Crafted by Alison

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. This week I look at the fun & cheerful Celebratory Sips DSP & Cheers & Sips stamps & dies. The DSP is stunning with bright, cheerful colours & lots of images relating to summer fun with cocktails & ...

  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. This week I am sharing the new In Colours from the 2025-26 Stampin' Up® catalogue.  Stampin' Up® bring out 5 new colours every year in their catalogue that last for 2 years. This means that every year they also retire the In Colours from 2 years prior to make way for the new ones. This year's new colours are: Strawberry Slush - a rich berry pink. Timid Tiger - a lovely mid range orange. D...

  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. In today's blog I am sharing two lovely cards I created with the Textured Notes stamp set. I love this stamp set & hope you love my creations. In my first card I wanted to explore the earthy tones that I was rem...

  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. This week I am creating with a simple card sketch. Normally my sketches are portrait orientation but this week I've created one that is landscape. Here is the sketch... As I mentioned it's a simple sketch, the base, a rectangle & a circle. I stepped it up a little by adding some mattes, embossing folders & switched it up by changing where each element was placed. Here are the finished...

 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. On Friday we celebrated the wedding of my first child, Julie to Walter, a beautiful man with a loving heart & family. As we were very busy with all of the wedding preparations I wanted to create something in adva...