Fiskars Craft

Are you ready to join the Seasons online crop at Fiskateers TODAY?

OK, things may be cooling down for Autumn for us down here in the Southern Hemisphere and everything is warming up for Spring for our fellow crafters in the Northern Hemisphere, but Lead Fiskateer Rebecca has an online crop challenge ready for all seasons here on the Fiskateers Blog NOW!!!

Check out all the punchy prizes Rebecca has ready to send out to the lucky winners:

Eight challenges have been posted, with entries closing noon EST 25th April - don't forget, with the time zone differences, if you get them in by midnight Melbourne (Australian Eastern) time on the 25th April, you will still have a couple of hours to spare.

Hope you get a chance to come join the crafty fun of the Seasons Online Crop with us :)

Not a Fiskateer yet?
It is very quick and easy to join - here is the link - it is FREE and it is FUN!!!

... don't forget to let us know if you join - it would be great to have a familiar face from Down Under to craft with - my Fiskateer name is TracyM #6773 and I look forward to seeing you :)

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

Fisk-a-teers April colour challenge- Neons

Ahhh...... Neons......it brings back some good..and maybe odd memories of the 80's. different colour neon socks,bubble skirts,crimped hair and white t shirts with "choose life"printed in bold black print!

What were we thinking in the 80's huh! but wouldn't you know it! the 80's retro style is BACK! i should know... i have a 10 year old who wants me to crimp her hair for school every day!!!!!

And in the crafting world the neon front has hit BIG TIME!!! and the Fisk-a-teers have not missed the giant neon arrow!

If you head on over the the Fisk-a-teers Tami has put up a colour challenge for April...NEON!

so i have got to work with the only neon paper i seemed to have and made a card.

I used my new Fiskars Jenni Bowlin Ticket please border punch i ordered from USA the other week. This punch is Great it makes little tickets for you to use. but what i did with the punch was to double up with the punching to make even thinner tickets so i could bend them and make a 3D effect on my card.

Then stamped an image and finished!!!

You have got to love those colours!

So this challenge is on the the end of the month. to enter all you need to do is be a Fisk-a-teer,make a card and post it on the Active challenge gallery under april colour challenge.

Have a go!!!

Tara :)

Hey Fiskateers ~ Save the date

Hey there FISKATEERS..................

Did you know that there shall be a fun and exciting ON-LINE CROP over at FISKATEERS on May 5th to CELEBRATE NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!

Just giving you all the heads up............................for further details make sure you drop by the FISKATEERS.

 These on-line crops are always such fun ......the Fiskateer Gallery fills up with so many inspiring projects!

There shall be prizes,challenges,games and so much more......hope you can join us over there.

If you aren't a FISKATEER....no probs....you can join up for FREE anytime before MAY 5th and then you'll be right to go....we now have over 9000 Fiskateers Around the World.......isn't that AMAZING!!

 

Our latest Aussie Fiskateer comes from Bairnsdale in Victoria.....welcome to Karen Fiskateer #9159

Why not make her feel welcome by leaving her a message over at Fiskateers or maybe adding her as a friend.....

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

(Fiskateer 1110)

 

Box it UP ~ by Dianne

Why not have a go at creating a fun Gift Box for your next present giving occasion like Dianne Whiteside has done........here's what Dianne had to say.....

Hi Lyn,

 

I have attached a small box (9.5cm square) decorated with two of the new border punches. 

The flower on top is made with 6 scallop hearts punched out, then folded in half and then each side in half again. I stuck them on with craft glue due to only a small part touching the glue and onto a scalloped circle, then onto the square.  It is finished with a pearl heart.

 

The NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches that Dianne used for this cute GIFT BOX are:

Groovy Rainbow    AND   Dream Weaving

 

Isn't it great to see how the Fiskars Craft Team have been using the WONDERFUL Fiskars Tools!!!  We hope they are inspiring you to create too..............

spotted in Spotlight Bairnsdale TODAY - ooh la la

Playing store detective today in Spotlight Bairnsdale......LOL!  Looky what I spied.................the NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches have hit the shelves.......yeh!!!!

....and in the Haberdashery Department.......some fabulous FISKARS QUILTING TOOLS....

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Background tutorial using Fiskars interchangeable border punches.

Hello there everyone!

Today I am going to share with you a tutorial on how to make a lattice type background using your Fiskars interchangeable border punch and the cartridge dream weaving.

First you need to grab a piece of patterned or plain paper 6 x 6 inches square. you can do different sizes but this size when folding seems to work well. when you pick your paper make sure it is not too thick other wise you will not be able to punch double.

Fold your paper in 1/2 and pop in the punch.

Next punch along your paper almost to the end on both sides but not quite.Open the paper up.

Next, fold the outside edge into the middle of the paper.

Put the folded edge into the punch and once again lunch to almost the edge on both sides.

Open the paper up and do the same thing on the other side.

Once you have done this you can trim the paper to fit your card.

With my card i used Helmars liquid scrap dots (i am in love with this product!) and attached my lattice to my card so it was raised up.

Then all i needed to do was decorate the card! 

I used My Fiskars jenni Bowlin jester border punch for the tab to put the sentiment on. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches. I used Fiskars oak leaf squeeze punch and a Die to cut out the Felt heart.

The Stamped image is from Some odd girl and i coloured with copics.

With the different colours behind the lattice i made it becomes quite an effective background.

Just remember.....

* Do not use to thick paper or scrapbooking paper as it will be too hard to punch.

* When folding your paper to punch you do not have to crease it just fold enough to fit in the punch.

* THink about what colour you are going to use when punching as the patter can get lost in the papers pattern.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have a go!

 

Tara:)

Groovy LAYOUT from Pauline

It's always nice to see how our Fiskars Craft Team use the Fiskars Tools.

Pauline Yousif (VIC) was sent some of the NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches to play with recently...and look what an amazing project she has come up with.....

Pauline was also sent some of the Nostalgia Range from Bella/Fynmark....don't you just love the way she has incorporated the NEW Groovy Rainbow Punch with this gorgeous range of papers.....and embellishments....

Here's what Pauline had to say.....

Just thought I would send through some photos of a 12x12 layout I created using the Bella, Nostalgia products we were sent recently. I have used the Groovy Rainbow Interchangeable Punch around the photo mat and also as a border across the bottom of the page.  I made the flowers and leaves from the paper also, the only thing I added are the Kaisercraft Pearl Flourishes.

Hope you like it.

Kind regards
Pauline

Fiskars donates fab QUILTING prize

                                             Have YOU HEARD OF

 

                                 Stroud Quilt & Craft Interlude ?

                                                     It's being held on

                                           Sat 19th & Sun 20th May 2012

                                                School of Arts Stroud

FISKARS have donated this fabulous FISKARS QUILTING TOOLS prize pack for a raffle with Flip La K

Woludn't you just love to win all these fabulous goodies?

Wondering where STROUD is......it's about 45 minutes North of Newcastle.

Just loving those FISKARS QUILTING TOOLS....ooh la la.............................

 

xoxo

Lyn

 

BABY QUILT - for TREA

Isn't this just gorgeous! Phillipa Godinho from Fiskars HO has finally finished this stunning BABY QUILT which she created for her work collegue.....TREA SURACE.......

Don't you just love the colour scheme.......it's so bright and cheery....

Gosh Pip.....................Trea will love this BABY QUILT.....she is so lucky to have such a wonderful crafty collegue.......you have done an amazing job!!!

I'm sure her baby shall get a lot of pleasure out of this .......

Trea has now gone on Maternity Leave and we can't wait to be able to share pics of her NEW BABY come MAY......woohoo....exciting times!!!!