Fun Ways to Say Thanks with Fiskars & GlueArts

It's Fiskars week around here at GlueArts!!

Are you a Fiskars fan?

Did you know...Fiskars has been around since 1649 and today is one of the oldest businesses in the western world.

In 1977 Fiskars' expansion began with the founding of a scissors factory in the United States.

The color, Fiskars Orange®, was officially registered as a trademark in Finland in 2003 and in the US 2007.

So tell us...do you own any Fiskars orange?

Today we have two fun projects to share with you! Designer Jenny Chesnick has a fun, quick and easy craft that any recipient would love to receive. Or have the kids help make these and fill with treats...bubblegum, taffy, life savers, little toys, bouncy balls... and use as a reward!

Designer Ania Lexander has an incredible photo book that makes you want to run right out and take some fun photobook pictures with the ones you love!

Thanks Candy Jar

GlueArts Designer: Jenny Chesnick

Supplies:

GlueArts Accent it All Vinyl White Out, Goin Green, Wild Blue Yonder
Ball Jars
Lids by Shabby Green Door
Twine by Divine Twine
Punches by Fiskars
Crop-A-Dile by We R Memory Keepers
Alphabet stickers by Doodlebug
Buttons by American Crafts
Silhouette SD
Candy!-Yum 

Doesn't always seem like we are searching for quick and easy thank you gifts or bridal shower gifts, teach gifts? This is a quick and simple way to dress up some inexpensive jars using some vinyl and your favorite Fiskars punches.

1. I started with my cloud punch (favorite!) to cut clouds from White Accent it All Vinyl. The punches easily squeeze right through this stuff.



2. Using my Silhouette I cut out grass and the sentiment.



3. Next peal off your vinyl and apply to your jar!





4. Once I finished up my vinyl I moved on to the tag. Using the postage stamp punch I cut out two tags.



5. Wrap twine around your lid and run your tags through the twine to hang. Using a button I ran my twine through and tied a bow to keep it all secure.



6. Add your candy or what not and enjoy!

Photobooth-mini

GlueArts Designer: Ania Lexander

The idea of this was to do a "in the clouds" mini with these photobooth-photos from a recent together-forever-celebration I shot. It'll be given to the couple w/the CD with the photos from their day - hence there's still room for journaling.

GA Supplies:
Glue Glider Pro - Extreme Tac
Raisen's

Fiskars:
Scissors
Scoring board
Borderpunch - postage stamp border
Large cloud squeeze punch

Other:
Various leftover patterned papers
Elle's Studio calendar tag
Rubons - Fancy Pants Designs + Hambly Screenprints
Glimmermist - various

Start with printing and cutting out your photos. I ALWAYS use my Fiskateers-scissors for cutting out photos and smaller pieces of paper. Love it!


For my mini I cut out 5x7.5" rectangles, as well as 4x6" sheets of white cardstock which had splatches of glimmer mist on. My patterned papers were from lots of various manufacturers, but with the white cardstock on top of each page made the pages fairly uniform.



Use the borderpunch to create fun borders for the top and bottom section.



Squeeze out various clouds from the scraps for embellishments.



I stapled the photos onto the white cardstock, added rubons or stickers and adhered it to the page with extreme tac. Finally I added the clouds w/raisens - I have about 24 pages, which would make this an extremely thick mini if I used the regular U Cut it foam. With raisens I still got the slight dimension I wanted for the clouds without making it too thick.



For the frontpage I played with double clouds '

So tell us...are you a Fiskars fan?  Wishing for some new tools? YOU can win some of their awesome products! Fiskars was incredibly generous and is allowing us to giveaway to one of you...

... a Trimmer, Cloud Squeeze Punch, Stamp Border Punch, Postage Stamp punch, Acrylic Stamps and more! Simply leave us a comment and we'll enter you to win! Next Monday we'll select one winner to enjoy these goodies!!

And guess what....we need to include some GlueArts adhesives with this prize! So we'll ALSO include our Glue Glider Pro and a roll of our Adhesive Squares! Now you're definitely ready to craft!

Last but not least....you can see me, the Glue Girl, as the Guest Designer this month for Fiskars! Here's a peek of one of my projects I shared with them! Just visit this link to see all the projects with the tutorials!

Be sure to check back in with us tomorrow for more Fiskars projects from our Glue Girls Design Team! We'll have another project from our fab Guest Designer Stephenie Hamen and don't forget to visit Fiskars Crafts for more creative ideas!!   

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Celebrating Father's Day Prima Style

Hello!!

I have a layout to share created with a whole lot of Prima loveliness **sigh**

I had a whole lot of joy putting this one together for the recent Father's Day celebrations over in the States and showcased on the PRIMA BLOG.

Just love these photo's of Miss E and her Daddy - you can't half tell that she doesn't adore him!

'Precious Love'

I have used a mix of gorgeous Prima products including:

#842406 Madeline “Rosalee”

#842420 Madeline “Parkway”

#842383 Madeline “Beautima”

#544867 Madeline Glittered Cardstock Stickers

#842970 Sweet Fairy “Enchanted”

#843076 Sweet Fairy “Fairy Notes”

#841478 Flights of Fancy “Miss Pretty”

#538712 Cameo Roses Azalea

#538736 Cameo Roses Turquoise

#542726 Love Letter Roses Jude

#543129 Swallowtail Butterflies Azure

#546663 Audrey Rose Col Tinkled Pink

#549053 Sugar Blooms Sparkling

#544492 Say it in Crystals

#531089 Alphabet Stickers

Lots of fussy cut elements, gorgeous blooms, bling and of course my other love... pretty butterflies.

Make sure you pop over to the PRIMA BLOG and check out the other gorgeous projects that the Design Team have come up with to inspire your creativity.

Hugs

Trudi

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Welcome to Fiskars Craft Week!!

We're so pleased to announce a brand new product sponsor and one we could all not live without in our daily and crafting worlds...

Fiskars!

Since I was a little girl we always had a pair of Fiskars scissors in our kitchen drawer. When I got older and started crafting I went and purchased my first pair of Fiskars scissors. I then bought another style, then a pair of much loved pinking shears and now I have well...more then two pairs of Scissors!lol I also own two well loved and used Fiskars trimmers, countless punches, border punches and more!

GlueArts is excited to share with you this week Fiskars products. And when we're talking Fiskars... we of course welcome to our blog a special Guest...Stephenie Hamen! {she's the Content and Education Manager for Fiskars}

Be sure to join us all week long to see all the GlueGirls projects highlighting Fiskars and our GlueArts Adhesives, learn more about Stephenie and of course enter to win!!

Dance in the Rain Card 

GlueArts Designer: Audrey Pettit

Glue Arts Supplies:
Glue Glider Pro with Perma Squares Adhesive
Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive
Glue Arts Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares

Fiskars Supplies:
SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer- 12"
Cloud Squeeze Punch
Notebook Border Punch
Postage Stamp Border Punch
Accents Repositionable Rubber Stamps

Crate Paper and The Girls' Paperie Patterned Paper
American Crafts Trim
Stampin'Up and Clearsnap Ink

1. Cut a 4.25" x 5.5" card base from patterned paper. Cut a smaller 4" x 5.25" layer from a second paper and punch the left edge using the Fiskars Notebook Border Punch. Tear away small pieces of the notebook edge for a distressed look. Cut a 1/2" strip of paper. Adhere the layers using the Glue Glider Pro with Perma Squares Adhesive. Machine stitch the thin border strip for added detail.



2. Cut a journaling card from patterned paper. Mask printed floral section with a Post-It note and stamp frame in brown ink.

3. Apply lace trim to the bottom of the journaling card with Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive, then add a strip of patterned paper punched with the Postage Stamp Border Punch. Add some machine sewing and adhere the journaling card to the center of the card base using Perma Squares Adhesive.



4. Print quote and cut into small word strips. Apply to the journaling card using Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares.



5. Punch clouds from patterned paper, edge with brown ink and apply to the top of the journaling card, overlapping slightly. Add machine stitched edging to the clouds.

Wrist Cuff       

Guest Designer: Stephenie Hamen

I love vintage buttons and trims, as well as vintage fabrics – or at least patterns that look somewhat vintage.  I also love making something to wear as a jewelry piece that is completely unique and entirely me.  Wrist cuffs let me do that.  I can match them to any outfit, use the latest goodies that I find, and just add a little *pop* to an ordinary day.

Here are the supplies you will need to create your own little jewelry artwork:

·         Coordinating patterned fabric

·         Buttons, baubles, trim, ribbon, and/or lace of your choice

·         Base fabric – canvas or heave muslin work the best

·         Iron and iron safe surface

·         Heat gun (optional)

·         Fiskars Pinking Shears 

·         Fiskars Cutting Mat

·         Fiskars Rotary Cutter 

·        Fiskars scissors 

·         Fiskars Sew Taxi 

·         GlueArts Glue Glider PRO with FabricBond cartridge

Once you have all of your supplies in place and ready to go, there are just a few simple steps to creating!

1.    Measure your wrist with the tape measure. 

2.    Now, cut down your canvas to size using your mat and rotary cutter.  I added about an inch in length – 7” was a perfectly snug fit, so 8” gave me a little room for movement.  I cut it to be 4” wide. 

3.    Using the pinking shears, take about a ½” off the width on each side.  This made my final base piece of canvas 3”x8”. 

4.    Begin using your pinkers to cut the decorative fabric you want to add to your cuff.  Cut it and build it by stacking.  Cut the ribbon you will use to tie as well. (I put it under the last layer of fabric)

 

5.    Now, go back to your base layer and roll on some of your FarbicBond adhesive.

6.    Put on your first layer and iron to set.  Keep doing this until all of your layers are built.  

7.    Finally, add your embellishments.  I added 2 buttons and a piece of vintage flair.  I carefully rolled on the adhesive and then set it with a heat embossing gun since I wasn’t sure if I should iron the vintage buttons and flair.

8.    Let everything cool down and then tie it up!  You are ready to rock your latest fabric jewelry creation.

 

Options:  You can use Velcro or buttons if you want to close your cuff instead of tying it shut.  It is all a matter of preference.  Just be sure to add a little extra length for the overlap if you go that route.

Now, head out for a night on the town or just run to the grocery store, but get that cuff on and make a statement.

Now it's not a normal week around here unless we talk about our amazing product sponsor and share with you how YOU can win some of their awesome products! Fiskars was incredibly generous and is allowing us to giveaway to one of you...

... a Trimmer, Cloud Squeeze Punch, Stamp Border Punch, Postage Stamp punch, Acrylic Stamps and more! Simply leave us a comment and we'll enter you to win! Next Monday we'll select one winner to enjoy these goodies!!

Last week was our Kaisercraft week and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Let's announce the first winner of the beautiful Pink Gelato collection..  

Bricela said...

the photo blocks and
"pink gelato" i love it!!!!
amazing projects!!

June 23, 2011 12:00 PM

And our winner of the Velvet Ensemble collection....

Sue D said...

Great music pocket card--we are a musical family and even have an Edison phonograph like on the card.
slrdowney at hotmail dot com

June 25, 2011 1:21 PM

Congrats to you both! Please email me at Gluegirl@gluearts.com with your info!

Be sure to check back in with us tomorrow for more Fiskars projects from our GlueGirls Design Team! And don't forget to visit Fiskars Crafts for more creative ideas!!   

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