Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Freshly Made Sketches: Merry & Bright

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Jen B.


I have a new die that I think this sketch was made for! It's the perfect sketch for showing off a large die or a large stamp!

FMS Merry Bright

I fell in love with this snowflake die from the moment that I saw it.  It was designed by Kay Miller who has an Etsy store with clay ornaments just like this. Here's a sampling from her blog of the ornaments she has made. I fell in love with them last year so when I saw the dies, there was no doubt they would show up in my collection.  

FMS Merry Bright CloseUp

There are a million ways to build up the snowflake with the variety of pieces that come with the die set and there are a million different color combos. There are gorgeous cards out there on Pinterest, etc. and I looked at a lot of them for inspiration. I actually ended up lifting my color combo from bed linens at IKEA!


I also need to give credit to Laurie at Soapbox creations. I had made the snowflake one day and decided on the sentiment but with that bold snowflake, the sentiment seemed lost. I put it aside and the next morning, I saw Laurie's card using score lines with the sentiment.  Problem solved!! 

I hope to see you playing along this week with Freshly Made Sketches.

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The white dots in the center and edges are Mark Richards Glitter Domes. I used to get them at Archivers before they closed, but you can still Google them and they are available at various places.

17 comments:

  1. Soooo cool! A kaleidoscope of color! What a fabulous die cut and your colors are wonderful!

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  2. So gorgeous, Kim!!! Love your color choices!

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  3. That snowflake it amazing! So many tiny pieces! And I love your color inspiration! Thanks for sharing that!

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  4. I SO need this snowflake die!! Kay did a wonderful job here!!
    And i love how you've used it!! Awesome colors!!!

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  5. Kim this is just like one of Kay's ornaments. Absolutely gorgeous love every detail and your colour choices. Love!

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  6. Great bold colours! Love the die! It's on my wish list!

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  7. Fabulous die and such a wonderful color scheme! Perfect card for the sketch!

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  8. LOVE this bright, coloured snowflake Kim! Thanks for the inspiration! Have a lovely day! Hazel xx

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  9. Gorgeous card, gorgeous snowflake die. Karen x

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  10. Oh wow Kim! That snowflake is amazing! Absolutely amazing! I love the vibrant colours! The sentiment is so beautiful as well! This will delight someone for sure!

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  11. Wow, what a fantastic snowflake. You've got a lot of patience to put all those little bits and bobs on there! It's got a bit of a Scandanavian feel to it, especially with the colors you've chosen (not to mention that you found some of your inspiration at IKEA)!

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  12. OHHHHHH snap! This is CRAZY beautiful! I love the color--I would NEVER think to do that! Dang I need that die now! ;)

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  13. Uniquely beautiful--love this!

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  14. Wow, these are the very nice collection. Can you please upload more designs?
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