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For the Music Teacher

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by Karen @ carefree creations - Music Teacher

I was inspired by a card Nichole Heady did during the introduction of the Rhythm & Soul set (see it here – you’ll need to scroll down a bit). I was going to emboss white on colored paper, but honestly, I didn’t have the energy the night I made it – and it needed done then. Still, I’m quite happy with how it turned out.

I did play around with the placement of the instruments by laying out the stamps.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Rhythm & Soul, Fillable Frames #1, Communique Curves Sentiments;
Ink/Card Stock: Blueberry Sky, White, Black;
Other: Fillable Frames #1 die;

Thanks to the Gym Teacher

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by Karen @ carefree creations - Gym Teacher

For this card, I used a Fall-to-Layout from the Clean & Simple Stamping blog.

I wanted to do a reprise of a card I did a couple years ago (here), but I wanted it different. That is where the sketch came in – it was perfect!

There are 10 spots on the card and filling them was tricky. I used a font for the volleyball. I repeated a couple of the balls. And one spot was covered by the banner. Footballs should be round 😉

Oh, and in case you are wondering – the red spot is a kick ball, and the black spot is a hockey puck!

Thanks for taking a peek!

#1 Teacher
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: All Star Team, Have a Ball, Teacher’s Apple;
Ink/Card Stock: Kraft, Rustic White, Black, Orange Zest, Ocean Tides, Harvest Gold; Ruby Red (SU);
Other: circle dies (Spellbinders); Sport Relief font for Volleyball dingbat (internet);

Apple for the Teacher

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge, it’s a double!! #27 – colors and sketch.

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #27

And here is my take:

by Karen @ carefree creations - Apple for the Teacher

Today is the last day of school! I spent this week frantically making cards for teachers. I thought the CAS challenge sketch would be perfect!

I will say I originally stamped the apples directly onto the card base but despite drawing a grid, I didn’t like the position they ended up. Instead I pulled out some old pattern paper that, thankfully, was Sahara Sand! Also originally, I had stamped the leaves all going the same direction. I decided on round two to do them pointing out.

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

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 you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Thank You, Teacher
Stamps: Teacher’s Apple, Teach & Inspire (Papertrey Ink);
Ink/Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke (StampinUp); Pure Poppy, Black, White (PTI);
Other: Labels 1 die (Spellbinders; Notations pattern paper (SU);

Banjo Playing Math Teacher

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My oldest kiddo has the coolest math teacher! He has all sorts of guitars hanging on the wall at the back of his class room (including a banjo). And the best part, if the kids get done early, they can play with them!

Math is my kiddo’s favorite subject, and this teacher has really fostered their love. I think he is even the reason they are seriously considering math teacher as a goal.

by Karen @ carefree creations - Banjo Playing Math Teacher

Hard to see in the photo, but the little dots around the banjo base are colored with a gold pen. And the two light grey areas have silver glitter pen accents.

To get the math theme in there, I embossed the background with numbers.

This isn’t the fanciest of cards, but I hope it will be enjoyed.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You, Teacher
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Rhythm & Soul, Happy Trails (“thank you, teacher”), Handwritten Notes (“so cool”), Autumn Abundance (“you’re”);
Ink/Card Stock: Blueberry Sky, White, Black;
Other: Numbers impression plate; markers (Copic);

PTI Blog Hop – Bouquets

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by Karen @ carefree creations - Purple Roses

I had some stamping time the other day so I used it to make a card for the PTI Blog Hop. Really, how could I pass up an opportunity to use flower stamps??

I love flowers and PTI has some awesome sets. I chose to use one that doesn’t see a lot of ink – Rosie Posie.

PTI offered 6 suggested palettes for the bouquets. I chose the neutrals:

PTI Blog Hop - Neutrals Bouquet

I did change the Fine Linen and instead used Rustic White.

The card base is Sweet Blush; the flowers are Lavender Moon & Copic Marker (Wisteria color).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thinking of You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Rosie Posie, We Go Together;
Ink/Card Stock: Sweet Blush, Rustic White, Lavender Moon, Wisteria Wonder, Spring Moss;
Other: Mat Stack 3 die, Rosie Posie dies; markers (Copic);

Zebra Spots

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by Karen @ carefree creations - Zebra Spots
Working on camp cards for my mom.

My charge for this card was to use Zoo Review. While I chose to go with a pink sentiment, you could easily change this to a masculine card by changing the sentiment color.

I used a drop of grey re-inker and about twice that amount of water. Then I took a paint brush and dipped it into the ink. Just a few taps of the brush against my hand and I had splatters. I did mask the zebra image first.

I was inspired by a sketch at CAS(e) This Sketch (but as usual, I missed the deadline).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Zoo Review, Itty Bitty Banners;
Ink/Card Stock: Black, White, Melon Mambo, Slate;
Other: Itty Bitty Banner framelit, dimensionals;

For the Science Teacher

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> #26 – sketch.

CAS Colours & Sketches - Challenge 26

I rotated the sketch:

by Karen @ carefree creations - Science Teacher

This was so much fun to make! This is a great sketch – very versatile! And I got to color!!

My kid’s science class this year was focused on chemistry, hence the stamp selection. Her teacher likes purple, so that is why I chose the colors for the clothes.

To make the scientist look like he was really holding the flask, I fussy-cut around the fingers and tucked the flask image just behind the fingers.

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

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 you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Thanks Teacher
Stamps: Great Chemistry, Smarty Pants (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Card Stock: White, Aqua Mist, Soft Stone (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: markers (Copic – hollar if you need to know which numbers); Notebook die (PTI);

Nautical Sparks

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School is almost out – just this week and next….then stamping heaven time! I’m working in stamping as often as I can for now. This card was made for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge – Cool Shades “Nautical”.

by Karen @ carefree creations - Nautical Spark

The challenge colors are navy, teal, red, kraft. I thought the adorable Surf & Turf set would work really well for that.

The ocean is done by using ink smooshing. That is, I made little droplets of reinker on my craft sheet and then smooshed the card stock into the ink. I made sure the darker colors were focused more at the bottom.

The card base is embossed with an old swirl design folder from Sizzix. Since the folder image is smaller than a normal card base, so I just trimmed the card down to 5 1/4 x 4.

The critters are paper pieced and the sentiment is heat embossed.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hey GillFriend
Stamps: Surf & Turf (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Bermuda Bay, White (StampinUp);
Other: Crumb Cake pattern paper (SU); Pure Poppy pattern paper (PTI); white embossing powder (Filigree); Swirls embossing folder (Sizzix);
Technique: ink smoosh, paper piecing, heat embossing;

Congrats Grad

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I have a nephew graduating this year. Here’s the card I made:

by Karen @ carefree creations - File Folder Graduation

I’m not sure I can even begin to describe how I got here. This card looks NOTHING like the picture in my head!

The card base is a cream color and I stamped a grid on the front. The grid was stamped with Hero Arts shadow ink – Baby Blue. The cube I have is ancient so I don’t know how true to color it is any more, but it was just what I wanted for this.

I used a die to create a file folder edge. Originally my layout was vertical, but the die-cut letters did not look good stacked on top of each other because the M is so much wider than the S and it looked like an inverted pyramid…not what I was going for.

The apple is the school symbol.

I wish I had a “stamp of approval” type image to use, but I don’t, so I created my own. I used the postal cancellation waves and a circle sentiment (stamped with SU Sahara Sand).

The stripe paper is on the inside of the card – just enough to peek out. There is also a thin strip of red card stock to separate the pattern paper from the writing area.

So does anyone else have this problem? I have a really hard time mixing products from different manufacturers. It isn’t that I can’t, it is more like I feel disloyal. I mean, I know if I’m making a card for a challenge by that manufacturer, I should stay with their stamps if I can….but when it is a card just because, then I really shouldn’t care if I mix and match – but dang it is hard for me! But then I know I’m a little weird!

Thanks for taking a peek!

MHS – Congratulations
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzing Mouse); For the Graduate, School Time Additions, Around About Sentiments, Postmarks, Simple Alphabet;
Ink/Card Stock: Vintage Cream, New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Harvest Gold; Sahara Sand (SU); Baby Blue (Hero Arts Shadow); Black (Versafine);
Other: Pure Poppy Patterns paper, Christmas Prints pattern paper, Block Alphabet die, Teacher’s Apple die, Edgers #5 die;