Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Celebration of our Country

How lucky we are to live in a free country and enjoy all the freedoms! We all have special places were we live and can enjoy all the freedoms and beauties around us. You have seen many of those places posted right here on Sweet Skecth Wednesday.  This week I am thankful for Utah. I have lived in Utah most of my life. I truly love it here.
Our state was settled by the pioneers. They sacrificed alot to get here. Losing many of their family members along the way due to severe weather conditions, the long trek and journey across the plains. Utah is know known for having beautiful LDS Temples. The temples beauty is beyond words. The St. George, Logan, Manti and Salt Lake Temples were built by the early pioneers. If you would like to know more about the LDS Church you can go Here.  You can view more beautiful pics of other temples Here.

Salt Lake Temple

My daughter is a photographer and all of these pictures I am showing you today come from her photography work. You can see her work here at Hardman Photography or become a fan on Facebook. I am very proud of her work.

 Duck Pond   Kaysville

 Antelope Island







Arches at Moab

Vinatge Cupcake Co.   Ogden







Well, I hope you enjoyed a little bit of my freedoms and beautiful sites of Utah.
Now on with the winner from last week's sketch.
Grand Prize winner and Top Three for last week's sketch challenge #108.
Drum roll please.....

The Grand Prize Winner is:

COLE #16-17


Congratulations!

Please contact Arlana at sweetberrydesigns@hotmail.com to claim your prize! Be sure to grab your Grand Prize Banner along the sidebar to proudly display on your blog!

And the Top Three are:

1. GRO TJELTVEIT #36

2. SANDY BEACHES #28

3. KATHY D. #20

Be sure to grab your Top Three Banner on the sidebar! Congratulations to you too!




Now on with Sketch 109!  They keep on coming. Our sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs. We love Meljen's digis. She continues to amaze us with her adorable images. We want to thank her for her continued support in sponsoring us.  Her prize is 4 digis of winner’s choice. So let's move on so we can play along.

Thanks to my wonderful design team. They are simply the best. So on with the rest of the show.

Judi



Jeannie


Genevieve

Jackie

Sharon

Nancy



Patti

Linda
                                                                
 Kathie


Arlana


To play along this week, it' simple:
1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. You may use any stamp or element you have to create your card, however, if you have any Meljen's digis, we'd love to see what you do with them.
2. If posting to an on-line gallery, please use Sweet Sketch #109.
3. Add a link on your blog to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
4. Post your card along with the link.
5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your site.
6. Be sure to LEAVE A COMMENT HERE AS WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU. YOU MUST DO THIS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE GRAND PRIZE.

Thanks for joining us in our sweet fun. Wishing you a Berry Sweet week ahead. 
Hope to see all your sweet creations.

SWEET HUGS to YOU!  Arlana



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25 comments:

  1. beautiful cards ladies..wonderful sketch too..

    I love seeing the pics before hand..yummy cupcakes lol xx

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  2. Don't you just love the beautiful aray of cards this week. They are so cute!! Our DT really rocks!! Thanks so much to Meljens for the use of their images. Arlana, the pictures of Utah are gorgeous. Amber really does an amazing job with her photography. Congratulations to all our winners this weeK!
    Have a great week ladies!!!

    Nancy

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  3. Good afternoon! Gorgeous DT cards as always. Thanks to Meljen's for our fab images, I had so much fun with mine. Thanks to Arlana for a great post & sharing the wonderful photos, your daughter is very talented & last but not least huge congrats to last weeks winners. Can't wait to see what our players create this week. Have a good one :)

    Genevieve

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  4. Fantastic sketch, wonderful inspiration!

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  5. Wow girls what amazing cards this week, they are gorgeous DT oh and so are the cards. Congratulations to all our winners this week great cards and what wonderful imspiration to us as well. Meljen's thanks for being our sponsor this week your images are awesome I love colouring them, I had so much fun with mine. Arlana thanks for a beautiful posting your daughters photos are totally amazing and it's so lovely to see your part of the world.
    Wishing everyone a wonderful week of crafting.
    Hugs
    Kathie SSW-DT

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  6. Wow dont you just love the cards this week? Dt you are the best. Thanks to our fablous followers and for playing along. Also a big thanks to our sponsor Meljens. We appriciate your continued support. Hope you all have a sweet week. Arlana

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  7. Fabulous DT inspiration and a great sketch. Those cupcakes look yummy!
    Nikki x

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  8. Wow Ladies, do I love your cards this week! Meljen's images are so spectacular and you have really made her images just pop! Thanks Melissa for sharing your images with us! So happy to have you sponsor us this week at SSW!
    Arlana, I really enjoyed your post and all of Amber's beautiful photography! It is interesting that we both have kids that love photography! Congrats to our winner and top 3 this week! I'm loving the players cards already and looking forward to seeing more creations from our followers!

    Have a great week! Judi

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  9. Another wonderful sketch and I'm quick off the mark this week - I knew exactly what I wanted to make!

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  10. Thank you for a fabulous sketch which I turned 180 degree - hope that's ok.
    Brilliant DT samples

    Hugs, Mette

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  11. Great job to the team - you guys rock it every week!!

    Love Utah - we've been there many times.

    Deanne :)

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  12. Wow!! Thanks so much everyone~~~and I love this week's sketch too!!! You all did such a fab job - your work is soooooo inspiring!! Another awesome sponsor this week too!!! How exciting! Arlana - Utah is so beautiful! WOW!! Your daughter is so incredibly talented as well....her photography is out of this world GORGEOUS! Thanks for the post and giving us some history - I enjoy reading these :-) Thanks again!!!

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  13. Gorgeous cards (and photos!) ladies - fabulous sketch again too!
    Helen x

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  14. Love the sketch and the DT cards are, as always, oh so FABulous!! Thanks for the fun challenge :)

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  15. WOW...ARLANA THE PICTURES ARE JUST AWESOME, AND YR DD IS SUCH A TALENTED LADY LIKE U. I SIMPLY LOVED THIS WEEK'S SKETCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!
    Thanks for the super challenge!!
    hugs to all!!

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  16. Once again a lovely sketch to work to and lovely cards from the DT to admire. Thank you for your hard work. Michelle :0)

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  17. Thanks again for yet another fantastic sketch! Very inspiring!

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  18. Terrific sketch, ideal for the summery card I wanted to make! The DT's work is lovely, thanks for the inspiration!

    luv, Mags x

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  19. What a creative bunch we are! Really love the cards have put up but also cards that others have done as well. What a lot of fun we have had. Hope to play again next week.

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  20. Wonderful cards from the Design Team
    Beryl x

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  21. Hello ladies! Fab DT cards this week, all so bright and cheerful. Hope you're all keeping well. Wedgie xxx

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  22. Great sketch and wonderful cards from the DT! Thanks for a great challenge!

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  23. Hi Girls, Thanks for a great sketch ... it was perfect for my son's birthday card. I have rotated it and added a few extra embellishments. Hope this is okay but if not please ignore my entry.

    Lisa x

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  24. Awesome Sketch Once Again This Week! Beautiful DT Inspirations, I just love looking at all of them each week! Have a wonderful week everyone! Happy Creating! Sara

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  25. Another wonderful sketch and I'm quick off the mark this week - I knew exactly what I wanted to make!
    Christmas Treasure Hunt

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