Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #182 Sponsor Broken Box Stock

Sponsor: Broken Box Stock

Well today is the day the Premier of the Hobbit is being held in from middle earth Wellington New Zealand.  If your a fan of 

The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King, King Kong, and The Adventures of Tintin you won't want to miss this movie, 4 years in the making, and creating all those amazing costumes at the Special Effects Studio of Weta Studio's in Wellington and the film has been shot all over New Zealand by our very own Sir Peter Jackson and Sir Richard Taylor from Weta Studio's.   Both of these gentleman were customers of mine some 15 years ago  when I worked for Dow Corning and we supplies them our mould making rubbers.

Cate Blanchett, who plays Galadriel, at the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington today on the Red Carpet.

Sir Peter Jackson

The Stage from Middle Earth

Yes it's Wednesday the middle of the week and only 27 sleeps until Christmas and of course it's special because it's

Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Congratulations to our winner and to our Top 3 cards,  wonderful work and this week we have another wonderful sketch from Arlana.  If I'm rating this sketch out of 

EASY, MEDIUM, or HARD.

This sketch is EASY and looks great.

Sketch #182

Here's my card using our new sponsors image this is 

Elf Toodle

 from 

Broken Box Stock our new sponsor.

A Little Bit About Wendy Sefcik the owner of 

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.

Wendy is offering our grand prize winner this week's challenge

Prize: Holiday Toodle Set Printable Page 

Thanks, Wendy, for your generous prize!

You can find Broken Box Stock

My store is found at: www.brokenboxstock.com

http://www.brokenboxstock.com/item/Holiday_Toodle_Set_/672/c115

Don't forget to drop by the rest of the wonderful design team and see what they've created using Wendy's images from 

Broken Box Stock over at

Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Challenges I'm Entering This Week:

Cards for Men Challenge #24 Merry Christmas

Crafty Boots Challenge Anything Goes

Digi Darla's Challenge Friendship 

Make It Monday Challenge # 117

Digital Tuesday Challenge #188 Girly

Creative Card Crew Challenge #24 Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Free For All

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #42 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #17 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: Forest Green and Red Bazzills

3. Design Papers: Rosie's Studios Festive Collection

5. Image: Elf Toodle by Broken Box Stock

6. Colour Medium: Copics, Black, White and Silver Gel Pens

7. Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Deckle Rectangle, Classic Rectangle, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Tacky Glue and Martha Stewart white glitter and Glossy Accents.

8. Embellishments: Ribbon, Gems, Braid, Tole all form my stash.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week Christmas Shopping, Baking and Crafting.

Hugs to everyone

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #172 Sponsored by DigiStamp Boutique

 Graduation Louie

 from DigiStamp Boutique

Good morning everyone and welcome to another wonderful Wednesday which means it's Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Today's card is for my son Liam once he Graduates from his present school and goes onto College next year.  He doesn't finish school until 12th December our Wedding Anniversary so I thought I would give him his card then and a little present to go with it.

As this card has been made for a young teenage male, I really didn't want to use a flower for my embellishments so I decided to make my own Graduation Certificate and Graduation Cap or Mortarboard as it's given name and I'm just so pleased how my card turned out.

Congratulations to our winner and our top 3 cards, great work ladies.

Here is this weeks Sketch you'll love the results and it's very simple and straight forward to make.

Sketch #172

My finished card using Graduation Louie.

Now for our sponsor this week. 

It's Sally-Ann Hancock

from

DigiStamp Boutique

A little bit about Sally-Ann Hancock the owner and designer for DigiStamp 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.

This week our lucky winner will be able to choose

6 Digi Images

From DigiStamp Boutique

The team at Sweet Sketch Wednesday really appreciate Sally-Ann's  generosity being our monthly sponsor since Sweet Sketch Wednesday started and for giving our winner each month 6 Digi Images to choose from her website.   

Every month Sally-Ann has a wonderful selection of new images to work with and there's images there that would suit everyone's taste.  Also if you've never used a digi before she always has a new freebie image each month for you to download and have a play with.

If you haven't visited DigiStamp Boutique before or it's been a while here's where to look for her images.

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

http://www.digistampboutique.blogspot.com/

http://www.lovetodoodle.blogspot.com/

The design team have made so many wonderful cards using Sally-Ann's images just for you this week so please don't forget to drop by and show them a little love over at 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Challenges I'm entering:
Make It Mondays Challenge #107

Divas by Design #53 Lovely Layers

Thru The Craft Room Door Challenge #36

Use It Tuesday Challenge #39Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop Final Challenge #125 Anything Goes

Cards for Men Challenge #189  Going Digital
DigiStamp Boutique September Challenge

Card Ingredients:

1. Base: White SU
2. Coloured Card: Kraft card, Black Bazzill, and Gold card from Rosie's Studio's
3 Design Papers: Which I just love 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 Magnolia Grove Pad
4. Image: Graduation Louie from DigiStamp Boutique
5. Colour Medium: Copics
6. Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Rectangle, Glossy Accents, Pop Dots, Glue Dots and Tacky Glue.

7. Embellishments: Scroll which I made from rolled up cream handmade paper and a fine red ribbon and the Capping Hat or Mortarboard I made from heavy black card board gold thread.  I also used black gems on Louie's Mortarboard.

Take care everyone have a wonderful week, I have my boys coming home from school on Friday evening for 3 weeks holiday.

Happy Crafting.

Becoming A Teenage Boy.

One of Liam's 13th Birthday Cards

Good morning everyone, I'm sharing a card I made a couple of weeks ago for my son's 13th Birthday.  It's pretty basic masculine card, if he had been a daughter this card would have been totally different as I would have add so many more embellishments and bling, something I couldn't do for my 13 year old son.

I feel what I did use was enough as this image told the story.

In the image you'll see a round black pillow my son has one just like it, it's like a mini bean bag and very stretchy which he takes to boarding school and loves they're called

 "Cuddley Buddlies", so as soon as I saw the round pillow I knew I had to colour it black to match his, and I had to buy him a black one so it matched his "Manchester United Duvet Cover" for his bed (and they say girls are fussy).  But the funnest thing was as soon as he saw his card he said Mum you put my Cuddley Buddly in.  Well I didn't but Mo Manning did in this wonderful teenage digital image. 

Finished card using 'Paul Typing' by Mo Manning.

Challenges I'm entering this card:

Cards for Men Challenge # 19 Going Digital

Crafty Boots Challenge One x1 Design Paper, 1 Image, 1 Ribbon

Love to Create Challenge #32 Show us your ribbon

Bearly Mine Challenge 52 Anything Goes

Milk Coffee Challenge Show U s At Least Two Different Shapes

Rectangle and Triangles

Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge #134 Show Us Your Favourite Stamp (My Favourite Masculine Stamp)

Card Ingredients: 

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: Black, Red and Blue Bassill

3. Design Paper: Unknowen

4. Image: Paul Typing  digital image by Mo Manning

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Embellishments: Braids, Ribbon and Paper Clip all from my stash.

Take care everyone wishing you a wonderful weekend and happy crafting.
Hugs

Cards for Men Challenge #18 G is for Green

G is for Green Games Boy

Today I'm entering one of Ryan's birthday cards into Cards for Men Challenge G is for Green.  Both of my boys have birthdays so close to each other that I have to come up with new and interesting cards for each of them as they are my biggest critics.

I made this card for Ryan's 10th birthday, and he knows how much I hate his PSP or XBox.  That's why they are only allowed to play them if it's raining or during the school holidays and school holidays can't come around quick enough in our house hold.

I was really pleased how this card turned out.

Card Recipe:

Base: White SU

Coloured Card: Blue and Green Bazzill

Design Paper: It's very old and unknown source

Image: Mo Manning's Game Boy

Colour Medium: Copics, Copic atyou Spica in gold, silver, black, black & white embossing pen and glass finish.

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Square, Happy Birthday Embossing folder, pop dots and glue dots.

Embellishments: Ribbon and Fancy Paper Clip from my stash.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week of crafting.

Hugs

"Your My Love Bug" Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #89

"Love Bug"

Good morning everyone here it is Wednesday again.  This weeks been a very busy week and thank goodness we've had a shower of rain this morning to cool the air as it's been very humid in the last 4 or 5 days.

Thank you to all our wonderful followers over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday we had an amazing number of entries this week and this week has been know exception with the most talented ladies and your entries you all amaze and wow me every week with your cards.  This week Barbara over at Forgotten Scraps  printed her image on material, coloured her image and then made bags and sews them using the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch #88 which was totally amazing!!!  so creative, I loved the mushroom bag.

This week Arlana has another wonderful sketch she has created for you to play with, I really love this one!!!

Sketch #89

With such a wonderful sketch we have a wonderful sponsor who is just so supportive of Sweet Sketch Wednesday and very generous with her digital images.  That's right you know who I'm taking about it's

Sally-Ann Hancock from

DigiStamp Boutique

Sally-Ann

 is offering our very lucky winner this week

6 Free Digi Images

Isn't that wonderful as there are just so many to choose from and Sally-Ann has new images coming out every month. 

Thanks Sally-Ann for your continuous support it's so much appreciated.

If you haven't seen Sally-Ann's images pop over to

DigiStamp Boutique

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

http://www.digistampboutique.blogspot.com/

http://www.lovetodoodle.blogspot.com/

Now it's time to pop over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog and see what the rest of our team have been up too with Sketch #89 and DigiStamp Boutique images.  Whilst your there send them a little love as they all work really hard each week to bring you this wonderful challenge and comment on all your work and we all love comments.

Card Recipe:

Base:White SU Card

Coloured Card: Red Bazzill

Design Paper: Paper Chic by Grant Archival #1623 one side of the Paper is Red background with Silver Scroll and the reverse side I've used is white background with the red scroll.

Image: Love Bug Male by DigiStamp Boutique.

Colour Medium: Copic Markers

Tools: Cuttlebug, Nesties Classic Oval, Scalloped Oval, Fancy Tags, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Glass Finish for the heart.

Sentiment: PC generated using Lucida Calligraphy Font.

Embellishments: Silver Mesh recycled from a gift, white and silver ribbon, cream satin heart coloured with copic markers red,  green and red gems from my stash.

Showing how this image has been layered using Pop Dots for the 3D effect.

Challenges  I'm Entering:

1. Cupcake Challenge #129           I Love You
2. Digital Tuesday Challenge       Die Cuts
3. Crafty Sentiments Designs  Valentines/Love
4. Totally Gorjuss Challenge #67 Love
5. Cards for Men Challenge  Challenge #4 A Recipe for you, 1 image, 2 design papers, 3 embellishments.

I read a post on a fellow blogger's blog about this adorable digital image by Sylvia Zet

who is the designer from Wee Stamps released "Wee Suzi" yesterday along with two other really cute digi's.

                                             http://www.sylviazet.blogspot.com/

 

By spreading the word she is offering "Wee Suzi" as a freebie!

She's so adorable! I love images like this!! So I couldn't resist!

Here's Sylvia's blog as well.

 http://www.sylviazet.blogspot.com/
Offer lasts till Wednesday 12 o'clock midday her time (16.02.2011).

Get going you haven't go long.

Take care everyone and have a wonderful week.

Thank you once again for all of your lovely comments they are so much appreciated.

Hugs to everyone

"Gone Fishing" Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #80

"Gone Fishing"

Good morning everyone, well what a week!!???!!! If it doesn't rain it pours!!! I've had major computer problems all week and haven't been able to get into blogger to comment on all of those wonderful cards, I do apologise for not commenting but I'll be back with you all this week. I haven't felt very well this week, my doctor changed my medication which hasn't been good, I'm feeling a little bit better today life still goes on. Late last week a good friend of mine lost her brother in a motorbike accident, he was hit by a car and killed instantly so the funeral is tomorrow.

Today is Sweet Sketch Wednesday and it's 11.32pm Wednesday night and I've finally been able to get into Blogger and post my card. Today is my boys last day of school for the year and are now on their summer holidays, so they are off until 1st February 2011. It's still very hot here in New Zealand around about two months too early, some parts of the country have been declared that they are in an official drought already and that is usually January and February so I think we are going to be having a very long hot summer.

Sketch #80

Another wonderful sketch from Arlana this week, isn't it great?

This week our Sponsor is Sally-Ann Hancock

from

DigiStamp Boutique

Sally-Ann is offering the lucky winner this week

6 Digital Images

of the winners choice

DigiStamp Bouitique

It's going to be a really hard decision and there is just so many wonderful images to choose from and there are always new images coming out every month.

Thanks Sally-Ann for being such and wonderful sponsor every month we really appreciate it.

Now hop over to see my teamates and see what they have created for you this week, there are some real yummy cards over at

Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Card Recipe

Base: Natural base Rosie's Creations
Board: Dark Green and Chocolate Brown Bazzill, Gold foil paper.
Design Papers: K & Company Fishing Lures and Karen Foster Green Fish Texture.
Image: Alf Fishing by DigiStamp Boutique
Colour Medium: Copic, Gold & Silver Gel Pens
Embellishments: Gold and Bronze Brads, Gold Twine and Twine, Gold ring and Button from my Stash.
Tools: Pop Dots, Glue Dots

I really had know idea what papers I was going to use for this card. Last Saturday driving home from Ryan's cricket game I called into one of out local craft stores that was closing down and this is where I came accross these amazing design papers that just worked perfectly for this image. I'm so glad I called in now to see what they had on sale.

I'm entering this card into one challenge this week Cards for Men Challenge #25

Wishing everyone a great week and thanks for all of your lovely comments.

Hugs

Red Wine and Snoozing Under the tree. Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #78

' Snoozing under the Tree'

Good morning everyone and what a wonderful morning it is.

There's 3 good reasons why it's so good

Number 1. It's the 1st day of summer in New Zealand

Number 2. 24 More sleeps to go before Christmas.

Number 3. It's Sweet Sketch Wednesday today

This week has been so busy as it's getting so close to Christmas and I still have Christmas shopping to do.

This week Arlana has another wonderful sketch for us over at

Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Sketch # 78
This week our fabulous sponsor is Di form Di's Digi Downloads

Di is offering the lucky winner

5 Digi Downloads of the winners choice.

Wow the winner is going to be spoiled for choice as there are just so many wonderful images to choose from.

That's a fantastic prize this week and thanks Di for being our sponsor. Your images are amazing to work with, I can never make up my mind what to choose as I want them all.

So if you have never visited Di's online shop just click here and pay her a visit:

http://disdigidownloads.blogspot.com/

This week I'm entering my card into the following Challenges:

Cards for Men Challenge #24 Christmas Card

Stampin for the weekend Challenge #51 Winter

Crafty Sentiment Designs Challenge Blog challenge # 45 Christmas

Card Recipe:

Base: White SU
Coloured Board: Red and Green Bazill
Patterned Paper: The Creative Cottage Robbie and Roxanne
Image: Snoozing from Di's Digi Downloads

Colour Medium: Copics, Black, White, Gold and Silver Gel pens.

Tools: Glass Finish, Clear Embossing Pen, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug embossing folder Christmas, Nestabilities Classic Square.

Embellishments: Ribbon, button, gems and paper quilling gifts.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week and weekend.

HAPPY CRAFTING

and a BIG THANK YOU for all of your lovely comments.

HUGS