Crafted by Alison

 Hello & welcome to my blog, My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia.  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 & sometimes special DSP. My second blog is mid week on a Wednesday where I look at techniques, colour challenges, card sketches, fun folds, tools & equipment & ways to make or improve your projects. That's what this blog is about.  I do love a fun fold to create a bit of a WOW factor & make a card special. This week I have a very easy style of fun fold that I hope you enjoy. This is such an easy card to make but it's different from most other cards. Here are the materials I used to create it. I started with a Terracotta Tile backing piece measuring 10.5cm x 14.8cm. Just the one width instead of a folded card. Next, I cu

 Hello, welcome to my blog, My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. If this is your first time here, thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoy what I have to share with you. If you're a returning visitor, thank you so much for supporting me! 😍 This week's cards are created using the Zoo Crew Suite featured in the new Annual catalogue. The suite comprises of the Zany Zoo stamps & dies, Zoo Crew DSP & a duo ribbon pack with Lemon Lime twist & Petal Pink as the focus colours. Now, our family has had a pretty tough week with my daughter being hit by a car, writing off the one she was driving & resulting in a 3 day stint in hospital & 2 rods in her arm. It's been pretty frightening for us all but she's safely home with her partner & groodle, Daisy, & we can now

 Hello & welcome to my blog, My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia.  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 & sometimes special DSP. My second blog is mid week on a Wednesday where I look at techniques, colour challenges, card sketches, fun folds, tools & equipment & ways to make or improve your projects. That's what this blog is about.  Stampin' Up® launched their new Annual Catalogue on the 5th May and with they had a colour refresh as well as the new In Colours. Today I will be sharing the new In Colours with you with a few cards I created using them along with some new stamps & dies. I hope you like them. Here are 3 cards I made with the new In Colours.... ...and here is the official flyer from Stampin' Up® with the n

 Hello, welcome to my blog, My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. If this is your first time here, thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoy what I have to share with you. If you're a returning visitor, thank you so much for supporting me! 😍 Today I have some to share with you that were created with the Apple Harvest stamp set & Apple Blossom dies. I love apples so creating with these products was loads of fun.  The first card I have for you is a favourite of many people (& great for cooking), the Granny Smith apple. I started with a Basic White card base, adding a strip of the 2022-24 In Colour DSP matted on Early Espresso cardstock. I stamped the image on Basic White using Memento ink & coloured the apple, blooms & leaves with Shaded Spruce, Pale Papaya, Granny Apple Green, S

  Hello & welcome to my blog, My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia.  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 & sometimes special DSP. My second blog is mid week on a Wednesday where I look at techniques, colour challenges, card sketches, fun folds, tools & equipment & ways to make or improve your projects. That's what this blog is about.  Today I have a fun fold for you that is easy but has a wow factor called a Side Panel Pillar fold. Here are some pics of the process I used to create it... Using Basic White I cut 4 pieces as follows: Card base:  20.5cm x 14.8cm, scored at 2.5cm, 5cm, 7.5cm &10cm on the long side. Front step:  13cm x 13cm, scored at 1.5cm & 4cm. Back writing area: 9.5cm x 13.8cm Scrap piece for stamping. For