Wednesday 28 October 2015

SSW2 Sketch 230 Doodle Pantry.

                                 

Wow! Can you believe that it is already the end of October? We are almost into the Holiday season...Well if you do go into some of the stores we are in the holiday season! Wishing you all Some Happy Hauntings!

For those of you that are new to Sweet Sketch Wednesdays 2 Welcome and we hope you find some inspiration on this blog and our returning friends Welcome back  we are happy that you could join us.



Before we get started with our new challenge, I'd like to announce last week's winner...
                                       
Yippee, it's YOU.... Entry #4 arteKatie!!

Please e-mail Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize!!

Due to the small number of entries there will not be a Top Three announcement.  All of the entries are wonderful and you all did the Sketch PROUD!!  Thanks to all of you for taking the time to create with us - we really do appreciate each and every one of you!!  Pass the word on to your crafty friends who love to create one of a kind cards - we would LOVE to have them play along!!

Now, on to this week’s challenge... This week we welcome back Laurie Wilson from Doodle Pantry


                                               
I am so excited that Laurie Wilson and her company DoodlePantry is the sponsor this week. I absolutely adore her images (Laurie is also one of the nicest artists I know).  If you ever get a chance to work on her design team, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Doodle Pantry takes pride in creating a diverse selection of doodling styles, like realistic or whimsical, and all of which are family and kid friendly illustrations.  You will enjoy the wide variety of styles for every family occasion!

Doodle Pantry is providing the Grand Prize Winner of this week's challenge a $10 gift certificate to the Doodle Pantry Shop.  Thanks for your generous sponsorship Laurie!

This week we are rewinding the sketch clock to October 2013.  Sally  cooked up this wonderful sketch.  We're revisiting it just for fun.  If you'd like to see what the designers did with the sketch then, click here

Here is this weeks sketch. 
 Here is some inspiration from the design team. 

                                Linda made this card with an adorable Quirky turkey. 

                               


                                 How cute is this darling,  Jiggles the Giraffe by Joanna?
                            


                               Anne made this beautiful Christmas card. Love the DP! 
                             

                            Welcome to our dear friend Judi, what a cute birthday snowman
                                              This image is called Winter birthday.
                              

                                    Heide used this very cool fall image set called DP Fall patterns.


Kathie made this beautiful card in greens and purple. 
image used Pasque Duo. 
                                

We hope these samples inspire you to create and join in our challenge this week. The rules for playing along can be found by clicking the CHALLENGE RULES tab at the top of the page.

Just remember to comment on this post to be eligible to win.  Also...  check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards from our challenge participants each week and preview the new sketch every Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by!
 
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Wednesday 21 October 2015

SSW2-72 & DigiStamp Boutique



Well hello there Wednesday friends!!  It's Joanna, from Colorado, back again as your hostess this week.  In addition to being the beginning of Fall for us Northern Hemisphere folks, October (well, OK September is REALLY the start of Fall) but I digress, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month for those of us in the United States.

I'll bet that all of you know someone who has been affected by this terrible disease.  Several of us on the team have been touched by cancer in some way or another.  I'd like to encourage us all to get involved.  Whether that looks like a donation to a local hospital, going to a cancer unit and holding the hand of someone getting a treatment or just making a card to give to a friend who needs the boost that a beautiful, handmade card can bring.

I'm encouraging YOU to get out there and make the world a better place this week (we already think that you are pretty awesome anyway!)

Before we get started with our new challenge, I'd to announce last week's winner ...

#8  Suze

Please e-mail Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize!!

Here, in no particular order, is the list of our TOP THREE favorite cards from last week's challenge...

#1  Rachel
#9  Marlene
#12  Louise

Congratulations!!  You guys should also grab your badge from our sidebar for your blog.  We are so lucky to have so many UH-mazing artists stop by and participate every week.  

It's the third week of the month (wow, where has this month gone by?!!) Anyway, that means that this week,we have Sally-Ann Hancock from Digistamp Boutique sponsoring us.  I adore her darling images!  Did you know that Sally-Ann releases new sets the second week of each month?  This month there are 3 new images.  The previous month had a ton of cute Halloween AND Christmas images.  I am in love with Mr. Flurry (Linda used him this week!) I encourage you to click the  "October 15th"  tab to check her latest.  Here's a bit more about Sally-Ann and her shop:

My work means the world to me - it allows my passion to draw and create, to fit with my family life too, often the inspiration for my designs. Hope you enjoy my images as much as I enjoy creating them. 

This week we are offering a £10 voucher to Sally-Ann's store as our prize!  Yippee!


But I'll bet you'd like to see this week's sketch.  Here it is… 





Let's take a look at what our fabulous Design team cooked up for your inspiration this week (seriously ... not to be silly ... but we rocked it!)












I'm excited to see all the fabulous creations you make this week. The rules for playing along can be found by clicking the CHALLENGE RULES tab at the top of the page.

Please remember to comment on this post to be eligible to win.

Also...  check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards each week and preview the Sketch every Tuesday...visit us by clicking HERE!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for becoming a Follower!! We are getting awfully close to the 200 Follower mark (8 more the last I checked!!).  As you are no doubt aware, there is another drawing scheduled for candy once we hit that mark.  

Joanna
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Wednesday 14 October 2015

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and Fresh Brewed Designs

Where I live in western Pennsylvania, the sights and smells of autumn are all around us. The scenery is magnificent with the trees showing off their artistic array of beautiful colors. Even though I know winter is right around the corner, I must admit I love autumn the best of all the seasons.

Welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, where each week we provide a sketch for you to use and share with us. Your talent is so amazing and such an inspiration to us all.

Before getting into this week's sketch, let's find out who the winner of a $12 voucher from A Day for Daisies is from last week...
#8  CG!!

Congratulations!! Please contact Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize.

And the TOP THREE in no particular order are...
#3  Lisa Lynn
#5  Stephanie G.
#16  Mel C.

Congratulations to all of you!! Don't forget to pick up you badges along the sidebar.

Now on to this week's fabulous sketch:


To go along with our fabulous sketch, we have a wonderful sponsor too...

This week we are honored to have Fresh Brewed Designs as our sponsor. Here's a little bio from owner and artist Heather Dennis:

Hello, I am Heather Dennis, the owner and artist at Fresh Brewed Designs.

I love and do all I can to put God first in my life. I am so blessed beyond all I deserve.

I have an amazing husband who supports and loves me more than anything. 

We lead praise and worship together in church. I love hearing him sing.

I home school two of the best kids in the world. They are my heart.

I can't even describe how much they mean to me. 

I LOVE all things crafty. I have been crafting and creating since as early as I can remember.



Here is a little about our shop:

Fresh Brewed Designs is a small online company that has been 
offering a wide variety of digital 
and rubber stamps since November 2010, 
designed to meet the 
needs of paper crafting addicts 
everywhere. With over 30 categories to choose from and 
new additions each month, our range of products is expanding all of the time.  

We also have BIG NEWS for 2014!  

Every month this year we will be giving away 
BLOG CANDY! 

We would love for you to visit our blog and facebook pagewhere fresh ideas are always percolating.

Fresh Brewed Designs is offering 3 FREE DIGIS to our winner!!

Time to share some inspiration from the Design Team...


 Kathie using Face #6





Please do remember to comment on this post to be eligible to win.



Also...  check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards each week and preview the Sketch every Tuesday...visit us by clicking HERE!!



Thanks so much for stopping by and for becoming a Follower!! We are getting awfully close to the 200 Follower mark.  As you are no doubt aware, there is another drawing scheduled for candy once we hit that mark. 



Thank you for visiting us this week, we look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your creations!! Have fun!



Linda

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Wednesday 7 October 2015

Sketch 70 with A Day for Daisies


Hello and a warm welcome to this weeks challenge here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.
It's Anne here from the UK as your host this week, and the newest member of the team.
We welcome you to our challenge this week and thank the regulars for returning and inspiring us with your creativity week on week and to the newer visitors we look forward to enjoying the creations you have made with our sketch and hope to see you again soon.

 Before I introduce this weeks sketch the winner from last week is

#5  Angela P.!!

Please contact Sally at sallydubesssw@gmail.com to claim your prize.               

...and the top 3 in no particular order are

#2  Andrea
#8  Suze
#17  Tip Top

Congratulations to all of you and don't forget to pick up your badges from the sidebar.

So now here is this weeks sketch designed by our own Sally Dube



Now it's your turn to create a card using this layout and enter it in the challenge through the link at the end of this post. Rules for the challenge are posted in the tab above.

This week we are sponsored by 

A Day for Daisies




and the prize is a $12 voucher

Here's a little bit about the company

A Day For Daisies began as a small token to a constant need to create. Pairing a love of whimsical illustration, with a tidy graphic design background, Tammy S Thompson, produced her first stamp designs, introducing irresistibly sweet stamps to crafters around the globe. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful world around us, she strives to express the happiness and gratitude she feels in each stamp design she creates.
Presently, A Day For Daisies has grown to over 3,000 Digital Stamps with a quickly expanding line of Best Loved Clear Polymer. A Day For Daisies has been published and awarded over the years for innovative and unique designs created to inspire the crafting community. With a whole team behind her now, she remains passionate about illustration, obsessed with quality, and dedicated to her customers. A Day For Daisies thanks you for your ideas, comments, and creativity!

You can visit the shop here

and don't forget that you can use any image to enter our challenge.

Here's what the design team created for your inspiration this week:


using Spooky Fall Tree



using Gathering Spring



using Cat and 3 Fish



using Love of Birds



using Little Flower Witch



using I Do




Please do remember to comment on this post to be eligible to win.

Also...  check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards each week and preview the Sketch every Tuesday...visit us by clicking HERE!!


Thanks so much for stopping by and for becoming a Follower!! We are getting awfully close to the 200 Follower mark.  As you are no doubt aware, there is another drawing scheduled for candy once we hit that mark. 

Thank you for visiting us this week, we look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your creations!!

Best wishes!!

Anne

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