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Season’s Greetings

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by karen @ carefree creations - Season's Greetings

Oh boy was this card trying! It all started with a Pin.

I used about 12 quarter sheets of scrap paper designing this card. I even had to preform stamp surgery! And I still managed to ruin 2 cards! But I did get 4 of these one-layer cards done without problems. Whew!

I love that inspiration photo (I pinned it from someone else – but now that I go look at the original I see that card is 5 x 7…no wonder I couldn’t get 5 wreaths on my A2!!).

My card has two different-sized wreaths on it – that is where the stamp surgery comes in. I trimmed out a small section and was able to bend the stamp a bit more to make a smaller complete circle.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Season’s Greetings
Stamps: Berry Christmas, More Merry Messages (StampinUp); Birds of a Feather, Bird Watching, Birthday Style (PaperTrey Ink);
Ink/Cardstock: White, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Chocolate (PTI); Crushed Curry (SU);

Gobble Gobble

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #51 – sketch.

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #51

And here is my take:

by karen @ carefree creations - Gobble Turkey

I stamped this last weekend while I was making all my Thanksgiving cards. This turkey image is so fun – I love using it!

The footprints are from another set and I think if I use them again, I’ll cut them apart so it is only 1 set of feet per impression…right now it sorta looks like a four-legged bird creature made those tracks lol!

This card is 4 x 5 1/2.

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).

Gobble Gobble
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Gobble Gobble, Birds of a Feather;
Ink/Cardstock: Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Terracotta Tile, Dark Chocolate; Baked Brown-Sugar (SU);
Other: Gobble Gobble die;

You Are My Heart #2

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by karen @ carefree creations - You Are My Heart

I recently pinned a cute little doodle artwork that inspired this card.

In addition, I used Addicted to CAS’s anniversary challenge as well as CAS on Sunday’s one-layer challenge.

Since this was more of a playful card, I didn’t bother drawing a grid. I did line up my card so the center was over the darker lines on my grid paper. That helped with eye-balling the placements.

Thanks for taking a peek!

You Are My Heart
Stamps: Gently Seasoned, Friendly Flowers, Flap Happy, Falling for You, Chit Chat, Warm Hearts (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Cardstock: Basic Grey, Soft Sky, Crumb Cake (SU); Limeade Ice, Lavender Moon, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, White (PTI);
Other: Stitched Rectangle die (Lil Inkers);

Circle of Light

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by karen @ carefree creations - Circle of Light

A couple months ago I pinned an incredible card by Nancy Penir. Without that inspiration I would never have thought to bend my string of lights around!

I originally was going to make this a one-layer card, but honestly chickened out. I figured it would be easier to waste a quarter sheet than a half (though I suppose half of the half could still be used for scrap and die-cutting).

Anyway, when it came time to mount the light panel to a card base, I struggled over what color to use. I first thought to match the yellow circle, but I used crushed curry and while I love the ink, the cardstock can be a bit overpowering. I had 3 shades of yellow and a green on my desk and still couldn’t decide. Thankfully my kiddo was able to put into words why I couldn’t decide. When I called them over to help, they immediately said, “green, because it makes the yellow pop”. Ah! Yes….when I used yellow as a background, the sentiment faded away and the light strand was the focus.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Holiday Lights (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: White, New Leaf, Pure Poppy (PTI); Crushed Curry (SU);
Other: Limitless Layers 1 3/4 circle die (PTI);

Sweet Christmas

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by karen @ carefree creations - Sweet Christmas

I am a little behind in making Christmas cards for a friend. Last year I made 6 of 4 designs. This year I’m going for the opposite: 4 each of 6 designs. I’ve managed to sketch out 4 ideas. This is the first one.

I trimmed the branch piece so that the candy cane could hang on the branch. I did stamp a couple additional pines onto the white panel to fill out the branch.

The candy cane image is quite long – so I had to trim a bit off the end so that I had room for everything.

The sentiment is pieced together from 3 sets!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Sweet Christmas
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas, Peaceful Pinecones, Strawberry Sentiments, Mistletoe & Holly sentiment, Wonderful Words: Holiday sentiments (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, White (PTI); Baked Brown-Sugar marker (SU);
Other: Candy Cane Christmas die (PTI);

Thanksgiving Simplicity

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by karen @ carefree creations - Gradient Leaves

Finishing up my Thanksgiving cards, I used the latest challenge as Less is More to do a one layer thanks card.

I decided to channel my inner Susan Raihala to make a one-layer card.

To be a Susan-inspired card, it needed to be perfect, so I pre-stamped on my grid paper to determine just the right size. Then I used a ruler and pencil to draw a grid on my card stock.

I suppose I should have done 3 leaves per row, but I chose to do only 2 so that the leaves were within the sentiment.

I did trim the card to 4 x 5 1/2.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy thanksgiving
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fall Elegance, Gobble Gobble;
Ink/Cardstock: White, Canyon Clay, Terracotta Tile, Dark Chocolate; Crushed Curry (SU);

Thanksgiving Wishes

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by karen @ carefree creations - Thanksgiving Wishes

I created this card for a couple challenges: CASual Friday’s Embossing challenge and Cards in Envy: Say What challenge.

Since I’m still working on my Thanksgiving cards, I wanted to create a card for that purpose.

For the embossing portion, I was inspired by an old technique challenge on SCS: Balleek Pottery.

The Cards in Envy challenge is to keep the sentiment the focus of the card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thanksgiving Wishes
Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments (SU);
Ink/Cardstock: Soft Suede, Vanilla, Naturals Cream, Early Espresso (SU); Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger);
Other: Natural trim, Linen thread, Suede Patterns DSP, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (SU); Sending You die (PTI);
Technique: Balleek Pottery;

Thanksgiving Fall Leaves

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by karen @ carefree creations - Thanksgiving Leaves

I created this card for a couple challenges: the Freshly Made Sketch and CASology’s cue: Brown.

I’m desperately behind in making cards for Thanksgiving (this will be card #3 of 10). Thankfully this one was a quick card to make (ya know, starting with a sketch and color really helps speed things along!).

The leaves are two-toned (inking in one color and then rock-n-rolled with a second).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thankful
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Gently Falling, Bright Blessings wheel (SU);
Ink/Cardstock: Vanilla, Crumb, Chocolate, Crushed Curry (SU); Canyon Clay, Terracotta Tile (PTI);
Other: wood button, linen thread (SU);
Technique: rock-n-roll

Peaceful Stripes

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by karen @ carefree creations - Peace on Earth

I created this card for the Paper Smooches Spark trend challenge: stripes.

I drew the stripes on a piece of cardstock using a ruler and silver pen. The star is also colored in with the silver pen. The pattern paper I used for the tree had tiny dots on it – which I dotted over with the silver pen.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Peace on Earth
Stamps: All Yule Need, Christmas Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Cardstock: Midnight Muse (SU); Smokey Shadow, White (PTI);
Other: Silver pen (Zig); Holiday Thyme DSP (SU); Flag Tags (Paper Smooches);

Autumn Candles

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by karen @ carefree creations - Autumn Candles

This card is for the Seize the Sketch challenge.

When choosing colors, I wanted to stay away from pink (mostly because I’m tired of it), but also because this is autumn and I love using the rich earth tones.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Wishes Come True, Birthday Bash Sentiments, Herringbone (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso (SU); Unicorn White ink (Memories); White cardstock (PTI);
Other: Eastern Elegance DSP (SU); Wishes Come True candle die (PTI);