Fiskars Craft

Card a Day ~ Burgundy CD Card by Azza

Today's card share comes from Fiskars Demonstrator Azza Sedrak from New South Wales....Azza has a real flair for Altered Projects.....don't you just love her latest idea for a unique and fun Christmas Cards....I love this idea....might just have to give it a try!

Azza has made creating this fun card so easy for us all by adding a Step by Step Instruction Sheet that you can find at Download BURGUNDY CD CARD

If you decide to have a go at creating a card using Azza's technique.....send us through a pic so that we can see what you have done.

 

Materials/tools:                 

                                 Burgundy card 29.5cm x 16cm folded in half

                                Cream shimmer card 11.5cm x 14cm

                                Burgundy card 12cm x 12cm

                                Cream card 7.8cm x 2.5cm (stamped with verse of choice)

                               Fiskars Border Punch Lace (Use to punch cream shimmer paper)

                                Cream and gold flourish of choice.

                                CD

                                Gesso, Paint burgundy, gold and blue

UTEE gold. Heat gun, Versmark stamp pad and stamp with texture or words.

                                Glitter

                                Heat gun

                                Flourish and Image of choice

                                Double sided tape and Papertole gloss

1. Layer cardstock with double sided tape (see image for placement).
2. Gesso CD and once dry paint in Burgundy once dry highlight some areas with gold and blue paint.
3. Once CD is dry place double sided tape all over the back outer edge.  Start placing cream paper that has been punched out with Fiskars Lace Border Punch (make sure cream paper is only 2.5cms in width) bend paper as you place onto the back of the CD.
4. Place image on CD using papertole gloss.
5. Pat versmark stamp pad on CD where UTEE will go see image for placement.  Place UTEE on top and heat with heat tool while UTEE is still hot place more UTEE and heat do this once more then sprinkle a little glitter on UTEE and heat.  Place versmark on stamp and while UTEE is still hot stamp into.
6. Place flourish on CD with papertole gloss.
7. Place stamped verse onto CD with double sided tape.
8. Place CD on card using double sided tape.

 

working on a fun Off the Page Project

Well it's been awhile since I created a fun OFF THE PAGE PROJECT........but I'm working on one at the moment....

Can you guess what it might be...................look carefully at the pics....it's messy and fun

My paints were happy to come off the shelf for a day......LOL!

Now here's the best clue.......................mmmm wonder what this means.......LOL!

In the process of gathering up supplies for my project I had a clean out of my drawers.....they too were in shock horror as I opened them up..................LOL! I'm sure I heard them whispering " OMG thank goodness..... we can breathe.....she's finally remembered us......."

I find crafting very therapeutic....and at the moment I needed to do something fun and for the family!

I'll share the final project with you all once finished................there's going to be lots of PINK in this project..................ooh there's another hint!

 

                          Are you working on any PINK PROJECTS this month?

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Counting down the days

How do you count down the days to Christmas?  Do you use an Advent Calendar.......have you made your own Advent?  Do you use a brought one with Chocolates? If you have made one....send through some pics...we'd love to see it......sent to

                             fiskarscraft@yahoo.com.au

Here's what I am using this year.....it's one of my favourite Christmas Count Down Projects...I have a few and just alternate them each year....

Each year I try and embellish at least 1 Kaisercraft Project....this one was created a few years ago using the gorgeous product from Heidi Grace Designs....

Had fun getting the paints out with this one and lots of fussy cutting around some of ther reindeers...

In case you missed my projects for this Christmas....SANTA SLEIGH...here's it is again for you.

I just need to get some fluffy material from Spotlight for underneath along the fireplace hearth.....

 Once again I used product from my stash to complete the SANTA SLEIGH! Left over embellishments from my last Fiskars Demonstration....some tinsel from my xmas box and even SANTA has been in our Xmas Box for quite a few years.....so now he gets his own sleigh with Rudolph in the Lead.....LOL!

Happy Christmas Crafting!!!

XOXO

Lyn Dwyer

Kids crafting in the holidays

Kids Crafting – Octopus Puppet

Difficulty rating: Beginner

Designer: Valerie Salmon

What child would not want to make this cute little octopus? Did you know that this little fella is made out of an empty toilet paper roll? Plan a creative earth-friendly activity with your kid/s to bring this adorable creature to life using items that are readily available at home. Decorate your mini octopus with dots, stripes, buttons, googley eyes, and more!

Instructions:

1. Wad about 3 sheets of kleenex into a ball, then wrap the ball with 1 more kleenex sheet. Insert it at the top of the tube to create a domed head for the octopus.

2. Paint the outside of the tube and the top of the head. Let dry.

3. Using a decorative paper edger, make 8 equal vertical cuts halfway up the tube to make the tentacles.

 

4. Curl each tentacle upwards by rolling them on a sharpie marker.

5. Paint the underside of each tentacle.

6. Use buttons for eyes and use the "cup handle" of the Bistro Brew squeeze punch for the smiling mouth.

7. Add 1/4 inch circles using a contrasting colored cardstock. Adhere the dots all over the octopus' body. Add a band around its head.

 *** There are lots of fun crafting projects being shared over at

http://www2.fiskars.com/Activities/Crafting

Judging Day at Whittlesea Show today - Lyn

WOW ....what a great day I have had today Judging the Scrapbooking Sections at this year's Whittlesea Show so I wanted to share some of my day with you all.

Living in the Upper Yarra Area of the Yarra Valley.....I headed off early over them there mountains to the other end of the Yarra Valley...passing through Healesville,Kinglake ,Pheasant Creek and Kinglake West.......if those towns sound familiar.....you probably heard about these towns during the horrific Victorian Bushfires last year.......here's some of the pics I took today....these were taken in the Kinglake West area.....

Although it was nice to see some re-growth happening in some areas.....there are still many areas where trees have been totally wiped out and driving along the road from Toolangi this morning to Kinglake was quite eerie......still lots of trees dropping branches along the way...and still roadworks going on......workmen everywhere today.....

Nice to see the re-growth...it's amazing how tolerant the Aussie Bush can be....

I arrived quite early this morning at Whittlesea...made it in 1 and 1/4 hours......so good....and "no" I wasn't speeding.......LOL! So what's a girl to do to fill in time.....why check out the shops and have a Coffee of course.....

Once again I was welcomed and given my table with two Stewards.....we had a great day......lovely luncheon was provided to all Judges.....and I got to catch up with Louise Robinson Life Member of the Royal Melbourne Show...who was there to judge the Special Needs Sections.

I was told after I had finished Judging the Scrapbooking Sections that some of the people in a few of the layouts had died in the Bushfires and a family member had scrapped these layouts ....such an emotional thing to do but also great therapy to use a craft in this way......recording family memories....after all Scrapbooking is about preserving memories and telling the stories for generations to come.......but I do understand how hard this can be after losing someone!

I love looking around the other Crafts on Judging Day.....you get to see things up close and personal before the Glass Doors go on.....I'd like to thank Vivien for allowing me to take these pics of her Gorgeous work in the "Work by One Person" Section.......

Vivien had made 5 different Projects using 5 different crafts.....(criteria for this Class)

1) Quilt - Embroidery

2) Bag - Patchwork

3) Lady - Painting

4) Gumnut Doll - Knitting

5) Booties - Felt

Here are some close ups...I hope you enjoy seeing these.......firstly the Quilt.....

Secondly the Bag.....

Next the Lady......

and how cute is this little Gumnut Doll.......

....and last but not least these gorgeous little Felt Booties that Vivien created.....isn't she Multi-talented!

I'm always amazed at how creative crafters can be and I always get soooooooo inspired after attending a Show......love seeing such a variety of crafts all in one Pavilion.

The Whittlesea Show opens this Saturday and Sunday so if you are in the area...why not pop on in and see more of these fabulous projects in the Homecrafts Pavilion. Here are further details for you

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

 

 

 

Card Holder ~ Lyn

Why not create a fun Card Holder to hold this year's Christmas Cards!!

I sure had fun embellishing and altering this Card Holder from Kaisercraft......I just love their OTP products....and of course also used some of their Christmas Range of papers as well. 

Step by Step:

1.I painted the trunk,baubles and the sides of the tree with some gold and green paint from my stash.

2. Used my Fiskars Personal Trimmer to cut the paper...I left some gaps as I arranged paper on tree.

3. Adhered the paper to the tree base and left to dry for about half an hour.

4. Trimmed along the edges of paper with my Fiskars Fingertip Control Knife.

5. I did both sides of the tree.Finished one side ...then repeated the process.

6. Decorated the baubles with some Kaisercraft pearls and Bling.

7. Adhered the bottom half of the baubles only to the tree....just spaced them out.

8. Next added some butterfly and holly embellishments I purchased from Spotlight VIP Night.

9.Added some cards that we have already received this year.

If you have missed some of the Card a Day shares that have been on here this month...then don't worry....you can just click on the link below this post and it shall take you to all the Cards that have been shared.......click on the Christmas link below here.....and it shall take you to some Christmas projects....we hope that we are inspiring you to create something handmade this Christmas!

If you would like your own Fiskars Craft Logo     
and link to add to your own Blog you can see instructions here that way you can also help spread the Fiskars love and also make it easy to click on from your own Blog...... 

xoxo

Lyn

My first BABY share for this Nana to be

Well I'm slowly getting into BABY MODE...... I thought I'd share my first BABY project with you all.......seeing I'm going to be a Nana in September for the first time!   Can't wait.....(click on the pics for an enlarged view)

I have used a Kaisercraft Wooden BABY word .

I painted all the letters first.....and sanded the edges.

 Added some Ink by Steph Pattern Paper on two letters and trimmed around with my Fiskars Fingertip Control Knife...then sanded off around the edges.

 Next I added some flowers and brads....and the cute little metal BABY FEET I got from "Scrapsadaisy"....adhered using "sticky dots"...I love these little things...use them all the time!

Just had to wind some thin blue ribbon around the "B" and some ribbon around the  "A"

Also added some 3 -D embellishments from my stash......Cloud 9 Finley's Estate.

So this is my first BABY project for my first grandchild........I'll be giving this to Brendan and Sally just before the BABY is born......so that it can hang on the wall in the Baby's room!

I have another few BABY projects on the go......so will share those also when I've finished them.

xoxo                                                    

Lyn Dwyer

Journaling - Point Form

One of my favourite ways to journal is in point form.

I love just jotting down random facts about a person, place or occassion. It's a really quick way of journaling and an great way of summarising an event.

You will have to excuse the quality of these pics. We have a very dull, damp day here. We really need the rain although there doesn't seem to be a lot of the wet stuff falling.

I used Li'l Davis Travel Range, a clear stamp from the Kimberly Poloson 'Nature's Flora' range stamped in cream paint and my trusty Fiskars Rotarty Trimmer.

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Christmas Tag Art

Hello everyone in blog land. I've been a bit quiet here haven't I. Well I've been hanging out with Tim Holtz! Oh ok you got me.... not with the "man" himself but his blog. At the moment he is having is infamous "12 tags of Christmas."

Its so much fun and I'm learning heaps!
"Keep your mind open - you may learn a thing or two."

All tags were made with the tag template and the Ultra Shape express from Fiskars.

The snow tag was stamped with Cloud 9 - Christmas Is... - clear stamps - snowflakes and the Fiskars clear stamps - 'tis the season - snowman of course with Fiskars stamp press.

The Merry Christmas tag was made using the Christmas-2 Template (bell and bauble) and the "Merry Christmas" is from the Fiskars Clear stamps - 'tis the season.

OOOH must not forget the white and red ribbon is from Li'l Davis - Rockstar Ribbon Ruby.

These two tags are made with the following Fiskars tools....

Joy tag: the JOY letters are from Christmas Joy kit from Cloud 9 and decorated with kindy glitz. The stamped images - holly leaves (enhanced with pen), bells (enhanced with kindy glitz), Noel word and people are all done with Fiskars clear stamps - 'tis the season.

Snowman tag: Snow man was made by using the round tag from the Tag template and the Ultra shape express(USE) from fiskars. The USE was used freehand to cut out the hat, eyes, twig arms holly leaves, carrot nose. The Holly Berries are red raindots from Cloud 9 and the snow flakes are done with cloud9 - Christmas is... clear stamps. Ribbon is Lil Davis rockstar ribbon ruby. The chipboard letters were from Heidi Grace - Day Dream believer... I ripped the patterned part off the chipboard letters and inked them up.

So have I got you interested? Go to Tim Holtz blog and join us in the 12 tags of Christmas...... tomorrow is day 9.

i hope you have time to enjoy your creativity this Christmas.