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Facebook Fan Friday WINNER!

Are you ready for another fabulous Friday? We certainly are. As CHA draws near, we've been working long hours to make sure we give you the best collections and products possible. So when we say "TGIF," we mean it! To celebrate we've selected one of our amazing Facebook Fans' projects to highlight here on the blog. To thank them for sharing their work with us and our community of over 25,000 fans, we're giving them a collection kit of their choosing.

The project we chose to highlight today is this darling card by Amy Cowley. We love how she incorporated money into the design. Who wouldn't want to receive this birthday card?

Amy, please contact us at [email protected] with the subject line "Facebook Fan Friday WINNER!" Please include your name, shipping information, and the collection kit you'd like to receive (please note the collections that are currently shipping).

Keep watching for additional ways to win! We often post call-in and project contests on our Facebook page. Want to join in? Be sure to check out the details for our "Sweet Day" Project Contest below:

"Homemade" Recipe Book with Design Team Expert Tamara Tripodi

 

Keep your recipes in a beautiful handmade, recipe book. Join Design Team Expert Tamara Tripodi today as she shares her tips and tricks for creating a designer recipe book.

Hello, Echo Park friends! Tamara here with a fun mini recipe book. I recently got the gorgeous "Homemade" mini theme and was so inspired by it. I originally had something else planned for this post, but I HAD to break into the collection kit and figured a recipe book would be a fun little change of pace for this "foodie" blog post. I literally made this in about two hours.

So, here's my "quic"' mini recipe book. It has a recipe for flaky pie crust and some yummy cherry pie filling. This would be a cute gift with an altered jar with some cherries inside. And my book says "Grandma's Secret Recipe," but it's more like I grabbed whatever good reviews I could find on the web.

Continue reading for Tamara's detailed photographs and instructions!

One Buck Wednesday: The Great Outdoors

Let's do some camping or hiking this week. Now you can document all those memories with our darling digital kit on sale for just $1 today ONLY. Today "The Great Outdoors" digital kit is available for just $1, which means that you can own the five patterned papers and 42 outdoors elements for one low, low price. This darling kit will be perfect for backyard campouts or high-adventure memories:

Also on sale today is the "Woof" kit. A dog-oriented mini theme kit which includes five patterned papers and 45 charming pet elements. This kit is 40% today ONLY!

Be sure to download both kits before the sale ends at midnight EDT tonight! These kits coordinate well with one another or stand well on their own. Both are a great deal that you don't want to miss! Be sure to check out all of our Echo Park Paper digital kits HERE during the Jessica Sprague birthday sale.

Playroom Decor with Design Team Expert Lowri McNabb

Please welcome Design Team Expert Lowri McNabb to the blog today as she shares her tips and tricks for adding special handmade projects to your playroom. These easy-to-recreate projects will make any room shine!

Hi Everyone! Lowri here to share some ideas for using your fabulous Echo Park supplies to decorate some items for a nursery or child's playroom.

This Toy Box Mini-Theme has some of the most gorgeous white based papers I have seen in a long time. They are both bright and muted at the same time. I urge you to take a closer look here. I have used these papers as a base to create a Door Hanger and a Switch Plate Cover.

Continue reading for additional photos and directions for creating this project!

New Jessica Sprague and Digital Kits 40% Off and the Blog Hop Winner!

Jessica Sprague has decided to extend her birthday celebration sale with 40% off all digital kits. This week Echo Park is introducing two new kits that are included in the sale. Be sure to check out all of digital kits HERE while the sale is ongoing!

The first kit being released today is the "Toy Box Mini Theme" kit which includes 5 papers and 53 charming elements. This whimsical collection is perfect for children at play:

The second kit "Enjoy the Ride Mini Theme" includes 5 patterned paper and 51 travel-themed elements. This kit will be perfect for documenting your next adventure:

Both kits are 40% off this week. Be sure to check out all the items on sale HERE!

In addition to the extension of the digital kit sale and two new digital kits, we're excited to announce the winner of last week's Design Team Blog Hop. Be sure to visit each designer's blog for the winner they selected. We selected the following reader to receive ONE collection kit of their choosing from Echo Park Paper.

Laurie, please contact us at [email protected] with your name, shipping address, and the kit you'd like to receive. Please select from the collections which are currently available.

Congratulations to all the winners who participated and won in this month's hop. Be sure to watch for a new hop next month!

EP TV "Sweet Day" Tutorial & New Silhouette Shapes

We're excited to share a couple of fun new items with you. First, we've added a BRAND NEW video to our Youtube EP TV channel. In this video, we create an 8 1/2" X 11" layout featuring the "Sweet Day" collection. This beautiful collection has so many gorgeous elements that are easy and fun to layer and embellish. Here is the finished layout:

And here is the helpful video:

Be sure to subscribe to our channel HERE to be notified when new videos are uploaded. We upload two new videos each month creating a project start-to-finish.

In addition to a brand new video, we have several new die cut and print and cut shapes now available in our Silhouette store HERE! Here are some that you might want to check out:

Watch for new shapes each week that coordinate with our Mini Theme and full collections!

Introducing Three NEW Collections and Two New Mini Themes!

When we go big, we go BIG!! And we're super excited to introduce three BRAND NEW Collections, as well as two NEW Mini Theme Collections that will soon be available. I suspect that you'll be hard pressed to pick a favorite from these collections, but I thought I'd share a few images of them here to help you choose. Be sure to check out the full collections HERE on our website.

The first collection I wanted to share with is the "Everyday Eclectic" collection, which is filled with beautiful imagery that will work well with your layouts, cards, and special, everyday altered projects. Here is the kit cover:

And here are the "Element Stickers":

Keep reading for three additional collections and the two Mini Themes!

Jessica Sprague Birthday Blog Hop and 40% Off Digital Kits!

Welcome to a special edition of our Wednesday Jessica Sprague blog post! We're super excited to be celebrating jessicasprague.com's 5th birthday. They have all kinds of events planned for their site this week, be sure to check out the schedule at the bottom of this post. Today we're participating in a special Jessica Sprague Birthday Blog Hop. We're offering a one-of-a-kind digital kit to go along with the festivities:

Click HERE to download this FREE kit!

This kit is available to download for FREE through Sunday, June 24th at midnight Eastern time. This kit matches with the other kits available in the blog hop so be sure to continue on the hop. To download an additional free kit be sure to visit the Jenni Bowlin Studios Blog HERE! If you get lost at any time, be sure to check out Jessica's blog HERE!

In addition to this kit all of our digital kits are 40% off! You can check out all of our digital kits HERE in our store.

For additional party events, see the schedule below:

Tell the Story with Design Team Expert Nancy Damiano

Design Team Expert Nancy Damiano shares the "behind the scene" story for this layout. When designing your layouts, think beyond typical journaling and share as much of the backstory as possible.

I remember taking these photos on a complete whim five years ago. While trying to pack his suitcase, my son kept crawling over and taking all of the clothes out so he could climb in. While packing with a one year old underfoot was challenging, I am so glad that I took the time out to snap these photos. They were perfect for preserving the memory of his first airplane ride. I like these almost more than the ones of him in the actual airplane. They tell a story from a different perspective and also highlight his age and size (so tiny). The fun, colorful icons in the "Enjoy the Ride" Mini Collection were perfect for these "travel before the actual trip" page.

Here is a close-up view of her journaling:

Let the papers and elements found in our collections inspire the full story for your layouts! Share the details as often as possible so the memories are recorded for all time!

June Design Team Blog Hop!

This month we're doing something a little different with our blog hop. Because we released so many collections last month (Um hello! FOUR!), we encouraged the Design Team to pick one of their favorite projects from these collections. As you hop from one blog to the next, be sure to check out what collection they selected.

Giveaway: Please visit each blog on the list for a chance to win a collection kit of your choosing. Leave a comment on each blog, as well as, our blog here. One winner will be selected from each participating blog to receive a collection kit of their choosing. See each blog for additional details.

Blog Hop List:

Linda Auclair

Nancy Damiano

Jennifer Gallacher

Lowri McNabb

Kandis Smith

Tamara Tripodi

Wendy Sue Anderson

If at any point you become lost, simply return here or skip to the next designer's blog. Just wait until you see what they have in store for you!