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hello

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

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And here is my take:

hello | by karen @ carefree creations

Sorry….I’m up late trying to get this card posted and my brain is dead tired. I’m not going to write much as I’m pretty sure it won’t be coherent.

The sun and house are paper pieced. Otherwise, this is a very simple card!

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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).

hello
Stamps: Bitty Bungalows, Sunny Side, Forest Whimsy, Chit Chat (Paper Smooches);
Ink: Black (Papertrey Ink-PTI);
Paper: Lemon Chiffon, Sour Apple, Sno Cone (My Favorite Things); White (PTI); Country Drive pattern paper (Echo Park); Domestic Goddess pattern paper (Stampin’Up);
Technique: fussy cutting

Make a Wish

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

CC&S_2016-04-07_#168

And here is my take:

Make a Wish | by karen @ carefree creations

Man, I have been on a roll with one-layer cards this week. Normally I find them daunting, but these past few ones have just kinda created themselves.

I know you may be wondering where the orange and yellow from the color combo are – they are the flame. The candle is stamped in two parts – the outline and the pattern fill. When I stamped the the outline, I inked the wick & flame piece with orange. Then, when stamping the flame, I first stamped in yellow and then went back and did a partial inking of the flame image with orange. Of course then I added a tiny bit of stickles, so it is pretty hard to see…but those colors are there!

After stamping the images and the “make a wish” sentiment, I was going to call it done, but it didn’t feel completed – I think because I had offset it, but probably a little too much so it just felt off center. I decided a line or something from the image to the card edge would solve the problem, but I didn’t like the feel of such a solid thing as a line. I did think about bling or a line of dots, but I thought a secondary sentiment would be perfect.

The secondary sentiment had to be pieced together. There is no “on” in the set, so I had to make it with selective inking of an “o” and “n”. The “your” and “day” are part of the same sentiment, but there was an extra word in the middle that I didn’t have room for; so that required selective inking too. It isn’t very straight, but it works.

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).

Make a Wish
Stamps: Wishes Come True, Birthday Cheer (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Black (PTI); Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight (Stampin’Up);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: stickles (Ranger);

Pocketful of Sunshine

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

CC&S_2016-03-31_#167

And here is my take:

Pocketful of Sunshine | by karen @ carefree creations

Double challenges are always very hard for me. I had some ideas for this combo, but my stamps didn’t want to cooperate (they didn’t fit the sketch like I thought they might). I was pleasantly surprised when this pocket image fit so nicely (I thought it would be too small).

The sun image is empty in the middle – and the set did not include a circle stamp to fill it in. I really needed the sun to have more weight on the card, so I pulled out another set which included a polka dot circle that fit quite nicely. I thought the polka dots went well with the pattern paper I had already picked out. It was hard to line up the inner circle inside the already stamped sun, but thankfully the bad spacing is hidden by the pocket!

Speaking of the pocket, that is all Pacific Point ink – I did a second-generation impression for the solid pocket and then over-stamped, full strength, with the stitch lines. I think the set has a die for the pocket, but I forgot that when I stamped it, so I had to cut it out by hand (thankfully, since it is all straight lines, it wasn’t fussy).

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Thanks for stopping by!

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

Pocketful of Sunshine
Stamps: Back Pocket Basics, Buttons & Bits (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight (Stampin’Up-SU); Dark Chocolate (PTI);
Paper: Pacific Point (SU); White (PTI); Splash pattern paper (My Minds Eye);
Other: Fillable Frames 6 die (PTI);

Let’s Get Together

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

CC&S_2016-03-24_#166

And here is my take:

Dinner Together | karen @ carefree creations

Once again, I had a few ideas for this sketch. The Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp pushed me to this card.

I pulled out some utensil dies to create a border, found a couple sentiments that worked with the dinner theme, and added the final touch — a little flower accent to add a pop of color and interest.

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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).

Let’s Get Together
Stamps: Foodie Fun, Heart-2-Heart #1 (Papertrey Ink-PTI);
Ink: Calypso Coral (Stampin’Up-SU);
Paper: Peach Bellini, Sour Apple (My Favorite Things); Calypso Coral (SU); Lemon Tart, Luxe Silver (PTI);
Other: Flatware 2 die, Bookplates {flower} die (Paper Smooches);

Watery Hello

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #165 – colors.

CC&S_2016-03-17_#165

And here is my take:

Hello | by karen@ carefree creations

The water background is watercolored with distress inks. The frame is popped up over the background – as is the jellyfish and sentiment.

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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).

Hello
Stamps: From Land to Sea (StampinUp-SU); Label Love (Altenew);
Ink: Abandoned Coral, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks (Ranger); Graphite Black Brilliance (Tsukineko);
Paper: Marina Mist (SU); White (Papertrey Ink);
Other: Rectangle Frames (My Favorite Things); Sea Things die (Dies by Dave);
Technique: watercolor;

You are so Sweet

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #164 – sketch (and it is requested the square shape is part of your card – i.e., don’t change it to a circle, or star, etc).

CC&S_2016-03-10_#164_USE SQUARE!!

Such a simple, classic sketch, but boy did I take forever to come up with my card! I think because it felt like the options were endless, I just couldn’t decide which direction to go. I really didn’t want to just stamp something on a square and be done…I wanted something a bit different – but still CAS. I love CAS, but sometimes I find it hard to keep it simple (usually only when I *have* to, figures, eh?). Anyway…

I finally came up with the idea to take an object and do an artistic impression of it. Watermelon came to mind and I thought I could make that work.

So Sweet | by karen @ carefree creations

The card base is watercolor paper – as are the square and pinked mat.

I painted green stripes on the card base and then did a gradient pink wash on the square. I liked the pinked edge for the mat as it made me think of the way watermelons can be cut open.

I used a brush marker to make little seeds along the bottom of the pink panel.

The “sweet” is die cut using an alphabet set. The letters have longer swoops at their ends, but I cut them down so I could squish the letters closer together.

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).

Sweet
Stamps: Strawberry Patch (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint Distress Ink (Ranger); Black (PTI); Black brush marker (Zig);
Paper: Aquarelle Watercolor (Canson); Black (PTI);
Other: Limitless Layers: Squares 2 1/4″ die, Script Alphabet die (PTI);
Technique: watercolor

Lucky Me

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #163 – colors.

CC&S_2016-03-03_#163

And here is my take:

Lucky Me | by karen @ carefree creations

In the spirit of challenge, I used a St. Patrick’s Day stamp set – though my resulting card can be given any time.

I went very simple with the layout. And you may be wondering where my Mint Macaroon is…it is very subtle – just the dots between the sentiment lines. The rhinestone is also a very good match for it, but you can’t really tell (especially after putting it on the brighter green image).

I did a bit of image piecing too. The stem for the image was a word – and I didn’t like it for this card. So I inked up just the clover head, then I inked up just the stem from a different image in the same set.

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).

Lucky Me
Stamps: Pinch Proof (Stampin Up – SU);
Ink: Mint Macaroon, Cucumber Crush, Pure Poppy (SU);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: rhinestone (stash);

Welcome Spring

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #162 – Sketch.

CC&S_2016-02-25_#162

And here is my take:

Welcome Spring | by karen @ carefree creations

My latest PTI package came just in time to use the new Spring Woods. I love robins – they are a wonderful sign of spring!

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).

Welcome Spring
Stamps: Spring Woods, Wreath for All Seasons (PTI);
Ink: Canyon Clay, Fine Linen, Limeade Ice (PTI); Wet Cement (Hero Arts); Soft Suede (SU); Cotton Candy (MFT);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: Spring Woods die (PTI);

Hello

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #160 – colours.

CC&S_2016-02-18_#161

And here is my take:

Hello | by karen @ carefree creations

Very simple card today! Seeing the purples in the challenge graphic had me thinking hydrangeas – so that is what I used.

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).

hello
Stamps: Happy Hydrangea (PTI);
Ink: Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet (PTI);
Paper: White (PTI); Silver (SU);
Other: Happy Hydrangea die (PTI);

You’re Awesome, just sayin’

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #160 – sketch.

CC&S_2016-02-11_#160

And here is my take:

You're Awesome | by karen @ carefree creations

I started this card by picking what I wanted as the circles. Once I chose stars I looked for a sentiment. My stamp index is digital – and so not to scale…which is why my sentiment is a bit smaller than I would have preferred, but really it is a perfect sentiment, so I kept with it. To add a bit to it, I added a gold mat.

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).

You’re Awesome
Stamps: We Go Together (PIT);
Ink: Black (PTI);
Paper: White (PTI); texture Black (SU); Gold Foil card stock (We R Memory Keepers);
Other: Sketched Stars Small die (PTI);