Handmade By Suzanne' Special Offer......

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As a special offer for 'Let’s Get Shabby' members for the month of September, Handmade By Suzanne is offering 20% off ALL orders placed during September (including items already on sale). Simply enter SHABBY as the coupon code during checkout and receive 20% off your total order. Remember we post for FREE on orders over $50.

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CHALLENGE 15 & AN ANNOUNCEMENT

It's all about

MUSIC

We would like to see music papers, bars and notes used on your creation in some way.

With sponsorship by

Handmade by Suzanne.

A fabulous prize

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$25 store voucher with free postage.

And here is what the Shabby girls have created to inspire you.

Mandy

Julie

Jenneke

Chimene

Ruth

Yumiko

Corinne


and from our guest this month

Kim

Some great creations to inspire you all.
Don't forget to pop into the dter's blogs to check out the projects in a little more detail.

We can't wait to see your take on our music themed challenge.

and now for the announcement.




The time has come for the



‘Let's Get Shabby’s
team to grow!

If you are a fan of all things shabby and would love to be a part of our team,

then here is what you will need to do:

1. Play along with our current Music themed challenge.
(post this creation to your blog as usual)

2. Create a new creation inspired by our ‘Gingham and Floral’ Challenge
(do not post the ‘Gingham & Floral’ creation on your blog or any galleries until after the successful new DTers have been announced)

3. Email both new projects to the email address here on the Shabby blog along with a link to your blog, a short bio on yourself and your Shabby style.

(Both the ‘Gingham and Floral’ Creation and your short bio will be used in your introduction if successful)

If you are successful here is what you will be expected to do

-Create one shabby project a month fitting in with our challenge criteria.

-Popping into the players blogs to leave comments on their creations.

-Occasionally you may be asked to present a tutorial for our mid challenge post.



Deadline is 20th September.

Can't wait too see all the shabbyness that will be coming our way!!

INTRODUCING OUR NEXT SPONSOR AND GUEST DESIGNER

All of us here would like to welcome

Handmade by Suzanne

as our Sponsor this month.

Handmade by Suzanne is owned by Suzanne McGregor.


Here is a little info about the store.

Handmade By Suzanne is an online retailer of high quality scrapbooking and craft products. Our website launched in December 2009 and we will soon be celebrating our 1st year of business. At HBS our aim is to provide all the latest high quality brands and products at reasonable prices combined with customer service beyond your expectations.

As a special offer to Let’s Get Shabby followers receive 20% discount on all orders (including already discounted items) for the month of our sponsorship – simply enter SHABBY in the coupon field during checkout.

Pop in here to check out all the goodies in the online store and here to check out the blog and gallery.

And representing Handmade by Suzanne as our Guest Designer this month is

Kim Jeffress.

Here is a little bit about Kim.

My name is Kim Jeffress and I have been scrapping for about 8 years, these days I usually scrap the day to day antics and milestones of my two boys aged 3 and 1. Currently I am on the design team for several Australian online shops and was just recently chosen to be on the design team for Hambly Screenprints for 2010-2011. I would describe my style as clean and funky but am always up to try new things!

You can see more of me and my scrapping on my blog.

Welcome aboard to you both.

Looking forward to working along side you for the next challenge.

Stay tuned as Challenge 15 will be up on the 25th
with some wonderful creations and criteria!

OUR WINGS & QUOTE WINNER AND HONORABLE MENTIONS

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It is that time again
when we announce the
WINNER
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of our 'Wings and Quote' challenge.
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But before we do we need to say a big thank you to

Leslie

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Divine Designs

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for this lovely prize .
And the lucky

WINNER

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Lene Well done Lene your layout is divine and we love that flower cluster.
Can you email us over your address so we can pass on your details to Leslie.

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And who came in very close with

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Honorable Mentions
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Jan .

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Willea .

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Rhonda

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Deb .

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Metal Minish

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Tosk

Some absolutely wonderful work submitted

Thanks so much for for playing along with us!!!

See you soon for the next challenge!!!

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JUST A COUPLE MORE DAYS!

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Just a couple more days!!!

Here's a quick link to Challenge 14!
Check out the prize too!!

Soooooooo looking forward to your creations!!

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JENNEKE'S SHABBY TUTORIAL

This month Jenneke is sharing with us how she made the cute butterflies on her gorgeous canvas she made for this month's challenge sample.


Here is what you will need:

Water in a spraybottle, joiner's glue or bookbinder's glue, a stamp, a hard paintbrush and.....toiletpaper (or tissue paper)

And here is what you will need to do.

Moisten the stamp


Gently 'push' a piece of toiletpaper on the stamp (make sure it goes into all holes), do this with about 3 layers of paper, until the surface is almost dry


Mix some joiner's glue (or bookbinder's glue) and a lot of water to it, mix it and dab it with the brush gently on the surface of the toiletpaper. LET IT DRY!!


When it's totally dry, ad 2 or 3 layers paper again with water, repeat process.


When dry, carefully pull the paper of the stamp.


Then cut the butterfly out of the paper.


Here is a close up of the finished butterfly. You can keep it white, but it's also possible to color it with glimmer mist, acrylic paint or something like that. To give it a protective layer, you can use some gel medium.



Thanks for sharing with us Jenneke.

If you end up trying Jenneke's technique we would love to see the end result. Post a comment on this post with a link and we will pop in and check it out.

Don't forget to check out Challenge 14 there is still ample time to get your gorgeous creations in.

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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Jenneke

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Chimene

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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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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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