Taniesa Vlasak | The Crafty Pickle

Ornaments with Flair!

Published on December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 by Taniesa1 Comment

Two posts in one day? Yep! I couldn’t wait to share designer, Carrie’s, Ornaments she created with some TCP Custom glitter flair. Take a look!!

Today I wanted to share with you a project I created for my Bunco Group.

I started with some unfinished laser cut star ornaments. Next I sprayed them with my Tinsel Color Shine by Heidi Swapp. This gave them a pretty silver metal finish. I then attached my custom flair from TheCraftyPickle and finished them off with some beautiful red ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you would like to order some custom flairs it’s super easy, contact Taniesa from TheCraftyPickle and she will make you something beautiful.

Happy Scrappin’

Carrie

I am sure they are going to be a big hit, Carrie. Thanks so much for sharing them with us!!

Happy Crafting!

You Make Me So HAPPY!

Published on December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 by Taniesa1 Comment

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today we have the talented, Elodie, back up on the blog with another beautiful mixed media layout. I LOVE her style! Take a look.

Hello friends!

Today I want to show you another layout made with TCP button flair. For this page I used soft colors. I used some die cuts that I made with my die cutting machine, and as always I used stencils with modeling paste and inks.

Supplies used:

CTMH All the details

Vintage Camera Button Flair

Everyday button flair

Everyday Photo button #2

Thanks for looking!

Elodie

Thanks so much for sharing with us, Elodie. You definitely have me inspired to pull out my modeling paste and create!

Happy Crafting!

Project Life with Mona

Published on December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 by TaniesaLeave a comment

Hi Project Life Friends!!

Today we have a Project life layout from designer, Mona! Take a look and be inspired by her creative details.

Hello.

Today I want to show you another PL page made using The Crafty Pickle badges and CTMH stamps.

I’m trying be up to date with my pages till the end of the year, so I will be showing lots of its here.
TFL!

used flairs:

– OCTOBER
– COZY FALL
– days of the week
– speech bubbles

stamps:
– feathers
–LOL

Thanks so much for sharing with us Mona, LOVE your project life layouts!

Happy Crafting,

December Daily update with Treasa!

Published on December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 by Taniesa3 Comments

Hi Crafty Friends!

Treasa has been working on her December Daily and it is ADORABLE! Check out her progress!

Hi there, today I wanted to share a few cards I made for my December Daily. First up I wanted to share how I was documenting my days of the month in my album.

As soon as I seen these flair in The Crafty Pickle shop I knew I had to use them in my album. I love the silver glitter and the fun font. These Elegant December flair add the perfect touch to my pages even with some sparkle.

I also made some cards to add in my album using more of the fabulous flair found in The Crafty Pickle. First up is the card I made to document the return of our Elf on the Shelf Elvis Parsley. The Personalized Elf flairs are perfect and I love how you can get them personalized with your elf’s name.

Up next is a card that was inspired by my album that I am suing for my December Daily. I totally fell in love with the burlap and rustic look of it. So I decided to make a card using burlap and one of the flair badges from the December button flair set.

And lastly, I had to make a card to document my love of Starbucks red cups. These red cup flair buttons was a special request and I think they turned out fabulous.

I have to say that I am loving all the flair buttons that I have received from The Crafty Pickle and how I can personalize my album and cards. It makes this album so much more special. Please visit The Crafty Pickle and remember that Taniesa takes special orders, so if you don’t see it in the store, send her a message.

Don’t forget to stop by The Crafty Pickle for me fabulous and creative ideas.

Thanks Treasa! I love everything about your album so far and look forward to seeing the finished project!!!Happy Crafting!

The BEST Crafting Tote EVER!

Published on December 9, 2014 by Taniesa1 Comment

Hi Friends!

I wanted to announce that I have found the perfect tote for your crafting supplies! Now it is easier than ever to stay organized and transport your things to classes and crops!

Check out this video!

Some of you already organize with the wonderful stackable organizers from CTMH, now you just pop them in your CTMH Rolling tote and go! To see how I have used my organizers click HERE, HERE, and HERE.

They also have a matching shoulder Tote that is perfect for holding paper and other items.

I couldn’t announce these beauties without running a little promo so ……

Make sure when you place your order you choose to order under “Taniesa’s Online Gathering Party” (chosen at checkout). Every order placed for a rolling tote is entered into the raffle. Additionally if you purchase the shoulder tote as well you will get another entry into the raffle for the medium organizer. Winner will be announced by January 9th 2015

By ordering a tote, you will also be eligible to purchase the Stamp of the month for only $5 AND the “Deal of the Decade” promotion where you can buy as many C or D size stamps for only $10 each (reg $13.95 – $17.95)

You will also receive a free catalog and free seasonal expressions catalog with your order. Whew, that’s a lot of great promotions in one order!

If you have any questions please email me at TaniesaCTMH@gmail.com.

Happy Shopping!

Have a cup of coffee…

Published on December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 by Taniesa3 Comments

Happy Monday everyone!

Today designer Julie is showing us how to make some ADORABLE coffee themed cards. Check them out!

Hi!

Today I want to share with you my coffee cards with Cute flairs from The Crafty Picke shop!

To create These cards I USED The Coffee themed button Flair set

And there will be a little tutorial at the end of the post.

The first one:

Close-ups:

The second one:

Close-ups:

These cards are not so simple, they are aromatized.

The first one smells coffee, and the second one smells Nutella!)

mmm … so delicious!

Here are the photo how to make the aromatized card:

I hope it will be usefull!)

Unfortunately the Intertet can not express the magic smell of these cards,

but belive me, it’s wonderfull!)

Thank for stopping by and have a nice day!

What a beautiful and clever idea! Thanks so much for sharing Julie!

Happy Crafting

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!