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...

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 185 ~ Digi Stamp Boutique

Hello Sweet Sketch Wednesday followers!  We are so glad to have you visit us again this week!  This is Judi posting for you.  Today is a very special day for me....my 37th wedding anniversary!!!  Where does the time go!  Seems like I was just having my own babies and now I am enjoying my grand babies!

Well, we have less than a week before Christmas arrives.  I hope you are enjoying the holiday season and planning a special day with your family or friends. In light of the terrible tragedy that occurred on Friday in Connecticut with the loss of 20 precious children, 7 adults and the gunman, I hope we will all take a moment and pray for peace in the world and comfort for all those who are suffering from this senseless loss and other tragedies. I know this isn't a religious blog but I do want to say that I believe in a loving Father in Heaven and His son, Jesus Christ, our Savior, who died for each one of us that we may someday return and live with them again. What a privilege it is to celebrate the birth of our Savior and rejoice in His life and the atonement that he has so graciously offered each of us.  He lives and loves each one of us. He is the Light and Hope of the world.  May your holiday be bright with new hope for better days ahead.  Remember to give your children, grand children and all your loved ones an extra hug tonight!

Good Tidings of Great Joy:  
The Birth of Jesus Christ

Let’s  announce the winners of last week’s challenge…..

The Grand Prize Winner of Sketch #184 is:

Carla Suto #13

Congratulations,  Carla!  

Please contact: Tammy at A Day For Daisies 

http://adayfordaisies.com/contact-us-2

Subject:  ADFD and SSW December 2012 Winner:

to claim your $12 Gift Certificate and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three are:

1. Calypso #3

2. Lousie #7

3. Barb O #13

Lovely Creations!  Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar and post it on your blog!

Now here is this week’s fabulous Sketch 185…..

This is a sketch from the past!  It's always a delight to bring back some of the sketches we have previously used!  I know you will enjoy using this one. 

We used this sketch originally on February 15, 2012.  

If you would like to see what the DT created then click HERE.

We have an awesomely devoted sponsor this week...yes, you guessed it...

Digi Stamp Boutique. 

Most of you know that on the third week of every month Sally Ann sponsors us here at SSW!  We love Sally Ann's images and are so happy to create with them. Thank you, Sally Ann, so much for your devotion to Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

This is what Sally Ann has to say about Digi Stamp Boutique.

All images/designs are created and copyright owned by Sally-Ann Hancock. 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 as much as I enjoy creating.

 I hope you will play along with us this week at SSW
because if you are the lucky
SSW Grand Prize Winner you will receive
6 free digi images from Digi Stamp Boutique.

Now here’s what the design team has created 

for your inspiration this week using 

Digi Stamp Boutique images!

Nancy - Mulberry Station

Joanna -Sitting on Pens and Needles

Heide - Heide D's Paperie

 Sally - Sallys Window of Paper Crafting

Linda - Stampers Touch

Sharon - Inklined to Stamp

Kathie - Kathie'z Kardz

We hope these samples inspire you to create and join in our challenge 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 Digi Stamp Boutique 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 #185 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 please remember that this is one of the rules to be considered for the Grand Prize.

Have a fantastic week creating!

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

Can't wait to see your lovely creations!!!  Less than one week until Christmas!  Enjoy!


Merry Christmas!

Judi and 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #184 - A Day for Daisies

Welcome Wednesday!!  Hope you have had a great week/weekend and are full swing into Christmas preparations and celebrations!!  I went on a local churches house tour this past Sunday afternoon.  So much fun going thru four houses and seeing the individuality in styles and decorations.  With Christmas being the celebration of our Savior's birth, I just love seeing all the different Nativitys!!  Each home had at least one Nativity set displayed, some in the kitchen, living room or dining rooms...  the one that struck me the most was on a dresser in a bedroom, very simply displayed.  The Owner told my friend and I that it was from Africa where her daughter had served as a short-term missionary.  The pieces are all crafted from corn husks - so very delicate. 

I love the simplicity of this Nativity!!

On to our Challenge... 

I loved all of your creations last week and would like to say a big CONGRATS to DEANNA #5, last week's winner!! 







Please pick FOUR non-colored images from Melissa's store HERE: http://shop.meljensdesigns.com/, then email Dee at: sprytebyrd@gmail.com

with your choices and she will take care of you.  Also, there were so many awesome cards last week, it was hard to pick our Top Three...  Congrats to:

          1. SARAH STONE #9

          2. CARLA SUTO #1

          3. CASSIE T #3

We are so excited to have A Day for Daisies as our Sponsor this week.

A DAY FOR DAISIES provides themed categories of over 1000 fun and whimsical digital images, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!

Check out A Day for Daisies:

Website: www.adayfordaisies.com

Direct Store Link: http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps

Join The Club

Link: http://adayfordaisies.com/statement

Subscribe to News Letter Link: http://adayfordaisies.com/subscribe

Blog: http://adayfordaisies.blogspot.com

Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/adayfordaisies

Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Day-For-Daisies/142905905744876?ref=ts

Prize: $12 Gift Certificate to ADFD Shop



 On to this week's Sketch:

And our Design Team Inspiration:

Joanna -Sitting on Pens and Needles

Sharon - Inklined to Stamp

Heide - Heide D's Paperie

Linda - Stampers Touch

Kathie - Kathie'z Kardz

Judi - Sweet Bloomin' Scraps

Nancy - Mulberry Station



 Sally - Sallys Window of Paper Crafting

We hope these samples inspire you to create and join in our challenge 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 A DAY FOR DAISIES  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 please remember that this is one of the rules to be considered for the Grand Prize.

Have a fantastic week creating!

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

Can't wait to see your creations!!  Happy Crafting friends - Blessings to you all!!

Sally and...

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Sketch 183

Sponsor:  Meljen’s Designs

Hi everyone!  It’s Sharon here from Michigan posting this week for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday team.  For those of you who are new to this blog, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch Challenge!  We are so happy to have you join us!  And for those loyal followers of SSW, we welcome you back and thank you for your support! You all are an inspiration to us.

The holiday season is upon us and I hope you all are progressing on your shopping and enjoying all the gatherings that take place in this season with family and friends. For those of you still deeply engaged in finishing those Christmas cards, we have a terrific sketch this week I know you’ll want to use.  We hope you’ll find a little time to try our sketch this week and play along with us. 

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

The Grand Prize Winner of Sketch #182 is:

Moshie #18

Congratulations!  Please email: brokenboxdesigns@yahoo.com

Subject:  Broken Box Designs and SSW November 2012 Winner:

to claim your Holiday Toodles Set and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three are:

1. Tammy S #3

2. Lisa S #6

3. Carol Dee #1

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

Now here is this week’s fabulous Sketch 183…..

It’s another great Arlana sketch this week!  Be sure to check the rules for the challenge at the bottom of this post – we want everyone to be eligible for the Grand Prize!

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Meljen’sDesigns! We all love creating with Melissa’s darling digi stamps. The Grand Prize winner of this week’s challenge will receive four non-colored digi stamps from Meljen’s Designs – a terrific prize!  Now here’s a little info about the artist behind these terrific images:

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog, and freebies and promos now and then on our facebook FAN PAGE! Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at our store HERE to browse through all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!

Prize:  Four non-colored digi stamps from Meljen’s Designs online store

Thanks Melissa for your generous prize package! 

And here’s what the design team created for your inspiration using Meljen’s Designs:

Joanna

Nancy

Sally

Kathie

 

Heide

Linda

Sharon

We hope these samples inspire you to create and join in our challenge 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 Meljen’s 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 #183 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 please remember that this is one of the rules to be considered for the Grand Prize.

Have a fantastic week creating!

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

'Tis the Season to be Jolly!

Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la. 

Hello Sweet Sketch Wednesday, Followers!  This is Judi posting for you this week.

I love this time of the year when I begin to decorate for the Christmas Holiday.  Last weekend we put up our outdoor Christmas lights and began the decorating process on the inside.  It is so fun to transform our home into a winter wonderland with remembrances of the Birth of our Lord and Savior.
I hope you enjoy the upcoming weeks of Christmas and your family traditions and if you feel you don't have any traditions...create one this year!   By all means, enjoy your family and spend some special time together.

We have a fabulous new sponsor this week....

Broken Box Stock is found at: www.brokenboxstock.com

Broken Box Stock Blog is here: http://brokenboxstock.blogspot.com/


Here is little about Broken Box Stock!

Broken Box Stock is a fun, imaginative and unique clipart shop featuring hand-drawn illustrations and digital stamps by Wendy Sefcik. Crafters, digital stampers, scrapbookers, business owners, teachers, bloggers, website owners, etc. adore the collection of clipart and find endless ways to spruce up their look with Broken Box Stock graphics.

The Grand Prize Winner of this week's challenge will win this 
Holiday Toodle Set Printable Page

Thanks, Wendy, for your generous prize!

Now to announce

our Grand Prize Winner of last week's challenge from 
"Digi Stamp Boutique":

MICHELE  F #13

Congratulations!

Michele, 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 November 2012 Winner

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

Our Top 3 Cards from last week are:

1. CARLA SUTO #4

 2. KATHY C #19

 3. MAGS #15

Congratulations and thank you for playing along with us!

Winners, be sure to grab your Grand Prize or Top 3 badge on our sidebar to proudly display on your blog!

 Here is Arlana's sketch for this week's challenge

along the beautiful creations by our wonderful DT.

                                                                            Joanna

   Nancy

  

 Linda

  Sally

                                                                            Helen

 Heide

 Sharon

                                                                           Kathie

Here are the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge Rules:

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. If you have any Broken Box Design 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 #182 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 please remember that this is one of the rules to be considered for the Grand Prize.


Please note: The challenge closes on Tuesday night at 7 pm MST.

Merry Christmas!

Judi and