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Are you ready to see lots of green? You know, St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner...and that means lots of green! At The Shabby Tea Room Challenge, our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish and we have a beautiful green four-leaf clover inspiration photo for you to create with this week! Here it is...


For my card, I used the Primitive Bear image from Robyn's Fetish and added a shamrock from the MFT a la mode stamp set called Wishing You Luck. My sentiment is from a Crafty Secrets stamp set. This adorable little bear is colored with Copics, cut out with an oval die and layered atop some shamrock paper, an embossed layer and green and kraft cardstock. A simple bow is adorned with a beaded pin and a few pearls finish the corners!

Be sure to stop by and visit the rest of The Shabby Tea Room Design Team blogs:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Cathy Clark - Santie
Clare Buswell
Melissa Bove
Nicole Segnere

Challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #107 - Go Green
Stampin' Royalty #61 - Color: Wild Wasabi, Sahara Sand, Garden Green
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Embossing

The Shabby Tea Room #30 - Vintage Halloween

Well, I'm not sure why, but Blogger decided to mess up my post, so here it is - redone!

This week at The Shabby Tea Room we are challenging you to create a Vintage Halloween Card using this inspiration photo! Our sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs!

I just love the image on my card from Crafty Secrets! They have the most adorable vintage images and stamps. I chose this little girl because I love her costume and I like that cute face on the pumpkin too! The vintage shabby seam binding is from Deb's Simple Treasures Etsy Shop! I even used it on my Jenni Bowlin vintage button!

The background is embossed with a Cuttlebug dots embossing folder and the chair and bats are from Martha Stewart's Halloween collection. I used a copic marker to color the pom-pom fringe on the bottom from white to pale orange! I used the one of the Halloweed Tags from Sassy Studios and cut it out with a scalloped circle punch, distressed it with Ranger Distress Tea Dye Ink and popped it up on my card!

Be sure to stop by the other Shabby Girls' blogs to see what they have created for you!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
Cathy Clark - Papier Girl
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Other Challenges:
Create: Challenge - Halloween
Cupcake Inspirations #79 - Halloween cupcake photo inspiration

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget about my Follow Me blog candy...you can find it HERE...until October 17th!

Wishing You Bouquets of Joy!

*this is my second post today, so scroll down if you are looking for my Creative Inspirations post!

Good morning to everyone! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Paper Sundaes Challenge...this week we are challenging you to use your Fall or Halloween colors and our fabulous sponsor is Simon Says Stamp! You could win a gift certificate to go shopping there, so head on over and check it out...you can find the challenge here! You'll want to check out the other Design Team members creations too - you're in for a treat!


As a matter of fact, you can find this adorable little Crafty Secrets stamp set at Simon Says Stamp...right here! It's called Bouquet of Joy and this sweet-faced little girl was so much fun to color...and what a bouquet! I used my copics to color these flowers in all the yummy Fall colors! Then I cut it out using my Spellbinders Standard Circles Large and Petite Scalloped Circles sets and mounted it to this perfect October Afternoon paper.

I just love the font they used for this sentiment too - it's so very vintage! It was cut out using my Spellbinders Fancy Tags and then attached to another piece of green cardstock cut with the same die. A little sparkle was added with some bling in the holes of this gorgeous coral colored lace! I finished it off with a couple of pearls and a matching satin ribbon!

I hope you'll join us this week over at Paper Sundaes!


Other Challenges:
Colour Q #50 - cherry, peach, pear, espresso, white
InStyle Stamps September Color Challenge - Fall is in the Air
Curtain Call Act 48 - poppy, razzleberry, white, green, peach
Gina K's Design Team Challenge - Fall Activity/Memory - flowers I get for my birthday in October are always in these colors!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for some very exciting news and some blog candy!