Wednesday, 4 February 2026

SSW2 February 2026 #320 and 321

 Hello and welcome to our latest challenge.

We have two new sketches for you this month and also a retro sketch.

You can enter up to three projects per month, so why not try the new sketches and a retro sketch? We would love to see your entries.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter our last challenge, we visited so many lovely cards on your sites, and we'll be back on the 18th of February with another post announcing our winner and the Top 3 cards, along with some additional inspiration.

So without further ado, here are the sketches for February.


Sketch #320


Sketch #321

and a retro sketch.
I have gone back to February 2016 this month and chosen sketch # 83


Remember, these sketches can be flipped and or turned; it's entirely up to you as long as we can see the original sketch in your card. 

Now onto some inspiration.
First up is our Guest Designer, Alma, with this card using

Sketch #320

Thank you, Alma, for designing with us this month

Now it's on to the lineup of cards from our regular designers.

 Anne from Paper and Ink 

Sketch # 320


Sketch #321

Here is 
Kathie from Kathie'z Kardz creation with the retro sketch.
 




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And for one of our participants, there is a little surprise and a chance to win a place as a guest designer. So it's worth playing along with us!!!
This challenge is open until 23.55 UK time on the 3rd of March.

Happy Crafting and Good Luck
Anne and the SSW2 Design Team



You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

December Winners and some more January Inspiration

 Welcome to our winner's post for the December Challenge. 

 Please scroll down to find more inspiration for our current challenge.

The winner for the December challenge is

#1 Silke 

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.

Our Top 3 are in order of entry
#4 Fabiola
#7 Wies
#17 Colien

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


Kathie with Sketch #318


Kelly with Sketch #319


Kleido with Sketch #319

Anne with Sketch #318
 
You will find all the sketches and the link-up for January in our previous post.

We will be back with the next challenge on 
Wednesday the 4th of February
We look forward to visiting you.

Happy sketching and creating.
Anne and the SSW2 DT

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Another Year Of Sketches Begin.

 Hello and welcome to our first challenge of 2026

We hope that all who celebrate had a joyous festive season and would like to wish you all the very best for the coming year.

We have two new sketches for you this month, along with a retro sketch.

You can enter up to three projects per month, so why not try out all three of our sketches? We would love to see your entries.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter our December Challenge during what, for many, is a very busy time.  We visited so many lovely cards on your sites, and now we'll be choosing our winners. On January 14th, we'll be back with another post announcing our winner and the Top 3 cards for the December challenge, along with some additional inspiration.

So without further ado, here are the sketches for January.


Sketch #318

Sketch #319

and a retro sketch.
To start 2026, I have chosen sketch 226, which was first published in April 2022


Remember, these sketches can be flipped and or turned; it's entirely up to you as long as we can see the original sketch in your card. 

Now onto some inspiration.
First up is our Guest Designer, Urska, with this card using

Sketch #318

Thank you, Urska, for designing with us this month

Now it's on to the lineup of cards our lovely design team have made.

 Anne from Paper and Ink 

Sketch # 319



Sketch #318



Sketch #319

And here is Kathie's creation with the retro sketch from 2022.



Sketch #318




And here is Kelly's creation with the retro sketch.


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And for one of our participants, there is a little surprise and a chance to win a place as a guest designer. So it's worth playing along with us!!!
This challenge is open until 23.55 UK time on the 3rd of February.

Happy Crafting and Good Luck
Anne and the SSW2 Design Team



You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

November winners and More December inspiration

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

The winner for the November challenge is

#7 Nancy Soetaert

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.

Our Top 3 are in order of entry
#9 Annie
#12 Urska
#13 Silke

Please collect your badge from the sidebar

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

From our guest designer, Carol, using 
Sketch #316

Kathie with Sketch #317

Kelly with Sketch #317

Kleido with Sketch #316

Kleido with Sketch #317

Anne with sketch #316
 
You will find all the sketches and the link-up for December in our previous post.

We will be back with the next challenge on 
Wednesday the 6th of January
We look forward to visiting you.

Happy sketching and creating.
Anne and the SSW2 DT

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 December 2025 Challenge

 It's that time of the year!  Or it's getting to be anyway!  Kelly here from Southern Alberta, Canada and we are under a blanket of fresh snow!

Here's a photo from my front window.   

 

Although it was -22 C this morning, it is beautiful!  The mountains are so lovely this time of year so if you have a chance to visit Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise and area during the winter, I highly recommend.

 

 Let's get on to some crafty fun!  We have 2 fabulous sketches available this month as always provided by Kathie and a throwback as well.  So there are 3 amazing sketches for you to give a go this month!

 Let's see what our amazing Guest Designer and DT have in store for you.

Sketch # 316

 

 

Sketch #317 

 

 and a throwback from December 2023 Sketch #243

 

 and here is my card (I just rotated the sketch)

 

Our Guest Designer 

Carol from Crafty-stamper

has created a fabulous card using Sketch 317


Now let's get on to some amazing regular DT creations.

Kathie
 DT from
 
Sketch # 316
 
 
 
Kelly
 DT from
 Sketch #316
  
Anne
DT from 
 
Sketch #317 
 

Kleido (Doris)
DT from 
Sketch #316

Sketch #317
 
We'll be back on December 17th with November's winner and top 3, as well as more inspiration from the design team. 

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,
6th January 2026.

Happy Holidays and crafting, everyone!
 
Big Hugs
Kelly and the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Design Team
Anne, Kathie and Kleido 

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

October Winners and November Inspiration

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

The winner for the October challenge is

#14 - Alma

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.

Our Top 3 are in order of entry
#4 Chris
#7 GerJanne
#19 Trijntje

Please collect your badge from the sidebar

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

From our guest designer, Colien, using 
Sketch #314

Kathie with Sketch #315

Anne with Sketch #315

Kelly with Sketch #314


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

We will be back with the next challenge on 
Wednesday the 3rd of December
We look forward to visiting you.

Happy sketching and creating.
Anne and the SSW2 DT