Taniesa Vlasak | The Crafty Pickle

Organizing FlairTastic Friday!!!

Published on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by kzfougLeave a comment

Happy Friday Y’all!!!

This is the last in our series in FlairTastic Friday!! It is all about organization organization organization!!! Let us see what you got in the order of organization…

This is what Taniesa has for you:

I saw ideas of putting them flat in CD cases. Putting them in packaging inside a basket and flipping though them, even putting them in coin page protectors and placing in a binder. All very clever ideas but none of which I thought would work for me.

I knew that they needed to be organized by color. If you have seen my previous posts you know that I organize nearly everything by color. I also knew that I needed something that would have room to add more than my current collection. I didn’t want to have to have multiple cases for one type of embellishment (except washi tape and PL cards, those don’t count ).

While I was at Michaels in the beading section I came across a fantastic sectioned organizer (for bead organization) and it was really reasonable ($5.99) It had more space than a embroidery floss organizer box ($2.99) and I figured it just might work. Here is my little button collection.

In addition to organizing by color I have 4 sections dedicated to seasonal buttons. Spring, summer, fall, and winter. There is also multi-colored button sections and spaces for specific themed flair.

This is from Joann:

She sent me this idea that she found on the internet- Clipboard at a glance -love this idea..check out the link!!!

Here is a link to her post:

http://studiombymarian.blogspot.com/2015/01/flair-button-embellishment-organization.html

This is some great ideas that I found out on Pinterest:

Use an old letterpress drawer or curio shelf to organize embellishments….

Here is a link to her blog to see how she used this letter press to organize here project life embellishments

And then one last one I had to share…. Here

Thus looks so awesome and you can for sure see all your fair in one place!!!

Stop by The Crafty Pickle Etsy Shop if you haven’t been by recently. We will be releasing a few little things between now and our next big release. We will also be having a big TCP Birthday celebration in August with giveaways and a brand new exclusive foil flair!

Dont forget to use the hashtag #FlairTasticFriday to play along with us!

Flair On A Layout

Published on July 21, 2015July 20, 2015 by stephanieeakenLeave a comment

Hey TCP friends! It’s Stephanie from Bits & Pieces (& Scraps) here today to share my latest layout with you. I created a Fourth of July page using the All American flair set.

I have to admit, I don’t create many patriotic pages! They intimidate me, but these flair buttons make the process fun and exciting!! I used three of the six in the set.

I hand cut several banners to accent the top corner and have one laying on top of my photo. I love how this takes away some of the blank space of my photo. I added a chipboard arrow & the “Happy Birthday America” flair. LOVE this one!

More hand cut banners under my photo act as a matt. I then mounted the “July 4” flair onto a punched scalloped circle. The paint here acts as my journal block.

A pre-printed banner at the bottom & “the Land of the Free Because of the Brave” flair finish off the bottom of my page.

I kept my layout pretty simple and love the dimension the flair buttons add to my page! I could have used them all but wanted to save the remaining three for another page (or maybe cards)!!

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the day!

Meet the NEW CraftyPickle Designers!

Published on July 20, 2015July 19, 2015 by Taniesa1 Comment

Hi Friends!!

I am so very excited to announce the new team for the rest of 2015. We are blessed to have five of our designers returning, and another five new talented ladies that I know you will all LOVE! So, Here they are!

Kristin is not only one of our returning designers, she is also the Design Team manager this term. She is my right hand girl and I am so blessed to have her help as well as her talent. While I am busy filling orders and creating new product, Kristin is also working hard by making sure our designers are organized and the blog runs smoothly. Peek at her blog HERE.

Carrie is also a return designer and has been with me from the very beginning of The Crafty Pickle. She is definitely my cheerleader and she also is my Social Media Manager. Chances are if you are chatting us up on Instagram or Facebook she will be the one to beat me in responding! I don’t know what I would do without her! Make sure to check out Carrie’s blog HERE.

Stephanie, also a returning designer is so sweet and talented. I have loved watching her grow as a designer not only for TCP but for others as well. If you haven’t had a chance, grab a cup of coffee or tea and browse her blog HERE. So much inspiration in one little spot on the web!

Treasa is a returning designer and an amazing person. She truly is one of the sweetest girls you will ever meet. She not only designs for TCP but she runs a super awesome and successful swap group for Project Life. You can search for “Project Life Card Swap” on Facebook or go to projectlifecardswaps.com to see some pretty amazing handmade cards. Make sure you also check out her blog HERE.

Joann… How can I express how lucky I am to have Joann as a designer, and my friend. She creates the most beautiful projects both on the page and off as well. She works with CTMH product in ways I never thought of. Seriously, if you haven’t already, check this beautiful girls blog out right HERE.

Now for our new Designers…. I have been so excited to share our new talented girls with you!!! Some are new friends and some are old friends, but all of them are so sweet and so talented. Please help me give them an extra special Crafty Pickle Welcome!

Say Hi to Tabitha! This sweet girl has a definite talent for papercrafting but it was her beautiful Pocket letters that caught my eye, I knew I had to have her on our team. I think you will be seeing some fun pocket letter ideas (and maybe some Tabitha inspired pocket letter flair <wink>) Take a peek at this lovely lady’s blog HERE.

Give a big warm greeting to Paula. She is a girl of MANY talents! Project Life, Scrapbooking, Planning, Mixed media, just to name a few. The girl has it all going on and lucky for us we get to watch her though the process! Although she isn’t a blogger she produces some great informational videos that I know you will all love. Kick back and relax while you check out her YouTube Channel HERE. Don’t forget to subscribe, you won’t want to miss her new TCP video tutorials!

Reach out and give a very big cyber hug to our new designer, Marisa! Marisa has been my friend for a few years and I have always admired her bubbly personality and quick wit. This girl is incredibly strong and I admire her even outside of the crafting world. Though she is not a blogger she is definitely a consistant Vlogger and you will CRACK up at some of the videos she has on her channel. Take a look at her YouTube channel HERE and again, don’t forget to subscribe! She also will have some fab tutorials coming soon! I just know you will just fall in love with her too!

Most of you probably already know her, and you might not even realize it. Theresa has been such a huge inspiration for me for years. She is the reason I had to have a traveler’s notebook. Theresa is a Stampin’ Up consultant, serves on many other big design teams, is a guest teacher for some great Studio Calico classes currently, and all this while raising a family too. I don’t know how she does it all (and does it all so very well) but I am truly honored to have her apart of our design team. If you haven’t seen her Instagram feed you have to check it out HERE. Want everyday inspiration? Definitely click Follow on Theresa’s Instagram.

Last but definitely not least, meet my new sweet & talented friend, Lisa! Lisa is not only talented, but has so many creative ideas that I am amazed she just doesn’t walk around with a light bulb over her head! Some of the new TCP releases coming up were inspired by the creative juices from this incredible woman. Please visit her blog HERE

Well there you have it, a whole HUGE JAR OF TALENT in this 10 member design team! I hope you will join in and follow along as they share their talent and creative passions with us.

Till then…

Happy Crafting!

Wearable Flair? Yes!!!! Hello FlairTastic Friday!

Published on July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 by Taniesa2 Comments

Happy Friday Everyone!

Every Friday though the summer months we will bring you a new idea/concept using flair. Your not going to want to miss these fun posts! These ideas will come from not only our designers but also super neat flairtastic ideas we find from our customers and other talented papercrafters. Make sure that when you share any of your projects on Instagram or Facebook using flair, that you tag it #FlairTasticFriday. You just might see your own photo featured here on our blog!

This week we will be showing you a few ideas taking flair off your pages to actual wearable art!

First up we have an adorable project created by our designer Joann!

Joann added some flair from our Cute Bugs set for her adorable little girl. How precious are these? I think they would be great in the center of a bow as well. Totally adorable, Joann!!

Next we have a few ideas that have caught our eye… Take a look!

These adorable flair ribbons are just too adorable and would make a perfect wearable award or celebration pin. Love this for birthdays, weddings, achievements, and so much more. These were designed by Page Evans.

If you were an 80’s or early 90’s kid chances are you had a jacket similar to this one. I remember wearing my collection on my varsity jacket in high school. (photo found on pinterest)

What a great idea of wearing a bunch of pin back buttons of the same theme? We saw this photo on pinterest and fell in love with it!

I love that these are kid designed buttons. You can read more about it HERE. For a smaller option our “Make your own Flair Buttons” would be a similar and fun idea.

Last but not least we have a photo share from one of our very own customers!

Customer Liz ordered a custom button necklace with her loved ones names inside our glitter heart flair, we thought her daughter needed one as well. Aren’t these two just adorable!

Not only do we carry necklaces, but these adorable Hair ties as well.

We can make these hair ties with any flair in the shop or even a custom design.

Keep your eye out for our new wearable interchangeable magnetic jewelry coming to TCP’s shop in just a few weeks!

It must be the kid in me that loves flair so much. I loved wearing it then and I love wearing it now. Adding it to my papercrafting is an added bonus.

How do you wear your flair?

Dont forget to use the hashtag #FlairTasticFriday to play along with us!

See you for more FlairTastic Ideas next Friday!

Till Then….

Happy Crafting!

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

Lights, camera, create!

Published on July 15, 2015July 14, 2015 by cimorosete3 Comments

Hi there, its Treasa here today to share with you some cards I created using flair from the Movie Night set and the Cinema Relish Mix from The Crafty Pickle Shop.

First up I created a popcorn gift card holder. I used the movie tickets flair from the Movie Night set and the reel from the Cinema Relish Mix.

You pull the popcorn out and the gift card is tucked up inside. I also added a star from the Cinema Relish Mix as well as some Film Strip washi tape from the shop.

I also wanted to create a couple cards for my Project Life album.

I created the base of both cards digitally then went to town adding some items from the shop.

For the Movie Night card, i used the Popcorn flair from the Movie Night set and a reel, movie camera and stars from the Cinema Relish Mix as well as used some of the Film strip washi tape.

For the “I Reely Love You ” card, I put two reels from the Cinema Relish Mix together and added some thin ribbon to look like the film . I also used some of the stars from the Cinema Relish Mix too.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Cute on the inside as well as the outside! Card by Stephanie.

Published on July 13, 2015July 12, 2015 by TaniesaLeave a comment

Hey TCP friends!

It’s Stephanie from Bits & Pieces (& Scraps) here to share my project today. I am featuring flair from The Crafty Pickle in a greeting card. I created this thank you card to send to our family members that recently hosted us at their lake house.

I began with a pre-made card and then punched 3 butterflies in coordinating colors. The flair I used here is the adorable butterfly from the “Cute Bugs” set. I love the added touch of something pretty when you open the card too! You can find this, as well as so much more, in the shop!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Christmas in July!!!

Published on July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 by kzfoug4 Comments

Happy Saterday, thank you so much for stopping by!!

Today I am sharing a Christmas card I made using the CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge and a coordinating stamp set.

This cartridge collection is fabulous and if you haven’t seen the cuts this cartridge has, click here to take a look!

And then here is a link to her blog:

I used the cartridge to cut a frame (pg. 62) and used the Perfect Fit- Frames Flair stamp set to stamp my image on the frame with some Cranberry Ink. I then cut the tree (pg. 31) and stamped my image with the coordinating stamp set that comes with the CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge bundle with some Pear Ink.

This cartridge has some fun borders that you can cut out, I took the border on page 63 and cut it out using some fun CTMH Silver Glitter cardstock. Using the same stamp set as my tree, I stamped my sentiment on some vellum with some StazOn. I finished my card by adding some foam adhesive to my images and some TCP Winter Sequins Mix.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!
Here is link to her Blog

Supplies used

TCP Winter Sequins Mix

CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge

CTMH Silver Glitter cardstock

CTMH Ink- Cranberry, Pear

CTMH Stamp Set- Perfect Fit- Frames Flair

StazOn

Greeting FlairTastic Friday!!!

Published on July 10, 2015July 9, 2015 by kzfoug2 Comments

Happy Friday Everyone!

This week we will be showing you some awesome greeting cards by our wonderful design team!!! Each Design Team member uses flair differently to make a fun greeting card …and with this flair it is nice and flat to fit on any card!!!

Here is Joann’s super fun FlarTastic Greeting Card I love how she used the vellum as an overlay to soften the background paper …so great!!! And how she used the Something Shiny Slightly Cupped Sequin to follow your eye down the card for interest!!! And bunching the twine behind the Orange Pop of Flair …i am so going to steal that idea!!!

And next we have Carrie

I am sorry but Carrie makes the prettiest cards I know …they are just so lovely anyone would love to receive a card from her!!! Carrie used Watercolor Butterflies Flair for her fun and whimsical Thank You card!!!

Here is mine Kristin

I used this fun and fast birthday stamp, Washi tape pack from Close to my Heart Suprise Single Flair

How sweet is this card by Treasa with this cute big candle right on the front and the Suprise Single Flair

Next …we have Stephanie’s so sweet circle shaker box card with the red white and blue Star Spangled confetti mix

How will you use flair on a greeting card?????

Stop by The Crafty Pickle Etsy Shop if you haven’t been by recently. We will be releasing a few little things between now and our next big release. We will also be having a big TCP Birthday celebration this month with giveaways and a brand new exclusive foil flair coming mid July!

Dont forget to use the hashtag #FlairTasticFriday to play along with us!

See you for more FlairTastic Ideas next Friday!

Till Then….

Happy Crafting!

Sequins Technique for a fun tag!!!

Published on July 9, 2015July 7, 2015 by kzfoug2 Comments

Product used:
Something Shiny Flat Sequin
Star Spangled confetti mix
Painted Spot Button Flair

First I added this mask across the tag and then added some texture paste to the tags to make some dimension to the project

Next, I added all the fun sequins to the bottom of the tag with glossy accents to add a little shine to the tag and to make sure it all stays stuck down!!!