CHALLENGE THREE!!

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CHALLENGE THREE
is all about
COLOUR….

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Except it’s ONLY to be dominant in

WHITE or/ and CREAM.
with

a HINT of ONE other colour

of your choice

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It doesn’t matter what colours are in your photo/s.

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Let’s see how SHABBY you can make this!!!

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Remember…
-only one entry submitted here (though we are happy to look at more on your blog!!!)
-the entry submitted here is only to be used for Let's Get Shabby
until the Challenge is over.
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SCRAP THERAPY
is sponsoring a $15.00 voucher!

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And from time to time one of the DT may offer up some goodies and look what Julie has gathered together!


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Sooooo how lucky will that winner be!!
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Here are the Design Team Creations
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Mandy

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Julie
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Jenneke .

Hilde .

Chimene

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And here is the fabulous BEC MILLER

OUR GUEST DESIGNER FROM

SCRAP THERAPY.

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REMEMBER to have your entries linked into the comments section here in this post by the 20th September(Sydney Australia Time) to be in the running!!!

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So can't wait to see what you all come up with for our new challenge.

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ANNOUNCING OUR CHALLENGE THREE GUEST DESIGNER AND PRIZE SPONSOR!

Our sponsor is

And representing Scrap Therapy

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Bec Miller

Bec's got an incredible sense of shabby chic!

Bec's Guest creation will be uploaded on the 25th along with our Let's Get Shabby team along with the announcement of the Scrap Therapy prize.

You are gonna love what we have in store!!!

CHALLENGE TWO WINNER AND HONOURABLE MENTIONS!!

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Our senses have been totally delighted with the stunning Shabby Chic Country Style using florals and gingham!

Kris from Ruby Street also joins the Design Team in the voting

All we can say is WOW WOW WOW!!!

We’ve had a hard time deciding on our Winner and Honourable Mentions

because of the amount of talent that has been submitted!!!

We’ve also had to keep the criteria in mind too and who truly embraced it in that gorgeous Country Shabby Style

AND here they are:

LET’S GET SHABBY
CHALLENGE TWO WINNER

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Deb

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WHO IS NOW THE LUCKY OWNER OF
RUBY STREET’S GORGEOUS
DELUX POCKET OF WHIMSY

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HONOURABLE MENTIONS

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Toni

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Gladie

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Polly

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Sam

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Monica

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Flegmel

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JUST STUNNING!!
Truly there are sooooo many gorgeous LO’s!!

Just a Quick Message......

ITS A TIE.....

Its 2am here! We have hit a stalemate! Yes way toooooo many wonderful LO's

We are taking another vote to break the 2 that are heading our list.....

so...................

WATCH THIS SPACE!!

We'll be back as soon as everyone places another vote!!

WOW GIRLS!!!!

LAST HOURS!!

Have you got your creation in? Check the time on the left hand bar to see how long there is left as Challenge Two will close at midnight tonight Sydney time - we dont want you to miss out!! Sooooo many incredible creations!!! The dt have such a delicious but hard decision time in front of them trying to pick a winner and Honourable Mentions! Who has had such a fantastic time checking out blogs and making new friends!! Boy we have!

Thanks so much for everyone who takes the time to leave comments here - we LOVE them!!

We've been working away on Challenge Three!

You'll be delighted!!!

I'll be checking back here in a day or two with the Winning Announcement and the lucky lucky person who will win this stunning vintage prize from RUBY STREET!

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CHALLENGE TWO'S SHABBY TIP

Every month we are going to provide some sort of delicious shabby tip from the net or our dt members!

There are so many amazing blogs and websites full of wonderful ideas to share!

We couldnt go pass Kris from Ruby Street though!!

Look at what she has to share with us!!

GORGEOUS!

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GLAMOROUS BOOK WRAP

I have lots of books falling apart from pages being torn out all in the name of art. This is one of my old faithfuls, it has been a great resource for card-making. To keep the rest of it together, I have simply used a vintage organza band from an old hat beyond repair and a vintage rhinestone buckle. Vintage beauty in all its simplicity. The idea works well for art-journals, cards and altered books as well.

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(oooooh and a little birdy tells me that some new lovelies will be available at Ruby Street ...oooooh maybe tomorrow??)

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How are those shabby creations going?
This is a little reminder that the 20th (Sydney Aust time) is drawing near!!
(Probably the 19th for most internationals!)

Less than a week to go before we announce Challenge Two's winner and Honorable Mentions!

And not long after we will announce the next Sponsor and Guest Designer!

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

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LET'S GET SHABBY CHALLENGE #2

(also September 2010 DT Call - 2nd part criteria)

CHALLENGE TWO

is all about

GINGHAM and FLORALS

(gingham is a colour and white checked pattern)

Its all about marrying the gingham and floral together

to create that fabulous country cottage chic atmosphere!

Use papers, fabrics for example, make LO's, off-the-page,

altered items or cards, atc's.......

whatever makes your heart happy!

What we want to see is gingham and floral print in paper or fabric mixed together (not just gingham and just actual flowers) Of course add flowers....if you wish....

but we want to see gingam and floral paper or fabric married together!

Its a special country shabby look!

****EDITED 11 SEPT 2010****

THe gingham and floral print 'look' has a definite place in the shabbychic world especially in soft furnishings. We were trying to see who can recreate this 'style' / 'look' within a scrapbooking creation

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!.

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..

The problem seems to lie with the word ‘floral’.

Yes, you can use flower embellishments on your page and is not part of the criteria

The focus needs to be on floral print patterns as in patterned papers or fabrics combined with gingham..

This needs to be evident and a feature 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!!)

And here are some quick-links for previous posts:

Music challenge and DT call

Mandy's dress tutorial

CHALLENGE #2

Soooooo with much joy....here are our Design Team samples

Mandy

JULIE

JENNEKE

CHIMENE

We are sooo excited to see what stunning creations you will come up with!!!

ANNOUNCING OUR CHALLENGE TWO GUEST DESIGNER AND PRIZE SPONSOR!

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KRIS

FROM

RUBY STREET DESIGNS!!

I have always been a bowerbird. 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, roadtripping and glitter, lots and lots of glitter.

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

Click to visit Kris' blog and store

and view some of Kris's stunning work and style here

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We'll be back on the 25th (Sydney Time) to reveal all!!

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CHALLENGE #1 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

The shabby chic style has certainly been well and truly embraced!
The creations entered are such a testament to how much we needed a shabby challenge blog!!
We are soooooo glad! Thank you for supporting our first challenge and inspiring us!

Choosing a Winner
It’s a majority vote and there’s been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing from one creation to the next – there’s too much talent!! Agonising over creations has been in full swing!!

Along with our overall Winner, there are five ‘Honourable Mentions’ chosen by each DT member. A sixth favourite will also be chosen by a visiting Guest Designer (when we have one). While it won’t win any prizes, it will be uploaded onto Shabby with a link back to each personal blog.

OUR FIRST INAUGURAL WINNER is…………..

LORIETE

Congratulations Loriete, we loved your fan creation - beautiful!

Your wonderful PRIZE is

US$50 worth of STAMPS!!!!!WE THANK MICHELLE AT 'purple onion designs'

for her generous sponsorship!!!

HONORABLE MENTIONS

TIMCSOCA

KRISTY

ARBY


RAYETTE

JANE

Wonderful creations!

Click on any of the girls names to check out their blogs

and read what inspired them too!

Truly, there were so many wonderful creations.

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TIME TO REVEAL THE WINNER OF THE LACE RAK

This was a little comp where our LET’S GET SHABBY banner

was placed on blogs with a link back to ‘Shabby’

And the winner is………….

.DANIELLA

Can both WINNERS please send your full name and address details to mandysea1@yahoo.com

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In a day or two we will be announcing our

GUEST DESIGN TEAM MEMBER

FOR CHALLENGE #2

who is also SPONSORING

our winner's prize!!!

Until then.......we have the most WONDERFUL challenge coming up!!!

We are soooooo excited!

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A LITTLE SHABBY UPDATE!

How are those last shabby creations going?

This is a little reminder that the 20th (Sydney Aust time) is drawing near!!

(Probably the 19th for most internationals!)
There are so many beautiful beautiful creations entered and obviously made with much love and detail!! We've been going through blogs sooooo wide-eyed with amazement!

Being a new challenge blog, we are feeling our way with how we go about things and will tell you about them on the 20th when Challege #1 closes.

Also the winner of the Lace RAK will be announced

And a sneak peak into the life of our GUEST DESIGNER who will also be sponsoring a fab winner's prize for Challenge #2!!

Sooooooo if you havent yet completed your Challenge #1 creation.......

there is still time!

And let's get shabby!!!!

SHABBY CHIC CHALLENGE #1

Here it is!!!

The long awaited first challenge!!

It's an INSPIRATIONAL challenge.

Soooooo glean from it what you love and present in a wonderful creation!

You MUST tell us on your blog what inspired your creation!!

Here is our very first prize for the winning creation!

Michelle from Purple Onion Designs has offered the winner

$50 CREDIT!!

Thats $50 (US) worth of wonderful STAMPS!!

Go take a peek here !!!

And here are our layouts!

MANDY
JULIE

JENNEKE
CHIMENE
HILDE
Once the DT get a moment, they will upload to these beautiful layouts to their personal blogs which will include some close-ups!

Upload by the 20th July Sydney Australia time (19th for international)

Following soon after, the winner will be announced.

Some esteemed creations that have become eye-catching will be uploaded too!
Dont forget to leave a comment here with a link back to your blog!
We are all waiting in anticipation to see your gorgeous shabby chic styles!!


And as always we love love love hearing what you think in the comments section!!!

Another RAK up for grabs!!

In great anticipation for our first challenge reveal on the 25th we are offering a stash of gorgeous shabby chic laces!!

To win, you just have to save this photo of the banner, place it in your blog's sidebar, link it to 'Let's Get Shabby' and leave a comment here!! You'll adore these laces especially that big piece of white Swiss vintage lattice lace behind as it measures approx 36x18cms (14x7in).

Have fun and good luck!!

Shabby rak winner is

Maria said...
It makes me think of my Nanna's cupboards, of rose & lavender talcum powder containers with vintage pictures all over them. It makes me think of her old dresses, the photos of her wearing these old dresses the first time around and of a completely different time & place.It makes me think of my keen op shopping expeditions which i rarely have time for now, but used to go on once a week in my uni student days! It makes me think of trawling through vintage fabrics, laces, polka dot dresses, white cane furniture and faded music books for instruments that i cannot play!
June 7, 2009 7:37 PM

Can you please contact Mandy with your address so she can send out your rak.

Introducing Shabby Chic Hilde

I come from the Netherlands and live in a town called Leidschendam which is near the sea. I started scrapping 3 years ago. I've always liked taking photos and I collecting beautiful gift wrapping papers and beautiful pictures to stick into my diary. So I guess that paperart has always inspired me. I feel really happy when I am scrapping, I love to create something beautiful. I must admit it makes me proud as well....lol.

When I think of shabby chic I think of romance, lace, flowers, victorian style, beautiful embellishments..... I love the influence of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters. Also vintage findings are always a great catch to add to your layout or altered item. I just love this style, it's a part of me I guess....

You can see more of her stunning work on her blog Scrap world.
Welcome to the Shabby Chic team Hilde.