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Heart Racing

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by Karen @ Carefree Creations - Heart Racing

I created this card for the CASology cue Up. My first reaction was to use balloons – but lots of folks were doing that so I decided to try something different. While thinking about what goes up – I came up with pulse rate!

I don’t have a cool pulse-rate-line-thingy image, so I created this (and the sentiment) on the computer! The race car is stamped, cut-out, and popped-up.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Heart Racing
Stamps: Free Spirit Boy (Waltzing Mouse Stamps – wms); Sentiment & pulse line are computer generated;
Ink/Card Stock: White, Pure Poppy (PTI);
Other: Red & Black markers (SU);

Salted Watercolor

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So last week I created a watercolor + embossing card and ended up with a lot of ink left over on my craft sheet. I sopped up the ink with some watercolor paper and salted it (tutorial). This is how they turned out:

by Karen @ Carefree Creations - Salted Watercolor Backgrounds

The brown spots are where the salt pushed the ink away and, I guess, also reacted with the ink. I love the resulting veining! These papers remind me of landsat photos of the earth.

I loved the results so much that I wanted to make sure the papers were not covered much. Both cards are the exact same, so I’m just showcasing one.

by Karen @ Carefree Creations - Salted Watercolor Birthday

Design Point: My original plan was to use hemp twine/jute (more masculine in my opinion – and it did match those little salt dots in the background) but it really did not look right and as soon as I switched it out for white – the card popped.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Ad Sense (“happy”);
Ink/Card Stock: White, Lemon Tart, True Black, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf;
Other: Tiny Tag die, Wonderful Words: Birthday day; twine (SU);

Captain Dad

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by Karen @ Carefree Creations - Captain Dad

I created this card for the CASE this Sketch #21 challenge.

Not sure if this will go to my hubby or his dad. At least I have time to figure it out 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

Father’s Day
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: The Open Sea, Best Dad Ever;
Ink/Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Island Indigo;
Other: Circle dies (Spellbinders);

Birthday by the Seashore

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> #18 – sketch.

CAS Colours & Sketches #18

And here is my take:

by Karen @ Carefree Creations - Birthday by the Seashore

This is such an easy sketch that I know I will use it over and over (heck, I posted a card last weekend that used the sketch – you had a preview and didn’t know it, hee hee).

My colors were very much inspired by last week’s color challenge – but I went with Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, and Riding Hood Red.

For those of you who know my mom – this card will be in the April camp.

Thanks for stopping by!

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

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

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).

Happy Birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: By the Seashore, Best Dad Ever;
Ink/Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red, Vanilla;
Other: Circle die;

Star Spangled Banner

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by Karen @ Carefree Creations - Military Thanks

This week’s CAS-ology challenge cue is Song. I chose to be inspired by the Star Spangled Banner (I even managed a banner on the card!!).

When I first stamped the stars and stripes they ended up being very bold and overpowering the eagle image. One tip I learned in the Pattern Play course was to alter bold patterns to dampen their affect. I used distress inks (Old Paper & Tea Dye) to tone down the colors. Also, I originally cut closely around the eagle, but I think the lack of edge helped it get lost. So I stamped it again and this time left more of an outline; I think that brighter border helps bring focus to the image.

It is hard to tell in the photo, but the sentiment banner has some additional shading. After stamping the banner image with Linen ink, I went back with a Copic marker and slightly darkened the “behind” pieces.

The reason for the anchor is that this will be going to a naval recruit.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Est.1776, Bountiful Banners, Paper Tray;
Ink/Card Stock: Kraft, Cream, Linen, Dark Chocolate, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy; Distress Inks (Ranger);
Other: Banner die;

My MVP

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So the lesson on day 3 was about techniques. Kristina’s video was about offset stamping (which I still do want to try), but it reminded me about a repetition technique. I don’t know if it has a name or not, but the idea is to represent movement by stamping your image repeatedly without re-inking. Like so:

Karen @ Carefree Creations: My MVP

This card was inspired by the current CAS-ology cue (game). I chose to do football based on the Inspired By challenge.

I chose Denver Bronco colors for this card. When we moved to Colorado my husband started rooting for the local team. I too root for them – as long as they are not playing MY team – the Ravens (which they’ve done a couple times this year). I’m so excited that my team made it to the Super Bowl (and even more stoked that the bowl is brother coaches!!).

Thanks for taking a peek!

You are my MVP
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Have a Ball, All Star Team;
Ink/Card Stock: Enchanted Evening, Orange Zest, Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Block Alpha dies;

Totally Tool Birthday

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My brother-in-law’s birthday is coming up in a week, so I needed a masculine card. When he isn’t at one of his children’s many baseball games, he’s usually building something – so I got out my Totally Tool set.

Next up, for me, is determining layout. I turned to the latest Retro Sketch (rs47).

The tool images were stamped, colored (with Copics), and then cut out.

I didn’t have a birthday greeting that worked in the space, so I used a font instead. I did print it with a brown fill but it wasn’t right and instead of spending all night tweaking it, I just went over the color with my StampinUp Crumb Cake marker. I tried to stay inside the lines, but didn’t worry about full coverage as I thought the different bits of colors would add interest/depth.

One final touch was to add a couple staples. I know some folks don’t like staples, but I don’t mind them – especially when they reinforce a theme. I really like how they finish off the card.

Oh, I don’t mind staples, but I don’t like stuff showing on the inside of my cards. I added the staples to the white panel only and then taped it to the card base. This is fine for me as they are just decorative and not functional. If I needed them to be functational I would have decorated the inside so they were covered up.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Totally Tool (SU);
Ink/Card Stock: Kraft, White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: Markers (Copic); Burnstown Dam Font (get it); Woodgrain embossing folder (SU);

Birthday Feathers

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This is my second Inkup camp card. My task was to use Fine Feathers to make a masculine card.

The strips of colored cardstock are 3/4″ each. I taped them together in the back and then stamped my collage on the front. I started the collage with the one feather I would highlight then worked around that image.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fine Feathers, Best Dad Ever;
Ink/Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Summer Starfruit, Lucky Limeade, Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip;
Other: Twine, Woodgrain embossing folder;

Cuteasaurus

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The Cuteasaurus stamp set is a new one from Paper Smooches (released Jan 1) – and cute is a perfect word for it!

kth_encourage_CheerUpGrumpasaurus

For my first card, I created a little scene to accompany the “grumpasaurus” sentiment. Poor T-Rex whacked his foot on some rocks! I did sneak in a speech bubble from He Said She Said, but everything else is from Cuteasaurus (including the exclamation point image).

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My next card went in a totally different direction from the first. I really wanted to use the bone image as a bow, so I went all girly with my colors. I kept this simple (a 4 1/4″ square card) so I could pop it in a lunch box 🙂

Oooh, and some sneak peek news – I get to show off some new CHA products!! My post is scheduled for Jan 24.

Thanks for stopping by!

Grumpasaurus
Stamps: Cuteasaurus, He Said She Said (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, White (SU); Black (Memento);
Other: Brocade Backgrounds DSP (SU);
You are Awesome
Stamps: Cuteasaurus (Paper Smooches);
Colors: White (SU);
Other: Pretty in Pink Patterns DSP, Lovely Lilac Patterns DSP (SU); Labels One die (Spellbinders);

Latte Wishes

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> #7 – sketch.

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And here is my take:

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For this sketch, I started by browsing my digital stamp index and looking for things that I could put as the trio of accents across the banner. I came up with a few ideas, but since the Hot Concoctions set hadn’t been inked yet, I thought that would be my best choice 🙂

To cut the cup, I did cut up the side and through the bottom handle to cut out the little piece between handle and cup. Once I was done I just put a tiny piece of tape to hold it back together and all is fine (much easier for me than an exacto knife).

For the cup contents I used Dark Chocolate ink, but stamped off to get a mottled sort of look.

The steam is done with glitter embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by!

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

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

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).

Latte Wishes
Stamps: Hot Concoctions, Party Posse (“wishes”), Alphadot (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Kraft (PTI); Versamark (Tsukineko);
Other: Splash pattern paper (Echo Park); Flag die (Paper Smooches); Hologram embossing powder, Stripes embossing folder (SU);