Hootie

Welcome back friends! It's the last Wednesday of the month - where did July go? At Sweet Sketch Wednesday we're closing out the month with twist in our weekly challenge - "Show us your Polka Dots".

The sketch this week is a blast from the past layout created by our own Sally Dube. For the challenge this week use this sketch with a polka dot theme and play along with us.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Pattie Gomez, the owner and illustrator of images at Pattie's Creations. There is such a lovely selection of digi images available at her store so be sure to check it out. The grand prize winner of the challenge this week will receive two free digi images from Pattie's Creations. Thanks Pattie for your generous sponsorship!

I chose this adorable owl called Hootie by Pattie's Creations. It was colored with Copic markers and combined with fun digital papers from Raspberry Road called Whoo Loves You.

Now be sure to stop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday to see other Pattie's Creations images that the design team has used on their cards created for your inspiration.

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Lemonade Cat

Happy Wednesday friends and followers! Here's my inspiration for you today as part of the new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I'm enjoying the summer as much as this kitty is with the warm sunny days and relaxing in the heat!

We have this fantastic sketch for you to follow in the challenge this week. I love the unique look of it - one of my favorite sketches this year. I hope it interests you too so you'll give it a try and play along with us!

We welcome back Eureka Stamps as our sponsor of this week's challenge. Oh my what a selection of digi stamps you'll find at Eureka! Everything from whimsical to lovely and lots of technique tutorials on their website. Our lucky grand prize winner will receive three free digi stamps from Eureka - a fantastic prize!

My SSW teammate Heide and I both chose this cute image from Eureka called Lemonade Cat (great minds and great friends think alike!) I have been known to slurp up my mom's delicious lemonade while stretching out in the sun on our Lake Michigan beach a time or two so it reminded me of that! This fun kitty was colored with Copics and the summery papers were remnants found in my stash from years ago.

We have a terrific selection of cards using other adorable images from Eureka Stamps over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Stop by there and give it look and be inspired to join our challenge!

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Cooling Off

I have this fun card to share with you today for the start of a new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. It's time again for our monthly sponsor Digi Stamp Boutique and the team has a lot of terrific DSB images we're highlighting in our samples.

Here's the sketch to follow for the challenge this week. It goes together easily and has a terrific look.

Sally Ann at Digi Stamp Boutique is our sponsor this time offering our grand prize winner a £10 voucher to the DSB store.  Thanks Sally Ann for your generous sponsorship!

I chose this humorous image from DSB to create my summer fun card called Alf Cooling Off. He was fun to color with Copic markers and is a good image for guy cards. The papers are from Stampin' Up.

Now take a stroll over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday for details on how to play in the challenge this week and to see the fab cards the design team created for your inspiration.

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Daffodil

Happy Wednesday!  Now that I'm relaxed from a little bit of vacation on the shore of Lake Michigan, I'm ready to jump right back to the next challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!  We have a terrific sketch and a favorite sponsor this week so let's get going...

Isn't this a great sketch? I love how this layout that Sally created turns out in real life. Give it a try and join us this week in challenge.

We're so lucky and happy to have Heather from Fresh Brewed Designs as our sponsor for the challenge this week. Heather has such a fun shop full of wonderful digis for any card or occasion so be sure to check it out. The grand prize winner of the challenge this week will receive three free digis of their choice from Fresh Brewed Designs.  Thanks for your generous sponsorship Heather!

I chose this sweet girl Daffodil from Fresh Brewed Designs and colored her up with Copic markers. Her apron was digitally paper pieced and the card uses digi papers called County Fair designed by Sara Schmutz and purchased through www.designhousedigital.com. I love this digital paper kit!

Now head on over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday to check out the other beautiful cards created with Fresh Brewed images using the challenge sketch this week.

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Watermelon Girl

Just back tonight from a trip to Purdue with my son where he is officially enrolled now for fall classes. Oh my, I wish the clock would stop! I'm not sure I'm ready for him to leave the nest yet. He'll be there for good in about six weeks and I'm trying to not think about it!

So to get my mind off that, here's my card for this week's challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!

This is the fantastic challenge sketch to follow - I love how this layout turns out. Our Sally sure has talent in drawing these up.  Give this one a try - you'll love the result.

Dearie Dolls is our sponsor this week and Mary Ellen the owner and artist has the cutest darn digis you'll ever find. What's even more special is that Mary Ellen has an entire site of freebies here:  Dearie Dolls Freebies.  And if you can't find something there (hard to imagine) then visit her Etsy Shop Deariesbyme where there are some really special digis available.

I chose this adorable Watermelon Girl from the Dearie Dolls freebie site. I knew I had the perfect papers to match with it and watermelons and summer go hand in hand.

Now you just have to take a peek at the fabulous cards our design team made using other Dearie Dolls images. Hop on over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday for the inspiration!

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Bird On My Fairy Toes

Happy Wednesday friends! This week's challenge starts today at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and we've got a blast from the past sketch with a twist this time. The twist is using buttons and bows on your card.

Here's the sketch to follow - one of my favorite looks from the past. I like all the layers and the weaving of the ribbon through the horizontal strips of designer papers.

We're so happy to welcome back Sami Stamps as our sponsor this week. Samantha Siemers Ratliff is the owner and illustrator of the wonderful images you'll find at Sami Stamps.  The grand prize winner will receive a $12 gift certificate to Sami Stamps - a fantastic prize so join us in the challenge and you just might win! Thanks Sami for your generous sponsorship!

I chose this beautiful image from Sami Stamps called Bird On My Fairy Toes to create my inspiration card for you today.  It was brought to life with Copic markers and paired with pretty papers from Basic Grey's Plumeria collection.  Lots of sparkle here with glitter and a glitter pen and shimmery ribbon to make it seem magical.

So now, stop on by Sweet Sketch Wednesday and see what we created for your inspiration today using a variety of Sami Stamps images.  You'll love what you see there from the design team.

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Cheeky Monkey

Welcome back friends! I have this fun Cheeky Monkey card today for the new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday featuring Digi Stamp Boutique as our sponsor.

Here's the spectacular sketch to follow. I like the oval set horizontally which makes it perfect for wider images and as a backdrop for an image cut out like I chose to do on my card.

Sally Ann from Digi Stamp Boutique is our monthly sponsor and sponsor of this week's challenge. Sally always is so generous in her sponsorship and is offering the grand prize winner a £10 voucher to her shop. You can get a gob of digis with that!

I chose Cheeky Monkey BBQ for my card. He is perfect for a guy card or for an invitation to a backyard barbecue this summer.  I paired him with summer papers from My Mind's Eye.  He was colored with Copic markers and fussy cut and mounted on the oval panel in the sketch with foam tape.

Now stop on by Sweet Sketch Wednesday and see the rest of the design team cards, including the other two Cheeky Monkey images that come in the set from Digi Stamp Boutique.

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Vintage Flowers

Welcome back friends. Here's my card for the new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I chose to go with a bit of a vintage look this week with the image from The Stamping Boutique.

It's a fun and easy to put together sketch for the challenge that Sally drew up. Give it a try and join us in the challenge!

 We're sponsored this week by Tracey Malnofski, the owner of The Stamping Boutique. Tracey offers a wonderful selection of digi stamps that are unique, whimsical and super fun to create with. The grand prize winner of the SSW2 challenge will receive three free digis from The Stamping Boutique. But... if the grand prize winner has used an image from The Stamping Boutique they will receive four free digis!  What a great way to motivate you to use our sponsor's images!  Thanks Tracey for your generous sponsorship!

I used Flowers 1 from The Stamping Boutique for my card. I popped up two of the flowers for added dimension.  It was colored with Copic markers, the papers are from My Mind's Eye and the embellishments from my stash.

Now stop on by Sweet Sketch Wednesday to see the wonderful selection of cards from the design team using The Stamping Boutique images.

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A Stack of Ladybugs

Welcome back for a new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. This week we're sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, one of our favorite companies out there so we have a fun selection of cards to inspire you.

But first, here's my son, the high school graduate!

It's been such an exciting time around our house these past few weeks! He will be attending Purdue University in the fall studying mechanical engineering technology.  So proud of him!

Now on with the challenge sketch...

Another terrific one by our own Sally. I like how this one turns out!

Bugaboo Stamps is the challenge sponsor this week. We always have a fun time creating with the images that Jodi creates there. The grand prize winner will receive 7 free digis from Bugaboo - a fantastic prize!

I choose this adorable Bugaboo image called Ladybug Stack.  Who doesn't love ladybugs? They're just so perky. Especially when colored with a variety of colors with my Copic markers.

Now hop on over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday and see what we've created for your inspiration this week.

Thanks for stopping by!