Sunday Showcase: Faux Patina Gallery

As I was searching for some card ideas the other day, I kept finding cards using the Faux Patina technique that I featured in my first-ever video tutorial. I don't mind telling you that it is very exciting for me to see how much fun other stampers are having with this technique!  Going Viral, Baby! …

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Too Cool Demo Team June Showcase – Part 1

I've been in crazy painting mode again!  This time, I'm trying to get my old house renovated so I can put it on the market without being completely embarrassed!  Taking down wallpaper, painting every room, new countertops, new shower doors…it's going to look better than it ever looked when I lived there!  Isn't that how …

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Retiring Sense of Time – Emboss Resist Card

So, here I am again, looking at my pile of soon-to-retire stamp sets and wondering, "Why, oh why, didn't I use these babies more?!"  Seriously!  Some of these sets I simply "had" to have, and here they sit, barely mounted and never used!  That has to be some sort of stamping sin I've commited!  Are …

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Nautical Expedition Suite & Spiral Border Punch

I hosted my monthly Stamp Club for the first time in my Too Cool Stamping Studio last night.  Woohoo!  It went pretty well, even though it felt weird not to be packing up all my stuff to take down to our usual spot at the fire station community center.  Obviously weird in a good way! …

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Extreme Elements Father’s Day Card

I really liked the look of dry embossing on Brushed Silver card stock that I posted yesterday.  So, when I was looking for a simple Father's Day card for an upcoming workshop, I wanted to use the technique again!    I accomplished several of my workshop project goals with this project…1) use up some of …

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