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Gold & Green

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by karen @ carefree creations - Gold & Green

When it comes to metallic embossing, I prefer silver. But there is something about gold and green together at Christmastime!

This is my last design for the gift set. Now I just need the insides of all of them and get them packaged up and in the mail!

I have decided that Lil Inkers needs another stitched rectangle mat die set – with sizes in between the ones currently out. But until that happens, this set will get their work!

I chose to stamp/emboss the bow because I needed a flat card for mailing. I think if I was making this for myself, I’d use a touch of real ribbon.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Christmas Greetings
Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes (SU); Hydrangea bow (PTI); Complements of the Season (Waltzing Mouse);
Ink/Cardstock: Pinefeather, White (PTI);
Other: Gold embossing powder (Filigree); Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (SU); Stitched Rectangle mat die (Lil Inkers);

CAS(e) This Sketch

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I am so honored to be invited as a guest designer this week at CAS(e) This Sketch! Sketches are my favorite type of challenge – and CTS provides a perfect clean-and-simple layout every week! This week is:

CASe This Sketch #55

And here is my card:

by karen @ carefree creations - My Everything

Lately I’ve been seeing so many lovely projects using pattern paper that I was inspired to use some on my card.

I need to find a good ultra fine white embossing powder – does that exist? If so, please tell me! I would like to have embossed my sentiment but all I had was was to thick.

Thanks for taking a peek!

You Are My Moon
Stamps: Star Prints, Simply You (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: White, Fresh Snow, Simply Chartreuse (PTI); Tangerine Tango, Baja Blue (SU);
Other: patterned paper (My Minds Eye); Seeing Stars dies, Notched Star Banner (PTI); Stitched Rectangle Mat die (Lil Inkers);

Christmas Ornament

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #52 – colors.

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #52

And here is my take:

by karen @ carefree creations - Christmas Ornament

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).

Christmas Ornament
Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes, More Merry Messages (SU);
Ink/Cardstock: Cream (PTI); Cranberry Crisp (instead of Cherry because I can’t read upside down), Old Olive, Crumb Cake (SU);
Other: Ornament Keepsakes die (SU); Fringe die (MFT); Stitched Rectangle Mat die (Lil Inkers); Twine (SU);

Happiest of Holidays

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by karen @ carefree creations - Happiest of Holidays

This is my third attempt at the sponged silhouette card.

On my first attempt I stamped the sentiment too far from the tree – I think overlapping would have helped. I did have a couple folks give me some additional feedback on that card – thanks!!

My second attempt (not photographed) was basically this card, but the tree was embossed. Honestly, the only reason I scrapped that was because how warped the cardstock gets.

For this final iteration, I used a mask. It was a complete pain to cut-out the tree mask (the die wasn’t quite detailed enough to use that), but it was totally worth it. The only down-side was that, since I made 4 cards, the mask was trashed when I was done — too much ink. Next time I decide to mass-produce with masks I’ll make sure I give the mask time to dry between uses.

Now I just have 1 more card to design and my gift set is done!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happiest of Holidays
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In the Meadow, Think Big Favorites #20 (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, White (PTI);
Other: Eclipse mask paper;
Technique: masking

Holly Jolly

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by karen @ carefree creations - Holly Jolly

Just another gift Christmas card.

The berries have stickles over them to give a tiny bit of sparkle.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Holly Jolly
Stamps: Mistletoe & Holly (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Garden Green (SU); White, Black (PTI);
Other: Frosted Lace Stickles (Ranger);

Merry & Bright

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by karen @ carefree creations - Merry & Bright

To create this card, I used the Crazy for CAS challenge sketch.

I always like to do a few Christmas cards that are a not the traditional red/green color scheme.

12/6/2013: Woohooo! I just found out:
crazy for cas top 3 logo

Thanks for taking a peek!
Merry & Bright
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Love Lives Here Holiday, Signature Holiday Greetings (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Berry Sorbet, White, Simply Chartreuse (PTI); Baked Brown-Sugar (SU);
Other: Book Print impression plate, Love Lives Here Holiday dies (PTI); Stitched Rectangle Mat die (Lil Inkers);

Jolly Holiday

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by karen @ carefree creations - Jolly Holiday

To expedite my Christmas card stamping, I have all my holiday stamps gathered into one place. When I spied the ‘jolly’ letter dies, I wanted to play with them. I came up wit this card right away. I doubt I’ll make any more as lining up the dies was tedious (I did draw a line to help).

I think if I was to do it again, I’d cut the pattern paper in two so that the stripes under the letters go in the opposite direction from the bit at the bottom (of course I didn’t think about that until the white piece was glued to the pattern paper 🙂

I love the Stitched Rectangle Mat dies – they have well paid for themselves at this point! They make me happy (just like this card does)!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jolly Holidays
Stamps: Holly Jolly Sentiments (Lil Inkers)
Ink/Cardstock: White, New Leaf, Pure Poppy (PTI);
Other: Jingle Jolly dies, Holly Jolly dies, Stitched Rectangles Mat dies (Lil Inkers); Candy Cane Prints paper (PTI);

Filled with Thanks

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by karen @ carefree creations - Filled with Thanks

I needed one more Thanksgiving card before I could mail them off. Thankfully the Paper Smooches Sparks color challenge this week was a great one to put to use (it was sneak peeked on Sunday).

My card ended up with a tropical feel, but I like how happy it feels.

Most of the greeting is done with a font – CK Buddies. The CK (Creating Keepsakes) blog has free fonts every Friday – I downloaded this one back in July. But if you do an internet search, I’m sure you can find it.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Filled with Thanks
Stamps: Reflections, Pretty Phrases (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Cardstock: Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz (SU); Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, White, True Black (PTI);
Other: Duo Die 2, Reflections Flowers die (Paper Smooches); Burlap impression plate (PTI); CK Buddies font;

You Are My Sunshine

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by karen @ carefree creations - My Sunshine
I am sneaking this card into the CASology – Triangle challenge…with just a few hours to spare!

It took me a long time to find something “triangle” in my stash. I don’t buy into the triangle trend so I didn’t have a set that would just work. And despite the DT’s creative takes on the challenge, my brain didn’t want to find triangles in unexpected places 🙂

After perusing my pinterest board, I did finally see a photo that triggered a thought: sunshine. I knew I had a set that had sun rays and thankfully they were even triangle shaped!

Thanks for taking a peek!

You Are My Sunshine
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Sending Sunshine;
Ink/Cardstock: White, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Diamonds impression plate;

Snow Globe

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by karen @ carefree creations - Tree Snow Globe

I created this card for the latest CAS(e) This Sketch.

I’m not sure if I’m going to make a few more of these for my friend, or just leave it as a one-off for my own stash. It is cute, but I try to make fairly conventional cards for my friend (her family isn’t initiated to the creativity that can be card-making ;).

Thanks for taking a peek!

merry christmas
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Winter Snow Globe (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Blueberry Sky, White, Enchanted Evening (PTI); Unicorn White (Hero Arts); Rich Cocoa (Memento/Tsukineko);
Other: Winter Snow Globe die (PTI); G24 & Y02 markers (Copic);