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.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #164

Today is Wednesday and that means it's another wonderful

Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Congratulations to our winner and our Top 3 cards this week and it's so nice to see some of our older followers returning after having time off.  

Sweet Sketch Wednesday have nearly hit the 600 mark for followers...Wow that's amazing I know so many people love following Arlana's great sketches.

This week Arlana has another great sketch and I know you'll love working with it as much as I did.

Sketch #164

Here's my card using a beautiful image

 from this week's sponsor

Digi Doodle Shop.  I had so much fun colouring my image and I'm so happy how my card turned out.

This image reminded me of my Dad he always had beautiful gardens fruit, vegetable and flowers and he always had a bed of Marigold's in our garden.

A little Bio on two amazingly talented ladies the mother and daughter team from

Digi Doodle Shop

Digi Doodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts.  It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps.  Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair.  Having these two complimenting styles have enabled

Digi Doodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps.

It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations.  We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.

Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you.

Sincerely,

Judy and Joy

This week the lucky winner of Sketch #164 will receive 

Prize:  $10 Store Gift Certificate

 Good for 10 days upon receipt

There are just so many wonderful images to choose from you won't know where to start.  If you haven't already checked out the girls shop here are their sites.

http://digidoodleshop.com/

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to drop by my partners in crime over at 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday and see what the rest of our amazing Diva's have created with 

Digi Doodle Shop images.

Challenges:

Make it Monday Challenge #99 with Digi My World

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge # 117 Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Challenge # 18 Use it two times at least 

(Ribbon and Gems)

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #141 Leaf In It

 Card Ingredients:

1. Base: White SU

2. Card: Yellow and Orange Kaisercraft card,  Green Bazzill.

3. Design Papers: The Mango Frost Matstack from DCWV

4. Image: MARIGOLDS from Digi Doodle Shop

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Square and Scalloped Square, Pop Dots,

 Glue Dots and Tacky  Glue.

7. Embellishments: Very old ribbon from my stash which is the last of it and gems from my stash.

Wishing everyone a lovely week crafting.

Hugs

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #149

Sponsor

 Digi Doodle Shop

Good evening followers this posting was meant to be scheduled and due to be posted at 12.01 am on Wednesday morning.  I completed my posting last week and scheduled it for 11th April 2012 before going to our beach house for an Easter break and extended holiday with my family.  Just before it was due to be posted Wednesday evening New Zealand time I realised I had a spelling error in my post so decided to edit it and I don't know what I did but I edited all the contents to blog land and all that posted was my title.  I did this from my iPhone as I was still up at the beach house, I was completely gutted, I then thought I would try to edit last weeks post and see what would happen to that YES I lost all the contents of that as well into blog land.  By then I wanted to pull my hair out.  As it had started to rain I told the boys we were packing up and coming home where my reliable computer was sitting.  

I apologise for this posting not being on my site when it should have been.  So now I know from experience don't even try to edit from your iPhone BIG MISTAKE.

It's Sweet Sketch Wednesday and congratulation's to last weeks winners, I commented on so many beautiful cards you all surprise me every week with your amazing creations.

Arlana has another amazing sketch and I just adore this one as it really shows off our amazing images and our wonderful design papers.

Sketch # 149

Isn't this image just beautiful it's called

A Field of Flowers

Our Sponsors this week is

Digi Doodle Shop

A Note from Judy and Joy

Digi Doodle Shop

Digi Doodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts.  It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps.  Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair.  Having these two complimenting styles have enabled

Digi Doodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps.

 It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations.  We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.

  
Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you.
  

Sincerely,

Judy and Joy

  

Digi Doodle Shop are offering our very luck winner 

$10.00 Gift Certificate

Don't forget to check out Judy's and Joy's amazing images

here at

http://digidoodleshop.com/

 http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to drop by and check out what our amazing design team have created for you this week with their selected images from Digi Doodle Shop 

they look AMAZING

here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Card Ingredients:

1. Base White SU

2. Peach Bazzill

3. Design paper by Kaisercraft Tea at Elsie's Collection Darleejing

4. Image is A Field of Flowers by Digi Doodle Shop

5. Colour Medium Copic's

6. Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Circle, Circle Fancy Lace, Carnation, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, pop dots, glue dots, hot melt glue gun.

 7. Embellishments: Lace, Peach and Silver Satin ribbon, Kaisercraft Pearl Brad and my flower is from Spellbinders which is a Carnation but I'm unsure if this is what it should look like.  Please let me know if you have it and is this the way it should look????  I haven't used the leaves from the set I've used a Martha Stewart punch.

This card is one of my very favourites I've made I'm just so happy how it turned out and they colour combo was perfect.

Challenges I'm entering:

Love to Create Challenge #10 Birthdays

Digital Tuesday Challenge #155 Birthdays

One Stop Craft Challenge #177 Pastels and Die Cuts

Cupcake Craft Challenge Cupcake #187 Spring in the Air

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge #52 It's a Celebration 

Wishing everyone a wonderful week crafting and thank you for all your lovely comments and emails they are all very much appreciated.

Hugs

"It's Springtime" Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #92

"It's Springtime "

Good morning everyone well I'm so jealous that everyone in the Northern Hemisphere are talking about Springtime and spring flowers.  That only means one thing it's down hill for me as we are in the start of Autumn which means winter is just around the corner.

Well today is another wonderful Wednesday and that means it's Sweet Sketch Wednesday and congratulations to all of our winners last week on your sweet cards and to all our non winners congratulations as they were all great.  Thanks once again for following us at SSW.

This week we have another great sketch for our very talented Arlana Patten, I loved working with this sketch and it looks awesome once your card is finished.

Sketch # 92

This week Sweet Sketch Wednesday are lucky enough to have Digi Doodle  Shop as our sponsor and the design team have been working their magic with Digi Doodle Images.

 

Digi Doodle Shop are giving the lucky winner this week a

$10.00 Gift Certificate

to spend at the Digi Doodle Shop. 

 So hop across to Digi Doodle and check out all of their wonderful images, there's just so many to choose from you'll be spoilt for choice.  I can never make up my mind on which one to choose, I want them all!!!

http://digidoodleshop.com/

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/

Please pop over to the rest of the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team and peruse their wonderful cards and leave them a little bit of Springtime Love on their creations.





Card Recipe:

Base: Yellow Bazzill

Card: Lilac, Apple Green, Mauve Bazzill

Design Papers: Cuddly Buddly Peppy Papers (Tartan for the Scottish Thistle)

Image: Butterfly and Thistle from Digi Doodle Shop

Colour Medium: Copic Markers, Black Embossing Pen, Glass Finish

Tools: Cuttlebug, Classic Squares, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Martha Stewart Frond Punch.

Embellishments:  Green Ric a Rac, Flowers and Brad from my stash.

Copic Colours Used 

Y08, Y17, YR04, YR07, YG03, YG06, YG11, YG23, YG67, V00, V04, V06, C1, C3, C5, BG10, B32, RV29, 100

Total 19 Colours

I'm entering this card into some other challenges they are as follows:

Crafty Calendar Challenge #18 Spring

Magical Monday Challenge Week 17 Spring Colours

Stampin For the Weekend Challenge #5 Springtime

Stamp Something March Digi Day Challenge

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #15 Signs of Spring!

Thank you everyone for all of your lovely comments wishing you all an amazing week of Fun, Friends, Family and Crafting.

Hugs

'Strawberries and Cream' Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #73

'Strawberries and Cream'

Good morning everyone here it is another wonderful Wednesday and we all know what that means thats right its Sweet Sketch Wednesday here again. Its a wonderful spring morning here in New Zealand, the sun is out the birds a whistling and there isn't a cloud in the sky!!! Roll on Summer!!! We have just had a long weekend and you couldn't have asked for better weather for this time of year it was hot and sunny so we had a few days up at our beach house.

This week we have another wonderful sketch from our own very talented Arlana, and this is another great sketch to work with.

Card Recipe

Base: White SU card
Card: Red Bazzill
Papers: Plain Green and Patterned Magnolia Papers. Red and White Stripe Pavlova paper.
Image: Digi Doodle Shop Strawberries
Colour Medium: Copic Markers a total of 15 colours used. 0, YG03, 06,11, 23,67, G5, 17, R0, 11, 27, 29, 59, Y08, C1
Embellishments: Pop Dots for mounting, Glue Dots, Strawberry Buttons and 3 ribbons layered on top of each other from my stash.
Tools: Glue stick, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Classic Square

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Sara

Digi Doodle Shop
and they are offering our lucky winner
$10.00 Gift Voucher
http://www.digidoodleshop.com/

Thanks so much for being our Sponsor this week. There are so many wonderful images to choose from your going to be spoiled for choice. So you know what to do get cracking and start designing your wonderful cards.

Now take a moment and visit my team mates the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The ladies this week have some amazing creations for you drool over.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and wishing everyone a great weekend ahead.

Hugs

Pretty Pansies Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch # 57

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch # 57
Well here it is another Wednesday already, hopefully if my scheduled posting works, I'll be away with my family down Mt Ruapehu in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand skiing. Yes we're in the middle of winter here and my boys love skiing. It's about a 4 hour drive from our home, otherwise we have to go to Christchurch or Queenstown in the South Island to ski on the Southern Alps these are some of the best ski fields in the world, we have thousands of overseas visitors here each year just to ski on there mountains some stay for the whole of the winter.

Now I've told you what I'm up to, it's time to have a look at what our wonderful team of designers have been up to at Sweet Sketch Wednesday this week. They have worked overtime this week, I had a sneak preview of some of their cards before they were posted and they look A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

This week our sponsor is

Digi Doodle Shop

Sara is giving the lucky winner $10.00 Gift Voucher

Won't that be wonderful, but who ever the lucky winner is they'll have such a hard time choosing from so many wonderful images, we are spoilt for choice and these images are great to colour.

Here is another great sketch from our very talented Arlana. Arlana I love this sketch it was great to put together and I know I'll used this design over and over again. I have used Pop Dots behind my diamond so that it stands out from the rest of the card.

Card Recipe
Base: White SU card base.

Card: Purple Bazzill, Lime Green Craft Creations Paper.

Patterned Paper: Pavlova Papers Mauve Scroll & Pastel Stripe Apple Cider.

Image: Pansies from Digi Doodle Shop.
Medium: Coloured with Copic Markers.

Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Squares, Divine Swirls Embossing Folder.

Embellishments: Purple Tulle and Satin Ribbons, Pop Dots.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my creation. Wishing you all a wonderful week.

Take care with big hugs.