February 2013 – Taniesa Vlasak

Product Review: Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz

Published on February 20, 2013March 17, 2013 by Taniesa22 Comments

Hi again friends! Sorry there has been a gap in posting from me lately. Been busy getting the kids all healthy from the flu epidemic AND trying to rearrange rooms in my house (including my scrap room).

While I was moving some of my stuff to my new scrapping space I was inspired to do a product review here for my readers, and hopefully continue a different product review every week. Some of my favorite things, or not so favorite things. So a little bit of enabling at times and maybe saving you from making a bad purchase.

This week I am definitely recommending a Tiny Attacher for any scrapbooker, card maker, or paper crafter.

I have used this little guy on so many projects. Most recently for my daughter’s Valentine’s for her school party. The tiny staples are just the right size for little embellishments, holds ribbon to your project perfectly, and is just super fun! They retail for about $15. If your lucky you could probably pick up one at your local craft chain store with a coupon.

Because I love it so much, I am giving one away to a lucky reader!!! Simply post a comment below with your name and city/state (or country) and on Monday Feb 25th I will post the winner at the bottom of this post 🙂 This is open to anyone in the world, not just the states.

Happy Crafting!

Project life storage discovery!!!

Published on February 12, 2013January 22, 2015 by Taniesa8 Comments

* edited update: If you would like to see a video of how I am currently organizing my Project life cards and monthly Subscriptions please click HERE to be directed to my most current card organizing post.*

Ok, I am really excited to share, this might be old news to some people but for me it was brilliant!!! Close to my heart, a stamping/scrapbooking company, has this medium storage box meant for their acrylic stamps (the stamps are equally as awesome btw) but, it just so happens that is is the perfect storage for ALL my project life cards! Check it out!

My friends, what you see is my becky higgins card sets (seafoam, cobalt, clementine, turquoise cherry, and amber collections (aprox. 3/4 to 1/2 of each kit) both the complete Bridgeport and the Mayfield mini kits. I also have the Jan. studio calico project life kit, homemade cards, and blank, and grid cards ALL IN ONE BOX!!! I still have room for more cards in this box as well.

This is what it looks like empty. the middle divider is something that needs to stay put unless your taking out ALL the dividers… but the little ones can be removed to accommodate the larger 4×6 cards. See below.

Pretty neat huh?!?! I am sure that I will need an additional box once the new spring kits come out and I accumulate more Studio Calico cards. I do plan on putting divider cards for the card sections to mark what edition is what. Its also a pretty box. I like the light green handle and closure. and it has pretty etched scroll work around which you can see a bit below.

So…… I got so excited about these boxes, and then the adorable stamps that I can use in project life (love acrylic stamps!) that I became a consultant! If you would like to purchase one you can buy direct from my CTMH website which is: http://thecraftypickle.ctmh.com/

To find the box the path is Shop>Accessories>Organization and then you will find the Medium organizer at the bottom of that page. *edited 2/28 they are IN STOCK!*

If you have any questions at all please let me know! I am so excited to share this with all of you!

Happy Organizing!

How I Organized some of my Paper crafting supplies. (And a little giveaway!)

Published on February 6, 2013February 6, 2013 by Taniesa46 Comments

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I am going to show you how I have tackled a problem I had been having for a while. For 14 years I have accumulated A LOT of crafting supplies. I have a pretty good memory of what I have, but when it comes to a few things If i don’t see it I wont use it, you know that whole out of sight out of mind thing. Also, I can’t tell you how many times I have purchased duplicates of washi, ink mist, stamps, etc… So I took a binder I had purchased from staples a while back for another use (it’s about 8×10) a great size for on my desk but also to throw in my bag if I happen to go out shopping.

I made my own dividers (the ones that were sized for the binder were too small compared to the page protectors) I just stapled on a color tab to make it easy to flip to what I needed. The first section is washi tape. Washi tape is a pattered roll of tape that is easily torn and also doesn’t stick to your paper if you try to peel it off. It does become quite an addiction. If i happen to have a tape that has multiple colors that stand out I might put a sample in each color section. Below are a few pictures of some of the washi samples. I use front and back of each page. Whenever I get a new roll I will not put it away until I put a sample in my book.

Next up, Embossing powder. I haven’t used embossing powder much in the past but find myself using it more lately. It has been really hard remembering what colors I have. I split it into three sections, Opaque, Metallic, and Glitter. I stamped all samples with the same stamp and versamark ink to show differences in how it shows up compared to another. Most of my powders are by American Crafts (Zing) which are my favorite but there are a few other brands as well so I listed them in case I run out and need more.

Last in the little binder is my ink mists. Oh how I love misting, but I have purchased a few duplicates and it is always nice to have a dried sample so you know what color you are getting. Most of my mists are from Studio Calico (Mister Huey’s) but I noted down which is which along with the color name to make things easy to find.

I’m really pleased with how it all came together and in the short time I have had it completed it has helped me quite a bit. I am still working on my stamp binder (a different binder that is 8 1/2 x 11) I have a LOT of stamps so this will probably take me a while. I finished all my wood mounted stamps and I am working on the clear stamps next. I snapped a few pictures of what I am doing though, so you get an idea.

I think stamping my clear sets will go by a lot faster. I used versafine black ink and white cardstock to do all my stamp samples.

I hope this has inspired you to do a little supply organization, in whatever way works for you. If you have any other creative suggestions I would love to hear about them!

And now for a little giveaway! As I said, I accumulated some duplicates before putting this binder together and I would like to share a few things with someone (see photo below). Please enter a comment below with your location, and if you have any organizational tips I would love to hear that as well! and a winner will be chosen Friday Feb.8th around 12pm PST. This is open to anyone (even international!)

Project Life Week 4

Published on February 5, 2013 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi everyone! Sorry for the break in posts. I came down with Mono…. yes, seriously, MONO….. let me tell you that was a very unpleasant few weeks! But, I am getting back on track with everything including back to project life. I was a bit worried if I would be able to make a two page spread as I didn’t take very many photos being sick. It ended up working out and I hope you like the results.

Left side. Quick tip. If you are short on photos try taking a screenshot of something you do on your iphone or ipad. Above you will see a picture of a game that we are all playing “my singing monsters” (seriously addicting by the way) I like how it added a fun pop of color.

Right side. All of these photos and cards surround the weekend school project we worked on.

A few close ups.

The full two page spread of week 4. Supplies I used were mostly from Sudio Calico’s Jan. Project life kit, the Pebbles insert cards pack, and my silhouette to do the title card (more about that in another post) Thanks for looking!