Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Freshly Made Sketches: 500th Sketch!!!

It's a big day!!!  It's time for a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and it's our 500th sketch!! We are celebrating today with prizes from our wonderful sponsors and also many of our design team prizes have prizes on their blog (check it all out below) PLUS we have a fun sketch by Linda!! This is what I did with it.

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Although I'm feeling fall coming (my very favorite season), I decided I needed one more card full of vibrant floral colors so I created a rainbow of stripes behind my Poppystamps Floral Stem Collage. The Playful Hugs tucked in perfectly with that flower. 

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Five hundred sketches is such a HUGE milestone.  We can't thank you enough for supporting our challenge over all these years.  The very first sketch was in September of 2011.  It's fun to look back because one of the original design team members was Linda who also designed today's sketch for #500! (Another original is Jen Mitchell!)  I wasn't a design team member but I was absolutely honored to be a "Perfect Princess" for that first sketch.  I was invited to join in September 2014 and I absolutely cannot believe it's been that long.  It is such a joy to work with the sketches every week but even more so to work with the amazing design team!

I mentioned prizes.  Here are the sponsor with prizes just for playing this week.  Head to the FMS blog because there's even more listed there!


Then check out each team member because many of us have prizes on our blog. The prizes vary - I have two sets of products to give away.  I will randomly pick from comments on this post for the winners; however, all winners must in the US for mailing purposes.

I raided my overly large not-yet-used stash and pulled out two sets of products that might work together.  The first set is a fun set.  These are products that have been hiding in my stash until the point when all of the people in my life who would appreciate the cuteness have grown up!


I think I'm regretting parting with this stash as soon as I posted that picture.  The animal scene from Waffle Flower is just the cutest.  I tucked in a "hugs" heart die from Concord & 9th that could work well with any of the products but I had envisioned it with the panda bear dies.  And I adore the girls with their bouquets of flowers in the Newton's Nook set.

My second prize are floral sets with a big butterfly to top it all off.


The Simon Says/WPlus9 was a Stamptember set so only available for a very brief period.  Check out the amazing ways to use it at the link. It was a hard one to let go but I've found that "builder" stamps to create scenes are not my favorite type to use (Side note: I actually don't have any real artist talent - I can't draw a stick figure that you'd recognize! So a big reason that I'm drawn to this hobby is that people do the artistic work for me and design the stamps and dies.  I do believe I'm creative which means that I can put together the beautiful products created by others into a pleasing card! Thus the reason that I find the builder type stamp sets hard to work with!)  The variety of flowers and toadstools from i-crafter is simply it turned out as I was exploring my stash that I have two of them!  The Memory Box big butterfly is just because all those flowers need a butterfly!

All you have to do is comment below.  Our 500th challenge closes next Monday and on Tuesday I'll announce winner's on my blog!

I do hope to see you play along.  It's a huge week for us - we love to be inspired by all of your cards and we're so excited to send out prizes to many of our players!

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Poppystamps Floral Stem Collage, Playful Hugs

Other: Memory Box Fairy Drops

28 comments:

  1. Congrats on 500 sketches! I love your card, it is beautiful!

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  2. Love the colors and that happy flower!!!

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  3. I love these gorgeous colors and the how the pretty white flower pops against them! And I have loved getting to know you during our time together on this great team!

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  4. Beautiful card. Love the rainbow strips behind the white die cut flower - it really pops. Congratulations on FMS 500th sketch challenge. TFS

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  5. This is gorgeous! I love the simple white flower set against those fabulous stripes.....a last blast of summer! And wow ten years is a long time - amazing how fast it has gone by!

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  6. That is a gorgeous card you have made and I love how the white die cuts show up so well against that beautiful colored background of strips.

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  7. Congrats on being part of the Freshly Made Sketches tradition! I love your happy, colorful card with the white overlay. TFS

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  8. Love the colorful panels making up the background for that pretty bloom! This is delightful, Kim. Congrats on 500! You always inspire me with your FMS cards!

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  9. Of course you were a Perfect Princess on the first one! You have been such an inspiration over the many years and how lucky we are to have you on the team. Thank you for all you do and for all the inspiration! This card is wonderful with your amazing details (as always).

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  10. Beautiful card, Kim! Love the colors and yes, you are a talented artist! Congratulations on 500th sketch!

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  11. Such a beautiful card, Kim with all the layers! You are a very talented artist!!! Congratulations on the 500th sketch and your tenure since 2014!

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  12. Beautiful card, Kim! So clean and crisp❤️ Congratulations on your tenure since 2014 and to FMS for 500th anniversary! Never doubt that you are a true artist.

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  13. What a beautiful card, Kim and never doubt that you are a true artist. Not every one can put together color, texture and design as strikingly as you! Congratulations on the 500th sketch and your tenure since 2014. Amazing!!!

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  14. what a beautiful and colorful card Kim .. thanks for your inspiration with the Freshly Made Sketches

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  15. Thank you for introducing me to your blog and the wonderful creations! 500th sketch is so amazing and a great milestone. I love this card and the wonderful ideas that come along with all of your posts!

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  16. Congratulations on reaching this milestone. Thanks for sharing your goodies with us.

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  17. Love your card Kim! The striped panel really shows off the white flower die cut so well. I love the spotted EF too! Congrats on the huge milestone at Freshly Made and your prize packages is so generous of you! Have a great day!

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  18. This card is so pretty Kim! I love that colourful banner in the background is gorgeous! Love that sweet white flower! Looks perfect! Happy 500th!

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  19. Kim I always admire your FMS cards - this one is no exception to that rule! Loving the sweet stripes, and your bright and cheerful design!
    Congratulations on this momentous 500th edition of such a wonderful challenge!
    =]

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  20. Congratulations on your 500th celebrations! This card is stunning Kim - I love the floral diecut and the colourful stripes behind are perfect!

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  21. There is so much to love here! The polka dots, the colorful background, the die cut overlay - all of them are fantastic! I've long been an admirer of your clean designs - you were my pick on that first challenge (!!) - so I count myself very lucky to be on this crafting journey with you! ❤️

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  22. I'm a fan of using strips of card or paper to create backgrounds, and with that beautiful white die-cut on top, this card looks fantastic! I love the tiny pop of color in the flower center and the blue color of the mat beneath it all! Simply beautiful!

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  23. Absolutely Beautiful! I love the vibrant colors and floral die cut!!
    Congratulations on your 500th celebrations!
    Have a wonderful day,
    Migdalia Rodriguez
    Migdalia's Crafts

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  24. Great use of the scrap papers and the colors you chose are so perfect. Gorgeous!

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  25. Beautiful card, Kim! Those strips of cardstock look gorgeous and make me want to go buy all the colours! It is so wonderful being on this team with you.

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  26. Oh that's lovely! I love your panels of colours - just perfect!

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