Gettin Sketchy

Posted on October 24, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #48 sketch.

I’ll admit, when I first saw this sketch, I thought it would be hard; but when I sat down to craft I very quickly had quite a few ideas. I’m sharing two of them today.

This is the first idea that came to mind. I bought this protractor stamp awhile ago because my kiddo is a math geek and I thought I might be able to make some cards for them (and their teacher).

I don’t know if it is obvious, but the arrow is pointing 90° in the protractor – a right angle…hence the pun. My kiddo “got it” so that is all that really matters 🙂 Of course I had to tease them that they’d have to give the card to me and not the other way ’round!

The sentiment was done with a font and a word processing program.

My next card uses a new set I recently acquired.

I think this was an impulse buy (mostly because the Lil Inker DT is so convincing), but I love this witch!

I have a hard time using colors differently than I see in nature. I truly wanted to use purple as the card base because at least it was close to a black night sky. When I was messing with colors the orange looked too good – and everything popped with it. So while I’ve never seen an orange night sky (not counting thin strips of sky at sunset), I went with it…and I’m glad I did!

I still have a couple ideas floating around my head for this sketch – so you’ll probably see it again soon!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

You Were Right

Stamps: Protractor (Jenni Bowlin);
Ink/Card Stock: Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist, White (PTI);
Other: Font CityDBol Regular; Circle die (Spellbinders); Get to the Point arrow die (PTI);

Scary On

Stamps: Bat & Broomstick (Lil Inkers);
Ink/Card Stock: Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, White (PTI); Black (Versafine);
Other: Circle die (Spellbinders); Witch die (Lil Inkers);

Bokeh Smiles

Posted on October 17, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #47 – colors.

And here is my take:

These colors are Valentine to me, but I haven’t even made Halloween cards, let alone Christmas – or Valentine’s Day!

I’m always in need of birthday cards, so I wanted a design that would work with these colors but be birthday.

I’ve been wanting to try the Bokeh technique for a while and decided this was the perfect opportunity. There are only the two pinks – but lots of generational stamping, getting lighter as you move out.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Smiles

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments: Birthday, Dot Spot;
Ink/Card Stock: White; Early Espresso, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette (SU);
Other: Mat Stack 4 die; dimensional adhesive (SU);

Autumn Flowers

Posted on October 10, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #46 – sketch.

And here is my take:

I have misplaced my Stamp-a-ma-Jig. I know I’ll find it eventually, but I have no clue where it has gotten to. Thankfully since I unmount (foam too) my rubber stamps, and trim close, I was able to fake it pretty well! I can’t be the only person desperately waiting for the time StampinUp puts out a pretty flower PHOTOPOLYMER set!!

Anyway….I’m not sure how CAS this card is, but it is what popped into my head when I saw the sketch. The vanilla is actually the card base peeking through the frame I created with the browns.

I was going to pop the frame, but I thought, with the flowers popped too, that might be too much.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Birthday Wishes

All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Field Flowers, Bring on the Cake;
Ink/Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip;
Other: Woodgrain embossing folder;

Anniversary Flowers

Posted on October 3, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #45 – colors.

And here is my take:

It is a new month at CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. A new month brings a new challenge hostess. Patricia came up with some wonderful challenges for this month – the first one is a gorgeous color palette.

She shared that this challenge is on the day of her anniversary (Happy Anniversary, Patricia!!), and so she chose colors from her wedding. In the spirit of the challenge, I chose to make an anniversary card.

I stamped the poppies image and then watercolored. I did use Cherry, but when you watercolor with that color it goes very pink instead of red.

The layout is from an old Retro Sketch challenge (#26).

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Happy Anniversary

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies (SU); Round & Round (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: Soft Sky, White, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Grey (SU); Charcoal (Palette);
Other: Square Lattice embossing folder (SU); ribbon (PTI); Labels die (SU);
Technique: watercoloring

Tilted Birthday

Posted on September 26, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #44 – sketch.

And here is my take:

So you would think, seeing as I’m the “author” of this sketch that I would have it easy…but no. I had such a hard time – this is my third effort! I think my mojo needs sleep.

I recently purchased these cool word dies from My Favorite Things. I thought it would be fun to include one in this tilted card.

I really love using white over color backgrounds because it pops so well.

I felt the top was too empty so I added some tone-on-tone stamping. That wasn’t enough so I broke out the sequins. Usually I have a really hard time placing sequins, but honestly, these got glued down where they landed when I brushed them out of the baggie! Love serendipity 🙂

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Celebrate

Stamps: Birthday Style (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, White (PTI);
Other: Accent It – Celebrate dies (MFT); Birthday Style dies (PTI); silver Sequins (Neat & Tangled);

Autumn Colors

Posted on September 19, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #43 – colors.

And here is my take:

These colors are some of my favorite from StampinUp!

I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do for my card, but when the Fall-to-Layout challenge was posted, this idea popped right in my head.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Thanks

All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Gently Falling, Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid, Another Thank You;
Ink/Card Stock: Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Island Indigo;
Other: button, linen thread;

Christmas Poinsettia

Posted on September 12, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #42 – sketch.

And here is my take:

I don’t know why, but I was in a Christmas mood when I stamped for this challenge.

I love this pattern paper and haven’t really had a chance to use it. The paper can be a bit overwhelming, but I think it works really well in this instance.

I hand cut the large poinsettia before I realized I had a die-cut for it! Knowing that now though, I may make more of this card to use as a gift set – it really isn’t hard (even with the cutting).

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Greetings of the Season

Stamps: Year of Flowers: Poinsettia, Year of Flowers Collection, Bells & Boughs (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso (SU); Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold (PTI);
Other: Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP (SU);

Rainbow Birthday Wishes

Posted on September 5, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. And, I have to admit, I’m a little nervous: I’m hostessing this month! I hope you like the challenges! Check out the latest challenge: #41 – colors (of course it would be rainbow 😉 ).

And here is my (first) take:

I used a baby wipe to make a custom rainbow ink pad. To make sure I had ink in just the right amount of space, I first stamped my image on the baby wipe using a pale grey color. Then it was easy to put the refill ink exactly where I wanted it.

Here’s a photo of that:

I didn’t want to waste my baby wipe (though you can save the custom ink pads in a ziploc for a bit), so I decided to make another card.

This time I dragged the inked baby wipe down my card stock.

One thing I did on both cards was to die-cut the word birthday from white and use the “inside” pieces to help block out the background and make the text stand out more.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Louise – taking a break this month
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Happy Birthday

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Wonderful Words: Birthday;
Ink/Card Stock: White, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria;
Other: Wonderful Worrds: Birthday die;
Technique: baby wipe;

Birthday Spots

Posted on August 29, 2013 by kth

Woot – this is the 5th Thursday in the month which means this week’s CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is a double! Check out the latest challenge: #40 – colors & sketch.

And here is my take:

The Dot Spot stamp set came to mind right away when I saw the sketch. After that, it was just figuring out where to place a sentiment.

I came up with a few possibilities. First, a circle sentiment placed in the center of the lower right image. Second, stamp the sentiments following the outside curves of all the circles. Finally, a banner sticking out from a circle center.

The reason I chose the banner option is that I’ve learned that curves love angles/lines. A line helps break up the curves and gives the eyes direction.

I might have been able to get away with one of the other placements if my color scheme had been different, but with a monochromatic scheme, you need some way of adding contrast.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Kylie
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Happy Birthday to You

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Dot Spot, Around About Sentiments;
Ink/Card Stock: White, Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky;
Other: circle die (Spellbinders), star die (MFT);

Paper Frame

Posted on August 22, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #39 – sketch.

And here is my take:

I knew I wanted to do a frame as soon as I saw the sketch. My only question was how to keep the design clean & simple.

I decided that if the pattern was only peeking out, it wouldn’t be overwhelming. That narrowed down my paper choices to those with white backs.

In addition, I chose to just stamp a sentiment and not use any additional images (again, to keep the overall design CAS).

To create the frame, I turned the paper pattern-side down. I then used a T-ruler and pencil to draw a square in the center. Then I took my Xacto knife and cut diagonally, from corner to corner, of the drawn square. Finally a bit of scoring along the drawn square’s edges and my paper folded back easily.

I know it probably seems like the white sentiment square is just centered under the opening allowing the blue card base to show through, but I actually did a frame there too. I took a piece of blue cardstock and used a square die to cut an opening then backed that with the white sentiment panel. I think it adds a nice finishing touch to the final card.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Kylie
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Best Wishes

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Scrolling Script;
Ink/Card Stock: True Black, Hawaiian Shores, White;
Other: Beautiful Blooms pattern paper; Xacto knife; square die (Spellbinders);

Carefree Creations

papercrafts by karen h

Category Archives: CAS Colours & Sketches DT

Gettin Sketchy

Bokeh Smiles

Autumn Flowers

Anniversary Flowers

Tilted Birthday

Autumn Colors

Christmas Poinsettia

Rainbow Birthday Wishes

Birthday Spots

Paper Frame