Love that smile...

Gotta love this face, that I wake up to every morning....

Love that smile...

This is my baby Kona, she is the youngest of 3 my 3 dogs. She just got a brand new haircut right before I took this shot, and was showing off. I love her little smile, and her
little expressions. She follows me around the house all day long and is like my shadow. Is she adorable or what? Big trouble maker too.

I used the new Elle's Studio Day to Day collection on this layout. I love the papers in this collection, tidbits and tags.

TFS!

A smile that bursts

Hi everyone,
I hope that you are having a good day. I have two projects to share with you today. First up is a card that I made for Epiphany Crafts.

Smile that bursts card:

supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: star shaped studio tool, star shaped bubblecaps
Maya Road: star stickpin, canvas tag
The Twinery: Blueberry twine
Silhoutte Cameo: cutting file: love couple card
Lily Bee designs: papers, banner, sticker

I also have a layout up today for Ruby Rock-it designs. Head on over to their blog to check it out!

Back to school organization with Epiphany crafts

Still feeling under the weather today, I hope this nasty head cold that I am fighting goes away real soon. Just popping by real quick today to share a back to school organization project that I have up on the Epiphany Crafts blog today.

Back to school pencil box

Back to school in our house always means shopping for new school supplies and pencils. No matter how many pencils I buy at the beginning of the school year they always seem to become misplaced when it comes to needing them for homework. That's why I created this small little pencil box to keep at home and keep nearby so that is always handy for homework. I'm sure my kids will thank me someday.

supplies:
Epiphany Crafts:
round 14 shape studio maker
round 14 bubblecap
round 14 brad setting
round 14 button studio maker
round 14 acrylic button

pattern papers & stickers: October Afternoon 9 to 5 collection
adhesive: Helmar's quick dry 450

Maya road smile banner...

Hi friends,

I hope that your Monday is off to a great start. Mine sure is, I got the kids off to school, made it to the gym and got our grocery shopping all before 9am. Now I have the rest of the day to play in my scrap room, yay!

I have a fun project to share with you today. This week Epiphany Crafts has teamed up with Maya Road to bring you some amazing projects on their blog.

I am up today and I created a fun little banner for my scrap room


Smile Banner by Gina Lideros

Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: scallop 25 shape studio tool, round 25 shape studio tool, round 14 shape studio tool, scallop 25 shape bubblecaps

Maya Road: canvas banner pieces (from canvas banner album), wooden bird pieces, craft doilies, buttons
Pebbles: pattern papers, smile sticker, smile clothespins (Sunnyside collection)
Studio Calico: Mister Huey’s spray mist (mint julep)
adhesive: Beacon’s 3-in-1 quick dry glue
Brother: sewing machine
Guterman: thread

To create my banner, I first sprayed some Maya Road canvas banner pieces with spray mist:

Then I used my Epiphany Crafts scallop 25 shape studio tool, to make scallop epoxies and adhered them to my banner along with Maya Road craft doilies and Maya Road buttons.

Next, I used liquid glue to adhere Maya road wooden bird pieces.

Lastly, I punched some pieces of pattern paper using my Epiphany Crafts scallop 25 shape studio tool, round 25 shape studio tool, and round 14 shape studio tool.

Then I sewed them together in a long chain to make a stitched banner to hang from the top of my canvas banner. I then attached them with wooden clothespins.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a fabulous Monday!

Right here with Epiphany Crafts...

Hello! I hope your Friday is off to a great start. Our week has been quite busy with the kids going back to school, trying to get back on a sleep schedule, back to school nights. Things are starting to calm down a bit and I am looking forward to a less hectic week next week. We will see how that goes.

I have a layout up on the Epiphany Crafts blog today featuring the square shape studio tool. I love this tool. Recently I shared a layout that I created for them using the square shaped studio tool and cutting the square epoxies into triangles. Well I did it again. I just can't resist!

Right here layout:

*technique: I used the Epiphany Crafts square shape studio tool as a punch (square punched pieces), and I also used it to create triangle bubblecaps.
To create your own triangle epoxies simply make your square bubble epoxy using the shape studio tool and then cut them in half diagonally.

supplies:
Epiphany Crafts square 25 shape studio tool, square 25 bubblecaps
Studio Calico: Elmwood Park kit: papers, stickers, little flyers
(October Afternoon, Authentique, Lawn Fawn, Basic Grey, Studio Calico)
sewing machine: Brother
thread: Guterman
pen: Zig (black)
adhesive: Tombow

Summer smiles

Summer Smiles with Epiphany Crafts and Little Yellow Bicycle!

Hi friends,
we are still celebrating Little Yellow Bicycle week over at Epiphany Crafts, be sure to stop by their blog today to have a chance to win an awesome prize package jammed back with product from Epiphany Crafts and Little Yellow Bicycle!

Today I have a sweet little summer mini album to share with you using their products, this mini was so fun to make!

Summer Smiles Mini Album

Look for me soon in Create: Mini albums June 2013


Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: round 14 shape studio tool, round 14 bubblecaps; scalloped circle 25 shape studio tool, scalloped circle bubblecap; pennant 25 shape studio tool, pennant 25 shape bubblecaps

Other supplies:
Little Yellow Bicycle Splash collection, papers, 5 things pocket pages, felt flowers, embellishments
Brother sewing machine; Guterman: thread, hole punch (craft supply); Tim Holtz: (tiny attacher), string, burlap
adhesive:
Thermo Web: foam adhesive squares; liquid: Helmar’s (quick dry 450)
*Technique: I created my mini book, by folding LYB Splash die cut paper in half,
and using it as a front and back cover of my book. I used the pocket pages (which comes with the 5 favorite things pocket) as my inside pages.
*Tip: to create my banner I used a small hole punch and punched through my LYB die cuts, and Epiphany Crafts epoxies.

Thanks for stopping by, chat soon!

Let the sun shine in

Let The Sun Shine Layout

Hey everyone, we are celebrating Little yellow bicycle week over on the Epiphany Crafts blog this week.

I decided to make a summery pool themed layout with their splash collection!

Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: Scalloped 25 shape studio tool, scallop 25 shape bubblecaps, round 14 shape studio tool, round 14 bubblecaps; round 25 shape studio tool, round 25 bubblecaps

Other Supplies:
Little Yellow Bicycle Splash collection: papers, stickers, flowers, brads
other supplies:
Brother sewing machine, thread (Guterman); pen (Zig)

Thanks for stopping by!

Having a ball with Epiphany Crafts

Hiya Friends,


We are having a cross promotion with Tombow this week over on the Epiphany Crafts blog.

For my project this week, I decided to create a layout with a twist on how to use the EC epoxies. Triangles are everywhere lately. In fact I have heard that triangles are the new chevron. So I thought it would be fun to use them on a layout.

Beach Ball fun:

Epiphany Crafts Supplies:

Epiphany Crafts square 25 shape studio tool, square 25 shape bubblecaps

Other Supplies:
kit: Studio Calico: Elmwood park (papers, stickers)
punch: American Crafts (knockouts)
adhesive: Tombow: permanent adhesive dots roller
sewing machine: Brother; thread: Guterman

Technique: I used my Epiphany Crafts square 25 shaped studio maker to make my square epoxies and punches then I cut them into triangles. (genius…truly!!)

I used my Tombow permanent adhesive dots roller to adhere my papers, punched out shapes and epoxies.

I love the look, and I am so glad that the triangle is getting some much need attention right now. It is such a cool shape.
Talk soon :)

pinterest inspired week

Hiya friends,

We are having a Pinterest inspired week over at Epiphany Crafts. We were challenged to find a project on Pinterest that we could draw inspiration from and then recreate a similar project.

Here is my inspiration photo:

button frame by Jen Jockisch for American Crafts
link: http://pinterest.com/pin/256423772504204797/

and my recreated Pinterest project -

Heart button frame:

supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: round 14 button studio tool, round 14 acrylic buttons; round 25 button studio tool, round 25 acrylic buttons; flower 20 button studio tool, flower 20 acrylic buttons
pattern papers: Heidi Swapp (sugar chic collection)
frame, burlap: craft supply
adhesive: Helmar's: quick dry 450 (liquid)

I chose bold pattern papers (Heidi Swapp) to match the bright pink paint color of the frame. TFS!

Epiphany Crafts sneak

Hi friends,

Hope that your weekend is off to a great start. The kids and I are headed to the pool today, but first I wanted to share some sneak peeks of a recent project that I created for Epiphany Crafts.

I used the Pebbles Sunnyside collection for this:

That's it for now? Interesting huh? I can't wait to share the full project with you.
They will be up next week.

Talk soon ~

Girl's day out

Hi there,

I have a fun layout to share with you today using the Sketchbook line from American Crafts. We are having a cross promotion this week with Helmar on the Epiphany crafts blog. So, stop by to see all the wonderful projects the Design team made with their adhesives. For my Helmar project I decided to create a layout.

Girls day layout:








I used my Helmar's quick dry 450 to glue paper that I cut with my Silhouette to my pattern paper.



I also used my Helmar's quick dry 450 to glue my Epiphany Crafts round 14 shape studio bubblecaps to my page and to my brad setting.



*a fun tip:
Save your insert sheet that comes inside 12x12 collection packs. I used mine to make my bubblecap embellishments.



supplies:
Epiphany Crafts: round 14 shape studio tool, round 14 shape studio bubblecaps,
round 14 brad setting, round 25 shape studio tool, round 25 shape studio bubblecap
pattern papers, thickers, die cuts, ribbon from American Crafts (Amy Tangerine -Sketchbook collection)
tools: Silhouette Cameo
spray mist: Mister Huey's (Studio Calico)