Fiskars Craft

Christmas ~ a time for "giving"

Hi everyone,

Christmas to me is about  "giving" and spending time with family and friends. By "giving" I mean....not necessarily material gifts as such....but things like "helping out a friend"  by giving of your time.....

I have done just that the past few days for my good friend Sandra who is a paraplegic. She wanted some dresses taken up for Summer....and wasn't going to pay $28  per dress to have them taken up at a shop.....so I offered to do them for her......just because I was able to......with no payment.

Doing for others particularly at this time of the year can really brighten their Christmas....we all have skills that we can share with others.......so I'd like to encourage you all to try "giving" something of yourself this Christmas. Maybe offer to weed someone's garden,mow their lawn,clean windows,...if you are crafty...maybe offer to make some cards for a friend to help out, maybe offer to do some baking.....or perhaps offer to babysit the kids.....so many things you can do for others that don't require spending money......"giving of your time" is so rewarding....and it's also good for the soul!

So thinking caps on everyone this Christmas....and let's see what we can do to help spread the Christmas Spirit with others around us!

xoxo

Lyn

Card a Day ~ Day 5 " 2 stamps 3 punches"

Hi everyone,

Are you enjoying the Cards so far this month? How cute was Debbie's Santa that could also be used on a Card....if you missed it...just click on the Card a Day link below this post and then scroll back 2 days.

For today's card I have used 2 stamps and 3 punches......this time I used my Fiskars Acrylic Stamp Block to stamp with and used  2 Border Punches ( can you name them) and Scalloped Squeeze Punch.

Next I inked around the  Seal of Approval Scallop  with red ink and then added a little rhinestone for the bird's eye.

There is also some 3 D foam under the bird......and this card has already been sent to someone....ooh I wonder who?

We have also asked a few of our demonstrators to take part in this Card a Day  for the Month of December...so we'll have some fabulous shares coming in the next few days from these wonderful crafters.....so pop back in ......

I hope we are inspiring you to have-a-go at creating your own cards....maybe if you have already completed this year's Christmas Cards.....you may be able to Scraplift a design or two for your Every Occasion Cards.....just a thought!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Cardmaking lesson fun

Lately I've been having heaps of fun teaching different people of the community how to make Christmas cards....

First lesson was at my local church group.
About 20 ladies turned up to use Fiskars tools and make some awesome cards.
They all had heaps of fun and I was so busy helping out I forgot to take photos.

There were tools/cardstock and punches galore!

Most of the ladies had not done any crafting at all before. It was great to introduces some newbies to the craft.

The lesson I just finished up today was at my daughter school.
A group of delightful new entrance 5 year olds were making cards, trees and other bits...

 

 

There were beautiful creations but of course I was concentrating on teaching them how to use the tools that those were the only photos I remembered to take.... lol

At least I have some groovy art to show you.

Talk about a creative frenzy! lol

Merry Christmas to you all - our precious blog readers.

Quick Squeeze punch cards #1

As promised.... ummm.... a few weeks back now ;0) some quick squeeze punch cards. If like me, you have been snowed under and haven't got around to your chrissy cards yet, these might be just what you are after. Even the kids could make these for you - now theres an idea, they could have your whole chrissy card list done in no time!!

 
First cab off the rank will be the funky loveheart punch tree.

 

All done!!

I will be posting card # 2 in a couple of days.

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to drop by each day for more card creations from all of the ambassadors and some demonstrators as well :0)

bfn Ax 
  

Bargains today at the Warehouse Sale in Port Melbourne.....

Thought you might like to see some of the happy Fiskars workers today at the Warehouse Sale......

Just noticed they all had different Fiskars aprons......LOL! Way to go ladies......have fun again tomorrow!!

Thank you to Tracey for sending through this pic to me.....aren't the Fiskars staff amazing!!

xoxo

Lyn

Santa is in the Cupcakes!

I recently received the cupcakes shape template from head office. Which is available at wholesalers now.

I had a look at the packaging. Undid it and had a look at the template..... And instantly saw Santa amongst the Cupcakes!!!

No wonder he's a big fellow! lol

 

Here are the tools you will need to make the Cupcake Santa:
 

Fiskars Cupcake template and Ultra shape express.
Fiskars 1/8" hand punch.
Fiskars Sunburst boarder punch.
Fiskars Soft touch scissors.

Here are the shapes to cut out from the template:

x2 icing top - one in red and one in white (beard and hat)
Cupcake plain bottom - in skin colour (face)
Circle - in white (hat pom pom)
Wave shape - in white (hat brim)
candle flame - in skin colour (nose)
Curve - in red (mouth)
Oval - 2 in white (mustache) 

Punch out 2 of the sunburst boarder punch - in white (eyes and lashes)
2 of 1/8" hand circle punch - in black (pupils)

Assemble as in above picture.
Using a sponge and a pinkish colour for his cheeks.

Thanks for looking.
I wonder what else I can find amongst those cupcakes......

another Challenge entry ~ this time from New Zealand

How pretty is this.....??

Ooh just loving these entries for the "Cut the cost of wrapping Stamp Factory Challenge that are starting to filter through .....great stuff everyone!   What do others think?

xoxo

Lyn

" Cutting the cost of wrapping " ~ Exciting Stamp Factory CHALLENGE!!!

woohoo wanna' win some great product? $500 worth in fact...

......you still have 5 days to get those entries in......entries close midnight Dec.7th.....winner announced on here Dec 9th.

Do you sometimes seem to not have the right gift wrap for every occasion, and picking up gift bags at the store can get expensive!

Creating your own wrapping paper is quick and easy, and gives a personal touch to any gift that you give.

 If you keep some white tissue paper or butcher’s paper on hand, you can stamp your own paper to match any occasion or theme....as Lisa Fauluto did earlier this year.

ok...we have a fabulous Pre-Christmas Challenge for you all and all you have to do is create your own piece of Christmas paper wrap and matching Tag or Card using :

1) Fiskars Stamp Factory and Tag Template 

or

2) Fiskars Stamp Factory and Fiskars Squeeze punches

We shall be looking for......

The best designed Christmas Wrap and Tag/Card using Stamp Factory to stamp out plain wrapping paper (other occasions allowed as a theme but there must be a Christmas one from each entrant) and Tag Template or Squeeze Punch?

You have until December 7th to email through your entries to

lyndwyer-fiskars@bigpond.com

OR

dawnstan-fiskars@aussiebroadband.com.au

Winner shall be chosen by Trea and Pip from Head Office here in Melbourne on December 9th.

The winner shall receive over $500 worth of Fiskars Brands product including :garden tools, Outdoor (binoculars) and Craft.

So what are you waiting for........you have two and a half weeks to create something and send it through to either Dawn or myself.

For further ideas you can look here or check out Video here 

Stamp Factory can be purchased at local craft stores and Spotlight stores......or perhaps you could share with a friend!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Card a Day ~ Day 2

Creating Cards this year was made easy for me using the fabulous Fiskars Stamp Factory!

All I had to do was load up the four different stamps 1)Christmas Tree 2) Holly 3) asterick 4) sentiment onto the acrylic plate and put in my black ink pad........and then away I went stamping up a few of these cards.....with the Stamp Factory self-inking it made it very easy to do....and no mess....which is a bonus for me....as I'm a messy  crafter.....LOL!

So easy to whip up numerous cards in a few minutes with this fabulous Stamping Tool.

Next I added some Kaisercraft Bling and coloured in with fine pens and then punched out a star using my Fiskars 1" Star Squeeze punch.....so easy to put together....and I might add it was fun!

So why not give it a go......if you have a Stamp Factory....making Christmas Cards this year will be a breeze.......you could even have a card making day with some friends and all craft together.....such fun!

Haven't got a Stamp Factory.....then perhaps use a Fiskars Stamp Press or Fiskars Acrylic Stamp Blocks.

Back in a few days with some more cards........ooh I wonder who is sharing a Card tomorrow.....make sure you pop back in for a look see!

xoxo

Lyn

November Menu Challenge Winner

WOW what a great response we had to this challenge. Thank you so much to everyone who entered and some more than twice. You can check out all the entries in the sidebar on the left in the November challenge album. I hope you all enjoyed your meals.

The winner by draw is:
Tracy Moloney
and Tracy had 4 entries including 3 extras I think it was, so well done Tracy. So glad I inspired your creativity this month. If you could email your postal address to fiskarscraft@ yahoo.com. au, we will organise a cool prize for you.

And to our fabulous Fiskars ambassadors and especially to Lyn who all helped me this month. Thank you so so much ladies.

We have a great month of cards on the blog this month. So check back each day to see a new card.

It's on again TODAY!! ~ Gigantic Fiskars Warehouse Sale

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, of all the trees so lovely......

This is on our front door, as of last night!!

Now i'm starting to get into the christmassy spirit!! Must be the red pom-poms ;0), oh and of course THAT tree template again!!

Happy 1st of December, can you believe it??

A :0)

Christmas Poinsetta Card ~ Debbie ~ Day 1

WOW it's the first of December today.......so I am sharing the first Christmas Card a Day with you all.

When I saw that on FiskarsCrafts.com the zinnia Zing stamp set turned into a poinsetta I just had to have a go....

 

And the close up of the poinsetta....
 

I decorated it with copper kindy glitz and Kaisercraft gold gems.

Tools used:
Zinnia Zing stamps
Stamp press
12"x12" cutting mat
coming up roses corner boarder punch
12" trimmer
Soft touch scissors
XL tag it punch (for the dove tale on the "Noel" banner)
'Twas the night Fiskars stamps: (Noel word)

Thanks so much for looking. Have a great Christmas!

Download MASSIVE FISKARS SALE flyer

FINAL DAY TO THROW DOWN THAT MEAL!!

and i am just in by the skin of my teeth!!

Hasn't it been a great challenge - thanks Lianne for pushing us all outside our comfort zone, fantastic to see so many inspiring entries in also from you guys :0) Don't forget you still have till midnight tonight to get your entries in.

So my meal was:

81/2 x 11 layout

pink, orange, aqua

cardboard

paint

4 patterend papers

plain cardstock.

As ambassadors, we are all really excited with the new templates Fiskars have released, available at wholesalers now. The "Woodland" template has the tree, the bird and the clouds that you can see in the layout. (As well as a whole heap of other shapes) For the little birds wings, i just used the bits of the tree that i cut off the lefthand edge of the layout, doubled them up - perfect, didn't even have to cut to size ;0).

The journalling semicircle is actually one of the flaps that have been cut off the envelope template, another newbie that you will see get a workout on here over the next couple of months!!

The circle scallop and little may flowers squeeze punches have made quick work out of producing lots of flower embellishments while the trustee old circle squeeze punch guides us up to what Miss Paris is thinking!! ;0)

Thats it from me, i know the other guys are working on projects using the new products, i will have 2 more projects coming using the tree in a totally different way also, so be sure to drop by daily to see whats happening.

bfn

Annette :0)

oops edited to say: the border on the right hand side is another newbie!! Its the corner/border punch "Framed in Love" PRETTY!!!
 
 
 
 

November Challenge entry ~Jill Thornton

My Menu was

card

Using red, black & white colours

Cardboard and Paint

2 different patterned papers.

Plain cardstock is an optional extra.

The paint may be a little hard to see, I used white puff paint for the centres of the flowers, and the black and white patterned papers tend to be a little grey in the photo.

I used my Fiskars:- Shapecutter for the oval Small star punch for the stars and 12" Rotary paper trimmer

Thankyou I enjoyed this meal very much

Regards

Jill Thornton

Roybn Wilkinson sends in her MENU

Here's what Robyn had to say......

HI Lianne here is my meal ...... I had to create a card

Using green, blue & yellow colours

Stitching & buttons

only 1 patterned paper

Plain cardstock is an optional extra.

I sorta stuck to the meal and created this ........I used my Fiskars 12' Trimmer to cut my cardstock, punched a border using my Fiskars Apron Lace border punch...added a Cloud 9 Woodstone sentiment sticker (these have been in my stash for a long time) and I came up with this thank you Lianne and Fiskars for the inspiration to create this card.

I am loving what everyone is creating this month using the menu

regards Robyn W

Love new combo border punch - Lace & Lattice

November is almost over and I am one of the last to show the meal that I ordered from Lianne

So I ordered - Garlic Bread, Baked Lemon fish, tossed salad & Cheesecake to finish

And got my order back - 12 x 12 LO, using red, black & white colours, fabric & buttons, 4 different patterned papers, plain cardstock optional extra....and this is what I came up with....

Have to confess didn't have any fabric that worked on hand, so used ribbon through the large button instead, and sneaked in a few rub ons.....

Loved playing with the new punch that Fiskars had sent me last week - Lace & Lattice combo border punch (apparently available to Wholesalers now!!!).... Here's a close up shot....

Lovely little size and fantastic that I can go around corners....will be seeing this punch appear on plenty more layouts in the future as I love scallops of any kind and this is a mini one and so cute!!!! Love Love Love it...

Thanks for looking....

"Cut the cost of wrapping challenge"

The first entry has come through to me for the "Cut the cost of wrapping challenge"

" Card a Day " starts December 1st

Hi everyone,

Well it's that time of the year when we start thinking about Christmas and if you are like me you start thinking about getting your Christmas Cards out as soon as you can. Sometimes life gets in the way though and although we have good intentions to create some "Handmade Cards" we may put off making them until the last minute.........so to help inspire some creativity this year with your cards.......we are going to be sharing  A Card A Day all the month of December.

As well as Christmas Cards.......the Ambassadors and Demonstrators shall be also sharing Other Occasion Cards to help inspire you to create some of your own.  I've had a sneak peek at what the girls have done already behind the scenes here.......and they are amazing!!

So make sure you pop back in each day .....starts Tuesday December 1st........there shall also be some other Christmas Projects being shared.......

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

A Travel project

Have you seen this cute travel project that was shared over at Fiskars Craft.com

travel-size toiletries bag

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Designer: Kelly Purkey

Being someone that travels quite a bit, I always appreciate gifts that help me packing a lot easier.  My roomate works for an airline and flies quite frequently so I created this little pouch with toiletries as a gift... but would love to keep it for myself!  Including travel sized shampoo, conditioner, sunscreen, and toothpaste, I know she'll appreciate just being able to throw this gift into her suitcase.  I also sewed a little pocket to hold onto any other essentials she may need to pack.  Use your Fiskars tools to help create this gift for someone who is always on the go!

Difficulty rating

Instructions (Print version)

1.  Use Fiskars acrylic ruler and Fiskars Fabric Rotary Cutter to cut two 6x14 pieces of fabric and one 6x14 piece of cotton interface.  Press the fabric.  Use Fiskars Pinking Fabric Shears to cut 1.5x14 and stitch onto front piece of fabric. 

2.  Lay Fiskars Brackets and Journals Shape Template onto fabric and trace label using a pencil.  Cut out using Fiskars No. 8 Scissors.  Lay Fiskars Heart Shape Template onto fabric and trace 1" heart using a pencil.  Cut out with Fiskars No. 8 Scissors and applique onto fabric label.  Applique label onto the front piece of fabric so that it is centered on the right side when the fabric is folded in half.

3.  For the long pocket, use Fiskars Fabric Rotary Cutter to cut one 4.5x9 strip of fabric and press.  Pin onto inside piece of fabric with the pattern side up.  Add ribbon with fabric glue along the top of the pocket.

4.  For the small pocket, cut one piece of fabric 4x6 for the pocket and one piece 3x6 for the flap.  Trim the edge of the 3x6 with Fiskars Pinking Fabric Scissors and fold the left corners in to create a flap.  Stitch the corners under then stitch the flap to the inside piece of fabric with the patterned side down.  Pin the pocket onto the inside piece of fabric with the patterned side up.

5.  Set the pieces down in this order: cotton interface, front piece of fabric with the patterned side up, inside piece of fabric with the patterned side down.  Stitch together, leaving enough of a hole at the edge to pull the pouch right side out.  Glue hole together using fabric glue.  Measure the size of the toiletries bottles and stitch seams to create pockets for them.  Add velcro.

 

Supplies:

01-005266 - Fiskars Brackets and Journaling Shape Template - http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shapetemplate-bracketsandjournal.aspx
48557097 - Fiskars Hearts Shape Template: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shapetemplate-tool-hearts-1-wvicto.aspx
12-87317097 - Fiskars Acrylic Ruler: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_125-x-125-acrylic-ruler.aspx
95217097 - Fiskars 45mm Rotary Cutter: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_45mm-rotary-cutter.aspx
12-83727097 - Fiskars Cutting Mat: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_24x36mat.aspx
94457097 - Fiskars Fabric Pinking Shears: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_pinking-shears.aspx
34527097 - Fiskars No. 8 Scissors: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_no-8-straight-scissors.aspx
other: Amy Butler Fabric , American Crafts Ribbon, Velcro, Thread

My Christmas Wreath ~ Lyn Dwyer

I decided to create a different Christmas Wreath for our Front Door this year......and went to a more elegant design....after I was inspired by what Rhonda (Spotlight Bairnsdale) was doing on the recent VIP Spotlight Night that I attended.....so thanks Rhonda for the inspiration.....

I purchased all the materials in Spotlight:

1) foam ring

2) bridal white ribbons 1" and 2" and 1/4"

3) red butterlies

4) holly embellishments

5) poinsettia sprig

6) pins

The only tool I needed to use were my Fiskars Microtip Scissors to cut the ribbon! I also used some of the Martha Stewart liquid Adhesive...also from Spotlight!

Here's a close up....

and the BOW.....

Ooh....some new punches.......

These new Seasonal Fiskars Squeeze Punches are now available through Wholesalers......ooh just in time to get those Christmas Cards done and maybe use some punched shapes on some Christmas Projects!

TAMBORIL gorgeous girly gifts SALE

Oooh....looky what is just around the corner from the FISKARS MASSIVE GARAGE SALE......more retail therapy girls........LOL! xoxo Lyn

ATC from winner of Fiskars "Bistro Brew" Seasonal Punch ~ Bronwyn

I love it when our readers start sending through projects that they have created after winning a prize on here.......

REMEMBER the Fiskars Seasonal Punches that were given away a few weeks ago.......well Bronwyn from New Zealand was the lucky winner of the "BISTRO BREW" squeeze punch and she has used it to make some ATC'S.......how cute!

Thanks Bronwyn for sharing with us......we hope you enjoy punching with this punch.....creating more fun projects!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

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

A Christmas Stocking for your PET

Pet Stocking

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Designer: Katrina Simeck

As the holiday season approaches, we all like to pamper the loved ones in our lives. For many of my friends, pets are just as much a part of the family as children! So they shouldn’t miss out on the pampering, right? Use your Fiskars tools to create this fun stocking for all your pet’s favorite treats!

Difficulty rating

Instructions (Print version)

1. Create a stocking out of fun foam – I simply googled “stocking template,” found a shape that I liked, and printed it out. I saved myself a little sewing by folding the foam in half & cutting around the shape using Fiskars Softgrip No 8 Scissors
2. I then hand-stitched around the edge of the stocking using embroidery floss (tip: the Fiskars 12-n-1 Sewing Multi tool has a handy needle threader!)
3. I created a cute foam dog bone to decorate the front of the stocking. To make this, cut 2 hearts from foam. I used the Hearts Template and Fiskars Retractable Fingertip Craft Knife. I attached each heart to the end of a strip of foam.

4. To tie a ribbon in the center of the dogbone, I simply punched two holes using Fiskars ¼ inch Circle Hand Punch – it easily punches through foam!
5. The simple tag was created by first trimming a base tag from cardstock using Fiskars 12in Portable Trimmer. I added a decorative touch to the bottom edge using Fiskars Apron Lace border punch.

6. I then added a “no peeking” sticker, and a strip of patterned paper. Fiskars Furry Friends punch adds the finishing touch for a tag that’s perfect for your favorite pooch!

Supplies:

Fiskars 12in Portable Trimmer 12-98937897

Fiskars Retractable Fingertip Craft Knife 01-005318 http://fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_fingertipknife-retractable.aspx

Fiskars L Furry Friends punch 12-74307097  http://fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_furry-friends-l.aspx

Fiskars 12-n-1 Sewing Multi Tool 12-59777097 http://fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_12-in-1-multi-tool.aspx

Fiskars Softgrip No 8 Bent Scissors 98817897 http://fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_no-8-softgrip-bent-craft-scissors.aspx
Fiskars ¼ inch Circle Hand Punch 23527097 http://fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_hand-punch-14-circle.aspx

Fiskars Hearts Template 48557097  http://fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shapetemplate-tool-hearts-1-wvicto.aspx

Other – Fun foam sheets, ribbon, Embroidery floss, Cardstock (Bazzill), Sticker (October Afternoon), Patterned paper (October Afternoon)

This project can be seen at Fiskars Craft.com

Leanne and Dana send in their MENU'S ~ Nov Challenge

The challenge for Noel was to use:

red, black and white

12x12 LO

using flowers and felt

I just used my Fiskars trimmer for this one.

Dana’s challenge was for a:

6x12 layout

using brown orange and green

cardboard and paint

no patterned papers

My camera does not record the colours very well. The background cardstock is orange, the lower half cardstock is green with a brown cardstock on the left. The cardboard and paint is also on the lower half of the LO.

I also used Fiskars trimmer, the Fiskars corner punch and the Fiskars fingertip knife

Leanne Winter

* Thanks for sending these through Leanne.......love how Dana has punched out one corner!

xoxo

Lyn D

Happy 40th Wendy !!

                                           

One of our very talented and passionate Fiskars Craft Ambassadors celebrates her 40th Birthday today!

          HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY!
I was fortunate to be invited to Wendy's 40th celebration party on Saturday night in Melbourne along with her many family members and friends!

I was greeted at the bar by Wendy's Uncle Trevor...check out his apron.......LOL!

Nice to see the Fiskars Apron getting a good work out by a male........LOL!

It was a fabulous fun night and it was a pleasure to be able to be there on Saturday with Wendy and her wonderful hubby Duncan and their many family and friends........this lady is loved by so many people......she has touched the hearts of many a crafter over the years......and Wendy sure knows how to have fun in her life.....she radiates enthusiasm...is passionate about Fiskars products......and she is a mad Hawthorn AFL Supporter......and don't I know it.....LOL!

Feel free to leave Wendy a message below here in the comments section to help make her day special.....I know she'll be on-line today at some stage as she's as bad as I am on the internet.....he,he.

xoxo Lyn

Homemade idea for Christmas

homemade gift certificates

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Designer:  Lisa Storms

We are tightening our belts this holiday season with the current economic climate, but that doesn't mean we can't still give gifts.  Making gift certificates is a fun way to give something personalized from the heart.  My husband and I agreed we wouldn't buy each other gifts this year, so I decided to make a coupon book full of little things I can do for him that don't cost a thing.  My best friend gets a little crazy during the holidays, so I thought planning a day of pampering after the holidays would be a perfect way to spend time recuperating from the chaos!

Difficulty rating

Instructions (Print version)

Spa Gift Certificate:

By transforming a spare box I saved from some jewelry with some paint and clever shapes, I set the tone of a spa day by mimicking a facial with cucumber slices.  The gift certificate inside is sparkly and beautiful thanks to creatively cutting up a stamped Zinnia Zing to uncover the "hidden" poinsettia inside.

1.  Paint jewelry box white.  Once dry, add a "slathering" of light blue paint.  Set aside to dry fully.
2.  Trace two 2" circles using Circles-1 shape template onto dark green cardstock.  Cut out with scissors.  Note: Cutting out with Ultra ShapeXpress doesn't leave the circle large enough to mat the XL Round 'n Round punch.  By cutting out traced circle by hand, this leaves you a small matting for cucumber peel. 
3.  Punch two XL Round 'n Round circles using squeeze punch.  Adhere centered onto dark green circles.

4.  Punch several seeds from beige paper using Tear Drop hand punch.  Adhere randomly onto cucumber slices.  Adhere slices to top of box once dry.

5.  Stamp two flowers from the Zinnia Zing stamp set with red ink on pink cardstock.  Using scissors, cut out the smallest part of flower from one image and a larger portion from other image.  Paint with glue and add translucent glitter.  Once dry, adhere together and top with yellow gems.

6.  Format text for gift certificate to fit inside box, being sure to allow room for poinsettia and border punch.  Print onto pink cardstock.  Tip: Be sure your measurements are in 1" increments to allow for perfect alignment with corner border punch.
7.  Punch around gift certificate with Snowbubbles corner border punch and adhere onto white cardstock. 

8.  Adhere poinsettia at left to complete gift certificate.

Coupon Book:

1.  Trim green cardstock to 4-1/8" x 6-1/2". 
2.  Using scoring blade, score line at 4" from each short end.  Fold to create coupon book cover.
3.  Adhere blue and green papers centered onto cover and add letter stickers at bottom. 
4.  Cut two antennae/bodies from Butterfly template, in brown and neutral colors.   Trim off "antlers" from brown shape and adhere over neutral.  Add googly eyes and button nose. 

5.  Punch circle using pop-up punch from neutral brown paper and feed back into punch to punch off ear.  Repeat for other ear and adhere onto back of head.  Adhere reindeer to cover.
6.  Format coupons into 3.75" x 6.25" rectangle leaving 1.75" blank at top for punch and perforating.  Print coupons onto assorted papers or thin cardstocks.
7.  Trim coupons to size and run perforating line ½" from top and directly down center. 

8.  Add punch to each coupon and staple stack to back cover.

Supply List:

Fiskars Brands: Border Corner Punch – Snowbubbles
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_bordercorner-snowbubbles.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Zinnia Zing – 4 inch X 8 inch Stamps
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_stamps4x8-zinnia-zing.aspx

Fiskars Brands:  Compact Stamp Press
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_compactstamppress.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Shape Template - Butterflies 1
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shape-template-butterflies-1.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Shape Template – Circles-1
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shapetemplate-tool-circles-1-wsca.aspx

Fiskars Brands:  Squeeze Punch - Round 'n Round – XL
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_round-n-round.aspx

Fiskars Brands:  Squeeze Punch – High Five – M
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_high-five-m.aspx

Fiskars Brands:  Squeeze Punch – April Showers – M
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_april-showers-m.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Pop-up Punch - Circle
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_pop-up-punch-circle.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Hand Punch – Tear Drop

Fiskars Brands: Perforating Rotary Blade
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_28mm-perforating-rotary-blade-blad.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Triple Track Scoring Blade
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_tripletrack-replacement-carriages.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Desktop Rotary Trimmer
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_desktop-rotary-trimmer.aspx

Fiskars Brands: Premium Cut-Line Trimmer
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_premiumcrafterstrimmer.aspx

Fiskars Brands: No. 5 Micro-Tip® Scissors
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_no-5-micro-tip-scissors.aspx

Other:  assorted cardstock, patterned papers, and letter stickers; red button; googly eyes; gift box, stapler, translucent glitter, yellow self-adhesive gems

product spotting in Spotlight Bayswater

Some yummy Fiskars product was spotted last week in my local Spotlight store......ooh....I must get out my BOW MAKER and start making my Christmas Ribbon Bows......

Have you seen these fabulous tools yet? So easy to use......and they work well with wired ribbons.......

Hand punches are also back in and are great for card making as are the Fiskars Border Punches...so many to choose from....Corner Border Punches,Embossing Border Punches and the normal Border Punches.......so many designs to choose from.

Decorative scissors are also back in favour as are the texture plates......so next time you are Spotlight....take a look for the Fiskars Tools!

So yummy

Hi everyone,

What a yummy meal I ordered...

Potato wedges

Garlic steak

roasted stuffed capsicums

Cheese cake

  

So I had to create a...

8x11

brown orange and green

stamping and brads

4 patterned papers.

I also wanted to include journalling on the page, but didn't have enough room. So I added a tag to the upper right hand side using some string. The tag will be easy to pull out and read once the page is inside my album.

 

I hope enjoy your meal as much as I have enjoyed mine.

Take care

Jacky

 

 

Donna Houley enters November Challenge

This entry just came through to me from Donna Houley......here's what she had to create.

81/2 x 11 LO

brown orange & green colours

Stamping & brads

3 different Patterned papers

Plain cardstock is an optional

Hasn't she done a great job! Don't you just love that face!

There are still 6 days to get your entries in for this months' Challenge.Thanks to Lianne for this great Challenge.....as I'm sure many of us have now managed to get a bit of scrapping done this month.

November Monthly MENU Challenge

Are you L♥VING this month's challenge ??  I am, because after a couple of months of no scrapping (except maybe a few cards), I have managed to whip up this layout from start to finish, scan it and upload it within an hour and a half !!

Thanks Lianne for giving me the inspiration  :)

So...here is the 'meal' I was given after I had selected from the 'menu'.

• 8.5 x 11 Layout
• Using red, black & white colours
• Fabric & Buttons
• 2 different patterned papers
• Plain cardstock is an optional extra

And here is my layout (click to enlarge) :

You've still got a week or so to get your entries in to Lianne (email here), so if you haven't placed your 'order' yet, you'd better hop to it !

♥ Cindy

Have you started your Christmas Cards yet?

I love to make my own Christmas Cards each year as it not only shows the recipient you care about them but it also is fun and works out quite cheap.....especially if you just use a few punches and stamps........

So this year....my cards shall all have "stamping" and "punching" on them......how about YOU! What are you planning on doing for your cards this year? Would love to know what others are planning on doing

Starting on December 1st we shall be running a Card a Day here on our Blog .....so plenty of inspiration to come to make your own Christmas Cards /Any occasion Cards this year ....as our TEAM of Fiskars Craft Ambassadors share their cards with you all.

xoxo

Lyn

Getting ready for Christmas

Last year to save myself a few dollars.. plus the fact that I love making my own gift tags and presents for everyone for Christmas I decided to pull out my Christmas stamps and have a play. This year I will be doing the same thing. Though things were a lot easier this year with the help of my Fiskars Stamp Factory and Fiskars Squeeze Punches. I was able to use A4 250gsm white cardstock available from Officeworks and my water colour pencils to create some fun tags that the kids were able to help with. I love getting the children involved in the whole process as it gets us all in the festive mood. My eldest daughter who is 12, was able to load up the stamp press with the images and stamp away without any mess or smudging. Then my son who is 6, was able to use the Fiskars Round and Round 2" squeeze punch to punch out the tags. Because he can see where he was punching he was able to centre them all perfectly. We then coloured the and added some bling and it was all done so quickly. Perfect exercise for the days when it as been so hot here in Adelaide too !

Here what they made:

 

Such a fun way to get your kids crafting too. Having such amazing tools too made it so much easier to get multiples made up so quickly.

Why not check out the amazing "Cutting the cost of Wrapping Competition" that is going on at the moment on the blog ! So easy to enter too !

TFL, Michelle :)

Still hungry.. having a second serve !

Couldn't resist going back for more for this month's challenge. This "meal" challenge is so much fun and makes for very quick scrapping..that's for sure. Nice to have someone else do the hard work for you !

Okay .. so this time my "meal" was ..
12 x 12 LO
Using brown, orange and green colours
Fabric & Buttons
4 different patterned papers.
Plain cardstock is an optional extra.

Here's what I prepared to eat..lol

 

 

Even managed to play around with the scalloped circle punch that is avaliable in Spotlight at the moment to make my flowers.

Off to scrap.

Cheers Michelle x
 
 

Stamping up a wrap for Christmas

The stamp factory is great for stamping up patterned papers as well as wrapping paper for the Christmas holidays.

I only still have black ink pad at the moment. So decided to put some coloured ink pads direct to paper first then stamp away....

 

I used Cloud9 "Christmas is" stamps (from last year)
And Fiskars "'Twas the night" (from last year)

The Fiskars Stamp Factory (available now at spotlight stores)

And some tissue paper I got from a shoe purchase.

 

This is what I ended up with....

 

Matching tags of course with the Ultra shape express and tag template. (spotlight and Wharehouse stationery stores)
I used the edge of the tag template for the To: From: section of the tag.

 

This was done very fast and very very simply. As my 2.5yr old son had 5 min in front of the tv.

Took me longer to pack up than to do the tags and stamp up the paper. lol
Love fast projects.

Debbie

He's growing way to quickly~ my grandson ~ Samuel Lee

I was asked to baby sit Samuel Lee last night for the first time......OMG...he is growing way to quickly......he is such an adorable baby....and loves to lay around chatting and babbling away......a bit like his Nana......LOL! Anyway....thought I share a few pics with you all......he is now 9 and a half weeks old....amazing isn't it!  Check out his gorgeous big blue eyes......OMG he's going to be a chick magnet.......LOL!

Samuel is so alert and takes in everything.....loves having Nursery Rhymes read or sung to him.....and smiles all the time now in recognition of people......so gorgeous to see!

He also saved his best nappy change for Nana......LOL! Yes....it was a beauty......LOL!

Can't wait to babysit him again......such a joy!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer