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Crafted by Alison was started by me, Alison Culliver, in December 2016 when I took a leap of faith & decided to share my passion for paper crafting by starting a blog. The blog was on Blogspot (craftedbyalison@blogspot.com) & all up I posted 450 times! I started by posting weekly on a Sunday morning then added a mid week post on a Wednesday evening as there was more I wanted to share.

At the same time I had a business page on Facebook (facebook.craftedbyalison.com) where I shared my creations & put some of my stock up for sale.

Having 2 separate sites was manageable but I also wanted to start a newsletter & having 3 different places for content seemed silly & meant I would be double handling a lot of the content.

So, after retiring in mid 2025 & taking another leap of faith I enrolled in a Web Design course to learn how to create a place where I could share all of my creativity, news & information in the one location. Being in my mid 60's I am not tech confident & have spent a lot of time learning how to navigate this new process but learning new things helps to keep you & your brain young & here I am with my first newsletter on my new site.

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A little bit about my creative journey. I have always loved to cook, read & create things - knitting, a little bit of sewing, scrapbooking - when the children were younger - but many of these past-times slipped away when my family started to grow & take up more of my time.

As the children grew & became more self sufficient I returned to crafting, in particular card making & paper crafting. I joined Stampin' Up® as an independent demonstrator in March 2020 (COVID was the motivator I think) & have been creating with their products, amongst others, ever since.

I love to create beautiful cards, gifts & home decor & share them with others & I follow many other crafters for inspiration.​

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As this is a new learning curve for me, I hope to have a newsletter out each fortnight, possibly increasing the frequency to each week. A lot will depend on what I have to share with you & how much time & information I have to put into the newsletters.

In them I will share what I have been working on, products & specials from Stampin' Up® & possibly links to tutorials. The newsletter will evolve as time goes by & I learn what my readers want me to share. 

• Stampin' Up® launched a brand new mini catalogue on the 5th January 2026.​​

If you would like me to send you a copy, please email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com & I'll pop one in the post.

If you prefer to see yours digitally, head over to my Stampin' Up® page at 

https://alisonculliver.stampinup.net/

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• ​​​ ​Stampin' Up® are holding their first ever Virtual Card Retreat on January 23rd & 24th. To attend this event you need to purchase the exclusive Virtual Card Retreat kit (available in my online store) which will give you automatic entry to the event. This event will be available to access after the event dates in a recorded format in case you can't make those dates or if you order the kit after those dates. Please contact me if you'd like more information.

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• Last month Stampin' Up® started a new promotion called Product of the Month. This promotion has a new, exclusive item available only for a short period of time for any customer who spends $125(AUD) or more for the price of only $9.

Each month there is a new product and it is only available while stocks last. The details of what type of product it is are provided when the product goes live so it's a little secret! Fun!

Last month, December '25, it was a beautiful pack of blue tones DSP but the Jan '26 product has not been released yet. It could be dies, stamps, more papers, maybe embellishments??? We won't know until it is released. There is a limit of one per customer after the minimum spend is achieved & the product will not be available for purchase any other way. Check out my store if you would like any more information about this promotion.

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That's a wrap for my first newsletter. I'll be back with more news, info, inspiration & ideas in the weeks to come. I hope you can join me each time.

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Thanks for visiting. Til next time, take care & keep creating.

XX Alison