Fiskars Live Craft-Off with Host Laurie Smith of Trading Spaces

Fiskars Live Craft-Off with Host Laurie Smith of Trading Spaces

MADISON, Wis., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The top five papercrafters from across the country will compete in a live Craft-Off hosted by Laurie Smith of Trading Spaces. The Craft-Off will take place in the Fiskars Booth at the Craft and Hobby Association Show in Chicago, IL, on Friday, July 15, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Papercrafters from all over the country submitted their best projects, and a panel of professional designers judged and selected the top 100. For the second round of judging, craft industry editors from leading paper crafting publications chose the top five winning entries. You can view the top 100 winners on http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/ .

Submission options included scrapbooking pages, customized greetings (bags, tags and giftwrap), card making and more. Entries were judged on technique, use of tools, originality and creativity.

The top five papercrafters who will compete in the final Craft-Off are:

Melissa Reynolds, Waltham, MA Thespoena McLaughlin, Springdale, AR Katherine Parker, McKinney, TX Laurie Singelyn, Commerce, MI Aimee Woolsey, Fairborn, OH

All five finalists will receive an all-expense paid trip for two to Chicago. At the contest Laurie Smith will award the following prizes to the winners:

-- Grand Prize Winner - Fiskars(R) Craft 5-Piece Storage System - $1,000 in Fiskars(R) papercrafting tools - National recognition on PBS show "Scrapbook Memories" and in leading papercraft publications and select newspapers

-- 2nd Place Prize Winner - Fiskars(R) Ultimate Rolling Organizer - $500 in Fiskars(R) papercrafting tools

-- 3rd, 4th & 5th Place Prize Winners - Fiskars(R) Universal Organizer - $250 in Fiskars(R) papercrafting tools

Fiskars School, Office & Craft is a division of Fiskars Brands, Inc., a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer and industrial products. Fiskars Brands, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiskars Corporation, a Finnish corporation traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange . Founded in 1649, Fiskars Corporation is one of the oldest companies in the world. Fiskars Brands, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of scissors, gardening tools and cutlery, as well as other consumer products sold under the brand names including FISKARS(R), Gerber Legendary Blades(R), Royal(R) Floor Mats, Home Leisure(R), Planterra(R), Power Sentry(R), Newpoint(R), Montana(R), Raadvad, Sankey and Ebert.

Source: Fiskars Brands, Inc.

CONTACT: Suzanne Fanning of Fiskars Brands, Inc., +1-608-294-4509, sfanning@fiskars.com

Web site: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/

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