Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #127

Hello Sweet Sketch Wednesday followers.

  This is Kathie posting this week for

 SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY

from Pukekohe in the North Island of New Zealand.

Well Spring has sprung here in New Zealand, we are having some amazing days some are very warm and the others are very changeable, typical Spring weather.  If you were in the South Island during the weekend it Snowed and for us in the North Island Friday & Saturday were lovely days and Saturday evening was really cold it felt a little like winter again.  Sunday I was off to play Tennis with my boys and it rained all day so they were very disappointed.  I was also NOT as I knew they would beat me.

New Zealander's are still coming down to earth after our wonderful

"All Blacks"

 won the world cup in Rugby.  They waited for 24 years to win this Trophy and now it's come home where it belongs again and will stay in 

New Zealand for another 4 years.

We are the Champions of the World.

The "All Blacks" doing the Haka before every game.

If you've never seen the Haka performed it runs shivers

 down your spine and makes your hairs on your arms stick up.

If you've never seen it performed before here's a YouTube

link for you to be entertained.

2011 Haka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUSoJb7m2dk&NR=1

2008 Haka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdMCAV6Yd0Y

Haka (singular is the same as plural: haka) is a traditional ancestral war cry,dance or challenge from the Maori People of New Zealand. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment.  The New Zealand Rugby Team's practice of performing a haka before their matches has made the dance more widely known around the world.
  Enjoy.

It's only 6 1/2 weeks away until Christmas so it's time to get a move on and finish those Christmas Cards and Christmas shopping.

For those of you who are new to our blog, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge!
 We are so happy to have you join us!

 And for our loyal followers of
Sweet Sketch Wednesday
 we welcome you back and thank you for your ongoing support!!!

The Grand Prize Winner of last weeks challenge is:

*****CHRISSIE #15*****

            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 as follows, drum roll please:

1. Jemina's Jem (Sue) #17

2. Sabina #18

3. Samantha #41

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Sketch #127

Image an Oval set in a Circle

 Our wonderful sponsor this week is
 Gerda from

 STAMPFAIRY SHOP

 and our 

Grand Prize Winner of this challenge will receive 

4 Digi's
 of your choice

Wow, you can't beat that!


Don't for get to drop by Stampfairy  and have a look and all their new and exciting images they are so much fun to work with.
http://stampfairy.com/

 

Well it's time to see what our Delightful Deva's have created for you this week, we have one amazing Design Team.

Michelle from Michelle's Blog and Cards

Patti from Paper Creations

Jeannie from Dragonfly Journey

Genevieve from Genevieve's Creations

Sharon from Inklined to Stamp

Nancy from Mulberry Station

Jacki from Paper Moments

Linda from Stamper Touch

Arlana from Sweetberry Designs

Kathie from Kathie'z Kardz

AREN'T THEY AWESOME

PLEASE PLEASE REMEMBER THESE SIX (6) STEPS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PRIZE!!!

To play along this week is really 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 Stampfairy images, we'd love to see what you can do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch #127.

3. Add a link on your blog to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

4. Post your card along with the link.

5. Sign into Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card on 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 so very much to everyone who joined us last week. We truly love seeing the creativity that all of you bring to our challenges.  Everyone did such a great job and we're really looking forward to seeing what you do with
Arlana's Fabulous sketch this week with Sketch #127. 

The most important thing of all is to
 Have Fun!!!!

 
Hugs to everyone

Kathie
xox