JLopez Designs

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

CTMH Rolling Tote

Hi there!

Wanted to stop by and let you know about an AWESOME promo Taniesa has for you if you purchase a CTMH rolling Tote. Head on over to TCP Blog for more details!

See you tomorrow for a fun little post!

Have a fabulous day!

Monday, December 8, 2014

The Crafty Pickle Etsy Shop

Hi, crafty friends thanks for stopping by!

Wanted to share that The Crafty Pickle Etsy shop is up!

Also, were you aware that if you were looking for personalized flair, Taniesa can make them for you. You might be wanting some flair with your child's name or your family last name to put on your family album cover (just a few ideas). Just head over to the etsy shop and send Taniesa a message.

Click on the links below to view some examples:

Elf on the Shelf
Personalize it with a name

Thanks again for stopping by!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Candy Bar Treat Holder

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 December 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.~~

The Crafty Pickle etsy shop is back open!

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies used:

CTMH Artiste Bundle

CTMH Holiday Tags

CTMH Snowflakes

CTMH Crandberry Card Stock

CTMH Crandberry Ink

TCP December Flair

Monday, December 1, 2014

Cyber Monday Sales

Hi, I wanted to share some awesome crafty Cyber Monday deals with you!

The Crafty Pickle etsy shop:

This next one is OMG AWESOME! CTMH sale on all Cricut Cartridge Bundles! I personally own 2 out of the 4 and I love them and with this sale, it looks like I'll be adding another one to my collection! Click here to get yours!

Butterfly Reflections Ink

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

"Joy" Christmas Tag

Hi!

Join me over at Butterfly Reflections Ink blog for my post and the list of supplies that I used to create this beautiful tag!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Thanksgiving Gift Idea

Hi crafty friends, so happy you have stopped by!

If you stopped by my blog a few days ago, I shared with you all that I participated in a couple of Christmas craft fairs! It was my first time, and let me tell you, it was an awesome experience. I met a lot of people and actually made a few friends!

So with that said, I am sharing with you my first The Crafty Pickle Design Team post! I had a few nugget tins left over from my fairs (8 to be exact, lol) and I thought that I could redesign them for a few Thanksgiving gifts for a few family members and friends!

I used both CTMH Cartridges (Artiste and Art Philosophy) to cut all of my leaves at 2 inches and used some watercolors to give them so color. I wrapped my nugget tin with some craft paper (cutting that at 2 inches) and tied some brown twine. I then glued all of my leaves down and added some TCP November Flair to the center where all of my leaves met and finished it off with some fabulous TCP Autumn Sequins Mix! Hope you enjoyed my gift idea!

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to stop by the The Crafty Pickle Etsy Shop for some awesome goodies!

Supplies used:

TCP November Flair

TCP Autumn Sequins Mix

Art Philosophy CTMH Cricut Cartridge

Artiste CTMH Cricut Cartridge

Watercolor Paper

Brown Twine

Watercolors

Monday, November 17, 2014

TCP Blog Hop

Welcome to The Crafty Pickle blog hop!

Today our creative team will be sharing with you ideas on using Flair, Sequins, Close To My Heart stamps, and more.

Make sure you leave a comment on each blog as you hop along for extra chances at winning some fabulous prizes. You have until Friday November 21^st to comment and winners will be announced on Monday November 24^th!

Prepare to be inspired by our awesome, creative crafty pickle team!

If you are coming from Elodie's Blog, then you are in the right place! If not click HERE to take you to the beginning of an awesome blog hop!

First off, thank you for joining us and we hope you are having fun! With Thanksgiving totally being next week I thought a card would be nice to share with you (there is still time to mail one, lol)!

I started by creating my own rosette simply by cutting a strip of CTMH Cranberry Cardstock at 2 1/2 inches and used a border punch to one side and scored between each scallop. I used the CTMH Cricut Artiste Cartridge to cut the middle design at 1 3/4 and stamped it with a matching CTMH stamp set "Holiday Tags" using CTMH Sunset Ink Pad and topped it off with some TCP November Flair. Using the same stamp set I stamped my sentiment with some CTMH Cocoa Ink.

I finished my card with some brown twine and added some beautiful TCP Autumn Sequins Mix!