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Butterfly Grid

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by karen @ carefree creations - Butterfly Grid

ColourMeBadge This card is for the Colour Me challenge.

Whew, this card took quite a bit. The butterflies did NOT stamp well, and filling-in with marker wasn’t as smooth as I would have wished. And then my sentiment is crooked (boo!).

I do like the concept of the card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thinking of You
All supplies StampingUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Butterfly Collection wheel, Four You;
Ink/Cardstock: Blank, Smokey Slate, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette;

By Your Side, Forever

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by karen @ carefree creations - By Your Side

I made this card for two challenges. The new Card Concept whose first challenge is a color scheme. The other challenge is from CAS on Sunday which is a love theme.

CardConceptBadgeCASOnSundayBadge

When I first saw the color scheme, I wasn’t sure what to do – though I really loved the image that they used to demonstrate the color pallet. But once I saw the theme challenge I knew how to make them work together!

I did play quite a bit for how to use the colors, but I settled on just a pop of the pink to highlight the best part of the sentiment. The heart strip is done with masking – which helps keep the card quite CAS.

Thanks for taking a peek!

By Your Side
Stamps: Sending My Love (PTI); I {heart} Hearts (SU);
Ink/Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate, Cream (PTI); Blushing Bride (SU); Bamboo (CTMH);
Other: Framed Greetings die (MFT);
Technique: masking;

Freshly Made Birthday

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by karen @ carefree creations - Freshly Made Birthday

FreshlyMadeSketchesBadge When I first saw the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I was excited – what a fun sketch! It took me a LONG time to finally decide what to do, but I’m quite happy with how the card turned out.

I love the cheesecloth as the tilted layer – and how the sentiment nestles in the corner.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday to You
Stamps: Ruby Rose (PTI); Cheesecloth background (SU);
Ink/Cardstock: Kraft, White, Simply Chartreuse, Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores, Chocolate Chip (PTI);
Other: Brights Candy Dots (SU); Leafy Flourish die (MFT);

Gift Card Slider

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The clinic aid at our elementary school is moving to another school. She is such a wonderful person – funny and caring. I wanted to give her a little token of thanks. I haven’t had a lot of stamping time this week, but today I had to get this card done now (since today is her last day, eek!). She loves Starbucks, so that is the gift card inside of this:

by karen @ carefree creations - Gift Card Slider

I used a bit of cardstock and pattern paper to make a faux tissue box for the front. I punched a little slot in the “top” and stuck a piece of facial tissue through.

Here it is “open”:

by karen @ carefree creations - Gift Card Slider (open)

I really love making these slider cards as gift card holders. I do have to alter the dimensions just as smidge to accomodate the gift card (and because I write on the slider panel) – the small slider panel is a 2 1/2 square.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Congrats
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Congrats All Ways, Fruit Frusion: Apple, Mini Book Tabs, Movers & Shakers Sentiments;
Ink/Cardstock: Royal Velvet, White, Pure Poppy; Lucky Limeade (SU);
Other: Royal Velvet pattern paper; Fruit Frusion: Apple die, Tab die; Notch tool (Basic Grey); lots of adhesive (glue dots, foam dots, sticky strip); tissue;
Technique: double slider card (tutorial at SCS);

Beachy Thoughts

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #57 – colours.

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #57

And here is my take:

by karen @ carefree creations - Thinking of You

Oh I had fun with this one! I’ve seen some awesome cards using the masking tape technique and decided it was time I tried it too. I inked a few lines to simulate sand.

The shells are stamped on Vanilla with Crumb Cake. Then I added a touch of watercolor with the Rose and Plum colors.

This will be another OWH 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).

Thinking of You
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: By the Seashore, Four You;
Ink/Cardstock: Naturals Cream, Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Perfect Plum, Soft Suede;
Technique: watercoloring, masking tape technique;

Sweet Pea Blossom

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by karen @ carefree creations - Sweet Pea Blossom

A few months ago I made a card using the Sweet Pea set and my mom asked that I send her the card (to give to a friend), but I needed that card for the RAK group – and mom didn’t need the card until Feb, so I told her I’d make another.

We’ll I decided I needed to get working on it, or I’d forget til it was too late. When I saw the latest RetroSketch I knew it would be perfect. Of course this card isn’t anything like the one mom saw, but hopefully this will still work!

I had gotten the entire card done – just finished adding the little green tendrils, when I dropped ink pad on the card!!! After some choice words I decided it was a blessing in disguise as I had originally stamped the frame in a different color and I wasn’t loving it. Now I could change it and not feel bad about wasting the paper because it was already ruined.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Sweet Pea, Communique Curves Sentiments, Fillable Frames 10;
Ink/Cardstock: White, Wisteria, Spring Moss, Soft Stone, Black;
Other: markers (Copics); Wisteria pattern paper;

Pocketful of Love

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by karen @ carefree creations - Pocketful of Love

When I first saw the latest Fall-to-Layout at Clean & Simple, I thought about using an envelope. But when I started looking for sentiments, I ran across the pocket set and decided that would be fun!

Another card I’ll be sending to OWH.

Thanks for taking a peek!

thinking of you
Stamps: Back Pocket Basics, Around About Sentiments (PTI); Jeans background (SU);
Ink/Cardstock: White, Winter Wisteria, Pure Poppy, Melon Berry, Enchanted Evening (PTI); Midnight Madness (SU);
Other: Back Pocket dies (PTI);

Birthday Fusion

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by karen @ carefree creations - Butterfly Fusion

I created this card for the Fusion challenge. I used both the sketch and the inspiration photo.

I’m really happy with how this turned out! I love the colors and how it came together.

I actually stamped the panel twice. The first time I stamped the Moroccan border design with basic grey and the sentiment it black but it was just too dark. I had also stamped the butterflies directly on the panel. That was fine, but I didn’t want to waste them, so when I re-did the panel, I punched the original butterflies out and popped them up. The added dimension does add a nice touch (with the shadows).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Birthday Wishes
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Papillon Potpourri, Bring on the Cake;
Ink/Cardstock: Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party;
Other: Butterfly punch;

Texting

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by karen @ carefree creations - Texting

The Keep it Simple challenge this week is “text”. Of course, my first thought was more along the lines “texting” (probably because I have a teenager in the house).

I know my card doesn’t look exactly like a cell phone, but that is what I was emulating.

I went with a “miss you” sentiment because I am making cards for Operation Write Home.

My card is a little smaller than A2 (4 7/8 x 3 1/2).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Miss U
Stamps: Fascinators, Alphadot (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Cardstock: Black cardstock, White (PTI); Black ink (Memento);
Other: b11 marker (Copic); corner rounder (Crop-a-dile);

You Color My World

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by karen @ carefree creations - Color My World

I make this card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

I used a rainbow of colors, but it isn’t obviously rainbow.

Lots of paper piecing on this one, though it is all cardstock.

Thanks for taking a peek!

You Color My World
Stamps: Spring Fling, Positive Strokes, He Said She Said, World Salad (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Cardstock: White, (old) Black, Spring Rain, Winter Wisteria, Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Harvest Gold (PTI); Pumpkin Pie (SU);