I just love my Fiskars Mini Precision Scissors. I just wouldn’t want to do papercrafting without them. They’re not very fun or glamorous…just a bright orange work-house type product I use everyday. Actually, what got me thinking about them was a question I was asked about what product did you not think you needed at first but could not do without now. I managed to think up a few and this was one of them so I decided to feature it on today’s {C’est Bon} entry and I used my pair of Fiskars scissors in both of today’s designs.
I originally didn’t think I needed them. I thought they were just scissors, I can manage with those I already have. And I did. I managed with my old kitchen scissors for quite a while as I learned papercrafting. And then, I tried a pair of my friend’s scissors out at a crop a couple years ago. I was sold. I went out and purchased my pair that same week. Actually, I use them so much. At my craft desk, at the sewing machine…they’ve managed to make it to the computer desk many times as well. I must admit. I now own THREE pairs! LOL When one pair wanders off, I still have more to fall back on till they all make their way home to my craft desk.
What I like about the Fiskars mini scissors…
- small
- affordable
- great precision blades
- light
- durable and long lasting
- sharp pointed ends for tiny cuts
- comfortable to hold and use
What I use mine for…
- trimming small pieces of paper
- threads
- closely trimming around chipboard
- paper piecing
- cutting out designs to pop up and layer
- making fringes
Where can you find them?
Where can’t you find them?! LOL Michael’s, Office supply stores, Craft Stores, scrapbooking and stamping stores…I guarentee you, you won’t have to look too far! 🙂
As for my samples…below you will find my Noel Reindeer design. I used my scissors for carefully trimming out my paper pieced reindeer. In my previous post…just scroll down an entry, I used my scissors to cut out my flower and then after matting it with white, cut it out again. I love how fine and close I can get with my Fiskars mini scissors. 🙂
Noel Reindeer
For this design, I started out with my new reindeer stamp from Flourishes! I tell you, I gasped when I first saw it. It is soooo pretty! I just adore those flourishes for the antlers. I just couldn’t wait to make a card design with it. And I KNOW you’ll be seeing this stamp again soon in the future. This new stamp set is called Flourished Christmas is soon to be released on October 3rd along with 2 other beautiful sets. I just know you are going to love them all!
I decided to try paper piecing my reindeer by stamping it on this beautiful Fruitcake Basic Grey patterned paper. I acutally only used one 12×12 piece. The textured red you see as the main image background is the reverse side of the green winter spray paper. The reindeer was stamped first onto my red square layer with Versmark and embossed with Black embossing powder. Now, I’m not a big embossing powder user BUT this black really makes the antlers pop and shine and looks soooo festive. The reindeer was stamped and embossed again in the same manner onto the more patterned side of a scrap of the patterned paper.
And this is where my scissors come in…cutting out that detailed reindeer. Just cut very carefully just to the outside of the that black embossing and then adhere over the stamped deer on the red square layer. Very easy and a beautiful look for this card.
For the rest of the card design, a simple layout you see a lot from me. I just love square cards and the area available for enhancing. My main card base is made from Ruby Red cardstock and is 5.5″ square. I layered it with whisper whtie cardstock and then my patterned paper. All edges were sponged with my Close to Cocoa ink. On the center panel, I stitched the edges with white thread on my sewing machine before adhering that panel to the card design.
For embellishments and sentiment…the last things I always add… a little corner treatment created from my photo corner punch from Stampin Up. I set it with five mini pewter brads for definition. The sentiment was stamped in Ruby Red with the lovely Noel sentiment (one of many in this set) and then punched with my 1 3/8″ circle punch. It looked a little plain and so hmmmm….what to do?! I looked at my flourished antlers and yay! They made a beautiful flourished background when stamped in Old Olive. After punching a hole for the tag, a beautiful scrap of May Arts ribbon was the perfect finishing touch.
So of my designs, I think hmmmm, others I like and some I just love. This is one of those times. I’m saving this Christmas design for someone special. 🙂
A Note: This {C’est Bon} article is my honest opinion and is written just to share with you. I have no affiliation with the Fiskars company in any way. If you have a question about this product, I will try and answer it to the best of my ability by editing an answer into this entry. If you like these {C’est Bon} entries, you may want to check out some you missed. Just click on the {C’est Bon} category heading under the title and it will bring up them all. 🙂 Wishing you a wonderful week!
That is always a tricky one. A lot of the time I’m inspired by the stamps or patterned paper I’m using. I love both looks! I try to mix them up a little for variety and not back myself into one particular mold. Inspiration also comes from embellishments, clothing, advertisements in magazines, a trip to the mall …the list goes on. Because I design 6 days a week, I’m constantly thinking about it and have my eyes open. I keep a notebook in my purse to write things down on. A trip to Chapters/ Starbucks (a large Canadian bookstore) Monday night had my scribbling down a few ideas for color combos etc. I didn’t have my notebook with my so I had to make do with the back of my cheque book. 🙂
