SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2025 CHALLENGE

      Seasonal Greetings and Preparations

Good morning, my crafty friends. This is Kathie from New Zealand, and I am delighted to connect with you this month.  As the holiday season approaches, many of you are busy preparing for Christmas. This exciting time of year is filled with creative energy as you work on making cards, shopping for gifts, crafting your own presents, and planning your menus for the days leading up to Christmas, as well as for the big celebration itself. There is a palpable sense of anticipation as everyone gets ready to make the holiday special for their loved ones. 

A Glimpse Into Our Property

Today, I am delighted to share a couple of photos taken on our very own property, a place where we are truly fortunate to live. One of the highlights of our home is the large pond that I can see from my kitchen window. This pond is surrounded by beautiful trees and shrubs and has a variety of wildlife, creating a picturesque and peaceful view all year-round. We have a bridge that crosses the pond covered with Wisteria, which is in full bloom.  I just wish that it flowered all year.  The Water Lilies will be out soon.  One end of the pond is creamy pink, and the other end is red.  Believe it or not, we only live 1km from the high street shopping centre.

We'll be back on the 19th of November with October's winner and top 3, as well as inspiration from the design team.

Now onto business, we have two new November sketches for you.

 These sketches can also rotate and/or flip, but we should still be able to recognise them.

If you still need more inspiration, we have a sketch from our archives, too.

It's time to see what our design team and our guest designer have created this month for a little inspiration for you.

Sketch #314

Sketch #315

This month, our guest designer is

 Colien from

Crea-Spul Van Colien 

Sketch # 315

Kathie

 DT from

Kathiekardz

Sketch #314

Kelly

 DT from

Crafting Creatively 

Sketch #315

Anne

DT from 

Paper and Ink 

Sketch #314

Kleido (Doris)

DT from 

Kleido's Craft Room

Sketch #314

Sketch #315

Thanks, team, awesome work as always.

Our throwback sketch for this month is

 Sketch # 148 on 24th October 2018

Here's my card using this sketch.

We really hope you have the time to play along with us this month.  There are three fab sketch options for you to choose from, and if you're feeling crafty, you could always try them all. 

Remember to add the sketch and a link back to our

Challenge Blog to your post.  It's as simple as that.

Don't forget you can check us out over on 

Facebook

For our lucky winner, there is a little surprise and a place as a guest designer to win.

So it's worth playing along with us!

This challenge is open until 23.55 UK time on Tuesday,

2nd December 2025.

Happy crafting everyone 

Big Hugs

Kathie and the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Design Team

Anne, Kelly and Kleido 

xox

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September Winner and Some More Inspiration

 Welcome to our winner's post for the September Challenge.  Please scroll down to find more inspiration for our current challenge.

The winner for the September challenge is

#7 - Urska

With this card

Congratulations!

Please email anne_ssw2@aol.co.uk to claim your prize 

and arrange a GDT spot.  Alternatively, if you are in our Facebook group, it's easier to send a message using Messenger.

Congratulations, please collect your badge from the sidebar.

 There's no top 3 this time, as we didn't have enough entries

Now, here is some more inspiration for our current challenge.

From our guest designer, Wilma, using 

Sketch #313

Kathie with Sketch #312

Anne with Sketch #313

 

Kelly with Sketch #312

 

You will find all the sketches and the link-up for October in our previous post.

We will be back with the next challenge on 

Wednesday the 5th of November. 

We look forward to visiting you.

Happy sketching and creating.

Anne and the SSW2 DT

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 October 2025

                         Hello and welcome back, dear crafty friends,

 I'm Doris – nicknamed Kleido – and this month I'm your host. But before I begin my actual post for this challenge, I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself today...

My husband and I have been vacationing at Lake Constance every year for almost 20 years. We love this place because we find everything there: mountains, lake, country life, culture, and even a touch of Mediterranean flair. The most famous town here is Überlingen... 

Wasserburg, located on the Bavarian side, is also beautiful. From there, you can easily travel to Austria or Switzerland for a day trip. For years, we alternated with Überlingen, which is located on the Baden-Württemberg side of Lake Constance.

Since we especially enjoy hiking, the Lake Constance region – whether in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria – is a true hiking paradise. Whether through numerous orchards, through forests, over the mountains, or simply along the lake... We almost circled it! It's our second home!

My absolute highlight was a Zeppelin flight, which my husband and parents gave me for my 40th birthday three years ago! It went from Friedrichshafen to Meersburg and back again!

Now, back to our current challenge:

Every month we have 2 amazing sketches for you, designed by Kathie, which you can also rotate and/or flip - but we should still be able 

to recognise them.
If you still need more inspiration, we have a sketch from our archives, too.
We hope we can inspire you a little with our work and look forward to your participation.

Sketch #312

Sketch #313

Our guest designer this month is

Wilma

Sketch #312

And these fantastic inspirations were created by our design team.

Anne (DT)

Sketch #312

Kathie (DT)

Sketch #313

Kleido (DT)

Sketch #312

Sketch #313

Kelly (DT) 

 Sketch #313 

If you would like to work with our retro sketch?! Please feel free to do that... or.. You can use all three sketches this month. We'll be happy about your choice and your wonderful creations.

Retro Sketch 228 from May 2022

And here is the card I made with it at the time.

And for one of our participants, there is a little surprise and a place as a guest designer to win. So it's worth playing with us!

The challenge is open until 23.55 pm  UK time on Tuesday, the 4th of November.

Lovely creative greetings

Doris and the SSW2 team

Don't forget you can check us out over on 

Facebook

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August winners and more DT inspiration

 Welcome to our winner's post for the August Challenge.  Please scroll down to find more inspiration for our current challenge.

The winner for the August challenge is

#8 - Carol

With this card

Congratulations!

Please email anne_ssw2@aol.co.uk to claim your prize 

and arrange a GDT spot.  Alternatively, if you are in our Facebook group, it's easier to send a message using Messenger.

Congratulations, please collect your badge from the sidebar.

 Here are the top 3 in order of entry

#3- Silke

#6- Jenn B

# 15-Wilma

Please collect your badge from the sidebar

Now, here is some more inspiration for our current challenge.

Kathie with Sketch #311

Kelly with Sketch #311 

Anne with Sketch #310

You will find all the sketches and the link-up for August in our previous post.

We will be back with the next challenge on 

Wednesday,  October 1st. 

We look forward to visiting you.

Happy sketching and creating.

Anne and the SSW2 DT

Sweet Sketches for September

 Hello, crafting friends. It's Kathie from New Zealand here for you this month. I know I'm at the other end of the world for most of you.  But did you know we are the first country in the world to see the new day?  New Zealand has a tiny population compared to other countries in the world, as of 2024, we reach just over 5 million.  I live about an hour's drive from Auckland, which is our largest city.

Here are a couple of photos of Auckland by night.

Now it's time to see our new sketches for September.

Thanks so much for joining us this month. We can't wait to visit your blogs and check out what you've created for us.   Be sure to check back here on 17th September for our August winner and Top 3.  Happy crafting, everyone.

For September, we have two new, fabulous sketches for you this month, even if I do say so myself.  I love designing them; by the time I create with them, a year has passed, as I work a year in advance with my sketches, and they are a surprise for me as well.  

Sketch # 310

Sketch #311

Here is what our great, dedicated design team have created for you this month.

Kathie DT from  Kathie'z Kardz

Sketch # 310

Anne DT from Paper and Ink

Sketch # 311

Kleido (aka Doris) DT

 from Kleido Baststuble 

Sketch # 310

Sketch # 311

 

Kelly DT from Crafting Creativity 

Sketch # 310

 

Our throwback sketch for this month is

Sketch # 119 on 16th August 2017

We really hope you have the time to play along with us this month.  There are three fab sketch options for you to choose from, and if you're feeling crafty, you could always try them all. 

Remember to add the sketch and a link back to our challenge blog to your post. 

Don't forget you can check us out over on 

Facebook

For our lucky winner, there is a little surprise and a place as a guest designer to win.

So it's worth playing along with us!

This challenge is open until 23.55 UK time on Tuesday, 30th September 2025.

Happy crafting everyone

Hugs

Kathie 

and the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Design Team.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter