Hi all
I know its been a while aye... I'm still around.
I have decided to do a video tutorial for you on how I made this card...
forgive me the photo is not clear.
Its taken from the still of the video.
Hope you enjoy the tutorial.
if you want to see how I coloured the flower with copics, go to my blog by clicking here.
Fiskars tools used in this post:
Thanks so much for dropping by
Debbie B
Artycrafty.wordpress.com
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Hi all
something for the boys for valentines day....
A felt heart monster pouch for their little things....
You will need:
Fiskars quilt cutting mat
Fiskars Supersized hearts
Fiskars pinking shears
Fiskars scissors
Fiskars titanium rotary cutter
other items used:
sewing machine, thread, pins, taylors chalk pencil, various felt pieces.
1. draw out your large heart with the template and taylors chalk
2. cut it out. Then using other felt pieces make up another heart the same size...
3. sew a middle strip to the bottom of the heart...
4. Cut out a handle and pin/sew it to the top of the heart.... also attaching it to the black back heart.
5. cut out pieces for the eyes and mouth...and sew them in place onto the front half heart we made at step 3
6. lay the face panel ontop of the back panel and sew around the outside.... and your heart is finished.
hang it in a spot your son can find it when he gets home from school.... with his favourite things inside it... ;)
Hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial...
Thanks for dropping by!
Debbie B
Artycrafty.wordpress.com
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Hi all
You know how I've been making scripture and quote card holders for the ladies at my church group? Well this week I have taken on a different angle....
Decided to make the older ones some home made Potpourri wardrobe hangers.
Here's how I did it...
I already had dried various flowers/orange skins/rosemary etc
I used black felt for the backing
for the front I cut up an old lace top from the second hand store
The ribbon is from my stash - really old stuff from Maya Road.
First:
Trace around the outside of a supersized heart template with a dressmakers chalk pencil and cut out both lace and black felt.
second:
Pin the ribbon inside both lace and black felt (black felt and lace have good sides facing each other). make sure the ribbon if, one sided like mine, is facing up.
Third:
Pin around the outside leaving a gap for stuffing.
Fourth:
sew around the outside - turn in the right way - stuff with your home made potpourri.
Sew closed and you are done!
My daughter got hold of some scraps and decided to design her dolls some dresses so I quickly hand sewed them together....
Looks like I will have a little fashion designer on my hands!
I'm so proud of her.
The Fiskars tools I used in the above projects:
Thanks for dropping by!
Debbie B
Artycrafty.wordpress.com
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Hi all
I had some felt lying around so decided to get onto creating with it....
This Heart Felt Box is made very quickly and for my daughters small hair accessories. But you can put anything in it....
You will need:
Fiskars supersized hearts templates
Fiskars Pinking shears
Fiskars Titanium rotary cutter
Fiskars Square quilt ruler
Fiskars Quilt cutting mat
Also used:
sewing machine, thread, taylors chalk pencil, black and red felt squares
1. get out your felt squares...
2. Cut out 2 strips 3" wide
3. mark and cut out a large heart
4. sew both ends of the red 3" strips but make sure one is on the inside and one on the outside to make a heart - as pictured.
5. Trim with pinking shears to make it look tidy.
6. Pin then sew the red heart sides to the black heart bottom
7. trim edges with your pinking shears and you are finished!
Now fill it with the things you love...
Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial....
Thanks for dropping by!
Debbie B
Artycrafty.wordpress.com
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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
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Hi all
Gosh its hot here in Christchurch, New Zealand!
And yes the ground is still shaking here but only small 3 pointers and under and is hardly noticable. Last weekend we had a 4.6 though and the only thought I had was that it could have waited till I had the DVD on that I was going to watch.... a shake during a battle scene has an awesome 4D effect!
No its not scarey to me here anymore. The kids also shrug it all off. But we are the lucky ones. There are still people having massive problems with EQC and Insurance companies. Not to mention the center of the city is still closed and broken. Buildings are being demolished still and cleared. Orientation is hard especially when we had relyed on buildings as land marks that are no longer there.
Putting that aside everything is right and dandy.... Hot weather for summer. My kids will be going to school next week so I really can't wait till that happens. LOL
But here is a card I decided to put together (i had a spare few minutes).
The layered heart card was put together as follows:
1. take out three sheets of red paper (thin paper) and trim the paper just under the size of the front of the card
2. Then cut a heart using the fiskars Ultra shape express and heart template with the self healing mat to protect your work surface in the middle of each.
3. Take one of these pieces, from the wrong side use your fiskars Shapeboss and sample template - and emboss using the stylus.
4. lightly sand all the embossed hearts etc with a sanding block
5. stick together all red layers
6. stick down all red layers to black cardstock
7. use black paper twine or twine to make a bow in front
8. you are done!
Oh look! Canterbury colours! (Red and Black)
How cool!
Fiskars tools used on this project:
Thanks for dropping by!
Debbie B
Artycrafty.wordpress.com
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ok.....so we all end up with Christmas Cards and if you are like me it's hard to just throw them out....so DON'T.......RECYCLE them...as I have done.
We received some gorgeous Handmade Cards this Christmas so I have decided to re-purpose these.....by just cutting off the top part of the card and attaching this to a new sheet of cardstock....
So I got out my trusty Fiskars Trimmer and started trimming......and here's the re-purposed card that came originally from Tamara...thanks Tam....
Here's another handmade card that I received from Tracy
...and I turned this into a re=purposed card in readiness for Christmas 2013.
I really loved how Tracy created this Christmas Tree....so now I'm spreading the love a little further next Season.....it's a bit like the gift that keeps gifting.....................
Now with the COMMERCIAL CARDS that we received.....I have decided to make little GIFT BOXES......I just sorted through the ones we received today.....
I started with the Square Santa Card........thought this would make a cute little Gift Box.................
Firstly I got out my Fiskars Trimmer and used both the trimming blade and the scoring blade...................I also used my Fiskars Microtip Scissors and Circle Hand Punch and 3 in 1 Corner Punch on the Tag
So now I have another Christmas Gift Box suitable to hold a Voucher/Gift Card....maybe some soaps,perfume,sweets,etc....
All made from a Christmas Card......for further HOW TO instructions on creating the little box......you can view my Video here
I hope I have inspired some of you to have a go at recycling your Christmas Cards......and keep spreading that love of GIVING......don't throw your cards in the bin.....re-cycle....re-purpose....and have fun !
xoxo
Lyn Dwyer
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Last time I was out at the Dollar Tree I spotted these cute little individual serving-sized bottled of Sparkling Red Grape Juice that resembled a fancy wine bottle and thought it would be perfect to dress them up a bit to make our celebration at home feel a little more special for my kids.
I’ve put together some other quick and easy ideas for your holiday celebrating! These ideas work for a New Year’s Eve celebration, but they are also suitable for any celebration whether it be a birthday, anniversary or wedding. Of course, each of these ideas uses some of my favorite Fiskars tools in very simple ways – simple because I want you to spend all your time celebrating this holiday, not slaving over your decorations.
It’s quite traditional to wish everyone to be healthy, wealthy and wise in the coming year and I wanted to put my own spin on wishing my family well by gifting them with words of motivation and affirmation inside of a paper fortune cookie party favor.
They are quite simple to make and only need a few supplies.
First decide upon your ‘fortunes’ and print them in your word processing program. You’ll want your phrases to stretch no longer than 4.5” long and no more than a few typed lines tall. You can google ‘fortune cookie sayings’ if you need help with wording your fortune.
Then, you’ll gather patterned papers and cut a 4.5” circle for each fortune using the Ultra ShapeXpress along with the smallest circle from the Super-Sized Circle Set.
Gently fold circle in half, creasing ONLY 1” in the middle. Open circle and add a glue dot approximately ¼” away from the crease on both sides of the crease. Then pinch the circle in half in the opposite direction of the crease, but DO NOT crease.
Instead, grab the opposing points with your thumb and middle finger, while pushing inward on the crease with your pointer finger. Once the crease starts caving move your pointer finger and tuck the thumb and pointer finger in between the paper to pinch the glue dots together. Slide fortune into cookie. Once you get the hang of this process you can tuck the fortune in the cookie before collapsing the paper to form the cookie shape.
There are many other small ways in which you can put a little fun and sparkle into the occasion. For this next idea, I’ve just customized a standard bag of plain white confetti by adding small pops of color and sparkle to the mix. This is done with just a little hand exercise squeezing the ¼” hand-held circle punch! The punch collects all the little confetti dots as you punch controlling the mess as you go. You’ll be surprise at what a small amount you’ll need to punch to breathe life into the plain white confetti. (Pssst…if you can’t find plain confetti at your discount store, then raid the 2-hole and 3-hole punches at the office. They work beautifully!)
Then, to ‘ring in the new year’, I added jingle bells as a functional embellishment just tied around the top of the tube.
To decorate the ‘fancy’ kid-friendly wine bottles, I simply covered the labels by layering patterned paper, with cardstock and sparkle paper, then finished it off with some ribbons. To add a little more dimension and visual interest, I ran the turquoise cardstock through the paper crimper first. The only thing you’ll have to remember when doing this is to use a stronger adhesive when adhering the crimped paper.
A party wouldn’t be a party without and invitation, now would it!? These invitations were made super simple by using the Ultra ShapeXpress along with the Uppercase Letter ShapeTemplate Set. Cutting the letters with a template ensures that each one is exactly the same and saves tons of time if you are duplicating the design over and over.
Lastly, since it’s a party celebrating the arrival of a new year, you’ll want to play off the ‘2012’ in your décor as much as possible. A ’12 sticker placed on cardstock, then punched using a squeeze punch makes the perfect little embellishment to hang from the neck of a wine bottle, the stem of your wine glass or even as a topper on your tube of confetti.
However it is that you decide to celebrate the New Year, just know that the Fiskars family wishes you a very safe, happy and memorable New Year.
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Hi all, here is a tutorial on how to make this....
Very quick and non expensive.
here is the video for you...
Thanks so much for watching. All the best for this Christmas.
Fiskars tools used in this post...
happy crafting!
Debbie B
Artycrafty.wordpress.com
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Hi all
I decided to crack out the Everywhere punches today and do these cards....
here is a video on how I did them....
I used the Kaiser craft Twig and berry collection papers and cutout pieces.
Happy crafting!
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