SSW #186 – Bugaboo

 

Happy Boxing Day

to our UK and Canadian friends.

I wanted to share a tradition from MY part of the world. In six days, we will all celebrate the new year but here in the Springs ... we do it a unique way. That's because each year the AdAmAn club climbs the icy slopes of Pikes Peak. This is the mountain made famous by Katherine Lee Bates, who after making her climb penned the song, "America the Beautiful".

At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, AdAmAn members (thus named because each year they "add" a member to their club) ignites a glorious fireworks display from the summit to usher in the New Year. This spectacular fireworks display can be seen for hundreds of miles along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies and eastern plains. Aside from the fact that it's pretty ... the reason that we Coloradoans are so impressed with AdAmAn is that the climb is often accomplished on icy slopes with wind chills of -50 degrees Fahrenheit. Yikes, that's a tad chilly!

We at Sweet Sketch Wednesday hope that your

 2013 is fantastic!

We had a great response from last week's players. Such WONDERFUL creations were posted that we had a difficult time narrowing it down. But every contest must have a winner and here is last week's winner.

Congratulations ... It's YOU ~ Mynnette

Please, contact Sally Ann to claim your 6 free digi images.

at 

http://www.digistampboutique.co.uk/catalog/contact_us.php

Subject:  Digi Stamp Boutique and SSW December 2012 Winner

Please include the names of the 6 digi images you would like.  

And without further ado, here are our Top Three Favorites ... Congratulations goes out to:

1. Olga #2
2. Suzie #13
3. Colien #9

On to this week's challenge...

We are so excited to have Jodi from Bugaboo Stamps as our sponsor this week.  I LOVE Bugaboo stamps.  She seems to have something that fits everyone's crafting style.

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: 

As if raising five 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 world of paper-crafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary 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!

Check out all the cool stuff on the Bugaboo website

Our prize this week is 7 (yep, count 'em) SEVEN digistamps from the Bugaboo site.  Yah-hooo!

Here is this week's sketch ... hold on to your britches friends, it's a fun one.

Here's what our fabulously talented Design Team came up with this week:

Joanna -Sitting on Pens and Needles

Sharon - Inklined to Stamp

Heide - Heide D's Paperie

Linda - Stampers Touch

Kathie - Kathie'z Kardz

Nancy - Mulberry Station



Sally - Sallys Window of Paper Crafting

We hope these cards inspire you to create and join in the fun this week.

Here are the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge rules for playing along:

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. If you have Bugaboo images, we’d love to see what you can do with them. However, you may use any stamp or element you have to create your card.
2. If you are posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch Wednesday #184 as your label or tag.
3. Add the sketch of the week to your blog and include a link back to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
4. Post your card on your blog along with the link to SSW.
5. Sign in to InLinkz and add a direct link back to your card on your site.
6. Be sure to leave a comment here on this site and remember that you must do this if you want to be considered for the Grand Prize.

Note: The challenge closes on Tuesday evening, 7:00 pm MST.

Have a fantastic week creating. We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!!

Joanna and...