Fiskars Announces Winner of Fiskars(R) Get Ready, Craft!(SM) Contest

Fiskars Announces Winner of Fiskars(R) Get Ready, Craft!(SM) Contest

MADISON, Wis., July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Fiskars Brands, Inc. today announced the winner of the Fiskars(R) Get Ready, Craft!(SM) Contest. The Grand Prize Winner is Kate Parker from McKinney, Texas. She will be enjoying Fiskars(R) Craft 5-Piece Storage System and $1,000 in Fiskars(R) papercrafting tools. She will also be featured on the PBS show "Scrapbook Memories."

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050718/CGM038 )

"Papercrafting is a passion," said Suzanne Fanning, Senior Manager, Public Relations for Fiskars School, Office & Craft. "Our winner, and all the contestants here today, are wonderful examples of what can happen when a little imagination and creativity are combined with some tools and techniques. It's extraordinary to see what these women were able to create in less than two hours!"

Laurie Smith from Trading Spaces hosted the live, two-hour event at the Craft & Hobby Association Show in Chicago, Ill. In addition to awarding the Grand Prize to Ms. Parker, Ms. Smith awarded the following prizes to the other four contestants who made it to the final Craft-Off:

2nd Place Prize Winner - Melissa Reynolds, Waltham, Mass. - She will receive the Fiskars(R) Ultimate Rolling Organizer and $500 in Fiskars(R) papercrafting tools.

3rd Place Prize Winner - Laurie Singelyn, Commerce, MI; 4th Place Prize Winner - Aimee Woolsey, Fairborn, OH; 5th Place Prize Winner - Thespoena McLaughlin, Springdale, Ark. - These winners will each be enjoying a Fiskars(R) Universal Organizer plus $250 in Fiskars(R) papercrafting tools.

To see the papercrafts that helped our contestants make it to the final five, as well as the other top 100 papercrafts from the contest, visit http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/ . Check the site often for more great project ideas, a biweekly Fiskars TV crafting show, how-to demos on Fiskars tools and interesting crafting articles.

Judges for the final Craft-Off included: Katie Nugent, Editor, Better Homes & Gardens Scrapbooks etc.; Marianne Madsen, Managing Editor, Creating Keepsakes; Kathy Stull, Producer, Scrapbook Memories; Stacy Croninger, Editor, Paper Crafts Magazine; and Deborah Mock, Editor, Memory Makers.

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.

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

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

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