Echo Park Paper

Welcome to the Epiphany Crafts & Echo Park Paper Blog Hop!!

Welcome welcome!!!

We’re so excited to partner for the first time with our friends at Echo Park Paper! Echo Park Paper has taken the craft world by storm with their fun paper collections, digital downloads and now new embellishments and more!!

Today we’re changing things up a bit and having a BLOG HOP with our friends at Echo Park Paper! How this will work is you’ll kick off the hop here and then we’ll send you on your way to our Epiphany Crafts Designers and then onto the Echo Park Designers and last wind up at the Echo Park Paper Blog. If you get lost along the way…just come right back here and we’ll help get you going again!

And no hop would be complete without some giveaways and goodies along the way! We’re giving away our Epiphany Crafts Studio Shape Button Heart 20 Tool, a pack of Buttons and our friends at Echo Park Paper are giving away the new Yours Truly Valentine Collection Kit ALONG with the fun A Boys Life Collection Kit!

How can you win? Simply post a comment on EACH designers blog as you hop. We’re giving away two sets a prizes…one that Epiphany Crafts will randomly pick from our Design Team and one that Echo Park Paper will select from their Design Team! And if you want a bonus entry….come back here and post a comment after the hop and let us know your favorite project!!!

So let’s get you started on the hop with your first stop at…..

Audrey Pettit http://audreypettit.wordpress.com/

Followed by…..

Nicole Martel http://www.nicolemartel.blogspot.com/

Aly Dosdall http://alydosdall.blogspot.com/

Keri Babbit http://kensingtondesign.blogspot.com/

Julie Walton http://seejuliescrap.blogspot.com/

Rhonda Van Ginkel http://snapwhiz.blogspot.com/

Linda Auclair http://elendae.wordpress.com/ (who by the way is a Designer for BOTH teams!!)

Wendy Sue Anderson: http://wendysueanderson.blogspot.com/

Leslie Ashe: http://leslieashe.blogspot.com/

Amy Heller: http://www.amyheller.typepad.com/

Jennifer Gallacher: http://jengallacher.blogspot.com/

Kandis Smith: http://www.mycreativetreasury.blogspot.com/

Tamara Tripodi: http://happylifecraftywife.com/

Echo Park Paper Blog: http://www.echoparkpaper.blogspot.com/

It is that time again to start looking for new design team and we are looking for 10-15 members!!

*International Applicants are Welcome!

We provide for all of our design team members:

Lots of Free Product
Exclusive previews to any of our upcoming products
Payment for Projects Published in Magazines
Name, Bio and Gallery on our Blog
Link to your own personal blog from our Blog
Private Message Board from DT members only
Compensation for projects used at trade shows or in on air presentations.

Requirements for design team members:

6 month term (March 1, 2012 – August 1, 2012)
1tutorial a month (photo or video + photos)
2 layouts/card/projects or video a month
Participate in Challenges
Post your project on your blog and galleries
Post on our Facebook Page
Able to meet deadlines

To apply:

Submit 3 layouts/card/projects that best represent your style. One project should show a creative use of buttons and/or epoxies.
Provide us with your Name, Address and Email
A link to your scrapbook galleries
Mention any current or past design teams
Short Bio about you
A link to your blog

Please send your entries to: JSandvoss@epiphanycrafts.com

Deadline is February 10th.

We will announce our new Design Team members on February 24th. We are looking forward to seeing all your applications!!

Have you seen our newest products??? We’re sharing sneaks, ideas and more each day this week while we’re at CHA!!

Can you spot the NEW tools?????? Which one is your favorite??? Be sure to tune in tomorrow for more Echo Park Paper creations, projects using our newest tools and embellishments and more!

It’s Time for Valentine Crafts with Epiphany Crafts!!

It’s a brand new week and that means time for some new projects!

This week we’re sharing ideas for Valentine’s Day using our Epiphany Crafts Tools!

We have something for everyone from layouts, cards, home decor, Valentines…yes Valentines for Valentine’s Day and much more!

Kicking off our week Designers Aly Dosdall and Audrey Pettit have some projects to get you in the spirit!

Just One is Never Enough Layout by Designer Aly Dosdall

Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Shape Studio Tool Round 14 with bubble caps
Frayed Felt Flower setting (I pulled off the top layer)

Other supplies:
Color core cardstock: Core’dinations
Patterned paper: We R Memory Keepers (Love Struck)
Chipboard alpha stickers: American Crafts
Alpha stickers: American Crafts
Ribbon: My Mind’s Eye
Felt flower: Making Memories
Frayed felt flower: Epiphany Crafts
Bottle cap: We R Memory Keepers (Love Struck)
Felt butterfly accent: Sassafrass
Sew Easy tool: We R Memory Keepers
Embroidery floss: DMC
Felt tip pen: Sharpie

Designer Tip: to create the journaling spot I used a “rubbing” technique, placing a chipboard heart under the color core cardstock and sanding the area where the heart was. I then placed the chipboard heart over the sanded area and lightly traced it with a pencil. Then I pierced holes using my sew easy tool following the traced heart shape (you could also use a paper piercer or needle to pierce holes). Then I hand stitched around the heart with embroidery floss.

Heart Pocket Valentine by Designer Audrey Pettit

Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Epiphany Crafts Button Studio Tool Heart 20 and Button Heart Caps
Epiphany Crafts Button Studio Tool Round 14 and Round 14 Caps

Other Supplies:
Studio Calico Kit
Echo Park Cardstock Stickers
Donna Salazar Designs Artistic Paper for GCD Studios
Clearsnap and Close To My Heart Ink
McGill Punches
Tulle, Seam Binding, and Lace
Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String
Glue Arts High Tac Adhesive, Ribbon Adhesive, U Cut It Foam Adhesive, and Extreme Adhesive Squares
Wooden Stir Stick

1. Download heart box template and trace onto patterned paper.Heart Box Template
Cut out, score along the dashed lines and adhere box together at the flaps using strong adhesive. Ink edges with gray ink.

2. Adhere lace trim across the top of the folded box using ribbon adhesive. Apply cardstock sticker banners to the front of the box.

3. Affix a sunburst die cut to the center of the box using foam adhesive. Top with several layers of circles, scalloped circles, and flowers punched from patterned paper. Adhere a seam binding bow, topped by a circular cardstock sticker.

4. Create 3 button embellishments using the Epiphany Crafts Button Heart 20 Studio Tool and Button Heart Caps. Tie one with a hang tag string bow and adhere to the cardstock sticker.

5. Embellish a manila shipping tag with cardstock stickers, patterned paper, and lace. Tie with hang tag string and top with a button made with Epiphany Crafts Button Round 14 Studio Tool and Round Button 14 Caps. Adhere another Heart 20 Button embellishment to the top of the tag. Tuck tag into heart pocket.

6. Cut a butterfly from the Artistic Paper and sponge with pink ink. Create antenna from hang tag string and adhere to the back of the butterfly. Adhere butterfly to a wooden stir stick and top with the final Heart Button embellishment. Tuck into pocket with the tag.

7. Punch holes in side of heart box and thread with tulle. Tie knots in each end to keep the tulle in place.

Fill the pocket with sweets, love notes, or small gifts. Enjoy!

I {Heart} You Card by Designer Aly Dosdall

Epiphany Crafts Supplies:
Shape Studio Tool Square 25 with bubble caps

Other products:
Patterned papers (Cosmo Cricket–Odds and Ends)
Rubber stamp (Unity Stamp Co for Jillibean Soup)
Pearlized accent ink (Clearsnap–Banana Custard)
machine stitching

Designer tips: 1) you don’t have to use Valentine themed papers to make Valentine projects, 2) instead of using an ink pad I painted my stamp with Clearsnap Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink before stamping my heart image.

How would you like to win this Epiphany Crafts tool to make your own sweet Valentine projects? We’ll tuck in a pack of our Epiphany Crafts Heart Buttons to help you create your own! Simply post a comment here today and we’ll select one random winner next Monday! It’s just that easy!

And it’s Monday so that means we need to announce last week’s winner and that is..

KimberlyRae says:

JANUARY 11, 2012 AT 5:50 PM • EDIT

LOve, love, love this tool!!
Incredible projects created