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Bitty Tulips

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #156 – sketch.

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And here is my take:

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I don’t know what happened, but my mojo went on vacation a couple weeks ago and hasn’t been seen since. This card took a few iterations, and I finished it just in time!

I die cut an oval aperture from the purple cardstock. That, and the strips of pattern paper are attached to a white card base. The sentiment is stamped directly on the card base.

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

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

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Bitty Bouquets, Graceful Greetings (PTI);
Ink: Royal Velvet, New Leaf (PTI); Daffodil Delight (SU);
Paper: Winter Wisteria cardstock & pattern, White (PTI);
Other: Oval die (Spellbinders); Bitty Bouquets die (PTI); Rhinestones (Kaiser);

CC&S #155

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Last month the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge held a design team call. I applied and was selected as a member of the team! Here is this week’s challenge challenge: #155 – colours.

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And here is my take:

Blue Birthday Flower | by karen @ carefree creations

I thought these colors would be good for a flower. The outer layer of the flower is blended with Marina Mist and Pool Party. That layer is also cut out and popped-up for a little dimension.

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

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

Birthday Wishes
Stamps: Finding Beauty (CTMH); Happy Birthday (Paper Smooches);
Ink: Marina Mist, Pool Party, Smoky Slate (SU); Espresso Truffle (Memento);
Paper: White (PTI); Marina Mist (SU);
Other: Weathered embossing folder (Taylored Expressions); Stitched Rectangle die (Lil Inkers);

Plaid & Snowflakes

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Plaid & Snowflakes | by karen @ carefree creations

This card is for the Retrosketches sketch challenge.

Apparently my brain is not working…I have no idea what to talk about.

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happy birthday
Stamps: Keep it Simple: Birthday (PTI);
Ink: Grape Jelly (MFT);
Paper: White (PTI); Surf Blue (SSS); Lavender (SU); Plaid Patterns paper (MFT);
Other: Kate snowflake die, Maryann snowflake die (SSS);

Coffee & Girl Talk

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Coffee & Girl Talk | by karen @ carefree creations

Man yesterday’s stamping session did NOT go well. I think I ruined 3 cards and spent all day doing it. (And we won’t talk about my dinner hitting the floor before I even got a taste.)

I had a whole other card planned for this challenge, but my masking fluid (the new pen everyone is talking about) stained my watercolor paper – has anyone had that problem??

Anyway, this card is for the Less is More: Neutral challenge.

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Lt’s Get Together
Stamps: Heart to Heart #1 (PTI);
Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI);
Paper: White, Dark Chocolate, Chocolate Patterns (PTI);

Wish Upon Your Birthday Star

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Birthday Star | by karen @ carefree creations

One Layer Simplicity: Sky’s the Limit challenge.

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I used some tape to mask off a portion of the watercolor paper card base. I embossed the star chart image with clear powder, then watercolored the background. Using an iron, I removed the embossing.

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Birthday Star
Stamps: Star Gazer (PTI);
Ink: Dusty Concord, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink (Ranger); Versamark (Tsukineko); Royal Velvet (PTI);
Paper: Watercolor (Canson);
Other: clear embossing powder (Filigree);
Technique: watercolor;

You’ve Got This

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You've Got This | by karen @ carefree creations

I made this card weeks ago, but didn’t get a chance to photograph it before I gave it to my kid – to encourage them during finals week. They are a perfectionist, so tests are hard (they’re always sure they failed).

There is a sentiment stamped in the background – “so proud of you” – just repeated over and over.

Thanks for taking a peek!

You’ve Got This
Stamps: Lunch Box Love (PTI);
Ink: Royal Velvet (PTI); Lavender (SSS);
Paper: Royal Velvet, Vellum (PTI); Foiled (Die Cuts with a View);
Other: Stars framelit dies (SU); Flag Tag dies (Paper Smooches); gold dots (stash);

Folk Birthday

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Folk Flowers | by karen @ carefree creations

The latest Less is More challenge keyword is Homespun. I have a couple sets that fit that, but this one called out to me.

This is a one layer card colored with pencils.

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Happy Birthday
Stamps: Basket of Blessings, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (PTI);
Ink: Espresso (SU);
Paper: Kraft (PTI);
Other: colored pencils (Prismacolor);

With Love

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With Love | by karen @ carefree creations

Yesterday and today I binge-watched the Star Wars movies as a refresher before we went to see #7 tonight. That meant lots of time to stamp. This morning I made this card for the Freshly Made Sketches #217 challenge.

It isn’t normal that I reach for pattern paper (other than to drool over it), but the negative space technique paired with the challenge sketch was perfect for using it.

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With Love
Stamps: Swoosh (PTI);
Ink: Black, Pure Poppy (PTI);
Paper: Distressed Dots pattern paper, White (PTI);
Other: Swoosh die, Limitless Layers: Heart die (PTI); Stitched Rectangles die (Lil Inkers);

Merry & Bright New Year

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Merry & Bright New Year | by karen @ carefree creations

Made this card for the CASology: Merry challenge.

I’m very done with Christmas cards, but there are lots of reasons to be merry! I decided to go with a New Year’s card. I kept it simple with a black & white card and pops of gold.

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Merry & Bright
Stamps: Propose a Toast, Tucked in Holiday, Keep it Simple: New Year, City Scene – Christmas Sentiments (PTI);
Ink: Black (PTI); Gold Delicata (Tsukineko);
Paper: White (PTI); Gold Luxe (PTI); Gold stripe vellum (stash);
Other: Wet Paint: Holiday die, Propose a Toast die (PTI);

I {heart} U

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I {heart} U | by karen @ carefree creations

This card is for the CAS(E) This Sketch.

I have lots of alphabet sentiment cards pinned and I thought this sketch would be a great time to do my own. Since Valentine’s is coming up, I decided to go with this configuration.

I chose the Invisible Alphabet because I love how it looks embossed and really does allow the sentiment to be the focus. I did use a pen to color in the I and U.

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I {heart} U
Stamps: Invisible Alpha (Altenew); Heart Prints (PTI);
Ink: Soft Stone, Raspberry Fizz, Black (PTI);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: black pen (Zig Micron);