Sweet Sketch Wednesday

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New Design Team Members

Today we are pleased to announce and welcome our New Design Team members.

As I was going though the pictures, I realized we have had several Design Team members come and go since I started this blog.  They have all been great to work with and are missed when they leave.

We would like to thank all of those who applied this time for a DT position. There were so many wonderful entries which made it very hard to choose just three new members.  If you were not chosen this time, please do not feel discouraged. We loved all of your work.  And, please feel free to apply on our next DT Call.  We wish we had room for all of you to join. 

Jeannie has been a long time Design Team member and has graciously accepted the call to be our Sweet Sketch Wednesday Coordinator working with Judi. This is a big job and I appreciate their efforts in keeping things organized at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. We have others working behind the scenes on a weekly basis and appreciate our Design Team so much.

Also a big thanks goes out to my whole team as we couldn't run this blog without all of you.

Now to let you know a little more about Jeannie

and to learn who our NEW Design Team members are!

Jeannie

SSW Coordinator

  

Hello - I am Jeannie Thomas and I live in Phoenix, Arizona which means it's hot, hot, and then more hot since it is pretty much the desert!  I moved here almost 5 years ago but I was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I'm the youngest of 4, and yes I love my Green Bay Packers!  The love of my life's name is Neal and although I never had any children of my own,  I'm fortunate to have 3 semi-stepchildren that I get to have fun with every other weekend. I am an Administrative Professional at a Civil Engineering company and Neal is a high school teacher of all things computer related. I started out scrapbooking, but decided a smaller scale was much more to my liking in cardmaking and now I am completely obsessed with it. Other than that I love to try anything crafty, I like to read, cook, crochet, and watch really bad reality tv!

Our Three New Design Team Members are:

Sally

                                                 
Hi - My name is Sally Dube. I love the Lord and am grateful for each new day!! I am happily married to my husband Joe of 33 years =), have 2 (now 3) wonderful children Laura 27 and Scott 24 who is married to Marisa!! We fill our "Empty Nest" with one cat Cosmo and our Boxers, Boston and Summer. I love to unwind after a long workday in my Craft Room making cards. I have been a Crafter since childhood. I love needle work, quilting, beading, but my favorite is paper crafting. Sketch Challenges are my latest passion. I love to share my take on the designs and to see the amazing work of others. I am so excited to be a part of the Design Team here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!!

Helen

Hi, my name is Helen Plant.

I have been making cards now for about 13 years, I love every aspect of it.

Out of all the techniques I have tried ,I would probably say stamping

 ... whether it be actual stamps or digi stamps

 ... have to be my favourite, and colouring with alcohol markers.

I have made lots of friends through crafting ...  from the card making group I run and online. 

I have really enjoyed creating my blog, the comments are just lovely,  and being part of DT teams is fabulous  

- seeing what everyone else has thought up using the challenges put to them.

I just love to be part of the creative community!!!

Joanna

"I taught 1st grade for 10 years before making the decision to become a stay at home mom. My boys are now 7 and 9. I started card making when my oldest was born … I thought it would save money. (Grin) Boy was I ever wrong! I love everything crafty: card-making, painting, scrap-booking, knitting, and quilting (tho I will admit that my knitting skills need some serious work!) I am addicted to lovely paper and have found that my obsessive love of the pretty works just as well with fabric and yarn and even gardening! I am really looking forward to working with all the talented artists at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!"

Welcome, Sally, Helen and Joanna!
We are so excited to have you as part of the SSW DT!

Next week Sally, Helen and Joanna

will delight you with their creations!

 

This week our sponsor is Milk 'n Coffee. We fell in love with their Digis .  Such a SWEET variety. We want to thank them for sponsoring Sweet Sketch Wednesday. 

Prize:  3 Free digis from Milk ‘n Coffee Shop

Milk 'nCoffee Stamps is a digital image shop specialized in cute and girly images.There are 2 people behind this shop, Esmeralda and Nathaza. We are best buddies from our childhood with a common thing that we love so much: drawing. What we try to do is drawing various styles that suits different kind of tastes, so a lot of people with different style can still play along with our image for their cards.

Right now we have 8 talented DT ladies who always help us to have fun together with our weekly challenge at our challenge blog here. Also we have monthly colour challenge at our main blog. You can check it here. It's very nice to see a lot of people join and have fun at our challenge.

In the future we still want to make more cute images that is loved and used happily by many people.

The Grand Prize Winner of last week's Challenge #168 is:           

 ~         PAPERSNIFFER (WENDY) #12     ~

Our Top 3 Cards for last week are:

1.  SAMANTHA #18

2. OLGA #4

3. PATRICIA #8

Thank you all so much for playing along with us and Congrats!!

Please contact Arlana at sweetberrydesigns@hotmail.com to claim your prize and be sure sure to grab your Grand Prize Banner along the sidebar to proudly display on you blog!
This week we are spotlighting two of Milk 'n Coffee's DT.  
Carrie and Mary, thanks so much for joining us.  
We love your creations!

Carrie 



Mary

Here is what our SSW Design Team has created for you!


Erika - Simple and Sweet Designs


Linda - Stampers Touch


Arlana -  Sweetberry Designs


Kathie - Kathiez Kardz




Nancy - Mulberry Station


Jeannie - Dragonfly Journeys


Heide - Heide D's Paperie


 Sharon - Inklined to Stamp

Just a quick picture of my Bug in Park City.  


Don't forget to bug on over again. Have a Sweet week everyone.

Here are the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge Rules:
1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. If you have any MILK 'N COFFEE 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 #169 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.


 

Happy Sweet Sketch Wednesday 168-121!!!

The Grand Prize Winner of last week's Challenge #167 is:           

 ~       Marianne #22         ~

 Our TOP 3 Cards for last week are:

1.   Merkkari #9

2.   Mandy #13

3.   Dorothy #6

Thank you all so much for playing along with us and Congrats!!

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

The sponsor for this week is Bugaboo Stamps and the Grand Prize winner will receive 7 digital stamps that value $21.00!!

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 papercrafting 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!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

Our links are:

Store : http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
Catch the bug Challenge blog: http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/

Jen Leeflang,
 our guest designer from Bugaboo 
has created this fabulous card for your enjoy!  
Thanks, Jen!

  Here are the creations from our Fabulous Design Team Diva's this week:

Arlana -  Sweetberry Designs

 Sharon - Inklined to Stamp

Erika - Simple and Sweet Designs

Heide - Heide D's Paperie

Kathie - Kathiez Kardz

Linda - Stampers Touch

Nancy - Mulberry Station

Jeannie - Dragonfly Journeys

 
Here are the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge Rules:

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week.  If you have any Bugaboo Stamps 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 #168-121 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.

 

Digi Stamp Boutique sketch 167

Hello and Welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesdays.  It is Heide here from Michigan and I am your hostess this week here at SSW. We are happy to have you join us this week. This week our sponsor is Sally Ann from Digi Stamp Boutique. She is generous enough to give our winner 6 free digi images.

If you are new to Sweet Sketch Wednesdays a BIG welcome to you and we are looking forward to see your creations and for those that are returning we are always happy to see you here at Sweet Sketch Wednesdays and love to see what you do with the sketch.

I just want to remind everyone that we are having a DT Call. If you are interested please get your information in by August 21st.  Here is the information:
The successful applicant does not have to have Design Team experience but must have an active blog and be creative, enthusiastic and punctual.

The successful applicant must be willing and able to do the following:

Create a card each week with the sketch provided

Comment on all DT members cards

Create and blog one project per week (further requirements such as a blog hop may come up once in a while)

Take good photos and submit them on time (currently each Saturday by midnight MST)

Use sponsor images

Comment on challenge entries as stated in SSW guidelines and rules.

Respond to all emails and requests for information on time

To apply - send an email with Design Team Call in the subject line to mulberrystationdesign@gmail.com with the following information:

Your name

Your email

Your blog URL and links to any online galleries you might have

Three (3) samples of your best work

A list of your past and present Design Teams (if any)

A little bit about you



A brief note about why you would like to be part of the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team

This Design Team call will end on August 21st. And, the successful applicants ONLY will be notified by August 31st.

Let's get started this week by announcing the winners of last week's challenge....

The Grand Prize winner is:     CHRISTI B #3

 Congratulations! Be sure to grab your winner's badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three are:      1:  NESSY #14

                                     2:  LISA LYNN #16

                                     3:  PATRICIA #25

Here is the sketch this week .

Another great sketch this week by Arlana.  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!

Here is a little something about Sally Ann and 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.

Here is what our wonderful design team has created with some darling images from Digi Stamp Boutique.

                                                                                Linda

                                                                         

                                                                            Jeannie

 

                                                                          Arlana

                                                                            Erika

                                                                          Nancy 

                                                                             Heide 

Sharon

Kathie

                              
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 # 167 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.

Heide and

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 166 and Elisabeth Bell

Hey everybody! This is Erika from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team posting from hot and sunny Southern California. I live up in the High Desert away from the busy cities in the LA area, although they are all pretty accessable. Living in the desert has its extreme heat and extreme cold . It is getting pretty toasty here late in the summer too.  Here are a few pictures from my part of the world...


Desert Wildflowers


Joshua Trees


Desert Tortoise

 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, we welcome you back and thank you for your support!

We are always so excited to see all of your creations and we are so glad that you share them with us!
Let’s get started this week by announcing the winners of last week’s challenge….
The Grand Prize Winner of Sketch #165 is:
Carla Suto #13
Congratulations! Please contact Arlana at sweetberrydesigns@hotmail.com to claim your prize and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three are:

1. Lori Bryns #9

2. Sheena #10

3. Colinda #3

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 166…..


What another fun and fabulous sketch from Arlana! Please make sure that you read all the rules at the bottom of the post so that you can be eligible to win the Grand Prize!

We have a wonderful sponsor this week: Elisabeth Bell Designs!

http://www.elisabethbell.com/digital-collection

Digi Bells Blog

http://digibellsdt.blogspot.com/

Elisabeth Bells Digital Collection features enchanting, whimsical, Digital stamps for all of your paper-crafting projects!
Although Elisabeth illustrates for several stamp companies, no one except Elisabeth Bell herself has a collection of sweet digital stamps, this is a perfect way to get your instant gratification.
With a growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps, Elisabeth offers a multitude of themes. Such as holidays, special occasions, childrens adorable characters, and just the everyday cuteness that Elisabeth is famous for producing.
These Digi Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, and are great for resizing, and rotating to suite your needs.
Inspiration, by her very own Design Team, is posted, and shared daily, on Elisabeth’s “Digi Bells Blog” using Elisabeth Bell’s digital art.

Our Grand Prize winner will receive their choice of 2 digis from the three that we have created with:


Creative Genius

Click

Toot Toot

Thank you so much Elisabeth for sponsoring us! Your images are just darling!

Here are the creations of the Design Team with these three cute Elisabeth Bell images:

Arlana



Nancy

Jeannie

Linda

Kathie

Sharon

Heidi

Erika

We hope these samples inspire you to create and join in our challenge this week.

  Now, for a little more news this week. Sweet Sketch Wednesday is having a Design Team Call.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday is holding a Design Team call. We are looking for two (2) individuals to join our Design Team. The successful applicant does not have to have Design Team experience but must have an active blog and be creative, enthusiastic and punctual.

The successful applicant must be willing and able to do the following:

Create a card each week with the sketch provided

Comment on all DT members cards

Create and blog one project per week (further requirements such as a blog hop may come up once in a while)

Take good photos and submit them on time (currently each Saturday by midnight MST)

Use sponsor images

Comment on challenge entries as stated in SSW guidelines and rules.

Respond to all emails and requests for information on time

To apply - send an email with Design Team Call in the subject line to mulberrystationdesign@gmail.com with the following information:

Your name

Your email

Your blog URL and links to any online galleries you might have

Three (3) samples of your best work

A list of your past and present Design Teams (if any)

A little bit about you

A brief note about why you would like to be part of the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team

This Design Team call will end on August 21st. And, the successful applicants ONLY will be notified by August 31st.

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

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. If you have Elisabeth Bell Image, 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 #166 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

Erika and