Fiskars Craft

new from FISKARS

Just released.......the FISKARS CREATIVITY SYSTEM TOTE BAG......

                           Is this a cool idea or WHAT!!

  Check out all the FUSE DIES that are now available through KAISERCRAFT

                                      http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/newsite/products.php?subcat=101

 

xoxo

Lyn

Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo hits Melbourne

I just received an email in my inbox......so thought I'd share with you all here...

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Not long to go now for all us Melbournites......how darn exciting....starts this Friday March 1st......ooh that's my son's birthday too.....and the first day of Autumn..yeh!!!

Make sure you drop by the Kaisercraft Stand to have a play with the FISKARS FUSE CREATIVITY SYSTEM!

                               

xoxo

Lyn

Blue Butterflies Basket

1. Using the AdvantEdge Punch System die cut the butterfly border from aqua and white paper. Fix the aqua border around the edge using PVA glue.

2. Trim a strip of aqua and white paper to create the handle making the white paper slightly narrower. Using the Interchangeable Punch and Clouds Design punch both sides of the paper and fix together with PVA glue. Attach inside the box.

3. Cut out aqua and white butterflies from the borders. Apply adhesive to the bodies only and fix in place as shown. Decorate the aqua butterflies with self adhesive pearls.

 

             This project was designed by Kath Stewart...isn't it cute!!

I must admit I can't wait for this Advantage Edge System to arrive in Australia....and the Butterfly Design would have to be one of my favourite at the moment.....here's another gorgeous project that Kath has been created using this same design....but this time on a Card....

So are you as excited as I am that we are finally seeing this fabulous Fiskars Tool hit our shores soon?

Want to see some further projects to inspire you and excited you some more......then check this out.......ooh la la....drool.....drool.....drool......LOL!

http://www.fiskars.eu/Crafting-Sewing/Products/Punches/AdvantEdge/0057-AdvantEdge-Punch-System

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

 

Get creative with the FISKARS FUSE

 Why not use the Fuse Creativity System to make yourself or a friend a cool looking leather bracelet as Rebecca Peck did!

Instructions

1. Using the tape measure on the Fiskars Sew Taxi, measure the outside circumference and add 1/2". Measure the width of your bracelet.
2. Using your Fiskars Rotary Cutter, 6" x 12" Acrylic ruler and cutting mat, cut a strip of suede matching the measurements in step 1.
3. Find the halfway point of the strip lengthwise and lightly mark with a pencil.
4. Using a small amount of repositionable adhesive, adhere the design plate debossing side up, to the Medium Base Plate from the Fuse Creativity System.
5. Wipe a damp paper towel on the suede strip. Don't soak the suede, it just needs to be slightly damp. This will make it easier to deboss.
6. Using your center pencil mark as a guide, place the suede strip face down on the design plate, aligning the design where you'd like it to be.
7. Gently place the medium cutting plate on top, rubber side down, and insert it into the Fuse Creativity System. Turn the handle clockwise to run the "sandwich" through the system.
8. Remove the sandwich, lift the suede strip and position it face down on the design plate where you want the next debossed area to be. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until your entire strip is debossed. Let the strip dry completely.
9. While your suede strip is drying, use a sponge to cover the inside and edges of the bangle with the InkaGold, following the manufacturer's directions for application.
10. Once dry, wrap the suede strip around the outside of the bangle. Mark the excess lightly with a pencil, unwrap it and use your rotary cutter, cutting mat and ruler to trim the strip to the proper length.
11. Using a sponge, gently rub some rust colored ink and InkaGold on the suede strip to highlight the debossing. Do not push it into the debossed areas of the design.
12. Working on a small section at a time, adhere the suede strip to the bangle.
13. Add the crystals or rhinestones to the bracelet once the adhesive has dried..........................................................................................

Medium Design Set 101100 - Element

• Item: 101100-1001

Straight Rotary Blade (45 mm)

• Item: 195210-1001

For further inspiring projects that can be created using the FISKARS FUSE......pop on over to http://www2.fiskars.com/Inspiration-Projects/Fuse-Projects

* * * EXCITING TIMES AHEAD - NEW FISKARS TOOLS heading DOWN UNDER

Just had to share some exciting news with you all........................

It's what we have all been waiting to hear.....

Two fabulous FISKARS SYSTEMS  are coming to AUSTRALIA in the next few months.

 The fabulous FUSE CREATIVITY SYSTEM a creativity system that can die-cut and letterpress in one easy pass.............................AND the exciting

ADVANTAGE EDGE PUNCHING SYSTEM....................

 

AdvantEdge™ Punch System

Our AdvantEdge™ Punch System lets you add a perfectly aligned border design to a project, then switch the punch cartridge to add a different border to your next scrapbook page or handmade card. The innovative design of our starter set includes slide-and-lock technology that lets you keep the paper in one place while the punch cartridge slides from one lock-in slot to the next for a perfectly aligned border. This helps eliminate mistakes that waste costly craft materials and causes reworks. Use our AdvantEdge™ Interchangeable Border Cartridges for 2.75" border designs that are larger than any other border punch design on the market, or choose our standard Interchangeable Border Punches for smaller, more traditional border designs.

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Keep checking in here as Debbie and I share more exciting info about these two exciting NEW TOOLS over the coming months!

Phillipa(Pip) has just returned from CHA and has sent through some pics from the FISKARS CHA BOOTH.......we'll share them in the next few days......it looked amazing and from all reports was one of the most popular Stands at CHA this time around..................no wonder with such fabulous tools!!!!

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

CHA ~ FISKARS sneaky peeks

Hi everyone,

Well the crafting world is all a-buzz as CHA begins in the US......and if you are like me you like to see some sneaky peeks of what's NEW....and what's coming out....well looky what I found here .....you can also surf the site and see previews of lots of fun craftiness being released....

Thought you might like to look for yourselves! I love all the NEW dies for the FUSE CREATIVITY SYSTEM.......and the NEW Stamps....great to see Theresa Collins partnering up with FISKARS to create some fun NEW Stamps.

xoxo

Lyn

 

Looky what I spied tonight

I called into SPOTLIGHT BAYSWATER tonight on my way home from Melbourne to have a look see at their VIP Christmas Night fun.......and spotted these cool 3 in 1 Fiskars Rotating Squeeze Punches.....

Lots of cool ORANGE and WHITE Fiskars Trimmers on the shelves........but I decided to spend my $10 VIP VOUCHER on one of these cute reindeeers......

I'm going to be altering him in time for Christmas....... I usually alter one of the Kaisercraft Wooden Projects each Christmas but this year I have decided to do something a little different from the norm.....

Do you have plans to create something fun for Christmas this year ? Wanna' share with us all?

We love seeing what our readers do with their Fiskars Craft Tools......so feel free to send through any projects to

                   [email protected]

Please put CHRISTMAS SHARE in the subject line.......ooh and don't forget to check in here next week when we start our CARD A DAY FEATURE....starts next Thursday November 15th. Send us through some cards....and we'll add them to our feature.

...and nearly forgot....I'll be sharing my Step by Step Instructions for my Photo a Day Mini Album...starting next Wednesday Nov. 14th......so some fun projects shares coming up in the lead up to Christmas.....and I know Debbie is working on some fun Sewing Projects as well.....exciting times ahead!

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

spotted in Bayswater Spotlight - NIGHT OWL

Did you know that the Fiskars Night Owl squeeze Punch is available in Spotlight Stores....would be a great tool for crafting Halloween Projects.......I spotted these in my local Spotlight Store in Bayswater today when I took a quick trip down there looking for some craft glue to take to the Royal Melbourne Show this Saturday.

I really only needed the liquid adhesive.......but after chatting to another lady in the store....half an hour later I left....with the Helmar 450 adhesive.....AND......2 rolls of Christmas Wrap paper, a Fundamentals A4 Decoupage Pack which is on sale for $3.....and some 3 year old Fiskars Scissors for my grandon SAM.........LOL!  At least I got $10 off with my VIP Discount Voucher....he.he.

I spotted these Interchangeable Border Punches and extra Cartridges on the shelves along with these..

.......some Fiskars Kids Scissors...I grabbed a pair of the 3+ ones at $2.99 for SAM.....I love how Fiskars cater for all ages with their great scissor range.....I don't know another company that does this in such a BIG way.......lots of different cartridges for the Fiskars Everywhere Punch

I must admit I love shopping in this store as it always has such a HUGE RANGE of FISKARS CRAFT TOOLS.....and also lots of the Ruby Rock It, Fundamentals and Bella products that I like to use in my crafting projects.

The Fiskars Circle Cutter is still on the shelves in slightly different packaging....this is a great tool for making those 1" to 8" circles.

....and HEY look what else I spotted on the shelves......some NEW Limited Edtion Squeeze Punches like Tracy spotted in her local Spotlight the other day in Frankston.....ooh la la.......gotta' love that Dragon fly punch.......shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I've had one here since last year compliments of the then Lead Fiskateer Rebecca Peck.......and I must admit I love using it on my Cards.

.....these limited edition punches also come in the Lever Punch....Spotlight are ranging the Horse Punch and the Seahorse Punch.....both very cute punches and fun punches for the kids to use.

Have YOU spent your $10 VIP discount Voucher yet? Actually maybe this was just the Bayswater store doing this....I'm not too sure.....another thing I love about shopping in Spotlight....

Did you know that you can ask for a Shopping Bag Card.....and each time you shop without using one of their plastic bags you get your card punched.....and after so many punches....you get 25 % off any one item.......not bad hey!! The lovely ladies in Spotlight Bairnsdale told me about this offer last year...thanks Coral and Rhonda.

Well that's my Fiskars product spotting for this week! Have you spotted some Fiskars Craft Tools in a store near you?

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

 

CHERISH the little moments - Melissa

One of our very talented Fiskars Demonstrators from WA (Melissa Docking)has been having fun with her Fiskars Punches and particularly her NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punches......here's what she had to say a few days ago

Hi Lyn,

Have had the chance to get a couple of layouts done last night.
 
The 'Cherish the little moments' layout uses:
 
Bella fusion - pink range of papers and chipboard title and white and pink cardstock.
extra large scalloped circle squeeze punch
Scalloped border punch for the stems
Lacy Double interchangeable border punch
Daisy Chain interchangeable border punch
trimmer &
large funky heart squeeze punch for the leaves

 

.......the photo for Melissa's layout above was taken by http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Images-by-Jade/187940007884436

The second layout 'adventure just cos I wanna' uses:
 
Bella fusion = blue range of papers and HandiKraft paperz as well as scraps of blue,black and white cardstock
Apron lace border punch on a strip approx. 2.2cms wide.
fingertip craft knife
trimmer

.....thanks for sending these through Melissa....love how you have used the Fiskars Punches!!!  It's also nice to see some project shares from Western Australia.......we love seeing what other crafters do with the Fiskars Tools!

 Have you been crafting lately with some Fiskars Tools? Wanna' share with us all?

Feel free to send through any projects anytime......as crafters we all love to share what we do.....

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

THINK PINK....coming soon.....SH...SH...SH

........GOTTA' LOVE pink scissors RIGHT?

COMING SOON..................................sh..........sh...........sh.....more details in the coming weeks....so make sure you drop by here for all the latest FISKARS PRODUCT NEWS.......and we have some fun things planned for the Month of OCTOBER for BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH......BE BACK SOON!

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer