When the cat's away...

Hubby is gone on a 6 day mission so I've been trying to find things to do to busy myself around here. I did a 30 minute workout on the elliptical, then did some strength exercises, and then even managed 30 minutes on my wii fit :-). So after all that working out this morning, ( and some really healthy eating) I decided to play a bit this afternoon and I made a couple cards. One to send my Mom and the other for a friend who is having a birthday soon.

LOVE this color combo right now...and still diggin' that threading water punch (obviously!)

Happy Wednesday, everybody!

-E

Because I haven't shared any in a while...

Here are a couple scrap layouts that I did this week since I haven't shared any in quite a while!

I was kind of excited to make my (gasp!) first ever boy page! This is my adorable step-son, Shawn. Every time you take a picture of him he says "CHEESE & CRACKERS!!" so you get this big cheesy grin like in the photo. I wanted to scrap it as soon as I got the pictures printed. One of these days I'll figure out how to scan my layouts in instead of trying to take pictures of them.

Caitlynn is growing up so fast. I remember her baby chubbiness and how everyone used to say she was such a gorgeous baby. She isn't a baby anymore...but she's still such a pretty girl.

So there you have it...two posts from me in one day! Hope everyone is having a blessed Easter Sunday!

Kristina Werner Color Challenge #49

Had a much harder time with this one. I could do 4 of the colors at a time, but had a really hard time getting that 5th one in there. I think my cards still turned out okay, but this was much much more challenging for me than the previous ones I have participated in!!

I made 2 cards for this one, too. I was hoping the more I played with the colors, the more mojo I'd get with using them. At the very least I have an extra card to share, right?! So here are my cards...

For this card, I started with a 4.25x4.25 square card in whisper white. Then I added the red with one of the star backgrounds from Papertrey Ink's Background Basics: Stars set stamped in Fresh Snow (PTI) ink. Then I used some basic black to mat the main image which is made up of a SU! sentiment and more of the PTI stars. The photo corners are from a sizzix die. The large button is from PTI's vintage buttons.



This card uses Papertrey's Wishing You stamp set. The green polka dot paper is from Stampin' Up, the border punch is Martha Stewart. Again used Basic Black, Ruby Red, Tempting Turquoise, Kiwi Kiss, and Whisper White (all SU).

You can find the challenge here if you are interested in playing along!

Kristina Werner Color Challenge #48

These color challenges have been keeping my mojo alive this week. It's spring break around here and we have my step-children here visiting for the week so it's always a little crazy with 5 kids running around! Thank goodness I have these super-inspirational challenges to keep my creative wheels turning and forcing me into my creative haven for some "me" time.

This one is from Kristina Werner.

This is a color combo that I am pretty comfortable with. I've used this one quite a bit on previous projects. BUT I did try to pull out some stamps I haven't played with in a while to do it.

All the supplies for this one are from Stampin' Up except for that large polka dot stamp...that one is from PTI, and it was a leftover piece that I went ahead and used up on this one. Kiwi kiss, chocolate chip, whisper white, and baja breeze. The baja flowers are popped up on dimensionals and topped off with some self-adhesive bling. Also used the threading water punch on this one. Really loving that punch here lately, can ya tell?

Anyway, this challenge can be found here, if you didn't know already!

Happy Monday!

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 3

Another FABULOUS challenge over at Dawn McVey's Blog this week...

This one was a little more out of my comfort zone. I do LOVE kraft paper (luckily my order from PTI arrived this week and I had just ordered more) and it looks fantastic with these colors. I am definitely loving it with the reds. Anyway, here is my card for the challenge.


All of the paper I used was from PTI...Kraft, Vanilla, Melon Berry, Sweet Blush, and Pure Poppy. The stamps are Papertrey as well, the Heartprints set and the buttons were another part of my order, the Vintage Buttons! LOVE them. So all in all a Papertrey card (except for the ribbon, which I got at AC Moore, and the embroidery thread) I also used my threading water punch from fiskars for some visual interest at the bottom.

You can find this challenge at Dawn's My Favorite Things blog.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 2

One of my absolute favorite cardmakers/designers is now hosting a color challenge on her blog! Dawn McVey is known for her cool color choices on her cards and now she's sharing some more inspiration through the challenge. And did I mention that her new Damask Designs set at Papertrey Ink is my absolute favorite stamp set right now??! Here is the challenge...

And because I loved the colors SO much, I made 2 cards to go with it. I LOVE how they turned out (if I do say so myself!)

I had a little fun with this one...I used the Damask Designs set to make the flowers. First I stamped the large solid dot from Polka Dot Basics to give me a guide and then I used one of the small damask stamps and went around the dot to form the flowers. They had kind of a pointy "star" type look when I was done, and while I liked that, It didn't look very flower-like, which is what I wanted. So I just rounded off the tips and then roughed up the edges all the way around with the edge of my scissors and topped of the flower with a button in the middle. I used the swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder on the whisper white card base and then used the large outlined circle from the Polka Dot basics set to create that pattern on the chocolate chip strip and then punched it with my fiskars threading water punch. The sentiment is from the Damask Designs set as well.

This one was harder for me to incorporate ALL of the colors fromt he challenge because I really did like it with just the spring moss and the chocolate chip and white. BUT I made myself add a little teal. This one is a whisper white card base, with a background of Damask Designs stamped piece of Spring Moss cardstock (I used Spring Moss ink). Then I added a piece of chocolate chip stamped with the polka dot designs and then one of the large images from Damask Designs in Spring moss topped with a sentiment from Damask Designs. The two swirls in teal are from the Wedding day set and then I just used some adhesive backed rhinestones to finish it off. (they are all blue...the picture makes the middle one look a little weird) I don't know the manufacturer of those because I won them in a blog candy last year :-).

I REALLY enjoyed this challenge! You should go play too! You can find the challenge here at her blog, My Favorite Things

Have a good day, everybody!

More than a month...

More than a month since my last post here on my little piece of blog-land. So sorry. But I am here. Alive and kicking! Things have been kind of busy. I have been churning out stuff to add to my website when we finally get it up and running. Studio E Designs will be chock full of crafty goodness when we get it started. For sneak peeks at what I've been up to, you can check out the page on Facebook. I already had one job of designing a custom logo and business card for my talented cousin-in-law Kristen and her up & coming photography business in the Indianapolis area (Captured By Kristen Photography). Hoping for many many more of those opportunities to come along!!

Other than that, Hayley turned 3 and we had a party for that here and then another party in Indiana when we were home this past week. It's just been crazy busy. Here are a few pics of the birthday girl for now...more to share soon!

And at the Indiana Party... Soaking up ever second of being serenaded! :-)