Too Cool Demo October Showcase – Part 1

We saw a whole lot of awesome projects at my Demo Team Meeting this week.  I'm so proud of my team—they are so enthusiastic and creative!  I love, love, love seeing, and being inspired by, their creations!  I'm saving a couple of their projects for some separate posts, but here are some of the others …

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Thoughts & Prayers To My Friend

Forgive me as I get a little emotional in this post.  A very close friend of mine lost her dad yesterday.  I have to tell you that, although I didn't really know her father, his death brought back so many recent emotions of my mom's death in 2008.  It was her passing that led me …

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Autumn Harvest: Wood & Watercolor

I love this card that was created by Michelle Hoover, one of my Too Cool Demo Team members, so I had to share!     I love the watercolor look she achieved with the Autumn Harvest stamp set!  So beautiful!  My favorite part is that she stamped and watercolored on a rarely-used and almost-forgotten stamping …

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Chic Boutique Aviary CASE

When I don't feel particularly creative, which seems to be way more than I would like, I can usually get myself motivated by CASEing someone else's beautiful project.  Sometimes, as I begin working on the project, I'll become inspired and add my own touches as I go along.  Other times, I simply adore the original …

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Matching Love Letter Cards

Today, I'm featuring two cards that I created to match the Scallop Envelope Gift Card Holder from yesterday.    Once again, I've used the beautifully patterned Love Letter Designer Series Paper and the color combination of Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, and Riding Hood Red.  To match the pretty Scallop Circle Paper Flower on …

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Love Letters Scallop Envelope Gift Card Holder

With the gift-giving season fast approaching, I like to start creating fun little gift card holders to have on hand.  I found a cute (and super easy!) idea at Tara Bazata's Ink & Paper Café blog using the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die.     The Scallop Envelope Die creates a cute little envelope that you fold …

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