Monday 30 August 2021

Focal sentiments....!!

 Hi friends...

I have some more inspiration for you and today I have done something a little different and just used the sentiments from a "Gerda Steiner designs" stamp set as the main focal piece of my card....

I love the sentiment portion of stamp sets and sometimes they really need to be front and centre so for this one I used the lovely sentiment "Thankyou for being in my life" from the "Bunny friends" stamp set!! 

For the sentiments I heat embossed them with WOW! Embossing powder...

The main piece of sentiment was done using High heels and the sub sentiment Opaque bright white, both on black cardstock!!

To do the card base I started with a piece of light pink Cardstock and added an inked confetti star using a stencil from WOW! creating a perfect place for my sentiment to be placed...

I then finished it off with a touch of Pinkfresh jewels for a bit of bling!!

I hope you like this card and it inspires you to get your sentiment stamps out and give them centre stage, happy crafting...

Hugs Ashlee 

Monday 23 August 2021

AHHHH, how old....??

 Hey everyone...

I have a card to share with you featuring one of the super cute little ghosties from the "Ghosts" stamp set by Gerda Steiner Designs!!

I was really inspired to try and create a bright shining moon background to have the ghost in front of so that was my starting point for this card....


To create the background I used a circle stencil to mask off the moon and inked it up using Make art inks, I added in a little grey to the moon by using some Catherine Pooler Twilight ink. I then gave it a spritz of water to add more effect!!

It was then time to remove the circle stencil and add a mask to the moon so I could ink up the whole of the background....

To do this I used Make art inks and also some from Catherine Pooler.
Once I was happy with the blend I added splatters of white paint and also some gansai tambi in metallic colours for stars!!


It was so much fun to remove the moon mask and see what the result was for the background...

I added a little white highlighting to the moon with a white gel pen and the background was complete!!

The sentiments are also from the Ghosts stamp set, I embossed them on black cardstock using Opaque bright white embossing powder from WOW! Embossing and then fussy cut them...

To finish the card off it needed the ghostie that I stamped with black ink and added some very light shading too with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers. I stuck him down with foam tape for dimension and then the final touch was adding some rhinestones for a bit of bling!!

I hope you enjoy this card, I has a blast creating it...
Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee

Sunday 22 August 2021

Club Canvo SEPTEMBER spreads....!!

 Hey everyone...

I've got my Canvo spreads ready for September to share with you today using the latest Club Canvo shipment from the amazing Catherine Pooler!!

I love me some coffee so I really enjoyed using this one to add one of my fave drinks into my journalling....


I started off with a monthly cover page and decorated it with "September mornings" and some yummy coffee themed images from the "Life is brew-tiful" stamp set, along with coffee stains from the "Coffee rings" stencil....


I coloured in all the images using my CPD inks and an ink blender pen...


I used the "Month in circles" stencil for this monthly note spread and added lots of fun coffee beans....


My last spread is for any extra notes and to-do's for the month....

Have you got your spreads ready to go for September??!!

I hope you enjoyed mine and they inspired you to get your Canvo ready....
Happy journalling friends, hugs Ashlee

Wednesday 18 August 2021

BOHO FALL....Squad ghouls!!

Hey crafty friends....


I'm back with another card using products from the new "Monster squad bundle" included in the BOHO Fall release at Catherine Pooler....

For this card I used the Squad ghouls stamp/co-ordinating dies along with the pattern paper and super pretty Mocking bird heights sequins!!


I also used a fun cover plate die from one of CP'S previous releases "Quilted cover plate" and added that over the top of the pattern paper...

I stamped my monster with CPD inks, coloured it in with Parkoo shop alcohol markers, die cut him with the co-ordinating dies and added some google eyes!!

I then finished it off by adding a heat embossed image using WOW! Opaque bright white embossing powder on black cardstock... 

(You can shop WOW! products here US - https://www.wowembossingpowderusa.com/?aff=17 
UK - https://www.wowembossingpowder.co.uk?aff=18 These are affiliated links but are at no extra charge to you and you can also use my discount code of WOWDTAB for 10% off your order)

I hope you enjoyed this cute monster card, happy crafting. 
Hugs Ashlee 

Wednesday 11 August 2021

BOHO FALL collection coming soon at CPD....!!

Hi friends....

There is a brand new release coming to town from Catherine Pooler Designs this week, 
AUGUST 11th to be exact!!

Check out the theme....BOHO FALL!! 

Woohoo, You just know this is going to be awesome....


My cards I'm going to share today are using goodies from the Monster squad bundle and boy oh boy are they so fun....

This bundle includes the Squad ghouls stamp set and I couldn't help but add shaky eyes to them....hehe!!

For my first card I added a strip of the Treats only patterned paper to the base side and then added a sentiment "treats only"....


I then stamped, coloured and die cut the too cute to boot little monster and added on a shaky eye ball for that extra touch of fun before giving him trick or treat accessories!!

Finishing it all off with a touch of the new sequin mix Mockingbird heights....

For my next card I'm sharing today I had to make a slimline card because I absolutely love making them. I started with a deep orange cardstock base cut from the Post this slimline die and added some stencilling to part of it using the Pinwheel stencil and CPD inks!!


I then added another one of the fun squad ghouls sentiments before stamping, colouring and die cutting a couple of the monsters....

Finishing the card off with some of the cute little bat sequins included in the Mockingbird heights mix, how cool are they right??!! Oh and of course some more shaky eye balls hehe....

(All images were coloured using Parkoo shop alcohol markers)

Keep an eye out for more of my creations using the new release, and be sure to check out the Catherine Pooler Designs shop on AUGUST 11th to get your new CPD goodies!!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee

Friday 6 August 2021

Gift tags with a touch of Sparkle....!!

 Hey everyone...

I've got a brand new post up on the blog at WOW! Embossing as part of the creative team and I would love for you to hop on over there and check it out...

https://wowembossingpowder.blogspot.com/2021/07/gifttagswithatouchofsparkle.html

I'm sharing how I created a set of gift tags using a bunch of WOW! products along with the beautiful Pinkfresh Studio butterflies!!


I hope you will enjoy these tags with a touch of sparkle and some new trio products from the Winter dreams trio (ohhh they are so pretty)....

Also if you ever want to do some shopping at the WOW! Embossing stores I'd love for you to use my affiliate links at no extra cost to you of course...


Also you can use my discount code WOWDTAB for 10% off your order!!

Happy embossing, hugs Ashlee