Fiskars Craft

Valentine Day cards

Using the new Woodland Tree template I cut a portion of the tree for the main card which is 6 x 4 inches.  Then simply decorated using the punches shown.

With white cardstock offcuts I made a couple of 2 inch cards (easy peasy using the trimmer measurements and scoring blade).

These were decorated with hearts cut from the tree template and some leftover letter stickers.  I intend to give these to my kids attached to a block of chocolate (probably the new YELLOW chocolate which was developed for the recent Telecom advert).

Don't worry if you still haven't made your card... these didn't take long at all.

Rock painting!

While we were on holiday on the West Coast, we collected some cool shaped rocks.  Today the kids decided they wanted to paint some of them... as we'd originally planned.

So... out came newspaper and my scrapbook paints, and my old Fiskars aprons to save their clothes!

They are still base coating their rocks as their attention span isn't the greatest at the moment.  Meanwhile I raced ahead and within no time I'd completed this! 

I used my new Woodland tree template for the cloud and bird and added some old (KI Memories?) rubons.  They went on easily to my delight! 

I'm not sure if it's finished yet.  Meantime, I can see the Cupcake template working well too.

I'm planning to use my rocks to anchor the newspaper while reading at the outdoor table:)

Card using fabric and felt scraps

This was a simple card to make using little bits of fabric and felt left from other projects.

I used 3 different templates for the circle and bird parts and just cut the fabric with pinking shears.

Some blanket stitching around the felt gives some contrast.

Easy peasy.  Now I must drag out my sewing machine and use it for fabric!!  It's only sewen paper for the last few years!

Hope this inspires you to use your template shapes with fabric as well as paper.  I have some other ideas brewing now......

TFL:) Donna

50th Anniversary Card

My uncle and aunty are having their 50th wedding anniversary soon.  They are also my God-Parents so I wanted to send them a special handmade card.

I'd forgotten I had some Cloud 9 vellum flowers and ribbon left and the Kimberley Poloson flourish rubons are a gold colour too.  Perfect!  Some silver Heidi Swapp Alphas and clear heart balanced it all out.

TFL:)  Off to make some more cards....

Card using alpha oddments

For this card I used a shaped cardstock.  You could easily achieve the same effect using a finger tip knife or the Ultra ShapeXpress on freehand mode.

Like me, you may have a huge assortment of odd alphas left over.  Find colours and different shapes to fit your word and space.

 

Merry " Fisk-mas " oops we mean Christmas!!!

Hi everyone,

We would all like to wish you a lovely Christmas Day!  May you have a lovely time with family and friends no matter where you are around the world! Stay safe and if you are travelling be careful on the roads!

" We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"

         xoxo          Fiskars Craft Ambassador TEAM

 

      

  

 

  

     





 

Here's where I'll be spending Christmas...

 This time on Christmas Eve I hope to be arriving in New Plymouth, Taranaki to spend Christmas with our families.

For those of you not familiar with New Zealand, it's the bump mid way down the left side (West Coast) of the North Island.  I was born and lived here until my husband brought us to Auckland for work.  I now feel like I have 2 homes. 

Apart from spending time with my parents and sisters, plus my parents in law after Christmas, we're attending a family reunion on Dad's side of the family and as part of that we're visiting Mt Taranaki (hopefully there won't be snow like this!!).  The kids are excited about that as they've only been there once before.  For me growing up, it felt like it was in my backyard sometimes!!  We'll be driving around the coast & visiting the surf beaches.  Walking along the beachfront walkway, visiting the Festival of Lights at Pukekura Park and probably (hopefully) relaxing.

The presents are wrapped and the countdown is on.  These photos are taken - top one from my parents kitchen and the bottom one from my in laws place.  They get awesome west coast sunsets.

Wishing you all a Wonderful Holiday Season.  Stay tuned for more stories from the Ambassadors!

Donna xx

ETA:  Forgot to say that this is where most of The Last Samauri (with Tom Cruise) was filmed and Fleetwood Mac just had 2 concerts at The Bowl of Brooklands there last weekend.  Shame we missed that!

A quick mini album for Christmas!

Here's an idea for those hard to buy for people like Grandparents.  My parents and in-laws live in another city and so we only see them a few times a year.  I know they love to keep up with what we're up to, especially the kids as they are growing up so fast at the moment!

I didn't want to create an over-embellished album, nor did I want it to take long - as I have to make 2 of them.

My idea was "keep it simple' - photos & journaling the focus and the same format throughout.

1. Album - I used an old Basic grey shaped 6x6 inch chipboard album.  I divided it in two and cut a few extra pages from thin chipboard.

2. Photos - I chose a portrait of each of the kids & one of us as a couple - 6x4 inch.  I also made up a 6x4 inch collage for each of us in a photo program of highlights of the year.

3. Papers - I gathered together any papers I had in colours coordinating with the photos.

4. Fiskars Punches - They made easy work of borders and a backing for flower embellishments.

5. Fiskars Shape Template - For journaling I used the new "Brackets and Journal" template to make a journaling spot for each page.

6. Fiskars Fingertip knife - Invaluable for cutting around the edges as I 'wallpapered' each page.

7. Embellishments - Cloud 9 flowers from an old range with jewels added.

8. Ink - Fantastic for blending all edges - hides any imperfect cuts!

Now I just need to finish the journaling and complete the second album!

Another squeeze punch quickie!

I'm loving making cards lately. I find that if I pull out a bunch of tools and papers, they come together really quickly.

I've already made my Christmas cards as part of the November "menu" challenge, so have quickly put together a few 'other than Christmas' cards to add to my stash.  These may inspire you to do some creating on those lazy holiday days after Christmas!

I used a scalloped circle cardstock which has been in my stash for years - simply cut in half, then scored and folded in half.

Here's a photo of the punches used to make the flowers and borders. 

The Cardinal punch is NEW and available to be ordered from Wholesalers.  I can see this will be a really cute birdie addition to my work!

The large circle scallop is not a Fiskars punch (as I purchased this some time ago), but the same style is now available from Fiskars.

Quick Christmas gift bags

It literally took me longer to decide on papers and tools than it did to put these bags together.

I had a lot of fun using the new Fiskars templates which are now available to be purchased from the Wholesalers.  Hopefully these will appear in Australia and NZ stores soon because they are COOL!!

The Christmas shapes template is from last Christmas.

I used a bit of glittery paint to give them a festive feel and changed the canvas handals to ribbon.

Maybe they will be used for the teacher's gifts ... if they pass the kid's approval!  (Those of you with a 12 year old son will understand that!).

I forgot to draw the birdies feet... must go do that.

TFL:) Donna