Fiskars Craft

Keep it simple card - male OR female

Here's a quick and simple card that could be used for a MALE or FEMALE......maybe just for a FRIEND....could even do this for Mother's Day......just look in your stash....and use what you have.

I have used some cardstock I had left over from another project....trimmed it with my Fiskars Surecut Trimmer.....punched out the butterfly from the orange cardstock with my Stampin Up Punch....and then added it back to the front of the card.....

I added a little piece of 3 D Tape underneath both wings to make them stay up...inked around the edges....and hand drew the rest of the body parts...(sorry this pic isn't the best..looks washed out)

So I challenge you to get creative with products from your stash.....no need to go out and purchase all the time.....although I must say.....if you have GREAT QUALITY TOOLS like FISKARS and STAMPIN UP...you'll have them for a long time......so worth spending the money on QUALITY TOOLS!!!

So off you go......look for those scraps of cardstock....maybe pinks and purples,oranges and brown,red,white and pink.....ooh endless combinations.....but try keeping it SIMPLE!

If you create a card....feel free to send it through to

                                         fiskarscraft@yahoo.com.au

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Happy National Scrapbooking Day

                      Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

           I'm having a fun,crafty weekend....thought I'd share my first project......

I used Rebecca Peck's May Sketch over at FISKATEERS to kick start some creativity today along with a pic I took of the gorgeous LARGE FISKARY FLOWER that fellow Aussie Fiskateer Tracy Maloney gave me last Christmas

    Stamps and Inks are from Stampin Up.......thanks guys! The Frame Punch is also from SU.....

I have used my trusty Fiskars Burst Everywhere Punch and the NEW Fiskars Groovy Rainbow Interchangeable Border Punch..................to cut out around the flower pic I used my Fiskars Designer Microtip Scissors....these are my favourite scissors...they make cutting around small shapes so easy....

                   What are you doing this weekend? Hope you have some time to craft!

I have a LAYOUT planned out and another in the "thought process"......LOL!  Shall share soon..........

        Hey all......don't forget that there is an online crop happening over at FISKATEERS

Challenges have gone up over there.....see you in the gallery or on the messageboard for a fun day!!

Lots of fab challenges put up by the 4 Lead Fiskateers.....and lots of fun prizes up for grabs......

 

                                                  HAPPY CRAFTING!!!!!

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Azza shares more cards

Azza has sent through some more fun card shares.......she has been having fun with the NEW Fiskars Ivy League Interchangeable Border Punch and some of the yummy products from the Ruby Rock It Nostalgia Range and Bella Cardstock.

....and here are a few more...Azza has used the Lacy Doubles Border Punch on this card.

To view more of the Fiskars Craft Team projects using the NEW Interchangeable Border Punches just click on the Album on the lefthand side of our Blog......as the TEAM design projects they are  added in under there.....so you can come back anytime for more inspiration and project ideas....

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

A little something, A little thank you

Hi all

YES we are finally back in our own home after earthquake fix ups!
The place still smells a small bit of paint but thats all good. ;)

My daughter and I made little somethings while we were away in the Motels....

We of course made things with the Nostalgia - Ruby Rock-it range..... and a little Bella! product too.

Here is my daughters mini folder thingy...

Here is mine.... (it was a thankyou gift for the Motels that put us up While our place was being fixed)

I used the butterfly leaver punch for the butterflies (dried Terri Sproul Mixer skins, a crystal lacquer and micapowder mix dried flat as paper, is easily punched when dry.)

page one and two

page three and four....
All cutting  is either done with my Fiskars micro tip scissors or my Fiskars paper trimmer (scoring also done with the paper trimmer with scoring blade.)

for the tutorial on how to make this groovy little folder thingy.... go to Terri Sprouls Linqto room

Thanks so much for looking.
Debbie Buckland
artycrafty.wordpress.com

First thing I do when I get

a NEW Fiskars Border Punch is add it's design to my Punch Design Ring......

So I've had fun creating a FEW new designs to my Interchangeable BorderPunch Ring

This is a great way of remembering which punch designs I have.....I have also done this for my older Fiskars Border Punches and Embossing Border Punches!

It's also handy to have this with me when I'm OUT and ABOUT to show others the fun designs that are NOW available through your Local Craft Stores!

I'm in EAST GIPPSLAND this week and I've spotted some of these NEW Interchangeable Border Punches on the shelves.....in SPOTLIGHT BAIRNSDALE!

Retailers can order the entire range of the  Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches from Wholesaler SSS ....

                                     

.....AND yes......I have been playing around with these fun punches...here's a Birthday Card I created for my son's partner.......I just love creating whilst in Paynesville...............hoping to craft more later today and all this week.

For this card I used the "Daisy Chain Starter Set " and " Groovy Rainbow " Interchangeable Border Punches and some product from the Bella Nostalgia Range.......

                                       HAPPY PUNCHING!!!!

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Welcome to the world

On April 1st we welcomed another great niece into our family......" SKYE ADA ".....so here's the BABY GIRL CARD I created for Adam and Elise........................they loved it!

Fiskars Tools used:

Fiskars Surecut Trimmer

Fiskars Craft Mat

Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punch Starter Set - Daisy Chain

Fiskars Compact Stamp Press

Fiskars Stamp Set - Baby

 

Materials used:

Cardstock - white

Bella Sugar Candy Paperz - Cherry Rock (Glittered)

Ink - Melon Mambo by Stampin Up

Cloud 9 Raindots - Baby Girl

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

A Special Birthday Wish

Today is a very special day for my family.

Today is my Father's 70th birthday.

We are away on holidays at the moment but have been lucky enough to have my parents come and stay with us for a few days.

Luckily enough I have been able to spend some quality time with my parents and get to spend the day with my Dad for his birthday.

So.. I got busy creating before I went away with a little help from Helmar Krystal Kote and Fiskars Interchangeable Punch to create a special card before we went away (too hard to pack lots of scrapping stuff this time round). By using my Fiskars Dream Weaving Interchangeable punch cartridge, I was able to jazz the card up quickly with a paper and ribbon bow.

Such a cheap way to make a card look super special and to give it a little dimension too.

I played around with a digital image again too and my water colour pens. I loved this image because it reminds me of Wind in the Willows. This was one of our favourite books to read when we were little. My Dad loved reading this to us.

So here's wishing my Dad a very Happy 70th Birthday.

You are my supportive rock, my inspiration and someone I truly love.

TFL, Michelle x

For my Princess

Today is a very special day for us.

Today my little princess, Miss Kiah, turns 5.

I often wonder where five years have gone, as it has flown past that is for sure.

I cannot believe that next term Miss Kiah starts school as it seems like only yesterday I was rocking her in my arms.

We have faced a few little adventures with her that made life a little bit of a challenge but we wouldn't have had it any other way.

We are truly blessed to have her in out lives.

She has come so far in the past year and bit since she got her glasses and has completely changed from the demanding high maintenance child to a truly confident little girl.

She has truly blossomed and changed so much.

She will always be the princess of our family (personality based through and through!).

So for her birthday this year she wanted a card with a princess on it. So I got busy with my water colour pens, lots of bling and my Fiskars Interchangeable Border punch.

Here's a card fit for a princess that's for sure !

Happy Birthday Princess.. we love you lots and lots poppet!

TFL, M x

just saying "THANK YOU"

From time to time I receive some lovely mail and recently I had a birthday.....so these sneaky FISKATEERS all sent me some wonderful handmade birthday cards....I just wanted to share them with you all and say " THANK YOU" to Tracy,Anna and Rosemary!

I have been showing these around to family and friends...so there may be some little marks on them now......but I was just blown away when I received these.....THANK YOU!

I think these ladies have been putting their Fiskars Tools to great use.....can you spot a Fiskars Tool or three.....LOL!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

In a League of it's own - "Ivy League "

Gotta' love that Fiskars Ivy League Interchangeable Border Punch....................hasn't Dianne created a elegant birthday card using it!

................and on the second card  Dianne has used the punched strip vertically on her Card for Edwina.......

Have you seen all the fabulous projects that the Fiskars Craft Team have been creating lately using the NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches? If you have missed some....just take a peek now in the Album over on the lefthand sidebar of this Blog.....see them over there......plenty of inspiration....and more to come from the TEAM!

Easter Card Making

Okay...

So normally I do not make Easter cards.

I have made them in the past but usually for design team obligations. This year would be the first year I actually made a card for Easter of my own free choice.

 My Mum had mentioned she was going to go and buy a card for the place that my Dad goes to weekly respite to. I suggest to her that I would make her a card to give to them.

So with a bit of help from my new favourite Fiskars interchangeable punch I was able to get creative very quickly.

Here's my Easter card for this year.

Gotta love the new Fiskars interchangeable punches.

TFL, Michelle x

SEW HAPPY for you

Recently I was sent some yummy products from both Fiskars and Fynmark to play with......but haven't had much time to craft the past few months as I have been working 6 days a week at the BLUE LOTUS WATERGARDEN.....

..........now the season has ended I'm looking forward to having more time to craft........and playing with the goodies from RUBY ROCK IT and BELLA and using my NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches...along with my other fabulous Fiskars Tools to craft up some fun projects.............

The card above was created for Trea Surace from Fiskars HO who is expecting her first child in about 6 weeks time..................I caught up with her on Tuesday in Melbourne for lunch...............

 

I used the following products:

 

* Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punch - Groovy Rainbow

* Fiskars Surecut Trimmer

* Ruby Rock It - Nostalgia Cardstock (Stripes)

* Ruby Rock It - Nostalgia embellishments

* Kindy Glitz

 

TREA.....all the FISKARS CRAFT TEAM congratulate yourself and Mick on your upcoming birth....it's such an exciting time for your family..................we wish you well

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Happy Easter Card by Lyn Smith

This is a really quick and easy Easter card using Fiskars Kaleidescope and Water Threading border punches, the greeting also uses the end part of the Fiskars arrow squeeze punch to create the notched end.

 

All of the papers, the flower die-cut and the tiny heart/flower rub-on are from Kaisercraft's Bubblegum Hills collection.

Today's project was created by Fiskateer # 8450 Lyn Smith from Victoria.....thanks for sending it through to share on here Lyn......

Lyn creates the most gorgeous papercraft projects....to see more....hop on over to her personal Blog at http://www.artyaspirations.blogspot.com/

Fetchy Sketchy Friday - Easter Card 2

Hello back again with another easter card idea....

Here is my example:

I used the Banners Away cartridge with the interchangable boarder punch and the eggs/background are embossed with the yellow Blossoms Texture plate.

When I use the embossing plates I hold shapes down with sticky tape. Saves them from moving around.

 

Hope you are getting ready for Easter it is quickly approaching!

See you all again soon...

If you do a layout using this sketch we would love to see it.
email us: fiskarscraft@yahoo.com.au

Debbie Buckland
artycrafty.wordpress.com

more cards from Azza - NSW

Here's another couple of creative cards from Azza!

Azza has been having fun with the NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches....creating some fun flower embellishements for her projects....

She has used "LACY DOUBLES" on this first card.....would you like to find out how Azza created the flower effect?  If we have enough interest.....Azza ia going to do up a Tutorial for you all.....so please leave a comment below if you are interested!

How cute is this flower embellishment?

Can you tell which Interchangeable Border Punch Azza has used?  Look really carefully at the ends of the petals........can you pick it?

Leave a comment below if you think you know...

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

 

Starter Set - Daisy Chain - used two ways

Are you enjoying all the Design Team project shares using the fabulous NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches?

Here's another couple of fun and creative cards created this time by Jacky Mc Leod from Sydney,NSW.

On the first card Jacky has used two punched strips that she created using the Starter Set Cartridge- Daisy Chain........on the second card she has used the punched out daisy shapes......

These Interchangeable Border Punches are now available for Retailers to purchase through SSS.

So check out a store near you to see if they have some...if not share the good news with them....

SPOTLIGHT shall also be ranging some of these Interchangeable Border Punches in a few weeks....

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

* Friendship Cards !

Hey fellow Fiskars peeps,

I too was lucky to get some happy mail with the new Interchangeable Border Punches and have not been able to sit and craft until yesterday when I was at a crop with some friends.

Got to playing with them a little bit and also used another of my favourite Fiskars Punches the Lever Punch Medium Butterfly.

The Interchangeable Border - Ivy League one is definately one of my favourites, so far.

Thanks Fiskars, and I hope you might get a little inspiration from my cards.

Bye for now, Robyn

 

Baby Clothing Labels

Designer: Smitha Katti

Difficulty rating: Beginner

With two little girls at home, we have a lot of clothes and a lot of laundry being done. I needed a better way to organize these clothes and I needed a labeling system to help everyone know what goes where. I decided to make a fun project of this, and made some whimsical tags to use for this purpose.For the items of clothing used frequently- like onesies, pajamas etc., I used wicker baskets in the rack beneath the changing table. I made some quick tags for these, using paper crafting supplies- some stamps, punches and cardstock.

I stamped some animal images onto the cardstock and colored them with color pencils. I then added some liquid medium (similar to glossy accents) and let them dry.

 

I cut out my tags from green cardstock to measure 2.5 by 4 inches and layered a border punched cream cardstock onto them. Layered some patterned papers and added my animal images.

I also punched a hole on the top edge of the tag.

I tied each of these tags onto a wicker basket using some ribbons. Simple and pretty.

My daughter is just two years old, but loves to help me fold and put away clothing. So I thought these animal images would be fun for her. Since she is too young to read what is written on these tags, I can now tell her to put that pj in the elephant basket.

For the not so everyday items of clothing, I used hangers and sorted them by size. To make tags to separate the sizes, I cut a 12 by 12 inch cardstock into 4 equal strips and folded them in half. I punched an offset circle and adhered the folded cardstock shut for a strong thick tag.

I added numbers using a stencil and pen onto the center of each tag.

I also used stickers to write the size above the circles. Make sure you give a cut in the circle so that you can slide these tags over the rod in the cupboard.

This way you can now see above the rod what size clothes hang where.

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What a fun idea.....I found this over at 

                                   http://www2.fiskars.com/Activities/Crafting

                            

Happy St Patrick's day/green challenge

Hello there everyone, gosh i think it has been a week since i posted last. how slack am i! 

Well today i am firstly wishing you all a happy St Patrick's day. And what better way to celebrate than with a card AND the possibility to win a challenge!

That's right! over on the Fisk-a-teers site Tami has a Green color challenge for the month of march. 

I have made a card up for this challenge to showcase for you and when making the card i made sure that i did a bit of embossing on the card, well we are all about embossing this month aren't we!

I used My fiskars texture plates to create the bubbly background. I used my texture plate in my die cutting machine. it was quite easy to do. i did a tutorial ages ago on how to do this. you can find it here. I also used the new Fiskars jenni bowlin Jester border punch to make my sentiment tag. The stamps were Lawn fawn for the hat, and the little man was from Paper smooches. Lastly i made the clover with a small fiskars heart punch. this fiskars punch is like 7 or so years old and still works like new!!!

So head on over to the Fisk-a-teers site and enter the green challenge. you have till the end of march to enter!

Tara:)

Fetchy Sketchy Friday - Easter Card

Hi all Easter is quickly aproaching here is an idea for an Easter card....

Here is my Example:

I used the Texture plate Filigree on the eggs.... they look like real chocolate!!!! Yummy!
and the boarder punch used is Ivy League cartridge for the Interchangable boarder punch set.

With colours you can go Brights or Muted. Natural colours, Contrasting colours or Moncromatic (different shades of one colour).

Have fun!

If you do a layout using this sketch we would love to see it.
email us: fiskarscraft@yahoo.com.au

Debbie Buckland
artycrafty.wordpress.com