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Elf on the Shelf

Published on December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

Do you take part in the Elf on the Shelf tradition each year? Designer, Kristin, has a great idea for a Elf on the Shelf Album that is totally adorable. Check it out!

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I am doing some prep work for my “Elf on a Shelf” album for my little one this year!!!

We just bought him so this is going to be fun this year with this cute little elf …who knows what he is going to get into!!

I used an album that had red in it for the cute Elf and I used on this wooden piece Ranger silver super fine embossing powder ,next I added cork to the circle and with Black Stazon I used the star in the Artiste stamp set in the background. Next, I made a snowflake with the Pathfinder paper from Close to my Heart, backed the “Elf on the Shelf” flair with red cardstock that you can get in the store.

I started to make some fun cards to put in the “Elf” book and made this cute tree with the camera, red and elf on the shelf flair from the store. I also used Cricut Artbooking Collection stamps,some more of the Pathfinder Collection, the Christmas sequins, and then clear sequins that comes in the packaging!!! Here is a link to her CTMH Store

All these fun products were so fun to play with!!!

Thanks, Kristin. I LOVE your album. This is a great idea to do in conjunction with or instead of December Daily. I can’t wait to see the finished album!

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Mixed Media Layout

Published on December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 by Taniesa3 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today we have an amazing layout by designer, Elodie! Take a look!!

Hello Friends! Today I want to show you a layout. December arrived and Christmas approach I thus made a page in mind of Christmas, which this year, will be even more special with the birth of my little boy.

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I began by sticking two bands of stickers at the top of my page with a small touch of gesso. Then I used a stencil with some modeling paste to give a little interest to my page. I splashed some ink and used some stamps from ” Close to my heart “. I arranged my photo, my papers, some TCP flair as well as sequins.

season

Supplies used:

CTMH All the details

The Crafty Pickle is in the process of opening a new shop so please stay tuned for more info or follow on facebook The Crafty Pickle.

Thanks for stopping by

Elodie

I just love how use used her clusters for such an eye-catching page! Thanks Elodie!

Happy Crafting!

Gift a candy bar!

Published on December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 by Taniesa1 Comment

Hi Crafty Friends!

Is your gift list a mile long? It’s always hard for me to come up with a clever gift that doesn’t cost a lot of money. Designer, Joann, has came up with a beautiful way to gift a simple candy bar! Check it out!!

Hi! Today I have fun little project to share with you today and my first ever step by step tutorial (so this is a warning that it is a LONG post, lol)!

I wanted to create some fun treat holders to give to a few friends and family some in which I could fit a snicker bar. I searched for a few ideas and came across many (pinterest of course, lol) and most of them used the envelope punch board, but I wanted to be able to make one without the punch board.

Here is what I came up with…

I started off with cutting some 12 x 12 Cranberry card stock from CTMH at 9 1/4 x 5 (you can get 2 treat holders out of a 12 x 12). I then placed my card stock long ways on my scoreboard (9 1/4) and scored it at 1 1/8, 2 1/8, 7, 8. I then took my card stock and rotated it (5) and scored at 3/4, 1 7/8, 3 1/8, 4 1/8. It will look like this…

Taking my scissors I started to cut (black lines indicate where you need to cut and the “x” indicates the areas that will be removed).

You will then be left with this (I marked the 4 areas with stars for the next step below)…

The 4 squares with the stars (shown above) will need a small diagonal cut off of 2 sides (picture on the left). After all four squares have been cut, your treat holder should look like the picture on the right. This will help with the closure of the box.

I used my grid mat to place small dots on the top and bottom squares of my treat box (picture on the right). I took my scissors and meet the side dots to the top. You should end up with the picture on the left.

I took CTMH stamp set Snowflakes to stamp a few images for my box and turned the box on its back and placed some strong adhesive on the 3/4 side (one of the sides is slightly smaller than the other, I did it this way so when the box is closed, the closing on the back is down the middle and not to one side).

I found the easiest way to line everything up was to fold the box and carefully push down so both sides stick to the adhesive and then I opened it to run my finger inside, making sure it was secured.

I cut an image from the CTMH Artiste that coordinates with the Holiday Tags CTMH stamp set and stamped it with some Cranberry Ink and placed a TCP Flair in the center (the glitter on this flair is stunning). Punched a hole on top and ran both ends through it so I could tie a nice bow on top of the tag.

I know this was a lengthy post but once you get one done, I promise the others will be super fast. I appreciate you making it to the end and I hope you enjoyed my first tutorial.

Just a heads up…

The Crafty Pickle is in the process of opening a new shop so please stay tuned for more info or follow on facebook The Crafty Pickle.

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies used:

CTMH Artiste Bundle

CTMH Holiday Tags

CTMH Snowflakes

CTMH Crandberry Card Stock

CTMH Crandberry Ink

Thanks, Joann! I can’t wait to make some of these for school office staff!

*Special Note* My Etsy store is currently down. If you need any flair for the holidays please send a email with your order to tcraftypickle@gmail.com and I can send you an invoice. A new store interface is coming SOON and will make shopping even easier!

Happy Christmas Crafting!

Cyber Monday SALE!!!

Published on December 1, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Today there are two great sales I wanted to tell you about. First is for The Crafty Pickle etsy shop!

The next is a Close To My Heart sale on all Cricut cartridge kits… this is huge, $20 off each kit!

Also for the month of December you can get an awesome deal on stamp sets!

Dont forget, you can also get the December stamp of the month for only $5

This month is the first annual expressions catalog from CTMH. Such adorable stuff. If you haven’t checked it out be sure to click on the link HERE.

Whew, that’s a lot of fun sales in one day! Let me know if you need any help with ordering or have questions!
Happy Shopping!

Happy December!

Published on December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

We’re kicking off December with a few cute ideas from designer, Carrie Bryant! Take a look!!!

Happy December first….. can you believe it? I would like to kick the
day off right by sharing my first Christmas project of the season. I
started making a few Christmas tags. I will add these to some Special
gifts this year.

I decided to use some of my leftover scrap goodies from last years December Daily project. I used some scrap paper to cut big tags with my Sizzix Big Shot. I Gathered some scrap ribbon and used

my extra CraftyPickle flairs from last year, these are the perfect embellishment on my tags.

I also added some beautiful Holiday Sequins that are new in TheCraftyPickle shop now

This was a quick and fun project to get me in the Holiday crafting mood.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope this encourages you to start your Holiday crafting.

Till next time.

Happy Scrappin’

Carrie

Simply adorable, Carrie! Thanks for kicking off December with fun holiday inspiration!!!

Happy Crafting!

Fun and festive door hanger with designer, Alicia!

Published on November 30, 2014November 30, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends

Today, designer Alicia is sharing a cute little door hanger using some patterned pop flair! Check it out!!

Hi Alicia here with a holiday card using Blue Patterned Color Pop Flair from
http://thecraftypickle.com

the tree in the card is from http://thecraftypickle.ctmh.com

C1559 Always grateful Seasons & Nature

The sequins are from the are the Winter Sequins mix

Be sure to stop by the https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyPickle

to see all the great products they have, you will love it!

Thanks Alicia, totally cute idea to have a cheerful festive door-hanger!

Have a great week friends!

Crisp and Cool layout by designer, Cathy!

Published on November 29, 2014November 29, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all recovering nicely from turkey overload and shopping madness. Today we have a beautiful layout to share by design team member, Cathy! Take a look!

Hi everyone, Cathy here with a layout I created using awesome products from The Crafty Pickle! My layout was inspired by one I saw created by Lilith Eeckels. I loved the way she cut the large woods paper into 3rds to create interest and divide up the image. From there I used a variety of embellishments, including flair badges and sequins from the The Crafty Pickle and stamps from Close to my Heart. I just love how it turned out and I am so happy with my products from The Crafty Pickle. The flair badges are just fantastic and who doesn’t love sequins right?

Beautiful work, Cathy. Love it!

Happy Crafting!

Project Life with Monika

Published on November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends

Today, Designer Monika has a project life layout to share with you! Take a look!!

Today I have Pl spread for you. I used fantastic badges, sequins and stamps from The Crafty Pickle and CTMH, which you can buy here and here.

and details:

used flairs:

– OCTOBER
– COZY FALL
– days of the week

sequins:
– christmas holiday
– autumn mix

stamps:
– feathers
– LOL

Thanks Monika, Love your layout!!!

Happy Crafting

5 & 12: Birthday card ideas from Stephanie!

Published on November 25, 2014November 25, 2014 by Taniesa3 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

Check out the absolutely adorable birthday cards that TCP designer, Stephanie has for you today!

Hey y’all! Hope this Tuesday finds you well & (if you’re in the US), getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday! It’s such a great time for being with family & giving thanks for all that we are fortunate enough to have. And then, it’s time to gear up for Christmas! While I love the season & am really excited, we have some birthdays to celebrate first! My nephew has a birthday in November & my youngest nephew’s birthday
is on December 12. Leah’s birthday is December 10 & she will be 12 this year! Holy-time is flying!!!
So before I dive head first into the Christmas season, I made some birthday cards. Both feature flair & sequins from The Crafty Pickle.