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Yes, so soon since my last blog entry</div>
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It's all about the COOL colours</div>
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and use at least 3 CB products..</div>
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I did a bit of shuffling with the papers from the </div>
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Great collection!!</div>
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I like how there is a sheet in the collection to fussy cut.. so I did!</div>
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Picked out some greens, blues and purples toned Colour Paste</div>
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I used the paste as a 'paint' to colour the flowers and leaves - I just used a water brush!</div>
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You'll also see some stamping around the border and under the foliage too!</div>
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for Emily's COOL PUP</div>
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Big stitching with a crop-a-dile to add holes for the twine to be threaded around... bit of fun for a border and didn't take too long to do either!</div>
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Thank you for coming to visit,</div>
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It's been a long time without a blog post..</div>
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Like a challenge</div>
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so I picked out some papers,</div>
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chose some Citrus coloured Colour Blast pastes,</div>
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Started with a marshmallow bazill,</div>
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swiped over 'Sunshine' and 'Tangareen Dream Colour Blast paste,</div>
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trimmed some CB papers for the strips,</div>
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Cut the letters for the title - already used all the 'O' so this is actually the letter 'Q' - do you get a bit creative when you run out of the letter you need/</div>
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Twine to wind around in vertical lines,</div>
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Photo of Adrian's grandad xx</div>
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Wire to frame the face,</div>
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found a bonus metal arrow to underline,</div>
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Done!!</div>
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Thank you for visiting,</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-32684946031573476122019-07-06T20:56:00.001-07:002019-07-06T20:56:26.889-07:00White with One - Marine Green - July 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's been too long since I had some SPARE time to create...</div>
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Usually takes me about an hour to create a challenge page... but I fiddle for a couple of hours at The Crafty Chain's all day crop yesterday... must be a bit rusty!!</div>
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Anyway, I found out what the colour was this month at White with One</div>
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MARINE GREEN</div>
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A lovely deep teal-ly green shade </div>
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and there is a Mood board too!!</div>
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I liked the sole palm tree im the bottom right corner, </div>
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it reminded me of a photo of Adrian and his Grandad,</div>
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enjoying the sun in the garden..</div>
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I first chose a sheet of Kaisercraft paper from the recent Morning Dew collection, that had a lovely print in the exact shade... perfect!! By cutting out the middle you create a border for white cardstock and then a piece to use both sides as part of the layers - good budgetting!!</div>
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Starting with a sheet of white I swiped some ink across the background - swiped some crackle onto a set of 7 dots chipboard (old!!) - added some paper behind the frames and some photos too - then just layered it... done!!</div>
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I love how Kaisercraft have titles or sentiments along the barcode strip.. always come in handy!!</div>
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Finnabairs Patina Butterflies were a lovely tone for Marine Green,</div>
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You don't need a ton of products to create a layout, this layout has one sheet of patterned paper, one sheet of cardstock, one 6' square of chipboard pieces, 2 metal butterflies, 2 white tags, a scoop of crackle paste, a swipe on ink on the background and the chipboard pieces and some adhesive to attach everything - easy!! </div>
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Plenty of room for a bit of journalling about the memory from these photos..</div>
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Thank you for visiting,</div>
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Alison xx</div>
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...and Hello to January!!</div>
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Trying to get some challenges done in January,</div>
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Started with a sheet of Kaisercraft white - tore a piece of light grey into a rectangle... you can still see a small top right corner!! lol Sprinkled a little 'mystery powder' (looks like it might have been some Lindy's Magicals from an old class kit?) - how good was the colour for these pretty images I had previously fussy cut from a sheet of Celebr8 'Beautiful Life'... love the greens, browns with a pinch of yellow!!</div>
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Layered the pieces... kind of like the sketch... stamped a little with a stamp on the table and finished with a couple of wooden cogs, tags etc</div>
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I twisted the sketch 90' to the left, like this - </div>
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Photo is our great nephew Robbie - I thought the cogs and clocks were perfect for a school photo!!</div>
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Thank you to Jenny, for introducing us to the versatility of Celebr8 papers!!</div>
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Thankyou for visiting,</div>
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love,</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-18761280168188872672019-01-12T02:38:00.000-08:002019-01-12T17:28:52.066-08:00Kraft Plus challenge - January 2019<span id="goog_1162837305"></span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1162837306"></span><br />
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Starting with a sheet of Kraft... of course!!<br />
Chose a Kaisercraft hexagon stencil - I like it for the random design - sponged a few different greens and browns... then spotted over some white dots to represent the Indigenous Art component of this months challenge :)<br />
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Our friend Jenny is the distributor for Celebr8 Australia - when she came to visit The Crafty Chain we loved the 'Beautiful Life' collection... I created this layout and another layout from the cut apart page and the diecut sheet - super easy!!<br />
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A little muslin, a couple of wood flourish pieces and some wired twine from the Happy Jig finish this layout of our sweet little girl Katelyn a few years (about 18 to be more precise!!) in a handmade outfit - I've always loved handmade items, whether I've made it or to support someone else's creativity. This one gifted to Katelyn by my Aunt & Uncle..<br />
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-49160105673012608912019-01-05T18:20:00.003-08:002019-01-05T18:22:47.029-08:00White with 1 - Buttercream - January 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
Welcome to a New Year,</div>
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A new challenge,</div>
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A new Layout..</div>
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First up it's the </div>
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January 2019 it's all about </div>
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but it's timeless..</div>
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Starting with a sheet of white cardstock - of course!!</div>
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I randomly painted 'Mustard Seed' distress Crackle Paint - Yes!! Such an old supply and it was almost dried up, but I managed to stick it on.. and, as a bonus it was dry super quick!! haha</div>
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Twisted some twine around the page a couple of times - swiped some crackle onto a piece of Imaginarium Designs chipboard then took the 'yellow' back a few shades with some white gesso on everything!!</div>
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Wound some wired black and white twine in a circle to frame the photo of our great nephew Robbie - he is a smart young boy with a love of 'Balls', he will do well in life!!</div>
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Adhered the photo on a white paper bag as a pocket, then mounted on a board before tucking all the elements in and around.</div>
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Alison xx</div>
Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-89626720228557608862018-11-24T22:51:00.000-08:002018-11-24T22:51:09.601-08:00White with one - Orange Blaze<div style="text-align: center;">
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this young fellow is growing up quickly and is destined for greatness,</div>
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he will learn along his journey to be grateful for the unique way he sees the world xx</div>
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I started with a white cardstock and stamped some Paper Rose cogs with orange archival ink,</div>
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I found some jigsaw puzzle pieces in a couple of different sizes - some had orange ink, some crackle paint, some a bit of both!!</div>
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Finished up with a couple of metal cogs, a felt circle and a mini Kaisercraft wooden frame.</div>
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Thank you for looking,</div>
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Alison xx</div>
Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-63695924663839728072018-11-22T02:07:00.000-08:002018-11-22T02:07:30.863-08:00Never Stop Dreaming... Kraft PLus challenge - November 2018<div style="text-align: center;">
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I like how all those little tiles square up into a beautiful pattern.</div>
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I chose a school photo of one of our great nephews - yes, nearly the end of the school year... and then it will be time for new school photos!!</div>
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Our youngest child has know finished school, and while I have a FEW years to catch up on for school photos, it's always nice to scrap someone a photo as a gift to them - preserve memories!!</div>
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Stamp Darkroom Door - over the background, across a couple of edges, and so it disappears into the background - yes, it has an image of a couple of older gentleman... this young bloke will grow up one day - along with a bunch of masculine imagery that makes up a 'mosaic' background?</div>
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Sofie and Andrew at Scrapmatt's create fabulous designs and this 'Mosaic' design seemed a great fit across the stamping with a little embossing paste.</div>
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tucked a tag under the photo on the right to add some journalling,</div>
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randomly added paste and crackle to the chipboard swirl,</div>
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adhered a title from Little Birdie</div>
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a felt circle, a key, a metal corner to the tag and finish with a Kaisercraft Mosaic wood piece!!</div>
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I think it's a fun layout!!</div>
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Alison xx</div>
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It's been awhile since I've had some 'spare' time to do some challenges...</div>
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I made some spare time!!</div>
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We had a spare page at the shop,</div>
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and I found some spare Imaginarium Designs chipboard,</div>
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I gathered some spare bits and pieces,</div>
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and added some spare Sunny Yellow (well, really a mixture of Seeded Mustard Oxide & Distress)</div>
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Celebrate Today</div>
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I've had this cute photo of our great nephews and niece for some time in my stash, and I liked the contrast of the yellow with the blues in the photo so I am pleased I found some spare time to scrapbook this memory for our Niece's family album!!</div>
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Thank you for visiting,</div>
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Alison xx</div>
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ps, all products available at my favourite store, The Crafty Chain </div>
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for May, we said Yes!!</div>
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You can create a layout, Card or if you prefer something Beyond the Page?</div>
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I don't have a lot of 'spare' time these days so I told Shelley I was going to sit down for about an hour, and this is the result...</div>
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I found this background patterned paper in out 50cent range - so don't underestimate your stash!!</div>
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Gave the yellow cardstock a wide border so you can see the chrysanthemums - the strips cut off from the cardstock were torn and adhere to create a bit of interest? </div>
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We had this beautiful piece of Scrapmatts chipboard, the oval with flourishes and bonus butterflies (Still have 2 large butterflies for another day!!) I have just randomly inked it with a couple of yellow shades - the same colours were used to stamp the background with a Dare 2 B Artzy set that Paige recently used in her card class - it's really a lovely set!!</div>
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I found a large lace bloom and some smaller yellow shades and did a bit of floristry - easy!!</div>
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Photo is our cute niece Sienna - she is the youngest in her family, so is totally spoilt with love!!</div>
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So grab some YELLOW and have a go, </div>
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we'd love to see your entry,</div>
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Alison xx</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-50254431254766742732018-03-10T23:04:00.000-08:002018-03-10T23:04:01.645-08:00All that Glitters is not Gold - update<div style="text-align: center;">
Yes, an update... and an open letter, of sorts?</div>
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Although I don't feel confident to share my inner most thoughts and feelings in a public domain, it helps me to know that I have no secrets or skeletons and that this is the story of MY life!<br />
Life isn't always Butterflies and Rainbows... </div>
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Since my original blog post, I've been overwhelmed with all of the comments on my blog, on my facebook and in person! </div>
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I've had so many hugs, messages of support and kindness shown...</div>
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from YOU, my beautiful friends!!</div>
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As a side note, yes from my friends, not one 'family' member has shown any empathy, compassion nor support... they have spoken of 'my embarrassing them' that 'they didn't think I would do that!' that 'perhaps it's time to forgive' and 'I should just get over it' or there has just been 'silence'.... Wow!! Right? ...such a shallow, immature and unhealthy way?</div>
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Almost 4 years ago now and I've held a glimmer of HOPE, in light of recent events I have decided I actually don't need such a toxic environment to 'live, love or laugh', our children certainly are still confused how anyone could share a coffee, much less a meal with this type of person or people... I have no answers for them? I have not 'brainwashed' them, they can see for themselves! Just that you cannot see you are being 'groomed' and manipulated... you will, when you open your eyes to the truth!</div>
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The hashtags, the comments, the photos, and the Wordy pictures - make me feel sorry for you!!<br />
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Yes, I have been back to Bravehearts - to learn to cope without a 'family'!</div>
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No, I didn't write a blog post for the attention... I have plenty of 'attention' in the craft world, and</div>
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No, I didn't write your names, but if people can work out who you are and think differently about you, then perhaps your choices are not the best?<br />
Interesting that while you read the comments on my FB, you never comment, and more interesting that when you see the nice things people choose to say about me that you are critical of those comments... while I certainly am not a 'saint', the term used loosely is a compliment, that my 'family' can't even see about me!<br />
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I am loved by my family of five,</div>
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unconditional love,</div>
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not the fake type where no one speaks of subjects too difficult or</div>
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just pretends there is no problem.. </div>
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So, please go about your 'life', have grandparents for your children, have a step aunt, don't follow up on your 'do something about it', damage our bond permanently, enjoy catching up with your brother or brother-in-law... but, I no longer will allow you to make me feel like this is,<br />
MY fault,<br />
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Ask some questions?<br />
Do some research?<br />
Think about your pieces of the puzzle and add them to mine?<br />
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Closing the door..<br />
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for those wondering about my Mum<br />
...Step 9...<br />
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Thank you for reading,<br />
Thank you for not judging me,<br />
Thank you,<br />
Alison<br />
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ps, I am so pleased to be starting the new year... I'm looking forward to making memories with my wonderful husband and children. We have a bunch of plans as a family and will focus on making sure they know how very much they are loved, each and every day... no matter what!<br />
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Updated Sunday 11th March 2018<br />
ps, Yes, I wrote this blog post on the last day of 2017... didn't push 'publish' but after Friday's and now Sunday's disappointment with the other side, I am closing the gate and have extinguished the glimmer of hope I have kept glowing..<br />
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Thank you for all the lessons learnt, I really do appreciate them all, just wish they didn't hurt my heart so much!<br />
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I didn't want to create a card,</div>
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and then I came across these mini prints of my Brother and his wife...</div>
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I only have one brother and one sister-in-law</div>
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and this page is for them both!!</div>
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Photos are always the easiest way to document your memories,<br />
Print them,<br />
Put them in an album,<br />
write the details (you'll probably forget!)<br />
and then you can take a trip down memory lane whenever you choose!!<br />
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Thank you for visiting,<br />
Alison xx</div>
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as Wednesday are a wonderful...</div>
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I was going to make Christmas cards, bought some beautiful red papers,</div>
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I was at a scrapbook store and saw a small paper pad with lovely images and soft colours, so</div>
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I can never have too many CARDS<br />
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they are all very simple,</div>
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Inked chipboard to add some colour</div>
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this title inked with Oxides and then sprinkled with water - love that effect!</div>
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The paper was so lovely I just added a chipboard frame for the sentiment -</div>
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How lovely are these little frames on cards - such a good size!!</div>
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The frames hold a little flower perfectly on a bed of crackle medium - </div>
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Do you love Oxides for colouring chipboard?</div>
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It just looks so good!!</div>
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I was loving these funny photos,</div>
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so did a bit of scrapping too!</div>
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<b>The Great Escape</b>... from reality?</div>
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some beautiful flourish chipboard pieces to go with the title</div>
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I recently visited SENZ in New Zealand, while I was there my friend Melissa and I had a little adventure on Sunday morning, we had a civilised coffee and cake in Centrepoint - </div>
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of course Melissa had to get a funny photo...</div>
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<a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/product-search-results?searchKeyword=the+great+escape&ctlBrand=&ctlRange=&searchBrand=" target="_blank">The Great Escape</a> <a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/imaginarium-designs/flourishes?p=2" target="_blank">Margaret Flourish</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/imaginarium-designs/flourishes?p=2" target="_blank">Merrilee Flourishes</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/imaginarium-designs/flourishes?p=2" target="_blank">Rufus Embellishments </a> <a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/imaginarium-designs/frames" target="_blank">Leah Frame</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/imaginarium-designs/tinies" target="_blank">2 Frames on a Board</a> <a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/imaginarium-designs/tinies" target="_blank">Brackets on Oval Frame</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/imaginarium-designs/borders" target="_blank">Chevron Border</a> <a href="http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/product-search-results?searchKeyword=forever+and+always&ctlBrand=&ctlRange=&searchBrand=" target="_blank">Forever and Always</a><br />
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Chipboard is so easy to include on any papercrafting projects,<br />
what piece will you choose for your next project?<br />
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Perhaps next month I'll get those Christmas cards completed?<br />
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Thank you for visiting,<br />
Alison xx</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-39849514809655071502017-09-09T23:12:00.000-07:002017-09-21T14:24:25.021-07:00White with One - Soul Pea - September 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
Who doesn't love a soft minty green!!</div>
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One of my favourite colours is Green, all shades!!</div>
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It's such a pretty colour..</div>
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Thanks Janet for making it so easy to participate in the<br /><br /><u>White with One</u> challenge each month!!</div>
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A page with no title?</div>
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little Sienna is so sweet...</div>
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and that's enough - her Mum can write some journalling about the photo to tell the story!!</div>
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A 'stamped' the Oxide ink pad in a grid pattern and sprinkled with water for the background - you can see a little in this close up - the ink pad creates it's own texture and the water reacts with the Oxide ink which is always lovely!!</div>
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The resin pieces were so pretty, </div>
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I just added some Prima Flowers, a D-lish Scraps sequin bow</div>
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Why not give it a go today!!</div>
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Another photo scrapped - tick!!</div>
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Alison xx</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-76029117504269757702017-09-09T23:01:00.001-07:002017-09-11T13:58:22.673-07:00Scrapping Outback - September challenge 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello September!!</div>
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The team at Scrapping Outback has a lovely colour pallette this month</div>
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The 'rules' are to start with a sheet of white,</div>
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use Navy tones, Grey and Kraft,</div>
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and must include chipboard (I always have chipboard on every layout, so this is easy!!)</div>
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So, I sprinkled some Lindy's Magicals in a vertical strip on the right hand side, flicked some Distress Spray and swiped the Oxide ink pad around the edge for a border.</div>
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A D-lish Scraps doily, some layers of 49 & Market paper, The Resin Rainbow doily (from a subscription kit) an old acetate camera from Maya Rd, some Prima flowers, a couple of Rosie's medallions and a few pearls.</div>
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Thanks for visiting,</div>
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Alison xx</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-77398924018037762052017-09-09T23:01:00.000-07:002017-09-10T14:23:16.156-07:00Kraft Plus - September challenge 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello Kraft Plus!!</div>
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It's been so long since I had some spare time to participate in the challenge,</div>
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and then I saw the September </div>
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the hexagons, bees and a hint of yellow</div>
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I picked up some bits and pieces from here and there,</div>
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and created a layout!!</div>
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It's a good one, hey?</div>
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Kraft, hexagons, my BEAutiful family (well, minus Tim) and a hint of yellow - </div>
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A cute D-lish Scraps Glitter bow in gold</div>
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I love how the Decoart crackle paste soaks up the spray colour from underneath - beautiful effect?</div>
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Have you participated in the Kraft Plus challenge?</div>
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if not... why not give it a go this month!!</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-81363540500853429402017-09-09T20:00:00.000-07:002017-09-09T21:59:30.339-07:00Are you a Tag Swappper?<div style="text-align: center;">
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I've been participating in a tag swap with some of the lovely local ladies - </div>
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... and my swap partner is Tanya</div>
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Gosh I sure hope she likes flowers!!</div>
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This is my tag to swap with Tanya</div>
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I started with a Prima chipboard tag and sprayed a layer of Marker Maniacs mica mist - </div>
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I was creating a layout at the same time (spare time?) and covered some Imaginarium Designs Honeycomb in white gesso, then stamped off the excess onto the tag -</div>
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I swiped over a little Decoart white crackle - don't you love how it tinted itself from the spray!!</div>
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Then it was easy to adhere some more chipboard, a floral spray and a little title from Scrapmatts - </div>
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A sprinkle of pearls,</div>
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and a seam binding ribbon bow to finish it off!!</div>
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The plan is to get this one to Tanya before the end of September...</div>
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Thanks for visiting,</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-16380904023537042922017-08-30T02:50:00.000-07:002017-08-30T02:51:29.571-07:00My Friends...from SENZ<div style="text-align: center;">
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printed some photos,</div>
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prioritised an hour</div>
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My Friends....from SENZ</div>
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Some beautiful IMAGINARIUM DESIGNS</div>
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And some pieces from The Resin Rainbow</div>
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...and the Inspiration picture looked like this</div>
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Think I did pretty well with the colours?</div>
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I took into account lots of white, grey and a spot of yellow too!!</div>
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Thanks for visiting,</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-36282867157393818202017-08-14T23:22:00.000-07:002017-08-17T20:21:24.426-07:00Let's take a selfie... my first... ever!! <div style="text-align: center;">
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Do you take SELFIES?</div>
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Well, I can tell you that this is my FIRST!!</div>
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Yes, our daughters and son are quite adept at holding their phones at an awkward angle while making sure they are smiling on a completely different angle... but this is not really my thing?</div>
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So, the group challenge this month is</div>
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I picked up a couple of sheets of Graphic 45 'Midnight Masquerade' papers at The Stampers Hut - which matched the shirt I wore to Katelyn's Birthday breakfast earlier in the month!!</div>
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A little fussy cutting... and some paper layers... and a few pieces of chipboard too!!</div>
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Will have to add some journalling to tuck behind the photo...</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-83078458602769784862017-08-10T14:23:00.000-07:002017-08-13T15:36:20.252-07:00Step one, two and three plus a holiday layout by Alison Bevis<div style="text-align: center;">
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Did you miss me last month?</div>
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Whoopsy, I moved house, packed my chipboard and totally was distracted with unpacking!!</div>
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Yes, my craft room went from an Office to a Bookcase....</div>
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my goodness, it has been a challenge!!</div>
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So I thought I better catch up a bit so have a few extra projects</div>
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<b>Capturing a Moment in Thailand</b></div>
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and a close up of the chipboard - a combination of Paint powder and sprays were used to colour the cogs and black ink for the title.</div>
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I started by drawing a circle about in the middle of my page and then covering the outer edges with crackle medium. When it was dried and crackled, added a little subtle colour with paint powder to capture the 'cracks'.... and then add some floral paper, a photo and chipboard!!</div>
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Added some sequins to each part of the banner for a bit of glitz!!</div>
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From love to Capturing the 'Baby belly'<br />
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This page came from a challenge by Natalie May to create something with the leftover 'Pie chart' pieces at the Unmasked retreat in July - I began by masking a rectangular space for the photo and then adhered the Pie pieces along 3 sides. I've dabbed on gesso to cover the the pieces, plus a little extra around the sides, before sprinkling with paint powder and spritzing with water and letting dry naturally. </div>
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Embellishing with a bit of lace, flowers, a few mirrored arrows and that great title which spotlights a cute belly.</div>
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Onto the next step in the story...</div>
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the beautiful baby girl</div>
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This layout was created with some resin pieces from a previous kit which I didn't get around to entering in a challenge... with a great Imaginarium Designs chipboard title 'Our Little Girl'</div>
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You'll have to imagine how lovely the shimmer is from the colour spray!!<br />
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Another 3 pages for baby Iylah's album </div>
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and one more of our son on our family holiday in January/February 2017</div>
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Thank you for visiting,</div>
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keep creating,</div>
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all of which are quite okay!</div>
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I have always tried to live my life with honesty, integrity and love for everyone's individual journey through life...</div>
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although I have carried a few 'secrets' and a bit of baggage along the way, this has played on my sense of 'Honesty' so about 3 years ago I decided to share some parts of my life that I had kept hidden from everyone, except my husband Anthony - hoping that it would lighten my load... and it has!!</div>
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My story began on the 17th August 1972, the first born of Ross and Judy White - they went on to have my brother Scott some 4 years later. Our parents led a typical family life, we went to church each Sunday, Dad was a Police Officer for over 20 years, Mum involved with Community care inc Fostering & Women's refuge's before many years in Public service - they divorced when I was 9...</div>
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Mum started drinking heavily and continued to be an aggressive 'functioning' alcoholic until 10 years ago, but for 25 years her alcoholism was crippling to our family. My childhood memories are filled with rarely having Mum at home, she would be at the pub with some blokes, no food in the fridge but always wine, missing out on school excursions & activities, meeting numerous 'boyfriends' and always having tension at home. By age 11 I was cooking meals, ironing, cleaning, covering for her drinking behaviours... all while trying to maintain a 'childhood' to the outside world.</div>
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Throughout my adult years Mum has come and go from our daily life, mostly for her narcisstic ideals - she is never at fault, never wrong and never apologises! As I look back on the past years she is either talking to me or talking to Scott... rarely at the same time? I see other women who have such a lovely relationship with their mothers, and think of what could have been... I then focus on my own relationship with our daughters! </div>
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Dad would mostly have us each fortnight, but moved around quite a bit, we met a few different 'girlfriends' before he married Sue (who passed away from MS - Sue will always be my Wedding day 'Mum') and has since been married to Perla for some 23 years, but is another story? </div>
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While we were visiting one weekend at the house at The Gap he molested me and on other occasions 'extremely inappropriate' behaviour... I couldn't tell anyone! Who would believe me? I was always told I was such a difficult child, opinionated and 'naughty'!! </div>
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So my life continued down a bumpy road until I met Anthony, he accepted me and loved me and I shared the most vulnerable parts of myself. We have grown and continue to support each other... he is an amazing person!! We were married when I was 19 & a half (they said it wouldn't last!!), we were gifted 3 children and live our life each day.</div>
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Through the years, I wanted to be normal, to have what I saw other families were having and so made it happen... for all intents and purposes we 'were' a 'happy family' at birthday, christmas and other occasions. Until some 4 years ago when Perla's daughter Malea created a drama over Fathers Day (just the straw that broke the camels back as there had been lies at birthdays and other such events through the years, that I 'fixed') and my brother & I and our families were excluded, again. Only this time I wasn't going to smooth it all over, and then Christmas was awkward (I love Christmas, always have, always will) Dad's birthday passed in February, and when he came over at Easter and I told him he needed to be accountable for his actions of 30 years ago, that he had to stop the lies and deception and acknowledge what he did to me... he didn't like it...tried to convince me it didn't happen... he just wanted to give our kids an Easter gift and continue to live the lie we had lived, till now... but something in me, finally said this is enough. I did not want our children growing up in an environment that is so 'fake'!!</div>
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Yes, I had to share my 'story' with our children, who had managed to grasp the conversation at our front door... a combination of guilt and a weight lifted - a strangely satisfying feeling? I bravely shared my story to my aunt (Dad's sister and someone who I hold in great esteem, even to this day where she has been told by her brother that I must be lieing as he was in the Police force at the time! I have told her to see what is going on with the priests in the church?) I know it's a shameful situation... I've lived with the shame for 30 odd years!! I also shared my 'secret' with my Brother and sister in law... many tears were wept but in the end they choose to have Grandparents for my niece & nephew - we all get to make choices, and consequently the ripple continues to widen our bond... my heart hurts each day to know that I had no support before and still none after - it is what it is - people can only believe the truth when they want to believe it!!</div>
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I suppose I am writing this as I get a lot of comments about how perfect my life is, how lucky I am and mostly I agree, but it is because 3 years ago I decided to live a life of truth.</div>
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Yes, I do make allowances for those who walk blindly along, following the same pathways as their parents because my love is unconditional and yet not all conditions come from love.</div>
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I am not interested in being a 'Poster child' nor a 'Victim' I would just like to continue my journey with the knowledge that I am not hiding anything from anyone. I often listen to other people's stories of their journey through life and feel compassion or lucky but never judge them, we all have different paths.... and this is mine!</div>
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In my mid teens I contacted Alanon, for children and families of alcoholics and more recently reached out to Bravehearts... my path is made difficult by those who don't believe, those who continue to play games and it took alot of growth for me to be 'okay' with walking the past 3 years alone with just my husband and children for support. People seem to believe their love is unconditional and yet their actions speak louder. Simply telling me to 'get over it' or 'move on' is not helpful, sorry!!</div>
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I do have lovely friends, some who know and some who don't, some who share a similar story and some who don't but all with a common thread of friendship - I appreciate and am grateful for you all xx</div>
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I suspect some of you have made it to here and think 'big deal', I knew there was something or perhaps will treat me differently with their new found knowledge... and that is all to be expected, please know that your feelings, comments or gossip does not have much of an effect on me these days... I finally and actually like the person I am, yes, still so much to learn and improve and work on but I am doing my best each day!!</div>
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I've probably shared 'too much', you should have seen all the bits I have edited out... but have shared from my heart, and that is who I am! A far from perfect person who continually makes mistakes but strives to live each day with hope for the future!</div>
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I hope by me sharing something very personal in a very public way will be another step forward in my journey... but, only time will tell...</div>
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It's Alison here today and I just have a few projects to share with you,</div>
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I did have a couple more planned... alas our recent relocation and family 'stuff' mean my 24 hours each day had significantly reduced 'spare' time!!</div>
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I like to give myself a little theme and chose Masculine,</div>
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so I've created a couple of quick and easy cards for the Men in our life.</div>
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The cards are all made with the mini paper pack from Feature Arts Paper and is a great range about Cruising.</div>
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I simply cut some squares of patterned paper and layered it with some cork sheet, a canvas star and a couple of pieces of inked chipboard.</div>
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Another quick and simple design - a couple of squares of patterned paper, inked and adhered to the centre of a card base. Trim a striped piece into a banner, and a cluster of embellishments - chipboard cogs have been inked and then coated with Glossy Accents or similar to finish.</div>
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Chipboard pieces are such a great way to add a bit of jazz to a simple card. The negative or rubbish from a cog set is inked and then used as a cute frame on a focal point.</div>
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A couple of squares of patterned paper, cork sheet, clear stickers and a few pieces of a great mixed cog design roughly inked to add a bit of a weathered look. A couple of extra pieces of metal to finish.</div>
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It isn't always easy to create cards for the men but maybe try some simple designs for you next cards?</div>
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Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-84733644211347322392017-06-01T17:57:00.000-07:002017-06-20T18:58:08.255-07:00Imaginarium Designs - Group - Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
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whether you are here for the first time or the 50th time</div>
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Thank you, and Hello!!</div>
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Over on the Imaginarium Designs blog today our group post is sharing some ideas for a fabulous challenge being run this month</div>
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This is the mood board</div>
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and this is what I did with those joyful colours</div>
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I also took the circles,</div>
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and the photo of Aunty Sandra is 'important to me'</div>
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Happy Days</div>
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Photo of Aunty Sandra taken on one of her many cruises!!</div>
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I snipped apart the layers around a clock piece - one for around the face inked in orange - the circle in the bottom right hand corner and top left hand are one piece snipped into two pieces to 'stretch' the chipboard a little further! </div>
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The stamping is from one of Fiona Paltridge's Aal and Create sets..</div>
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The centre of the clock inked in pale blue and clustered with a flair button, pink crochet doiley and resin flower in orange - a couple of embellishments from the May D-lish JAP kit.</div>
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The title HAPPY DAYS sprayed in white to highlight the beautiful script - a few little heat pearls sitting along the chipboard circle to finish.</div>
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All of the Imaginarium Designs chipboard designs can be found <a href="http://www.imaginariumdesigns.com.au/" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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Thanks again for visiting,</div>
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Alison xx</div>
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So glad you've come to visit,</div>
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We have recently sold our home, so I've been ticking things off my list all month!!</div>
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I always try to craft each day, some of the days it means I look wistfully into my craft room...</div>
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it was the last thing to pack and, </div>
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It will be one of the first things to be unpacked!!</div>
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I was 'gifted' some beautiful photos recently, I tell our family and friends if they give me photos then I will give them back layouts - it means I have a constant flow of different photos, with different people... so I never get bored!!</div>
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Well, yes I did fussy cut all the fairy images and some flowers too - I know there is a few who don't really like cutting out images but it is quite relaxing for me - I have a little tray and my favourite scissors and can sit with our family and have a 12x12" page done in no time!!</div>
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Hello to little Phoenix - photo taken in the cutest mini clawfoot tub!!</div>
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I swiped some Distress Oxide, sprinkled a little water, dried it and then randomly spotted some glue to sprinkle over a glitter and Prills mix for some pretty texture.</div>
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A super quick flower - a circle of material, misted then adhere the curved pieces to form a contemporary rose - spray adhesive and a sprinkle of fine glitter for a bit of sparkle.</div>
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<b>BEAUTIFUL GIRL</b></div>
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This is a great way to get a bit of value from the more expensive sheets - cut off the part you really like then trim the remainder in half and stick back together to form a whole sheet but be sure to turn them to the reverse for the contrast.</div>
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Photo is Emily's friends newborn Clara - she is a Doctor Who fan!!</div>
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If you know me, you'll know I am not great friends with glitter (it just hangs around far too long and wears out it's welcome!) but occasionally, it has a purpose - mostly anything Christmas, and little girls projects? After inking with a metallic ink a randomly sprinkled some fine glitter (Every project has glitter today, made at different times so I have surprised myself!! haha) A little bit more fussy cutting - all the embellishments came from a single sheet which was meant to be constructed into a pillow box - a little challenge to myself to think outside the box? Paper purchased at Bella Paperie (Queensland)</div>
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Chipboard is such a lovely addition to a layout, card or Off the page project, it just adds something special!!</div>
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There is so many options to colour or alter the original 'out of the packet' piece... unlimited options!!</div>
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Alison xx</div>
Alison Bevis Papercrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773795469739105615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525156398278983296.post-15889159963758276112017-05-02T15:43:00.000-07:002017-05-02T15:43:44.005-07:00Kraft Plus - Out of the Box - May challenge - Imaginarium designs sponsoring<div style="text-align: center;">
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I do remember a few years ago, okay ...almost 20 - that I loved to 'chop up' photos and shape them to 'match' the page - people were slightly horrified at the thought... it's a 10cent reprint nowadays - bonus!!</div>
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So I found some choppable photos and some Imaginarium Designs chipboard and this is what happened -<br />
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Magical Moment<br />
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Echo Park paper co has a fabulous 'Magic and Wonder' Collection which has the colours and imagery of 'Minnie, Mickey and Disney' - so much fun!!<br />
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How lovely is this 'Lamp post' chipboard from Imaginarium Designs, I've simply inked it with pearly white ink and made it part of the supplementary title - you could also print a small photo to fit the circle frame - it has a great tapered design.<br />
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Photos are from when Phoenix celebrated her FIRST birthday - her Mum and Dad dressed up as Minnie and Mickey... so cute!!<br />
Alison xx</div>
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