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.
Stampin' Up® have just launched their new Annual Catalogue & it's a beauty! It's set out quite differently to previous catalogues but there are benefits to that. They now have sectioned it to have beginners, which is a step by step collection of materials in kits, then there is quick & easy where you select base materials & packs of pre-printed or diecut materials plus some stamp sets then there is create your way where you choose all the materials, stamps etc yourself & create your way! In the quick & easy section Stampin' Up® have also provided some inspiration with a colour wheel & information of various ways to use colour combinations. There is a section explaining 4 different ways to vary your colours - Monochromatic, Complementary, Analogous & Triadic. It's a wonderful tool to help with creativity but it's not what this week's post is about, that is something I will explore in future posts.
This week I have a beautiful stamp set called Flower Cart to share with you. There is a matching die set which saves you cutting time & helped me to create these beautiful cards. I hope you like them.
I had so much fun creating with this bundle. The possibilities are endless! There are a number of ways to display the flowers but I have only created a flower wagon & collection of containers on my cards. Here is some info on how they were created...
For the flower wagon card I wanted something bright & cheerful so I chose Parakeet Party & Starry Sky as the main colours. The first matte is Parakeet Party, embossed with one of the Basics 3D embossing folders. The second matte is Starry Sky & both of these mattes co-ordinate with the flowers in the wagon. The wheels of the wagon are Pecan Pie & the cobblestones & smaller pot are Pebbled Path - I couldn't resist using it for the 'pebbled path'! 😁 The wagon & flowers are stamped in Starry Sky with Parakeet Party foliage but I added a teeny bit of detail by colouring some parts of the flowers in Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry & Seaside Spray Stampin' Write markers. The flowers in the small pot add a burst of colour with Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Green. The wagon & pot of flowers are raised on glue dots & dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment in Pebbled Path also & added some 2022-24 In Colour Pearls & a double bow made with Sweet Sorbet Metallic Woven ribbon. It's such a pretty but vibrant card.
There's even a little pot of flowers decorating the inside of the card.
The second card is more muted. I chose some DSP from Nature's Sweetness as the Pebbled Path background worked beautifully with my design.
There are a number of different elements to this card but I feel that they all tie together nicely. The flowers are stamped in Orchid Oasis, Fresh Freesia & Crushed Curry with the foliage all Garden Green. The large pot is Pebbled Path & the 2 smaller pots are Crumb Cake. I used some silver metallic paper from my stach for the milk can container for a little bit of contrast.
To add a little bling to the card without embellishments I chose gold heat embossing for the sentiment & found a little spray of love hearts in the Sale-a-bration Thanks a Bunch stamp set that are also heat embossed. For a last touch of bling I cut a 2mm slither of the retired Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty paper to sit in between the two different DSP patterns. There's not much of the Metallic paper left now 😩so I add small snippets of it when I can.
The milk can is raised slightly higher than the other elements with some of the Foam Adhesive strips.
That's all I have for you this week. I hope you enjoyed these creations as much as I enjoyed playing around with this bundle.
Now I'd like to share some of the latest news from Stampin' Up®.
Stampin' Up® has a number of ways to purchase their lovely products. You can look through their physical catalogue or browse through the Annual catalogue online but there are also some products that are only available exclusively online that don't appear in any catalogues. These products are called the Online Exclusives & are only online. Check out the online exclusives in
my online store. Stampin' Up® adds more product items to the online shop so don't forget to keep checking the store to see what's new. There are some lovely new products now available including kits, embellishments, stamps, dies & embossing folders. Something for everyone! If you would like a copy of the catalogue please send me a message at craftedbyalison@gmail.com or on my Facebook page, craftedbyalison.
NEWS & REMINDERS:
- Stampin' Up®'s newAnnual Catalogue is live! It's a beautiful piece of artwork as well as an amazing resource for crafting. As mentioned before, it's very different to any other catalogue that I've seen from Stampin' Up®. They have changed the front cover from featuring cards or supplies to a casual stamping picture as well as a radical change to the layout of the contents. There are still lots of beautiful pics of the products & ideas aplenty, it's just set out differently. I think you'll love it. If you would like a copy of the new catalogue then send me a message at craftedbyalison on Facebook or email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com & I'll send you one.
- Don't forget the Online Exclusive products with new products added and available now Check out my online shop here.
- Stampin' Up® have a great range of Kits including crafting, card making & gift giving. Click here to check them all out in my online shop. As Stampin' Up® have so many beautiful kits available I will be featuring a different kit in each blog so that you can see the range.
This week's kit is about saying Thank You. It's the Saying Thanks kit.
This is such a fun, bright kit & a great way to say thank you to someone. 🥰 Here's what Stampin' Up® say about the kit...
Express gratitude to those who make your day, every day with the Saying Thanks Kit. This all-inclusive kit has everything you need to show appreciation to family and friends who light up your life! Make nine bright, colourful cards in no time to say thank you, recognise friends, and share your gratitude with a bright watercolour wash that won’t go unnoticed! The kit even features die-cut elements you can use for peek-through cards. You’ll never miss an opportunity to express gratitude with this colourful kit! Each kit comes with printed die-cut sentiments in Dutch, English, French, and German.
If you feel that you'd like to add this to your list then click here to purchase one from my online store.
A lot of demonstrators use the special Host Code for their customers but I'm trying it this year as a new idea to see if this is what you, my customers would like to use. If you
shop with me then don't forget to use this month's host code
R2DMYQ42. This will allow me to pass on any hostess benefits to customers when the sales reach the required qualifying amount.
Lastly, there have been lots of new items added to the clearance rack plus there is a so make sure you check them out using
this link to my online store.
If you would like to purchase any of my creations that I feature in my blogs they can be found in my FaceBook shop at craftedbyalison or you can order something unique.
If you would like me to send you a copy of the current Annual catalogue or the new one when it's released then please message me via my FaceBook page, Crafted by Alison or send me an email at craftedbyalison@gmail.com.
My next blog is on Wednesday & features another easy fun fold. In Sunday's blog I will be casing one of the gorgeous cards from the new catalogue. I'm really looking forward to sharing them with you.
I hope you can join me for both of them.
Well, that's it for another week. I hope you enjoyed this post & come back for more next week. Til next time, take care & keep creating! XX Alison.
Here are some links to the products I used today & some craft room essentials.
Stamps, Dies, Embossing folders & punches
Cardstock, DSP & paper goods
- no current products used this week
Adhesives
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