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Mid week blog#186 - Wildflower Birthday diamond pop up fun fold

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 Hello & welcome to my blog.  My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia.  For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome!   Here's a little bit about me. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com. One of my favourite ways of creating - funfolds - is the focus of this week's post. Using the Wildflower Birthday DSP pack I have created a fun way to showcase the pretty patterns of the DSP with a Diamond...

ROAR! lets explore Dinosaurs with the Darling Dinos bundle

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 Hello & welcome.  My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia.  For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome!   Here's a little bit about me. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com. Today I am sharing some super cute cards made just for the kids or dinosaur lovers in your life. They were made using a gorgeous stamp & die bundle called Darling Dinos. I had so much fun playing around with thes...

Midweek blog#185 - how to use two different embossing methods on the one project!

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 Hello & welcome to my blog.  My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia.  For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome!   Here's a little bit about me. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com. Today's creation is made by using two different embossing methods. I was going to use two different embossing folders originally but when I started playing around I thought 'why not use two different types...

Creating with the Glass & Gardens embossing folder

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 Hello & welcome.  My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia.  For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome!   Here's a little bit about me. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com. Yesterday was World Card Making Day & I spent the day crafting, chatting & watching Stampin' Up®s free online craftalong with some of my crafting friends. It was a lot of fun. As this post goes to air I am on...