Design Team

Amanda Jones
www.amandajonesdesigns.com

Hi everyone! I’m a 32-year-old mother of one cheeky boy, living in the English countryside. I love all kinds of papercrafts, but my heart will always be most loyal to scrapbooking. I’ve been scrapping for many years now and am so thankful for the opportunity to work within the industry I am so passionate about. I have always loved writing, photography and paper products, and have dabbled in various crafts over the years. Scrapbooking is the creative outlet I found that combines all of my passions!

Thienly Azim
modpaperie.blogspot.com
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Hello! I have been a part of this paper crafting world for almost 3 years now, and I love each moment of it! I find it soothing to work with paper and create something that I can share with my crafty friends. I have a weakness for new tools and pretty embellishments, love to experiment with various techniques and styles, and I get pleasure from making things outside the box. I’ve also taken an interest in photography recently, and editing photos. I love caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate – you name it!), anything veggie (not a vegetarian, though!), shopping (at the malls or online!), the internet, and of course, my family. I am a mother of 3 children (monkeys may be a better description) – ages 9, 5 and 3, that keeps me running around all day and a supportive husband who feeds my addiction (paper crafting, of course! Haha.) I’m really excited to be on the Epiphany Crafts Design Team and hope to inspire many of you in the upcoming year!

Ginny Hughes
www.5littlechickens.wordpress.com

Hi I am Ginny Hughes. I live in New Hampshire with my husband and 5 kids, ages 19 months to 8 years, so I always have plenty of moments to get down on paper! I have been scrapbooking for about 5 years now, but I have been seriously addicted for about the last two years. I love trying all different styles of scrapbooking, I can’t seem to make up my mind if I am a simple scrapper or if I like to fill up the page from top to bottom! My weakness is patterned paper; I just love the endless possibilities you can come up with one sheet of paper! I love this craft and all of the wonderful people I have met over these past few years. I am so happy to be joining this talented group of ladies on this team!

Sarah Hill
rockoandbella.blogspot.com/

Hello! I’ve been an avid scrapbooker for over 12 years and I just love that I get to learn something new everyday. My inspiration for most of my crafting comes from my husband, Nick, and my 2 pups Rocko & Bella. The projects I like to create the most are mini albums, home decor, and altered art. However, I have found a new love for creating layouts, too. When I am in my craft room creating I must have a Diet Coke with me! I’ve worked at and taught classes at my LSS until they closed in June of 2011. I then decided to start my own online kit club and am loving every minute of it. I’m expanding my scrapbooking and paper crafting talents every single day by challenging myself with new techniques and products. I’m so thrilled to be a part of Epiphany Crafts!!

Gina Lideros
www.canoncreativegirl.blogspot.com

I am a military wife of 13 years to my wonderful husband Frank. Together we have 2 children and 3 fur babies. We reside in Northern California.
I have been a paper and digital scrapbooker for 12 years. I am passionate about this hobby and I love sharing it with others. I have had the amazing experience of teaching classes for local organizations, designing for Design Teams, being published in some of the industries hottest magazines and books and writing Step by Step Tutorials for online sites. I currently design for Epiphany Crafts, Authentique, and Ruby Rock-it designs

Audrey Pettit
audreypettit.wordpress.com

Hi everyone! I’m so excited to be here at Epiphany Crafts. I currently live in North Carolina with my two adorable teenage kiddos, a wee hedgehog baby, and our adoptive Golden Retriever pup. I am the event coordinator at a local landscape design and garden center, as well as a part-time writer and photographer. In my spare time, I love to go antiquing and thrifting, read, and of course, play with paper. I have been papercrafting for about a dozen years now. Love learning, and sharing, and I’m so excited to be a part of the Epiphany Crafts Design Team.

Mandy Koeppen

Hi I’m Mandy Koeppen. I wear many job titles in my everyday life from chauffeuring, family accountant; to zoo keeping therapist but my favorite is being a Momma.
I am happily married to my best friend Louis and we are living the country life in Michigan with our 3 kiddos. I’m always up for a day of treasure hunting hoping to score that next must have vintage item, I enjoy reading a good book, I love photography, and raising Autism Awareness for my sweet boy Mav. While growing up I loved taking pictures and cutting up old magazines to make “stuff”. Little did I know there was actually a word for what I was doing: Scrapbooking. Now its not just about making stuff it’s about documenting life, getting the stories told and having fun. My style isn’t set in stone but one thing I always try to make sure the focus stays on the photos.
Mandy’s work has been published in Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Trends, Cards, Somerset Memories and featured on HSN. Mandy currently design for Epiphany Crafts, American Crafts, & Cocoa Daisy.

To see more of Mandy’s work or to get to know her better you can visit her
blog: mandykoeppen.blogspot.com/ or follow her on Twitter: MandyKoeppen.

Tessa Buys
Blog: precociouspaper.blogspot.com
Twitter: precociouspaper
Pinterest: pinterest.com/tessa_buys
Gallery: flickr.com/photos/precociouspaper

I am a happy mother to three rambunctious boys and wife to a fantastic, supportive husband. We live in Northern California where we are within minutes of most of our family. When I am not making things for my Etsy shop, Precocious Paper, I am scrapbooking, blogging, or teaching as a professional dance instructor and choreographer. My favorite color is blue, but I have a serious crush on yellow. I love to make layouts, mini albums and cards, as well as accessories and home decor pieces. My work has been featured in Green Craft, Paper Crafts, and several Create: Idea Books and Scrap365. I am excited and grateful to be a part of the Epiphany Crafts team!

Amanda Coleman
Blog: popperandmimi.blogspot.com
FB: www.facebook.com/popperandmimi
Twitter: popperandmimi

Hi! I’m Amanda Coleman from Idaho. I have been married to my hubby, Rob, for 10 years and am a stay-at-home-and-craft mom to a 5 year-old daughter and 7 year-old son and an adoptive mother to 2 dogs, 1 cat, 6 chickens, 1 snake and a hamster. Whew! I love watching funny TV (Psych is #1 in the queue) and am a sucker for a good fart joke. I delight in everything chocolate and can’t go a single day without my Coke Zero refill from the local gas station. I enjoy crafts of all types. I sew a little, crochet a little, and enjoy baking and cooking. I also love teaching. I used to be a high school teacher and a college biology professor. Did I mention that I also teach water aerobics? How very Golden Girls of me!
I love everything about paper! I love the way it feels, I love the prints, and I even love the way it smells. Heck, I used to bury my face in my second grade spelling book and inhale. TMI? I started paper crafting about 5 years ago after we moved to Idaho and I discovered this fantastic little craft store in town. I had never seen so much lovely printed paper in all my life! I hoard collect printed paper and always save my favorite prints “for later”. I love crafting trends and thinking outside of the box. I am super excited to be a part of Epiphany Crafts’ Design Team!

Tamara Tripodi
happylifecraftywife.com/
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Hi! I’m Tamara, AKA: Happy Life, Crafty Wife! I am so excited to be a part of the Epiphany Crafts design team and share my creations with all of you! I live in Tehachapi, CA with my 3 kiddos, 2 fur beasts, and hubby. I started paper crafting in October 2010 and have been non-stop ever since! Its such a part of who I am now, I can’t ever imagine NOT paper crafting! I sit down to craft pretty much daily! My daughters, ages 6 and 9, are slowly becoming little paper crafters themselves! They’ve got a stash of stamps, stickers, paper and dies that they love to create with! (Basically, they steal my leftovers, lol). When I am not paper crafting, I am busy being a fun mama! I love throwing little surprise parties for my kids, just random things, like indoor camping night, ‘I love you’ parties, etc. I also enjoy baking and you can bet there is always some sort of freshly made treats around here, trust me, you would want to be my neighbor! Other things I like to do are sew, design hair pretties, shop.. and shop some more, drink coffee and wine, laugh, and just enjoy life!
You can find me at www.happylifecraftywife.com and can view some of my work in my Two Peas gallery

Katarina Damm-Blomberg
krumeluran.wordpress.comm

I’m a crafty girl in my mid thirties. I live in the Aland Islands, that are a part of the Baltic Sea Archipelago in Finland. I work as a teacher in a nine-year compulsory school; I am also the Deputy School Superintendent of the school. My scrappy style is white space-artsy, with splashes of mists, and other funky color mediums. I love to mix beautiful patterned papers, twines, and colors with the wonderful Epiphany craft tools and acrylics. I love the art of scrapbooking and it’s a real honor to be a part of the Epiphany Crafts Team one more term.

Nina Ostermann
ninasblog-scrapmama.blogspot.com/

Hi, my name is Nina Ostermann and I live with my husband and our 2 kids in Germany. I started scrapbooking in 2006 and I love it more and more everyday! It´s my way to reduce the pressure inside me everyday with crafting. Scrapbooking has really changed my life. The chaos in my office has increased significantly, I often get parcel post for my scrapbooking and I have a very new special, uplifting, happy-making contented feeling. I love also my family, flea markets, play piano and guitar, the blue sky, chocolate (I should not do that!), photograph, candle light, the sun’s rays sea, bird-chirping, decorate, and surprises. I am really excited to be a part of Epiphany Crafts!

Jennifer Priest
hydrangeahippo.com
Twitter: hydrangeahippo
Facebook: Facebook page

My name is Jennifer Priest and I live in Hesperia, CA with my hubby and 2 kids. I’ve been scrapbooking since 1998 when the birth of my first child prompted me to start keeping a record of her life. I started teaching papercrafting classes and designing samples in 2003 and have been involved in all things papercrafty ever since. Besides papercrafting, I love to volunteer and do philanthropic work in my local community, with Girl Scouts, and with Scrapbook Royalty. I garden, dabble in other crafts (like sewing), and love going to craft fairs and farmer’s markets. And I have a weakness for all the reality shows on Bravo!

Andrea Budjack
www.andreascreativepapertrail.blogspot.com

My name is Andrea and I currently call the sunny state of Florida home, but originally from the Pacific Northwest. I am a stay-at-home mom to two quickly growing, energetic boys and love every moment I am able to spend with them. Crafting has been an active part of my life for the past seven years and make sure to incorporate it into each and every day. Color rules my creative world from lovely papers to beautiful ribbon. The search is always on for new techniques and materials. I love sharing ideas and hope my projects are inspirational to others as others have been for me.