Category Archives: Stampin Up

Boo!

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Boo! - by karen @ carefree creations

I made this card for my mom to use in her August stamp camp. She wanted a Halloween card, and I had the photopolymer set Bite Me, so that worked out 🙂

The card base is orange. To make the top layer, I made a cut from the center-point on the edge to almost center-point of the card. Then I rolled the flaps back exposing the stamping on card base. The sentiment banner is a long strip which is rolled/folded and tucked behind the flaps.

FYI – I got a job! After 14 years I am heading back into an office. I’m looking forward to it, but at the same time, I’ve gotten quite spoiled by being at home and it will take some adjusting! Anyway, my point is I probably won’t be posting as much (though the past few weeks haven’t been much either – so maybe about the same, lol).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Boo!
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bite Me;
Ink/Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Perfect Plum, Basic Black;

Too Much Happy

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #84 – sketch.

CCS_2014-07-24_#84

And here is my take:

Too Much Happy - by karen @ carefree creations

I chose to do a small square card (4 1/4″). I knew I wanted to have my sentiment in the circle so I started by finding a sentiment that would fit.

I built the card from there – since the sentiment was “happy”, I chose happy colors and a butterfly motif.

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).

too much happy
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Yippee-Skippee!, Papillon Potpourri, Handcarved;
Ink/Cardstock: Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, White, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Black; Versamark;
Other: Elegant Butterfly punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, Circles Collection framelits;

Blooming Birthday

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Blooming Birthday - by karen @ carefree creations

This is another card I made for my mom’s stamp camp. Lots of different colors, but since the card base is blue the white sentiment panel still pops as the focal point.

I did mask the large flowers when stamping the leafy stem, but all the other flowers are just stamped so they don’t overlap.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Blooming Birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Flower Patch;
Ink/Cardstock: Soft Sky, Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Calypso Coral;
Other: Apothecary Accents Framelit die;
Technique: masking;

Awesome

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #81 – colors.

CAS Colours & Sketches #81

And here is my take:

Awesome Thanks - by karen @ carefree creations

I decided to do a StampinUp only card for this challenge. I haven’t used Mosaic Madness in a very long time and I thought it would work well for these colors.

Originally, the tiles were going to be in a random “falling” array, but I don’t do random well, so these ended up lining up and making a pattern – I like it nonetheless 🙂 especially as I see space invaders in it, lol.

Now that I’m done I wish I had used a different sentiment (I’m not overly fond of the “grunge” look); this card should have had a bit more elegant font…oh well – next time.

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).

Awesome
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Yippee Skippee, Mosaic Madness;
Ink/Cardstock: Crumb Cake, White, Basic Grey, Strawberry Slush;
Other: Elegant Lines embossing folder, Mosaic punch;

A Reprise

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Thinking of You - by karen @ carefree creations

It is time for me to make the cards mom will use at July’s stamp camp. I really loved the card I made last week using Summer Silhouettes, so I decided to reprise it.

This time around mom wanted me to use Meadow Moss and Blackberry Bliss. I fiddled with an accessory color, and settled with gold. StampinUp has a divine new ribbon in gold (and silver); I couldn’t help but use it!

I even added a trio of gold dots to the flower centers.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thinking of You
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, For You;
Ink/Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Blackberry Bliss, Meadow Moss, Versamark;
Other: gold Emboss Powder, gold Satin Ribbon, gold Dazzle Marker;

Pet Loss

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Pet Sympathy - by karen @ carefree creations

A week or so ago my mom had to put one of her cats to sleep. I couldn’t be there to hug her myself, so I sent her a card.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Their Love
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes; With Symapthy – Pet (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Naturals White, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip;
Other: Soft Sky seam binding ribbon;
Technique: sponging, olc;

Drinks on the Beach

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #80 – sketch.

CAS Colours & Skethes Challenge #80

And here is my take:

Drinks on the Beach - by karen @ carefree creations

This is my final challenge this month. I thought it would be fun to get away from rectangles! Of course, since it is my challenge I used the same shape for my card that I used when creating the challenge graphic – but you can use any shape! I hope you join us!

I haven’t played with my StampinUp supplies in awhile, so I thought I’d make an SU only card for this challenge. The only die that I have that would be big enough for a card is the Labels Framelits. Even then I didn’t use the largest size!

I kept the card design simple and just added a little white outline to help finish the card.

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).

Cheers!
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Happy Hour;
Ink/Cardstock: Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Indigo Island, various markers;
Other: Label framelits; white gel pen;

Watercolor & Embossing

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Watercolor & Embossing - by karen @ carefree creations

Here’s my last July 4th card.

I was inspired by a recent video by Jennifer McGuire about watercoloring and embossing folders. Her technique uses distress inks and watercolor paper. I used plain ole dye ink and regular cardstock.

I smeared ink onto the embossing folder, spritz with water, added my cardstock and ran it through the machine. The right-side did NOT blend, so I covered up part of it with a cardstock border.

The sentiment is stamped on another panel (part of it is handwritten with a marker).

I won’t post my very last card because it is a complete CASE of this awesome card by Janelle.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy July 4th
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Skinny Mini Alphabet;
Ink/Cardstock: Night of Navy, Real Red, Naturals White;
Other: Navy marker, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder;
Technique: watercolor & embossing folder

Shabby Chic for Mom

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Since this card is for my mom, I had to wait until it arrived before I posted it.

by karen @ carefree creations - Shabby Rose

I’m usually a CAS stamper – and hardly ever stray to the shabby chic style, but the sketch I used (Cardabilities #97) seemed to call for it. It was fun to break out a bit 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Mother’s Day
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Travel Journal wheel;
Ink/Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzaz, Old Olive, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso;
Other: Lattice die, Soft Sky seem binding;
Technique: sponging, machine sewing;

May Stamp Camp Cards

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Wow, my youngest kiddo has been out of school for a couple days (teacher work-days) and that means I’m not up there volunteering and THAT means more time at the stamp table…and boy have I been stamping!

May is just around the corner and my mom asked me to make a couple cards for her to use at stamp camp. The camp is all about retiring products. I squeezed as many as I could onto these cards!

First up, Fabulous Florets:

by karen @ carefree creations - Fabulous Florets

I stamped the leafy greens a couple times onto the Vanilla panel. The two flowers are hand-cut. The sentiment frame is done using the Designer Frames embossing folder (another retiring product). After I embossed my scrap paper, I cut the frame out and adhered it with dimensionals.

My other card uses Zoo Review:

by karen @ carefree creations - Zoo Review

Another clean and simple card (surprise, lol). Mom wanted a masculine card for this set. The Crumb Cake panel is sitting right-justified on a Midnight Muse card base. The card base is stamped (sideways) with the Woodgrain background to give that little strip peeking out a bit of texture.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Wishes
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Bring on the Cake;
Ink/Cardstock: Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Chocolate Chip;
Other: Designer Frames embossing folder;
Wonderful Day
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Zoo Review, Bring on the Cake, Woodgrain;
Ink/Cardstock: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit;