Cocktail party with Mod strips....!!

 Hey everyone...

I have a couple more cards to share with you using some products from the latest release Beautiful new year at "Catherine Pooler"....

I made some fun backgrounds with bright colours using the "Mod strips" cover plate die and added elements from the "Cocktail party" stamp set (Co-ordinating dies)...

I stamped all the images using a mix of gorgeous colours of CPD ink...

I added some sentiments using the "Sincere thanks" stamp set and some pretty bling from the "Manhattan" sequin mix!!

I love how fun these new stamp sets are, they are perfect for creating new year cards but also so versatile for creating many other themes like birthday, thank you and more!!

I hope you enjoy these two cards, I will one be back soon with more Catherine Pooler inspiration for you...

Happy crafting, Hugz Ashlee

I miss your face....!!

                                                                  Hello my friends...

I have a card featuring a cute little doggy from the "Puppy mail" stamp set by "Gerda Steiner designs" to share with you all today....

I stamped him with Memento tuxedo black ink and then coloured in with Copic markers!!

To create this card I started with a blue piece of MFT cardstock and used a hot foil stamp from Spellbinders with gold foil to do the foiled heart detailing on the background...

I then added a sentiment on a die cut banner all from Tailored Expressions that I could sit the little puppy dog above!! 

If you don't have this super cute stamp set "Puppy mail" in your stash yet I totally recommend it, its such a sweet set especially if you love sending happy mail cards...

Happy crafting, hugz Ashlee

January Canvo spreads....!!

Hey everyone...

Who's excited for a brand new year?? 2021...... 

I've got my Canvo spreads ready to go using the latest Club Canvo goodies from "Catherine Pooler"....

The new club Canvo features a super awesome stamp set called "Turn up the beat" and there is also now dies available to co-ordinate with it (how cool is that!!)

I stamped the awesome beat box with CP Midnight ink and coloured it in with a Tombow blender pen and CP inks...

I love using this option to colour in images in my Canvo, have you tried it?!

I just love these mix tapes, aren't they so fun!!

I added lots of little coloured music notes to this page ready for any notes I need to jot down for January....

I used the "Future log" stencil to do my calendar spreads for these next couple of pages along with the "January notes" stamp set for the dates...

I added a fun keyboard element around the January month stamp....

For my last spread for this month I used the "Weekly seven stencil" and added some fun elements from the January notes and turn up the beat stamp sets...

There is also a cool stencil included in the latest Club Canvo shipment thats currently postal for me but you can check it out here "Year round stencil". 

Happy new year everyone, and happy Canvoing, Hugz Ashlee 

Fab foils and stencils with Ashlee....!!

 Hey my friends...

This month at WOW! embossing we are sharing lots of inspiration using the WOW! fab foils!! 

I've made a card to share with you using a stencil to create a fab foil background for a shiny Christmas card....

To start making this card I started with a base of watercolour cardstock and I masked off the bottom piece with some postal tape. Then using some Catherine Pooler inks I did a fun blend of pink/orange tones to peek out from behind my stencilled background!!

Once the ink was dry I went over it with an anti static tool....

I placed the stencil over the ink blended area and using some WOW! slow dry embossing ink I went over the stencil so I could then add on WOW! bonding powder....

I heat set the bonding powder with my dual heat gun and then got a piece of WOW! fab foil in bright silver to place over the embossed area before running through my MINC foil machine....

Wait for it to cool a little, remove the foil and wolahhhh you have a super pretty foiled background!!

This picture shows my card case with bonding powder ready to be heated....

The WOW! embossing ink works perfect for using with stencils!!

If you haven't tried fab foils yet you totally need to check them out, they are awesome and lots of fun to play around with....

Happy foiling everyone, and be sure to pop back to see all the WOW! inspiration this month!!

Hugs Ashlee 

Beautiful NEW YEAR....!!

 Hey my friends...

There is a brand new release coming to town at "Catherine Pooler" and it's amazing as always!!

BEAUTIFUL NEW YEAR is a must see....

Available December 9th!!

I have a few cards to share with you today using the fabulous new stamp "Cocktail party" (co-ordinating dies also available)....

This stamp set is so perfect for celebrating the new year!! 

I created a super sparkly full background for this one using the "Mod strips cover plate" die with some new Sparkles from WOW! Embossing...

 

A heat embossed gold sentiment and finished off with some CP sequins completed this first card!!

For the second card I did some strips from the Mod cover plate die again using the same WOW! Sparkles but didn't completely cover the background so I could stamp on some sentiments using CP Midnight ink from the new "Sincere thanks" stamp set.....

I finished this one off with some CP sequins from the "Motor city" mix also!!

I just love all the sparkle on these two cards, what do you think?!

For this last card I did a stamped background using lots of the images from the Cocktail party stamp set and CP inks...

I then added a sentiment stamped straight over the top using CP Midnight ink from the Sincere thanks stamp set and finished it all off by backing in black cardstock and a touch of
"Vegas baby" sequins!!

You totally need to check out all the sneak peeks of the upcoming release so be sure to stop by the Catherine Pooler facebook page or if your a member of StampNation there is lots of inspiration popping up from the Brand Ambassador team....

Happy crafting everyone, Hugz Ashlee

WOW! fab foils and die cuts....!!

Hey everyone... 

I have a card to share using some WOW! fab foils and die cuts!!

I masked off a rectangle area on my card base and did a blend of Catherine Pooler inks. Using the super cute stamp set Bunny slopes from CP I coloured in one of the bunny images with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers before cutting it out with the co-ordinating dies...

To add part of my sentiment I stamped the Holiday word from All around wishes CP stamp set using WOW! embossing ink and embossed with WOW! silver sparkle powder!!

To use the WOW! fab foils with die cuts I used a piece of cardstock covered in double sided adhesive before placing my die on top and running through my die cut machine...

Once you have the die shape cut out remove the protective sheet from the top and place a piece of WOW! fab foil over the top....

Rub over it with your fingers and then slowly remove the foil sheet, this will leave foil stuck to all the area that has double sided adhesive on it!!

Here is my background piece to my die cut word foiled in silver and the wishes word ready to have the foil placed over the top....

WOW! Fab foils work perfect with double sided adhesive and die cuts!!

If you want to do any shopping at the WOW! store here is a discount code for 10% off your order WOWDTAB

Have fun playing with your foils, hugs Ashlee

Club Sursee creations....!!

 Hey everyone....

I absolutely love Club Sursee time from "Catherine Pooler" and this post is full of creations using the latest Sursee!!

Just incase you don't know Club Sursee is a subscription based service where you receive crafty goodies in your mail box each month. There is two different subscription amounts one being the basic and one the deluxe!! You can check out all the Club Sursee details here - SURSEE

Now I've explained all the details a little bit onto all my cards...

For this first card I used the Dogwoods in bloom stamp set along with the co-ordinating dies to create a colourful array of flowers, complete with a joyful sentiment stamped in Midnight ink and a  touch of pretty CP sequins....

My second card is my favourite from the bunch...

A whole bouquet of dogwoods in bloom flowers stamped in a mix of gorgeous CP ink colours 

topped with the die cut Joyful word that I die cut from white and black cardstock then layered them slightly off set....

I just love this large stamp on the next card called through the prism, it is so fun to play with and so many ways to use it!!

For this one I inked up most of the stamp but left a small area slightly un-inked so I could have a space for my sentiment to go....

This next card also features a background using the Through the prism stamp but this time I heat embossed it with WOW! opaque bright white embossing powder on some watercolour cardstock so I could watercolour it using Karin brush marker pro's....

Finished off with a Joyful word die cut from Silver foil cardstock layered on a piece of vellum!!

I went with a more monotone look for the next one by stamping Through the prism onto some grey cardstock and then adding elements in silver....

Thats all of my cards for today, I hope you enjoyed this post full of Club Sursee inspiration....

I sure has a blast creating them all!!

Happy crafting my friends, big hugz Ashlee

Happy holiday penguins....!!

  Hi friends...

I hope you are all well and getting prepped for that busy Christmas season!!

I have a new card to share with you using one of the brand new sets from "Gerda Steiner" "Happy holiday penguin"...

How adorable is this festive group of penguins right??!!

I just love all their happy little faces!!

To create this card I started with a white card base and I stamped the sentiments from all of us and holidays straight onto the card base using Memento tuxedo black ink...

I then added some strips of cardstock to match the colours of the letters the penguins are holding...

The image was all coloured with Spectrum noir tri-blend and Altenew markers then cut out using my brother scan n cut machine before adding to the cardbase using some foam dots for dimension!!

I finished it all off with a touch of sequins for some pretty bling...

I hope you enjoy this new holiday card, Happy crafting my friends.

Hugz Ashlee

Quick Christmas card inspired by CAS....!!

 Hey everyone...

I have been inspired by Christine from "Create a smile stamps" for this new card...

She has had a challenge for people to create and share cards for Christmas made in 10mins!!

I think this is such a fantastic idea to get lots of Christmas cards done in such a short time, great for mass production....

To create this card I started with a white cardstock base covered in double sided adhesive. I then cut a bunch of strips in different widths from three different colours of cardstock...

Once the strips were all cut I placed them on an angle to cover the whole card base, then trimmed off the excess around the edges!!

Using some white cardstock I die cut the "Christmas tree" and a "Speech bubble" that I stamped with the sentiment deck the halls from the "Small Christmas sentiments" stamp set....

To finish off the whole card I added some pretty sequins from the North Pole mix by Catherine Pooler!!

I hope you like this quick and easy to re produce card ready for Christmas....

Hugz Ashlee

Holiday wishes....!!

 Hey my friends...

I have a brand new card to share with you today using stamps, dies and paper from the latest collection by "Catherine Pooler" Nordic Wood....

I'm currently catching up on making cards with this collection as my goodies had a lovely postal trip to get here into my hot little hands, so keep an eye out for more!!

I started off with a base of pretty paper from the "Through the woods" paper pack and then die cut some "White birch coverplate" from white cardstock before inking the edges with Sandcastle CP ink....

(BTW keep an eye out for an amazing sale coming soon for BLACK FRIDAY at CPD because shhhhh ink is going to be on SALE.....say whattttt!!!!!! yep you heard that right!!)

I then heat embossed part of my sentiment from the "All around wishes" stamp set on black cardstock using WOW! Embossing Opaque bright white powder....

I then die cut the base layer of the "Wishes word" die from white cardstock and from a piece of white card heat embossed using CP inspired WOW! embossing powder Cranberry sparkle I die cut the top layer of the word!!

How cute are the bunnies from the "Bunny slopes" stamp set, coloured up a couple of the images using some Spectrum noir tri-blend and Altenew markers before adding them to the card with foam tape for dimension....

I finished it all off with a touch of sequins from the "Oak city" mix, 

how gorgeous is this mix right??!!

I hope you enjoy this holiday wishes card with the super cute bunnies!!

Happy crafting, hugz Ashlee

Club Canvo December spreads....!!

 Hey everyone....

The latest Club Canvo from Catherine Pooler has arrived so I have all my pages ready and prepared for journalling next month....

For my monthly (December stamp) cover page I added a mini calendar and decorated with super cute elements from the Winter mantle stamp set!!

How adorable is the gnome.... 

I coloured him up using a blender pen and Catherine's inks!!

In every Club Canvo subscription there is a fab new stencil and this one included the weekly eleven stencil....

I used the stencil on many of my december pages so I can write info/notes to each of the days!!

For this next page I thought it would be fun to add an ink blended panel down the side so I placed the just plaid slimline stencil over the side and inked...

I then added some elements from the winter mantle stamp set...

I've got a whole bunch of pages using all the latest Canvo goodies so keep scrolling these pics for more inspiration....

I hope you feel inspired to get your December spreads ready for the month.... 

Thankyou for stopping by and happy Canvoing!!

Hugz Ashlee

It's time for cake....!!

  Hello my friends...

I have a super fun glow in the dark underwater scene card to share with you featuring the awesome stamp set "Big bite" from "Gerda Steiner designs"....

I created this card by starting off with a base of watercolour cardstock and masked off the bottom piece...

I then used some Catherine Pooler inks to ink blend the water!!

Once the ink was dry I went over it with an anti static tool because now it was time to add the brand new glow in the dark embossing powder by WOW! called Galaxy glow...

Using WOW! embossing ink and a stencil from Heffy Doodle called first snow I went over the stencil that was placed over the inked area with an ink blending tool, removed the stencil, covered in embossing powder, removed the excess powder and then heat set with my dual heat gun!!

Wollllaaahhhhh check out this glow......

How cool is this powder right??!!

I coloured up the awesome images from the Big bite stamp set using Spectrum noir tri-blend and Altenew markers then added them to the card base using foam tape for dimension....

I finished it all off with a sentiment from the same stamp set and some pretty shell sequins!!

I hope you enjoy this glowing card, Happy crafting...

Hugz Ashlee 

Winter trio hop with WOW! embossing, Catherine Pooler and Heffy Doodle....!!

Hey everyone....

Welcome to the WOW! embossing, Catherine Pooler and Heffy Doodle collaboration hop!! 

You are in for a treat with a whole bunch of inspiration using some amazing products from these three companies...

I had so much fun combining the products for my card I have to share with you today....

I started with a watercolour cardstock base and ink blended Catherine Pooler inks in the colours Be mine, Tiki torch, Tiara, Melon ice and It's a boy...

Once the ink blend was dry I went over it with an anti static tool and used the Heffy Doodle "First snow" stencil to apply some WOW! embossing slow dry ink, I removed the stencil and covered in WOW! bonding powder and then heat set....

Using a piece of WOW! fab foil Ice blue I placed it over the top and then ran through my MINC machine to create a fun foiled snow fall!!

Using the Catherine Pooler stamp set "Nordic Village" I stamped the sentiment with WOW! embossing slow dry ink and then heat embossed with WOW! Angel eyes embossing powder. 

I also stamped a couple of the houses and some trees with CP inks to create a little scene.

I die cut them with the "co-ordinating dies" and added them to the base with some varying layers of foam tape for dimension!!

Using the Heffy Doodle stamp set " Wanna build a snowman" I stamped the cute little penguin with Memento tuxedo black ink and coloured with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers....

I fussy cut the penguin and then added him to the scene before finishing off the card with a touch of CP sequins from the Crater Lake mix!!

Heres the awesome hop line-up for you to check out...

Amanda Fitterer

Emily Leiphart

Verity Biddlecombe

Cassie Trask

Melissa Andrew

Daniel Diaz

Isha Gupta

Allison Cope

Jenny Colacicco

Mona Toth

Jen Carter

- YOU ARE HERE - Ashlee McGregor

Heffy Doodle Blog

Catherine Pooler Blog

Make sure to comment along the way for your chance to win! Both WOW! and Catherine Pooler will be giving away $25 to their respective stores and Heffy Doodle will be giving away £20 to their store!

Each company will post their random winner on Tuesday, November 17th at 10AM EST!  Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog, Catherine Pooler Blog and the WOW! Blog to see if you’re a winner!

Happy hopping everyone, have fun!!

Hugz Ashlee

Colouring images with WOW! embossing pen....!!

Hey my friends...

I have a fun technique to share using the awesome WOW! embossing pen from "WOW! embossing"!!

I created a bunch of mini tags ready for some birthday presents and to create these I first started with a white tag base cut from a die by MFT called trendy tag....

I die cut 6 of the trendy tags so I could join two together back to back to make them a bit stronger and then stamped them with images from the So mini stamp set by the stamp market using Memento tuxedo black ink...

Now the tags are all stamped its time to move onto the fun part....

Embossing them with the WOW! embossing pen!!

Use your WOW! embossing pen and colour in the parts of the images that you want to emboss with your WOW! powders...

Colour in some parts of the image at a time and then emboss with your WOW! dual heat tool so that you can do different colours of WOW! embossing powder...

I think using the pen is such a fun way to add embossed colour to any image for tags, cards and more!!

Here is a picture of all the WOW! products I used to colour my images on the tags....

To finish off my tags I added some yellow twine to each one and a touch of sequins of course!!

If you feel like doing some shopping at the WOW! embossing store here is a discount code for you for 10% off your order - WOWDTAB

I hope you enjoy this technique and I look forward to seeing you try it out too...

Happy embossing, hugz Ashlee

Club Sursee....!!

Hello my crafty friends...

I thought I would pop in and share with you all a bunch of cards I made using the latest Club Sursee arrival from "Catherine Pooler"....

I just love "Club Sursee", although honestly who wouldn't love crafty goodies arriving in their mail box every month right??!! 

For my first few cards I created a matching card set which I love to do....

These matching cards are done using CP inks in the colours :

- Party Dress

- Lime Rickey

- Fiesta Blue

with a touch of CP Midnight ink....

How cute are these little mittens from the Winter wishes stamp set.... 

I thought it would be fun to create matching sets of mittens with colourful pops of CP sequins along the strings!!

These little Christmas trees are just too cute!! 

Onto my next couple of cards I used the awesome skates from the Let's go skating stamp set 

to create pairs and bunches of skates for focal pieces on the cards....

Bright and colourful pink skates, yes please.... 

Lots of pretty colours of skates on this next one with pops of snowflakes in the background!!

What do you think of these super fun new Club Sursee products??.... 

I love them as always hehe!!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this long post of inspiration...

Happy crafting, hugz Ashlee