Time is running out to on this one!

Time is running out on this amazing deal . If you like the thought of crafting but did not want to make some big commitment right off the bat this is perfect for you. Try Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin  monthly kit for half off the $19.95  price(shipping included) with the product code: HALFOFF  . ( That means you only pay roughly $10 for the kit for 2 months! Cancel any time.)Get everything you need to make some great projects and save money too.  Perfect to do during family nights, with friends, de-stress with co-workers, etc. Just go to www.mypaperpumpkin.com and enter my name(First name : Allison) then my last name,  as your Demonstrator. Takes minutes.

Alternative Paper Pumpkin Projects

Hello everyone. As you can see I was having tons of fun with my Paper Pumpkin kits. I can't wait until I can get more. In my video I referenced all the stamp sets used in order to make these various projects. They can all be purchased from my online Stampin'Up! site , and now is the best time to sign up to get Paper pumpkin because for a limited time you can get it for half off the first two months  by using the code HALFOFF when you sign up.  That is an incredible savings. Normally around $19.95 per month (shipping included) that would take the price down dramatically. What a great way to try out Paper pumpkin and see how much you like it with minimal expense out of pocket.

I hope that you take advantage and enjoy your paper pumpkin kit

Product list:
July paper pumpkin kit
April paper pumpkin kit
Fast Fuse adhesive
washi tape
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Water color
Brick Wall embossing folder
Remarkable You stamp set
Big News stamp set
Awesomely Artistic stamp set
Moonlight Designer Series Paper Pack.

Sunday Project Share

Here is another project.I am in love with the Timeless Elegance paper. It is so beautiful, just add a little color and you have something that is just amazing for sure. Well this simple fancy fold is so great.  Used in this project is Papillion Potpourri for the butter fly accents that were punched with the bitty butterfly punch. Also used was the Petite pairs stamp set. It just fits perfectly in the triangle window.  Ink used was just watermelon wonder and so saffron and this was applied to some watermelon wonder card stock. Super quick and easy project.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Happy Birthday Wishes

Hello everyone. Well, the creativity was running and I created a birthday card for a friend of my daughter. This card came out so lovely  I used our Timeless Elegance Designer paper to create this simple and quick card.  While there was not a lot of stamping involved there was some coloring and just some basic allowing of the paper to speak for itself.

Supplies Used:
Timeless Elegance Designer Paper
Fuse adhesive
Sentiment from Petite Pairs Stamp Set
Hello Honey and Tangelo Twist Stampin' Write markers
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Pear Pizazz Ink Pad
Blender Pen
Brown Sugar Card Stock( This brown cardstock is retired but can be substituted with  another brown cardstock )


All of the supplies unless noted can be purchased through my online store at craftinalli.stampinup.net   

Thank you so much for viewing and for enjoying this project.

Flip This!

Hello everyone. I was in a great crafting place yesterday and got some pieces done that I am so excited to share. This first project was using your circle thinlet die set.Also used the bitty butterfly punch to add a great accent to the card . All stamping came from  the butterfly basics stamp set. You can purchase yours from my site at www.craftinalli.stampinup.net under shop now. I used Black berry bliss to stamp the image and to ink the image so that it would pop. Here is a great tip. I really wanted some ribbon however my order did not come in yet, so I decided to simply cut a piece of black berry bliss card stock to and attached it like a ribbon. Perfect. :)  Anyway here it is.

Monday project share

Well, hello everyone. Today I took a leap and did a Monday project share of a great kit that we offer with Stampin' Up! called Paper Pumpkin. I think I am in love. Hahaha. It is so simple, easy and fun to put this kit together . You get everything you need to make multiple of the project . Best part is that you can control it. You can get it monthly sent to your door!  Here is my video. Enjoy.

It's the great Pumpkin, Paper Pumpkin Charlie Brown.

Okay everyone. I hope that you all have had a great sunday. Well, I have a quick question for you? How many of you have heard of Paper Pumpkin? Well, it is something new to me and I am so happy to share it with you. It is a monthly subscription that you can totally control and not only that but you get ALL the supplies you would need to create amazing projects. Here is a share of June's paper pumpkin kit. You can check out my site at http://craftinalli.stampinup.net to get signed up to start receiving yours. Here is the video. Let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxx1T3TBKM8

Remarkable You Painted petal project Stampin'Up!

Hello everyone. It is so awesome to have you all come and spend a little time with me. Well, I recently made a project and a video for it. This is what I call my painted petals project. It was so much fun to make and it came together very quickly. Enjoy .

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Big announcement.

Here is the link to the video of my big announcement. :)

Enjoy. :)

Big News!!!

Hello everyone.

Sorry for being MIA. I have just been in one of those times we all get into where I had to get things in order and make some real important choices about what I have a passion for. Due to that I have some big news to share. Stay tuned for the announcement and the video.

Thinking of you

Well, I had some time to do a little coloring and make a quick card today. Nothing fancy, but I wanted to send a little something to someone and needed just a little note card to include. Thank goodness I was just practice coloring with some markers that I have that are no longer out on the market. It gave me a chance to practice simple principles like shading and grounding my image by giving it a foundation instead of having it floating in the air so to speak. The image I used is a image from Stampin Up. Cute little bear.  After I was done I decided to use some more Stampin up products and used some Hello Honey card stock and a piece of DSP from a paper pack that I don't have the name of off hand. Now, I thought that while the Hello Honey cardstock is pretty it was just a little plain. Therefore what did I do???????That's right I got my ebrush. LOL. I used one of my medium tone green Spectrum Noir markers and I airbrushed a gentle mist over the Hello Honey cardstock. Well that sure made a difference for me. It definitely made it not so plain and also helped to tie together all the elements of the card. Here is the finished result and now it is all packaged up . Also lucky for me I could make my own envelope for this using my 123 punch board from We r Memory Keepers. I think I have had or have almost everything they have made that you can call a tool and I love them all. :)  Anyway, here is my completed note card. Thanks for looking.

Happy Bokeh

Well, I have been at it again. I had to ebrush today. Hahaha. However instead of using my Spectrum Noir(SN) in the machine I decided to use my Sharpie(SP) marker . It was an interesting experience. I have 2 styles. Sharpie and BIC. I will share that the BIC markers do not fit in the Sharpie adapter. They do fit in another adapter. Once I try it out I will share which adapter seems to work with them. :)  In the mean time that is just a little heads up. Well, I wanted to really try my hand at Bokeh, which is a photographic effect where the back ground is distorted and the lights look like fuzzy circles of color. ( Basically how I see the world without my glasses. Hahaha)  Anyway, I recently purchased a stencil from Hallmark Scrapbook . It was a stencil of varied circles. I used this stencil to help me make the background of this card . I used a variety of different Sharpie markers to create the bokeh inspired affect. After that I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment of Happy Birthday on it, followed by using the stamp set that I got from 3Bird. In it there was a balloon stamp. I stamped that as well using my Misti 3 times and then colored it using my Spectrum Noir markers.  I tried a different way of coloring going from dark to light in a series of 3 colors within the same color family. I.E. TB1, TB2, TB3 and LV1, LV2, LV3 just to name a couple of color families used.  I topped it all off by accenting the highlight in the balloon with my Sakura white gel pen and attached it to the card with a string accent around the bottom. Very simple card and I think perfect for anyone male or female, young or old.    Anyway, here it is enjoy.

ATC Newbie

I just realized I did not share this one. This is my first attempt at an ATC. I am so happy with the results. This one piece utilized so many pieces from so many sources. You would never believe that something so small would. Hahaha. I lucked out and had a Spellbinders Die set so I did not have to measure to cut my initial ATC shape. I just had to run my die through my bigshot. The best part is that since it is a die set I also had the correct size piece for the inside so I could cut the smaller shape from a piece of scrap paper and use it as a temporary mask to protect the center of the paper . I did that because I wanted to use my eBrush to do the edge of the paper. I think it came out so pretty.
I also forgot to mention that the paper is from Anna Griffin. So pretty.
I used my WRMK( we are memory keepers) corner rounder to round opposite corners of the design paper.
Then the coloring fun began with the help of my Stampin Up (SU) butterfly punch and matching stamp set. I used my Spectrum Noir (SN) markers and some pencils to color up the butterfly . Lastly I grabbed the sentiment from another SU stamp set( for got which one at the time of this post) and used a different Spellbingers die to cut it out. eBrush that one as well and added some rhinestone to it. Attach and all done. I look forward to making more ATC cards. Eventhough it had so many parts to it due to the sheer size of the project it went by very quickly.  Enjoy.

Trying something new

Well recently  I decided to try coloring up an image using my new Spectrum Noir(SN) pencils. Well, I have to say that I had to really work with this new medium. I have used other pencils in the past, namely Prismacolor, but I have just gotten into using my SN markers and even took a basic class on the pencils' use with the markers to cause depth. So I thought okay, let's do this ....lets do a complete image with the pencils. Hmm, all I can say is that I notice I need more work, which is good. Keeping in mind I am my own worse critic. Hahaha. I can say the colors are very vibrant and the pencils are very creamy. Surprisingly so. There are no names on the pencils only numbers. The nice thing is that they are laid you in light,medium, and dark groupings of each color. That is helpful, but did not last long with me once the creative process started. Hehehe.

I did achieve something very new , however. I did some nice shading to cause the image to look like the clothing had folds. It had a minimal amount, but where I achieved the best illusion of that was in hte bodice of the dress. It was complete flat before I did something like that. I really liked that. Anyway, here she is. This image is part of a set from 3 Birds. I got it in one of my recently hauls from HSN. Glad I am on autoship. Their new stamp like is awesome.

Beautiful butterflies

Hello everyone. Well today has been a good day. I got a chance to play with my ebrush today. If you are unfamiliar with it it is an at home airbrush machine from Craftwell. I love it very much. I just want to be good at it so I decided to practice . I did make a card using it that I wanted to share .  


The basic image that I used for the card came from Altenew. Love their stamps for coloring.

I really liked the butterfly so I decided to stamp it on some Stampin Up whisper white card stock using some Memento Toffee Crunch ink. Quick note that Memento is great to use with alcohol inks. It will not bleed at all.

Then it was time to turn on the machine. :)

Well, This is the color that I decided to use. It is from Spectrum Noir's alcohol marker 2nd generation line of markers.

Then the fun began. Now I will say that I am still getting used to the spraying technique as well as masking off things,which I ultimately did not do. :)  I just tried to pay attention to the intense level of color in some areas. Then I went back over and used another color( not pictured) GB2 on the tips of the butterfly for contrast. Finally I used a fine tip black permanent marker on the accents of the wings and body. Then it was time to add it to a card.

Now for the sentiment. Well, I decided to use one of the sentiments from the stamp set, but to make sure I had ideal placement I used my new favorite tool ever. My MISTI ( most incredible stamping tool invented) I punched it out using my Stampin Up label punch and inked around the edges using the Memento Toffee Crunch ink. Finally I added some foam tape and attached it to the front of the card. The foam tape added great dimension.

Finally I attached all the pieces where they needed to go, and also did a small detail inside the card to finish it up. Love this card. Can't wait to play with my ebrush again.

Thanks so much for taking a look at my creation. I appreciate the support.

Faery Ink Challenge for Spectrum Noir Connoisseurs

Just finished making a card for a challenge at Spectrum Noir Connoisseurs on Facebook. It was so fun and actually my first digi stamp to color up. The image was created by Amanda from Faery Ink. The challenge was to use the stamp and to use pink in it in some way( I decided to add it to her hair and to the background). We had to submit a completed project so I made a card. I had so much fun doing it. Well, the image started off like this.

I proceeded to color her skin first with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Then once I got her skin done I started to work on her hair.

I proceeded to add some shading to the hair. I was not sure how it would turn out, but I kept working on it.

After I finished coloring her all up I decided to use my ebrush  from Craftwell and airbrush the back ground to my picture. That was so fun because it was only the second time that I have used it and I am really striving to get the hang of it.  After that was all over I wanted to add a sentiment. That is when I got to use probably one of the best items created, the MISTI which can be purchased through My Favorite Things or through the inventor's website My Sweet Petunia.  It makes stamping so much easier. Afterward I punched out the sentiment to the appropriate size and attached it to my card using Stampin Up dimensional.

Now this is my final result. I really love how it came out.

Poppies?

Hey everyone. Well I was brave enough to attempt it again. Those nibs. Hahaha. I don't know I just have this determination to not let anything prevent me from mastering a crafting technique I guess. Anyway the image I used this time was from a craft convention that I attended not too long ago. It was a basic coloring class given by BeeCreative. In that class they gave us some Spectrum Noir markers, which was my first introduction to them , and also some things to color up when we had the time. I started but never finished until yesterday. :)  I know that the only way I am going to get the hang of blending with these new toys is by practice. Here is the picture of the Poppies that they shared. I think you spell it that way. :)  You can always let me know what you thing. When I get good enough or even close enough to being good I will do a tutorial I think. :)  I did get a chance to use another one of my new toys. The ebrush. Very lightly I have to add. I was nervous to overdo anything since I did not have the image in order to make a traditional mask for it. Anyway here it is. Thanks for looking.

Grabbing the rose by the petals

Hello everyone. Have you ever had the situation where you have done something and you have been  just undecided about it?  I just had that happen. Just colored up an image from Altanew.  It gave me a chance to use my Spectrum Noir markers. Now I was just hyper critical. Why?  Because the markers have nib ends. Yep not a brush tip in sight and I have not made it a secret that I love my brush tips. I felt so awkward. I usually flick, glide. Now I had to circle. So many new movements for my hands to make.  Anyway, I finished the coloring. Yeah. Was I happy with it.....No. Hahaha. So what did I do?  Go on some group pages and asked what could I improve on. I am not happy with it( thinking surely they see the awkwardness of my circle technique or that the blending was not great and they would tell me so) Well guess what happened?  They were not critical, had no suggestions on improvement and in fact complimented my creation. What?! ....Yep . They complimented it and said that it looked great. Well that was really eye opening and just proved something to me. No matter how much you may not like what you have done don't judge it and withhold it from others. You never know what a person may like.

Products used:
Rose stamp from Altanew
MISTI
Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers
Whisper White SU Cardstock

Love HSN Craft Day

Well, I like so many others love HSN craft day. It was last week and honestly I could not wait until I got my goodies in the mail. Can you say stalking the UPS guy anyone. :)  Well, all my goodies came in and believe me it has been awesome. One of the pieces that I got that I am really excited to try is the Ebrush from Craftwell. It is a airbrush system that uses markers instead to the traditional airbrushing where you use the ink in the tool. No clean up really and who does not like no clean up!  Can't to share a masterpiece or two. Hahaha. Here is a link to the site so you can check out the product. Craftwell Ebrush    Here is my haul video. Thanks for watching.  

The craft must go on.

Well, I have been feeling not so well, yet I still decided to take a little down time and craft. My weapon of choice? Alcohol markers. :)  Yep,  I decided to color. Here is a picture of what I colored up today. Supplies used was  Stampin Up white cardstock, SU alcohol markers( no longer available for purchase) and the stamped images were also from Stampin Up. The recent catalog. I was going for a more realistic look to my coloring so I gave a go at doing "no line " coloring. I will post a blog post later on to go into more detail if you are not familiar with that technique. It is still new to me too, but I have been told I may have found the best technique for me. Hahaha. Anyway, enjoy.

Cricut, Stampin Up and the Misti are perfect together for me.

Well, I was up to it again. Doing a little crafting to ease some stress. This time I used my Cricut explore to help cut the mats that I used for this card. It is a doily that is from one of the Anna Griffin cartridges. I had to turn off a few of the features in order to get it just the way I wanted it. So glad that Cricut came out with this new machine. It makes crafting so much more fun and easier. Then I used my new toy that I will have a future showcase on . The Misti! It is a life saver when doing stamping. I am so happy that it was invented. That helped me to stamp in a circle and create the center piece. The stamps used came from Stampin Up, as well as the colors( mossy meadow and blushing bride) The card stock and designer paper are also from Stampin Up in the same coordinating colors. Enjoy.

*Note: Love that there are no mistakes in crafting. I had a little mishap with my brand new Wink of Stella brush pen and was able to cover it up with my Stampin up butterfly punch. See. Don't ever throw it out unless it is a horrible disaster. Just make it work. :)

Well, just uploaded a new video on Youtube  about these beautiful cards I was able to make at the CK convention the other day. They are the most beautiful cards and totally have me excited about using vellum as a medium in my card making.

Creating Keepsakes.

Well, today was so awesome. I had the chance to go the Creating Keepsake convention in my area. It was so fun. Got a chance to be around creative energy and that is always the best. Learned lots of great techniques that I look forward to sharing. For now I will share a few pictures.