April sketches at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

 Hello and welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for April 2023.

To our followers welcome back and anyone new please become a follower of our very friendly monthly challenges. Each month we have 2 new sketches for you to choose from or you could create with both, which would be lovely. Our winner will receive a small crafty prize in the post and be invited to guest design with us for a month of their choice.

I'm Anne in the UK and I am your hostess this month. We are looking forward to the Easter weekend here,  the spring flowers are out in the gardens and we are looking to spend more time out there as the weather becomes a little warmer.

Here are the two sketches which Kathie has designed for us this month

Sketch 251

Sketch 252

Remember that you can rotate or flip the sketches as long as we can still recognise the sketch and if embellishments are your thing then please bling up your cards, it's up to you.

We have 2 guest designers this month

Firstly Colien who won back in August created this fabulous card for a boy using 

Sketch 251

and Wilma who won in January created 2 beautiful floral cards using both sketches

Sketch #251

Sketch #252

Now to our regular design team

Kathie

Sketch #251

Sketch #252

Kelly

Sketch #251

With this cute Springtime Gnome.

Sketch #252

and this vintage truck

(she has rotated the sketch to suit the image)

Kleido

has an adorable bunny theme going on this month

Sketch #251

Sketch #252

Anne

Sketch #251

Sketch #252

We do hope that you are inspired to play along with us as we are looking forward to seeing what you create

Anne 

and the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Design Team

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

WINNER AND TOP 3 OR TOP 5

Hello followers, please check our Tab at the top of this blog to see if you're a winner or one of our top creations as we are finding that winners aren't claiming the prizes that they have earned. 

March Sketches here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

Hello and welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for March 2023.   To our followers welcome back and anyone new please come and become a follower of our very friendly monthly challenges.  Each month we have two new sketches for you to choose from or you could create with both sketches which would be fantastic.

 I'm Kelly from snowy Southern Alberta and I'm your hostess this month.  We are gradually warming up and hope that the bitter cold is over for this winter.

 We have two new sketches every month for you to play with.  Of course, you can also rotate and/or flip the sketch - but we should still be able to recognize the sketch and if extra embellishments are your thing please bling up your cards it's entirely up to you.

 Sketch # 249

Sketch #250

Here are the fantastic inspirations from our fabulous design team and our Guest designer, show us a little love by leaving us a comment and or entering the wonderful creations you've crafted.

Our guest designer this month is Ger Janne who won our December challenge and has made this super cute card using

 Sketch #250

 

Anne

Sketch #249

Adorable birthday Otter

 

Sketch #250

Beautiful monochromatic butterfly

  

 

Kleido (Doris)  

Sketch #249

Adorable kitty cards

Sketch #250

Kelly

Sketch #249

Wonderful Mountain Scene

Sketch #250

Beautiful Florals  

 

Kathie

Sketch #249

Lilies for Deep Sympathy

Sketch #250

Beautiful Jug of Flowers

We do hope that you are inspired to play along with us as we are all looking forward to seeing your creations.

 

and the wonderful Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 design team.

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

WINNERS & TOP 3 OR TOP 5

 Hello followers, please check our Tab at the top of this blog to see if you're a winner or one of our top creations as we are finding that winners aren't claiming the prizes that they have earned.

FEBRUARY HERE AT SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY 2 2023

Hello and welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for February 2023.   To our followers welcome back and anyone new please come and become a follower of our very friendly monthly challenges.  Each month we have two new sketches for you to choose from or you could create with both sketches which would be fantastic.

 I'm Kathie from New Zealand and I'm your hostess this month.  Down here in the southern hemisphere, it's summer and February is usually one of our hottest months so far it has been a very wet summer.

 As I said we have two new sketches every month for you to play with.  Of course, you can also rotate and/or flip the sketch - but we should still be able to recognize the sketch and if extra embellishments are your thing please bling up your cards it's entirely up to you.

 Sketch # 247

Sketch #248

Here are the fantastic inspirations from our fabulous design team and our Guest designer, show us a little love by leaving us a comment and or entering the wonderful creations you've crafted.

Our guest designer this month is Carla who won our challenge back in September and has made this super and beautifully coloured card using Sketch #247. 

Anne

Sketch #247

Isn't this such a cute baby boy's card?

Sketch #248

Beautiful Just for You Flowers

Kleido (Doris)  Sketch #247

Happy Birthday from Patrick Star &

 Spongebod Square Pants

Sketch #248 

Alles Liebe (All Love)

So cute

I guess this is a Valentine's card, Doris?

Kelly

Sketch #247

Love is in the air with this wonderful image.

Sketch #248 

Another romantic Valentine's card from Kelly

Kathie

Sketch #247

My love of flowers and Hibiscus.

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Yummy Strawberries.

Sketch #248

You are my Dandelion.

We do hope that you are inspired to play along with us as we are all looking forward to seeing your creations.

and the wonderful Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 design team.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's begin our 10th year of inspiration

 Hello and welcome to another year of challenges here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, and it's our 10th year of challenges.

We will hopefully continue to spark your creativity with 2 sketches each month and plenty of design team inspiration. If you haven't already done so please give us a follow or add our badge to your blog.

Here are this month's sketches and you have until the 31st of January to enter. {Please note that we have kept the December challenge open until the 10th of January for those of you that haven't found time to play over the festive period}

Sketch 245

Sketch 246

Here is the inspiration from the design team

Kleido [aka Doris] joins us as a full-time DT member this month.

Kathie - who also designs all our sketches

Kelly 

is taking a break this month

and finally Anne

We do hope that you are inspired to play along with us, there will be a crafty package for the winner and also a chance to guest design with us.

Wishing you all the very best for 2023

Anne and the SSW2 DT

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

December 2022 at SSW2

Welcome to our last challenge of 2022 here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2. 

This challenge will run until the 10th of January to give you all a little extra time to create over the festive period.

This month we say farewell to our DT member Olga and would like to take this opportunity to thank Olga for all the inspiration and lovely comments she has given over the last couple of years. 

Here are Olga's cards for this month.

Sketch 243

Sketch 244

Wishing you well in ll your adventures in the future.

We also have a guest designer this month, Marie who won one of our challenges earlier in the year, we always offer our winner a guest designer spot and Marie chose to design with us in December. She chose to use sketch 243 for both of her cards.

You are probably itching to see the sketches by now so before I share the rest of the DT inspiration here they are.

Sketch 243

Sketch 244

Our twist this month (and do please remember that this is OPTIONAL) us

Spots and Stripes

or Ditsy and Dotty

Here are Kathies beautiful festive cards

Sketch 243

Sketch 244

Kelly

Sketch 243

Sketch 244

 

and finally 

Anne

Sketch 243

Sketch 244

So there you go. I do hope that you feel inspired to play along with us this month and can find the time to play along with us through the festive season. 

We'll be back with our first challenge of 2023 on the 4th of January and look forward to seeing you then. 2023 will be our 10th year of challenges here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and we will start 2024 with our 10th birthday. We won't be carrying on with the optional twists in 2023 but will still be here with 2 sketches every month and plenty of DT and GDT inspiration.

A huge thank you to all of you who continue to support us, we look forward to seeing how you have interpreted the sketches.

Finally, we would like to wish all who celebrate a very Happy Christmas and we will be back on the 4th of January with more Sweet Sketches to inspire you with.

Anne, Kathie, Kelly and Kleido (Doris) 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter