Thursday, April 4, 2013

See NEW Sewing Basket and Sew Fashionista Digital Art Stamp sets!

Yippee - check out our NEW Sewing Basket and Sew Fashinista Digital Art Stamp Sets! We got carried away with so many fabulous designs we knew would be popular we 41 stamps in the Sewing Basket Set and 35 in Sew Fasionista! The Sewing Papers and Printables have been added to our Crafty Vintage Girl Store and we just need to wrap up the Sewing Ephemera and a Button set. I'm working on my laptop but we are catching a flight back home tonight and I will be back in the office tomorrow morning.

Here is page 1 of 2 preview pages for the Sewing Basket Digital Download Stamp Set. Sewing Basket is a new jumbo sized Digital Art Stamp Set Download packed full of 43 detailed sewing theme designs and words perfect for dressing up cards, gift tags, sewing kits and projects, altered paper crafts, home décor, scrapbook pages and all sorts of handmade keepsakes!

Here is page 2 of Sewing Basket Set. The Heartwarming bobbin card is 3.5 x 6” and printed on cardstock so you can wrap lace or ribbon around it, or shrink it and print small to hold floss. The basket is is 4.5 x 2.5”, pillow is 4 x 4”, tape measure 2.5”, scissors 6”H, thimble 1”, hook 2”, sewing machines both 6”W, sewing box 2.5”W, tracing wheel and seam ripper are 3”H, needle 5”H, borders are all 12”W, tall spool 5.5”H. Ruler is 8”H, NOTIONS sign 8.5 x 2.5, Darn it is 6”W, The Thread is 4” x 11”, Handmade is 2.5” x 5” and Sew Special is 9.5” x 5.5” for page titles, wall art and pillows, or shrink small for cards, labels, etc. ‘Sew Much’ is 3.5”W, ‘Sew Special’ is 2 x 3”. The little girl is 4 x 4.5”.

Sew Fashionista is a new jumbo sized Digital Art Stamp Set Download with mix of 35 separate sewing theme images and words at 300 ppi/dpi. The images on this set are large but can be resized for 'sew' many creative possibilities for small pendants to wall art! All of the dress forms are over 10” tall, the scissors are 8”, the lace up corset is 8 x 11” and would be cool printed on fabric for a pillow. The lace collar is 5.5 x 3”, the hankie 4 x 4”, pretty lady in oval frame is 7” H, the 4 ladies are 7.5” x 5.5”, the 3 ladies in frame are 4 x 4.5”, butterfly is 5.5 x 3”, and the assorted words and sayings range from 2” to 5”.

Here is a Preview page. You can print digital stamps on plain or pattern papers, card stock, iron-on sheets, label and decal paper, fabric sheets ironed to the waxy side of freezer paper, etc. New samples, tutorials and tips will be added to our Blog and Pintrest Sewing Samples.

Don't forget to check out our April Linky Party & DT Challenge and enter a sample you have created using any of our samples!

Wishing you Joy and Creativity

Sandy Redburn

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Monday, April 1, 2013

April Linky Party & Design Team Sew Nice Challenge

Welcome to our April Linky Party and Design Team Sewing Challenge!

Congratulations to random.org #16 Michele who said; Love it all! But especially the bobbin cards. Michele won all our New Sewing theme printable Bobbin and Button cards, Studio Signs, Sewing Papers UPDATE: Our Sewing Basket and Sew Fashionista digital stamp sets will be added Thursday, April 4 - but worth the wait as each has 35 separate stamps - we went a little crazy! There were some new paper designs added and the entire download of 32 printable Sewing Papers is only $7.95

Our Linky Party will run all week. I hope you will dig out your Crafty Secrets supplies and create something or find a past favorite sample you want to share and post it with the links down below here this week! There will be a $50.00 random.org winner and a $6.00 CS coupon to each person entering.

First, please go have a peek at what our DT ladies have created and please Welcome our New Design Team Member Sheila Rumney!

SheilaRumney * New Member!

Sheila was a guest designer back in 2010 and we welcome her back and her digital knowledge! This is a digital layout she previously created using CD 3 for her friend. Sheila is pictured on the right side. The great thing with digital is everyone can have a copy.

Sheila says she’s been blessed being a wife for 25 years and mother to 2 beautiful children that keep her life very busy. She loves all things distressed, worn and aged from antiques to primitive decor. This love and appreciation of all things old spills over into her creative process. Look how she used the inside of our Bird and Blossom Scraps as a backdrop for the nest and photo here.

Below is a layout she created using our Sew Nice Scraps and you can see details and a layout with Sheila and her grandmotheron here on her blog

This tin was a project she altered with our Garden Scraps

Here is the Linky Party spot where you can add a photo of something you have

created using a Crafty Secrets product. You have a week to add a sample and a random.org winner will win a $50.00 Crafty Secrets gift certificate and everyone else will get a $6.00 one.

Wishing you Joy and Creativity

Sandy Redburn

See Our CraftyVintageGirl.com Store (has everything!)

Our Online Shopatron Store (sorry No digital downloads)

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This Blog: http://heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com

Our Website: http://www.craftysecrets.com

Toll Free Phone or Fax 1-888 597-8898

Local Phone 604 597-8817

Crafty Secrets Head Office
15430 78 A Ave.,

Surrey, BC V3S 8R4

USA Warehouse

250 H. Street, #436

Blaine,WA 98230

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

New Sewing Printables & Stamp Giveaway, See Word Art Wed Challenge!

Hi Everyone, come check out our New Vintage Sewing line and leave a comment to be entered to WIN ALL of IT!

I've come back and added links to the first 3 items of our New Printable Sewing Theme Line in our online store.The printable papers, stamps and ephemera will be added this week and you can see previews below.

Update: Cindy, our talented graphic designer is back, feeling a bit better and waiting to go for tests. Please keep her and our shipper Shelley who is currently in the middle of chemo treatment in your prayers and thoughts. Shelley adds the nice free gifts to you orders and is battling - but also beating breast cancer.

Here's a link to the Creative Studio Printable Signs
All the printables are re-sizeable high resolution 300 dpi/ppi files you can print over and over (for personal use).

Here's a link to our $2.95 Printable Button Card Download with 8 fun high resolution cards on two pages in a mix of retro to Victorian floral themes. They make great card fonts, gift tags and embellishments for creative projects.

Here's an adorable sample that past DT member Marilyn McIldoon made using some drafts I took to the Victoria Show where she helped us.

Here is a link to our $2.95 Printable Bobbin Cards which can be re-sized, cropped and printed over and over to create cards to hold ribbons and lace, or use as frames, gift tags, pockets, card fronts, etc. You can also reduce them to a small size to hold floss, twine and use as embellishments.

The rest of these items are coming but the Sewing Ephemera needs to be finished and I hope Cindy can return to work today

Here are the sewing papers with a few new ones added and there are still a couple more to finish.

You can see some of the Digital Sewing Stamps and Ephemera (like the flower button's Vicki stitched) here on my last post and there is more to come with a big sewing machine and more fun images like this awesome button card that is 8" x 8" at 300 dpi/ppi (pixels per inch).

I feel rotten that I forgot to include info in my last post about us being a sponsor for Word Art Wednesday and the Design Team ladies including Karen Letchworth, Helen Phelps, Rea Custer, Gemiel Matthews and JoAnn Atterbury have all done a fabulous job creating samples Crafty Secrets products! You can check it all out on their Blog and you still 19 hrs to enter the challenge and maybe win a $40.00 Crafty Secrets Gift Certificate!

Here are a couple of photos from the Sewing and Craft Show we were at in Abbotsford, BC this weekend. Below is the talented Jessie Hurley teaching our Make n Take and it was a fun weekend! Sometimes it feels like a love fest when the booth is filled with excited women and you hear them all making happy sounds when they see something they like and get fired up with creative ideas.

Look - there is a man in the booth! A rare occurrence but we actually had a couple of men do our make n take at the last show.

I'm super excited for you to see the fantastic projects our DT ladies are creating for our Challenge and Linky Party starting this Monday, April 1/13!
Check out this awesome card DT member Darlene Pavlick sent me using one of the button cards and papers.

Please leave a comment and tell me what you like or don't and I will draw a winner next Monday, April 1 when our April Linky Party starts. I know on Facebook some people said they don't do digital and - it is my goal to find a company to license some of our products - so keep your fingers crossed but don't overlook all of the advantages digital offers! I will cover the Pros & Cons on my next post.

We leave tomorrow to stay at a friends house in AZ for a week but I'm bringing my laptop and will post from there.

Wishing you joy and creativity!

Sandy Redburn
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Our Online Shopatron Store (sorry No digital downloads)

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Our Website: http://www.craftysecrets.com

Toll Free Phone or Fax 1-888 597-8898
Local Phone 604 597-8817

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Surrey, BC V3S 8R4

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Blaine,WA 98230

Friday, March 22, 2013

Peek at New Sewing Printables & Stamps, BC Show Coupon, Sping Samples

Hi Everyone, I'm back and I think this may be the longest I've gone without posting but we have been totally wrapped up working on new SEWING theme Papers, Printables, and Digital Stamp Sets and I'm SEW excited to show you a peek of some of them today!

We have a booth at the Abbotsford Sewing and Craft Show here in BC and I have a 2 for 1 Coupon at the end of the post. We have a Make and Take , great sales and a flea market table.

The Button and Bobbin cards will be available by Monday with other sets to follow shortly after. The stamp images need to be divided up as there are more I haven't shown and they are so COOL & BIG!

I've been obsessed with collecting old sewing catalog, magazines and books for years now and have been itching to use it. The stamp images need to be divided up as there are more I haven't shown and they are so COOL and BIG! The dress forms are up to 10" tall.

There is also a Button set in the works and a stitching one but they will come later.

Look at this adorable card by DT Member Michele Kovack using our Easter Chicks Digital set. You can see details on Michel's Blog

You can tell people are happy Spring is here with all the pretty sunshine colors and images. DT member Rebekah Fairies created this stunning card combing some chicks from our Easter Chicks set

Our Little Boy and Little Girl Chipboard Sets have been marked down to $2.95. You can decorate the bare white chipboard in any style. DT Member Vicki Chrisman used our Baby Boy Stickers on this sample

Here's a cute Little Girls sample

SEW, tell me what you think of our new (soon to be) sewing stuff?

Here's a coupon and I wish you all lived close by and could make it!

Wishing you joy creativity

Sandy Redburn
See Our CraftyVintageGirl.com Store
Our Online Shopatron Store (sorry No digital downloads)

Visit us on Facebook with over 5400 Fans!

This Blog: http://heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com
Our Website: http://www.craftysecrets.com

Toll Free Phone or Fax 1-888 597-8898
Local Phone 604 597-8817

Crafty Secrets Head Office
15430 78 A Ave.,
Surrey, BC V3S 8R4

USA Warehouse
250 H. Street, #436
Blaine,WA 98230

Monday, March 11, 2013

Vintage Easter 2013 Printable, Linky Winner, Fab New Samples, Show Photos, Coupon, 3D Printers!

Hi Everyone,

I have our 2013 Easter Printable gift for you and it's a cute chick with Pussy Willows which would look great with a bit of Fun Flock added. I also have the random.org winner for our March Linky Party (which had 26 fantastic entries), photos from the Sewing and Craft Show we exhibited at this weekend, a 2 for one coupon for the Mar 22 and 23/13 Creative Stitches and Craft Show we will be at in Abbotsford, BC, plus - some fabulous samples!

We often have seasonal printable gifts as a thank you for your support. You can see past free vintage printables here on our Pintrest Board or scroll down the right side of this blog. Just left click it until it gets as big as possible and right click it to save to a picture file (for personal use only).

Thanks so much to everyone who entered this months Linky Party for posting all the fantastic creations! You've all won a $6.00 Crafty Secrets Gift Certificate in our www.CraftyVintageGirl.com Store. Congratulations to random.org $50.00 Gift Certificate winner was #23 Kristina Anderson. Too bad all of the photos didn't show up but the links all work. I will do a tutorial on 'How to post to a Linky Party' as it can be a bit tricky.

Okay, now I have some cool samples to show you! DT Leader Vicki Chrisman was playing with our Queen Bee Digital Art Stamp Set and she created 3 different sized projects with a 10 x 10" Tile, a card and labels for a glass bottle. You can see all 3 samples here on Vicki's Blog as well as her new Blog design by Shelia Rumney

Look at this super pretty Easter card DT Member Michele Kovack created using our Spring Chicks Digital Stamp Set and paper from CD 1, Creating With Vintage Patterns. See details on Michele's Blog.

DT Member Darlene Pavlick made some cute chocolate bar pocket holders using a bunny and words from our Bunny Hop Digital Stamp Set and you have to check out the cool gate fold card Darlene created on her blog as well

DT Member Rebekah Fairies made a couple of stunning Easter baskets and used our Printable Easter Eggs for the lids. See details here on Rebekah's Blog.

We had a double booth this weekend at the Sewing and Craft Show in Victoria, BC and met so many new and old friends it was wonderful! Past DT Member Marilyn McIldoon came and helped us again this year at the show and she was a fantastic help!

We took turns running the make n take table and ladies (and a few men) created some beautiful samples using an array of our products. Marilyn finished this pretty card at home

Here are some photos of the booth. It takes ages to set up as I bring so many samples and props but that's what makes it more fun. We will be at the Creative Stitches and Craft Show in Abbotsford, BC on Fri and Sat Mar 22 and 23/13 and if you can make it I have a 2 for 1 coupon below. The talented Jessie, who recently closed her Cherish the Thought Store will be coming to help run our make n take table, plus I have a big bucket filled with rolls of antique sheet music, old postcards, books, clearance craft supplies and all of our items which are on sale!

Now I have something totally crazy to show you and maybe I'm behind with techno inventions but I just discovered this weekend when chatting with designer and author Marie Browning at the sewing show that there are 3D Printers and also 3 D Pens on the market for consumers now and they are going to become more advanced and the hot new gadget in the next few years. Imagine being able to print 3D vintage jewelry, embossing plates, eye glasses, home decor, etc. Check out this 3D printing article by freshome on home decor