Donut Know (A Goodbye) + Burlap Tag Video!

Before I get to my card today....I'm over on the Reverse Confetti blog today with a video and some pretty tags! I'd love it if you'd come on over and check them out!

Onto my card...

Linda is having a BLAST since her retirement and has made the decision to retire the Recipe Swap challenges at Catered Crop. Thank you SO MUCH for having me as one of your little chefs Linda! I donut know what I'll do without this fun challenge...

I've used sketch #100 (congrats ladies!) from Case This Sketch as the basis of my card. The sketch is just PERFECT for the new Triple Chevies Confetti Cuts from Reverse Confetti! I layered my chevies, adding some stitched details to some. 

The stamp set is, of course, Donut You Know and I've also used the Donut You Know Confetti Cuts. 

That's all for now - I have a little something in my eye it seems, saying goodbye is hard! 

Happy Holidays

 

Exciting news! This weekend sees the 6th Birthday celebration for i {heart} papers! And you get the gifts!

Start making your list and get ready to shop because there are some fantastic goodies in store HERE! The sale starts Saturday.

My card today is for the new End Zone Catered Crop Recipe Swap. Here's the inspiration photo...

I thought I'd transform those black stripes into trees with one of my fave sets right now, Winter Woodland.

I cut the deer from gold cardstock using the Stag Trio Die. The inks are Memento Luxe. I finished off the 4x4 card with a wooden snowflake embellishment. No patterned paper on this CAS design, that doesn't happen often!

I hope you'll play along with Catered Crop and enjoy treating yourself at the IHP Birthday Sale!

Seeing Red! Christmas is Coming...

Whew...after a few tough weeks of being under the weather, we're finally all well in the Gough household! I've been able to get some time in my stamp room...bliss!

The current Catered Crop Recipe Swap is Seeing Red - use red on your project! Here's the gorgeous inspiration pic...

And here's my card using lots of goodies from i {heart} papers!

This is my first Christmas card of the year. I always say I'm going to hand stamp them all...and always fail! Maybe this year?!

I've used the new Snow Day stamps and matching Snow Day papers from Lawn Fawn. I've also used the Scripty Joy word die - covering it in layers of stickles and glossy accents. The trees and sentiments were stamped with Memento Luxe in Olive.

Those great rectangles are from the Finished Frames dies by Avery Elle. I finished with some Lawn Fawn snowflake sequins from last year.

You can see all the wonderful new stock at IHP right here! I'll hope you'll join us this round at Catered Crop!

Get Well!

 

Hi there! I'm popping in with a card today for both the Catered Crop Good Medicine Recipe Swap and the Paper Smooches Picture Perfect challenge.

I definitely have cause to make a Get Well card - both my guys are under the weather this weekend, so I'm playing nurse! The Paper Smooches inspiration was this cool photo...

The outline flowers on the aqua bottle made me think of the gorgeous Blossoming Buds stamp set!

I stamped the large floral cluster from Blossoming Buds in Memento Gray Flannel and coloured with copics. I added some shimmer and shine with a clear Wink of Stella pen and some stickles. I've used the Retro Arrow die for the background, and added in the hello die cut from the Hello Word Dies. The paper is the excellent Burlap and Bouquets pad (on sale now!) The sentiment was stamped in Memento Luxe Teal Zeal. I finished with a few enamel dots. You can check out what's new at i {heart} papers right here! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Sequin Shaker Hello!

Hello! I'm popping in with a bright floral card today, for the new Catered Crop Recipe Swap, Shaker Box!

Here's a gorgeous mosaic Linda curated to inspire us all!

I used my fave shaker card supplies from i {heart} papers for my card. The stamps are Wplus9 Hand Lettered Hello and Spring Flowers - you can see all the in stock wplus9 goodies here. The paper is Hello Baby from Simple Stories and the ink is Memento Luxe. If you're inspired to make a sequin filled shaker, you'll find sequins here. 

Good news - after the big move i {heart} papers is OPEN again! yippee!

I hope you'll play along at Catered Crop this round!

Happy Hello

It's time for a new Catered Crop Recipe Swap, and this one is JUST my kinda challenge! Vellum! Vellum has been my go-to supply all year, I love it. 

I dug into my stash of i {heart} papers goodies and decided to ink up some Wplus9 sets - More Fresh Cut Florals and Hand Lettered Hello.

I used the Custom Panels die set to create an angled panel to line up with the Metallic MME paper. I've used Memento Luxe inks for the floral cluster and the sentiment and finished with some shiny sequins.

Vellum is such a fun supply, I hope you'll play along!

Let's Chill!

Hola! I'm back today with a bright and breezy card...and oh, how I wish this was a reflection of the weather here! One of the weirdest things about designing is that I'm always out of sync with the newset stamp releases - it's the middle of winter here! Oh well, I can stamp and dream about summer, right?

Speaking of summer, I'm playing along with the Catered Crop Summer Lovin' Recipe Swap. I'm a week late for this one - last week saw my mojo fly right out the window!

I'm also playing with Virginia's View #5 - die cutting! I've used lots of awesome Reverse Confetti Confetti Cuts on my card!

I've used Let's Chill for my card, cutting with the matching Confetti Cuts. The sentiment was stamped on vellum, and layered over patterned paper and a white circle. I've used the Doin' the Wave Confetti Cuts for the background, and the flag layers were created with the Tag Me set. I finished with some enamel dots.

Here's a peek inside the card...

We're SO close to a new Reverse Confetti release, I can't wait to show you all the new goodies!

 Stamps: Let's Chill (Reverse Confetti) Paper: #summer (American Crafts) Ink: Memento Luxe Dies: Confetti Cuts: Doin' the Wave, Tag Me, Let's Chill (Reverse Confetti) Other: Vellum, Enamel Dots

Mickey Mouse Birthday Card

Hello! I thought I'd pop in tonight and share what always turns out to be my favourite card of the year - Jackson's birthday card! We had a fabulous weekend with his grandparents flying in, and a Mickey party to celebrate. I can't believe this little dude is two!

The current Recipe Swap at Catered Crop is Manly Men! 

Father's Day isn't until September here in NZ, so I'm focusing on the card for my little man! 

Looking through my substanial paper stash, I relised just how little paper I had featuring primary colors - this is an old Pink Paislee collection, Hometown Summer. 

I printed a giant "2" on paper (Font is Minnie, size was 300pt) and used it as a template to cut black and red cardstock. I added punched circle ears and some sponging. The sentiment is from Sentiment Sampler by Paper Smooches. I embellished with some glittery stars cut with Verve's Starry Die.

Here's a peek inside the card...

Shanan and I like to write letters to Jackson each year, so his birthday cards always feature a pocket. I added more stars and some stitched detail.

I'll be sure to share lots of party photos just as soon as I finish downloading all the photos! Till then, I hope you'll join us at Catered Crop!

Love You Bunches!

Hi friends, I hope you had a great weekend! I'm busy these days planning for both sets of grandparents to fly in for Jackson's 2nd birthday - it's only two weeks away, how fast the days go!

My card today is for the brand new SugarSketch and the Catered Crop Garden Party Recipe Swap!

My card today uses Love You Bunches

I colored with copics, and used some new-to-me Basic Grey paper for a pretty look!

Here's a peek inside my card...

• Play along with any stamp you like - but if you use SugarPea Designs, we'll top your voucher up to $15!
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Stamps: Love You Bunches (SugarPea Designs) Paper: Mint Julep (Basic Grey) Ink: Aquamarine (Avery Elle) Dies: Banner, Flower (MFT) Other: Button, Twine, Enamel Dots, Copics, Sewing Machine