Thought I'd share with you my latest projects for Tips and Techniques(Creative Punching) the old (SM Technique Corner)as seen over at Craftlovers.com
You can get the instructions by visiting the site over there......take time to look around...it really is a great site!
To celebrate this great change in the Scrapbooking Memories on-line site.....I have a brand new copy of the latest issue of SM to give away. All you have to do is pop on over and have a look around the site...then come back and leave a comment below here.......winner shall be announced Monday!
I'm sure this would look good under anyone's Christmas Tree. I'll even Gift Wrap it for you!
and these punches
are now available from Wholesalers.....so just in time for Christmas! These are Seasonal Squeeze Punches......and would make a lovely edition to a crafters stash!
xoxo
Lyn Dwyer
woohoo wanna' win some great product? $500 worth in fact...
......you still have 5 days to get those entries in......entries close midnight Dec.7th.....winner announced on here Dec 9th.
Do you sometimes seem to not have the right gift wrap for every occasion, and picking up gift bags at the store can get expensive!
Creating your own wrapping paper is quick and easy, and gives a personal touch to any gift that you give.
If you keep some white tissue paper or butcher’s paper on hand, you can stamp your own paper to match any occasion or theme....as Lisa Fauluto did earlier this year.
ok...we have a fabulous Pre-Christmas Challenge for you all and all you have to do is create your own piece of Christmas paper wrap and matching Tag or Card using :
1) Fiskars Stamp Factory and Tag Template
or
2) Fiskars Stamp Factory and Fiskars Squeeze punches
We shall be looking for......
The best designed Christmas Wrap and Tag/Card using Stamp Factory to stamp out plain wrapping paper (other occasions allowed as a theme but there must be a Christmas one from each entrant) and Tag Template or Squeeze Punch?
You have until December 7th to email through your entries to
lyndwyer-fiskars@bigpond.com
OR
dawnstan-fiskars@aussiebroadband.com.au
Winner shall be chosen by Trea and Pip from Head Office here in Melbourne on December 9th.
The winner shall receive over $500 worth of Fiskars Brands product including :garden tools, Outdoor (binoculars) and Craft.So what are you waiting for........you have two and a half weeks to create something and send it through to either Dawn or myself.
For further ideas you can look here or check out Video here
Stamp Factory can be purchased at local craft stores and Spotlight stores......or perhaps you could share with a friend!
xoxo
Lyn Dwyer
Last year to save myself a few dollars.. plus the fact that I love making my own gift tags and presents for everyone for Christmas I decided to pull out my Christmas stamps and have a play. This year I will be doing the same thing. Though things were a lot easier this year with the help of my Fiskars Stamp Factory and Fiskars Squeeze Punches. I was able to use A4 250gsm white cardstock available from Officeworks and my water colour pencils to create some fun tags that the kids were able to help with. I love getting the children involved in the whole process as it gets us all in the festive mood. My eldest daughter who is 12, was able to load up the stamp press with the images and stamp away without any mess or smudging. Then my son who is 6, was able to use the Fiskars Round and Round 2" squeeze punch to punch out the tags. Because he can see where he was punching he was able to centre them all perfectly. We then coloured the and added some bling and it was all done so quickly. Perfect exercise for the days when it as been so hot here in Adelaide too !
Here what they made:
Such a fun way to get your kids crafting too. Having such amazing tools too made it so much easier to get multiples made up so quickly.
Why not check out the amazing "Cutting the cost of Wrapping Competition" that is going on at the moment on the blog ! So easy to enter too !
TFL, Michelle :)
With the birthday season here upon us in the Wallace household (October we had 2 kids, 1 niece,1 brother in law, and 1 Pops birthday) it can get quite busy with wrapping presents.. not to mention the cost that is involved with all that wrapping paper too !
My daughter decided this year to delay her party until the new vampire movie "New Moon" was out so she could take her friends to the movies for her birthday. We like to make up the goodie bags ourselves and each year look for some fun way to pack them. So we have been busy today making up little goodie boxes for the girls to take home with them when the leave after the sleep over. I had some cute little noodle boxes you can get really cheap from the $2 shop that were crying to be played with. Pulling out some bright Heidi Grace paper,bling and ribbon we set to work. Though the boxes weren't quite complete until we decided to play around with some stamps. Now normally I am not real keen on my kids using my stamps... mainly due to the fact you find ink in places that it really SHOULDN'T be afterwards! Though since having the Fiskars Stamp factory the kids are freely able to use the stamps. No messy ink everywhere and a clean stamp print every time ! I love that. Now I don't have to help them with the stamping.. they can do it all by themselves. I have even taught my daughter how to line it up using the Fiskars Craft mat so that she get the image in the same spot every time! Plus with having to do up large quantities of goodie boxes using the stamp factory saved so much time with being able to stamp multiples very quickly.
Here's our end results:
Off to ice the cake... mmmmm wonder how I couldn't use the stamp factory for that ??? lol.. perhaps to stamp little scalloped tags for each of the candles...
TFL, Michelle :)
Congratulations to the following Fiskateers for leaving a comment and reason why you love being a Fiskateer!We have loved reading why you love being part of the Fiskateer Community.....some of you joining for the first time.......and others who have been involved for a while.....so nice to see both Kiwis and Aussies getting involved and sharing your thoughts and helping one another.....well done everyone!
The random generator was involved in choosing these winners from all eligible entries.......
ok.....The first 4 Fiskateers have won themselves one of the NEW Fiskars Seasonal Squeeze punches that Rebecca Peck sent over to me.....so ENJOY!!These punches are sitting on my table just waiting to be claimed......I really don't want to part with any of them........LOL!
1) Fiskateer # 2634 Melissa......Pine for Me
2) Fiskateer # 4505 Bronwyn.....Bistro Brew
3) Fiskateer # 6748 Jane.........Jingle Bulb
4) Fiskateer # 1076 Sandra......Cardinals Song
We also have some more winners....this time....the following people have won themselves a funky craft sticker and cute Fiskars scissor pin....so Congratulations to:
5) Nic # 1033
6) Kerri # 1017
7) Sandy # 5883
8) Brooke # 6751
9) Christine # 2264
10) Dragonlass #4356
Could all winners please email through your postal details to : lyndwyer-fiskars@bigpond .com or via the "Contact US" link on here.....and then I can post out to you all!
Congratulations once again for everyone's comments and we hope you enjoy your New Fiskars Seasonal Punches,stickers and scissor pins.......
It's not too late to join up to the Fiskateers....just click on the Blinkie in this post and it shall take you to the Fiskateer Site.......would you like to get this blinkie for your own Blog?
Then just copy and past this code into youe typelist on your own BLOG.
<a href="http://www.fiskateers.com"><img src="http://fiskateers.com/blinkies/Fiskateer-Blinky.gif" width="200" height="70" border="0" alt="www.fiskateers.com" /></aSpecial thanks must go to Lead Fiskateer Rebecca Peck in the US for sending me these goodies to give away to Aussie and New Zealand Fiskateers....so sharing the Fiskars love a bit further!
Well it's Melbourne Cup Day holiday here in Victoria today....so if you are backing a horse in the Cup I hope you also might be a winner today! This is the one race that stops a nation here in Australia!
Have a lovely day!!
xoxo
Lyn Dwyer
WOW......what a great response we have had to this RAK....we love seeing more Fiskateers joining up in Australia and New Zealand......
You have until midnight tonight...Monday Nov 2nd......
* * UPDATE ~ FEDEX man just left.......yeha! See down the bottom of this post for further details.....
How would you like to have the chance to win one of the NEW Fiskars Seasonal Squeeze Punches?
How about "Pine For Me"?
Keep an eye on here for further details in the coming week.....REBECCA PECK(LEAD FISKATEER in the US) IS SENDING ME OVER SOME TO GIVE AWAY on here.....how cool is that!
So I'll be announcing a RAK on here once the product arrives....should be coming FED-EX tomorrow Rebecca tells me.......so stay tuned......are you a FISKATEER YET? Make sure you join up in the next week....it's fun...it's free.....and it's Fiskars!
Don't you just love "Bistro Brew"?
What about "Cardinal's Song"
I love this other Christmas ONE......"JINGLE BULB"...
* * *UPDATED Tuesday October 27th ......12pm
I have been tracking the arrival of these fabulous punches that Rebecca is sending me with the FED-EX tracking number....hey...what fun....the product has now hit Australian shores....woohoo......it's in NSW.....and will be on it's way to Victoria later today.......so I'll be taking a pic and posting up a RAK on here soon.....so stay tuned!!
I should have it here in the YARRA VALLEY by Thursday/Friday I would imagine.
SO you still have time to join up to the Fiskateers.
....REMEMBER you must be an Aussie or New Zealand Fiskateer to win one of these Punches.
WOW the FEDEX man has just dropped off these fabulous punches on my door step and a few other giveways ....some scissor pins and some fabulous stickers......a HUGE thank you to Rebecca(Lead Fiskateer in the US)
ok.....I'm going to make you work for these.....LOL! ok....you must be an Aussie OR New Zealand Fiskateer to be eligible to win one of the seasonal punches......but anyone can win the stickers or pins.....fair enough!
All you have to do is leave a comment below here telling us your Fiskateer Number and why you love being a Fiskateer........ALL Aussie/NZ Fiskateers can enter.....even Ambassadors...yeh!
If you aren't yet a Fiskateer......then join up and then come back and let us know......it's that simple.
ok.....you have until Monday Nov 2nd to get those comments in......and then I'll draw some random winners ..............GOOD LUCK!
Gosh they look so good in real life.....I might not want to part with these beauties.....LOL!
If you want some ideas for Halloween Costumes check out Rebecca Peck on her local TV station
xoxo
Lyn Dwyer
Hello!!
Well it seems like forever since i have posted!! I have had a wonderful time down at the Craft and Quilt Fair in Brisbane, thank goodness Lyn was snapping off some photos, cause believe it or not i did not take 1 photo!! Yes I know, unbelievable hey?
It was lovely to catch up with Ngaire, to finally meet Lyn and her other half Rod, Trea from HO, Glenda, Merle, Beth, and Helen and of course all the enthusiastic people that came to visit the Fiskars stand, a great time was had by all :0)
Well i have yet to find a spare minute to create, but i thought i would share a project that is in the most recent issue of AUSTRALIAN CARDMAKING STAMPING AND PAPERCRAFT (VOL 15 NO 6) MAGAZINE. If you are looking for some inspiration for your chrissy cards and chrissy decorations, then this mag might just be what you are after :0)
I have used the clear stamps from Heidi Grace - "Sweetest Bugs Icons", "Girlfriend", "Baby" and "Reagans Closet" I can't give any more details than that, but all the instructions can be found in the mag if you feel like creating one for yourself ;0)
You may remember a while back I did another frame so that i have a pair -
And it just so happens i have an extra copy of this mag...a rak is in order i think :0)
So if you would like the chance to go into the draw for this rak all you have to do is leave a comment and tell us if and how you have started getting organised for chrissy this year.
Thanks for stopping by, don't forget you still have a few days to get in for Debbies monthly challenge, details can be found up in the sidebar, go on.... step out of your comfort zone and have a go for your chance to win some Fiskars goodies :0). Lyn also has another rak and the details can be found HERE , so plenty of blog bootie up for grabs at the moment ;0).
Good luck
bfn
Annette :0)
