Celebrating 100 Sketches at SSW!

Happy Wednesday everyone! This is an exciting day over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday because Arlana Patten, owner of SSW, has just published her 100th sketch. We're celebrating this milestone with prizes, special offers from sponsors and a blog hop too. If you've arrived here from Linda's blog you're on the right track. If not, head on over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday for the blog hop and celebration details and begin from there. We have a lot going on this week to celebrate 100 sketches and I know you won't want to miss a thing!  So let's get started ...

To begin we have to recognize and thank our wonderful sponsor of the 100th challenge: A Day for Daisies.  Tammy, owner of ADFD, is generously offering several prizes to our followers that participate in the challenge this week:

1.  A 10% discount coupon for any purchase on her site.  The coupon code is ADFD100 FUN and is valid starting today through May 10th. This is valid only for Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge participants.
2.  Challenge participants receive a freebie from Tammy at A Day for Daisies
3.  The Top Three challenge award winners will receive a free image from A Day for Daisies
4.  The Grand Prize Winner will receive a Custom Photo Stamp from A Day for Daisies (Tammy will create a stamp from the winner's favorite photo).

And the Grand Prize winner of the challenge this week, SSW100, will also receive this blog candy from Arlana:

So you can be a big winner this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday just for playing in the challenge! I am also offering blog candy to Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge participants - see details toward the end of this post.

Here's the 100th sketch! Another fantastic sketch from Arlana. I think you'll find this one pretty simple to put together but it yields a beautiful and interesting card.

Here's a closeup of my 100th sketch card using A Day For Daisies image called "Peacock Magic". I used Copic markers and tried to capture the the flowing, layered and transparent qualities of tulle fabric which is what I envisioned a gown like this would be made of.  I added dots of glitter to add to the ethereal feel of the card. And of course, also tried to capture the colors of a peacock with a more pastel color base. I think this sweet image turned out great. Finally, the papers are from Bo Bunny.

Now to add to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 100 sketches celebration, I am offering a little blog candy too! Here's what you have to do to be in the drawing for this prize:  Become a follower of Inklined to Stamp, leave a comment at this post - tell me there if you are a new follower, participate in the challenge this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I will randomly draw from all the comments from followers that are left on this post by Tuesday, May 11 at midnight EDT and announce the winner Wednesday morning in my next Sweet Sketch Wednesday post.

And finally, on to the blog hop!  The order of the hop is below so you'll know where you are. Only a few more blogs to hop to from here :)  The next stop for you is to visit A Day For Daisies and leave comment there.

Arlana

(Sketch designer and owner of Sweet Sketch Wednesday)

Nancy

Judi

Deanne

Genevieve

Jackie

Jeannie

Kathie

Linda

Sharon (You're Here)

A Day For Daisies

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

And finally, just to cover the rules for the blog hop, prizes and the challenge this week (you can also find these at the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog):

Here are the rules of the contest for a chance to win: 

1.  Comment on each of the SSW Design Team blogs.

2. Become a follower of each of the SSW Design Team member’s blog (if your not already) a total of 10 Designers Blogs. 

3. Comment on and become a follower of A Day for Daisies             

4. Return to Sweet Sketch Wednesday after you have completed the blog hop and please leave a sweet comment.

5. Become a follower of Sweet Sketch Wednesday, if you aren’t already!!! (In comments please say if you are a follower already).

6. Create a card using Sketch #100, our Anniversary Hop Sketch.

7. Then post it on Inlinkz.

8. Completing all SEVEN steps will qualify you for the Grand Prize from Tammy over at “A DAY FOR DAISIES” on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog.

9. By doing this you have a chance to win Tammy’s wonderful prize, of a Custom Photo Stamp

10. Plus 10% discount on any purchase from the 4^th – 10^th May 2011

11. All our followers that participate get a “FREEBIE from Tammy at A DAY FOR DAISIES”. This is the sweet freebie called "Small World":

12. The Grand Prize Winner will also receive the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Blog Candy offered by Arlana.

13. Also some of my fellow SSW Design Team members have blog candy and prizes to give away so check out their sites and the qualifications that they require for their prizes.

 Thanks so much for stopping by today and I look forward to new followers and thank you all for supporting Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #98

Happy Wednesday everyone! I'm sitting in a local Starbucks right now doing this post because our power went out last night right in the middle of composing and of course without electricity I don't have cable internet either. So I'm making do to bring this new Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge to you today and the card I made for it (we crafters are resourceful aren't we?!!!).

Our sponsor this week is Digi Stamp Boutique. The owner, Sally Ann, is graciously offering the Grand Prize Winner of this week's challenge 6 Digi Stamps of their choice from the Digi Stamp Boutique. I had a hard time picking one for my card today. Can you imagine getting six free?  Thanks for the terrific prize Sally Ann!

We're getting ready to celebrate a big milestone at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and we want you to be part of it. On May 4, we'll be showing our 100th sketch here and we're planning a blog hop and other fun things to mark this accomplishment.  Of course we wouldn't get here without all of our followers and loyal participants so please mark your calendars and plan to join in the fun!

Now here's the wonderful sketch this week that Arlana created. Can you image creating 98 sketches so far? I'm so amazed at the creativity of the sketches week after week. And this one is no exception to that. It's a really fun one to create with and I do hope you'll give it go and play along this week with us.

This darling image from Digi Stamp Boutique is called "Bella on Swing" and isn't she a cutie! I dress her up with Copics and cut her out to mount on the oval panel.  The coordinating papers are all Bo Bunny. I used an EK Success border punch for the strip running horizontally with the ribbon. All other panels were diecut with Nesties. A few flower brads from my long neglected stash finish the design.

I hope you play along with the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge this week. We love seeing your creativity. And speaking of that, pop on over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog and oogle over the design team creations - you'll love the inspiration they provide.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Meowy Christmas at Sugar Creek Hollow

Oh happy Saturday! I am one week closer to a much needed vacation but so many tasks to complete before I get there. What a busy time of year. My day today will be spent shopping for those last family Christmas gifts - I really hope I can polish off those lists because I'd much rather spend tomorrow finishing my Christmas cards and enjoying a little hobby time.

Speaking of cards, today's another sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This card features the most adorable digi stamps called "Meowy Christmas" which includes the image and the sentiment. Isn't this the cutest? A perfect Christmas card for those cat lovers on your list. You can find the digi image here in the Sugar Creek Hollow Shoppe.

Though hard to tell in this particular photo, I started out recoloring the digi image to a shade of navy blue using my photo editing software. I glittered up her wings and the edges of my image panel with stickles. Her crown and details on the watch and her body were enhanced using a glitter gel pen. The vintage papers are from Bo Bunny "Midnight Frost" collection. A few rhinstone flourishes, a bow and some silky flowerettes and we're good to go!

Be sure to stop by and see the design team's Christmas card creations at the Sugar Creek Hollow blog. It'll be the inspiration you need for those last few Christmas cards you need to complete and get in the mail!  Thanks for stopping by my blog ... Meowy Christmas to you all!

Rah! Rah! Sis Boom Bah! Sweet Sketch 68

I am loving these sketches from Sweet Sketch Wednesday! This week's sketch (Sweet Sketch 68) was perfect for my card designed especially for my niece Jenny who is celebrating her 12th birthday today.  She's a cheerleader for her middle school and this image from Mo Manning at Digital Pencil Too is just perfect also!

This card went together pretty quickly - partly due to having the great sketch to follow and because the colors were already established:  Jenny's school colors of navy and gold.  The golden yellow papers are from three different companies but coordinate well together.

I printed the digital image on shimmer white paper. The only difficulty in coloring with Copics was to get the cheerleader's uniform navy without it being too dark.  I think this turned out okay. It sure looks like my niece!

I went with what I call the text message birthday greeting - I know Jenny will love that.  Hope she thinks her Aunt is cool for using it!  Took me a while to figure out what it was in the Papertrey "Birthday Bash Sentiments" stamp set.  Yes, I am lame when it comes to text message lingo!  The little bow in the corner is supposed to resemble a pom-pom for cheerleading.

So let's cheer for Jenny today!  Happy Birthday sweet niece - you're loved bunches!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Post edited 9/29/10:  I won the Sweet Sketch WednesdayChallenge #68 for this card!  I'm so excited about this!  Thanks to Arlana for the great sketch and all the members of the Sweet Sketch Wednesday design team!

Recipe:

Stamps - Mo Manning for Digital Pencil Too "Gimme A...", Papertrey Ink "Birthday Bash Sentiments"

Paper - October Afternoon "Fly A Kite: Dandelions", Cosmo Cricket "Pinwheels", Bo Bunny "Buttercup Dot", Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening (blue), White, Shimmer White

Ink - Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening, Copic markers

Accessories - Spellbinders Circle and Scallop Circle Nestibilities dies, MS scallop lace edge punch, Fiskars "Lace" corner punch, Papertrey Ribbon