Crafted by Alison

 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 post is all about having some fun. Stampin' Up® have a gorgeous bundle called Kiddin' Around which has a stamp & die but they also have a suite which includes this bundle plus it has DSP & some bling.

  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's blog will be a quick one as it's based on using combinations of colours. Every month Stampin' Up® post a Colour Challenge to help motivate everyone to mix & match colours, often inspiring people to use combinations or colours that they wouldn't normally use. Stampin' Up® set the challenge that you choose 3 to 4 colours of your own choice this month. For today's blo

  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 I created with a 'new to me' stamp & die bundle called Timeless Arrangements. This stamp set has loads of sentiments, a few small floral arrangements & some background effects stamps. The most exciting

 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 am sharing how to heat emboss on vellum. It's quite a simple technique but as you're working with a thin material & heat, you do need to be careful. Here are some pics & the steps I used to achieve this beautiful card front.  I decided that I wanted an open image rather than a filled in one. This would allow me to colour the back of the image with Stampin' Blends if I wante

  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 I am sharing some beautiful creations I made using one of Stampin' Up®'s kits. Each week in my Sunday blog I spotlight one of the kits from their range but this week I show you the completed kit. I hope you en

  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 will show you how to create using just the one colour as the main theme. This is called Monochromatic & can create some beautiful cards. I hope you like them. I chose a soft pastel colour & a strong earthy colour. More details are below. First up is the warm, earthy Copper Clay teamed with the Lovely & Sweet stamp & dies bundle. The card base is Very Vanilla along with the sta