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Please welcome back our fabulous Sponsor for Challenge#30

Carol Mead

Tattered Inspirations Etsy

I am Carol Mead, a mixed media and collage artist. I also love working with clay on my potters wheel ,watercolours as I enjoy this wonderful world of ours, collage and photography.

Why the name Tattered Inspirations? Because I use old papers torn and old, to create the basis of my works..... and I am inspired by photos that I take on my travels.

I am delighted for you to visit my shop, please enjoy your time and I hope you return soon!

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Challenge #29 Winner & Honorable Mentions

2011-11-22T17:38:00.001+11:00

Before we announce our Winner and Honorable Mentions,

we need to say farewell to the lovely Shabby girl

Corinne

We will miss your fabulous creations and

in particular the beautiful tags!!

Here's some of my very favourites:

We wish you the very best Corinne xx

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What a challenge this was to stick to one colour or tones of one colour

(other than a photo or main element)

Such wonderful creations submitted!

Our WINNER is:

MEZZANOTTE

who will receive this beautiful prize

(please email me your details)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

are

Tick Tock.... our clock is almost ticking over........

2011-11-18T22:48:00.001+11:00

Oooh... do you still have an entry to put into our

Monochromatic Challenge?

Time is ticking away....

you've got until midnight 20th November

(Sydney Australia Time)

Check out clock on the left hand bar

Here's the challenge...

and check out the rules too

Good luck!

CHALLENGE #29

2011-10-25T23:26:00.000+11:00

Challenge #29 is a

MONOCHROMATIC CHALLENGE

except its a little more challenging than usual

in that you can use

TONES/SHADING OF ONLY ONE COLOUR

That means - no adding in white or black as an extra colour or any other colour no matter how small it may be..... (this really is a challenge - big smile!)

Remember - you can only use one colour...

The exception is your photo/s

or in place of a photo

a picture/ or main element (see dt ideas below)

The winner will be chosen on creating something beautiful of

one colour only

And will win this beautiful RAK

Here's is what the clever Design Team created

Mandy

Creams, beige to browns

aquas

greens

Whites

Pinks- Gayle's picture element are her butterflies.

Pinks

Creams

Creams to browns

Creams and beiges

Remember to:

- Have your Creation submitted by Midnight, 20th November

(Sydney Australia time - check the clock on the left hand bar)

- No mulit-listing, only creations made just for LGS will be considered for the prize and HM's.

See how you go with our ONE colour only Challenge!!!

Have fun with it.. any questions - ask in the comments or send an email

Looking forward to seeing what you do!

Challenge #28 Winner and Honorable Mentions

2011-10-23T19:28:00.000+11:00

What beautiful creations submitted for this challenge!

We were looking for the colours in the picture

the lovely white with pinks and apricots

Its such a pretty picture to interpret!

The Design Team see such wonderful work on your blogs too when we visit!

So much talent!

WINNER

of Challenge #28

MONICA

Congratulations Monica,

You have won this beautiful RAK

Can you please send your details to the email address on the left hand bar

Here are the fabulously talented

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Thanks so much to each of you who submitted to Challenge #28,

it sure was hard to pick!

Challenge #28 and Welcoming our New Design Team Members

2011-09-25T19:55:00.001+10:00

Challenge #28

For our challenge this month, we would like you to be

inspired by the colours

in this gorgeous dinning room

Along with including

Paint and Flowers

Here is what the Shabby Girls have created

Mandy

Julie

Yumiko

Corrine

Gayle

Magda

And

INTRODUCING OUR NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS
the first projects from our three new team members
along with their Challenge #28 creation:

Anja
(Norway)

My style is many styles if any. I love to make cards with nothing but coloured images. I prefer my beloved Promarkers to colour with, but also use Distress Inks.

And in addition, I love just as much to make vintage cards and altered items. As often as possible I try to challenge myself to make something I've never done before. This hobby is really one kind I always learn new stuff along the way, mostly learning by doing and of course visiting everyone in blog land and also love to share tips and ideas/tutorials with everyone.

Jan
(England)

My name is Jan, and I am from Essex, England.

I’m obsessed with all things arty and creative. I like to experiment and dabble in lots of different crafts….. Drawing, painting, cardmaking, scrap-booking, sewing, atc’s, rubber-stamping and I also enjoy altering items…matchboxes, dresses, tins, canvasses and anything else that I can get my crafty hands on! I also like to try out different styles, but I find, I'm usually drawn to shabby and vintage.

Proud to be a mum to three wonderful sons and a fur-baby called Barney…and that’s where the scrapbooking comes in, I’ve been scrapping for over a year now, sorting through my millions (OK, zillions) of photographs, primarily of my three boys 'growing up' over the last 21years!! And having fun putting some wonderful memories into some scrapbook pages, I just adore lots of layers, coordinating the colours and oodles of lovely details in my work.

Christiane
(France)

My name is Christiane and live in France. I am married, have two grown children, two grandchildren, and have a little shi-tzu really very lovely. I scrapbook with lots of Love and Tenderness everything about my life and my childhood .. I was a kindergarten teacher 35 yrs ago. I retired in September 2005 and immediately made a Shabby page. Its my favourite style.
I love the corrugated cardboard, paint, ink, tear my papers, ribbons, string, all tissues sewing, and flowers of course. I really like "Lets Get shabby", the DT and the respect for scrapbookers who participate.

Welcome Anja, Jan and Christiane!

Challenge #28
PRIZE

All projects are due by Midnight 20 October
(Sydney Australia time - check the clock top left side)

Please follow the rules in the left hand bar which includes following the criteria and to create only for 'Let's Get Shabby'.
As soon as the Shabby Girls get time, be sure to visit their blogs to see extra photos and close-ups of their work and further details!!

Challenge #27 Winner and Honorable Mentions

2011-09-23T19:48:00.000+10:00

Once again you have all made our job of choosing winner very hard.

We have had some gorgeous TALLULAH BELLES inspired creations.

One lucky person gets to have a spending spree in TallulahBelles.

The WINNER is

Georgia

What a gorgeous layout.

Now for our talented
HONORABLE MENTIONS

Aina

Monica

Anna

Mezzanotte

Deb

Joyce

Michelle

Thank you so much for playing along with the challenge and a big thank you to Kris for being our sponsor again.

Stay tuned for our next challenge on the 25th where we will also reveal our new Design Team Members.

Just a Little Note to Say........

2011-09-17T20:18:00.000+10:00

And

REMINDER

that entries close for

the

CHALLENGE #27

on the 20th September

(midnight Sydney Australia time)

check the clock on the left hand bar

You will have a fabulous chance to win

$50 Voucher

from

TALLULABELLES

Who would love that!

So many gorgeous things!

REMINDER: DT CALL

2011-09-13T19:50:00.000+10:00

You will find the information

HERE

Looking forward to those last minute submissions!

Closes 14th September

DT CALL for Let's Get Shabby

2011-08-30T08:24:00.006+10:00

We have three Design Team positions to be filled

International DT

All you need to do is:
Complete the current challenge
Email it to the address in the left hand bar
Include your blog address
Write a paragraph about 'You and your Scrapbooking'
(will be used if successful)
by 14th September

Also:
Enter it into the current challenge which closes 20th September.

We ask that you have:
An understanding of English so you would be able to follow criteria and clearly show it in your work.

The committment is:
One project a month
Be involved in leaving comments on players blogs
Voting for winners.

An announcement for the new DT members will be made soon after the 14th of September

Current Challenge (#27) is

HERE

It's time to say a shabby farewell

2011-08-29T22:42:00.005+10:00

to some of our shabby girls.

Lene
Vibeke
Olga
Have all been a part of the shabby girls team for 11 months and due to work commitments and personal reasons they have decided to step down.

It is sad to see them leave the team.

Here are some of their gorgeous shabby creations.

Lene.
Vibeke.
Olga.
From all of us shabby girls we would like to say a big thank you for sharing with us your gorgeous work.

All the best with what the future holds for you.

Hugs
xx

Challenge #27

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Challenge #27

The criteria is all about being inspired by one of the fabulous product images in our

Sponsor

Kris' Etsy Shop

You will need to visit

TallulahBelles

1. Choose your product image from the items for SALE or in the SOLD section.

2. Save the image to your computer along with the link

3. Create a project inspired by this image

Then on your blog

1. Paste the image along with the link

2. Upload your project

3. Give a few words why it worked for you

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Here is what the girls have created.

Mandy
Inspired by
Homespun vintage embellishments

Julie
Inspired by
Margot Fonteyn Mini Pocketful of Whimsy

Yumiko
Inspired by
Snow white vintage hand dyed doilies to delight

Corinne
Inspired by
Vintage art kit vouge

Lene
Inspired by
Petula Vintage Hand Dyed Doilies to Delight and Trim

Olga
Inspired by
Pretty in pink hand dyed doilies

Vibeke
Inspired by
Vintage trash romance pages

Gayle
Inspired by
Woodland whimsy petite pocket full of whimsy

Magda
Inspired by
She was the bingo queen

And Kris has offered

a $50 voucher
to spend in her esty store.

Thanks ever so much for returning to sponsor us again Kris.

All projects are due by
Midnight 20 September
(Sydney Australia time - check the clock top left side)

Also please follow the rules in the left hand bar which includes
-following the criteria
-create only for 'Let's Get Shabby'

As soon as the Shabby Girls get time, be sure to visit their blogs to see extra photos and close-ups of their work and further details!!

Challenge #27 Sponsor

2011-08-24T20:00:00.002+10:00

INTRODUCING..…..

Kris
who owns this adorable etsy

TALLULAH BELLES

About Kris:

I have always been a bower bird.

When I was little I would always come home from my grandmothers house with a stash of buttons and ribbons.

I can still vividly remember sorting through the button box for the sparkly ones and not much has changed in 30 years.

I love to decorate whether it be a handmade card, my home or a cake.

I love using vintage ephemera and haberdashery in my papercrafting projects and old photographs fascinate me.

I love a good story, old fashioned frocks, road tripping and glitter, lots and lots of glitter.

Kris has put together a most stunning prize for 'Lets Get Shabby'!

Its always an absolute treat to visit Kris's etsy as you will never know what goodies she has in store!!

CHALLENGE #26 Winners and Honorable Mentions!

2011-08-22T10:26:00.002+10:00

There is something very classy about the use of

'Toile and Ticking'

and it certainly has its place in the Shabby chic style.

After doing this challenge - I've started to notice toile and ticking in many places that I probably wouldn't have before.

There were such fabulous creations submitted by everyone with three definite standouts voted by our Design Team.

Our

WINNER

Christianne

with this beautiful mini-album

Cover

Spine of mini-album.

who has won this fabulous prize

Challege #26 Closes Tonight Midnight!

2011-08-20T08:30:00.000+10:00

You have until midnight tonight (Sydney Australia time)

to get your

Toile and Ticking creations in!

Check the clock up on the left hand side bar

Looking forward to seeing the last entries come in!!

You will find Challenge #26 HERE

Yumiko's Tutorial HERE

Tutorial by Yumiko....

2011-08-14T00:10:00.000+10:00

Shabby Girl
Yumiko

is going to share with us how she has created these stunning tags.

This is what you will need.

tags
aluminum foil
glue
acrylic paint and inks
embellishments

STEP 1
Cut your alfoil slighter larger than your tag

STEP 2
Crumple it and then open it out and glue it to your tag folding the excess over the edges

STEP 3
Paint it

STEP 4
Add colour using ink or stain

.

Once they are dry then the fun part of embellishing begins.
If you try Yumiko's tutorial, we would love to see it so please leave a link in a comment on this post

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Dont forget to get your Toile and Ticking entries in for challenge 26 and to check out our sponsor Imaginarium Designs.

CHALLENGE #26 and Introducing our New DT Member!

2011-07-25T22:42:00.001+10:00

Challenge #26

is all about

TOILE AND TICKING

(Your creation must contain both 'Toile AND Ticking')

What's this you might ask???

Here's a wonderful site we found that will help answer your questions.

or look to the Shabby Design Team projects.

http://www.french-country-decor-guide.com/french-country-fabrics.html

You might find this in fabric, or paper...

Another question you might raise is ...

'I dont have any?'

You can also find Toile and Ticking and print off the computer like a couple of our DT have done.

Toile and Ticking is beautifully historically French and fabulously Shabby!

Toile is a distinct elegant pattern used in various shades and Ticking is a stripe – usually a double stripe or uneven spaced stripe…

This is what the Shabby Girls created...

Julie

AND

INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST DT MEMBER!

after winning two challenges one after the other
and with amazing beauty and detail we just knew Magda
would make a wonderful Shabby Girl!

Magdalena

A little about Magda:

Hello!
My name is Magda and I am from Poland. I love crafting, reading, jazz music and spending time with my little daughter, Lena. I have been scrapping a few months (since December 2010) and I enjoy every minute of my hobby. Through scrapbooking I am trying to be creative. I would say I tend to scrap romantinc and shabby with a little touch of vintage. My style of scrapbooking is very eclectic, somethimes shabby chic and romantic, sometimes vintage, but I always include lots of layers and details.
I look forward to challenging myself as well as inspiring you.
I am so proud and honoured to be a part of Let's Get Shabby Design Team. Thank you!

And our

GUEST DESIGNER
is
JANE
with this beautiful LO

Jane is also

SPONSORING

with

IMAGINARIUM DESIGNS

offering this FABULOUS PRIZE

$50 worth of chipboard!!!!

and

very generously

Jane has offered

2nd and 3rd

will receive

$20 worth of Chipboard each too!

Very exciting - thanks so much Jane!

Don't forget to visit Jane's shop

SERIOUSLY SCRAPBOOKING

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All projects are due by Midnight 20 August
(Sydney Australia time - check the clock top left side)
Also please follow the rules in the left hand bar which includes
-following the criteria
-create only for 'Let's Get Shabby'

As soon as the Shabby Girls and Jane get time, be sure to visit their blogs to see extra photos and close-ups of their work and further details!!

Introducing our next Sponsor....

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We'd like to give a very warm welcome to

or next Sponsor

Imaginarium Designs

and

Guest Designer

Jane Tregenza

A bit about Jane:

Jane is the proud mum of five adult children. She is the owner of the store Seriously Scrapbooking and is design team leader for Imaginarium Designs. She is also on the Graphic 45 design team. Jane teaches any where from 6-12 classes a month in her store. She regularly travels interstate to teach master classes to other store owners and teachers. She was one of the teachers at the Scrapbooking and papercraft expo held in Brisbane in June. Her work as been published in Australia, and the USA.

Imaginarium Designs was created in late 2010 in Adelaide as we saw a need for some unique designs in the industry!

Chipboard is such an amazing medium to work with on Scrapbooking pages, projects, cards and so much more.

Our designers are everyday scrapbookers and card makers who design Chipboard specifically for everyday projects and we make sure that every design is perfect! We have an international design team, so make sure you visit our blog for some more inspiration.

http://www.imaginariumdesigns.blogspot.com/

We will be back tomorrow with

Imaginarium Designs fabulous prize

for Challenge #26

The Shabby Girl's creation reveal

and Jane's project as Guest Designer!

CHALLENGE #25 WINNER AND HONORABLE MENTIONS and 2nd Birthday Game Winners!

2011-07-22T23:10:00.000+10:00

Our challenge criteria proved pretty tricky this time

(the DT found it tricky too)

as it definitely is a challenge to stay with just 2 items in the list!

We all wanted to add more!! LOL

Well done to our Winner and Honorable Mentions!

and without further ado....

Our

WINNER

is...

JAN

who will receive this WONDERFUL prize

from

PURPLE ONION DESIGNS

We'd love to thank Michelle at Purple Onion Designs for her continued support as a Sponsor with 'Let's Get Shabby'

Michelle sponsored our very first prize and our 1st Birthday and now our 2nd Birthday!

Purple Onion stamps are top quality stamps!

Congrats Jan, please email your details so we can pass them onto Michelle.

Now onto our

HONORABLE MENTIONS

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CELEBRATING OUR 2ND BIRTHDAY

are the

WINNERS

of our

Birthday Game

Here are the links to where the photos were:

AND

our two RAK winners

from Mandy and Julie

are

Entry number 2

Marley

Entry number 10

Serafeena

Please email your details so that we can get your RAKs posted out.

Stay tuned for our next Sponsor reveal, our next Challenge and a surprise too.

A Shabby Girl Farewell

2011-07-21T09:18:00.003+10:00

Sasya

Sasya has been a part of our Shabby Team for ten months now and due to work commitments she has decided to step down from her position.
Its sad to see you go Sasya

Here is a taste of Sasya's beautiful projects inspiring us all.

From all of us Shabby Girls we would like to say a big thank you for being a part of the team Sasya and sharing your gorgeous work.

All the very best with you new career

hugs
xxxx

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Challenge#25 is now closed...

So stay tuned (Sydney Australia Time)
for:

Our next Sponsor (on the 24th)
Challenge #26 (25th)
Our two 2nd Birthday Winners (22nd)

and

Our newest DT member joining our Shabby Girl Team! (25th)

xx

2nd Birthday Reminder.......

2011-07-17T22:36:00.002+10:00

Quick reminder to get those last entries in before

Midnight 20th July (Sydney Australia time)
Please read our challenge rules on the lefthand side bar

You can find our current Challenge HERE

It's Time for a Party Game!!!

2011-07-09T16:26:00.000+10:00

What is a Birthday celebration with out a game?

With the help of some of my daughters treasured toys,

I (Julie) have set up a party scene complete with presents, hats, cake and candles.

Happy second birthday 'Let's Get Shabby'.

Here is what you will need to do to play the game.....

I have hidden six(6) images from this photo in posts on the shabby blog.

Grab a coffee, check out the blog and go hunting for them.

When you have found them all email me,

jacsplace2@iinet.net.au where they are.

(For example: Cake-Challenge 10)

The closing date is midnight 20th July along with the current challenge, (Sydney Australia time)

and will then get Missy (dd) to pick TWO(2)

random names from all the correct emails.
There is TWO (2) RAKs for the winners, one each from me and Mandy!!

Have fun everyone.

Don't forget to pop on over and check out our current challenge and sponsor Purple Onion.

Challenge #25

2011-06-25T21:14:00.001+10:00

It is our 2nd birthday here at 'Lets Get Shabby' and we would like to see you be inspired by this photo.

You will need to use the NUMBER 2 on your project and use TWO THINGS from the list below.

Lace
Chipboard
Ribbon
Material/Fabric
Book/Music page

You are allowed to use other items on your project as long as you use ONLY TWO FROM THE LIST.

Seeing as it is our 2nd birthday and we had our first ever sponsor return for our first birthday challenge we thought it would be nice to ask if she would like to return again and she has.

WELCOME BACK

PURPLE ONION

Michele has put a heap of faith in us with sponsorship and has been incredibly generous over the past two years.

This year is no different.

Michelle is giving these stamps away

to the lucky WINNER!!

That's just FABULOUS!!

Thank-you so much again Purple Onion!

So 'HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY TO US'

AND

Happy Shabby creating to you all!!!

Here is what the girls have done to inspire you all.

MANDY

Using Music book page and lace

JULIE

Using book page and chipboard

YUMIKO

Using book page and chipboard

CORRINE

Using book page and lace

SASYA

Using chipboard and ribbon

LENE

Using chipboard and ribbon

OLGA

Using lace and chipboard

VIBEKE

Using lace and chipboard

GayleUsing chipboard and ribbon.

And our guest this month representing Purple Onion.

JENN

Using music page and lace.

Here's a little bit about Jenn for those who may not already know her.

Nice to meet all of you! My name is Jenn (a.k.a JB or scrapperjjb) and I’m a wife to an avid fisherman & mother to two beautiful girls. I started scrapbooking 12 years ago & fell into the art of cardmaking. I haven’t been able to stop since. I want to thank Mandy and Julie for inviting me to be a guest member for this challenge. I had so much fun creating my card design from the inspiration photo. Happy 2nd Birthday, "Let's Get Shabby!"

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Make sure you pop in and check out the shabby girls blogs for more details of their projects and stay tuned for what is a birthday party with out a game.

Challenge #24 Winners and Honorable Mentions

2011-06-23T09:13:00.003+10:00

We have loved hopping to all of your blogs, admiring your gorgeous projects and reading about your childhood memories. Thanks for sharing with us the story behind your projects.

It is time for us to announce our

WINNER

Magda You have won this gorgeous prize package from

Lea over at

Little Bits of Pretty

AND FOR TWO RUNNERS UP

2 x $10 store vouchers from 'Little Bit's of Pretty too!!!

Orange Mama

Deb

Please girls, send us your details so we can organize to get your goodies posted out to you.

Thanks so much Lea for being a fabulous Sponsor and Guest DTer this past month!
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Here are this month's

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Marianne

Fleur

Christiane

Dianne

Eternalta

Gunn-elin

Fran

Mona

Well done everyone. You made our jobs very hard yet again.

Stay tuned as we will be revealing our next sponsor very soon and an extra special 2nd birthday challenge as well.

A QUICK REMINDER...

2011-06-19T23:13:00.000+10:00

Our deadline is fast approaching...

Quickly get those last submissions in as Challenge #24 closes

Midnight 20th June Sydney Australia time

Check the clock in towards the top left hand bar!

Be sure to check our sponsor!!

LITTLE BITS OF PRETTY

It's Shabby Tutorial Time

2011-05-29T17:25:00.002+10:00

And this time we are sharing how
Olga
has made these gorgeous flowers.

You will need:
crepe paper,
threaded needle,
embellishments for centres
(I had only white paper, so I colored it with glimmer mist)

FLOWER ONE

Step One

Cut 5 circles of different sizes.

Step Two

Take the first circle and moving your fingers around roll the edges. Try to make the rolls big and roll and unroll it a few times to make sure the roll is well formed. Leave the edges in a half-rolled state.

Step Three

Place the biggest circle in the base of the flower and top it with smaller ones then stitch the circles together and put a pretty jewel in the center of the flower.

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FLOWER TWO

Step One
Cut a strip of crepe paper (I had it 1,5 cm wide and 23 cm long) Crumple the strip well, then smooth it out.

Step Two

Sew the strip using big loose stitches with a threaded needle. When reaching the end of the strip pull the thread to form a ring. Stitch the edges together, pressing the centre of the flower slightly to make it flat, embellish as you like

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FLOWER THREE

Step One
Cut a strip of crepe-paper.
IMPORTANT! The wrinkles on the paper should be parallel to the short edge! Stretch one end of the strip, it should become a little longer.

Step Two
Begin to roll the strip to form your flower (start with the shorter, unstretched end). Stitch the stem or simply tie it with a string. You may want to cover the flower with glitter glue or stickles.

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If you have a try at making Olga's flowers we would love to see them Just pop in a link in the comments section on this post.

Don't forget to pop in and check out our Current Challenge and Sponsor.

CHALLENGE #24

2011-05-25T21:56:00.006+10:00

Our challenge for you this month

is to:

Create a project based on

a favorite memory or

photo from YOUR childhood.

Our Sponsor is Lea from

Little Bits of Pretty

and

seeing as all 100% of sales at 'Little Bits of Pretty'
are donated to the Westmead Children's Hospital,

we thought it would be fitting to have a child based challenge.

The story behind this fundraiser is here

Check out the wonderful PRIZE for our Lucky Winner!

Prize Pack includes:

2 crocheted flowers
8 doilies
2 covered buttons made from embroided doilies
5 assorted buttons
assorted trims-lace, orange ric rac, teal braid, pink bias
2 fat 1/4's thrifted sheeting
handmade butterfly embellishment
4 journal tags
20+ vintage papers-dictionary, picture book, cookbooks, bible, sewing pattern paper, music paper, bookpaper

AND FOR TWO RUNNERS UP
2 x $10 store vouchers!!!

Lea was generous to send Julie, Gayle and myself a lovely pack each to work with for our Shabby DT Challenge #24 creations which you can see below

Mandy

Julie

Gayle

Yumiko

And our Guest Design Team Member

LEA using some of her goodies too!

We hope you will join our fabulous challenge too!

Please tell us about about you in your creation -we'd love to know!

Give a little time to upload, the Shabby girls and Lea will have more details and close-ups on their blogs soon!!

Looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations!!

INTRODUCING OUR NEXT SPONSOR.....

2011-05-24T22:09:00.000+10:00

Please welcome the very lovely and talented

LEA

LITTLE BITS OF PRETTY

Here's Lea's story:

Hello! My name is Lea. I am blessed to be married to a wonderful husband and have three beautiful children who keep our days happy, interesting and full. In my spare time, I enjoy trawling op shops. I adore all things vintage and love finding something old and unwanted and giving it a new life. I dabble in a variety of crafts, sewing and scrapbooking and many of my thrifting treasures make their way into my creations. You can find out more about this on my crafty blog We like to make Stuff!

Six months ago, I launched Little Bits of Pretty.

Little Bits of Pretty is a fundraiser for The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

I am very passionate about raising as much money as possible for The Children's Hospital at Westmead. It is a massive lifeline for our family and many others.

At Little Bits of Pretty you will find a range of pretty bits and pieces, loads of vintage bookpapers, preloved doilies, thrifted trims, vintage sheeting and a range of lovely finds from my op shopping adventures, some lovingly handmade and all thoughtfully chosen. But the best bit... 100% of your sale will be donated to The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

I am thrilled to be sponsoring Let's Get Shabby this month. It is a beautiful and inspiring challenge blog!

CHALLENGE#23 WINNERS & HONORABLE MENTIONS

2011-05-22T14:55:00.003+10:00

What a lot of pretty projects we received for Challenge 23!

Wonderful work from everyone!!

Its time to announce our

WINNER.....

Magda(i)Lena

You've won a $25 Voucher from

SCRAP THERAPY

AND

A wonderful RAK from Julie!

Please send us your details so we can arrange postage etc

And we'd like to thank the talented DEB for Guesting for us

and Scrap Therapy!!!

And onto our wonderful

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Congrats on such gorgeous projects!

We'll be revealing our next sponsor soon!!

Stay tuned!

REMINDER...time flies...and is running out.....

2011-05-18T22:05:00.001+10:00

Challenge #23 closes at midnight 20th May

(Sydney Australia Time)

Just check the clock up on the left hand side

We are looking forward to seeing those last creations coming in!!!

Here's a quick link to the Challenge

It's time again

2011-05-14T21:53:00.000+10:00

For another shabby tutorial.

This month Vibeke is sharing with us just how she altered the title letters on her sample for this months challenge.

Here is what you will need to do.

Gather up some chipboard letters. Different colors and sizes then paint them with white paint.

Cover with glossy accents.

And then crackle paint.

When dry spray with glimmer mist

Before the mist dries wiped some of it off.
You can see that the mist got down in the crackle paint.

More glossy accents to make them good looking.

And voila: My letters are finished - and ready to decorate :)

Don't forget to pop in and check out our latest challenge and sponsor.

CHALLENGE #23

2011-04-25T18:48:00.001+10:00

We are inspired by these colours for this Challenge!

Why?

because these colours are representative of our sponsor's site!

SO YOUR CHALLENGE IS:

1. Use these colours

2. Must use spots of some kind

Before we tell you who our sponsor is....

(wonder if any of you can guess before you get to the bottom!)

Here are the fabulous interpretations of the Design Team:

And our sponsor

IS.....

SCRAP THERAPY

Check out the colours onsite!

PRIZE

$25.00 VOUCHER

And GUESTING for SCRAP THERAPY

DEB

Here's a little about Deb

(who is also a regular to the challenges here at Let's Get Shabby, has been a Winner and multiple times been in the Honorable Mention Parade!)

I'm Deb.........a wife, a mum and a grandmum. My 2 gorgeous little grand-daughters are usually the focus of my scrapping but I do love the "older" more "heritage" photos as well. I am fascinated by some of these older photos of days gone by........so precious.

I've been scrapping for over 10 years now and like most of us, couldn't imagine not having this wonderful craft in my life. Over the years I have tried my hand at most crafts but they seem to have taken a back-seat now since I started scrapbooking.

I never have the answer when someone asks me what my style is. Is it eclectic, is it shabby, is it vintage, possibly a little grungy?....I'm not sure but I do know I tend to make a lot of mess . I love distressing, playing with paint and using random bits and pieces (sometimes bits of left overs on my scrap table find their own little spot on my layouts). I also love the pretties.....the lace and the doilies.

The Prize Winner will also receive this gorgeous RAK from Julie

Looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

(Remember to check the rules on the left bar)

Give some time and the DT will be uploading their close-ups and details on their blogs!

Happy Scrapping!

Challenge #22 Winner and Honorable Mentions

2011-04-22T22:44:00.000+10:00

Wow is all that we can say!
The projects entered into our 'Beatrix Potter' inspired Challenge are all gorgeous and once again the Shabby Girls had a hard time trying to vote and it gets harder and harder each month.

Thank you all so much for playing along with us.

And now for our

WINNER

Madioza

Madioza has won this gorgeous prize pack

from Carol at Tattered Inspirations.

Please send an email with your contact details so we can pass them onto Carol and get your prize on it's way to you.

Thanks you Carol for being our sponsor this month.

Now for our

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Pia

ColleenB

Chantal

Lean

Magda(i)lena

This is definitely a fine Easter parade!

From all of us Shabby Girls

Have a safe and happy Easter.

We will see you back here on the 24th for our next sponsor
and then on the 25th for our next challenge reveal.

GET THOSE LAST CREATIONS IN!!!!!

2011-04-19T15:23:00.001+10:00

Just a little reminder that entries close at

midnight 20th April (Sydney, Aust. time)

Please check the left side bar for the Australian clock

Quick links:

Lene's Easter Egg

Sasya's Bunny Eggs

Challenge #22

Love the gorgeous creations so far!!! WOW!

IT'S TIME FOR....

2011-04-18T20:29:00.000+10:00

Another shabby tutorial!

Yes this month, as it is nearly Easter, we thought we would share with you two ways to decorate eggs.

Last week it was Sasya showed us her little eggs,
and today Lene will be sharing with us how she created her gorgeous egg.

Here is what you will need: White acrylic paint

glue

brush

white napkins

paper mache eggs

Step One Cover the eggs in lots of glue.

Step Two Take the napkins and cover the eggs

- not straight - let it be lumpy and bumpy in shabby style.

Step Three Let it dry a little bit before you paint it with white acrylic paint.

Step Four If you want to - spray on a bit of glimmermist (I have used some GOLD glimmermist) and now decorate it with flowers and bling and everything else you want.

There are still a few days left to join in on our latest challenge and check out our latest sponsor.

From all of us Shabby Girls,

We wish you a safe and happy Easter

IT'S TIME FOR.....

2011-04-10T11:30:00.004+10:00

Another Shabby Tutorial .....

And seeing as we have Easter nearly upon us,
Sasya has shared how she made these gorgeous little eggs.

And as it turns out,
Sasya did up her bunnies before being ask if she could create a tutorial of them for us,
and seeing as she didn't have photos of the process she decided to draw it up.

How cute are her little drawings!!
(If you are having trouble reading the instructions if you click on the picture it should come up bigger)

Tips on how to blow eggs - click here

And make sure you check out our latest challenge and our sponsor this month too!

CHALLENGE #22

2011-03-25T14:14:00.002+11:00

We are going to be ‘Beatrix Potter’ inspired here at ‘Let’s Get Shabby’!

We’d love you to be inspired by her gorgeous characters and style in her books!

Remember – this isn’t about Beatrix Potter herself…

but about her illustrations!

If you aren't sure or don't know about the artist and author -

then look at this fabulous link!

http://www.peterrabbit.com.au/au/

http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/elempath/bpotter/

This challenge can be representative of

(for example)

EASTER or SPRING

or anything to do with babies or children

Take a look at the design team examples!

And

Guest Designer and Sponsor

Carol
who has made this gorgeous Mini-Album!
Please visit her blog to see the beautiful pages inside!

Tattered Inspirations Etsy

sponsoring this fabulous Shabby prize

for our WINNER!

And thats not all!!

Tattered Inspirations will offer a 10% discount to all 'Let's Get Shabby' readers who use the code below when buying from Tattered Inspirations on Etsy until the 5th April including overseas orders......

Readers will need to put in the coupon code of letsgetshabby at the end of the order to receive the discount

Tattered Inspirations is also on Facebook

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Given a little time, the DT will have close-ups and extra details on their personal blogs...
so please check back!

Challenge #22 will close midnight 20th April
(Sydney Australia time)
Check the clock in left hand side bar

We hope you are motivated by 'Beatrix Potter' and our design team examples!

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GUEST DESIGNER AND SPONSOR FOR CHALLENGE #22

2011-03-24T21:12:00.001+11:00

Please welcome again...

Carol

from

Tattered Inspiration!

We are so happy that Carol is joining us again

And just in case you missed her the last time Carol sponsored a challenge...

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I am Carol Mead, a mixed media and collage artist.

I also love working with clay on my potters wheel,watercolours as I enjoy this wonderful world of ours, collage and photography.

Why the name Tattered Inspirations?

Because I use old papers torn and old, to create the basis of my works.....

and I am inspired by photos that I take on my travels.

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Call back in tomorrow when we reveal the prize, criteria and Design Team creations!

CHALLENGE #21 WINNER and HONORABLE MENTIONS!

2011-03-22T22:57:00.003+11:00

We are delighted with the amount of wonderful entries this Challenge!

The standard of talent here is simply amazing and thanks so much for sharing with us!

We thought our job of choosing a Winner and Honorable Mentions last month was hard

BUT this month was EVEN HARDER!

As much as we would love to include so many more in our PARADE, we had to agonise over who not to choose!!

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou for helping make

"Let's Get Shabby"

such a successful challenge blog!

Sooo who was our

WINNER??

CARINA

And with MANY thanks to our SPONSOR and Guest Designer

CHANTELLE

the owner of

CREATIVE BITS

and donated this wonderful PRIZE!

Please send me an email with your details Carina so I can pass them onto Chantelle

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Melissa

Charm

Aina

What a parade of talent!!

Thank you to ALL 57 wonderful submissions....

Each and everyone of them brought something special to

'Let's Get Shabby'!!

On the 24th we will be announcing our new Sponsor

and be sure to check back on the 25th for

Challenge #22!

TIME IS NEARLY UP.....

2011-03-18T11:28:00.001+11:00

Here are the quick links to:

Yumiko's Denim and Lace Tutorial

and

Challenge #21

FOR OUR SCRAPSCENE VISITORS

2011-03-15T09:33:00.004+11:00

Hello to our SCRAPSCENE visitors

Mandy's Easter cards can be found here on her blog

or here with the the design teams creations. These cards were from last Easter's Challenge.

Please stay tuned for our new Easter Challenge reveal on the 25th March!

Here are some current quick links to:

Yumiko's Denim and Lace Tutorial

and

Challenge #21 due 20th March

Thanks for visiting!!

DENIM AND LACE TUTORIAL

2011-03-13T19:31:00.004+11:00

It's time for another shabby tutorial and this month Yumiko is sharing with us how she created her gorgeous Denim and Lace corsage embellishment on her layout.

What you will need:

denim ( some strips, two different sizes of circles )

lace

white thread

beads

embellishments

glue

First sew a strip of denim and lace together.

Sew the denim with white thread and make gathering by hand.

Form into a circle.

Next I'm going to show you how to make the flower. It's very easy to make.

Cut a cirlce of denim and then cut the circle into a spiral.

Sew some lace onto the edge.

Spiral into a flower and stick onto a small circle of denim..

Embellish the flower center with some beads.

Gather some lace, ribbon,some denim strips and any other embellishment you like to make a tassel for your corsage.

Add these to the flower and then onto the denim and lace circle.

This is a part of my creation of Challenge#21.

I hope you like this idea!!

Thank you so much!!

Yumiko

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CHALLENGE #21

2011-02-25T23:19:00.002+11:00

We've been creating with :

'DENIM AND LACE'

Think for example, blue denim jeans and gorgeous lacy tops!

Whatever the words

'Denim and Lace'

bring to mind,

both of these need to feature in your project in some way.

(Just not ALL in a photo if doing a LO!)

And it still has to be a scrapbooking project of sorts though!

We'd love to see what you can shabby up with this!!

Here's what the DT created:

Olga

And our Guest Designer

CHANTELLE

Owner of this wonderful Esty

CREATIVE BITS

SPONSORING

THIS FABULOUS

PRIZE:

The prize pack includes the following:

3 x lace trims – cream, red & turquoise

2 x 5m twine packs – pink & blue

4 x birdie buttons

5 x patchwork flowers

5 x ruffled bright flowers

1 x pack of hand-dyed doilies

Thank you so much CHANTELLE!!

Give a little time and the DT will have any close-ups and extra details on their blogs

Remember to look at the left hand side bar for the rules and FAQS

(We want to see original creations made specifically for LGS only)

Looking forward to what you are going to create!

due 20th March

INTRODUCING OUR SPONSOR AND GUEST DESIGNER FOR CHALLENGE #21

2011-02-24T14:15:00.000+11:00

CREATIVE BITS ETSY

owned by the lovely

CHANTELLE HUIZENGA

My name is Chantelle Huizenga and I’m a mum to four beautiful boys and wife to a great husband who thankfully supports my craft hobby. My family keep me busy but I make time to do the things I love – scrapbooking, card-making and creating hand-made items for my Etsy store. I also love taking pictures of my family and surroundings which gives me the inspiration for my scrapbook LO’s.

My Etsy Store – Creative Bits – is just ONE year old – I used up-cycled items in my shop – crochet doilies in pretty colours and embellishments made with up-cycled fabrics and lace. I love the creative process and take pride in everything I make.

I really enjoy Creative Challenges – there’s so many around these days – but they are a great base for your projects – I love being inspired by the many crafty people around. I’m really excited to be sponsor for ‘Lets Get Shabby’ this month and also to share a scrapbook page for the current challenge.

So thanks for having me.

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Check back tomorrow night for the

REVEAL OF CHALLENGE#21

and the gorgeous prize from Creative Bits!

CHALLENGE#20 WINNER AND HONORABLE MENTIONS!

2011-02-22T22:28:00.002+11:00

WOW!

What a gorgeous lot of stunning creations!

Such wonderful talent!

It was sooo hard to pick, and the dt almost pulled their hair out trying to choose!

OUR

WINNER

LISA!

Lisa, you have won this gorgeous prize!

Please use the email on the left hand bar and include your full name and address details

Congrats!!!

What a wonderful parade of

HONORABLE MENTIONS!!

We really could have added more!!

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Such gorgeous work submitted!

Thanks so much!

Every single Shabby wedding creation submitted was beautiful!!

Thanks so much for playing along with us!!!

Stay tuned for the introduction of our next sponsor on the 24th,

and Challenge#21 revealed on the 25th!!

Oooooh!!!! Fast running out of time!!!

2011-02-19T21:05:00.000+11:00

Not long now...

Remember to have your entries in by

Midnight 20th Feb (Sydney Australia time)

Check the clock on the top left hand bar!

Here's a quick link to the challenge.....

GET SCRAPPING!!!!

(big grin)!

xxxx

HEART TUTORIAL

2011-02-05T08:28:00.003+11:00

This month I will be sharing with you all the few simple steps I used to make my heart.

Materials.

Love heart doilies

Patterned paper

Assorted flowers and charms

Ribbon and pearl string
Adhesive

Step one.

Stick one love heart doily onto your paper and cut around it leaving a slight boarder.

It wasn't until after I had stuck mine down and embellished it that I realized I had used two doily layers but I didn't worry about it as it gave my heart a more ruffled effect. If you are using two you will need to add some tape between the two layers.

Step two.

Embellish the front.

Once embellished to your liking attach the pearl string to the bottom under the doily. I used a stapler and added it before adding the back so that it was hidden.

Step three.

Attach your heart to a second piece of patterned paper and using the first one as a guide trim off the excess.

Add another heart to the back and then punch a hole through the top and add the ribbon.

If you do give this tutorial a try please link up your creation to this post so that the shabby girls and I can pop in and leave you some shabby love.

There is still plenty of time to enter into the current wedding themed challenge. You can check out all the details here.