Wednesday 29 October 2014

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and The Stamping Boutique!!

Welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2!!


This is Sally, your hostess from Massachusetts in beautiful New England wishing you all a Happy Halloween!!

If this is your first time visiting our Blog we Welcome you!!  And we Welcome back our faithful Followers!!  We have a great Sketch to share and a wonderful Sponsor but first, let's find our who last week's talented Winner is...
The lucky winner of two images from Just Some Lines is
  ********** #4  Claudia  **********
 Congratulations!!! We all LOVED your card!!  Please contact me at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize.  Also, please grab your winner's badge to share your good fortune on your blog.

Next we have our top three, put your hands together for:
1.  #1  Pat
2.  #5  Kleidos
3.  #6  Andree

Hooray!! Grab your badge as well to share on your blog.
So, on to our fabulous sponsor this week.
store
 Bio:

Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor. We at TSB are very proud to offer original digital images and artwork to you. Thank you for giving us a few minutes of your valuable time to look over the store at http://thestampingboutique.com/ Good luck in the challenge and we hope to see you over at our TSB Community network. http://thestampingboutique.ning.com/

Our Grand Prize winner will receive:  3 free images, if the Winner uses a TSB image, they will win 4 free images!!

Do you celebrate Halloween??  I used to love sewing costumes for my kids when they were younger...  So much fun to see all the kiddos in their costumes Trick or Treating!!  Just a few more days and all of them will have their stash of candy, speaking of which, I better get our candy so we are ready for all the little witches and goblins =)...

This being the last Wednesday of the month, we feature a Blast from the Past Sketch along with a "Twist"  Our Sketch was designed by Arlana of the original Sweet Sketch Wednesday and our Twist is.....
"Show us your ORANGE"!




Now to share the fabulous creations of our very talented Design Team.  Lots of happy Orange!!

 
 
 
 
 
Sally


Please stop by and visit their blogs and give 'em a little love!! 
I hope you have found just the inspiration needed to dig out those orange papers, ribbons, buttons or markers and that you will join us this week for our Twisted Challenge!!
  
Happy Crafting this week!!  We can't wait to see your creations!!

Blessings to you all!!


Wednesday 22 October 2014

SSW2-32 and Just Some Lines

Hi everyone!  It’s Sharon 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!

We get excited with all the amazing creativity you share with us week after week.  Remember to subscribe to our blog. There's a drawing for some goodies when we reach 200 followers.

Let’s get started this week by announcing the winners of last week’s challenge…..

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

#7  Carol Dee!!

Congratulations!  Please email Sally Dube at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three are:

1.  #3  Nana Connie

2.  #10  Stephanie S.
  
3.  #12  Louise

Awesome job!  Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar and post it on your blog!

Now, on to this week’s challenge and our fabulous sketch for you to follow… 


Another terrific sketch by our own Sally Dube!  Just create your card using the sketch above to qualify for the grand prize this week. The challenge rules are posted in the tab above – just be sure to post a picture of the sketch with your card on your blog.   


We welcome a new sponsor at Sweet Sketch Wednesday this week: Just Some Lines.

Just Some Lines is a digital stamp shop which has been in operation under its own website since 2010.  In early 2013, it opened a mini Etsy store, where in addition to digital stamps there are colored clipart and a newly added section of digital copies of original art work. The shop stocks whimsical art work created by its owner Jehanne, who creates and adds new artwork regularly into her shops when not doing school runs, illustrating children books or running after sheep. Information on new stamps, specials and time limited freebies can be found on their facebook group.

Just Some Lines on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/justsomelines
Just Some Lines Online Store:  http://justsomelines.com/shop/index.php

Prize:  Two free digi stamps of winner’s choice

Thanks Jehanne!  We loved creating with your darling digi stamps!

And here’s what the design team created for your inspiration using Just Some Lines stamps:

Nancy


Sharon


Kathie


Heide


Joanna


Linda


Sally





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!


and

Wednesday 15 October 2014

SSW2-31: DigiStamp Boutique

Hello there!

It's Joanna, from the land of blue skies, beautiful Colorado.  I am your hostess this week.  I think that I can speak for the rest of the Design Team when I say that we are soo glad that you've come back for another week of sketchy fun.

Before we get started with this week's Sketch, I am happy to announce last week's winner ...

#5  Carla

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...
#3  Nessy
#10  Tamesis
#18  Claudia


A great big HOORAY goes out to you three!!   You guys should also grab your badge from our sidebar for your blog.  We are so lucky to have such great artists stop by and participate each week.  Selecting favorites is always difficult because we have fabulous work posted EVERY week!

This week, we are lucky enough to have Sally-Ann Hancock from Digistamp Boutique sponsoring.  I {{love}} her cute images!  Here's a bit more about her:

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!  Not to be an enable but ... Sally-Ann also has some of her Halloween images on sale at 40% off right now.  You might want to check THAT out! 

And without further ado, I am happy to present our brand new sketch to tickle your creative bone and challenge you … 


 
How about we take a peek at what the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Design Team did with the sketch
Heidi used Halloween Freya

I used one of the monkeys from the Cheeky Monkey set


 Ambitious card maker Judi used a couple of Sally's freebies: Cute Ghost and Christmas Tree

Kathie used Christmas Burt

Linda used Cute Ghost

Nancy used one of the elves from the Christmas Elf set

Sharon
Sharon used

I can't wait to see what 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!! As you are no doubt aware, there is a drawing scheduled for some more candy once we hit 200 Followers!!

Joanna
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Wednesday 8 October 2014

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and Patties Creations

Hello everyone, this is Nancy as your hostess this week.  It is a delight to have you stop by and join us this week at
SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY 2. 

Before we get on with the Challenge, I want to announce last week's Winner...
  Let's get started this week by announcing the winners of last week's challenge....
The Grand Prize winner is:

#16  Linda!!


 Congratulations! Be sure to grab your winner's badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.  Contact Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com

 Our Top Three are:

#3. Kerys
#14.  Janice
#17.  Olga B. 

 
 

Patties Creations Digital Stamps

Pattie's Creations

Bio:  Pattie Gomez
I am an Internet Technology Professional and an Artist. I always dreamed of being an artist, but I found out quickly that I needed another field to support my family so I pursued a Degree in Information Technology. I love to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks to enhance my work.
I created a character called Pattieboop and her cat named Allie. I have had so much fun coming up with different images so I also created a site to sell them. You can go to my store to find out more about Pattieboop & Allie. I know you will just love them when you see them.
I have added many other images to my store in the past few years. I know have a large selection of images to fit everyone’s needs



Prize:  Two Free Images!!


And now some inspiration from our Sweet Sketch Design Team:

SHARON Inklinedtostamp
 


 

 
We hope these samples inspire you to create and join in our challenge this week.
    Create a card using the sketch of the week.  You can get creative with the Sketch, rotate... flip... but the Sketch must be recognizable in your card =)
    If you have an image from the current week's Sponsor- Bugaboo, we'd love to see what you can do with it. However, you may use any stamp or element you have to create your card.
   
    Add the sketch of the week to your blog and include a link back to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.
    Post your card on your blog along with the link to SSW2.
    Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card on your site.
    In order to be considered for the Grand Prize, be sure to leave a comment on the current Challenge post. Also...  check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards from our challenge participants each week and preview the new sketch every Tuesday.
Have a fantastic week creating!
Nancy and



Wednesday 1 October 2014

Bugaboo Sweet Sketch Wednesdays 2 Sketch 29


Some MI fall inspiration that I found on the WWW. 



Hello my fellow crafters and Welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesdays 2 and Happy October 1st! .  It is Heide here from Michigan and I am your hostess this week here at SSW2. We are happy to have you join us this week. This week our wonderfully talented sponsor is   Jodie Mackrell, from the always fun company Bugaboo. 
If you are new to Sweet Sketch Wednesdays 2 a BIG welcome to you and we are looking forward to see your creations and for those that are returning we are always happy to see you here at Sweet Sketch Wednesdays 2 and love to see what you do with the sketch. Do not forget to become a follower to our little blog here,  we will be having another drawing once we reach 200 followers.

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo.
This weeks winner will recieve 7 free digis from Jodie's store. 

BIO: Everything that you ever wanted to know about Bugaboo Stamps:  As if raising 5 children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the work of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. Bugaboo Stamps has become one of the leading companies in digital images. From seiously snarky to sugar sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!!  If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampilicious.  And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for the weekly Challenges at Catch the Bug.



                                         



Before we get on with the Challenge, I want to announce last week's Winner...


 Let's get started this week by announcing the winners of last week's challenge....

the Grand Prize winner is:

#1  AJ!!

 Congratulations! Be sure to grab your winner's badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.  Contact Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com

Our Top Three are:
#2 Judy Leigh
#9  Suze
#11  Jeannie

You guys should also grab your badge from our sidebar for your blog.  We are so lucky to have such great artists stop by and participate each week.  Selecting favorites is always difficult because we have gorgeous work posted!  We are still so grateful that you guys continue to stop by the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 blog and share your gorgeous creations each week.

Here is the sketch this week .

Here is what our wonderful design team has created with some darling images from Bugaboo Digi Stamps.

This bright beauty is from Kathie.
 I just love the matching ladybug!



This delightfully spooky card is from Sharon. What a great
boarder punch.

                                                                   
Here is another Spook-tacular cutie from Linda.

This great Halloween card is from Nancy. 
Love her great creepy yet cute spider embellishment. 


This Dapper guy put a smile on my face! Joanna.



I decided to go with this great Christmas image.- Heide 
( colors are much better IRL) 


This fun Chevron and dot Halloween  card is from Sally.
I just love the pumpkins goofy smile.


We hope these samples inspire you to create and join in our challenge this week.


    Create a card using the sketch of the week.  You can get creative with the Sketch, rotate... flip... but the Sketch must be recognizable in your card =)
    If you have an image from the current week's Sponsor- Bugaboo, we'd love to see what you can do with it. However, you may use any stamp or element you have to create your card.
   
    Add the sketch of the week to your blog and include a link back to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.
    Post your card on your blog along with the link to SSW2.
    Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card on your site.
    In order to be considered for the Grand Prize, be sure to leave a comment on the current Challenge post. Also...  check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards from our challenge participants each week and preview the new sketch every Tuesday.
Have a fantastic week creating!