*Prima + Pan Pastels*

hi! hope you're having a wonderful day!

today I'm sharing a layout  I've done for Prima
using PanPastels. Have you ever tried PanPastels?
I just did for the FIRST time ever & truly enjoyed them!
I'm going to have to order more colors for my new Pan Pastel library.

This layout I'm sharing is a tutorial I did for Prima -
it's up on their blog - right here:  Prima Blog :

To see the tutorial on  how I used the Pan Pastels

plus all the supplies I used,

visit the Prima Blog .

Here's a few close ups:

Thanks so much for visiting my blog  today!

OH before I go...
I'm STILL waiting to hear from both of my blog hop winners

from this post:  Blog Hop Winners

Have a great day!
I'll be back soon with some more Pan Pastel & Prima goodies!

xo.

*Another SweetHaven Layout + Winners!*

Hi friends, happy Sunday!
I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to get here yesterday and blog...
But I have winners!

First I want to share something.
I finished reading my sweet friend Courtney Walsh's book:
A Sweethaven Summer
& absolutely LOVED it. I was entranced from page one.
I couldn't put it down! Due to the fact that my family needed
food & the house needed to be cleaned & some assignments needed
to be finished...I had to for a few days. But picked it right back up
& finished it...in one week. It's one of the most inspiring books.
It taught me about true love, true friendship, true life.
I adore you Courtney & thank you for having me dig deeper into
my life to realize what's important, what's true.

I made another layout for the Sweethaven challenge - this one is
about traditions:

These are my SWEET sweet friends from high school.
even though we've grown & moved on to lives of our own...

we still make it a tradition to get together for either a fun girls night or weekend.
This was a weekend get away to a hotel in Grapevine, Texas & all day shopping the next

day. We had such a great time! There's usually 2 more girls with us, but one

had to leave early & the other had to work - we sure missed them!

Friends are a gift. A treasure. An absolute joy given to us by God.
I want each one of my friends to know I'm your true. I'll be by you

through thick or thin. I'm always there. Love y'all!

Here's a little close up:

I can't wait for our next girls day!

And now....how about some winners?
First up is the winning blog hop number from the American Crafts/Scor-pal hop:

and that is:

so Karenelr - please contact me:  leslieashe(at)gmail(dot)com & I'll get your winning pkg on it's way!

and second...

here's the winning number from the Echo Park/ Artfull Crafts Blog hop:

and that is:

 

RDCadwell - please contact me:  leslieashe(at)gmail(dot)com so I can get your info & pkg sent.

Thank you EVERYONE for your sweet words about my creations for both hops!

You made me smile great big.
I am truly grateful!

hugs & have a wonderful day.

*Neapolitan is DELISH...*

Hi!

Happy Wednesday!

Today I'm sharing a layout & card I made for American Crafts

using Dear Lizzy's Neapolitan. Oh man is this line

DELISH!!! I can't stop using it. I have to replenish my

stash soon, there's no way I can run out!

First up is this layout I did of my girl and her new fur girl, Lilly:

she was a mere 2.3 lbs when we picked her up at the Animal Shelter..

so tiny & new...

Here's a little card I whipped up too - I can't get enough of those little mason jars! YUM!

Here's some close ups so you can see some of the details:

Hope you're having a great week!

I'm off to mail some things that were picked up for publication - thank you Scrapbook Trends!

happy Wednesday!

let me leave you with a cute collage of Miss Lilly Pulitzer Ashe (who happens to

be doing GREAT after her "surgery". She doesn't even need a cone. That totally

impresses me. She did have a little "bulge" near her surgery site & I took her in

yesterday to see if that's normal - they said it's 2 things. 1) she's being TOO active

& 2) it's a reaction her body is having to the stitches on the inside. she's a champ!)

from yesterday:

in the first picture - i'm starting to see the "dachshund" in her!
(she's a chi/dachshund mix - they call them "chiweenies!")

and she's 4 months and 1 week! Have I mentioned yet she's become
MY dog? hahahaha-- don't tell Savannah....

(just so you know - there's a few days left in both blog hops below

so check them out if you'd like to win some super fun stuff!)

*Echo Park This & That Blog Hop*

Hello & happy Monday to you!
{Before I start another fun blog hop -
I wanted to share that
the blog hop post below is STILL open.
You have until 9am 3/23 to post!}

Welcome to the Echo Park Paper and Artfull Crafts Design Team Blog Hop!

Today the Echo Park Paper Design Team is hopping
with the Artfull Crafts Design Team showcasing projects from
the "This & That" and "Yours Truly" collections.
Be sure to follow the blog hop list below as you hop from one blog to the next.
Return to the Echo Park Paper blog at any time for the next blogger on the list
in case you get lost or confused!
ONE winner will be selected from each blog to receive an Echo Park Paper collection
kit of their choosing.
To qualify for the kit, comments will be due by midnight EST, Sunday, March 25
to qualify for the drawing.
The winner will be announced on each blog Monday, March 26
so be sure to check back to see if you've won.


Here's a little project I wanted to share with you for the hop:

that is my precious PRECIOUS great niece, Presley.

For her layout - I used This & That Graceful.
I can't get enough of either This & That line!


Here's one more project I made using This & That Charming:

My sweet son, Shaypher - LOVE that boy!

Now to get on to the hop -

here's the list in order.

If  you get lost - you can totally go back to the Echo Park

blog to find your way...

Here's the hop list, in order:

Echo Park Paper

Leslie Ashe <------------------------you are here.

Sandy Ang

Linda Auclair

Betsy Clark

Nancy Damiano

Lowri McNabb

Amy Heller

Lisa Skinner

Christine Bonifacio

Tamara Tripodi

Louise Forsyth

Wendy Sue Anderson

Jennifer Gallacher

Arfull Crafts

I will select ONE randomly drawn winner to receive an Echo Park 

collection kit of your choice! 

All you have to do is leave a comment here on my blog!

Have fun hopping & good luck!

This hop is open until Sunday, March 25th.

Back soon with more fun things to share!

xo.

*American Crafts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop*

Hi!
Happy St. Patty's Day!

You are wearing green today...aren't you?
I'm not one for getting pinched, so you better believe I've got mine on!

Welcome welcome to all of you to the American Crafts / Scor-Pal blog hop!

If you're coming here right from Jamie Harper's blog -
you're in the RIGHT place!

For my hop project - I created this layout using all AC goodies and
my new best friend - my scor buddy:

Products used for my layout:

Black Cardstock (71082) - AC Cardstock, Cascade Cardstock (71509) -AC Cardstock,

Cabbage Cardstock (71565) - AC Cardstock, Get Around Paper (35561) -

Amy Tangerine, Is It Any Wonder Paper (35556) - Amy Tangerine, Oh Happy Grey

(35565) - Amy Tangerine, Cafe Iris Paper (35541) - Garden Cafe, Stawberry Eclair

(53225) - Thickers, Knockouts Border Punch Starter Kit Open Scallop (63008) - Punches,

Lovestruck Stamps (59151) - Amy Tangerine, Black (59500) - AC Ink, Taffy (62622) -

Stamp Marker, This to That Glue Runner (61712) - AC Adhesive, Dimensional Dots (61709)

- AC Adhesive

Other:Scor-Pal Scor-Buddy, Silver Zig Pen,

Silhouette with AC Girl Silhouette by Amy Tangerine

"this is what life looks like" phrase by Lori Whitlock

here's some close ups so you can see how I used my Scor Buddy:

I had the best time putting this layout together!! That's my girl on her 21st birthday
this past January. Hard to believe it!

Now for some fun -
I'm doing a little give away. All just for leaving a comment here on my blog!
I'll randomly select my winner on March 23rd & will post on March 24th!
here's what I'm giving to one randomly drawn winner:

(plus I  just *might* throw in a few more AC goodies!)

now, next up on the blog hop is:  Lisa Andrews

If you happen to get lost along the way -

just head right back to the American Crafts blog & you'll find your way!

Thanks & I sure hope you have fun hopping!
Good luck to all of you!

xo,
Leslie

*My Treat!*

I know I know...
I suffer from a serious lack of blogging,
sorry everyone!
Life got in the way for a few days...
When the cute boy comes home from college
for Spring Break - everything STOPS.
Especially since I haven't seen him since early January!

I'm back I'm back - promise!
My blog will be seriously hopping starting Saturday
(you won't want to miss that hop!) and again on Monday (that one either!)
with another fun hop! Details coming very very soon...like, Saturday!

Anyways....
Today I have something fun to share with you.
I made some tiny little goodie bags - I call them "my treat!" {to you!}
they're just a little something I whipped up for Echo Park:

there's a full tutorial on the Echo Park Blog today -
so go check it out!  these little bags are so cute - they're 3.5”x2”x6.75” big.
I found them at Hobby Lobby. Believe it or not, there are some even smaller!
You can also make bigger one - even add ribbon or whatever
you want to your bags to make them yours.

So to see all the supplies & the full tutorial, visit the blog today!

Here's a few close ups:

Don't forget to come back Saturday for a fun fun FUN hop!

Until then - I'm off to think about our little fur-grand-girl as she's at the
vet having"the" surgery - she turned 4 months this week & the vet wanted to wait
until then because she's only 6 lbs.
How precious is SHE! Little Lilly (Pulitzer) Ashe:

See you Saturday...

*She's at the TOP of MY list*

hi friends.
thank you so much for the well wishes!
(and for liking my friendship layout!)

just a super quick update on me...
today I went to follow my ER visit up with my pulmonary doctor.
they didn't like that I was still "wheezing" and coughing.
SOOO more steroids (12 days worth, ew.) & cough medicine.
then continue the breathing treatments until I feel better.
whew...the end is drawing near - I see that well cloud in the horizon.

but - seriously, I'm tired of being sick & tired of talking about being sick
so let's get this blog post on the road & post more interesting stuff -
not sick stuff, ew.

Today I'm sharing an Echo Park expert post I did the other day...

(I promise, I do NOT call myself an expert - that's the name for each one of our DT members.
I still will never ever say..."hi, I'm an expert." because...well, I'm just NOT.)
I do however, hope to inspire anyone that I can...
You can see the FULL post right here:  Echo Park Sketch Inspiration

My assignment was to come up with a sketch -
then create my layout from that sketch. I'll admit. I worked a tad backwards...
here's my sketch:

and here's a couple of close ups of my layout:

and the layout itself:

and here's one more fun thing I have been dying to post about:

(for my FIRST time ever. I had a project in the SB ETC. April mag!)

here's what you'll see:

my cute little tiny flower pot I made for American Crafts!
thank you Scrapbooks ETC...you made my day!

That's it for today!
Back soon. I'm off to put my feet up, breathe in my nebulizer and snooze a tad.
I've got a couple of American Crafts layouts to share with you, so I'll be right back!