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. In this week's blog I'm sharing a fun fold I saw that looks really cool, allows you to use up DSP (if you're a bit of a hoarder like me or just have a little more than your should!) plus it's a lot easier to create than you'd first think. I took lots of pics to show you just how easy it is to create this style of fun fold. I hope you enjoy this post as I walk you through how I cre

  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. This week's blog uses a beautiful collection of products from the annual catalogue. The focus suite is Earthen Elegance & I use most of the suite, namely the Earthen Textures stamps & dies as well as the DSP & c

 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. In this week's blog I'm sharing a card layout called Patchwork Border. Basically it uses strips of DSP layered around the borders of the card to showcase gorgeous DSP without using a lot of paper & is also ideal for using up strip scraps.  Here's my creation made with the Earthen Textures DSP, stamps & dies... The base is Misty Moonlight & the matte for the DSP is Pecan Pie. I

 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 crafedbyalison@gmail.com. I hope you enjoy this week's blog which features a really cute stand alone stamp set called Supremely Awesome. Stand alone means that there is no punch or die set that co-ordinates with it. That's not a problem though as

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. In this week's blog I'm CASEing some of the cards from the new Mini catalogue that went live on the 4th January. There's a gorgeous suite called Perennial Lavender which has 2 stamp & die bundles along with DSP, paper diecut butterflies & pretty glimmer gems. The creative people at Stampin' Up® have used these products to create some stunning cards & 3D projects. I've se

 Hello & welcome to my blog, My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia. I have been blogging since 2020 but took a short break in the latter half of 2023. 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 crafedbyalison@gmail.com. I hope you enjoy this week's blog which features a new suite from the January to April Mini catalogue which just launched on the 4th January. L