Artistic Etchings Fabulous You Card

   Everyone has a friend (or two, or a dozen) that could use a thoughtful "you're the best" card to brighten their day!  Personally, I love to receive them, but I love creating them even more!    The Artistic Etchings and Notably Ornate stamp sets, and Love Letter Designer Series Paper, works perfectly together to …

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Too Cool Demo Team December Project Showcase

We saw some awesome Christmas cards yesterday made by my Too Cool Demo Team.  Today, we'll take a look at some of the wonderfully creative, non-card projects they shared recently. Punched Owl Tag—Created by Carmen DeBruce.  Card stock: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie.  Supplies: 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Owl Punch, Boho …

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Artistic Etchings Emboss Resist

I love to do Emboss Resist, and the new Artistic Etchings set has the perfect "collage" style of images to showcase this Too Cool technique!    Doesn't the background look like a piece of decorative paper?  Sometimes I like to do a whole sheet of card stock with this technique, then cut it up to …

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Newsprint: Black, White & Red All Over

Today, I'm showing you another gorgeous card created by Michelle Hoover featuring the Artistic Etchings set:    I'm always afraid to play with bold black and red combinations, but Michelle excels in this color palette.  She started with the new Newsprint Designer Series Paper (shown right) for the background.  She then stenciled on the fleur …

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New Catalog Sneak Peek Card!

Woohoo! Yesterday, I received my box of fun pre-order goodies from the upcoming 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog—it was like Christmas come early!  To actually hold the 5 new colors, the returning In Colors, and the 5 new In Colors was thrilling!  Plus, demonstrators were allowed to pre-order from a small selection of stamps and …

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