Category Archives: Papertrey Ink

Thanks for the Appreciation

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Wednesday this week was Admin Professionals day. In my office, we were treated to flowers, lunch, and sweet treats. It was quite nice! Last night I made thank you cards and took them in to my bosses today. I chose the 4-bar size and kept them very simple.

Thanks | by karen @ carefree creations

Thanks | by karen @ carefree creations

Thanks | by karen @ carefree creations

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thanks
Stamps: Square Prints (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Spring Rain (PTI);
Paper: White, Enchanted Evening (PTI);
Other: Wet Paint die (PTI);
Thanks
Stamps: Graceful Greetings (PTI);
Ink: Espresso Truffle (Momento); Ripe Raspberry (My Favorite Things – MFT); Lucky Limeade (Stampin’Up);
Paper: White (PTI);
Thanks So Much
Stamps: Think Big Favorites 1 (PTI);
Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko);
Paper: White, Simply Chartreuse patterns (PTI); Pure Plum (MFT);
Other: Bloomin’Cute Sentiments die (PTI); white embossing powder (Hero Arts);

Every Day is a Gift

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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:

Every Day | by karen @ carefree creations

For my card, I stamped the branch and flowers with color and then went back over them with Versamark and clear embossing powder, finishing with a quick zap with my heat gun. The blue is lightly sponged on over the embossing.

The sentiment is a straight image, so I cut mine up so I could stamp in this configuration.

It snowed like crazy over the weekend, and I woke up to more today. Stamping some cherry blossoms was just the thing I needed!

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).

Every Day is a Gift
Stamps: Out on a Limb, Everyday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink-PTI);
Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI); Blushing Bride (Stampin’Up); Mermaid Lagoon Distress (Range); Versamark (Tsukineko);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: clear embossing powder (Filigree); MISTI tool;
Technique: sponging; emboss resist technique;

Have a Lovely Day

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Today I’m playing along with the CASology: Sprout challenge.

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I went for new baby leaves as my sprout. Green is my favorite color, so I used a few different shades to make a fresh-feeling monochromatic card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Have a Lovely Day
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Scrolling Script (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Pinefeather (PTI); Sour Apple (My Favorite Things);
Paper: Green Parakeet, White (PTI); Gumball Green (Stampin’Up-SU);
Other: Stitched Circles die (Simon Says Stamp); Linen Thread(SU);

Make a Wish

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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:

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);

Rest Relax Recover

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Rest Relax Recover | by karen @ carefree creations

I was inspired to stamp last night. I used the CAS(e) This Sketch challenge as my starting point. I did flip it to work with my image better.
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This stamp set has been on my wish list for a while and since I don’t have anything else like it, I thought I pick it up before it was retired.

I wish I had picked a different sentiment – between the bold colors and the speed waves behind the van, it seems opposite to rest.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Rest Relax Recover
Stamps: Special Delivery, Brushed Off, Keep it Simple: Healing Wishes (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening (PTI); Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade (Stampin’Up);
Paper: White (PTI);

Pocketful of Sunshine

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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:

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).

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

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);

Healing Wishes

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Healing Wishes | by karen @ carefree creations

Another card for today. This one for the CAS(e) This Sketch and CAS on Sunday challenges.

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I got my PTI box this week and really wanted to play with the stencils. I’ve become enamored with stencils lately – how fortunate that CAS on Sunday is doing a stencil challenge! I tried to go for a gradient look to my inking.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Healing Wishes
Stamps: Howdy Cactus (Lawn Fawn); Keep it Simple: Healing Wishes (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Lost Lagoon (Stampin’Up – SU); Smokey Shadow (PTI); Milled Lavender Distress (Ranger);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: Modern Background stencil (PTI); Twine (SU);

Let it Snow

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Let it Snow | by karen @ carefree creations

Ugh, it is snowing again today! I truly hope we are done with snow, but I doubt it. I’m sure my disdain for the snow makes you scratch your head as to why I would stamp snow. Well, your guess is as good as mine. Though, I was inspired by these challenges: CASology’s: Weather and the PTI’s Make it Monday: Ink Blending Over Embossing.

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I started my card by clear embossing of the snowflakes. Then I applied a couple colors of ink with a blending tool. I finished the card with a die-cut sentiment.

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Let it Snow
Stamps: Peace Be Still (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Tumbled Glass Distress, Broken China Distress (Ranger);
Paper: White (PTI); Gravel Gray (My Favorite Things);
Other: Christmas Cheer die (PTI);
Technique: emboss resist; ink blending;

Bird on a Wire

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Today is blizzard day (I really wish I had taken a photo of yesterday’s beautiful 50° day…just to have the comparison to put in my scrapbook). My kid and I are doing a marathon of chick flicks. I’m trying to stamp at the same time, but some of these movies are really good.

For the past 4 hours, I’ve been working on this card:

Bird on a Wire | by karen @ carefree creations

which I created for the CAS(e) This Sketch challenge.

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My card base is only 3.5″ wide. When I was playing around with the card my cloud border was wider than the 4.25 card and I liked the look of the overhang. To keep the card mailable, I trimmed the base down.

Thanks for taking a peek!

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Stamps: Bird Watching Additions (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Berry Sorbet (PTI);
Paper: Spring Rain, White, Lemon Tart (PTI); Gravel Gray (My Favorite Things – MFT);
Other: Hello Words die (Paper Smooches); Wonky Scallop die (MFT); Loop de Loop die (PTI);

Spring Daffodil

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Spring Daffodil | by karen @ carefree creations

My last card for the day. This one is for the Less is More challenge What’s Outside Your Window.

The weather here in Colorado is wacky – one day gorgeous, the next snowing. That is supposed to be this week. Today there is a daffodil outside blooming, but tomorrow there will be snow. I do love seeing the daffodil even if it might not last – because it means that spring is here and despite the snow, the temperatures will rise.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Welcome Spring
Stamps: Year of Flowers Collection, Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey Ink – PTI);
Ink: Black (Momento);
Paper: White (PTI); Bashful Blue (Stampin’Up);
Other: markers (Copic); Rectangle Frame die (My Favorite Things);