Weekend Craftaholic

Let’s Stay Home – 12×12 Layout

The wonderful Paige Taylor Evans is offering a free digital cut file on her Facebook Page, and I wanted to share with you today my version of this and how it turned out.

If you’re not familiar with Paige, she is one of my idols in the paper crafting industry! Not only are her paper collections always so amazing and versatile, she also shares the most gorgeous creations too on her YouTube…

Week 1 – The Stamp Spot Creative Team Challenge

February 2020 Creative Journal Week 1 Theme – The Number 9

Each week, Michelle has set the team a challenge – the first week is focussed around the Number 9. This celebrates 9 years The Stamp Spot has been in business – what a great way to start the challenge!

If you’ve not heard of The Stamp Spot check out this link. This is where you’ll see the exclusive Pocket Page Notebook–…

I have some exciting news to share, have you heard of Couture Creations? If not check out this link to their main site. They are an international craft supplies company who are also based in Australia – quite unusual right? Not a lot of Australian craft companies out there. So what’s my exciting news?

Throughout March – May 2020, I’ve been accepted as a guest creative for Couture Creations. I…

Hedgehog Hollow Subscription Box – First Look!

I’m so excited to share with you my first thoughts using the January 2020 Subscription Kit from Hedgehog Hollow.  I wanted to walk you through my process creating my first card with the kit.  I also wanted to share my unboxing video of the kit which you can find over on my YouTube channel here.

There’s so much choice in…

Join me for 12 Days of Christmas Crafting

To celebrate the countdown to Christmas, join me for 12 days of Christmas Crafts over on my YouTube Channel.

I don’t usually post daily on YouTube, in fact I usually only post once a week. I leave my daily updates for Instagram, but to celebrate the time of year there’ll be a daily YouTube video in the lead up to Christmas Day.

I’ll add the links below as they appear, but you can expect…

It’s been a little while since I last posted and I wanted to share with you something I’ve been loving this past month. Have you heard of Memorydex? I’m going to share the magic of memorydex with you in this post and hope it inspires you to also try this little crafty project out for yourself

I Love Memorydex What is Memorydex?

Memorydex was created by Heidi Swapp a few years ago, she…

Instagram Hop with Polka Dot Orchard for National Coffee Day

Polka Dot Orchard – National Coffee Day

I was super excited to be invited by Polka Dot Orchard to this years’ Instagram Hop for National Coffee Day., This will be happening Sunday 29th September – so make sure you check it out.

Polka Dot Orchard has joined in with several other companies to hop along in honor of National Coffee Day. This fun event is being hosted by the Coffee Loving Paper…

Go Press & Foil / Creative Detailer – Part 2

Go Press & Foil

Back in May I posted my original video on YouTube as well as my Blog post which showed me unboxing and using the Go Press & Foil machine for the first time. Check out my Blog post here and my YouTube Video here.

I’d always thought I’d do a follow up for the Go Press & Foil – as I knew once I’d got the hang of it, I’d want to experiment with different uses. In my latest…

Make Your Own / DIY Craft Kit

DIY Craft Kit

If you’re looking to make it easier and quicker to craft – as well as work through your ever-growing stash – this video is for you! My Make Your Own/DIY Craft Kit YouTube video shows you how I put mine together in around 10 minutes

If you’ve already seen the video and have been re-directed here for my Cheat-Sheet – hello! Thanks for stopping by 🙂

You can access the quick…

Project Life with June Scrapping Fun Kit

Hi, I’m here with my second blog using the June Scrapping Fun Kit.

If you’ve not seen my first blog, you can check it out here – I made some cute baby cards.

For this blog though, I wanted to use the rest of the kit and make a layout in my Project Life Album.

If you’ve not familiar with Project Life, check out http://www.beckyhiggins.com, where you can find more info. Basically its a…

Product Review – Waffle Flower Water Media Mat

I’ve got a product review of the new Waffle Flower – Water Media Mat for you!

Waffle Flower – Water Media Mat Product Review

Check my latest YouTube video herewhere I put the Mat through its paces. Are you curious what medium’s you can use with the Mat? Are you curious if it lives up to the hype? If you’re interested in buying this, but would like an impartial review first – then check out…

WeekendSewaholic Logo

What is WeekendSEWaholic? I’ve decided to split out Sewing from my WeekendCraftaholic YouTube channel and move it into it’s own dedicated Channel. You can check it out here if you’re also a Sewing Addict like me!

Creating

Sewing

Making

My plan is to post weekly on both YouTube channels. I’ll also blog on here too when I find the time. I had a plan for 2019 to focus more…

Craft Layout – Make Pretty Things

Make Pretty Things

This cute 8×8 layout is the perfect size for a traveler’s notebook or pocket page notebook. They usually come 8×4, so this having a double page layout spread is a great alternative to the larger more common 12 x 12 scrapbook layouts

This little spread came together using only a couple of products in my stash and as I’d recently received the Crafters Gonna Craft Stamp Set…

Perth Craft & Quilt Fair 2019 – Review & Haul

I’ve arrived at the Perth Craft & Quilt Fair

The Perth Craft & Quilt Fair has been held for over 25 years, and I’ve been attending for the last 10 years or so. I look forward to this event every year, although each year it does get smaller and smaller. I was in Melbourne a few years ago at the same time as the Craft Fair, so was able to attend the Victorian version too. It was much more…