45 Years of Fiskars

From Fiskars:

Join the Celebration — the Original Orange-Handled Scissors Turns 45!

First introduced in 1967 as a fabric scissors, our Original Orange-Handled Scissors™ redefined the standard for quality and cutting precision. Not only was it much lighter and more comfortable than forged scissors, it also far outperformed them. Check out our page on Facebook to help us celebrate the 45th anniversary of our iconic Orange-Handled Scissors. Our celebration begins on January 17 with a fun-filled 45-day countdownleading up to the first day of National Craft Month on March 1. Like us on Facebook to join the celebration and check out all the contests, prizes, fun facts, artist features and more.

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Win - Ultimate Scissors Collection from Fiskar

Enter to win before February 11th, 2011 [link]

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Everyone can be Crafty

materials

Honestly, anyone can craft. I created a few boxes from templates I downloaded from Mirkwood Designs, they were free, and there are a lot of other templates there you might be interested in.

I decided to create them using ordinary easily found objects. I cut with my daughter’s child scissors. In order to create folds, some lines needed to be creased. I did so by tracing over the lines on the template with a ballpoint pen on top of the decorative (scrapbooking paper) paper to create an indent. If I couldn’t draw a straight line, I used my TV remote to help guide me. Then I used a little glue stick as needed to seal the flaps. Oh, and just a suggestion, If you find it hard to keep the template in place when you are cutting, a few clothespins can be used to keep everything in place.

So with little to no crafting supplies, you can create something crafty! Give it a try. 

finished boxes (and a few beads made from the scraps)

Scrapbooking papers, rub-ons and stickers were provided free of charge from Crop Chocolate.

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