INTRODUCING NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBER - OLGA (Pastila)

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From Russia

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http://pastilka.blogspot.com/

I live in Moscow. I was a business lady once and worked in office. Now I'm little girl's mom. I adore shabby mostly for it's soft colors. I like alter-scrap and use it to create boxes, frames, notepads and cute little stuff like that.

Also I design for one russian blog that distributes Melissa Frances, MME and Webster Pages products.

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Gingham and Floral

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So very pretty and serene!

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Welcome to our new 'Shabby Girl'

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OLGA!

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(Quicklink to Challenge #16)

http://letsgetshabby.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-16.html

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INTRODUCING NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBER - LENE

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From Norway
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http://www.lenemors.blogspot.com/
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I am a 36 year old "girl" - married to Knut (my husband) and we live Hamar/Norway with our 5 beautiful children. When I don't drive my children to activities and practice, I love to scrapbook - that's my passion! I discovered scrapbooking in 2007 and was hooked right away! I love the creative process from taking the picture to find the right paper and embellishemt to match it !
For me this is therapeutic ! I often use a lot of embellishments - totally addicted to details and love to make layers on my layout.
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Gingham and Floral .

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And like Sasya, Lene had already entered a project into our kitchen challenge before knowing that she was successful in getting onto the team.

Kitchen #2

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Stunning shabby-ness.
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Welcome to our new Shabby Girl.

LENE

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INTRODUCING NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBER - SASYA

From Russia

http://sasya-handmade.blogspot.com/

My name is Sasya, I'm a cardmaker. I adore cardmaking, and I work in different styles, but shabby is my favourite.

Gingham and Floral

And as Sasya didnt know she had been chosen to be on LGS's design team before entering her creation of 'Kitchen #2', we thought we'd put it here for you to see since it cant be entered.

Beautiful work!!

Welcome to our new 'Shabby Girl'

SASYA!

DESIGN TEAM CALL UPDATE

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We would like to say a big Shabby thank you to all who applied for a position on the our LGS Design Team.
The work that was submitted was gorgeous and like we usually do for our monthly challenges we had a tough job narrowing it down.

The quality of the work sent in was outstanding, and even if there isnt enough places at this time, we certainly know who we will be asking in the future!
Originally we were only choosing four, but now ended up with five.

The successful applicants have all been emailed and are very excited to be joining us.

Over the next week or so we will be announcing them here individually so stay tuned.
We love the work of the new Shabby Girls and am sure that you will too.

And here's a quick link to the current challenge and the fabulous sponsor and prize!

http://letsgetshabby.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-16.html

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FAREWELL TO JENNEKE

We are saying a very sad farewell to one of the original team members.

Jenneke has been a part of the team since we first started just over a year ago and her commitment to the blog and her gorgeous funky shabby style has played a big part in making 'Let's Get Shabby' what it is today.

We are going to miss your projects here Jenneke

We wish you every success and luck with all your scrapping endeavours and with life itself...

It's been an absolute pleasure working beside you and we treasure the time you've spent with us
Very big hugs!!

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CHALLENGE #16

Is a TWO part challenge.

Part 1
Is all about being inspired by one of these two gorgeous kitchens.

Kitchen 1

Kitchen 2

Remember when posting your creation,

you need to tell us which kitchen you were cooking in.

Part 2
Seeing as cooking is what one would normally do in a kitchen we have a recipe of sorts for you to follow.

Here is the ingredients you will need to have on your project.

One piece of fabric
Two die cut shapes
Thee colours from your chosen kitchen. (These will need to be your dominant colours)

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE OTHER ITEMS ON YOUR CREATION JUST MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE RECIPE REQUIREMENTS

Here is the most amazing prize you could win!!!
from our Sponsor this month

Maxine's Melange

And here is what the Shabby girls came up with.

Mandy
Inspired by kitchen 2

Julie
Inspired by kitchen 1

Chimene
Inspired by kitchen 1

Ruth
Inspired by kitchen 1

Yumiko
Inspired by kitchen 1

Corrine
Inspired by kitchen 1

And from our Sponsor and Guest DTer

Maxine is inspired by

Kitchen 2(You can check out this as a kit (and others) at Maxine's Melange)

Well there you have it.

Hope you like what the Design Team have cooked up

and we can't wait to see what you do!!

(And fairly soon, more detail and close-ups will appear on each DTers blogs and on Maxine's Melange )

INTRODUCING OUR SPONSOR AND GUEST DESIGNER

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All of us Shabby Girls would like to welcome
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Maxine's Melange

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as our sponsor this month.
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Maxine's Melange is an on-line boutique craft store owned by Maxine Hazebroek.
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Here is a little bit about Maxine and her website.
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I’ve been involved in the scrapbooking and craft industries for many years. I’ve taught classes in stores and conventions both nationally and internationally, and written magazine articles and a book. After many years of determining what people’s creative interests are, I now put all my energy, enthusiasm and ideas into Maxine's Melange. I try to inspire people’s creative abilities and get them to try something new. The products you’ll find at my store are different from most other craft stores, being unique and unusual items that compliment my popular creative project kits. These kits are a great concept for people of all skill levels, enabling you to create a project just like the original. The products are supplied with step-by-step instructions, including photographs. New kits are released each month, and you can sign up for my monthly newsletter to be kept up to date with new releases.

I confess to having a love affair with laser cuts. With over 250 different designs on offer, many of which are exclusive to my store, there’s bound to be something there for you. Another product I love is Collections Elements; you’ll find nearly the entire range of this great Australian product in the store.
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For a unique experience, why not visit Maxine's Melange today?

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Now before you rush off and order - wait until tomorrow (25th) when Maxine will have new lovelies just waiting to be uploaded!!

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If you would like to see some of Maxine's work pop on over and check out her blog.
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And stay tuned as Challenge 16 will be up tomorrow too!!
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OUR SEPTEMBER WINNER AND HONORABLE MENTIONS

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The amount of entries this challenge was huge!

We loved each of them.....

Here are our votes based on the criteria for the Music Challenge!

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OUR WINNER

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Gayle.

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who has won

with sponsorship by

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Handmade by Suzanne. .
A fabulous prize
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$25 store voucher with free postage.

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Thanks so much Suzanne

and thanks to Kim for Guesting for us too!
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. Gayle please email me with your details so I can pass them on!

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Now onto the

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HONORABLE MENTIONS....

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So many wonderful creations to chose from

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so this time we added in some extras!

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And if you dont see your creation here...

just know that we agonised!

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Vibeke

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Lene

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Willea
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Anna

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Elise

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Sasya

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Pastila

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Angela

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Jan

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Szilvii

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Deb

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Kirsty
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Arby .

Peg

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Christiane83

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Daniella

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myriammscraps
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Tosk

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Liszha

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Wow girls - thats a wonderful parade!!

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Congratulations!

TIME TICKING AWAY....

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A little reminder...

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Only a couple of days left!

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Have you:

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Scrapped your Challenge #15 Music creation?

(Please check the faqs and rules on left side bar)

(Need help with English? There is also a Language Translater too)

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Applied for the Design Team Call?

Four positions available

(We are hoping to find different styles of Shabby from Australia or Internationally)

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Looked at this month's Tutorial?

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and checked out our Sponsor's special offer?

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all due midnight 20th September

(Sydney Australia time:

check our clock on the top left hand bar)

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We cant wait to see those last entries come in!!!

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GINGHAM AND FLORAL DT CALL CREATION

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When we were choosing which challenge to use as the second part of the dt call, we decided to go with the ‘Gingham and Floral’ as we felt that it had been one of our most challenging and it turns out that this may still be true!
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We’ve had a few emails about clarification – and it could be a language difference as it happened just like this back when we ran this challenge.
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The problem seems to lie with the word ‘floral’
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Yes, you can use flower embellishments on your page and are not part of the criteria.

The focus needs to be on floral print patterns as in patterned papers and fabrics combined with gingham.
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in your dt creation for this part of the call.

If you have already submitted and want to submit again- please do! We would only need to receive your ‘Floral and Gingham’ creation with the work ‘Re-submit’ in the subject line if you feel the need.

Understanding criteria is very important at 'Let's Get Shabby' and we want to really see how your individual style creativeness and flair shines through it!!!
(very big smile!!)

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And here are some quick-links for previous posts:

Music challenge and DT call

When playing along with our challenges,

Please read the FAQs section on the left sidebar.

Mandy's dress tutorial
Sponsor Handmade by Suzanne special offer for LGS players

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DRESS-UP TUTORIAL by Mandy

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DRESSING UP

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I wasn't planning on doing a tutorial on this dress when I created my LGS LO, so please excuse the marks where I've pulled it apart and put it back together again for photographing the steps! LOL!

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STEP ONE
Spray with music with mist
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STEP TWO Cut out the skirt shape
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STEP THREE

Place creases in the skirt

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STEP FOUR

Repeat steps but cut the second skirt a little smaller.

I've faded the blue mist as I went down the skirt from darker to lighter
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STEP FIVE

Cut this shape for the bodice out of the blue misted paper,

add a little gauze at the top of the bodice, and some red fine cord as a halter neck strap by attaching at the back
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STEP SIX Glue the bodice to the inside of both the skirts
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STEP SEVEN

Tie some cord around the waist
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STEP EIGHT

Add some fabric around the halter neck strap and tuck under the waist cord

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Add a little bit of gauze to look like an underskirt or petticoat effect
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STEP TEN

Attach some trim to the waist and let fall down the skirt.

Add some flowers
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MORE EXAMPLES

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Have fun with your dresses!!!

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And let us know if you make one so we can look!

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And here's your quick links:

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Current Challenge#15 and dt call

Sponsor Handmade by Suzanne's Special Offer for LGS members

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