Lyn's thoughts..........

Back to normality this week

It seems like ages since I shared a few pics of the gorgeous grandkids.....so here's a few pics

Gemma is growing up soooooooooo quickly and already trying to keep up with Sam in the toys department.....LOL!

                                       SAMUEL is growing into such a handsome boy!

We had the whole family here yesterday for Jess and Tim's birthdays.......which was lovely!

Tim is off to do the KAKODA TRAIL in November so he shall be getting into some serious training now!

He is really looking forward to the Challenge and the experience!

I recently had my 2011 Blog Published.....and am so pleased with the results! I added a Layout of GEMMA on the front cover and Rod and the 2 grandkids on the back cover.....

It's so nice to have more time to craft now the WATERGARDEN has closed for the Season!

I was sent some yummy products from FISKARS and FYNMARK recently...and have been dying to get into the package and create some fun projects.....first off the rank is a Special Card for a wonderful lady..........................sh.......................sh..................can't tell you who it is yet......LOL!

I have had fun playing around with the Fiskars Groovy Rainbow Interchangeable Border Punch and some cardstock from the RUBY ROCK IT range " NOSTALGIA"

Hoping to get some more time to craft later this week....I have so many pics to Scrap of the kids........and having such yummy product waiting to play with.....I'm so excited!!!!

Shall share more soon..................helping hubby pack up part of the GARDEN SHOP the next few days and off to Melbourne for a lunch date Tuesday.

 

PLAY DAY and CATCH UP

I'm having a PLAY DAY tomorrow with my good friend Carolyn.......it's been wayyyyyyyyyy too long since we crafted together......

I've been having fun the past few weeks crafting some cards for family birthdays coming up....

...........................and one more......using the

Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punch -  " LACY DOUBLES "....I double punched this strip to get this gorgeous pattern....I had some Cloud 9 Stickers in my stash that I added along with some Kaisercraft Pearls.

....and just to be different ....a Place Card using my NEW Butterfly Punch and Decorative Frame Stamp from STAMPIN UP...I like to off set punched out shapes and put some 3 D adhesive underneath.....

I need to get some Photos printed off soon so that I can scrap them.....it's been ages since I scrapped the grandkids.....so I'm looking forward to that when time allows...

It's a busy time around here at the moment with the WATERGARDEN SEASON!

Bus Groups are now coming up every day.....and the weekends have been busy....

Punch Crazy at the moment

I've been a bit punch crazy the past few weeks when I get some crafty time to myself!!

Here's another CHEERY CARD I created using the following FISKARS TOOLS!

Thanks to STAMPIN UP I have some wonderful cheery cardstock,papers & Ink Pads to play with also!!!

Hope to get crafty again later today!!!!

Getting out in the garden for awhile today.......need to cut back some roses and do some much needed weeding.............................then working SUNDAY at the WATERGARDEN!!

In case you missed my earlier Sneak peek Video from the BLUE LOTUS WATERGARDEN....here it is again......ENJOY!!  Make sure your sound is turned up!!!

                           Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Valentine Card - Punch Happy - Birthday Step Card

I've had a lovely time playing with some NEW TOOLS from FISKARS!

The Interchangeable Border Punches are a dream to Punch with..............so creating this card for hubby was easy....

I used up some Black Fusion Cardstock by Bellla from my stash along with some Bella Ribbon.

Fiskars Tools used :

Fiskars Interchangeable  Border Punch - Ivy League

                                                        - X  Marks the Spot

Fiskars Everywhere Punch - Burst

Fiskars Surecut Trimmer

Fiskars Microtip Scissors

After I finished the Valentine Card I kept playing with my latest product from STAMPIN UP and FISKARS......combining the products from Two Great Companies to create a fun and cheery birthday card for my Step Mum who turns 84 on February 12th......here's what I used....

                                                    To create this STEP CARD

I must admit I love to PLAY,PLAY and PLAY some more when I get NEW product to see what I can do with them........I am loving the fact that I can combine the Punches from these Two fabulous Companies to get the effect I want with my projects.....thanks guys!!!!

Tools used on this card were:

Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punch - Banners Away

Fiskars Surecut Trimmer

Fiskars Everywhere Punch - Burst

Fiskars 3 in 1 Corner Punch - Summer fun

Fiskars Round and Round Squeeze Punch - large

Stampin Up Punches - Butterfly

                                 - Decorative Label

Stampin Up Stamps x2

Stampin Up Ink Pads x3

Cardstock and Paper was also from Stampin Up

Off to play some more.....................................back soon!!!

                                                               

Fiskars and Stampin Up - great combo

I have had some wonderful HAPPY MAIL this week from both STAMPIN UP and FISKARS so I finally had a play tonight with some of the fabulous goodies to create this fun birthday card for my great niece Kimberley who turns TWO today......

We are attending her party this afternoon......

I must admit I had such fun playing with the NEW FISKARS INTERCHANGABLE BORDER PUNCH - BANNERS AWAY....and the NEW CARTRIDGE for my FISKARS EVERYWHERE PUNCH- BURST....I thought these two punches complimented each other on this card.

Next I used my NEW STAMPIN UP Four Frames Stamp and Melon Mambo Ink Pad to stamp an image on white cardstock.

 The sentimant is also a STAMPIN UP stamp that was given to me by a friend....thanks Pam!

I used the Tempting Turquoise Ink Pad for this as I thought it looked great against the background cardstock........................also from STAMPIN UP.......thanks guys!

 I then punched out the image with my NEW STAMPIN UP Punch - Decorative Label

I love how STAMPIN UP have these co-ordinating stamps and punches.....just fabulous!!!

Paper is from the Stampin Up - Designer Series Paper

Cardstock is from Stampin Up - A4 Smooth Cardstock

Clown and flower embellishments were in my stash......thought they looked cute and added some more colour......

                                    HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMBERLEY!

I can't wait to play some more with these fabulous tools.....that arrived today!!

.......ok.....I've played around a bit more with Kimberley's Card...just wanted to get a Number 2 on there with a Butterfly as she loves Butterflies.....and she is turning 2

So I used my NEW Stampin Up Ink Pads - Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight  and .......Melon Mambo along with my NEW Stampin Up Butterfly Punch

It probably is a bit overloaded now with Embellishments...but hey.....this is for a Child's Birthday....so I'm sure she'll love all the little touches.....

Now I just need to wrap her present and I'm ready to PARTY!!!!!

                        

       Have a  lovely weekend everyone!!!

FAMILY NEWS

Some pics to share from last Sat night at Yvonne's 70th birthday party......

Ella loved Gemma Mae.....she was smitten by her.....so darn cute!

It was nice to catch up with Step Mum Lorraine and Niece Rachael........

Yvonne's Cake and 70th

What a fun night last night we had for Yvonne's 70th birthday party!! Just need some more time to sort through some pics.....but here's one of the CRUISE SHIP CAKE I made for her.....gosh....I had forgotten how much fun it is to create THEMED CAKES........it's been like over 20 years since I did my own kids cakes .....LOL!!

She did love it and her grandkids were all hoping for one of the top two pieces......LOL!

Turning 32 - Happy Birthday Sally

I had fun creating this card for Sally whilst in Paynesville last week....she turned 32 yesterday!

I love using my FISKARS TOOLS when I create cards...especially my Fiskars Punches....I used the Fiskars Sunburst Border Punch and Fiskars Scallop Circle Lever Punch as well as my Fiskars Circle Squeeze Punch..............................and looky what else I dug out of my stash to create the circle.....I already had it out for a LAYOUT of SAM that I was working on....so thought I may as well use it for the background circle as well on Sally's card.

The Card I used was from the Fynmark "Imprints" .....love using these 6" x 6" cards that are already embossed! I seem to be making "rosettes" on all my projects at the moment!

I'm loving using the Paper Boy Paperz Range from Bella lately to scrap Sam's pics.....and after I used up some of the Border Stickers I decided to cut down the plastic bag that they were in and add a new topper I created and then store the left over embellishments

Using my NEW Kaleioscope Border Punch and some papers scraps from the rangeI went to work

GARDENING whilst in PAYNESVILLE

Gosh we had a bit of garden maintenance to do last week in East Gippsland pruning and weeding

Rod got some more white pebbles and finished off the native garden near the back door...just have a few more to get next time  we visit!

I love these pics I took of Rod and the grandkids yesterday

Gemma had just had a feed and Rod was nursing her when Sam just had to come in for a cuddle as well....so darn cute....as you can see Gemma is just wanting to go back to sleep and Sam was wanting to get in as close as he could....LOL!

 

Fiskateer Orange Blog Hop - grab a RAK along the way

        RAK winners are:  

                      Debby Lewis, Victoria H # 2766 and Sylvia #5019                             

                Please email through your postal details asap CONGRATULATIONS!!

Hi everyone,

If you are playing along with the Fiskateers Orange Blog Hop you have probably hopped all the way over from the US to Australia from

Michelle Cummings  Faerie Dust Dreams Blog http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/

TODAY members of Fiskateers, a community sponsored by Fiskars, are sharing their passion for crafting and  you shall be hopping all over the world!! If you have made it here you are doing well....LOL!

Sooooooooooooooooooooo.................................

Welcome to my Blog where I love to write and share photos for family and friends.

Today I've put together a little slideshow of what our garden looks like at the moment here in Australia as it's Spring time....a beautiful time in the garden with the warmer weather and the beginning of new life all around the garden. 

We live the beautiful Yarra Valley in Victoria,Australia.....just love the country life!!

Make sure you turn your sound up................ENJOY!!!

Take your time to look around my Blog and if you have any questions about anything then feel free to leave a comment under this post or email me.....I have included a little project below underneath the Slideshow...............hope you enjoy it!

                    
Thanks to Fiskars Australia one lucky Fiskateer shall win a pair of these Fiskars Gardening Pruners......and 2 other Fiskateers shall win some Christmas Craft Goodness or some Halloween Cookie Ctters from ME!! Just leave me a comment on here...it's that easy!!

Once you are ready to move on you can head over to Sue in CT's Blog  

                      

http://sueinct.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful weekend Blog Hopping and learning as you go from the many Fiskateers who are participating in this fabulous Orange Blog Hop!!! 

Isn't it a great way to learn a little bit more about our wonderful Fiskateer Community and it's members....thanks to Debby for organising this! 

I'm actually working at the Royal Melbourne Show this weekend but I'll be doing some serious Blog Hopping myself on Sunday!!

  

 

ok.....if you get lost whilst hopping you can always just click on the Orange Blog Hop Logo on any of the Blogs and that shall take you back to the start!!!

Here's my project share for today..........BIRTHDAY CARD ENVELOPE/LAYOUT

 

I thought that it would be fun to make a Birthday Card Envelope that can be added to a Scrapbook Layout to hold birthday cards.......so here's what I have in mind for Sam (grandson) for next year when he turns 3.

Step 1 - take a sheet of cardstock 11" x 11"(change size to suit) I used cardstock from Bella " Paper Boys Paperz "Range

Step 2 - using trimmer to line up at the 51/2" mark - take pencil and mark in the track as shown

Step 3 - mark in the track both sides of cardstock to form a cross..this is your centre

Step 4 -using the cross as a guide..fold in one corner

Step 5 - now fold in the oppostite corner

Step 6 - fold in the third corner leaving the fourth corner open

 

Step 7 - using double sided tape...adhere two sides of the bottom triangle as shown..you place it so that it overlaps on one triangle underneath and then close the next triangle over it so that you get a nice finish

 

Step 8 -this is what the front look s like now - I have left the top flap folded under

Step 9 - Using some cardstock or paper from your stash cut a 5" x 5" square and a 51/2" x 51/2" square and adhere to the front of envelope. Add some fun embellishments depending on who the envelope is for

Step 10 - Create your own fun birthday card to fit inside the envelope. I shall do this at a later date. Once the birthday is over and you have taken pics and there are more birthday cards...add cards into the envelope and attach envelope to your Layout Add some birthday pics around the edge and some Journaling....and viola.........you're done!!!

If you have read through everything on here then well done!  PHEW!! I do like to talk a bit....LOL!

ok...........now you are hopping over to

                                                  http://sueinct.blogspot.com/

Thanks for dropping by!

Oh and in case you didn't know we have an Aussie/NZ Fiskars Craft Blog.....here is the link  http://fiskarscraft.typepad.com/my_weblog/ make sure you drop by and take a peek sometime......we'd love to see you over there

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

(Fiskateer # 1110)

He is growing into a wonderful BOY!

Sam loved his Thomas the Tank Engine Chocolate Birthday Cake  as you can see that Brendan made for his 2nd birthday party on Sunday.......he is growing into such a wonderful,happy little boy!!

Rod adores Sam.....and Sam loves his Pa

Uncle Ryan and Autie Katie gave Sam this fabulous Play Tunnel....he loves it....and apparently he has spent the past few days taking his toys including the Tractor that Uncle Brian and Autie Jess gave him and the footy that Uncle Tim gave him in and out of it .......fabulous fun!!

Imagine the fun he'll have when Gemma starts to crawl......LOL!