Fiskars Craft

Photo A Day - Day 1

Hi everyone!  Are you ready to play along with our photo a day this month?  By the end of August we will have a great range of photos ready to assemble in a collage and to use on a scrapbook layout commemorating 'the little things'.

Your day one challenge, should you choose to accept it is a simple one (I don't want to scare you off so early in the month).  I would love to see photos of....

FOOD:

Everyone has to eat and it is something we all do every day, several times in fact.  I want to see a photo of something you have eaten, baked, purchased or even what you are craving.  Interpret this topic in any way you see fit but remember the photo doesn't need to be perfect or even creative... you just need to take one.

Please e-mail your photos (max 200kb) to me [email protected] with your name clearly marked, a title for your photo and a brief description that can be copy/pasted to this blog.  I'm looking forward to seeing your photos.

Kim xx

A Photo a Day!

Hi Everyone,

Are you ready for another photo a day challenge?  If so then August is the month for you!  We've done this previously with great success and I promise you this time will be just as much and if not MORE fun than ever before.  

For this challenge I will be posting daily prompts of possible photographic topics, chosen randomly from a list.  Whether you use these prompts is entirely up to you and you may wish to switch them up and use different prompts on different days.  That too is totally OK.  We will be focussing on 'The Little Things' and looking at everyday, menial items in our daily lives.  The photos do not need to be artistic, they don't need to be perfect... you just need to TAKE them!

At the end of the month (early September) I will present a step by step layout using a collage of the photos and we will all have the chance to share our finished products.  I will offer several prizes for participation during the month including something for the person who shares the MOST photos with us.

To participate in this challenge all you need to do is to e-mail me your daily photos.  Photos should be resized to no more than 200kb and e-mailed to [email protected] with your name, the prompt (or name for your photo), and a brief description that can be copy/pasted to this blog.

During this month I would also like to open up some discussion about photography.  I am by no means a 'professional' photographer but I do enjoy playing with my camera.  I'd love to hear hints, tips and questions that anyone has to share and I'll incorporate these into my daily blog posts.  Please feel free to leave comments or to e-mail again at [email protected]

What fun today in Spotlight Bairnsdale ~ Lyn

What fun we had today in Spotlight Bairnsdale in East Gippsland......for a few hours of crafting.....it was lovely to see some Beginner Crafters come and play....Kay came to create a lovely birthday card for the first time for her Partner and to have-a-go at Scrapbooking.......she hadn't used the trimmer or punches before.....and she did so well.

It was lovely to catch up with a few of the Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance Crafters.....Jenni came  and created this gorgeous card using the Fiskars Tools and the Kaisercraft Stamps and papers from the Le Chateau Range....isn't it gorgeous!! I don't think that Jenni has ever missed one of my Fiskars Demonstrations in Spotlight Bairnsdale.....she is one lovely lady!!

I must admit I dropped by the store on Thursday to check out the new range from Kaiser and just had to purchase the Le Chateau papers and stamp set for myself.....I just fell in love with the "bird cage" stamp.....so I did up a few card samples ready for today's demo.....here's one of them... I used the Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch along one edge and then punched out a couple of birds from the Kaisercraft Le Chateau papers.....you could also just draw your own bird on the patterned paper and then cut around it with either the Fiskars Craft Knife or Fiskars Softouch Scissors....

......it was lovely to be able to help these ladies today .....and to also be able to answer some questions about the Fiskars Tools.....nice to also have all the staff come and ask questions and play with the tools.....here's the Layout that I created for crafters to create if they wished to......minus Sam's photo of course.....LOL!

Thank you to Coral,Kelly and all the Spotlight Staff for making me feel very welcome in their store....and for also giving me a table set up with 5 chairs and a table cloth.....it was a great set up today and we all had great fun!!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

 

FINALLY...a loooong overdue post from me

On Wednesday evening (very late) my ex-partner informed me that seeing as I was "the scrapbooker of the family and better at telling stories [than him]" I was to complete 2 pages in our son Kade's childcare scrapbook.  Oh, and I had to have it done to return to childcare on Friday morning.

Apparently the room Kade is in has a toy frog called Galumph, and each of the children takes turns taking Galumph home for a few nights.  The parents then have to write up two pages describing what Galumph did during his 'holiday' with the child.  Easy enough ??

Well...if you're a regular to the blog, you'll know that I have done absolutely nothing scrap-related in forever !!  Add to the fact that I have lost my scrapping mojo, I've been sick for the past week, and my printer is also out of action...which meant a trip to the shops to print off a few photos that I could normally have done myself at home.  BUT, I couldn't let Kade down, and I knew I wouldn't be happy simply cutting some photos into shapes and adding some journalling.  So....I scraplifted.

THIS is the original layout, and this is my creation (click the pictures to have them open bigger in a new window):

And can you believe that of the hundreds of sheets of patterned paper I have, I didn't have any black & white striped paper !?  I ended up using a chisel-tipped Zig Marker to draw lines on white cardstock.  The alpha stickers I used for the title were lime green, so I used a marker to change them to black before peeling them from the backing paper.

The scalloped edges were all cut freehand using my Fingertip Knife and I used my Fiskars Acrylic Stamp Block to stamp the frame around the title at the top of page 1.  Other tools I used were my Personal Trimmer and Microtip Scissors.

♥ Cindy

June Monthly Calendar Challenge

Robyn shares with us her June Monthly Calendar page. Great work Robyn.

Shapecutter Plus

Not sure how to use the Shapecutter Plus....... check out the video link below to learn more about using your Shapecutter Plus.

 http://www.fiskarscraft.eu/videos/item/246842

You can also download how to sheets and more from the same page.

Cheers, Dawn

Spotlight Bairnsdale ~ a sneak peek

I'm looking forward to my next in-store demonstration for Fiskars this coming Friday July 30th in Spotlight Bairnsdale.. East Gippsland

I'l be instore between 10-12 with my trolley laden with Fiskars Tools as well as well as some of the gorgeous Empire Collection Scrapbooking products from Kaisercraft......yummo!!

Here's a sneak peek of the Layout we shall be creating......

....and a little bit more.......LOL!

...OK....just one more

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that's it for now.....LOL!......you'll have to pop on into Spotlight Bairnsdale to see more and create a 12" x 12" Layout or Card for yourself!!!

If you bring in a couple of Christmas photos you can finish off a complete Scrapbooking Layout with me on Friday!!

Looking forward to the trip down to stay at our HH in Paynesville...and crafting by the Gippsland Lakes...I find I can relax down there and I love going for daily walks along the Foreshore and around Paynesville and over to Raymond Island.......can't wait to catch up with friends down there......

I'll make sure I take some pics on Friday and I'll share some on here with you all......

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Wedding Gift and Card for a dear Friend.

So.. I can finally spill the beans and talk about it now they are finally happily married... my golly gosh it is hard to keep a big secret like this. Recently a very dear friend of mine got married in a very private wedding. We were very privileged to be able to share the special day with the lovely couple and their two super gorgeous children. We felt very honoured to be asked to attend and it was a very special day. I was even more honoured to have been asked to stand up as a witness for my dear friend on her big day.
So here is the couple on the big day having photos after the ceremony with their children. The weather was kind to them luckily and held off raining until all the photos were taken.

Okay.. so along with a more traditional wedding gift I really wanted to make something personal for them both..It is a long story behind the reason behind the jar fillings but basically they both like MM's.. one likes the peanuts and the other normal MM's. Hence the mixing of the two. Plus the fact when their daughter was born it was when Janet sent out as favours with her name on them.

The other reason behind the reason I scrap booked a present is because that is how I met my dear friend... well about four kids between us, many a craft market, plenty of shared crafting time, moving to another state and back and almost five years later, we are still good friends.

So here is what I managed to made for the happy couple. The colours used reflected the colours of the day too..

Congrats again guys !

Used some the Fiskars weding themed stamps for the dress and also stamped the romance verse onto the calicoto cover the jar lid.

TFL, Michelle x

 
 
 
 

June Calendar Challenge

Each month I look forward to seeing our Monthly Calendar page contributions. Never too late to join in.

Lorraine-Lee shares with us her June calendar page. Looks like you had a busy month Lorraine-Lee.

Cheers, Dawn
 

Fiskars Garage Sale - last day SATURDAY Aug 14th!!!!