Third Quarter update

 July, August and September make up the 3rd Quarter of 2026,

and what a range of busyness it has been!!

Joy, betrayal and choices were the stand out points... Joy tipped the scales, Thank goodness!!

Sometimes at night, I put together some kits - Michelle's Cards and Stamps are one of my favourites

Headed to South Australia for Craft Alive Adelaide - Kez joined me at the show for 3 days teaching Craftreat Lanterns... she was in her element sharing crafty fun... and 3 days of JOY for me spending time with her!!

The 3Quarter Designs CRAFT-A-THON found me driving from the GC to Crafting in the Country - Craft Expressions - 2Bluebirds - Bag End Studio - Daisychain Scrapbooks

A huge day of driving... handing at gifts to every single person who joined the store class/crop

It was a JOY to see happy and smiling faces at each location... especially the store owners

I created TWO double page layouts with Shutter Glam

Some rolled roses for a frame... a masculine page and some more rolled roses!!

Plus a bunch of cards!!

Paige, Sue and Karen taught classes for the Bee Arty Party

Yellow, Black and Bees was the theme

Always fun to support a local manufacturer!!

I did create some quick cards from the freebie in the Welcome Bag

Then it was time for a bit of time with Tim

Over to Perth for Craft Alive and time with our big guy

Tim is always great fun with the craft people joining our workshops... and do you know who donned a unicorn costume.. just for fun, well. just for Melissa!!

These arrived in the mail!!

Such a thoughtful gift

All gone... yes, I shared!!

Who goes camping in Winter?

We do!!

Bevis' and Rushby's for two nights at the Scenic Rim Adventure Park - A 4wd park with camping spots

Callaghan, Ava and Poppy bounced along the tracks and tried to pinch a peacock feather from the resident peacocks... without any luck!!

On to warmer weather in Townsville for Craft Alive... a bit too warm for me walking to and from the venue each day.. but....

A fun find in the letterbox!!

Used up my scraps and assembled some Christmas cards

Back to Back shows are hectic... but, fun!!

North again for Craft Alive Mackay

There has been a lot of this!!

Another fun find in the letterbox!!

Unmistakable Creations

A card pack... made heaps of cards!!

Craft Alive Brisbane meant for loads of familiar faces... so nice to see everyone at the show!!

Support is a two way street... and I spotted a fun gift over at 10 Cats

Specially wrapped, a hand made and handwritten note... super nice!!

More fun paperwork at night for me!!

Always such beautiful designs 

Timing is....

a good lesson?

Delivered donuts to one of our stockists

Our big guy is over in the land of milk and honey for a couple of months 'holiday and conference'... and his 33rd birthday - he is having a blast catching up with uni, site mates... and the wildlife and scenery too!!

Dinner with friends and birthday flowers

A bit more creating time... the Artistic Ladies pack turned into 4 layouts

and

A bunch of cards too!

Made a few more 'NMS 2026 Calendar page' cards

In 24 hours I went from 53 to 54

Let's see what the next year brings this ol' girl

This copy of WHO is heading to the USA for a friend

Yes, yes it is

Onto the final quarter for 2026

Let's see what October, November and December bring with them...

Colour Blast - challenge - Cool Pup

 Hello again!!

Yes, so soon since my last blog entry

I did create another layout for the

NEW

Colour Blast Challenge

It's all about the COOL colours

and use at least 3 CB products..

easy, right!!

I did a bit of shuffling with the papers from the 

Untangled collection, 

designed by Tanya Froud

Great collection!!

I like how there is a sheet in the collection to fussy cut.. so I did!

Picked out some greens, blues and purples toned Colour Paste

I used the paste as a 'paint' to colour the flowers and leaves - I just used a water brush!

You'll also see some stamping around the border and under the foliage too!

1. Patterned Paper

2. Stamps

3. Colour Paste

and Cool colours

for Emily's COOL PUP

 

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!

Thank you for coming to visit,

Alison 

xx

White with one - Citrus Combo - October 2019

Wow!!

It's been a long time without a blog post..

If you're still out there,

Hello!!

Sooo much work 

AND

not enough time for the important stuff..

Like a challenge

so I picked out some papers,

chose some Citrus coloured Colour Blast pastes,

and, 

then,

this!!

You Are Loved

Started with a marshmallow bazill,

swiped over 'Sunshine' and 'Tangareen Dream Colour Blast paste,

trimmed some CB papers for the strips,

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/

Twine to wind around in vertical lines,

Photo of Adrian's grandad xx

Wire to frame the face,

found a bonus metal arrow to underline,

Done!!

Thank you for visiting,

A xx

White with One - Marine Green - July 2019

Hello!!

It's been too long since I had some SPARE time to create...

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!!

Anyway, I found out what the colour was this month at White with One

MARINE GREEN

A lovely deep teal-ly green shade 

and there is a Mood board too!!

I liked the sole palm tree im the bottom right corner, 

it reminded me of a photo of Adrian and his Grandad,

enjoying the sun in the garden..

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!!

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!!

I love how Kaisercraft have titles or sentiments along the barcode strip.. always come in handy!!

Finnabairs Patina Butterflies were a lovely tone for Marine Green,

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!!  

Plenty of room for a bit of journalling about the memory from these photos..

Thank you for visiting,

Alison xx

Sketchy Boards challenge - January 2019

Hello!!

...and Hello to January!!

Trying to get some challenges done in January,

on a roll with a couple completed - 

Thought I'd give

Sketchy Boards Challenge 

a go this month, it's been awhile?

Don't Forget to be Awesome

is my layout for the January challenge,

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!!

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

I twisted the sketch 90' to the left, like this - 

Photo is our great nephew Robbie - I thought the cogs and clocks were perfect for a school photo!!

Thank you to Jenny, for introducing us to the versatility of Celebr8 papers!!

Thankyou for visiting,

love,

Alison xx

Kraft Plus challenge - January 2019

Kraft Plus challeneg - January 2019

You are my Sunshine

Starting with a sheet of Kraft... of course!!
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 :)

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!!
Thank you Jenny, you're so lovely!!

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..

Thank you for visiting,
Love,
Alison xx

White with 1 - Buttercream - January 2019

Welcome to a New Year,

A new challenge,

A new Layout..

First up it's the 

White with 1 challenge

one of my favourites!!

January 2019 it's all about 

"Buttercream"

There is also a Mood Board
...see those vertical spaghetti's - bit like my twine?

A page without a title,

but it's timeless..

Starting with a sheet of white cardstock - of course!!

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

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!!

I fussy cut a sheet of 3 Quarter designs Printed Acetate 

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!!

Adhered the photo on a white paper bag as a pocket, then mounted on a board before tucking all the elements in and around.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xx