Erica's Artistic Attic

Stir, Sip & Enjoy

2009-11-05T05:04:00.000-08:00

I am just loving these Lily & Billy Hot Cocoa digi images! I love to color them. It's a busy week here. I have a workshop on Saturday and a baby shower next weekend that I'm throwing and lots to do for that yet. Hope your week is going well!!

Warmest Wishes

2009-10-30T07:24:00.000-07:00

I think my problem lately has been that I am bored with the stamps that I have. I could buy something new, but then I have to wait for them to get here and then who knows if I will be able to use them right away. Pink Cat Studio's new digital line is just what I need for a quick fix. Lily Hot Cocoa is one of my new digital purchases. She was very inexpensive and I could download her and use her right away! Instant gratification.

Frightful & Delightful

2009-10-28T07:31:00.000-07:00

Finally got a chance to post today. I just have not felt creative. I had a little extra time last night in between things, so I made this Halloween card. I'm happy with the way it turned down, and it just may have been enough to get my creativity going again. Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Buttons Galore!

2009-10-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post this morning, as I am bleaching everything in my house. One of my daycare parents has the swine flu, so I am being overly cautious. This will be another Chritmas gift. I think it turned out so cute. And who doesn't love buttons!?

A Bun In The Oven

2009-10-16T06:42:00.000-07:00

First let me start by saying Happy Friday & Happy 10th Anniversary to Erin and Tony. Can't wait to see you guys tomorrow night it's going to be a great time! That being said, let me share with you my latest creation , using Lauren's "A Bun In The Oven" template. This one has been out for a while, but I just decided to purchase it when a friend opened an in home bakery, appropriately named- A Bun In The Oven. I found this cute little ornament while I was out shopping, and I loved the snowman in the muffin tin, so I thought it would be a sweet little gift for her as she gets her business up and running. But I couldn't just hand it to her. It had to be all packaged up, and nothing is more fitting than this little template. I also have a couple of baby showers I'm working on, and I may make a few of these to sit on the tables, with baby socks in them. The lighting in these photos is terrible. it has been a dreary week here in Ohio. Here is a close up of the top of the oven. I had to get creative for the burners. I had no idea what I was going to use to make them. But as I was trying to figure that out, I began working on another projects using PTI"s large square trendy tubes. The Top of the tubes has the circles that reminded me of the burner, s0000 I grabbed my Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker and inked up the top of the lid & used it like a stamp! It worked perfect!! I was very pleased with that revolation.

Here is a shot with it open.

An here is the whole thing. Blurry & dark! lol

I am going to give this gift to her in just a little while and I hope she likes it. Who know, maybe we could go into business together. She could make little cupcakes or muffins & I could package them in this cute little box! TGIF!!!

A Christmas Wish...

2009-10-12T09:38:00.000-07:00

All right people. I have heard you loud and clear. Appariently you are not happy when I take a week between posts! lol So here is my latest project. I think I will be using Lauren's Timeless Templates in some form for all of my Christmas gifts that I am making this year, but to get into the Christmas mood I made this box (using the "from the desk of" template) and a few matching cards. I also added a marker to sign the cards and postage stamps, so everything is ready to go when I get ready to send out the cards....or this just may be a gift for someone! lol I guess you will have to wait and see.

Ghouls' Night Out Projects

2009-10-04T09:27:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Mine has been pretty good. I had GNO at my house on Friday night, another workshop today, and got to spend time with good friends on Saturday night. Not looking forward to tomorrow, because not only is it Monday - but my wisdom teeth are coming out. Wish me luck! So projects I have for you today are a couple that we made at Friday night's GNO. For those unfamiliar with GNO, it stands for Ghouls' Night Out. It's a Halloween themed workshop that I have held for 3 years now. I think the girls enjoy it. Some dress up, others just come to eat and chat, but it's nice to hang out with just the girls for a few hours.

Here is a card that we made for our first project. It's cased from a card swap that we got while at Cinci Regionals. We used half of the Top Note die for the owl body and several punches for the detail. We used the Season Of Friendship stamp set for the tree branch & leaves.

And here is a little pumpkin box that we created using Lauren's Pack-A-Picnic template. The pumpkin face was created from PTI's Spooky Sweets set.

I also had a stash of small pumpkins laying around that needed a little something, so the girls added rub on to them. Too cute, but I forgot to get a picture of any of them.

So there you have it!

Eat At Your Own Risk

2009-10-01T12:29:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow evening I'm going to have a few customers & friends over for Ghouls' Night Out. We will make several Halloween projects, eat snacks, and visit with one another. This will be given away as a prize, but the girls will have a chance to make something similair using Lauren's pack-a-picnic template.

Meet Bitty Betty

2009-09-25T15:49:00.000-07:00

Wow, it seems like it's been forever since I've stamped just for fun. Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has come now started a line of digital stamps. This is Itty Bitty Betty- Yummy Frogs. This image is just so sweet, it's scary! lol You can't tell from the photo but there is glitter on the moon and the band of her hat and I put crystal effects onthe frogs eyes to make them dimensional and shiny. So that's what I've been up to this Friday evening. Hope your weekend is wonderful.

Back In Business

2009-09-23T09:21:00.000-07:00

Happy to announce that my camera is back. I was so excited I had to takepictures of our Regional make-n-takes. I see I still have to reprogram my camera. The lighting is off, but hey it works!! Here is a scrapbook layout. It's really cute, like I said though- lighting a little off. lol

A Chritmas card

A winter-ish type card

A pack of 3- 3x3 cards

A little box of 3x3 cards

And another Christmas card.

All projects were made using the Berry Christmas set in the Holiday mini.

GO BUCKS!!

2009-09-22T06:59:00.002-07:00

Well, unfortunately I still have no camera. It has been lost in transit. Why am I not surprised. So keep your fingers crossed that they find it soon. I just wanted to share this pic with you of Cam & Cart. It's one of my favorites right now. I also am asking that you keep my grandpa in your thoughts & prayers. He suffered a stroke yesterday, likely caused by a blood clot. We will hopefully know more today. But I know my grandpa, he is going to be

just fine!

Bad News

2009-09-12T18:12:00.000-07:00

I won't be able to post any pictures or projects for you for about a week. My camera died on me so it had to be sent out to get fixed. But I hope you all are having a great weekend. I must say that I had a great weekend so far. We just got back from Cincinnati. My sister-in-law was able to join me at the Stampin' Up! regional. The highlight of the event was the we were the first to spot Shelli Gardner and get our picture taken with her. As soon as Erin gets me a copy I will proudly share that with you. So now I am very excited and motivated to share some great projects with you (as soon as I get my camera back).

Teacher Gift #2

2009-09-09T05:02:00.000-07:00

Here is the 2nd teacher gift I have done. I used one of Lauren's templates to hold a set of thank you cards for Cam's teacher. Weare off to take Carter to his first day of preschool. i'll be back with pics:-)

Teacher Gift #1

2009-09-04T08:02:00.000-07:00

I have been a horrible blogger. I was trying to enjoy the last few weeks of summer vacation, but now that's over so it's back to creating. This is one gift set that I made for Austin's 5th grade teacher for Christmas. I covered a compostion notebook and decorated it, and the jar holds starter questions for journal pages. I tucked everything inside this little basket that I found at a craft store. We are camping this weekend so I hope everyone had a wonderful, safe holiday weekend. TGIF!!

Dairy Show Pics- Fair '09

2009-09-02T07:46:00.000-07:00

As promised here are some of the pictures from the dairy heifer show from the fair. Austin and Cameron are turning into quite the little showmen. There hard work has paid of by all of the ribbons and banners that they won. We are very proud of our boys!!

Back To Reality

2009-08-31T06:10:00.000-07:00

After a week of being away from home at our county fair, I am happy to back into the swing of things today. The boys took dairy heifers and pigs and did very, very well. I may be a little partial. Here are some of the pig pics. I will have others tomorrow.

Austin shakes the judge's hand when entering the ring. You have to make a good first impression as a showman.

Austin won first with both his (gilt girl pig) and his barrow (boy pig). lol

Here he accepting his banner and ribbon for Reserve Champion Middleweight Gilt.

Cameron loves to show his animals. Here he is sitting on his pen waiting for his turn in the ring.

Even though Cameron's pig didn't place, he still got a participation ribbon. He thought that meant he won first place. Who am I to rain on his parade?!

Carter waiting for his turn to show.

Sorry for the blurry pics. I have trouble with these every year. Because the arena is so dusty and dark and the pigs are constantly moving it's hard to get a good shot. Tomorrow I will have pics of the dairy show.

Myles Goes To Kindergarten

2009-08-20T05:34:00.000-07:00

This card is for my nephew, Myles that will be starting kindergarten next week. When each of my nephews start kindergarten I put together a little gift for them. Myles loves monkeys, so his gift has a monkey theme, and that is why there is a monkey on his shirt! The sketch was for yesterday's Mojo Monday sketch. I have friends coming to visit later today, so I better get my house in order!

For Your Shower

2009-08-18T07:59:00.000-07:00

This baby shower card is for yesterday's Mojo Monday sketch. I used the buggy from one of the My Cute Stamps sets. Sorry I can't recall the name of it right off hand. I'm going to spare you the details because I'm super busy today!! Have a good day!

With Sympathy

2009-08-17T05:21:00.000-07:00

Good Monday morning bloggers! I hope everyone had a great weekend. We spent the day at Soak City with the family. For those of you who are familiar with Cedar Point In Sandusky, Soak City is the waterpark that is connected to it. I had some very sleepy boys this morning. And we were even in bed by 9 last night! Before I went to bed I had a few minuted to work on last week's Mojo Monday sketch. There were lots of panels and layeres to this one, but it was fun. I used Urban Garden DP and Upsy Daisy for the stamped image. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I hope your week is starting out well!

Getting In Gear For Another Great Year!

2009-08-13T04:31:00.000-07:00

On Friday we are celebrating my nephew's birthday. Not that he's into robots or anything, but I thought this turned out to be a super cute card. My colors are Bermuda Bay, Kiwi Kiss, and Real Red. I colored my robot (from LAD) with COPICS, and added a little glitter. The card base is intended to look like a gear. I just cut out a large circle with my Coluzzle, then cut out the notches. We are off to dr. appointments so have a great day!

Happy 4th Birthday Carter!!

2009-08-10T05:36:00.000-07:00

Today is a big day in our house. We are celebrating 2 birthdays. Carter turns 4 today, and my dog turns 1. Happy Birthday baby boy! Where does the time go?

Wow! The colors on this card looked all whacked out in this photo, but this is Cart-man's birthday card.

Happy 1st Birthday Hemi!!

2009-08-10T04:34:00.001-07:00

We have two special birthdays in the Payne house today! It is also our dog, Hemi's 1st birthday. This tiny little blob is Hemi the night we brought her home.

This is her today, at 70 lbs.

Of course I had to make her a card. I used D is for Dog. The dp is by American Crafts. I liked that it had numbers and that I could highlight the one with a circle.

For The Newlyweds

2009-08-06T07:16:00.005-07:00

Tomorrow my neighbors are getting married, and on Saturday having a backyard reception. This is the card I made for them. I used all SU! products on this one, with the exception of the butterfly punch (Martha Stewart). It's fairly simple, but I like the color combo. The dp is from the Urban Garden collection. This week is just flying by! Lots to do. Have a great day:-)

Back To School

2009-08-05T05:41:00.001-07:00

Isn't this little guy just the cutest?! How many of you are ready to ship your kids off to school. Before we know it it will be here. I've got to be honest, I'm not ready for them to go back to school. It just hasn't felt like summer. It's going way too fast. They don't start until September 3rd, so we have a few weeks yet. I just did some supply shopping, so I was in the mood to make a back to school card for Carter. He is going into his second year of preschool. I used Billy & Dress Up Lily/Billy Accessories from PCS for this one. The dp that was used is by Three Bugs In A Rug. The layout was inspired by this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch. I colored the main image with Copics and I added Crystal effects to make the apple shiney. Don't you just love his little plaid shorts? I paper pieced those because Carter is wearing plaid shorts on his first day of school . I hope you week is going well! Happy Hump Day:-)

Camping-Mohican 2009

2009-08-03T10:12:00.000-07:00

The next 3 posts are a lot of the pictures I took while camping at Mohican this past week. It wasn't one of our best camping trips. It rained at some point every day. Out campsite was a completely shaded mudhole the whole week. So we spent alot of time at other campsites under their tents. I won't complain, we still had a good week. Other than the rain, the awful tubing trip we experienced, and the coons we had fun. Some of the kiddos eating breakfast.

Asutin & Mom

Carter & cousin, Ethan

A small portion of our camping crew.

Austin & Cameron

Austin

Cameron and the kids enjoying the play-doh! Good thinking on Leah's part. Kept the kids busy for many, rainy hours.

Carter enjoying a burger