Club sursee....!!

Hey my crafty friends....

There is a brand new club sursee from "Catherine Pooler" hitting mail boxes everywhere and I have a whole bunch of creations to share with you that I made using the goodies!!

For all the cards in this post I have used all products included in the September club sursee (deluxe) along with a range of Catherine Pooler inks....

There is two options with Club sursee, a basic or deluxe subscription....

The basic includes two stamp sets and the deluxe includes two stamp sets and dies or any other goodies CP decides to add in hehe!!

I absolutely love all the products in the sursee, it's so much fun to have a sweet surprise arrive to craft with!!

Catherine's inks are perfect for ink blending so I did quite a lot of this with these cards...

To get a blend of colours I added some of each colour I wanted on the stamp and then used a blending brush to pat over the inks on the stamp so I did'nt get harsh edges!!

I hope you have enjoyed this huge post of inspiration....

I had a blast creating them all and I hope you like them too!!

Happy crafting everyone, Hugz Ashlee

WOW! and Catherine Pooler....!!

Hey everyone....

I am super excited about this colab with WOW! embossing and Catherine Pooler designs....

Members from both teams have so much awesome inspiration to share with you using the new Sandcastle and bundled up trio of WOW! powders along with products from the "It's all about Christmas" release from CP!!

I created a set of cards using the CP "Angel wings" bundle which has the angel wings die, angel word die and believe in angels stamp set (all items also available separately)....

For the red card I ink blended on the background using Rouge CP ink and to emboss the angel wings the beautiful Peppermint scrub WOW! powder....

I also used another die set on this card from Catherine and that one is called "Postage stamp" die....

For my second card I ink blended the background using skylight CP ink and to emboss the new sandcastle WOW! powder!!

I also used the "Chalkboard frames" die on this one too....

I'm totally obsessed with the beautiful iridescent sequins in the "Vegas baby" sequin mix so I have finished off both cards using some of those!! 

This trio of embossing powders along with sandcastle are a new range of collaborative powders between Catherine and WOW! and oh boy they are amazing!!!! 

Now whats a blog hop without some super awesome prizes....??!!

Up for grabs is a $25 gift card for WOW! and a $25 gift card for Catherine Pooler....

All you have to do to be in it to win is leave your comments on each DT blog post (including WOW! Embossing Powder & Catherine Pooler blog posts)....

Please comment on each post to be eligible to win 2 x $25, Gift Card to CP or WOW Stores. It will run for one week with the winner announced on Friday, October 4th.

How awesome is that right??!!

so what are you waiting for, here is the hop line up....

Catherine Pooler Blog

Jo Herbert 

Daniel West  

Jenny Colacicco

Ilina Crouse

Ashlee McGregor

Susan Powell

Karen J Reategui 

Verity Biddlecombe

Karen Baker

WOW! Embossing Powder Blog

Happy hopping and goodluck everyone!! 

Hugz Ashlee

More than just a pet....!!

Hey everyone....

Today is release day at "Create a smile stamps" and it is another AMAZING release with a range of fun stamps!!

I've made a card with the new "Triangle banners" set along with a cute doggie and sentiment from a previously released set "Paw prints"....

To create this card I stamped multiple little banners in different colours of Catherine Pooler ink and then cut them out....

Once they were all cut out I placed them onto black cardstock leaving a border around them creating some hexagon. I then cut them out too, giving my different hexagons to layer onto my white card base!! 

I coloured up the little doggie using Copic markers, stamped a sentiment "more than just a pet, a friend" using memento tuxedo black ink and then finished off the card with a touch of sequins...

Thankyou so much for stopping by to see my new release inspiration....

Don't forget to pop on over to the CAS store and check out all the amazing new release goodies and there is also lots of inspiration on socials from the design team to check out too!!

Hugz Ashlee

Cherish your sparkle....!!

Hey everyone...

I'm loving using my "WOW!" embossing powders on chipboard at the moment and the chipboards from "Make it crafty" are absolutely perfect for it!!

So for this card I used the "Cherish your sparkle" sentiment chipboard and embossed it using Primary Ebony for the shadow and Florida sunset for the top piece....

I then embossed the "Delicate love oval" chipboard frame with Diamond white embossing powder which will be discontinued in the new year so I highly suggest getting your hands on this one while you can because it's so beautiful!!

I added the chipboards to an ink blended background which I did using Catherine Pooler ink in the shade Party dress....

I gave the background a splatter of water for a fun mottled effect!!

I love how beautiful the florida sunset powder is....

and there is certainly plenty of sparkle happening on that diamond white!!

I finished off the card with some sequins out of a Catherine Pooler mix called Charleston. 

I hope you like this card and if you want to grab yourself some WOW! powders why not use my code "WOWDTAB" and get yourself some goodies with a discount!!

Happy embossing everyone, Hugz Ashlee

In a tangle....!!

Hey everyone....

I'm up on the "Gerda Steiner designs" blog today and I have a fun little christmas card to share with you using one of the new release stamps "Tangled penguin"!!

He is just the cutest little penguin all tangled up in his Christmas lights....

To create this card I first used a stencil from Heffy doodle "Barber shop" and inked it using distress oxide inks in Twisted citron and Mowed lawn....

I then die cut some strips from green cardstock and added them to the card base with some foam tape, I love dimension on my cards! 

I then die cut a snowglobe from La-La Land crafts (not sure if this die is available anymore) just out of white cardstock and added that to the card base with some foam tape...

I coloured up all the cute images in the Tangled penguin set with my Copics and layered them onto the snowglobe!!

Finished the card off with a speech bubble saying "Jolly season" that I got from the sentiment sets in the tangled penguin set, I just stamped some of the words not the whole sentiment sentences...  and of course a touch of sequins too!!

Hope you like this card and feel inspired to get started on your Christmas cards too,

Hugz Ashlee

Little Christmas tractor....!!

Hey my crafty friends...

I've got another card to share with you today using some awesome products from the new  "It's all about Christmas" release from "Catherine Pooler"!!

I created the backgound using "One fine pine" background stamp and some Black jack CP ink stamped on a white cardstock base....

I then used the "Starry night" coverplate die and cut that from white cardstock but then layered it on some black cardstock before cutting it into a couple of pieces so I could angle it on two spots of the main card base!!

I then got out "Christmas tree farm" stamp set and stamped the gorgeous little tractor/trailor using Black Jack CP ink and then the tree to add into the trailor which I stamped with Lime rickey and Grass skirt....

I stamped and heat embossed the Christmas sentiment using WOW! opaque bright white powder on some black cardstock and fussy cut it out...

(sentiment from Holiday mix stamp set)

Finished off the card with some of the beautiful "Christmas cove" sequin mix...

Thanks for stopping by my blog, I hope you enjoy this card...

Oh and if you haven't done so yet I highly recommend going to the CP store to check out the new Christmas release because it AMAZING!! 

Hugz Ashlee

A lot like Christmas....!!

Hey everyone...

Have you checked out the SUPER awesome new release thats now available at "Hello sweetums"..??!! It's a release full of so many cuties and fun new dies too!!

I have a slim line card to share with you today using the "Snowy smooches" set... 
I created a snowy scene using lots of images and some of the new "Slippery slopes" and "Mountains of magic" dies...

I'm really enjoying making these slim line cards as you can fit so much onto one card and if you want to create a scene its the perfect size!!

I used some distress oxide ink to create a blue sky and then stamped on the sentiment from snowy smooches using Memento tuxedo black ink....

I coloured all the images up using Copic markers....

The mountains of magic I die cut from some grey cardstock and then using the snowy top I die cut from some white cardstock and added them to the tops of the mountains!!

I think these penguins look like they are having an absolute blast of a time in their snowy environment don't you??!!

I hope you enjoyed this card and feel inspired to create a slim line card too...

Trust me once you start you won't be able to stop hehe!!

Happy crafting everyone, Hugz Ashlee

You're the best....!!

Hey my crafty friends....

Tonight I have some "Miss Ink stamps" inspiration for you using their super fun "Ei-ei-o word" die. I just love this die and there is so many ways of changing it to use it too!!

I wanted to create a bright colourful card and have the die sentiment as the main focus... 

To start the card I coloured a rainbow of distress oxide inks on the base and then using another white card panel I die-cut the stripes pieces from the SugarPea designs "Card front element builder II"...

I then mounted that on top of the main card base with some foam tape so it was raised and you could see the rainbow of colours through the die-cut stripes....

Using the Ei-ei-o die I cut the letters H E Y twice...

Once in black cardstock and once in pink cardstock!!

I glued the pink underneath the black letters slightly offset for a shadow look....

I then stamped out the "You're the best" from the "Everyday sentiments" set with Memento tuxedo black ink and mounted it on some pink cardstock. 

Finishing the card off with some pretty sequins and the card was done!!

I hope you like this cheerful card, thanks for stopping by...

Hugz Ashlee

WOW! and Newtons Nook colab...!!

Hey everyone....

We have a super fun new blog hop happening with WOW! embossing and Newtons Nook, full of lots of fun inspiration using these two companies products and of course prizes!!!!

For my card I used some "Primary apple red" WOW! embossing powder with the Catherine Pooler Plaid background stamp to create my main base....

For my main image I stamped and coloured with Copics the super cute "Newtons picnic" (co-ordinating dies also available)...

Isn't he just too adorable diving into his basket to find something yummy to eat!!

For a large sentiment on the card I used a heffy cut "friends" from heffy doodle which I also heat embossed with the primary apple red and then made a shadow behind with some black and white cardstock cut with the same die...

I had so much fun creating with these two companies products and I hope you will join us on the fun hop too. All the projects from the team members are super awesome and you totally need to check them out!!

Don't forget along the hop there is of course prizes because whats a hop without prizes right??!!

Here's how to win:
Leave comments on the WOW! Embossing Powder Team blog posts using Newton's Nook Designs products all week (September 23 - 27) to enter. One winner will be randomly chosen from blog posts throughout the week so the more posts you leave comments on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Friday, September 27th at midnight GMT to comment. The winner will be announced on the WOW! Embossing Powder blog post on Monday, October 1st.

Prizes:

Newton’s Nook Designs $25 gift card

WOW! Embossing Powder 6 x Embossing Powders (at winners choice) PLUS carry case

Have fun hopping and goodluck, Hugz Ashlee. 

Memories are made....!!

Hey everyone....

I'm back with my entry for the Clean and Simple genius category in the MFT superstar challenge for 2019....

For this one I used a couple of recently released sets "BB Sweater weather on safari" and "BB Sweater weather in the woods" along with the "Heart tree" die-namics...

To create this card I first die cut the tree out of a white panel, then on the main card base I coloured a patch with Distress oxide ink in twisted citron so that you could see the colour through the tree when the panel was placed over top...

I then added the tree branch/stump back into the panel...

I coloured up the two MFT cuties using Copic markers and added them to the card panel with some foam tape for dimension... oh and a coffee cup for owl so he had his own coffee too hehe!!

To finish it off a sentiment stamped in memento tuxedo black ink and a touch of sequins!!

I enjoyed creating this CAS card, thanks for stopping by and good luck to all with your entries... 

Hugz Ashlee

Challenges :

MFT Superstar challenge - Clean and Simple genius category : https://mftstamps.com/blogs/resources/2019-card-design-superstar-clean-simple-genius

We just click....!!

Hey everyone....

The "MFT superstar challenge" is on and I really wanted to get an entry into the Innovation Master category so here I am with my creation...

A fun polaroid pop up box card... complete with developing photo and camera flash!!

On the top of the box is the polaroid camera where you pull the tab the camera stands up and the instant photo pops out where there is a fun image from the "Selfie" MFT stamp set. 

The box, camera and interactive pull pieces were all drawn, measured and cut but the circles on the camera were done using the "Stitched circle stax" die-namics. 

PULL and PUSH I stamped using the "Interactive labels" stamp set. 

The awesome patterned paper is from the MFT paper pad "Candy land"....

There is also a surprise pop up feature when you open the box drawer....

I just love this Selfie stamp set, it's so cute and perfect to use on lots of creations....

All images on the project were coloured using Copics!!

I added a flash to the camera using some Chibitronics....

Below is a picture of it when the lights are ON and OFF!

I hadn't used a Chibi light before so I was so happy I could get it to work on the camera....

I had so much fun making this, and I hope you enjoy it and get some inspirations from it too!!

Here is a video to see the pop-up box card in action....

Happy crafting to all, and good luck with your entries everyone...

Hugz Ashlee

Challenge : 

MFT Superstar challenge - Innovation master : https://mftstamps.com/blogs/resources/2019-card-design-superstar-innovation-master

Fab-boo-lous....!!

Hey everyone....

I am SO excited because there is a brand new "Hello Sweetums" release just around the corner and let me tell you it is super AMAZING!!

The card I'm going to share with you tonight uses the new set called "Fab-boo-lous friend"...

and it is perfect to use on cards all year round!!

I couldn't wait to create with this cute little ghostie and dress him up in the adorable witches hat with the sweet pumpkin lolly bucket!!

I created the background using some Distress oxide inks in the colours Twisted citron and blueprint sketch along with some regular distress ink in black soot....

Then I added some elements using die cuts...

and guess what the grass is a brand new Hello Sweetums die called "", yippee!!

I added in a heat embossed sentiment using some WOW! opaque bright white powder on black cardstock.....

I just can't get past how adorable this set is and I am definitely going to have more cards coming soon using it!!

I added a touch of sequins to the card to finish it off with a little bit of bling.... 

Be sure to check out all the other HS design team members social medias as there is going to be lots of inspiration being shared using the new release!!

The release will be available for shopping on September 18th so I highly recommend getting your pennies ready hehe.

Thanks for stopping by, Hugz Ashlee