You are my sunshine tin and mini book

Hi friends,
I have a fun project that I would like to share with you today. This month Epiphany Crafts teamed up with Authentique to inspire you with some amazing projects. We got to work with a brand new soon to be released collection... called Lively.
I love the colors in this collection and thought it was perfect for some spring pictures in the park.

You are my sunshine tin and mini book:

Look for me soon in Create: Mini albums June 2013


Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: round 14 button studio tool, round 14 acrylic buttons,
round 20 button studio tool, round 20 acrylic buttons, round 14 shape studio tool, round 14 bubblecaps, Spring Flowers Chocolate Whimsy, vintage setting- Cabana

Other Supplies:
Authentique: Carefree collection: papers and stickers
Maya road: tin, wood butterflies
doilies: Wilton
ink: Clearsnap (Donna Salazar – Honey); Versamark (watermark ink)
embossing powder: WOW embossing powder (Primary Bark)
other: lace, wood fence (Joann’s)
adhesives: foam squares (Scrapbook Adhesives); Scotch (ATG)

Thanks for stopping by!

Mother's Day gift with Epiphany Crafts

Hi everyone, I am up on the Epiphany Crafts blog today with a gift for Mother's Day.

Mother's day jewelry gift box and necklace using Epiphany Crafts:

inside of jewelry gift box:

Inside of the gift box is a hanging necklace. I used my Epiphany Crafts round 25 shape studio tool to make a one of a kind charm for Mom.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day!

Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: round 25 shape studio tool, round 25 bubblecaps, round 25 metal charm setting; round 14 shape studio tool, round 14 bubblecaps, round 14 vintage setting- Tearoom, Spring flower (chocolate whimsy); scallop circle 25 shape studio tool, scallop circle 25 bubblecap;
Authentique (Lively collection): pattern papers, stickers
Basic Grey (PB&J collection) toothpick flag
Clearsnap: dark brown ink
The Twinery: flax twine
other: tag, doilies, beads, ribbon (Craft supply)

I can finally share...

I am so excited about this, now that it is May I can finally share my 3 layouts that were published in the April 2012 issue of Scrapbook Trends. April was the very first issue of Scrapbook Trends that I was ever published in and they picked up 3! I was over the moon excited when I got the happy emails from them. Now, that I understand what they are looking for I have been having pretty good luck with them - so be looking for some more published layouts on here as soon as I am allowed to share. And here they are...

(all papers, chipboard pieces and felt icons are from Ruby Rock-it's Paper Doll collection)

(I had so much fun getting creative with Hambly and washi tape on this one!)

(Did you notice the Epiphany on this one? I used Epiphany Crafts round 25 shape studio tool to create the bubblecaps at the bottom)
and I also have 1 in the April issue of Cards magazine

(And for this last one I used papers from Authentique's Gathering collection)
thanks for letting me share!

back from a fun 3 day weekend with friends

and I have a scrappy injury to show for it. This past weekend my Good friend Suzy West came out to stay with me and we took a girls trip on Saturday up to Green Tangerines in Rocklin for a get together with friends.


with friends Suzy West and Ashley N. Newell

with Deirdre, Suzy and Ashley.
While we were in Rocklin we got cupcakes to celebrate Suzy and Deirdre's birthday.


I don't remember the name of the cupcake shop but if I am ever in that area again, I have to stop by because these were delicious.

We had a fun time creating together and I got a lot of layouts done. 8 total for the weekend. That was huge for me. We came back to my house and Suzy and I continued working on projects throughout the weekend. Then my big clumsy fingers got into a fight with my rotary trimmer and I wound up at the ER really late on Sunday night.


yep, it wasn't pretty under the bandage, I got stitches and a tetnaus shot and a pretty good lesson on being more careful when picking up my trimmer.

It is not to bad though, Suzy and I got a good laugh out of it and I am getting out of chores for a few days. The kids are taking turns washing the dishes, etc.
I have a few projects that I created this past weekend that I would like to share with you.

Check this out:

close up:

I love the bright vivid colors on this. I used new Hambly special edition papers (honeycomb), and Authentique (genuine collection). I embossed the edges with some WOW powder (blueberry) and added some machine stitching and Epiphany.

Another fun layout that I created this weekend using brand new Hambly:

and some fun sequins and wood embellishments:


well that's it for now. I am going to give my big bandaged finger a break from typing. I will be back tomorrow to show you the rest of my new projects :)

Catch up

Hi Friends,
Since I have been home from CHA I have been working on DT assignments and spending time with the family. I have pictures from CHA that I just realized that I haven't posted yet, so I guess I have some catching up to do.

Here we go..

The WOW powders booth




Doesn't the booth look amazing? I am so proud to be part of this team.

The WOW girls

I had so much fun working with these girls!


While I was at CHA I stopped by to see some friends at the Ruby Rock-it booth.

With Rachel Carlson and Suzy West


Some of the Ruby Rock-it girls
with Rachel Carlson, Joanne Baxter, Erin Yamabe and Sarah Hill.

Today and tomorrow I will be posting some work that I had displayed at CHA.

first up is some work that I had in the WOW booth.

Enjoy the simple things in life layout:
I created this layout using the WOW pantry collection and brocade stamp, and Simple Stories Year-o-graphy collection

Life is good layout:
Another Simple Stories layout that I created using WOW Sierra sunrise powder, and a WOW template (clouds)

This is what life looks like:

a fun boy layout that I created using WOW pantry collection and stamps, this one too features the year-o-graphy collection by Simple Stories.

I had so much fun creating these 3 layouts and I want to say a big thank you to the Simple Stories team for allowing the WOW girls to create with their products.

I had more projects on display too that were created last minute featuring WOW powders and stamps. Some of these stamps we got in days before going to CHA.

Altered pie tin:
featuring WOW simply amazing silhouette stamp set, music note background stamp, mini brocade background stamp and WOW powders: blueberry (from the pantry collection), Angel wings, sierra sunrise, black glint (from the glitter collection)

Life life laugh often card:

featuring new Suzy West love measured stamps, min brocade background stamp, candy counter embossing powders and Authentique papers.

and a girl canvas:
featuring WOW candy counter collection and cloud template and Authentique papers.

Thanks for stopping by today and letting me catch up with some of my pictures. Tomorrow I will share my display in the WOW booth and projects that I made for the Clever Handmade booth.

I hope you sing

Hi friends,
I hope that your Wednesday is off to a great start. I have been running around trying to finish last minute extra projects for the WOW powders booth at CHA. Only 2 days till I leave - I am getting excited, can you tell?

I wanted to share with you a card that was recently published in Create: Vintage Idea book 2012 by Northridge publishing that came out earlier this month.

I hope you sing card:


And here it is in print:

I always get so excited to see my work in print. And I love being able to showcase products from companies that I love and design for. For this card I used papers from Authentique's Blissful collection, and the round 25 shape studio tool from Epiphany Crafts. Funny story about my card - did you notice the silver button? My dog distressed it for me. I was sitting around the table scrapping with friends and I noticed that my button was missing. My dog Lilo was sitting under the table and I could hear her chewing on something. So I checked to see what was in her mouth and it was my missing button. The funny thing is that I actually liked the way the button looked more after it was distressed, it was to shiny before and she gave it a distressed look that was perfect for my vintage card. I have to give her credit for that, so thanks Lilo.
That's it for today, I am going to finish up some CHA projects and I will be back tomorrow to show you what I have been working on for the show.

French memo board with Epiphany Crafts and Authentique

Hi friends, hope your week is off to a great start. My week has been in full swing trying to finish up projects and getting ready to leave for CHA.
I wanted to share a recent project that I made for Epiphany Crafts using the Gathering collection from Authentique.
French Memo picture board


I used a fabric french memo board and dressed it up with EC buttons, papers and photos. I am using it in my scrap room to hold photos and little memo notes for reminders.
Here is a peek at it close up:

Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts Studio Shape Button Round 14 Tool & Buttons
Gathering collection from Authentique

Today is worth remembering with Epiphany Crafts!

Hi everyone,
I wanted to share with you my November Design Team projects that I made for Epiphany Crafts.
First up is an album that I made using chipboard pieces from GCD studios.

Today is worth remembering album

*technique: I used my Crop a dile tool to punch holes into my EC bubblecaps, then I hung them from the album with jump rings and chains.

Here is a closeup of the detail:



I used:
Glitz: Vintage Blue collection papers, Dance in Sunshine collection paper and die cuts
Crate paper: Farm House stickers, random collection border stickers
Epiphany Crafts: round 25 shape studio tool, round 25 bubblecaps
GCD Studios: chipboard album, chipboard pieces
Tim Holtz: Hardware
We R Memory Keepers: Crop a dile tool


Next, is a fun card that I made using beautiful papers from Authentique's Free bird series - Fair weather collection.

I'm so glad we're friends card


I just love the bright vivid colors in this collection, mixed with the brown and cream flowers from Epiphany Crafts. It makes the perfect combo for Fall.

supplies:
Authentique: free bird series fair-weather papers
Epiphany Crafts: round 25 shape studio tool, round 25 bubblecaps, brown and cream felt flowers
feathers: (Craft supply)

Thanks for stopping by!

gleek out!

can you tell I am getting excited??? Glee returns to tv tonight and after a long awaited summer you can bet that my family
and I are going to be watching it.



Yup, we are full fledged gleeks and proud of it. We didn't start out that way. I heard all my friends talking about it for the longest time, but we had never seen an episode. Then we saw it on Netflix one day and decided to watch the first episode. It was so addicting that we watched 3 episodes in a row that night. We have seen every episode since, and the whole family enjoys it together.
Kalee even likes to dress the part. So I decided to create a fun layout about her love for wearing nerd glasses.

Nerd love layout:


I created this using Promenade paper from the Journey collection from Authentique. I love the pattern on this paper, and thought that it was perfect for this fun trendy layout. I also added some of their petite circle type stickers, and some clear epoxies from Epiphany crafts. The die cuts were all made using my Slice machine with the just chillin teen card. So fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

so exciting....

I just had to share my good news. I have just been asked to be a ......

Design Team Specialist for Authentique.

If you have seen their products in person you already know how amazing they are. I am very excited to get the opportunity to
work with Samantha and the rest of the Authentique crew. I also want to send a big congrats to my dear friends Sarah de Guzman, and Tricia Wilson.
I am so excited to start this creative journey with so many talented ladies. You can view the whole announcement here.

Thanks for stopping by, and I will be announcing the winners from my Back to school blog hop later on tonight :)