Hello there, It is Tara here, I thought i would share with everyone some cheeky sneak peeks of the projects i will be doing in the month of AUGUST. Everyone associates Fiskars with card making and paper craft but many of the great Fiskars tools can be used with fabric too! I have a few projects that i will share that used both fabric and card.
So here are 4 sneek peeks!
I hope you are all intrigued!
Tara :)
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Something I like to do when I do a Fiskars Demonstration is to show people how fantastic the Fiskars Border Punches are....and by creating my own Ribbon Lace Swatch I find it easier to show people and to get them inspired to create with them...so why not get out those Border Punches and make your own Swatch....just punch a hole one end and add a ring!!
Mine had to be updated ready for my Fiskars Demo in Spotlight Bairnsdale today!! I'm also in the process of making something similar for my Fiskars Lever Punches....shall share that soon....
If you are in Bairnsdale today....come and craft with me from 11-2pm...I'd love to see you in the store....this is one of my favourite stores!!! We'll be doing some fun EASTER projects!!
Bring the kids in for some Punching fun!!
xoxo
Lyn
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I have decided to play along with the Photo a Day happening on the Fiskars Blog this month.
Yes...I know.. being flat and all at the moment why add another thing.. because the last time I did it I had a blast.
So rather than uploading everyday .. time isn't on my side at the moment with so many deadlines.. I thought it would be a better idea to upload at the end of each week.
So here is what I have managed to photograph this week...
Day 1 - Food
Very appropriate theme for us this week as we had a family and friends catch up. We started this year have an early Christmas catch up as later in the year is an absolute nightmare. Weather wasn't too flash and we had to change the venue at the last minute but it was a fun day in the end. So much yummy food too. Such a shame that we had to have leftovers like what is in the above photo.. and it was soooo hard to eat them too. NOT !!!!
Day 2 - What are you Reading
Unfortunately being a little time poor and feeling like reading don't mix much at the moment. Plus I also felt like reading a few romance type novels... so to solve the problem I grabbed a few trashy romance novels from our local Op shop to tide me over.. I can read for a bit before heading to bed at night time.
Day 3 - In your garden
Photo kindly taken by my eldest daughter.. Yes! pleased to say she is very good with a camera. She had to take some photos of nature for school and this is what she came up with.
Day 4 - Where do you go everyday
Well.. were we go most days.. I try and walk with the kids to school most days. Gets us out of the house, we get exercise and we chat along the way. The younger two children almost leap into the pram when I ask them if they are ready to go to school. Wonder if the eagerness will continue when it is their turn to go to school.
Day 5 - Whats on your television today
Believe it or not, even with a family of four kids the television at the moment is off. Yes I know .. hard to believe. well the older kids had been playing up and were banned from the television. The peace and quiet was so nice. We don't normally watch a lot of television anyway. Well.. we have continued not having the television on most nights now as the kids have decided they prefer to play Lego together! Hard to believe and the silence with them all playing together, is golden!
Day 6 - Your Craft Space
Photo taken at night time.. and the room is hard to take a photo of due to peaked ceiling and room goes around the corner. But yes... I am lucky enough to have my own room.. It is about 7m x 5m and is our attic that you can walk into from upstairs (we have a Tudor style house). I am continuously juggle my three scrap desks around trying to find the perfect arrangement. I have lots of shelves and cupboards to store my HUGE stash... way too much stuff.
Day 7 - Portrait Photo
This is my second youngest daughter, Kiah. Otherwise known and Poppett (by Dad) and Munchkin (by Me). She is a scruffy tomboy that love to wrestle, play dolls, cook and scrapbook. She has an amazing imagination, currently she is called "Jamie" and her "other parents" do similar things to what we do... all according to her that is..lol. Quite a character.
Day 8 - Sport or Exercise
This was my gift to myself late last year. I saved all my scrapbooking classes money and bought myself a Wii.. and "Yes" the kids know it as "Mum's Wii". With four kids and finances being tight at times I found the cost of going to the gym to hard to achieve. Mainly also trying to get to a gym with two littlies in tow as my husband works late, seemed pointless. Hence the purchase of the Wii and Wii Fit. I can now exercise when I have the time at no extra cost.
Day 9 - Your Diary or Calendar
My Calendar and pinboard.. without it I am lost. I do it up on a bimonthly basis on the computer. I love lists and find that a calendar works very well with how I like to be organised. With all the kids schedules, husbands schedule, family that live a distance to visit, having a calender makes out lives just that little easier to work out free time.. or lack of it.
Okay.. off to get some work done while the littlies nap.. then back to the grind stone.. don't forget to check out the blog daily to see what everyone else have been taking their photos of.
Thanks again Kim for a great challenge.
Looking forward to seeing what photos we need to take for the next week.
Cheers, Michelle x
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I thought I would share a layout I did over the weekend. I used the Fiskars Butterfly Shapecutter Template. I thought I would try something a little different. I cut the large butterfly out of the floral patterned paper and backed it with some red patterend paper. After lining it all up I cut the top of the butterfly wings out of the red paper and adhered it behind the floral. I used Fiskars pop dots to make the wings stand up.
The small butterfly is cut out of red patterned paper and folded in half and pop dotted on top of the floral paper. I used Li'l Davis epoxy letter stickers for the title.
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Playing around with the purple and green combo.
Found this photo of my eldest DD and thought I would scrap it. The colours in the photo were very basic so I picked up the colours by using this bold purple and olive green colour combination.
I love the dreamy look she has on her face. Thought it would tie in nicely with the title by journalling about all the thing I hope for her. That is she dreamt of something I am sure that she would be able to achieve anything if she tried.
Here it is:
Products used:
Kimberley Poloson paper range and Clear stamps.
TFL, Michelle x
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Who says that pink and red can't be in the same layout ??
I think they look great together.. as long as you choose the right shades of the two colours they work perfectly.
With colour being the theme of this month I am loving mixing things up and trying colour combinations that most people would not normally try. Though when I got this Cloud (paper range they were just crying out to be mixed up.
The word paper in the background was a real nice pale lolly pink (best way I can describe it really) and I had a scrap of deep red with a flourish print on it that was crying out to be used up. The photo I used for this layout had all the right colours for this photo and I feel, worked really well with it. I even got to play with my scallop heart punch again. Boy! it that punch getting a work out in this household. Even the kids seem to steal the squeeze punches !
Products used:
Cloud 9 Alyssa's Garden paper range
Why not try mixing up your colours on a layout today !
Michelle x
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Here is my picture for red, this is my cousin Dianne who has just arrived in melbourne from Delhi, India. I love this picture of her and she really does look gorgeous in red.
I hope you are all having fun playing along with the colour challenge.
I cannot wait to see what the next colour will be.
Keep Smiling
Wendy
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Go raid your grandmothers button tin, or your mothers one, or maybe you've even got a tin yourself sitting there for use in mending things?
Add some of them to your LO.
Easy to apply, and change - try some rubons across the top of one, or add fabric to change to the colour you require.
So many options. Teeny tiny, big and bold. Grab some buttons and make them part of your LO today.
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Magazine adverts are incredibly full of inspiration. You might see a colour combo that has been used that you'd like to try. There might be a design style you think looks incredible. There might be a theme (summer/winter/Xmas/party) that you can gain some inspiration from.
So next time you're flicking through a mag, keep an eye on the ads and see what draws you in. Then take it further and put it into your page.
And while you're there, put your feet up with a nice cup of tea and enjoy the rest of the mag. LOL.
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A simple one today. Grab out those ink pads, some paint and brushes and splatter some on your page.
Grab those gorgeous Heidi Grace stamps and make some patterns, embellishments.
Add dimension with thick paint. Let it dry, paint over it and then once dry again, sand some off.
Have a play. Try something different. And get messy.
See your LO as if you were a child again and just have fun with these often forgotten about mediums.
Paint and ink, that's where its at today. Enjoy.
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