Sweet Sketch Wednesday with Lacy Sunshine Stamps

That's right everyone only 18 sleeps to go and Christmas 2016 will be here.

I can't believe it really as this time last year we were about to leave for an eight week holiday of England and Europe.  Where has 2016 gone to as it's past by so quickly and that means I'm another year older!!!

I hope your Christmas cards are made, the house is decorated and your shopping is done and wrapped under the tree and all you have left to do is prepare your feast for Christmas day.  Oh yes and I wish I was that organised.

Our design team here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 want to help you on your way with your selection of Christmas cards so we have another awesome sketch to create with.

Be sure and come back later today, Anne will be posting our winner from the last challenge.

Now on to this week's sketch I loved working with this sketch and with the awesome image I used from our sponsor.

Sketch #79

If you think I've had too many Christmas drinks by the numbering your mistaken, here's a sketch we were going to use last year but was changed for something else.

Feel free to flip or twist the sketch if that suits you, but we need to be able to see that it is there. Also don't forget to put a copy of the sketch in your post and leave a comment for a chance of winning.  Honestly I don't believe you'll need to flip or twist this sketch and you'll love this inside out circle as it is.

 This fortnight we're trilled to be working with Lacy Sunshine Stamps, these images are just so cute.

Bio

Heather Valentin  is  creative ,  award winning,  modern-day  fantasy and  whimsical  artist who has displayed a dynamic and vibrant energy while painting professionally for over 18 years. 

  

She  began to express herself creatively through movement at a very young age. For many years she studied dance, being drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression, all the while feeling this constant urge to create with her hands. The canvas is now her dance floor where colour,beauty and drama are expressed through her every pencil sketch and  brush stroke. Her  subjects vary from fairies, fantasy, mermaids, vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more. She is one who is inspired in a single moment. Her  dreams, moods and the the unfolding beauty of the world around her is what charts her dance for the day. She is most alive when sketching and painting, creating timeless pieces that reflect her heart and soul. Drawing breathes life into her soul- it enables her to reach out and touch lives. This gives her a place in the world one character and painting at a time.

Heather's  artist portfolio  has  expanded to include such  clients  as   Pepsi, Outback Steakhouse, Nabisco, Zephryhils  and can now be found  at Laguna Art, Third Stone Art Gallery and Sausalito Art Galleries, along with commercial and private collections across 

the globe. 

Her latest foray is to immortalize her popular drawn characters Eleanor and Pickles in a children's book of their own.

You can check out Heather's amazing images here:

http://lacysunshine.weebly.com

Our lucky winner will receive 3 wonderful images of the winners choice from the Lacy Sunshine online store.

Now it's time to see what the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ( or is the Santa's little helpers ) designed especially for you this fortnight using Lacy Sunshine Digital Stamps.

Joanna using 
Tori Tiger from the Stitched Collection

Anne using
Peppermint Snow Bunny from Ethereal Enchantress Collection

Heide using 

Patchy Penny's Snowflake from the Winter and Christmas Collection

Kathie (me) using 
Elfie Boo's Christmas Lights from the Winner and Christmas Collection

Linda using 

Patchy Penny's Snowflake from the Winter and Christmas Collection

Please do take a moment to check out our rules as you post your entry to give you every chance of winning this fortnight's prize. Also, if you are interested in being a guest designer for any of our challenges, put GDT after your name when you link your project.

We all look forward to seeing your creations.

Happy Creating everyone.

Before you link your card have you checked the rules?

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SSW2: Lacy Sunshine

Hi everyone!  It's Joanna here as your hostess this week.  The DT team and I wanted to be one of the first to wish you all a wonderful New Year!  As Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 starts our third year, we wanted to thank you for your continued support.  We are so grateful to have you all stop by each week and join in the fun.

Before I reveal this week's sketch, we'd like to announce our winner of the prize from our DigiStamp Boutique challenge.  Drum-roll for the Grand Prize Winner please....Congratulations, it's you

#6  Marieke

Please contact Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize. Please also be sure to grab the winners badge to proudly display on your blog. The winner's badges can be found in the sidebar

This week our sponsor is Heather Valentin.  She is a creative, award winning,  modern-day  fantasy and  whimsical  artist who has displayed a dynamic and vibrant energy while painting professionally for over 18 years.  She  began to express herself creatively through movement at a very young age.
For many years she studied dance, being drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression, all the while feeling this constant urge to create with her hands. The canvas is now her dance floor where color, beauty and drama are expressed through her every pencil sketch and  brush stroke. Her  subjects vary from fairies, fantasy, mermaids, vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more ...

Lacy Sunshine Stamps

Our very lucky winner will receive

3 Images

from the Lacy Sunshine online store.

You can check out the shop here.  We certainly hope that you might use an image from Lacy Sunshine in your creation, but it is not a requirement to enter.

And now on to the sketch for the new challenge...as it's the end of the month we are recycling one of our older sketches, created by Arlana Patten.  This month we are showcasing Sketch #233, originally featured on Sweet Sketch Wednesday on November 20, 2013.

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.

Here's what our wonderful inspiring design team have created especially for you!!!

Anne

Heide

Joanna

Kathie

Still on vacation in London (waving)  We miss you, sweetie!!

Linda

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Thanks so much for stopping by and for becoming a Follower!!

Joanna

&

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Blast from the past and brand new to SSW2- Lacy Sunshine.

Picture from Google Images.

    Hi everyone!  It’s Heide here as your hostess this week for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 team.  For those of you visiting us for the first time, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 sketch challenge!  We are so happy to have you join us!  And for those loyal followers of our weekly challenge, we welcome you back and thank you for your support! I just had to add the beach picture to help most of us here in the States to get past the cold spell that we have been having. Enjoy and Dream

   

Let’s get started this week by announcing the top 3 picks of last week’s challenge…..

#7  Jeannie

#18  RUTSCHT: Bright

#24  Kerys

The Grand Prize Winner of our challenge with Digi Stamp Boutique last week is:

#20 - Katie - Spring's Coming!!

This week we have a very new sponsor to SSW2, Lacy Sunshine. 

Isn't the Sponsor banner cute!

Here is a little info about Heather the talented artist and owner at Lacy Sunshine. 

Heather Valentin  is  creative ,  award winning,  modern-day  fantasy and  whimsical  artist who has displayed a dynamic and vibrant energy while painting professionally for over 18 years.

She  began to express herself creatively through movement at a very young age.

For many years she studied dance, being drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression, all the while feeling this constant urge to create with her hands. The canvas is now her dance floor where color, beauty and drama are expressed through her every pencil sketch and  brush stroke. Her  subjects vary from fairies, fantasy, mermaids, vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more. She is one who is inspired in a single moment. Her  dreams, moods and the the unfolding beauty of the world around her is what charts her dance for the day. She is most alive when sketching and painting, creating timeless pieces that reflect her heart and soul. Drawing breathes life into her soul- it enables her to reach out and touch lives. This gives her a place in the world one character and painting at a time.

Heather's  artist portfolio  has  expanded to include such  clients  as   Pepsi, Outback Steakhouse, Nabisco, Zephryhils  and can now be found  at Laguna Art, Third Stone Art Gallery and Sausalito Art Galleries, along with commercial and private collections across the globe.  Her latest foray is to immortalize her popular drawn characters Eleanor and Pickles in a children's book of their own.

Here is this weeks Blast from the past sketch. That was posted back in April 2013!

And now on to the see the inspiration for the SSW DT.

Joanna

  Anne

   Sharon

Linda

Heide

We love to see your creations each 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!!

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