Taniesa Vlasak | The Crafty Pickle

I Love my silhouette!

Published on January 20, 2013January 20, 2013 by Taniesa1 Comment

Today I gave my little silhouette machine quite a workout. I am making some custom project life cards this weekend for the Feb. Studio Calico swap. I have the older version of the silhouette (the SD) which is now revised into the silhouette portrait. Although I would love the 12 inch cameo I can’t see spending all that money when my sweet little machine is going strong. It truly is amazing how far die cutting has came. I still remember coveting my pebbles in my pocket templates and hand cutting all my letters for titles to my pages. I will be transforming these piles of cut beauties (isn’t that peacock feather adorable?) into cards and posting them here on my blog very soon! Have a great weekend everyone!

Project Life January: week one

Published on January 18, 2013January 23, 2013 by TaniesaLeave a comment

Hi everyone! I hope your off to a good start with your project life albums! I am actually current and hope to stay no more than a week or two behind. I plan on sharing my pages on a weekly basis so that you can all see my progress. A few things that have already made this project doable for me are:

1. The Canon Selphy cp900 photo printer.

2. My iPhone. I love that I can snap a pic whenever and wherever. I can also edit and print wirelessly to the selphy.

3. Of course my Becky Higgins page protectors, the amazing seafoam core kit, and my studio calico kit.

I still have not completed my title page but I am leaving that for now until the inspiration hits me.

I will be taking pictures of week two and three soon an posting them next week.

100th day of school!!!

Published on January 16, 2013 by TaniesaLeave a comment

Taegan is approaching her 100th of the first grade and the teacher has assigned each child to collect 100 things and bring it to class on the 100th day. Well those that know me remember when Tyler has a similar project and we created a awesome poster featuring 100 photos of him making faces. It was a hit, everyone loved it. So in photo booth party style we will be doing the same for Taegan. Stay tuned for our process and completed photos of this fun project you can do with your grade schooler!

Handmade project life cards

Published on January 15, 2013January 15, 2013 by TaniesaLeave a comment

PLCards1 I had so much fun creating these little project life cards for a swap over at Studio Calico. I gave my silhouette a work out, misted the background with a shade of blue and added some glitter pen accents. Are you doing project life this year? I have the seafoam core kit but I will also be mixing in some of my own cards as well as the monthly project life kit at Studio Calico.