Free Easter Printables, 17 Healthy Easter Treats and Fab Spring DT Samples!

Hi Everyone,

I've been so busy I haven't posted in a while so I have a bunch of great things to share today including our New 2014 Easter Printable - plus a bunch of older freebies (that may not be transferred when the Blog moves to our new site later this month). Plus I have17 great Healthy Easter Treat Ideas I started collecting last year and some fabulous Spring samples by our Design Team!  Also Congratulations to #44 Dana Norris who won our Spring Giveaway.  Don't forget this Monday is our Linky Party and DT Challenge (see details at end)

Below are links to the above food ideas to celebrate Spring and Easter and make life more fun!  Most are easy and much healthier than eating a bunch of high calorie sugar filled treats.  If you want to dye eggs or food, try natural dyes as even Dr. Oz gives food coloring a bad rap with links to ADD.  Yep, I'm a health food nut and also have a Pintrest Board  Yummy Healthy Food Recipes and Ideas.

1.  Birdy Sandwich Plate
2.  Bunny Bread Bowl for Dip
3.  Fruit Flower Ideas
4.  Easy Bunny Rolls
5.  Bunny Pancakes
6.  Chocolate Bran Nests
7.  Strawberries Dipped in Chocolate
8.  Baby Carrots in Hummus Pots
9.  Pastel Devilled Eggs 
10. Cinnamon Bunny Bread
11. Bunnyand Chick Dinner Rolls
12. Fried Rabbit Egg
13. Veggie Rainbow Plate
14. Carrot Cheese Ball
15. Veggie Carrott
16. Natural Recipes to Dye Food
17. Egg Chicks

I usually post Free Printable Images as a thank you gift each season and below is our 2014 Free Easter Printable (for personal use only please). I wanted to keep this cute lamb free of words so it can be used for a child's birthday card or room decor project as well. Simply left click on the image and right click it to save to a picture folder.  It's 4" x 5" at 300 dpi, so you can easily change it to 200 dpi and it will be 6" x 7.5"

Below is last years Free Easter Printable and you can see a great door sample plaque Vicki Chrisman recently created using this image on a faux silver tray on her Blog. 

Here's another past Free Easter Printable with cute kids.

A Printable April Poem

Look at the sweet faces on these children singing below on this past Easter Printable

Here's a poem I posted with the music above back in 2009

This is one of our oldest Easter Printables from 2008, before I knew how to repair damaged images but I fixed this one and cleaned it up. 

See the sample below showing this poem reduced down and printed to create a tiny book

Way back in 2008 we ran a contest with the angel image and this was the winning entry buy Joanne North from the UK and you can see the others.  I love how she cut the angel out and added the poem.

Okay, now I have some new samples by our DT Ladies to share. Leader Kathy Clement made this sweet card using an image from our Easter Postcard Set,

I love this adorable and clever idea that DT Member Michele Kovack used to make an 'egg frame' and add create chicken legs to hold it up. Michele used one of the cute digi stamps from our Bunny Hop Set.

DT Member Darlene Pavlick created this pretty Garden Lady Birthday card using an image from our 2 page Garden Printable Set.

DT Member Elizabeth Lincoln created this stunning card using a blade to cut this image from our Easter Floral Blessings Set

Elizabeth also designed this cool gate fold card and decorated it with our Pixie Dust Digital Set.  You can see the gate open inside the card on her blog

DT Member Cherry Nelson created an adorable mini Baby Album and used our Baby Girl Stamp Set, an image from our Little Blessings Scraps and some of our Printable Papers.

 Please join us this Monday, April 7th for Design Team Challenge and April Linky Party. You can enter any sample you have created using our products and each person recieves a $6.00 gift card and 1 lucky random.org winner get a $50.00 Crafty Secrets Gift Card!
Even if you don't enter, come check out all the great DT Tutorials and samples!

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  Thanks so much for your support and feedback, it's truly appreciated!
 
Sandy Redburn
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Enter Our Spring Giveaway Package and See Fabulous Samples!

Hi Everyone,

To celebrate Spring I have a great Spring and Easter theme Giveaway with all the items below or you can change it to others items if you prefer. There's a mix with 3 items to mail in Easter Creative Scraps, Happy Easter Clear Stamp Set and Spring Cotton Scraps, plus 6 Digital Downloads in Bunnies and Blessings Digital Stamps. Victorian Eggs, Bunny Purse, Victorian Ladies and Easter Postcard Printables!  Just leave a comment and tell me 3 Spring Items you like?

Here's an adorable sample DT Leader Kathy Clements created using our Easter Kids Postcard Printables which have 4 Fronts and 4 Back sides and our Faux Lace-Floral 99 cent Printable Paper.

DT Member Vicki Chrisman made this sweet Spring Banner using our Spring Banner Digital Set

Vicki also made this cute Map Banner using Map Paper from CD #3 and you have to check out the tour of her friend Deb's house with all her vintage Globes and Typography!

DT Member Michele Kovack created this striking Sunflower card using our Sunflower Digital Set and a Lattice Die from Spellbinders.

DT Member Darlene Pavlick made this pretty Easter Blessing Card using our Easter Blessings Digital Stamp Set

If you win our Spring Giveaway you could trade the Bunnies to get our Blessing set below

DT Member Elizabeth Lincoln designed this stunning Easter Card using the lillies off the Blessings Set (shown above) and she used the cross from

Elizabeth also designed this fabulous card using a B&W page from CD 2 as well as a girl from our Garden Girl Digital Stamp Set and the banner is from our

You can see the Garden Girls Set below and how Elizabeth cut one of the girls out. Love how she colored the background as well!

We sold out of the Ornate Frames Chipboard but we found some Scallop Mini Chipboard Frames and have them on sale for $1.50 while supplies last.

Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to WIN our Spring Gift Package - which is flexable and can be switched for other items. 

Wishing you joy and creativity
Sandy Redburn

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2 Digital Scrapbook Page Tutorials, Rooster Card and Spring Projects!

Hi Everyone,

I'm late as usual, it seems like the story of my life, but I just can't post something until I'm happy with it and this week has been full of distractions from a house full of company to a engaged daughter and wedding planning!  I was planning on making an altered box but wasn't happy with it and put it on the shelf and did a digital page for the scrapbook I'm making for my niece and nephew.

They have been coming here weekdays for the past 4 years as my mom (who lives downstairs) babysits them for my brother and we feel so close to them it's almost like they are our grandchildren.

I did a Tutorial Using Photoshop Elements as I've been working on new designs and realized that Paint can lower the quality of a file (Paint.net is better and will save high quality) but I'm trying to improve my skills at Photoshop Elements and I'm amazed at what it can do considering you can find it for  $60.00 on sale.    I love having everything in 1 spot so the first thing I do when I'm starting a digital project is copy all the designs I want to use into 1 folder.  I deleted about 7 items I didn't use but it's nice to have an array to choose from.

I made a smaller page but it's easy to do digitally as you can resize everything.  I used some of our 99 cent papers 222 Red Teal Floral Paper  and our Green Damask.  The recipe cards, hankie, paper clip, flower, cream brad are all from CD #1 Creating With Vintage Patterns.

I also wanted to add drop shadows to my frames and designs and I hope this explains it. You can always hit your un-do button under Edit, so play and try different effects.

I also wanted to show how to add text. Many of you may know how to do this but we also have many people just learning digital.  You can also print all of these papers and designs and do a traditional layered page and use glue, pop dots and all of the traditional techniques.   I'm going to have a hardcover scrapbook printed so I opted for digital.

Here is a cool Tutorial by Sheila Rumney on Using Digital Stamps to add Texture to Paper.

Here's a great rooster card by DT Member Michele Kovack using Farm Chicks Stamp Set and after she colored it with her Copic Markers she also stitched it in multiple layers with her sewing machine. Sewing on paper can get addictive and it doesn't have to be perfect!

We have a new Spring Banner Printable Set and DT Member Kathy Clement created some adorable cards you can see on her blog and this one below.

DT Member Vicki Chrisman also was inspired by the Spring Banner Set and did her own take using the Blank Banners as well with several printable papers from CD #1.

DT Member Darlene Pavlick created some really pretty Easter treat packs with our Mini Boxes and she also used some printable papers to create Hershey Wrappers with Gift Tags for some big chocolate Bars

I have to spill the beans - our youngest daughter and her boyfriend for past 4 years just got engaged! They met at college where they both got their degrees in Theraputic Recreation and I've always said when we get old I want them to run our recreation program! They are a great couple and I'm so excited they are tying the knot this Sept.

 Have a great weekend!

Sandy Redburn

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Floral Easter Cards Set and More in Store Mon, Feb 17

Hi Everyone,

Okay, this Easter Floral Art Cards Set was a labor of love and many hours lost sleep to get it done and we are having my Dad's Celebration of Life this morning, I have a house full of company and a dinner to put on tonight - so there's no way and can get all these new items added until Mon but I wanted to show you how beautiful these turned out!

Another bag and 2 Mini Boxes coming

More to come, I need to make the web size sample pages for the other Bad and 2 Mini Boxes, another set of postcards with Easter children, the Victorian Spring Ladies, new papers, etc!

Thanks for your patience

Sandy Redburn
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Look What Clear Stamp Sets We Found, Peek at New Easter Printables and Tutorial

I found some Clear Art Stamp Sets I thought we had sold out of between our house and warehouse in USA.   Some only in single sets and up to 6 sets of others. They have been re-added to the store and are all marked down to $12.50 per Set!

Limited Stock: Sew Special , Card Sentiments ,  Coffeee and Tea ,  Kewpies,  Bird Lovers , Sweet Stuff, Couple of Cuties,  Greetings From Wonderland,   ,   Antique Trims  , Wizard of Oz

You still have time to enter our February Linky Party and get a $6.00 gift card and this Monday our NEW Easter and Spring Printables will be available and they have turned out amazing!  I will announce the $50.00 random.org winner on the Blog and show all our new Printables!

You have to check out the very cool pillow and card Vicki made using the same heart from our Digital Valentine Kit and changing the size

 DT Member Darlene Pavlick posted a sweet Love Letters card using our Love Mail Scraps and Artsy Banner Clear Set

It's also Photoshop Friday and DT Member Sheila Rumney has her weekly Digital Tutorial. Today she is showing how you can use Photoshop Elements to easily change a digital paper and add a pattern overlay - cool!

PS, don't forget to add our Free Gift if you order anything online as it's our Romance Printable this month.

 Have a great weekend!

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Welcome to March Linky Party & Spring DT Challenge

Hi Everyone, 

It's our March Linky Party and our Design Team Challenge and this month the theme is Spring. You don't need to post a 'Spring' sample to enter our Linky Party.  You can post a photo of anything you have created using a Crafty Secrets product and enter it below.  All we ask is that you tell us what you used to create it and please add a link if here possible.  Also scroll below to see winner for all 5 Easter -Spring theme Digital Stamp Sets!

 Come see what fabulous creations our Design Team ladies have created and then come back to see my project below.

Vicki Chrisman -Team Leader

Michele Kovack

Darlene Pavlick

Melissa Bove

Rebekah Faries

The lucky winner was #48 Brenda Evans.  Brenda, you can have all 5 Easter-Spring theme Digital Art Stamp Sets or pick any digital items of $40.75

I used CD 2, Creating with Vintage Illustrations to make a few samples using the same image three different ways

I printed my image on canvas and added it to a 6" embroidery hoop. I wanted to use the cute bird from the corner of the paper so I cut and added it but then for the card I pasted the bird at the top of the nest and added the roses. I think I like the twig and need to stitch it on across the bottom.  The nice thing about embroidery hoops is that you can easily switch the image out to suit an occasion and the seasons.

I love the pop of color the pink roses add.

This is a little gift tag below I made.  I used the oval shaped icon on the Paint program to make a brown circle and just cut around it.  If you own any of our CD's and you have Photoshop Elements; each CD has a fantastic step by step tutorial by digital expert Patty Debowski from thedigitalscrapbookteacher.com   The tutorial is the same on each CD and covers all the basics. Patty included thumbnail photos and easy to understand instructions on:  Making a Blank File, How to Change Colors, Building a Layered Project, Adding Text, Adding Drop Shadows, Cropping a Scrapbook Page, How to Use a Paper Pattern Overlay, Using Blending Modes, and Adding Texture.

I hung it over our telephone desk in a little bare spot.  I wanted to add some little copper color seed beads to the nest last night but couldn't find a needle skinny enough.Has anyone ever done seed beading and is it easy?  Is there a trick to it or do you just stitch them on? Hey, I just remembered I can ask my friend Google how to seed bead.

Now it's your turn to add a sample you have created using any of our products!  You have all week to submit anything you have created using our products. A random.org Winner will be announced next Mon, Mar 11/13 to WIN a $50.00 Crafty Secrets Gift Certificate.  Don't be shy - come play because every person that enters will receive a $6.00 coupon code to use in our www.craftyvintagegirl.com Store!





Wishing you joy and creativity

Sandy Redburn
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