Fiskars has delived bad news to all of us Fiskateers

To make a story shory short, there no longer will be a Fiskateer site as of Dec.16th like we have. They want  all of us Fiskateers to move to Facebook and the site will only be used by the leads. I don't have to tell many of you I do not post a lot on Facebook because of their policy of privacy. I do not want my photos being viewed by everyone on Facebook especially when I scrap a page of my grandchildren and lets just say it is the first day of school. Now I have pictures of my grandchild and possibly the school so every pedifile out there in Facebook Land has his/her name and what school they attend. It is a safty issue. Sure, I can block it out when I post but if I have to do that, what sense is there to posting my layout? So I am moving my photos here to my blog (those I didn't already post here) and several yahoo groups were started for the 'micro-groups' such as The Chatty Crafters. I am not crazy about having to use yahoo groups but it is better than loosing contact with all my fellow Fiskateers. I just can't believe after all these years Fiskars has just dumped us.

Welcome to the Orange Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Third Annual Fiskateers ORANGE Blog Hop!  If you're hopping along, you should have come from Debby #2852.  (If you are joining us in the middle, go to www.fiskateers.com to start from the beginning.)  

Today we are celebrating Fiskars' signature color, ORANGE.  Almost everyone is familiar with Fiskars' famous orange-handled scissors, but Fiskars makes so many other wonderful products for crafting, sewing, gardening, and more.  Each stop along our Hop will feature different Fiskars' products with a big helping of ORANGE!  

Here is Happy 10,000 (Fiskateers have over 10,000 members!) I made with just a few of the Fiskars products for crafting, sewing, and gardening. 

For my project I made a fall Fisk-a-day Day Card and of course used lots of ORANGE. 

I Know this picture is really bad and I apologize but my house just does not have any good lighting and I couldn't get directly over it so I had some Keystone Distortion which I tried to correct in my photo program. I found out the hard way that you can not use that on a card. Why? Look at the left side of the card (right side does it also but not as bad because of where I was standing) not the ORANGE but the BLACK and see how in the middle it like pulls in. Almost looks like it was cut curved inward in the middle. I assure you it is not really cut that way and the card is actually laying flat and the sides are really straight. I need to work on my lighting in here. (Hey, bet you didn't think you were going to get a lesson in photo editing and what NOT to do....LOL)

I started by cutting a card base out of ORANGE paper and then I took a piece of Glossy Paper not photo paper because that won't work, I know....I tried. I really don't know the name of it (my guess is "Glossy Paper") but the only place I can get it is from Stampin Up. I had a stamp of the background trees which I stamped on using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Then I took out my Fiskars Cloud Punch and punched 5 of them. I used these as a mask. Then I used a makeup sponge and blotted Stampin Up Marina Mist Ink at the top, Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight in the sky and paid special attention to make sure I did the clouds well. I used Crumb Cake for the ground. Once that was done I took the clouds off and cleaned off the glue. Then I used my Copic Markers to give the clouds some depth and highlights. I also used them to add the color to the colored leaves that fell off the trees and some grass on top of the ground. Then I used my Fiskars Tree Punch and punched 2 trees which I put through my Fiskars Crimper. I used my Copic Markers to color this tree brown and glue dots and stuck the two trees together and then glued it on my card. 

I used some Creative Paperclay and made a leaf pile that goes around the trunk of the tree. Once it dried I glued it down with Glossy Accents and I used the Copics to give the leaf pile color. At this point I matted it on black and glued it to my card base. I then used my Fiskars Nutty Border Punch on white paper which I colored brown with the Copics. This is so I could use the 'debre' acorns in the leaf pile. I glued them down with Glossy Accents also. (I also used it on black paper which went on the bottom of the card.) I cut out a rake (I know it looks like a shovel but it is suppose to be a rake) and glued it on the leaf pile in a way to look like someone leaned it against the tree and it fell onto the leaves.

I glued down my bottom border, used the computer for the sentiments and then used a couple of small, detailed plant-type stamps with Memento Cottage Ivy Ink (used scrap paper so no ink went where I didn't want it) on each side of the leaf pile.

Here is one more look at it. 

For more information about Fiskars and the Fiskateer program, you can go to http://www.fiskateers.com/join/.   

Now, hop along to the next stop!  Jean #8889 .

In case you get lost along the way the line-up is:

Fiskateers www.fiskateers.com

Cindy #4113 www.cindyderosier.com

Groovy Deb #2644 www.ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com

Jennifer Ashley #6361 www.asecretvintage.blogspot.com

Debby #2852 www.debbysdares.blogspot.com

Sue in CT #6150 www.sueinct.blogspot.com -----------(You are here)

Jean #8889 www.ez3dpopups.blogspot.com

Emily K #7021 http://emily.kincke.com

Divinity #6688 www.scrap-n-patch.blogspot.com

Kellystar #6446 www.kellystarsallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Maya #351 www.mayadahan.blogspot.com

Michelle #7586 www.scrapbookingsos.blogspot.com

Donna #6036 www.scissorsstampsandscrapbooks.blogspot.com

Pamela #8040 www.cottagebelow.com

Shannon #6394 www.scraplady324.blogspot.com

BerylM #6388 www.berylmorgan.com

Marianne #6701 www.number1aunt.blogspot.com

Judy #5798 www.bepresentbereal.blogspot.com

Shannon #6394 www.scraplady324.blogspot.com

BerylM #6388 www.berylmorgan.com

Marianne #6701 www.number1aunt.blogspot.com

Judy #5798 www.bepresentbereal.blogspot.com

Fiskateers  www.fiskateers.com

The Little Man in My Life

I did this page on the Fiskateers site. We scraplifted a great layout by Heather and it sort of reminded me of a Tim Holtz-like style. (What is that style called anyways? Steampunk? I always call it "Tim Holtz Style".) There is a lot of distress ink and stickles and naturally his stamps and papers including the Kraft Glassine.

This is the little man in my life, my newest grandson, Damien.

Fiskars punches used were "Kaleidoscope" Border and "Love Takes Flight".

Other Fiskars products used were stamps, stamp press, scissors and cutter. 

Aren't these the cutest? It took a lot of trial and error to make them. I knew I wanted baby shoes and of course had none in stamps or even on my Cricut Cartridges so I found a clipart of baby shoes, printed it and cut it out. I used Adirondack "Metallic Acrylic Paint (Copper) as the base coat. Then took a Sharpie pen and drew the details back on the shoes, once it dried I used Glam (Bon Bon) over that, drew the details back, then before it dried completely I finished it off with Glossy Accents but I 'brushed up' parts of it where it would be worn or scuffed. 

The camera is a stamp and I added some Distressed Stickles (Black Soot) and of course Glossy Accents for the lens.

 

 The wings were done with the Bon Bon Glam and the heart is Bronze Ultra Thick Metallic Embossing Powder. 

I stamped the footprint on the Fragment with Vintage Photo Embossing Powder and heated it. Then I blotted the back of the Fragment with Distressed Ink (Frayed Burlap) then I blotted on some 

 Mustard Seed being sure not to get any of this in the center and after that I put just a touch of the Worn Lipstick around the edges of that then I put a couple of drops of the Blending Solution in the center to give it that sort of watermark effect. 

The two chipboard swirls on the sides were done with the same technique on Tim Holtz's site 12 Tags of 2012 October seen here. Just scroll down to step 16 where he is doing the custom colored rock candy distress stickles dry glitter. (Wow, say that 3 times fast!) 

Welcome to the Fiskateers Spring Blog Hop!

You should have come from Tifany 5942. If you are hopping into the middle of our blog hop and you are a Fiskateer, you can start here www.fiskateers.com.


If you are thinking a “Fiskawhat?”, you should know that Fiskateers (www.fiskateers.com) is an online community of craftiness (paper crafts, sewing, gardening, etc.) all based around our love and appreciation of Fiskars (think orange-handled scissors to start). There is a blog, gallery, and message board led by four lovely Lead Fiskateers who along with the other Fiskateers are fabulous at getting creativity flowing via chats, challenges, on-line crops, and interviews with other crafty celebrities. If you would like to join in the inspiration of Fiskateers, or would like to learn more, you can email Tami (one of the Lead Fiskateers) at tami@fiskateers.com. Then, join in the fun at the beginning, www.kellystarsallthingscrafty.blogspot.com for a complete list of blog hop stops.

We’ll be hopping all weekend , March 24^th and 25^th to welcome spring!

The blog hop officially ends on Sunday March 25^th at 11pm CST.

Some Fiskateers are offering sur-prizes…check their directions carefully to participate.

You ever find you need a card in a hurry? I do every once in awhile. I also noticed on many sites the thing is "fast and simple" which is fine with me sometimes. So that is what I thought I'd do, fast and simple yet nice....and with Fiskars products, it is oh so easy.  So when I think of spring I think of birth.  No matter if it is a plant poking through the ground or the birth of the animals. So for my project I did a fast and simple birthday card. (Another think I love about the background stamp is that if I wanted I could have colored in the bigger fonts to match the cupcake paper. It would have added a splash of color but I did say simple & fast so....)

                                                             

Inside sentiments

Recipe:

White Cardstock - Georgia Pacific
Orange Cardstock- Bazzill
Punch - Fiskars Border Punch "Cupcakes"
Stamp, background - Fiskars Continuous Stamp Wheel with Birthday Stamp
Stamp, cupcake & inside sentiments - Fiskars "It's Your Day"
Ink - Memento Tuxido Black
Fiskars Crimper (candle)
Copic Markers

And what is a blog hop without candy???? How about a chance to win your own set of Fiskars Stamps? Want to know how? That is simple and fast too, just....

1. Be a follower of my blog
2. Leave me a comment telling me what you think of when you think of spring.

Make sure I have a way to contact you if you are the winner.

Me, I also think of all the yummy stuff to eat and drink that we don't do so much during the winter but more so during the warmer months of spring/summer. Like sun tea with fresh mint sprigs picked from my own plants. Sitting at the picnic table or on the patio sipping it and enjoying the day. So I picked this stamp set for you.

Thanks for stopping by & don't forget to stop back tomorrow for another chance to win. The winner will be announced on Monday.

Now make like a bunny and hop on over to Ladydoc Karen 2858.

Welcome to day two of the Orange Blog Hop

Welcome to day two of the Orange Blog Hop where members of Fiskateers, a community sponsored by Fiskars, is sharing their passion for crafting! You should have arrived here from Lyn’s Thoughts. If you just happened to stumble upon this hop, please be sure to go back to The Fiskateers Blog  and start at the beginning.

For my project I did hybrid pages, keeping with our orange theme I did my Thanksgiving Pages from last year. I figured I should do them before Thanksgiving is here this year plus this is one holiday I tend to think of when using orange (Halloween being the other). My pictures are on a brownish mat and then mounted on an orange-ish background (that is the computer part done with My Memories Scrapbooking Software. Everything after that I did.) I took these pages and mounted them on white cardstock then my orange12x12 cardstock background pages. Each one is decorated using different items so I listed what I used below each picture.

As a reminder...I am aware some of these are not stitched together perfectly. My paper is 12x12 but my scanner is not so each page you see is really four different scans stitched to make the one page which means I have four chances of throwing my page off by tilting a scan or not getting it just so. Any ways, as you can see I did mess some up slightly so I ask you to just look past these. My birthday is coming and hopefully I will get the new software I wanted....PSE 9 or 10. (Did you know they came out with a Photoshop 10?)

Ingredients:

My Memories Software

Cardstock (Orange and White)

Variety of stickers from my stash

Fiskars Celestial 3 in 1 Corner Punch

Brads

Ingredients:

My Memories Software

Cardstock (Orange and White)

SVG from Treasure Box Designs

Fiskars Border Punch Kaleidoscope

Copic Markers

Reminisce Accents Cartridge (CM)

Small Leaf punch (unknown)

Page 6 Recipe:

Ingredients:

My Memories Software

Cardstock (Orange and White)

SVG from Treasure Box Designs

Ranger Distress Ink – Vintage Photo

Reminisce Accents Cartridge (CM)

George and Basic Shapes Cartridge

Fiskars Border Punch Kaleidoscope

Copic Markers

I hope you liked the pages I have done for day two of this hop. Of course you have another chance to win...

My Memories software is so easy to use and has fantastic paper to choose from. Even though I used the same paper on all my backgrounds there are so many to choose from. I like using this for hybrid pages (like the ones I showed you) but there is so much more than can be done using it. Check it out for yourself. I hope you like what you see because one lucky person taking this hop will be winning their own My Memories Suite.

How to win.

1. Be a follower.

2. Visit My Memories Suite and click the “New Kits” …pick out your second favorite.

3. Leave me a comment telling me which one is your second favorite and a way to contact you if you win.

While your there look around and explore the different things there. After all, that one person who wins My Memories Suite could be you!

I thank you for hopping by and I hope you enjoyed my Thanksgiving pages from last year. Your next hop is over to Tifany’s blog…. Ink Blots by TRD

Welcome to day one of the Orange Blog Hop

Welcome to day one of the Orange Blog Hop where members of Fiskateers, a community sponsored by Fiskars, is sharing their passion for crafting! You should have arrived here from Lyn’s Thoughts. If you just happened to stumble upon this hop, please be sure to go back to The Fiskateers Blog  and start at the beginning.

I wanted to share with you my crafting scissors. We are all familiar with the ones we recieved when we became Fiskateers so I don't think I need to say much about them. We already know how great they are (and how everyone in our house knows to keep their hands off). Although I love mine I found myself needing to cut some small things and I love the Non-Stick Detail Scissors. They definitly earned a place in my scraproom. When I was picking these out I noticed another scissor there so a week later I went back and got the Micro-Tip. What great scissors these little things are. If you want to cut just a hair off of something, these are the scissors that will do it. I love these too. I am just kicking myself for not getting them sooner.

Now that you know what scissors I use on my projects, lets get to the projects.

For my project I did hybrid pages, keeping with our orange theme I did my Thanksgiving Pages from last year. I figured I should do them before Thanksgiving is here this year plus this is one holiday I tend to think of when using orange (Halloween being the other). My pictures are on a brownish mat and then mounted on an orange-ish background (that is the computer part done with My Memories Scrapbooking Software. Everything after that I did.) I took these pages and mounted them on white cardstock then my orange12x12 cardstock background pages. Each one is decorated using different items so I listed what I used below each picture.

One thing I need to add is that I am aware some of these are not stitched together perfectly. My paper is 12x12 but my scanner is not so each page you see is really four different scans stitched to make the one page which means I have four chances of throwing my page off by tilting a scan or not getting it just so. Any ways, as you can see I did mess some up slightly so I ask you to just look past these. My birthday is coming and hopefully I will get the new software I wanted....PSE 9 or 10. (Did you know they came out with a Photoshop 10?)

Ingredients:

My Memories Software

Cardstock (Orange and White)

LMS Turkey Day Fonts from Font Space

Turkey Eyelets (unknown)

Turkey from Turkey Dinner SVG Set (bought from SVG Cuts)

Fiskars Lace 3 in 1 Corner Punch

Copic Markers

Brads

Ingredients:
My Memories Software

Cardstock (Orange and White)

Turkey Eyelets (unknown)

Fiskars Leave it to Weave Border Punch

Fiskars Lace 3 in 1 Corner Punch

SVG of Fork and Knife (forgot which site I got it from)

Ribbon from my stash

Copic Markers

Ingredients:
My Memories Software

Cardstock (Orange and White)

Stamp (unknown)

SVG – Give Thanks (unknown)

Fiskars Border Punch-unknown (I wish the name of the punch was on it)

Copic Markers 

I hope you liked the pages I have done for day one of this hop. Of course I am sure you would like some candy too....and what candy it is...

My Memories software is so easy to use and has fantastic paper to choose from. Even though I used the same paper on all my backgrounds there are so many to choose from. I like using this for hybrid pages (like the ones I showed you) but there is so much more than can be done using it. Check it out for yourself. I hope you like what you see because one lucky person taking this hop will be winning their own My Memories Suite.

How to win.

1. Be a follower.

2. Visit My Memories Suite and click the “New Kits” …pick out your favorite.

3. Leave me a comment telling me which one is your favorite and a way to contact you if you win.

While your there look around and explore the different things there. After all, that one person who wins My Memories Suite could be you!

I thank you for hopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit. Don't forget to stop on back tomorrow to see more pages and another chance to win your own copy of Memories Suit.
Your next hop is over to Tifany’s blog…. Ink Blots by TRD

My Mistake Works For Me

Ever notice some people have their comments at the bottom of their posts and some at the top? I can't tell you how many times I had posted on the wrong post because I went to the bottom but should have been going to the top. Forums are like that too....at least for me. I was on the Fiskars Forums and I wanted to join the Liftateers. This way it gives me that added push to get a page done. I got all messed up on which one to as there is a one year and a two year. I went to the one year figuring this is my first year there. I was suppose to be on the two year because they had the group now on year two. I also went back and asked if I could make a card out of the page we were to scraplift as it would make a good card. I was told no but there is a card one I could join but this group only does pages. Can be any size you want but pages. So I made it into a page....only to learn my mistake was compounded by the fact that when I went back to Liftateers year 1 to look at the project, I actually was on Card Lifters year 1 and that is why to me I wanted to make a card.....it was a card.
Well, now that the page can't be entered as Liftateers because it is the wrong page to lift from and it can't be entered into Card Lifters because although it is the correct page to lift from, it isn't a card. I used it for myself and thought this goes excellent in it. What do you all think?

You should know, this is my Mother at about the age of 18. That dress she is wearing is really pink. She loved Butterflies (as I do), don't know if you can see the lacy gloves or not but she loves roses also (she has some on her bouquet and they were also white and pink.)

(Both card and layout were inspired by Fiskateer Patty 2832)