Wednesday, October 26, 2011

A Sweet Sketch Just for You

Well "HELLO" and happy Wednesday!! Do you know the origins of "Wednesday?" I know I didn't, so here's a little fun facts about it:

The mid-day of the week is named for the Norse God, Odin. He was also known as Woden or Wotan. Unlike many of the other days of the week, this day did not correspond roughly with the Roman designation for the day. (The Roman's named Wednesday for the messenger god - Mercury - In Romanian, the day is still known as miercuri). The early Scandanavians and Germans believed that Odin was the chief god of Asgard and as such deserved to have a day of the week named for him. The Anglo-Saxons used the word, Wodnesdaeg.

Wednesday is often referred to as "hump day" because of its position as the middle day of the work week. If the work week were a hill, then Wednesday would be the crest. It is all down hill from there. Whether the down hill ride is a coast or a descent into a swamp is left to the individual.

We here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday think of hump day as a sweet ride into creativeness! Here is the next sketch you get to use:
Absolutely wonderful Arlana!

What else is wonderful is our lovely sponsor, Jodie from Bugaboo Stamps. She is so graciously offering to our winner this week 7 FREE DIGI IMAGES!!! I challenge you though to browse through her store now and only pick 7!!!



Now we do have a winner from last week to announce, and the lucky person who is our Grand Prize winner and will receive 6 free digis from Digi Stamp Boutique is:

COLIEN #20

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


And our top 3 are...

1. ARABELLA #19

2. LARISSA #26

3.HEIDI H #39

Congratulations to you three as well!
Please be sure to grab your Top Three Badge along the sidebar.

Now it's time to show off the wonderful creations, first from the Bugaboo Design Team:
We are so happy to have them join us.

Cely Smith




And from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team:






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 Bugaboo Stamps images, we'd love to see what you can do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch 125.

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.

And most important: Have Fun!!!!

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 last week and we're really looking forward to seeing what you do with Arlana's Fabulous sketch this week.



Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 124 & Digi Stamp Boutique

Good Morning!
Welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesday 124.
It's Genevieve here posting from Lisburn, N.Ireland.
If your new to Sweet Sketch Wednesday you are very welcome & I hope you can join in the fun & to our faithful followers, Thanks so much for your continued support. Myself & the other DT members look forward to visiting your blogs each week to see your wonderful creations.


Our sponsor this week is the very talented 
Sally Ann from 
Digi Stamp Boutique
Sally Ann sponsors us once a month & we really look forward to using DSB images, they are fab!!
This weeks Grand Prize Winner will receive
Six FREE Digi images!!!!
Check out Sally Ann's images HERE.


As always Arlana has created a wonderful sketch.
Thanks to all our followers who played along last week. 
I'd like to congratulate last weeks Grand Prize winner

MANDY G #11



 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 3 are......

1. BRIGITTE #15
2. ANGIE #14
3. KATHY CURRY #12

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

Now onto this weeks gorgeous cards from the SSW DT

 Nancy










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 Digi Stamp Boutique images, we'd love to see what you can do with them.
2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch 124.
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.
And most important: Have Fun!!!!


This Challenge closes at 
7 pm Mountain Time 
Tuesday Evening!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 123-57 and Sassy Cheryl's

Hi there Sweet Sketch Wednesday followers. This is Michelle posting this week for.....

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY

I'm posting from Buxton, Derbyshire, England and I am the newbie DT member. I have to say that I am thoroughly enjoying my time with this wonderful team. Before I was invited to be part of the DT I was regularly playing along with the SSW challenges and looked forward to every single Wednesday to see what wonderful sketch Arlana would have ready for me and everyone else to use. I got a place in the Top Three one week, then a bit further down the line I actually won a challenge. I was totally thrilled and flattered I can tell you. It certainly boosted my confidence and then to top it all off I was invited to be on the DT!!!!!!

This time I haven't anything special to tell but, once it's my turn to post again, I would like to tell you a little about Buxton and show some pictures and then sometime in the future give you all a peep at my Craft Room which is definately not as neat and organised as Patti's!!!!

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!!!
Our wonderful sponsor this week is Sassy Cheryl's. And, our Grand Prize Winner of this challenge will receive a $5.00 Gift Certificate to use at the Sassy Cheryl's shop! There are plenty of wonderful digitals to pick from - a really fabulous prize.



Here is Arlana's brilliant sketch.


The Grand Prize Winner of last weeks challenge is:

JANE JOHNSON # 16

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. JENNY #21

2. MELODY #3

3. PINK DANDELION #18
Be sure to grab your Top Three Banner on the sidebar! Congratulations to you too!
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 Sassy Cheryl's images, we'd love to see what you can do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch 123.

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.

And most important: Have Fun!!!!

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.

Thanks for stopping by! Michelle x
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

 Happy Sweet Sketch Wednesday 122!!


Hello ~ You've got Jeannie here from Dragonfly Journeys on the Design Team as your hostess for this weeks post, and we are so excited to tell you about our new sponsor....Krista from Saturated Canary!  She's not only gorgeous and talented, but her images are fun and funky and I want them all!  Here's a little introduction, and what she'd like you to know about her....
My name is Krista Smith. I am the artist behind the Etsy shop, Saturated Canary Digis. I began working in the stamping world about a year ago when I was hired to create rubber designs for the sweet Scottish company, Sugar Nellie. They launched my artwork under the name 'Simply Sassy.' I moved into the digital world just this past month (it's been a super busy month, indeed!). And-- I love it!! There is a little more freedom here, as I can create anything that pops into my head:)! I am so humbled by the artistic talent of the girls coloring in my designs-- it is truly an inspiration! Likewise, I am so thankful for the friendships I've made in this wonderful and lovely crafty community! It's been a true delight! I'd love for you to stop by my challenge/inspiration blog, Saturated Canary Challenge and join in the fun...And, while you're there, click over to my personal blog (Saturated Canary) and introduce yourself! I am a bit eclectic and touch on everything from family (I've got me a great one!) to fashion (obsessed!)...Please say 'hi!'...I'd love to be friends!:)

Here is what our Design Team has created with some of Krista's designs:





 



  




Well what did you think?  I know after seeing what our fabulous Design Team has created with this Sketch, that you are certainly inspired now to show us what you can do with it...right?  Before you hear all of the rules we need to announce our Grand Prize Winner of last week's Challenge 121, which is.........

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!

Also, the Top Three for last week are:
1. THERESA
2. JENNY
3. ROXY R


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

To play along this week, it's really simple: 
NOTE:  This week our Sketch is a rectangle, but a square will also be accepted!
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 Saturated Canary images, we'd love to see what you can do with them.

2. If posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch 122.

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.

Most important......Have Fun!!!!
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