Friday 31 December 2021

You rock....!!

  Hey everyone...

I'm stopping in with my last card for 2021, I hope you all have an amazing new year coming up!!

Today I'm using a stamp set that will be coming out in an upcoming release at Gerda Steiner designs and it is oh so cool, here's a sneaky peek at it....


I created a fun inked background using Catherine Pooler inks on a teal/blue coloured cardstock base and splattered with Canary watercolour from Shimmer drops paint....



I then created a scene by adding some die cut grass and adding all the images that I coloured in with alcohol markers with different levels of foam tape for dimension....

The card was finished off with a "YOU ROCK" sentiment which is perfect for those cute images!!

I hope you enjoy this rockin card, I just love this new stamp set and I'm sure you will too so keep your eye out for its arrival here - GSD

Happy new year everyone, hugs Ashlee

Monday 27 December 2021

Grateful for....!!

 Hello my friends...

I've got another card to share with you today using the Flight of the dragonfly stamp set from the latest Catherine Pooler release Just a note!!

This card is a matching one to a card I previously shared as I used a leftover piece of the background I designed too add a fun pop of colour and pattern to the side of the card....


To create the background I used a piece of Catherine Pooler premium cardstock to do swatches of ink all over and then stamped the Ink splat background stamp over the top....

I stamped the lovely sentiment directly onto the card base and then added a pretty dragonfly that I stamped/die cut and coloured with some CPD ink and a blender pen!!

I then completed the card with a touch of sequins....

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope this card inspires you to get creative...

Hugs Ashlee

Sunday 26 December 2021

Thinking of you this Christmas....!!

  Hey everyone....

I hope you have all been having a wonderful Christmas!!

I can't believe celebrations are done and we are heading very soon into a new year, the time just goes way too quickly!!

Keeping with the festive season I am sharing a mini slimline card I made featuring the gorgeous angel from the Holiday friends stamp set by Gerda Steiner Designs....



I used a die cut set from Pinkfresh studio to do all of the mini slimline card base and added a little yellow ink to create a nice glow for the angel....

I coloured in the angel using Parkoo shop alcohol markers and fussy cut her out before propping her in the middle of the die cut circle with some foam tape to add extra dimension before finishing off the entire card with a touch of shiny sequins!!

I hope you enjoy this mini card as much as I enjoy creating them...

Merry Christmas and hugs Ashlee

Thursday 16 December 2021

WOW! Paper hugs....!!

 Hey my friends...

I have a new card to share with you today and this one uses one of my stamp sets I designed for WOW! Embossing called Paper hugs. Happy mail is one of my favourite themes to create with so this was the inspiration for this stamp set!!


To create this card I started with a base of this really pretty cardstock, It's hard to capture it in the photos but its like a really light pink with a shimmer in it. (I got it in a mixed cardstock pack from Hero arts)....

I prepped the card with a static tool just incase it was going to stick to other areas as I wasn't sure how this cardstock was going to react to the powders. I then stamped the background envelopes image with WOW! ultra slow embossing ink and embossed it with WOW! Renke Judith's blush powder!!


To add a sentiment I used some white card and embossed all the larger sentiment pieces SENDING, PAPER and HUGS using WOW! Renke Ulla's cognac....

The Renke group of powders are just gorgeous, I totally recommend checking them out if you haven't yet!!


Once the sentiments were all embossed using my WOW! dual heat tool I fussy cut them out and added them to the card over the embossed envelopes using foam tape to pop them up...

To finish off the card a couple of Pinkfresh Peach fuzz jewels!!

I hope you enjoyed this card and thank you so much for following my creations. 
Crafty hugs Ashlee 



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Wednesday 15 December 2021

With sincere gratitude....!!

Hey everyone...

I'm stopping by today with another card using some of the new products from the Just a note collection by Catherine Pooler Designs!! 


I m loving the Flight of the dragonfly stamp set and I thought it would work perfectly as an image element to go with the Handwritten thank you sentiments for a classy but CAS card design....


To create this card I first stamped the dragonfly image onto a white cardstock base using Black Jack CPD ink. I then heat embossed the handwritten sentiment with WOW! embossing on black cardstock and fussy cut it out before adhering to the card base with foam tape for dimension...

I then stamped a sentiment from the Notes of love sentiment stamp set and finished off the whole card with a touch of gold sequins!!

I hope you enjoy this card and it inspires you to get your craft goodies out for a play....
Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee 

Saturday 11 December 2021

Foam embossing with WOW!

 Hi friends...

I have a fun technique to shard with you today using some fabulous foam from Simon Hurley to create an embossed background!!


To create this card I started with a piece of WOW! premium smooth cardstock. I then grabbed one of my Simon Hurley foam pieces and heated it with my WOW! dual heat gun just enough to warm it up so that I could press it into the WOW! folk art snowflake stamp to create a negative impression of the stamp that I am then able to stamp with....

You only need to hold the stamp there for a short amount of time to let the foam cool and pick up the impression. You can then remove the stamp and it is ready to use exactly like you would any other stamp. I pressed my WOW! ultra slow dry embossing ink pad directly onto the foam and then stamped it onto the piece of WOW! cardstock


Using the powder Pea coat from Tracy Scott's latest Indulgence trio I embossed the whole area creating an absolutely gorgeous snowflake background that I could use as a main feature for my card....

I cut the embossed piece down and then backed with black cardstock before mounting onto a white card base with foam tape!!


I then embossed the WOW! Winter wishes stamp set with WOW! metallic silver embossing powder on black cardstock and fussy cut it out before adding that onto the snowflake background also with foam tape. I love using foam tape on my cards to build dimension. 

The card was then finished off with a touch of sequins for that extra touch of bling!!

Happy embossing, hugs Ashlee


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Wednesday 8 December 2021

It's release day....!!

 Hey everyone....

Today is release day for the brand new collection "Just a note" at Catherine Pooler Designs and it is gorgeous!!

Totally a must have for anyones crafty collection....


I have a card to share today to inspire you with the new release using Flight of the dragonfly stamp set and co-ordinating dies along with the Handwritten thank you sentiments set....


This slimline card is full of colour using CPD inks...
- Catching rays
- Flame
- Martini
- Dress blues
- Uptown
- Glam

To create the card I swiped all the inks directly to a piece of CPD premium white cardstock and then stamped the dragonfly images ontop of each colour swatch...

Once I had a dragonfly on each colour I die cut them with the co-ordinating die and then adhered them to a slimline cardstock base with different levels of foam tape to give some dimension!!

I then added a sentiment above the dragonfly and finished it all off with a touch of CPD sequins adhered with micro glue dots, these are so perfect for attaching sequins - no mess and stick very well!!

I will be back soon with more inspiration for the new release, happy shopping if your heading to get some new goodies...

Hugs Ashlee

Friday 3 December 2021

Just a note....!!

Hey crafty friends....

A brand new collection is on the way at Catherine Pooler Designs and it is called Just a note!!

I have a sneak peek card to share with you using some fun new goodies from the Dragonfly bundle that CP shared on socials today...

Flight of the dragonfly stamps (co-ordinating dies also available)...

I also used the previously released background stamp Ink splat to create a fun bit of interest for the background. To create the background I started with a piece of CPD premium cardstock and did a whole bunch of swatching to cover the whole piece of cardstock...

I used three different CPD inks to do the swatching...
- Serene
- Sparkling berry 
- Clay

Once I had done all the colour I then stamped the ink splat background over the whole piece!!


I stamped and die cut three of the dragonfly's and coloured them up with the same ink colours I used for the swatching by just putting a bit of ink down on a block and picking it up with a blender pen...

To complete the card I added an embossed sentiment on black cardstock with WOW! Opaque bright white embossing powder and a touch of black sequins!!

I hope you enjoy this new creation and be sure to pop back here soon as I will have more inspiration to share using the new release...

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee

Wednesday 1 December 2021

Howly jowly....!!

  Hey friends....

I've got some howly jowly inspiration for you today using the cute doggies from Gerda Steiner designs!!

The other day I shared some tags using Carol kitten so I thought I better not leave the doggies out and used the Carol puppies....

I created a simple base for this one by just adding a strip of designer cardstock behind the white base and then added the Christmas sentiment with black ink....

I then stamped, coloured and fussy cut two of the Carol puppies. These were coloured up using Parkoo shop alcohol markers and then added to the base with some foam tape for dimension!!

To complete the card I added a touch of red sequins....

I hope you enjoyed this sweet but simple card ready for the festive season!!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee