Christmas Paper Preview, 3 Winners and Christmas Tutorial Link

Hi Everyone,

Scroll down to see a preview for our Printable Christmas Paper Collection that will be released as a Digital Download this week! 

Thanks to all who entered such great samples in our Nov Linky Party I have 3 random.org winners! Congratulations to #9 Sheri Elmont.  All the others who joined the Linky Party have each won a Christmas Printable Box & Bowl-Pocket template.   Vicki has a Christmas Basket Tutorial on her Blog but the images can also be folded to create gift pockets.  I also have 2 Blog Giveaway Winners; congrats to lucky # 13 Nancy Y and #48 Stacie D.

Here is Sherri's adorable Grade A card made with our Farm Chicks Stamp Set and paper is from CD #1

Okay, here's a preview of our Printable Christmas Papers! The CD should have been ready by now but we had too many interruptions (building new website, staff off sick, changing stamp sets to digital, etc).  So they will be released as a download with the paper available to order tomorrow or Wed.  If Cindy gets better and comes back to work this week the other jpg images and PDF ephemera files will be available later this week.

 

 I'm really excited about the variety of papers and how many will work for other non-Christmas projects. I'm in love with the Christmas Border paper and I want to do a tutorial on how to make Washi Tape with it.  Here's a little slice so you can see the detail in the border designs.

 I've learned a lesson - no more big CD's for a while. It's so much work and I'm fussy and want to include everything.

We stopped working on Christmas to do the Thanksgiving Printable Kit, then I wanted to raise funds for prostate cancer at Movember.com mustache events (they have raised $35,794,789!!!) so we did the Barber Shop Kit and Mustache Men Digital Stamp Set after our Halloween CD.  My back is messed up from sitting at the computer for so long and my eyes are sore from too many Photoshop hours cleaning and changing old images!

 **There are still a couple more sheets to be added with Christmas text and cute snow girls but look at our cool Santa papers!

 Here are some tins DT Leader Vicki Chrisman decorated with a variety of the Retro Christmas Papers.

I will post the images and ephemera  later this week but you can see some images on these samples below and our DT ladies are busy whipping up inspiring samples they will be sharing soon on their blogs.  Sample sheets will be included in the downloads and on our Pintrest Boards like our other CD's.

DT Member Rebekah Fairies created this adorable sample with some of the printable paper and images that will be available.

DT Member Darlene Pavlick designed this stunning wall art piece to frame a wonderful poem that's on one of the papers.  She printed the paper a second time and gave it a tole effect raising the poem with some foam tape.  Also - see the new Stamped card Darlene created with our Christmas Express Stamp Set and it's on sale for $9.50!

 PS - DT Member Melissa Bove and her family live in NJ and were hit hard twice by the storms so she was with out any power for several days and may take awhile before she can get back into crafting. I told her not to worry a bit - we are just happy she and her family are all fine and their house didn't suffer much damage!   

The CK Show we were at this weekend was slower than normal as the attendance seemed down but it was great to see so many long time customers and meet so many new ones!

See you later this week with more Christmas images to show you!

Sandy Redburn
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New Christmas Stamps and Barber Shop Digital Kit!

Hi Everyone,

See our Barber Shop Kit below and our 2 NEW Christmas Clear Art Stamps have arrived!  These will likely be the last actual stamps made unless we find a company to take on our Clear Art Stamp line.  The Shopatron store we use does NOT work for digital products so we've started a new online store www.craftyvintagegirl.com  but haven't been able to get the Barber Shop Kit or Mustache Men Digital Art Stamp Set to load and need our webmasters help.  All of the digital products come with links to download once purchased so it will be great once we get everything added!  Update Added Now: Both Christmas Stamp Sets,    and Digital items: Barber Shop, Mustache Men, Halloween Labels  Kitchen and Christmas Box Printable Templates are added now! ALSO: See the cool altered suitcase I came back and added that DT Member Darlene Pavlick created!

I was able to add the 2 new Christmas sets to our store at Shopatron (blue link)

SM47 Christmas Express is a new 4 x 6" medium set of 14 separate stamps with a focus on mail art stamps. This is a fun set to create keepsake postcards for the holidays but also add to greeting cards, envelopes, gift wrap, tags and a host of Christmas crafts! See more detail on link. I've priced this new set at the same SALE Price $9.50 as all of our other Medium Clear Art Sets (were $14.99) What a deal!

 Snow Globes SL55 is a 6 x 8" large set with 20 separate stamps you can mix and match the greetings with. The 6 round images are slightly smaller than 2" to fit a 2" punch or die. There's a decorative ornamental top to create hanging Christmas decorations, plus a sweet bird holding a ribbon bow you can add. The set has 2 ornamental bases for the  snow globes which would look great stamped in gold or embossed and cut out to fit on the globes. The word Christmas comes out of the center globe so you can add a image or a photo.  This set will be fun to  embellish with faux snow and glitter!  I've priced this new set at the same SALE Price $15.50 as all of our other Large Clear Art Sets (were $24.99). What a deal!

Here is our new Barber Shop Digital Kit for $10.95 which includes 15 designer papers and over 40 pieces of ephemera! Our Design Team just got the kit and have started creating samples they will post ASAP.  The old fashioned styles and fun to alter designs include a fabulous mix!

This kit turned out really fun and just in time for for Movember activities and we are fundraising and donating $2.00 from every kit we sell from now through November!  Movember    is a fund raising site for prostate and testicular cancer with a symbolic moustache theme and fun ideas for events.   

NOTE: Our Mustache Men Stamps (yep, there are 2 ways to spell it)  are now a Mustache Men Digital Art Stamp Set for $9.95 and work great with this kit!

These are preview sheets showing the papers and ephemera pieces you get with the kit

Here are the other 6 papers in the Barber Shop Kit

There are 2 pages showing all the ephemera pieces you get.  They are a mix of JPG and PNG files so all the designs you see cut out are PNG files so you can layer them on the paper, add photos to the frames, add a banner to a page, buttons, etc.

The page includes a mix of JPG and PNG files.  The PNG files include items like the mustaches, barber chair, pointing hand,  signs and stars.  The JPG files are are the 'straight edge, easy to cut files' such as the '4 up image page or invitations. I think it would be fun to have 1 of the invitations say Shave the Date. ***On the other instead of 'I Mustache You to a Party', what if we added an eye image instead of the I?  The I just looks short and weird

 So now I've come back to add a sample that new DT Member Darlene Pavlick just sent me. All the papers and images she used are from the Barber Shop Kit!

Darlene turned a box into a suitcase and used our new Barber Shop Kit for all the papers, images and ephemera pieces

NOTE: Our Mustache Men Stamps (yep, there are 2 ways to spell it)  are now a Mustache Men Digital Art Stamp Set for $9.95 and work great with this kit!  The original Clear Art Stamp Set has sold out now. This Digital set is $9.95 and everything is larger and re-sizable.

 Here are some ideas using the Stamp Set

Here's my last post if you missed it introducing our New DT Members Darlene, Melissa and Rebecca and saying Farewell to Pam and Marilyn.

Whew - a lot of info, I'm pooped out.  I will do a Giveaway on my next post

Have a fantastic weekend!

 Sandy Redburn

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New Christmas Stamps & Giveaway, Halloween, Friendship and France Trip!

Hi Everyone,

We got back from vacation last week but it’s taken me a few days to get back to reality.  I took over 500 photos in France but I will just share a few at the end as I have a bunch of projects to show you and our NEW Christmas stamp set Winter Wishes (update now a ($9.99 Digital Set)

To celebrate, I’m going to give this stamp set away with one of our Christmas Booklets and Christmas Scraps!  Just leave a comment on this post to be entered. A Random.org winner announced this Tues, Oct 11/11.



There are 19 separate stamps on this set with adorable children, snowmen and some great vintage lettering! You can stamp the gift, the pie or the turkey for the 3 children at the bottom to create a Thanksgiving or Christmas card or gift tag. There are 2 snowflakes, swirly lines and holly you can use as accents and a little glitter snow will add some holiday sparkle.

DT member Linda Duke was very sweet to color this sheet of the stamp set to give you some ideas.  You also have to check out the stunning floral cards on her blog she created for a class!



Okay, now for some fun Halloween ideas! Past DT member Lisa Zappa decided to decorate a Halloween tree and created a bunch of fun ornaments to decorate it with.

She used images from our Halloween Creative Scraps and Halloween Image Booklet

Lisa said she just spray painted some old bare branches black she found in her backyard and folded paper to create medallion's, used some glitter and vintage tin cups to add the images.

How about these cute Halloween Cards Elizabeth Droege posted on our Facebook page she made with our Halloween Creative Scraps.

Look at this cute Halloween card Lisa Hensley posted on our website using our Costume Cuties Stamps and tickets from our Halloween Scraps.  You can see more Halloween ideas HERE in our Online Gallery.

I am in LOVE with the 2 shadow boxes that DT Member Jan Hennings revamped and decorated using papers from our CD, images from our Mini Scraps and our new Mini Frames Clear Art Stamp Set.  The details she added are what make them both so special. 

There are great close up photos of both rooms HERE on Jan’s Blog and check out the little books she made using scraps of paper for her 2nd shadow box the ‘reading room’. The angel is from our Cherub stamp set.

I adore this beautiful chipboard album that DT Leader Vicki Chrisman created HERE for a friend and the Friendship Challenge HERE at Splitcoast that Marcy hosted. 
The papers Vicki used from our CD look so pretty and I love the stamping details she added to the inside with our Vintage Labels and Antique Trims Stamp Set (now a digital $9.99 set)

How about this very pretty card that DT Member Pam Hooten designed HERE using the Vintage Labels stamp set and papers from our CD.

Here's an adorable card by DT Member Tammy Roberts using one of my fav images from our Girlfriends Image Booklet.  See details HERE on Tammy’s Blog

I really enjoy reading any of DT Member Julie Cambell's blog posts , especially when she tells a family story like this one HERE Julie scrapped about her great great grandmother Celia's accident as a child.  The image is from our Birds and Blossoms Scraps and the cameo is  from our CD.

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This week Lori Lynn hosted a Make it Pink Challenge over at Spiltcoast using any of our products and she created this pretty card below using our Bird Notes Stamps. Lori has all the posting details HERE and see the Gallery HERE.

We had an amazing vacation and I was surprised at how many French Flea Markets and Brocante (second hand) sidewalk sales and stores I found. My carry on suitcase was so crammed with antique books and paper I could barley lift it.   I will do a blog post on French flea markets soon and include a bunch of photos, some links and helpful tips I learned.

The Hop On, Hop Off Bus was a fantastic way to see the city. We hopped off at the Eiffel Tower, had a picnic and hopped on another to see more sights.



I’m still dreaming about the baguette's, chocolate croissants and other yummy pastries.

During our 2nd week we visited different towns on their market days in the Burgundy area we stayed in. You could buy from the butcher, the baker, the cheese maker, soap maker, farmers – all super fresh!

One of our longer day trips (1.5 hr. drive) was to Annecy, this enchanting town close to the Swiss border. The old triangle building use to be a prison. Full of cute restaurants & stores. We ate amazing crepes.

I will have create a photo gallery for the other pics.
Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post to be entered into the GIVEAWAY for our NEW Winter Wishes Clear Art Stamp Set, a Christmas Image & Journal Booklet and our Merry Christmas Creative Scraps!

Wishing you joy and creativity
Sandy Redburn
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