SSW: 199-Paper Addictions

Whoops, sorry for the late post but we are in the midst of Spring Break and I just plumb forgot that it was Wednesday! 

We had a ton of snow and it made the hubby freaked out to travel so we are having a stay-cation.  That means movies, museums and lots of lazy days to sleeping in (OK, it's only 7:30 but sadly that is sleeping in here).  Despite the snow we're having fun and I've had lots free time to craft.  Yippee!

Since it IS Wednesday, it means it's time for another sketch challenge from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  This week we have a new sponsor: Jacqueline Mathews from Paper Addictions.  Here's a bit more about her:

My name is Jacqueline Mathews and I am a crafter and designer. I love paper, pens, doodling, stamping and above all designing. I have a degree in fine arts with an emphasis in graphic design. I worked in the graphic design industry for many years and quit 15 years ago to become a stay at home mom for my 3 kids. Now that the kids are older and don’t need me as much, I am reinventing myself and have decided that I wanted to create my own line of digital stamps. I have dabbled in rubber stamping and became a “Stampin’ up!” demonstrator and had a blast, but thought it would be more fun to create my own stamps. I decided digital was the way to go. It is affordable for the customer and for the designer. I now have a digital stamp shop on Etsy called “PaperAddictions”. I would love to create my own line of rubber stamps someday, but for now I am testing my designs out in my shop to see if anyone likes them. I am pleasantly surprised that I have gotten a good response to the images I have designed so far. This positive response has motivated me to create more images in the future.

The sketch was really fun to work with, and I got to use the enormous circles that I bought a million years ago.  Our prize this week is 5 items from the Paper Addictions store.  We'd love to see you play this week!!

 

SSW198: Digistamp Boutique

It's Wednesday again and that means it's time for another sketch challenge from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog!

This week our sponsor is Sally-Ann from Digistamp Boutique.  She has some GREAT new images just in time for Easter.  I chose "Easter Dog".  Isn't he the cutest?!!  I feel that same way when confronted with a chocolate Easter bunny!
  

A little more from Sally-Ann:  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.

Sally-Ann is offering up 6 free digis as the prize this week.

The sketch this week is fun and really flexible.  We hope to see YOUR contribution to the blog this week!

SSW196-67: A Day For Daisies

Hooray ... it's the middle of the week.  I am SO ready for Spring Break (well, I'm ready for summer and the beach to be COMPLETELY honest!) This has been our wettest, snowiest winter in a long time and yet, the city is STILL saying that we will have water restrictions during the summer.  Crazy.

This is such a busy month for us here.  It's the end of Basketball season, St. Patrick's day (and a bake sale ... gotta make 2 dozen cake pops for that) Spring Break, Easter, AND two birthdays this month.  Yikes.  Can you believe that my oldest will be 10 this year?  Kids grow up too fast.

This week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, we have another great sketch and we welcome back A Day For Daisies as our sponsor.  I love her images; they are so sweet.  I chose this little cutie because he satisfied my desire for the lazy days of summer.  Can you tell that I finally got my sewing machine fixed?  I think I've sewed on my last three cards.  I love that look.
 

A Day For Daisies provides themed categories of over 1000 fun and whimsical digital images, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!

This week's prize is a $12 credit to the A Day for Daisies store.  We'd love to see your sketch and have you play along with us this week.

SSW 196: Dearie Dolls

Welcome back!

It's another challenge from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.   This week's sketch is really fun, and versatile.   I can already tell that I'll be using it again.

Our sponsor is is Mary Ellen from Dearie Dolls.   She has a very cool site.  She posts poetry and her artwork on her blog and it's all there for you to enjoy .... free.  Here's a bit more about her, in her own words:

I have always been a crafter and a stay at home mom that was able to make enough on handmades to help out and still be there for my kids who are all grown now. I have six grandchildren ranging in age from six months up to ten years. I started to draw digis about a year and a half ago. I like to write poetry and have illustrated some of my children's poems.

My digi blog is a place for card makers and others to download free images. I like to tell a little story with most digis and feel that the innocence of children is full of color, imagination and humor and so most of my artwork is a reflection of that. I truly hope that everyone that visits can find something useful and fun.

We'd like everyone to visit her site, download a favorite image and join in our sketch fun this week.  She has some wonderful images.

Our prize this week?  Why it's the instant gratification of freebie Dearie Doll images for everyone!!! Please be sure to leave Mary Ellen a sweet comment and let her know you found Dearie Dolls from SSW.

SSW 195: Bugaboo Stamps

 It's Wednesday.

Time for another sketch challenge from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  I'm not going to lie .... this week's sketch threw me for a loop. Apparently,  I'm running on mojo fumes. 

I don't know if it's the stress of having the old house's closing less than a week away (what if something goes wrong?!!) or if the oldest son's science project took up all the creative juices but I made this sketch twice (and even altered an already made ONE to make it better) and I still don't love anything that I've created.

I decided to post all my ... um ... "opportunities for improvement?" Maybe SOMETHING will get your juices flowing or you can learn from my mistakes.  Or better yet, check out the Sweet Sketch Wednesday DT's work.  There is some amazing stuff there this week! Great job this week guys.

I DO, however, love our sponsor this week. It's Jodi from Bugaboo stamps! I always get excited when she's our sponsor because her store is chock-full of images that are right up my alley!  I totally GET her humor!  This week she is giving away 7 free images to the winner.  That is SUCH a fantastic prize.  Here's more about Jodi and Bugaboo Stamps:

 

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.

Attempt #1

The remake!



So head into your craft area and get to work.  YOU could be the big winner this week!

Snow + Sunday = Craft Time!

We're under a "blizzard watch" today.

And if it weren't for the oldest's pesky science project that is due tomorrow, I would have the ENTIRE day to craft.  I keep trying to hide in the basement, away from the kidlettes and the hubby but sadly, they keep finding me!

Lena wanted us to use this image for our February meeting of the SSMIS group.  He's Cowboy Ralph from Rubbernecker.  I don't really have a lot of cowboy paper and embellishments so I made the best of the situation.  I think growing up in Arizona led to my adverse reaction to anything remotely Southwestern :-)  The gang did a fantastic job with this one, if you want to see how THEY worked with this stamp, click ~HERE~!

I think the card turned out cute though.  I'm sending it to my nephew Cam.  His birthday is Tuesday but his son was born today as an early present.  Welcome to the world Nathan Ward!

SSW 194-5: Digistamp Boutique

 

Hello Wednesday!

It's time for another sketch challenge from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

We're bringing out an old sketch but a good one.  It hales back to 2009, almost the beginning of Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  If you want to see what the designers did with the sketch then, please click here

It's the third Wednesday of the month so that means we are sponsored by the super fabulous Sally-Ann from Digistamp Boutique. We are so grateful for her continued support of our work. She is offering up 6 free digis to the winner of this week's challenge! Wa-hooo.

Here's a little about Sally-Ann in her own words:

“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.”

So join in the sketch fun.  Don't forget to link up your creation and comment so you can be eligible for those fabulous 6 free digis!