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July 17, 2016 By Dru Cortez

Blog Update – Coffee and Tech Issues

Hello Peeps,

I just wanted to let you know that I have been on a break due to some major technical issues with my original laptop and also my backup laptop. Amazingly, I have fried them both!

And, while I wait for my new laptop workhorse (being shipped this week), I have had to take a long coffee break and also have had to hold off on my new designs and additional freebies. Please bear with this interruption during these mid-summer weeks.

I hope to be back on track within a few days to a week! Meanwhile, you can take advantage and enjoy all the current blog posts and freebies that I have posted to date. I just wanted to let you all know. Thanks for your continued support.

blog update, tech issues

Update (7/22/16): So, my “new” laptop has come in and I am fast and furiously working on downloading , installing, upgrading some of the software (and freeware) that I use to create my planner printables.

Check out the blog update and greeting Youtube vid below, if you like. ( Hint: I was testing my screencasting software and sound quality)! So, sorry if you pick up on the semi frustrated tone of my voice ( it’s certainly not aimed at and of by blog peeps and followers)…sometimes the back end tech issues can get so ridiculous and exasperating!

https://youtu.be/LxLelIKNWpY

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December 20, 2014 By Dru Cortez

Blog Announcement – Handmade Greeting Cards Now on my Etsy Store

Hello blog visitors and followers. Well, I imagine you are busy with all you last minute shopping, wrapping, crafting and all the last minute activities that can occupy your time in this holiday season.

I just wanted to share that I am beginning to post tangible papercraft products in my Etsy Store apart from the digital graphics. As we ahead into the new year,( imagine 2015 already?), I will be posting additional papercraft products handmade by moi!

I wanted to show you the detail on some of the recent limited greeting cards that I created and made available for sale on Etsy.

Greeting Card #1

I had holiday baking in mind when I created this card. I loaded it with a lot of embellishments including a clothespin, handcrafted flair and silhouette diecuts as well as a diecut banner made with my Sissix machine.

Greeting Card #2

I was thinking “vintage” with this card and wanted it decorated with snow mittens and a lot of feminine details, such as stitched scalloped borders. I even added the vintage sentiment because I thought it was so cute and of course, for more bling… pink glitter snowflakes and rhinestones.

Greeting Card #3

I was thinking of a “blue Christmas” with this card. I love all the light blue elements and especially enjoyed creating the woodgrain background for the card.

Greeting Card #4

Now what is Christmas crafting without a little gold and another favorite woodland animal…a deer. This card was so fun to craft. I added a lot of details including an embossed piece and white ink stamped piece of acetate to simulate viewing the snow through a window.

Greeting Card #5

This card was so much fun to handcraft. I used premade Jolee’s Boutique embellishments and placed it on an embossed backing designed by Anna Griffin. A little more formal. (This card is no longer available on Etsy and has been sold.)

Well, that’s the round up of cards I handcrafted and actually have made available on my Etsy Store. You will be seeing more papercraft items in the future as I coordinate my time for these handcrafted items. I hope you like my creations! 🙂

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December 13, 2014 By Dru Cortez

Holiday Crafting – Blog Update!

Hello Peeps…Just wanted to give you an update on what’s going on behind the scenes for the holidays here at VintageglamStudio. I have been doing a little retooling of my activities and boosting a presence in other Social Media locations…such as Google+, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. I sure would like to welcome all the new visitors coming from Pinterest!

In addition, I am also actually spending most of my holiday crafting time not only designing but actually creating in hardcopy most of the freebie printables I do design. The image below has a sample of several of the products I have created and crafted. Some of these holiday items, I will soon be making available at my Etsy Store.

So, all to say, I am still here and will continue posting freebies in the near future, but currently (or at least this week) I have been busy creating hard copy items to either post on social media or some hard copy items to feature in my Etsy Store. Stay tuned for more freebies that I will be posting!

Thanks for everyone that is stopping by to visit and I encourage you to subscribe to my blog if you would like to receive the freebie goodies and news I do post when I am on a regular schedule.