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Mother’s Day Bouquet

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Mother's Day Circle Bouquet | by karen h @ carefree creations

I made this card, but ended up not using it this year. It will either go in my free box (which I didn’t bring to work this year, hmmm) or I’ll save it for next year.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Wonderful Mother
Stamps: Fall Florals, Flashy Florals (My Favorite Things – MFT); Well Scripted (Stampin’Up);
Ink: Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, Prairie Grass, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal (Papertrey Ink – PTI); Dill Pickle (MFT); Purely Pomegranate (Stampin’Up); Espresso Truffle (Memento);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: Stitched Circles die (Simon Says Stamp);

Mother’s Day Cascade

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Mother's Day Cascade | by karen h @ carefree creations

Since I had this flower set out, I made another Mother’s Day card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Mother’s Day
Stamps: Round Roses (Clearly Besotted); Keep it Simple: Mothers Day (Papertrey Ink-PTI);
Ink: Pure Plum (My Favorite Things); Pale Plum, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke (Stampin’UP);
Paper: White (PTI); Slate (Simon Says Stamp);
Other: White embossing powder (Hero Arts); Keep it Simple Frames die (PTI);

Make Waves

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It is time for another CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – Marine!

Here is my take:

Make Waves | by karen h @ carefree creations

This challenge has made me realize I have lots of marine stamps! I haven’t used this whale set yet so this was the perfect time!

I really like Heather’s card so I CASEd it.

I hope you join us at CASology – and, for more inspiration, check out the other design team members:

Thanks for stopping by!

make waves
Stamps: Keep Swimming (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: After Midnight (My Favorite Things); Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China distress inks (Ranger);
Paper: White (PTI); Tempting Turquoise (Stampin’Up); Watercolor (Ranger);
Other: Stitched Rectangle die (Lil Inkers);

Mother’s Day Flowers

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge:

And here is my take:

Mother's Day Flowers | by karen h @ carefree creations

Since I need to make a few mother’s day cards, I thought I should take advantage of such a versatile sketch and fill one of those slots.

I know the position of the leaves is a bit odd on the top flower, but I like the symmetry of having the top & bottom leaves in the corners.

I didn’t want to go black or brown for the sentiment – felt it was too stark. I found a dark purple that went well with the images and I’m really happy with that result. I positioned the sentiment die so it overlapped a couple flowers and the swoosh of the “y” goes to the edge of the card.

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: This weekly challenge is posted on Tuesday, and alternates between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Happy Mother’s Day
Stamps: Round Roses (Clearly Besotted); One Big Happy (Papertrey Ink-PTI);
Ink: Pure Plum (My Favorite Things); Pale Plum, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Blackberry Bliss (Stampin’Up-SU);
Paper: White (PTI); Blackberry Bliss (SU);
Other: One Big Happy die (PTI);

Fiercely Awesome

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It is time for another CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – Jungle!

Here is my take:

Fiercely Awesome | by karen h @ carefree creations

This set is still new enough to me that I wanted to play with it again. I used a cloud stencil to create the sky behind the tiger.

I hope you join us at CASology – and, for more inspiration, check out the other design team members:

Thanks for stopping by!

You are Fiercely Awesome
Stamps: Fierce Friends (My Favorite Things – MFT); Palm Prints (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Black (Memento); Versamark (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); New Leaf (PTI); Dill Pickle (MFT); Tumbled Glass distress ink (Ranger);
Paper: White, New Leaf (PTI);
Other: Mini Cloud stencil, Fierce Friends die (MFT); Palm Prints die (PTI); White embossing powder (Hero Arts);

Oceans of Joy

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge:

And here is my take:

Oceans of Joy | by karen h @ carefree creations

A seahorse is not an animal I would normally think of for pink. I was looking up ocean animals for another project and saw a pink seahorse and knew I would use that for this challenge!

To stamp the seahorse, I stamped the base layer with a second-generation inking. The second layer is a full-strength inking. The third layer (hard to see as it isn’t much) I used the same grey as the sentiment.

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: This weekly challenge is posted on Tuesday, and alternates between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Wishing you Oceans of Joy
Stamps: Color Layering: Seahorse, Color Layering: Octopus (Hero Arts);
Ink: Soft Sky, Berry Burst, Sahara Sand (Stampin’Up); Smokey Shadow (Papertrey Ink-PTI);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: Seahorse die (Hero Arts);

Wavy Rainbow Thanks

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Wavy Rainbow Thanks | by karen h @ carefree creations

The other day was Admin Professionals Day. I needed a few thank you cards. I chose to make 4-bar size. I wasn’t able to get decent photos of most of them, but I did get a good photo of my last card.

I spent and hour or so coloring the panel, so I’m glad the photo came out. One disclaimer though – the card I gave did not have the center to the O. I’m still not sure how I knew to keep the center of the A, but not the O…sigh. For my post I edited the image to include the center. I had taken a photo of the colored panel before I cut it, so I was able to merge the two images.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You
Stamps: Wavy Coloring Book Background (My Favorite Things – MFT);
Ink: Black (Momento); markers (Copic);
Paper: White (Papertrey Ink); Black (Simon Says Stamp);
Other: Thank You die (MFT);

So Happy for You

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Today is Papertrey’s April Blog Hop.

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

The inspiration is a beautiful piece! I was going to use tea cups on my card, but got sidetracked by the top cup. I loved the border of flowers separating the blue & white. That is what I went with:

So Happy for You | by karen h @ carefree creations

Thanks for taking a peek!

So Happy for You
Stamps: Mini Blooms (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Autumn Rose, Melon Berry (PTI); Cactus (My Favorite Things); So Saffron (Stampin’Up); Espresso Truffle (Memento);
Paper: Hawaiian Shores, White (PTI);
Other: Mini Blooms die (PTI); Rhinestones (Kaiser);

You Rock!

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It is time for another CASology challenge. Check out the latest challenge – Active!

My computer crashed last week. I’m hobbling along on a spare (yes, I am VERY thankful we have a spare). I don’t have my normal applications. To edit my photo I used a really awesome free online photo editor…but I don’t know how to use it, lol. Please forgive the lack of color adjustment. New image….

Here is my take:

You Rock | by karen h @ carefree creations

This card took me forever! OK, not this card….I had a really ambitious interactive card that I wanted to do, but it required me to be an engineer and I am NOT an engineer. Seriously, it sat on my desk for weeks while I tried this and that. I finally gave up a few days ago and stamped this. I do like it, but I feel like a failure anyway, lol!

My hubby has been learning guitar, so I’ll give this to him. While he isn’t very active while playing, I was going with the “rock” part.

I hope you join us at CASology – and, for more inspiration, check out the other design team members:

Thanks for stopping by!

You Rock
Stamps: Boy Basics: Rock On (Papertrey Ink – PTI); So 80s (Wplus9);
Ink: Bright Buttercup (PTI); Tempting Turquoise (Stampin’Up); Green Room (My Favorite Things);
Paper: White (PTI);

Have a Lovely Day

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge:

And here is my take:

Have a Lovely Day | by karen h @ carefree creations

When I designed this sketch, I knew I wanted to have the circle be a window/aperature to the card base. My original thought was to use a decorative vellum as the top panel. I actually had everything picked out and was excited, but then I remembered what a pain it is to adhere vellum! I gave up on that and found some pretty pattern paper (which I have a ton of so it is still a win!)

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: This weekly challenge is posted on Tuesday, and alternates between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Have a Lovely Day
Stamps: Scrolling Script (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Lost Lagoon (Stampin’Up – SU);
Paper: White (PTI); Greenhouse Garden DSP (SU);
Other: Circle die (Spellbinders);