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Calypso Flower

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #66 – colors.

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #66

And here is my take:

by karen @ carefree creations - Calypso Flower

These colors are quite pretty together! The two blues together allow for variation, but the pop of coral is great contrast.

When stamping the wheel (I unmount my wheels), I off-stamped to get a lighter color – mostly because I wasn’t sure if I was going to stamp my sentiment on or under the gingham.

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).

Happy Birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Bring on the Cake, Gingham wheel;
Ink/Cardstock: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Calypso Coral;
Other: dimensional adhesive;

Thank You Bouquet

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #65 – sketch.

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And here is my take:

by karen @ carefree creations - Thank You Bouquet

As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to use vellum. I decided to finally ink up a new-to-me set: So Very Grateful.

Since I wanted to keep this card SU only, I chose to watercolor the bouquet images.

Once I got everything done I realized that the sentiment just didn’t show up enough, so I decided to add another layer of vellum. I only needed to change the opacity right above the floral layer so I wrapped the additional vellum around that panel:

by karen @ carefree creations - detail

This way I achieved the desired opacity for the sentiment to be visible, but the blue of the card base still peeks through.

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).

Thank You
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: So Very Grateful, Another Thank You photopolymer;
Ink/Cardstock: Soft Sky, White, Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz;
Other: silver embossing powder, vellum;
Technique: watercoloring;

Cheerful Chick

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #64 – colors.

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #64

And here is my take:

by karen @ carefree creations - Cheerful Chick

Whew, this was a challenge! The color challenges at CCS do not allow any other colors (besides black and white) so a two color challenge is definitely stretching my muse! I must admit though, when I sat down and went through my stamp index, I came up with quite a few ideas – so I know it is possible (heck another idea is still stuck in my head, if I can grab some stamping time I will work on it)!

My sentiment was supposed to say “have a cheerful easter” but I ran out of room 😀

I watercolored the chick and egg – and I’m really happy with how the egg turned out! I chose to watercolor because that meant I could get lots of shades with just those two colors (I used the the third color, Eggplant, for my sentiment).

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).

have a cheerful day
Stamps: Spring Fling, Mini Monograms, Wake Up (for “day”);
Ink/Cardstock: White (PTI); Crushed Curry, Pale Plum, Elegant Eggplant (SU); Noir Black (Palette);
Other: Divine Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug);
Technique: watercoloring;

Birthday Splatters

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by karen @ carefree creations - Birthday Wishes

This card uses an oops card base. The grey (really pale purple) splatters all over the background are from an exploded re-inker. Since that was the base for my card, I had to use a grunge set!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Birthday Wishes
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Gorgeous Grunge, Four You (seriously, what would I do without this set??);
Ink/Cardstock: White, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, Basic Grey;
Other: Blossom punch, circle punch;

From Oops to Celebration

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A couple days ago I posted a card that started with an oops (I had dropped a stamp). I tend to drop stamps, a lot. Here is another drop:

oops card before

I was making a card for a sketch and that drop did not fall in a good place so I set the card aside. Last weekend I pulled it out and let the drop lead me to a new design:

by karen @ carefree creations - Celebrate

My drop was from a scallop border stamp. When I decided to try make something of the oops card, I figured I should start with the same stamp. I just inked up the same stamp in the same color and stamped it right over the drop – which happened to be on a diagonal.

I built up the card from there, not having any plan whatsoever!

And dang if I don’t like this card!

Thanks for taking a peek!

celebrate
Stamps: Space Cadet, Pretty Phrases, Borderlicious, Fascinators (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Cardstock: White (PTI); Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade (SU);
Other: Cardbooking dies (Paper Smooches); twine (stash);
Technique: paper piecing;

With Sympathy

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #63 – sketch.

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #63

And here is my take:

by karen @ carefree creations - Sympathy

I had a hard time with this sketch – but only because I couldn’t chose which stamp set to use…this is such a versatile sketch that just about anything will work!

Unfortunately I just found out a friend’s father passed away and I needed a sympathy card. I chose a floral stamp set and soft colors.

To make the crumb strip, I used one of the Apothecary Accents dies and only die cut the end. Then I used a trimmer to cut the edges straight.

I needed a bit of texture on the Crumb strip, so I embossed it. Of course the folder I chose left an un-embossed area at the top. I didn’t want to try embossing just that bit, so I used the space to add some (stamped) stitch lines.

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).

With Sympathy
Stamps: Best of Greetings, Stippled Blossom (SU); Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzing Mouse Stamps);
Ink/Cardstock: Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, River Rock, Blue Bayou, Naturals White (SU); Spring Moss (PTI);
Other: Apothecary Accents dies, Elegant Lines embossing folder (SU);

Season’s Greetings in February

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I spent this past Saturday working through my stack of ‘oops’ card bases – mostly ones where I had the dropsies. I hang on to these goofs because I know with a little ingenuity I can make them work.

Here is my oops card:

I stamped my sentiment exactly where I wanted it, but then dropped the stamp and it bounced around. Since the original card was to be a one-layer card, this was not going to work. The way the oops was oriented I figured I could cover it up. And I did:

by karen @ carefree creations - Christmas Ornament

The ornament was positioned to cover the lower part of the oops, but a few at the top were still visible. It was easy to cover them though as they were right up next to the ornament lid and I placed a few little tendril stamps to cover the rest of the oops.

This is a pretty simple card, but I like it! Glad I didn’t toss the oops!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Season’s Greetings
Stamps: More Merry Messages, Ornament Keepsakes (SU); tendril from Strawberry Patch (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: White (PTI); Real Red, Gumball Green, Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip (SU);
Other: gold cord (SU); Ornament Keepsake die (SU);

Tulips in Spring

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by karen @ carefree creations - Welcome Spring

This poor stamp set has been neglected for years – I had to break it out and make a spring card!

This card started out for the PTI February Blog Hop, but I didn’t like how it was going so I set it aside and worked on the egg card I did submit to the hop.

Since the stamping actually had turned out well, I had to make this work! The original card was just the vellum sentiment strip over the tulips – each tulip was one color and no stamens were stamped yet. It was nice but there was no interest to it (all the tulips were the same size stamped at the same level and the space at the top seemed too much).

To help add interest I stamped more tulip heads on scrap paper and cut out the polka dot strips from each flower. Then I layered those on to flowers of a different color and finally added stamens in yet another color. I like how this finished up!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Welcome Spring
Stamps: Wishing You, Wreath for All Seasons (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Blueberry Sky, White, Summer Sunset, Berry Sorbet, Plum Pudding, New Leaf (PTI); Black (Brilliance);
Other: vellum (stash);

Sweet Spring Blog Hop

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Today is PTI’s February Blog Hop – themed Sweet Spring!

I pulled out a couple older sets to make my card.

by karen @ carefree creations - Easter

I love colorful Easter eggs! And Easter eggs happen in the spring despite the weather (now that I live somewhere that could snow in April – or even May – flowers don’t always signify spring to me).

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I used the latest CAS(e) This Sketch layout for my card (#65).

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy easter
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Egg Hunt, Scrambled Eggs;
Ink/Cardstock: Blueberry Sky, White, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, Berry Sorbet, Plum Pudding;
Other: grass die (MFT); Egg die, Picnic Plaid impression plate (PTI);

One Month Late

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So last month Papertrey Ink held a blog hop with the theme of ‘pink’. I tried to make a card, but it didn’t come out right. It was a regular right-open card and everything was stamped too far to the right. I thought I could trim the card front off and mount it on a new base with a left-side pattern paper border, but that didn’t work either. I put the card aside and finally came back to it.

by karen @ carefree creations - Hello

I had a white card base sitting on my desk (the product of a different oops) and when I put the pink panel down, I liked the white border. I added a tiny scallop border in dark brown and thought the card is finally done!

To get the space for the sentiment, I just temporarily adhered a strip of printer paper to act as a mask; then I stamped the wood mat image and pulled up the mask.

Thanks for taking a peek!

hello
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Meadow Greens, Modern Wood Mats, Communique Curves Sentiments;
Ink/Cardstock: White, Sweet Blush, Limeade Ice, Dark Chocolate;
Other: white embossing powder (HeroArts); Heart Border die (PTI);
Technique: Heat Embossing; Masking;