Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Another Giveaway, Winner of New Stamps and New Samples!

Hi Everyone,

Winner of our 4 New Small Stamp Sets
A New Giveaway - for Vicki's 3D Shadow Boxes & Fairy Scraps!
Lots of Fun & Fabulous Samples
Link to Valentine Samples


We have a winner for our 4 NEW Small Clear Art Stamp sets from the 138 entries. Congratulations to Lyn S. from Australia who was the random #15 winner and has won Message in a Bottle, Price Tags, Ladies Hat Club and Twinkle Stars stamp sets. These 4 new sets just arrived at our warehouse yesterday and will be added to our Shopatron store later today. They will start shipping to stores when the other new sets arrive in about week. If you know a store that carries our stamps you can always ask them to add any stamps you love to their order.

Look at this very pretty 3D Landscape Shadow Box card the designer Vicki Chrisman created with images from our Easter Creative Scraps! She used paper from our Classic Paper Pad and stamps from our Cupcake Party Stamp set (that set should arrive next week). For everyone wanting these 3D Shadow boxes, scroll farther down for details!


Melissa Phillips created this adorable landscape shadow box card from our Fairy Scraps and the sentiment with roses is from Birds & Blossoms Scraps. The little postcard she used to mat it and the Party Time journal frame are from our newly revised Girlfriends Booklet we have just released. It has more little journal frames now and I love the new look! See more photos HERE on Melissa's blog.



Talking about Vicki's 3D Shadow Box Cards, we will be wholesaling them in Class Kits to stores in sets of 10 Landscape or Portrait styles, and selling them retail in sets of 3 Landscape or 3 Portrait styles in Classic/Pastel or Radiant colors. We are busy kitting all the sets for stores first who got 10 free with our CHA Show Special but plan to have the retail sets available in 10 days or less. In the meantime, leave a comment HERE today to be entered to win 3 sets of both styles and 3 of our Altered Fairy Scraps! Plus - keep tabs on Vicki's blog as she will be giving away some free to people who participate in a challenge to create and post their samples! AccuCut has also promised to give me a list I will post of all the stores who ordered the die and several stores ordered both dies!

Okay, now look at the super cute card DT member Michele Kovack created using an image and sentiment from our Couple of Cuties stamp set. I love the way she colored this card and the paper she chose. You can get all the details HERE on Michele's blog.



DT member Pam Hooten created this adorable card using the dance couple from Couple of Cuties and I love the way she added the skirt and flower for the little girl, the embossing on her white cardstock with the ribbon and embellishments!


Lisa Zappa also used Copics to color a bunch of cute valentines she made for friends. She stamped the phone girl from Couple of Cuties twice and simply colored her different to look like 2 friends talking.


Here are more valentines by Lisa and I keep using cute and adorable to describe the samples the DT ladies have made because every card turns out that way with this set.


DT leader Vicki Chrisman made this lovable layout using the puppy from our new Wacky Animal Scraps. You can CLICK HERE to see a bunch of great Valentine samples using a variety of our products.


DT member Marisa Grosson used the little birthday animals from Wacky Animals to create this sweet little birth announcement. She used the rose and 'It's a Girl' stamps from our Baby Girl Stamps also with SpellBinders Fancy Tag Diecuts behind the image.


DT member Linda Duke created this pretty card with the summer lady and sentiment from Seasonal Friends. I love the colors and embellishment she used! Check out the cool wallet Linda created also


Here is the same stamps but look how Marisa added Flower Soft to the tree and flowers.

Here is another wonderful card Marisa designed using our new Greetings From Wonderland Stamp set. It's due to arrive from the manufacture in a couple of days.


I feel bad that DT member Flo from France doesn't have our new stamps or Creative Scraps yet but I'm waiting until we get everything in stock so I can send her 1 box all together. In the meantime I spotted this lovely shabby layout she created using the dress form image from our Girlfriends Booklet. You can see a bunch more photos HERE on Flo's blog.


Lastly, I will leave you with a perfect message 'Have a Great Day, which DT member Pam Hooten stamped on the typewriter blank page from the Office 101 set. I love the way she used brown and black ink to make her message pop and her layers and stitching.

Okay, that's all until next time. Don't forget to leave a comment here on the blog to be entered to WIN 3 Landscape and 3 Portrait Shadow Box kits and 3 of our Altered Fairy Scraps. The draw will be next Monday, Feb 8/10

Wishing you all joy & creativity!
Sandy Redburn
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Friday, January 29, 2010

CHA Photos, Blog Winners & Giveaway for 4 New Stamp Sets!

Hi Everyone,

I'm back from CHA and thrilled with the response we had at the show! This post is mostly photos and short on text as I'm throwing a retirement party for my husband tonight! Leave a comment to be entered to WIN the 4 NEW Small Clear Art Stamp Sets posted at the end of this post!

My camera charger died, so I borrowed photos from Vicki and Julie - who both worked their butts off at the show and did a fantastic job!!!
This was going into the convention center


Here is a photo of our booth at the CHA Show. I will show some photos from our booth at the Craft Super Show later this week.



Here is the Make-n-Take Queen, Vicki Chrisman and some store owners making shadow box fairy cards. So many stores ordered Vicki's new Shadow Box Dies!!! They kept saying they were the hit of CHA! I will get a list of stores and post it ASAP that ordered the die(s).

The grids didn't fit in the CHA Booth, so no 'Fairy Garden Arbor' as I hoped but our revolving cupcake display was a hit!

Here I am in the middle with the talented Vicki and Julie, who were both so very Fantastic & Fun!

Now for the winners - (computer couldn't get signal at our hotel to post) The random winner Gabriela # 26 won our the Greetings from Wonderland and Mermaids Stamp Sets!

Gabriela said...
Darling jewelry armoire! Congratulations. The Seasons Friends set is so very beautiful. I'm secretly coveting it.
January 19, 2010 8:03 AM

Here is the random winner Debbie K # 184 won the Seasonal Friends and Cupcake Party Stamp Sets

debbiek said...
Oh, the projects are just wonderful. Love the new sets and am THRILLED beyond words that Ms. Vicki came up with some fabulous new dies! So fun!!!!
January 19, 2010 6:32 AM

Okay, here are 4 NEW small Stamp Sets. Leave a comment and we will do a random draw for these 4 sets this Tuesday.

SS ll is Message on a Bottle. It's a 3 x 4" set and the center come off he bottle, you can stamp the label on and lots of word combinations! Will post available date this Tuesday.


SS 12 Ladies Hat Club is a super fun small set with 4 cute hat ladies and lots of fun words! Their hats will be great to color and I love the mini tag and expressions "How Old?' $29.95 plus S&H. Will post available date this Tues

SS 13 Price Tags is a great set for creating cool price tags or No. Cards. I've been saving these old vintage numbers for ages and love the style! Will post available date this Tues.


Finally, SS 14, Twinkle Stars has a great mix of retro stars, background stars, a shooting star, nativity star, star border and smiling moon and star. These will look great with glitter, embossing and colored inks! Will post available date this Tues.


I also need to thank the rest of our Design Team and everyone else for all their hard work! Some of these ladies you may not see but they all play a BIG part in our success! Of course to our graphic designer Cindy van Koll for her amazing work, to Jessica for holding down the office, to our head shipper Shelley, book keeper Karin, to my husband Scott, my daughters and my parents for all their help and to all of you who continue to encourage and support us - Thank you so much!!!
Okay, gotta run but I will be back to show you some very cool samples soon!
Wishing you joy & creativity
Sandy Redburn
Owner

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Winner, Plus New Alice in Wonderland & Mermaid Stamp Sets!

Hi Everyone,

I leave today for both the Craft Super Show and the CHA Trade Show at the Anaheim Convention Center, so I’m going to be brief and show mainly pictures, which is the best part! We wish everyone could win but for the first CHA Giveaway for Office 101 and Party Cat Stamps, Random.org picked #184, so Jean is the winner!

Jean said... These are just so much fun!! These would be so much fun to work wit.
January 19, 2010 5:40 PM

Here is our new Greetings in Wonderland stamps! They are a large 6 x 8" set with 27 separate stamps. Available to order after CHA. Artwork is from 3 antique versions of the book with lots of cool changes, new parts and fun words by Cindy van Koll. She even made small hearts to fit on the queen's fan and squeezed in my fav: 'A man's home is his castle' and 'Until the Queen arrives'. Eventually there will be a 'Tea With Alice' stamp set!



Julie Campbell is coming to work in our booth at the shows, so I sent her one of the stamp proofs and she created this fun card. Our DT leader Vicki Chrisman will also be at both shows and managing our make-n-takes.

DT member Michele Kovack created this wonderful card
DT member Marisa Grosson designed this card in with a pretty yellow palette. Love the pearl on her crown and the detail on the watch!

I have 3 samples to show you by Lisa Zappa. I love the way she altered this book and added a Queen of Hearts playing card!


Here is the queen with the knave of hearts and Lisa said she added red Fun Flock to give him a velvet pillow!

Check out the Tweedle Dee & Dum boys on this cute card by Lisa
These are our new Mermaid Clear Art Stamps, a large 6 x 8" set with 20 separate stamps and lots of amazing detail! Leave a comment on this post to be entered to win this set and Greetings from Wonderland. Random winner will be announced Jan 27, 2010



Here is another very pretty card by Julie Campbell using the long mermaid stamp


I love the way DT member Michelle van Etten altered this 3D landscape Shadow Box with an ocean theme and added the mermaid stamps!



Here is another side of Michell's Michele's Shadow Box card

Okay, don't forget to leave a comment to be entered in this giveaway. The next post and giveaway will include a few more surprise stamp sets and a 3D Altered Fairy Shadow Box Kit, designed by Vicki Chrisman!
Wishing you all joy & creativity!
Sandy Redburn
OwnerCrafty Secrets

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Monday, January 18, 2010

CHA NEW Stamps # 2 Giveaway for Seasonal Friends and Cupcake Party!

Tonight I'm showing 2 more new stamp sets that will debut at the CHA Show that you can enter to WIN just by leaving a comment on this blog! They fall into the ‘pretty’ category and I adore how they turned out! Yesterday’s post (see HERE) was more altered and a little wacky but we love mixing it up and creating totally different styles. Tomorrow I will post our Greetings From Wonderland and Mermaid Sets and Giveaway! On Wednesday, see some surprise sets and the chance to win them and an Altered Fairy Shadow Box Kit by Vicki Chrisman!

Months ago, I showed a variety of images and asked for votes. Some of those are ‘still in the works’ but several people loved the 2 seasonal ladies and asked for a set. It took ages to find 2 more ladies and then our graphic artist, Cindy van Koll, did her magic so they go together. Here is the final result!
SL24 Seasonal Friends is a large stamp set 6 x 8” with 4 art deco style ladies in seasonal settings. The 4 sentiments are on banners, so you can use them separately. There is a little bird in each scene. Images are just over 2 ½” x 3” and banners are over 2 ½” x 3/4". I hope they get bigger when you click on the image!

I'm so lucky to have such a talented design team! They just started getting some of the new stamp sets and are going full tilt to create wonderful samples to send to the CHA Show! Look at this super pretty card DT member Michele Kovack created with the ‘spring’ lady.


I love the way Michele used Flower Soft on the tree branches and her cheerful colors make me want spring to come even more! This stamp set should be available in about a week. She also sent me a very COOL Alice card tonight from our Greeting From Wonderland set, which I will post tomorrow!


Lisa Zappa has been a busy girl creating more samples, this time with 2 of the ladies from our Seasonal Friends stamp set. I like the way she altered this image on the old Bingo card, adding a Tattered Angels Chipboard 'Font Frame' with letter F, sheet music and trims.

Here, Lisa decorated a clear plastic 'Spa gift bag' that would be so pretty to give as a gift to a friend. Again, there is that pink-robins egg blue color combo with a bit of yellow that makes me happy! I think in the middle of winter, when it's cold and wet these colors convey sunny happiness to everyone and they go great with the floral paper from our Classic Paper Pad!


Here is the back of the bag with 2 pieces of paper laced up corset style!


Okay, SL27 Cupcake Party may be one of my most favorite 'pretty' stamp sets we have ever done! I also have EXCITING NEWS - we are doing a die with AccuCut to match the bird, label, heart, butterfly and cupcake wrapper! This will be so pretty with the damask design stamped in different colors on plain white paper, or die cut from printed paper!

Die cutting is fast, so the die would be fantastic for weddings, birthdays, showers and other events! If your store carries AccuCut dies, they will often let you cut for free if you buy the paper from them. The stamp set and die are so new, they are sending them to our hotel, so we can do cupcake make-n-takes at both the retail Craft Super Show and the CHA Show. We will also have a revolving cupcake display - 5 layers high. I will take photos!
There are 26 separate stamps on this large 6 x 8" set with lots of mix & match words and little flourish designs you can stamp curled around them. The cupcake template stamp would use an enormous block, so Cindy split it in 2 and added small marks so you can easily line it up and stamp it together twice. The die fits it and will cut a fancy edge with tiny holes and diamonds but if you can't use the die, simply cut along the top edge with a pair of decorative scissors.

Imagine black on pink paper, red on white, brown on cream - very classy! Words: Happy Birthday, Cupcake, Sweetie, Congratulations, Kind, Wishes, Thanks, Showers of Happiness and Girlfriend. Glue name label to front, add the bird (1 3/4" x 3"), butterfly (over 3") or heart to the tops. This set will work fabulous for cards as well. Whew, can you tell I'm excited?

I also wanted to show you what the wonderful Splitcoast ladies have been up to. We've been so busy, I haven't been posting the challenges and I just saw all 14 of the stunning birthday cards for the last challenge and had to post the Gallery HERE! This is the host Darlene Pavlick's card she created using one of the chipboard Postcards from our Buds & Blossoms Kit. Click HERE to read the funny hints for this weeks challenge by Pammy Jo.


Lastly, as I've been showing so many pretty things tonight I had to take a photo of the surprise my husband Scott brought home for me today. It a jewelry armoire and it looks old and slightly shabby in the nicest way, but it's new and he found it at Liquidation world for $117.00. The top lifts up and has a deep velvet box, there are 2 side cabinets that open to hang necklaces and bracelets and there are 2 velvet lined drawers. I love it and him because he knew I would adore it. But he deserves the present because he has put up with my crazy hours.

Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win the Seasonal Friends and Cupcake Party Stamp Sets! Also, come back tomorrow night to see 2 more sets and enter again! Random winners announced Jan 25, 2010


Wishing you all joy & creativity!
Sandy Redburn
Owner
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Sunday, January 17, 2010

CHA NEW Stamps Giveaway for Office 101 & Party Cats Plus - Wacky Animal Scraps!

Hi Everyone,

Starting today, each time I show some of the NEW Stamps Sets or Scraps HERE we are releasing for CHA, you can leave a comment and be entered to win those stamp sets! Today I'm showing you Office 101 a medium Clear Art Stamp Set and a large set called Party Cats, plus our New Wacky Animal Creative Scraps! Scroll to the bottom to see the next GIVEAWAYS Listed.


We will draw a random winner this Wed, Jan 20/10 for these items.
All you have to do is post a comment here on this blog. You can tell us what you like and think about the new sets. Or if you are coming to either the Craft Super Show or the CHA Show, please tell us which show? We will have make-n-takes at both shows and lots of fun new samples! We are also bringing a list of stores who order from us and posting it at the Super Show.

Office 101 is a fun interactive medium size set (sug. retail $14.95 USD) with 25 separate stamps! Yep, 25 because we kept some of the words separate like Dear, Secretary, Co-worker, #1, and Boss. You can ink the retro phone on its own or with the cord and silly phrase "I've used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead". Several phrases will fit on the typewriter. The words Escape, Ooops, and Door #2 fit on the long computer key button. I love the push pin and 'Important' office clip! The computer bug, secretary and flying pig turned out adorable and the big typewriter keys spell TGIF! (our only new set available Jan 20/10)
Some of you may remember one of our long time DT members Lisa Zappa, who left the blogging world but is still going to play on our Design Team and create when she has time. Lisa loves the new Office 101 set and designed some really fun samples using a combo of the stamps, our Paper, Domestic Goddess Scraps and a few of our Daisy Dots Office Stickers with Spellbinder dies, ribbon and trim. She used Copic Markers to color the stamps.

On this cute card, Lisa used the Office 101 stamps (available Jan 20/10). Red check paper is from the Earthy Paper Pad, blue diamonds from the Pastel Pad, lady is from Domestic Goddess Scraps, paper clip from Office Daisy Dot Stickers.

This hilarious card would make a great card for a co-worker! Office 101 stamps used (available Jun 20/10). Java queen lady is off our Domestic Goddess Scraps, red dots and yellow paper from Radiant Paper Pad, pointing hand is from our Office Daisy Dot Stickers.



Look at this cute clipboard she made using the Office Stamps with the 200 year calendar and diamond paper from our Classic Paper Pad. I love the way she stamped across the bottom of the clipboard and added the red pom pom trim!


I will show the file folder she created another time. At the beginning, on the first card I showed, the yellow and dot paper is from the Radiant Paper Pad, RUSH paper clip is a sticker from Office Daisy Dots, RUSH paper is from the Earthy Paper Pad.



Okay, the next new stamp set included in this blog candy giveaway is called Party Cats! This large Clear Art Stamp Set has 35 separate stamps, which I think this is a record for us! With a suggested retail of $24.99 it works out to 0.714 per stamp! I had so many cute cats from an old book I own (first published in 1879) I didn't think Cindy, our graphic designer could fit them all on. Not only did she use most of them, she fit on most of my cheesy expressions and my singing fish! (1"H) You can build and join images into borders, have the cats pull the wagon and create fun cat parties on cards, stamp cute note paper, party decor and more! Piano cats are 2.5" W, Cat on bike is 2.25"H. No samples yet, until our talented DT ladies get them. Available after CHA.

Lastly, here are our NEW Wacky Animal Scraps! printed on cardstock 8 x 19"L and scored in the middle with 23 separate images (sug. retail $3.50 USD). Nine of the images are from our old Wacky & Wonderful Booklet, which sold out last year. We just got these and our Altered Fairy Scraps back from the printers and they are available for stores to order now and will be in our Shopatron store this Wed, Jan 20/10. No samples made yet, as our Design Team ladies don't even have them!

Be sure to come back to see more New Stamps Sets and enter to win them! ATT: RETAILERS - Please contact us to get our CHA Show Special - even if you can't make it to the show!

Monday evening, Jan 18, I post 2 more NEW Stamp Giveaways for: Seasonal Friends and Cupcake Party!

Tuesday evening, Jan I9 will post 2 more NEW Stamp Giveaways for: Greetings From Wonderland and Mermaids!

Wednesday, Jan 20, before I leave for the shows, I will post some more NEW (surprise) Clear Art Stamp Set Giveaways!


Wishing you all joy & creativity!
Sandy Redburn
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