Mother's Day Gift and Card Ideas, Sale and Fabulous Free Printables!

Hi Everyone,

I have some great samples, gift and card ideas for Mother's Day, wonderful FREE Printables and more SALE items marked down! Scroll down to see the price reductions.
Some of our past free printables were lost in cyberspace so I'm posting them here and some links as this Blog will be moving to our new site soon. 

Looking for gift ideas for Mother's Day? Do you have a Rock Star Mother, or maybe you are one?  You can create T-shirts using iron on transfer sheets.  I made this T on zazzle.com and used words from our CD 3

I also created a list of Mother's Day Gift Ideas which includes some ideas for having an experience together if you can't think of what to buy.  I'm sorry for any of you who may not have a mom in your life. You can also celebrate any woman you love - including yourself! We are all getting older which means many of our parents are getting very elderly.

Personal gifts are fun and Zazzle.com now lets you custom create 100% cotton tea towels besides a huge array of items!  I made this tea towel by pasting together the 12 x 12" rose paper from CD #1 Creating with Vintage Patterns, then added the words to oval frame from the CD and put it on the rose design. Sure you can buy cheaper tea towels - but not with your mom's name and the fact that you can personalize it with any images!

Here's a Queen Mother T-shirt idea with the same 'Mother' lettering from our CD #3  Typography and the crown is from our Bird Notes Digital Art Stamp Set Download. 
Heads up - all our Medium Digital Sets now $4.95 and all Clear Stamp Sets $5.95 or lower!

 Our Love You Mother CLEAR Art Stamp Set has been marked down to $5.50!  What a deal, while supplies last!  We also have Love You Mother Digital Stamp Set for $4.95. Look at the beautiful samples that have been created with these designs! The words, nest, coupon and silhouette in the digital set are much larger and re-sizeable.

Our Postcard 54 pc Image Sets (no chipboard) are still on sale for $6.95 and include the mini stamp sets - except Christmas only has images and we are low on the Friendship Kit.

Here's some of the New Sale Price Reductions but really all our printed stock is 50% off or more in our craftyvintagegirl.com store, plus we have a free digital gift when you order online, free shipping over $50.00, a free gift with mail orders and if you spend over $75.00 you get a FREE CD! Just tell us which one in the comment box.

Our Free Vintage Rose Poem Printable below is from 2008 and I don't think we will save blog posts from that far back when the Blog moves so I'm re-posting it here. Just left click it until it gets as large as possible and right click it to save to a picture file.

Our Free Printables are a thank you gift to our customers and are for personal use only. Here's another older Free Printable, our Forget Me Nots and Poem from 2010.

The link to this Free Daisy Printable was broken and I couldn't find the image until it popped up recently. This would be fun to color. Do you like big flowers?  I've thought of doing some jumbo digital flower sets.

This is our Free Printable 2011 Crown, which is perfect to print on card stock and create a crown for mom to wear on Mothers Day. You can dress it up with some glitter and bling. 

Here's a sample by Melissa Phillips who reduced the size and used it with our Love Mail Scraps as a faux cup cake topper.

Here's a link to our Free 2013 Mothers Day Hearts Printable from last year and as you can see on the sample I made below there are 2 hearts so you can include the poem on the inside of a card if you like. 

 

This sample is from our 2012 Free Sweet Mom Box Template and the link includes a little tutorial I did on printing labels which is what I put on the bottle and made the candy box.

Here are a few fabulous layouts that may inspire you with an idea for a photo you may have of your mother.  DT Member Sheila Rumney created this LO using paper and designs from our Typography CD 3

Sheila Rumney also created this Mothers layout using our Patterns CD #1.

Past DT Member Victoria Warren Mears created this pretty layout of her as a child with her mom using papers from our Creating With Vintage Pattern CD #1.

Here's a photo I need to scrapbook with my mom and daughters after they took us for Mother's Day Tea last year. 

I hope you enjoyed this tribute to Mothers. Now you can get an early start and may be inspired by an idea you saw today.

I've been working on several new projects and will share some news next week

Sandy  
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Aug. Linky Winner, New Samples and Houzz Recycle Ideas

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We had 20 fabulous entries for our August Linky Party and the Random.org Winner was #15,  so Congratulations goes to Geri's Paper Wishes!  Each one of the entries were unique and wonderful and you can see them all here!

Geri also made a second bottle cap card using our Mini Vintage Scraps and papers from CD #1 Creating With Vintage Patterns.

DT Leader Vicki Chrisman created a spooktacular set of Halloween cards and a treat jar using our new Jolly Halloween stamp set for $12.99 and papers from our CD #1.  You can see close up details of each card on Vicki's Blog.  Plus you can see Vicki's new doggie Daisy!

This is the Jolly Halloween Set Vicki used and for a medium set it has so many fun mix & match images and sentiments. The silhouette images at the bottom are a border stamp but you could cut them apart.

I spotted this spectacular card from a set of 4 cards that Teresa from Melbourne, Australia created using our Car Classics Stamp Set for a class she taught.  I love the way she has the car bursting through the paper and her other card designs!

Look at the way Marie-alice used mini pearls on the dragonfly wings along with the sentiment and Dandylion stamps from our Wild Flower stamp set.  Marie used a brayer to create her pretty blue sky.

Have you ever looked at the Houzz Website?  It's full of inspiring home decorating ideas and I look forward to their newsletter each week as it includes photos divided into several themes like using Mason jars.  I loved the ideas they showed recently using old rulers and yardsticks like adding them to the front of a counter in a craft or sewing room!  

I also liked the drawers and table top they showed and the post reminded me of when Jan Hennings built this cool altered house memory box using old yardsticks and our Altered Fairy Scraps and stamps. Jan also made another Fairy Yardstick House for a Fairy Challenge we did.

We had a great time at our friends cabin up at Christina Lake with perfect weather.  We took our bikes and did a 3 hour bike ride along the old railway tracks above the lake which was super fun as it was mostly downhill - my kinda ride!

 I wonder if anyone would like a bike theme stamp set?  I have some amazing drawings like this Star Rider bicycle design we included big on CD 3 and used on a T-shirt. 

 Wishing you joy & creativity!  Sandy Redburn  
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Day 4 Preview Summer 2011 Clear Art Stamps Release, Giveaway and More!

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Today is Day 4 Debut of 2 more NEW Clear Art Stamp Sets – SL43 Antique Trims and SM42 Lacey Patterns  which you can enter to win just by leaving a comment here on this blog post!  Each day (July 11-15) I will be showing at least 2 NEW Clear Art Stamp Sets and doing a giveaway, so be sure to come back and check them all out! You have all week to leave comments and 5 Winners will be announced Mon, July 18 on our next DT Challenge "New Product Show Offs & Techniques! 
Online Wholesale Show & Specials (for stores runs July 18-25). Please tell your fav retailer to sign up! We have great bonuse$!

SL43 Antique Trim is a large 6 x 8” set with 8 amazing border stamps in a variety of themes from old world Victorian lace to retro classic styles. The detail on the antique lace is amazing! The stamps run from over 1” to 1/2” wide.

I was so happy to see DT member Heidi Blankenship received her new stamps and whipped up this card so I could show you a sample using Antique Trims. She also used Vintage Silhouettes ( a set I showed on Day 1) and you can still leave a comment there to be entered to win those sets!

You can see the close up detail below where Heidi stamped 2 different stamps from our Antique Trim Stamp Set. You can get all her details and see more photos HERE on Heidi's Blog.

We need to create a Stamping 101 Tips Section with tutorials and stamping tips &  tricks. It’s very helpful to use a stamping ‘mat’ of some kind for large stamps like these. I proof all our draft stamps on an open coil notebook as the surface is large and provides a nice cushion to give the entire area good contact.  A mouse pad or a good craft mat also works great. I will post some helpful & inspiring video stamp links tomorrow. Plus - Our DT Challenge: New Product Show Offs & Techniques is Mon, July 18/11.

SM42 Lacey Patterns will be a new medium 4 x 6” Clear Art Stamp Set which has 13 very pretty designs perfect for repeating to create pattern paper and designs. Each of the larger stamps is over 1.5” and there is a stitching border and 7 assorted matching stamp designs to build and create with.

Look at these pretty papers that DT Leader Vicki Chrisman stamped with the Lacey Pattern Set to show how you can stamp on any color paper to suit your project. Then imagine different colored inks, embossing and other techniques. Plus – Vicki has her Jewelry Ideas Post HERE and a Giveaway that you can enter!

Now I have some other projects to show you, like this beautiful card that DT Member Debbie Marcinkiewicz created using papers and a pink photo frame from our CD with our Love Mail Scraps. You can see details HERE on Debbie’s Blog.

Check out this fabulous Bottle of Blessings card that DT Member Gini Cagle created with our  Message on a Bottle Stamp Set HERE on her Blog!  Gini is brave with her colors and I love to see the contrast she creates with her projects.

How about this great digi layout that DT Member Victoria Warren-Mears created using our CD, Creating with Vintage Patterns. I’m still amazed at how 3D the digi layouts look. Plus, I love the fact you can easily change your projects while working on them without making a mess and re-use your favorite patterns and embellishments! ALSO GO LOOK AT VICTORIA'S VERY CUTE NEW LAYOUT JUST POSTED!

DT Member Jan Hennings sent me this photo today showing how she made pretty seat covers for 2 of her doll chairs and a little stool by printing patterns from the CD on fabric. We will have in depth tips and inspiring ideas for on printing on fabric soon.

Lastly, I wanted to show you this fabulous travel mug that Cindy van Koll (our head graphic designer) stamped on a Copco Mug she bought for $5.00 at JoAnns recently. They are BPA free, microwavable and dishwasher safe and the plastic lid snaps on. They feel like smooth ceramic and Cindy used StazOn ink with our Bird Notes, Wild Flowers and Mini Memories Stamp sets and Copic Markers to color with.

NOTE:  Always stamp off any extra ink and clean stamps right after using StazOn inks. It has a solvent base in the ink (much higher in their cleaner). Their inks are all amazing but we use baby wipes and warm soapy water with a soft toothbrush after using StazOn (rather than their cleaner). 

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post this week to be entered to WIN these 2 stamp sets Antique Trims & Lacey Patterns.

OUR NEW SETS WILL BE AVAILABLE & SHIPPING TO STORES LATE JULY

Tomorrow (July 15)  is our final 2011 Summer Preview and I will be debuting SL45 Vintage Labels;  SS25 Keys to Life and SS26 Take it Easy - plus I have some really fun projects to show you!

Thanks so much for all your support and wonderfully nice comments, which the world to us!

Sandy Redburn
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Day 3 Preview July 2011 Clear Art Stamps Release, Giveaway and More!

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Today is Our Day 3 Peek at 2 more fabulous NEW Clear Art Stamp Sets - SL44 Let’s Play Ball and SM43 Golf Time - which you can enter to win just by leaving a comment here on this blog post!  Each day (July 11-15) I will be showing at least 2 NEW Stamp Sets and doing a giveaway, so be sure to come back and check them all out! You have all week to leave comments and 5 Winners will be announced Mon, July 18 on our next DT Challenge "New Product Show Offs & Techniques!  Our Online Wholesale Show & Specials (for stores is July 18-25).


SL44 Play Ball is a large 6 x 8” Clear Art Stamp Set with 15 big stamps and  amazing detail. To give you an idea of size, the bat is 3.5”, ball is 1.5”, boy is over 3” and ticket is 3.25”L x 1.5H. You can create a scene with the pitcher and batter, stamp the star in red and blue to create a border or background, or stamp the little smiley face on the small ball. The big ticket and player card paired with the words and extras make this a great set for creating baseball layouts, cards and keepsakes for your favorite ball player!

Look at this fantastic card from DT Member Julie Campbell! I love the inked and weathered baseball card and the way she re-stamped the ball player again and layered him. Papers are from our new CD, Creating with Vintage Patterns.

SM 43 Golf Time is a 4 x 6” medium set with 14 separate stamps for creating fun cards, layouts and keepsakes for golf lovers! The sentiments make this a perfect set for guy cards but we did squeeze in ‘Queen of the Green’ (which fits on the flag). I love the RX: “Take your iron and live on greens”, or “You’re Tee-riffic” , “Fore Someone Better than Par “, and my fav…    “Relax…you’re age is still lower than your score”. You can stamp the grass to create a little scene, add the tee and stamp the ball  in ‘GOlf’.  The golf shorts will be fun to color, or stamp and paper piece. Samples soon as our DT are just receiving these sets.

Okay, if you follow this blog - did you notice any difference today?  I downloaded Windows Live Writer (DT Member Heidi Blankenship recommended)  Blogging has always been hard for me but after my computer downloaded a bunch of security updates – it has been TORTURE! It seems like this free program will make it much easier.

Many of you may know DT Member Jan Hennings as she is active in so many paper crafting groups but you may not know her home suffered tornado damage recently and she is ok but hasn’t had internet. She was feeling bad at not being able to post and I’ve been meaning to show this great card she created using the inside of our new Mini Vintage Creative Scraps. I love the background and how she added an image from the front of the Scraps

We also have another DT Member on the mend – Amy Teets recently had back surgery and is recuperating and we look forward to having her back and creating more fabulous digital layouts!
I mentioned DT leader Vicki Chrisman created a bunch of jewelry pieces with our new Mini Vintage Creative Scraps and I wanted to show you how cool the inside of the Mini Scraps look with the tone on tone images. Here is a blank bracelet Vicki embellished and she will be posting more pieces tomorrow using Jewelry Shoppe Finding from Hobby Lobby.

Look at this beautiful card that DT Member Viola Mahr created using  images from the front of the Mini Creative Scraps with some epoxy stickers and some of the blue and cream papers off our CD. Details HERE on Viola’s Blog.

I also wanted to tell you about a Christmas in July Challenge  that Darlene Pavlick is hosting over at Splitcoast and look at the beautiful card she created for it using our Vintage Christmas set! You can get the details and join in the fun and see the wonderful samples that people have started posting in the Gallery HERE!

Tomorrow I’m posting SL43 Antique Trims and SM42 Lacey Patterns (I’m in LOVE with both), plus some other very cool samples! 

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post this week to be entered to WIN these 2 stamp sets Let's Hang Out and Birds of Happiness!
THE NEW SETS WILL BE AVAILABLE & SHIPPING TO STORES LATE JULY Thurs, July 14 - SL43 Antique Trims and SM42 Lacey Patterns
Friday, July 15 - SL45 Vintage Labels; Frames, SS25 Keys to Life, SS26 Take it Easy and more Surprises!

Thanks so much for all your support and wonderfully nice comments which the world to us!

Sandy Redburn
Owner
http://www.craftysecrets/
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Annoucing CHA Previews & Giveaways, Plus Great New Samples & Ideas!

Hi Everyone,

It's been a busy week as we are getting ready for our Online Wholesale Trade Show (July 18 - 25) where retailers will be able to place orders online and get to pick from 2 different Gift Packs. (we're not attending this smaller CHA show). Each day next (July 11-15) week I will be showing 2 of our new Clear Art Stamp Sets and doing a giveaway, so be sure to come back and check them all out! You will have all week to leave comments and the 5 Winners will be announced on Mon, July 18 when we do our next DT Challenge "New Product Show Offs!".

Here is a run down of the New Clear Art Stamps I will be showing each day.
All of these New stamp sets listed will be available later this month!

Mon, July 11   - SL41 Born to Fly, SS22 Queen Bee and SS23 Vintage Silhouettes

Tues, July 12   - SL42 Let's Hang Out and SM39 Birds of Happiness

Wed, July 13   - SL44 Play Ball and SM43 Golf Time

Thurs, July 14 - SL43 Antique Trims and SM42 Lacey Patterns

Friday, July 15 - SL45 Vintage Labels & Frames, SS25 Keys to Life, SS26 Take it Easy and more Surprises!

It's been awhile so I have a bunch of great new samples to show you!

The next 3 photos show samples created with our new Mini Vintage Creative Scraps and DT Member Pam Hooten made these cool ATC cards using the Mini Scraps and paper from our new CD, Creating with Vintage Patterns. You can see them in detail HERE on Pam's Blog.

DT Member Heidi Blankenship created this quick necklace using a 1" circle punch and placing the Mini Scrap image in one of the pendants we've started selling. Sadly, a bunch of our circle Epoxy Sticker went missing at a show so we only have the silver pendants but they are great because they already have the bail built in. We also have more necklaces on order.

DT Member Julie Campbell created these necklaces using images from the Mini Scraps with some glitter and added Epoxy square stickers (sorry we sold out of these square silver shapes) but several stores stock a variety of mini shapes and frames now. The epoxy stickers are fun because they are so easy and add an instant finish.

DT Leader Vicki Chrisman has been busy creating a variety of jewelry pieces such as these brass pendants we have in stock. You have to come back on Wednesday and see the fabulous bracelet, barrettes, ring and microscope slides she's made using supplies from other retailers as well.

You can use a variety of mediums like Diamond Glaze by Judi Kins, Crystal Effects by Stampin Up, or Glossy Accents by Ranger to seal your image or you can leave it. The images also look look really pretty if you doodle on them with a Clear Gelly Roll Pen (by Sakura).

You can see the pendant from the back here and how the clasp opens. You can squeeze the prongs together a bit with a pair of pliers to make it secure so it won't open easily.
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Look at this pretty card that DT Member Tammy Roberts made HERE using an image from our Girlfriends Booklet and paper from our new CD, Creating with Vintage Patterns. I also love this one HERE that Tammy made using a variety of our stuff! 

I adore how the tiny floral and print patterns on the CD work so great for card making!  Remember you can also use the black PNG patterns to print on any color cardstock or paper and size the patterns to match your projects. I will be showing more black pattern samples and ideas next week. Look at how soft and pretty this pattern looks on DT Memeber Viola Mahr's card she created. I love the sentiments she also used from our Love & Support stamp set.

Look at this cool beach layout that DT Member Gini Cagle created using one of our mermaid stamps! You can see past mermaid samples and the Mermaid Stamps HERE and get all the detail and other supplies used HERE on Gini's Blog.

Here is a great digital summer layout that DT Member Victoria Warren-Mears designed for a challenge using 3 papers from the CD.  I'm loving how 3D it looks with the stars she made and the 3 faux metal buttons she used off the CD.  Victoria gives step by step instructions on how she created this fun digi layout HERE on her blog!

If you are scrapbooking your memories from July 4th check out this great layout that DT leader Vicki Chrisman created using our FREE Sheet Music Paper HERE (if you missed it) and there is also a link to our 2012 printable Calendar. You can get details HERE on Vicki's Blog on how she used the paper, watch and alphabet letters from the CD.  She is also selling that cool silver trim in her Etsy store!

Lastly, I also wanted to show you this cute card created by Lori Lynn Washburn for the Use it Up Challenge she hosted over at Splitcoaststampers.com I adore the little 'party pooper' girl and crown she used from our Altered Fairy Scraps and sentiment from our Sweet Kids stamp set. You can see the Gallery HERE and join in any of the weekly challenges. 

I hope you are all having a fun weekend! It's getting sunny again here, we have company coming for a BBQ and a fun day planned for tomorrow, so life is good.  

Be sure to come back Monday and join in the fun as I debut some of our NEW Clear Art Stamps each day, have giveaways and show you loads of great idea!

Sandy Redburn

Owner

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