Welcome to Sweet Sketch Wednesday! This is Kathie from the design team posting this week from Auckland New Zealand. If you're a new visitor here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, we extend to you a warm welcome and our open arms of online friendship. If you are a returning friend, we greet you with a hearty smile and hugs - pull up a chair and spend some time with us!
Now before we get to the sketch this week, I'm going to continue something I started a few months ago. A lot of us that read this blog are from different parts of the world and I think it's lovely to get to know where your design team are from. One of my best subjects at school was geography and I've travelled extensively through out the world and before my husband a I met he had also travelled extensively, he's Irish but lived most of his working life in Ireland, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand. Both my boys love travelling with us, by the age of two years old my eldest had travelled to England and Ireland twice and other European, Asian and South Pacific countries.
My Little Neck of the Woods
The main city closest to where we live is Auckland, the biggest city in New Zealand which I featured a few months ago, we live about 45 minutes from Auckland in a small country town call PUKEKOHE which has a population of around 27,000 thousand which I know is small to some counties but the population of New Zealand is only 4 million. Did you know there are more Sheep in New Zealand than people???!!!
If you click on Franklin in Red that's the region I'm from scroll down the page and you'll come across a video clip on my little part of the world where I live. Franklin. Franklin is very well known for it's Market Gardening, Horse Racing, Training and Breeding, Dairy and Sheep Farming.
Another favourite part of New Zealand is Queenstown they call it "The Adventure Capital of the World". Getting 1.9 Million visitors there per year. It's situated near the West Coast of the South Island and surrounded by beautiful Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkable Mountain range, international skiers come to Queentown for the winter ski season and summer hiking and tramping. There's always A J Hackett's Bungee Jumping, Sky Diving, White Water Rafting and with it's amazing climate they grow some of New Zealand's best grapes for wine. During the summer you can always visit some of the many Vine Yards for wine tasting and tours.
Queenstown
An evening shot of Queenstown
A view during Winter
Queenstown by night during the winter.
Gibbston Valley Winery one my favourite.
Inside for a tour and tasting
The TSS Earnslaw Steamship that tours Lake Wakatipu
The Earnslaw at Walter Peak Sheep Station situation at the far end of Lake Wakatipu
Some of the amazing adventure you could try
Skydiving
A J Hackett's Bungee Jumping where he originally started in Queenstown
over the Kawarau River on the Kawarau Bridge
Jet boating on the Shotover Jet on the Shotover River
White Water Rafting
Now on with the show.
Now on with the regular post. It's time to announce the Grand Prize winner and Top Three for last week's sketch challenge #107. Drum roll please.....
The Grand Prize Winner is:
Congratulations!
Please contact Arlana at sweetberrydesigns@hotmail.com to claim your prize! Be sure to grab your Grand Prize Banner along the sidebar to proudly display on your blog!
And the Top Three are:
1. Jo (#31)
2. Rhonda-Bumblebee Creations (#9)
3. Ninarsku (#2)
Be sure to grab your Top Three Banner on the sidebar! Congratulations to you too!
We have a wonderful sketch this week for SSW108 and our wonderful sponsor Jodie from Bugaboo Stamps. Take a look....isn't this a great sketch and it's wonderful to work with.
Our wonderful sponsor this week is Jodie from Bugaboo Stamp.
Jodie is offering Grand Prize Winner
7 Digi images
worth $21.00
Please have a visit to Bugaboo Stamps there's a selection of amazing images for everybody you won't be disappointed in fact you won't stop smiling.
http://bugaboostamps.blogspot.com/
Now hang onto your hats - it's time to see the creations of the design team using the fun digi stamps from Bugaboo.
Now hang onto your hats - it's time to see the creations of the design team using the fun digi stamps from Bugaboo.
Prepare to be inspired....
Sharon from Inklined to stamp.
Patti from Paper Creations
Nancy from Mulberry Station
Linda from Stamper Touch
Judi from Sweet Bloomin Scraps
Jeannie from Dragonfly Journey
Jacki from Paper Moments
Genevieve from Genevieve's Creations
Arlana from Sweetberry Designs
Kathie from Kathie'z Kardz
To play along this week, it' simple:
1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. You may use any stamp or element you have to create your card, however, if you have any Bugaboo Stamps, we'd love to see what you do with them.
2. If posting to an on-line gallery, please use Sweet Sketch #108.
3. Add a link on your blog to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
4. Post your card along with the link.
5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your site.
6. Be sure to LEAVE A COMMENT HERE AS WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU. YOU MUST DO THIS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE GRAND PRIZE.
The most important thing of all is to have fun and enjoy your crafting.
Hugs to everyone
Kathie
