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Creating titles, borders and custom lettering is no longer limited to your own artistic ability. With the emergence of digital scrapbooking tools and computer applications, scrapbooking and paper crafting manufacturers like Xyron are rapidly developing innovative product options that make it easier to be creative. These new introductions - including the Xyron® Wishblade® Personal Media Cutter, the Xyron® Personal Cutting System™ and the brand new Xyron® Design Runner™ - empower creative consumers to enhance scrapbook and paper craft projects through digital technology; creating results as aesthetically appealing as those 'made from scratch' - but in much less time.

Freedom to Create
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> Manufacturers know a majority of scrapbookers are looking for new, fashionable, high-quality embellishments for their projects, not to mention easy ways to access and use them. As a result, everything from printing options and applications, to software, to scrapbook-specific printers and specialized papers are taking on new and exciting forms in our industry. Perhaps one of the most exciting introductions in this area is the new Xyron Design Runner - a handheld cordless printer developed specifically for scrapbookers and paper crafters to enhance the way printed accents are added to pages, cards and other projects.

This first-of-its-kind battery-operated printer provides scrapbookers an easy-to-use tool to print words, phrases, title elements, icons and borders anywhere on a page. The Xyron Design Runner works using a collection of memory cards called Design Discs. As easy to use as a computer mouse, the Design Runner is completely cordless, requires no PC connection, offers 600-dpi printing in three permanent, acid-free ink colors, and has an easy to read LCD screen and optical guides to make printing fast and effortless. With multiple designs, fonts, icons, and text combinations available, the possibilities for quick and easy printing on a page, a card, ribbon, fabric and other surfaces are greater than ever before.

Going digital doesn't need to be scary or intimidating, either. In fact, once you start incorporating digital into your arsenal of scrapbooking and paper craft tools you're likely to be hooked. For adding layered shapes and letters to scrapbook pages, making dozens of pop-up "thank you" cards, or creating custom printed ribbon, nothing is faster or easier to use than the new generation of digital creative tools from Xyron. Whether it's a digital printing tool like the Design Runner™, software that allows the manipulation of photos and text, or portable die-free cutting like Xyron's Personal Cutting System™, you'll be more productive and more creative than ever before.

The Next Big Thing
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> It's as much nerve-wracking as it is exciting when new products are introduced. You see it in the magazines, online, in the stores and ask yourself, "Is it really that good? Should I buy it? Or shouldn't I?" You look at your collection of tools and supplies and ask, "Do I really need this?" The answer, of course, is yes when the newest introductions are sure to make you a better and faster crafter!
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> But how do you know when a new tool is the next great tool? Look at the quality of what it does and quantity of things you can do with it.