Fiskars Craft

Flower making Tutorial x3

Hi all... I'm on a flower making fettish at the moment and decided to share it with you. ;)
Also a good way to use up your bits of scrap paper.
Some of these have been adapted from other Tutorials from the internet.

The First flower we will be making is....
Scallop punch flower.

1. Punch 3 Scallop Circles with the Fiskars XL Sealed with aproval Squeese punch

2. Cut at every second dip in the scallops (there will be a one bump left- but never mind that)

3. one spray of water onto each scallop circle

4. Squew up the flower carefully and then make it flat again

5. Quick dry the scallops with a heat gun.

*******See "Footnote" here for variations before going further******

6. Glue the layers ontop of each other

7. Put your chosen flower center in the flower

Top to bottom.... Flowersoft Heather, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Cloud9 raindot --- the centers are endless in what you can put there.

****foonote***
Before gluing the layers together try:
a. inking edges in darker ink pad such as Early Espresso ink pad by Stampin Up!

b. Gold or silver heat emboss the flower petals

 

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Second Tutorial: Boarder Punch Flower Tutorial

The aboved flower is made with the Fiskars Grass boarder punch. Cool aye.
1. Punch the grass boarder punch

2. Cut the strip at 2cm mark on the fiskars SureCuts Trimmer

3. Punch out a circle with Fiskars L circle squeeze punch

4. Spritz the punched boarder with water

5. Squew up the boarder and then make it flatish again

6. Get out a good strong tape glue or a hot glue gun and use the circle as a base.
Start out in them middle working around till you finish the boarder strip.

I made sure the petals wher pointing up and not flat at first when I was working it.

7.  Trim the circle to the base of the flower, flatten out the flower with your fingers and add some Flowersoft or your choice of center and that flower is done!

 

 

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Flower Tutorial number 3: Ultra Shape Express flower

1. This flower is done with the Ultrashape Express cutter and Cupcake template.

Cut three of the flowers out from the template

2. With a foam pad and a Fiskars embossing stylus mark out lines from the petals on the font side

3. With the larger ball of the embossing stylus on the back side of the flowers lightly shape between the embossed lines... then flip it back over to the front side and emboss the middle of the flowers...

4. Glue all the layers together as shown...

5. now add your choice of center and you are done!

 

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Now no lot of new embellishments is any good without some packaging to help display your new goodies!
Get a cereal box and cut a piece from it to fit into a ziplock sandwich bag...

Now blue tack the flowers to the cardboard and put into the bag.

Now your new embellishments await your very command!
(I find pre-making and putting my embellishments in bags helps keep their shape and are easy to use straight away without having to make some extra thing when doing a layout/project or card etc)

Happy creating!

If you do a layout using this sketch we would love to see it.
email us: [email protected]

Debbie Buckland
artycrafty.wordpress.com

Card,bookmark,placecard and a RAK

Thought I'd share with you my latest projects for Tips and Techniques(Creative Punching) the old (SM Technique Corner)as seen over at Craftlovers.com

You can get the instructions by visiting the site over there......take time to look around...it really is a great site!

To celebrate this great change in the Scrapbooking Memories on-line site.....I have a brand new copy of the latest issue of SM to give away. All you have to do is pop on over and have a look around the site...then come back and leave a comment below here.......winner shall be announced Monday!

I'm sure this would look good under anyone's Christmas Tree. I'll even Gift Wrap it for you!

  and these punches are now available from Wholesalers.....so just in time for Christmas! These are Seasonal Squeeze Punches......and would make a lovely edition to a crafters stash!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Scrapbooking Memories Technique Corner

Head over to the Scrapbooking Memories website and check out the gorgeous layout by Angela O'Neale in the Technique Corner section.

Ang has created a stunning layout using 'Nature's Flora' by Kimberly Poloson and some of our wonderful Fiskars tools.

http://www.scrapbookingmemories.com.au/tech_corner.php

Technique Corner ~ Yes that's ME! I'm twisting and a-flipping....

I'm the new Dawn Stan........LOL!

You can see my tips on using the new FISKARS TWIST AND FLIP on-line now at Scrapbooking Memories - Technique Corner

They have Dawn down in the promo.....LOL! But hey.......I love what Dawn does......so I take that as a compliment.......

I have also created a u-tube video on this punch so see if you can find it by searching our Blog!

**  start by clicking on the "past videos" link on the  lefthand side.....see it over there........good luck! **

Hope you find it helpful!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Tool Tip: stencils and templates

Hi everyone Debbie here again....
I've been doing more experimenting.

Here I have a packet of makeup sponges. Some different colours of ink, old chipboard and plastic embellishment sheets, squeeze punches, scrap of cardstock and a shape template.

Grab your plastic "template" (used plastic shape negatives) and a spare piece of paper.
Dab the makeup sponge onto the desired colour ink pad

Dab/twist the inked sponge over the shape you desire.

Done!

Try it with other "templates" like the negative images of a chipboard sheet....

You can also mix colours and use the Fiskars Shape templates upside down (Cannot read the word Fiskars)

here I dabbed blue around the outside

then chose a smaller circle and dabbed with a purple.

A nice two toned circle.

Or try this....

Used your squeeze punch with a piece of old cardstock
Dab the inked sponge over the star

And get a perfect star! Cool huh?

Well off I go again and see what else I can come up with. Get more out of your tools by experimenting. Till then have fun!
Debbie Buckland

Technique Corner @ Scrapbooking Memories

Check out this months Scrapbooking Memories technique corner featuring Cloud 9 Design, Sorbet Villa page kit, Stamp Blocks and Border Stamps. All products are available at K-Mart, Officeworks and Spotlight.

http://www.scrapbookingmemories.com.au/tech_corner.php

Doing corners with the the border punch

I've always loved the Fiskars border punches. I personally think they are completely ingenius. What I'm hoping to do is walk you through some simple instructions on how to punch a perfect corner with the border punch.

For the example I've used the Fiskars treading water border punch, but you could use any Fiskars border punch instead.

STEP 1 (top left photo) Find this ridge on the top of your fiskars border punch. Use this ridge as your lining up guide for doing your corners with the border punch.

STEP 2 (top right photo) Insert your paper right side up into your border punch, line the edge of your paper to the ridge. Hold firmly in place and punch.

STEP 3 (bottom left photo) slide paper out of your punch and flip paper over so the wrong side is now facing up. Turn paper and insert back into border punch, again lining up the edge of your paper to the ridge. Hold firmly in place and punch.

STEP 4 (bottom right photo) Move your paper along the base of your border punch and line up the punched put image to the painted shiloutte on the base of your punch.

HELPFUL HINTS.... * Make sure your paper is pushed all the way in to the back of your border punch.

                             * Be patient and careful with your lining up, as it directly effects the end result.

                             * Play around first on some scrap paper, it can abit tricky until at first.

I've tried to make these instructions as clear as I can, If you have any questions just leave a comment and I"ll get back to you.

One last photo, a close up of the corner.

Happy punching

Jacky

Scrapbooking Memories- Technique Corner

Over at the Scrapbooking Memories website the new Technique Corner is up for your viewing.

http://www.scrapbookingmemories.com.au/tech_corner.php

This month we feature the Fiskars Fingertip Knife and Heidi Grace Designs, Urban Acres Blvd range.

I love this range. Love the colours and they are suitable for boys,girls, heritage, Christmas or whatever you wish to scrap kind of pages.

Anyone who owns a Fiskars Fingertip Craft Knife will tell you how much they love to use it and how easy it is compared to a standard craft knife.

Using stamps to decorate chipboard.......

Hello, hope you are having a fantastic weekend, I thought i would share a little technique with you to show you a different way to use your stamps. 

As some of you know I am a lover of the Heidi Grace clear stamp sets and i have used the paisley flower out of the "Wild Daisy Rd" clear stamp set.  I love this stamp and have a lot more things planned with it!!

I took part in an online challenge and this is the title I did for my page.  I wanted it to be fun and bright.  I used a quote that appeared on the Fiskars blog earlier on in the week ( I have a little book and i write down the ones that take my fancy) - it was "FIND SOMETHING TO LAUGH ABOUT EVERY DAY"

First I covered chipboard letters in white bazzill and cut around with the new craft knife.....

Then i stamped this image all over the pieces randomly using black stazon ink......

this is what they look like.............

I then coloured them with Staedtler triplus fineliner pens and they turned out like this, full of life and colour.........

Lots of fun and lots of colour, pull out your stamps and have a go, you'll be more than pleased with the results.

Cheers

Annette :0)

Technique Corner With Scrapbooking Memories

Do you want to see some cool ways of using our Fiskars Squeeze Punches and the Cloud 9 Design Chocolate Chalet range.

Head over to http://www.scrapbookingmemories.com.au/tech_corner.php to view the monthly Technique Corner.

Here's a sneak peak.