Christmas – Taniesa Vlasak | The Crafty Pickle

A winter card with Kat Scrappiness and Hero Arts!

Published on November 10, 2016November 9, 2016 by Taniesa3 Comments

Hi Friends!

Happy Thursday! Today I have a fun card that can be used for Christmas or any occasion. When I saw this Birch Background die at Kat Scrappiness.com I knew I wanted to create a card with this die taking center stage.

To pair with this fantastic Die I chose the beautiful Hero Arts color layering Deer stamp set. I love that you can layer different ink colors quickly and not have to worry where your shading will go.

I knew that I wanted the trees to have some dimension to them so I took a piece of adhesive backed foam and a piece of adhesive backed cardstock and I stuck the cardstock on top of the foam. You could always use a product like stick-it to glue the cardstock to the foam, these were just in my supply stash. I find that it is easier to glue foam to a intricate die cut prior to cutting if at all possible. I cut the cardstock covered foam with the Birch Tree Background die in my big shot a couple of times to ensure everything cut though. This will smoosh your foam down a bit but it will puff back up.

I carefully removed the waste from the die cut leaving just the background. I removed the adhesive backing on the foam and placed this on a piece of heavy weight cardstock that I have blended a bit of Broken China Distress ink on. I kept the ink darker at the top and lighter at the bottom. After that was glued together, I took W-01 and a W-03 Copic markers and added some shading to the trees. This added a bit more dimension and texture.

I stamped my deer using three shades of hero arts ink that I had on hand (Soft Sand, Latte, and Brown Bark) and then stamped the final detail stamps in Versafine Onyx black ink. I cut the deer out with the coordinating die set then popped the deer up with the leftover scraps of foam from my trees.

I took some of my favorite sparkling snow sequins from Kat’s shop and glued them down on the blue panel with some Ranger Multi Medium Matte finish adhesive so that they looked like snow falling. To finish off the card I added a sentiment banner from the same Hero Arts stamp set.

I love the multiple layers on this card and it really came together quickly. I could see so many possibilities with this background die. It’s great for all seasons!

I hope you enjoyed my card today. I appreciate you stopping by. Please check out the links below for supplies I used today.

Have a wonderful day!

Products used today (Affiliate links used if available):

Sparkling Snow Sequin Mix – Glitter Sequins	Birch Tree Background Die	Color Layering Deer Stamp by Hero Arts	Ranger Multi Medium Matte .5 oz Bottle
Darice White Foam Sheet 9″X12″ 3mm	VersaFine Onyx Black Pigment Ink Pad	Silhouette Adhesive Cardstock Essentials Pack	Sizzix 660425 Big Shot Cutting/Embossing Machine with Extended Multipurpose Platform, White/Gray

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Lawn Fawn Frosty Fairy Friends Shaker Card for KatScrappiness.com

Published on October 26, 2016 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today I am guest designing over at the Kat Scrappiness blog and shop and I am super excited to share this fun shaker card!

I absolutely love Kat’s exclusive dies. The stitched tree was just perfect to have the Lawn Fawn Frosty Fairies decorate!

To make the shaker I used the two largest double stitched rectangle dies in the set. I just nested them together and used a bit of tape to make sure they stayed in place. I die cut my cardstock frame, the acetate, and the foam as well! Came together super quick!

I used several shades of blue distress ink for my background and colored the cute little fairies with copic markers. Not a lot of shading was needed because they are small. I went over their wings and other details with a glitter pen after I was done coloring.

To get some texture on the absolutely fabulous stitched tree I used the small pine spring in the Frosty Fairy friends set and did some second (and third) generation stamping. You can see more on that in this little quick tip video.

I added my favorite white, blue and clear sequins from Kat’s shop in the shaker, I didn’t add a lot because I didn’t want it to take away from the decorated tree.

This card came together in a snap and I just love how it turned out. It is easy enough to mass produce and if you wanted to skip the shaker part it could come together even faster.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I am excited to be guest designing for Kat Scrappiness and I will have more fun projects for you soon! Check out Kat’s store at http://www.katscrappiness.com and for direct links to products used today see the links below.

Double Stitched Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness – NEW!	Stitched & Layered Christmas Tree Die by Kat Scrappiness	Lawn Fawn – Frosty Fairy Friends Clear Stamps 4″X6″	Lawn Fawn – Frosty Fairy Friends Craft Dies
Ranger Multi Medium Matte .5 oz Bottle	Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink Pad	Ice Blue Glitter Glass Drops by Fabrika Decoru – 30ml	Northern Lights Glitter Glass Drops by Fabrika Decoru – 30ml
Frosty Sequin Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	Sparkling Snow Sequin Mix – Glitter Sequins	Snow Day Sequin Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	6mm Clear/Transparent AB Hollow Circle Mix
Frozen Sequin Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	Winter Wonderland Sequin Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	Oh Baby! (Boy) Bead Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	3mm White Star Confetti Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!
White Sequin Trim – 5 Feet

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Have a great day!

Christmas Cards with Flair

Published on December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 by carriebryant1 Comment

Today I am sharing a couple of Christmas cards I have made. I love to make my own Christmas cards each year for special family and friends.

I love adding a little “flair” to my cards with some fun buttons from TheCraftyPickle Etsy shop

Rudolf’s nose shines bright with this red bokeh flair.

Red patterned Color pop set

I really like the layers on this card. The fun Merry & Bright is just the right touch to embellish this card.

How cute is this December set?

There are a ton of New products now available in the shop. Just in time for all your Christmas crafting projects.

This is my favorite from the new release.

Thanks for stopping by today

Happy Scrappin

Carrie

Hello Santa!

Published on November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 by happypaperinkLeave a comment

Hi Crafty Friends! It’s Lisa here today from Happy Paper & Ink to share a new Project Life card that I created. I am doing some preparation for my December Daily album, so that is what inspired me to create this card.

For this card, I started with Pink Paislee Merry & Bright 6×6 paper pad. I cut a tag and a 4×6 project life card from the paper pad. I then cut strips of paper for the side border to add some interest. I cut a snowflake tag on white and red paper using my Silhouette Cameo. I also cut the title using gold glitter vinyl and my Silhouette Cameo for the title “Hello Santa”. I doodled around all the edges with a black 0.8 American Crafts Black Pen and inked with black Memento Ink.

To finish off the card, I used The Crafty Pickle’s Black & White Color Pop Flair and applied it to the top of the snowflake tag. I added some sequins to the corner of the card from The Crafty Pickle. Adding any of the Relish Mixes to your layout or cards gives a fun, sparkly and thin embellishment. These come in all colors, I used the Magical Mouse mix for this card. I layered the sequins and put red glitter stickle dots on top of some of the sequins to change the look a little. And finally, I tied a bow at the top of the snowflake tag to tie it all together!

I hope you enjoyed my Project Life card & are inspired. Look for some more blog posts showing my December Daily in the future!

Thanks for looking & Happy Crafting!

December Daily – The Joy of Christmas!

Published on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by happypaperinkLeave a comment

Hi Crafty Friends! It’s Lisa here today from Happy Paper & Ink to share a new Project Life card that I created. I am in the beginning stages of working on my December Daily album, so that is what inspired me to create this card.

For those of you not familiar with December Daily, Ali Edwards created it to document the days of your December. Basically, you do a page for each day spotlighting the activities of the day to include your family traditions, etc. This will be my first year to do this, and I am super excited!

For this card, I started with Pink Paislee Merry & Bright 6×6 paper pad. I cut a tag and a 3×4 project life card from the paper pad. I then used The Crafter’s Workshop Positive Stencil and texture paste to create the black cross or plus signs on the paper to add some dimension and interest in the corners. I doodled around all the edges with a black 0.8 American Crafts Black Pen and inked with black Memento Ink.

To finish off the top of the card, I used The Crafty Pickle’s Black & White Color Pop Flair and wrapped a ribbon around it. I added some sequins from The Crafty Pickle. Adding any of the Relish Mixes to your layout or cards gives a fun, sparkly and thin embellishment. These come in all colors, I used the Magical Mouse mix for this card.

The title on the card is made by using American Crafts cardstock stickers and American Crafts Be Merry Red Thickers Alphabet.

I hope you enjoyed my Project Life card & are inspired to start a December Daily! Look for some more blog posts showing my December Daily in the future!

Thanks for looking & Happy Crafting!

Candy Bar Treat Boxes

Published on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by jlopezdesigns1 Comment

Hi friends, Joann here today with you! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Today I am sharing with you something that I have been working on for a craft fair that I will be participating. I shared this project last year in December, a step-by-step on how to make the box treat, but this time around I used my Cricut and a couple of the CTMH Cricut Cartridges to decorate my boxes.

Here are a couple that I’ve made so far…

I used the CTMH Artistry Cartridge to cut out my snowflakes out of some glitter card stock and added some foam dimensional to add a bit of dimension to them.

I took the Treats of Friendship stamp set, also from Close to My Heart, to stamp the cute image on my tag.

The deer and the design behind the deer came from the CTMH Artistry Cartridge and the ornament was cut using the CTMH Artiste Cartridge. For the sentiment on the deer box, I used the CTMH Holiday Tags stamp set to add my sentiment.

I still have a few to finish, but I wanted to share the ones that were done and in case you were interested in the tutorial click HERE to read that post.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

Christmas in July: Tags

Published on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 by jlopezdesignsLeave a comment

Happy Thursday friends! Joann here today and thank you so much for stopping by!

I shared a Christmas card with you last week and today I am sharing some Christmas tags! It’s never too early to think about Christmas, at least for me, the sooner I get things done the better as my little one’s birthday falls 13 days before Christmas!!

I used the CTMH Artiste Cartridge to cut my tags (pg. 69) and bows (pg. 55) . I added some TCP Green Patterned Pop Flair and TCP Red Patterned Pop Flair to the center of my bows and stamped a small sentiment using the CTMH Countdown stamp set with StazOn. To finished my card I added some ribbon and TCP Jolly Holiday Relish Mix.

These were so fun and super easy to make (especially the bow, it came together super fast)! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies used

TCP Green Patterned Pop Flair

TCP Red Patterned Pop Flair

TCP Jolly Holiday Relish Mix

CTMH Artiste Cartridge

CTMH Countdown

CTMH cardstock: Cranberry, Pear

StazOn

Merry and Bright

Published on December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all enjoying your Christmas Eve. This evening designer, Alicia, has a fun Holiday card to share with you all.

Hello everyone Alicia Here again with another project for DT Crafty Pickle this time i make a
portrait( this how i call it) i use the December button Flair and Shine Glitter flair
and the Christmas Holidays Sequins love the color they are very bright
at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyPickle plus i use CTMH stamps Chairs to you
# D1456 and Always Grateful # C1559.

Before i go be sure to visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCraftyPickle
to see more of the great supplies of flair and sequins ,happy crafting!!!!

So clever using flair as ornaments, Alicia! Thanks for sharing!

From all of us at The Crafty Pickle, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed and exciting new year ahead.

Sweet Treat!

Published on December 22, 2014 by Taniesa2 Comments

Hey Crafty Friends!

Designer, Cathy, is up with an adorable holiday layout! Check it out

Hey everyone it’s Cathy here with another post for The Crafty Pickle. I wanted to use some of the wonderful December/Christmas flair badges and sequins and I thought what better way to use the lovely candy striped badges then to showcase them on a layout about my daughter getting candy canes stuck in her hair. I apologize that the photos aren’t at their normal quality, I ended up having to take them with my phone instead of my usual Canon camera.