Paper Love Affair

Be Happy

2012-02-08T19:15:00.000-08:00

Hi Ya's! Hope everyone's week is going wonderfully! It's time for another challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies! Yayyy! We have a beautiful sketch by our dear Jacque to use ... one I know you will enjoy!

Here's my card using Emma Rose Garden. She makes me feel so happy .. like she's out enjoying the sunshine and pickin herself a bunch of fragrant roses to put in her vase at home or even to share with a dear friend. I'm starting to see tiny leaves on our rose bushes out back, and it makes me so excited to know they'll be blooming their sweet faces soon too!

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

And this week we are sponsored by the fabulous Lili of the Valley once again!

Winner gets to choose 3 stamps! Wooohoooo!

Well, I do hope you'll come on over to Lili's Little Fairies and take part in Jacque's sweet sketch!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Best Friends

2012-02-02T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Ya's! Hope you're all having a great start to your February! Love day is right around the corner now ... I so love the beginning of February when all the roses and cupids start taking up a section of the stores you know? lol. So beautiful!

Well, we have a new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies this week, and it is "Spring Colors" .. OoOOoO another one of my favorite theme's! The possibilites is endless with this theme and I simply LOVE it!

I decided to use this little cutie, Daisy Chain .. oh how much I loved colouring them!

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

Well I sure do hope to see you over at Lili's Little Fairies .. it's such a simple and gorgeous challenge!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

CLP Challenge

2012-02-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hey all's! It's time for another monthly challenge over at CLP!

We've got some exciting news, Pretty Little Stamps (formerly known as Gurlee Girl) has some new beauties in store! They will be offered in digi images that are available NOW! They're all really precious! For my card today, I've used "Cammy in the Wind" and I really enjoyed colouring her:

Hope you'll drop on in the fun at CLP and join us! And we are sponsored by our own Pretty Little Stamps this month! Wooohooo!

Thanks for visiting me ... I love it when you do! See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Believe the World is Full of Magic

2012-01-25T16:01:00.000-08:00

Hey ya's! Hope you're all doing wonderfully! It's time for another Lili's Little Fairies Challenge .. and this week the theme is "A Boy Card".

I really enjoyed making this because I know it's for my own little guy. He received a Magic Set in one of his Christmas gifts, and it's hilarious watching him trying to perform his "Abracadabra's". The sentiment on here is also from Lili of the Valley .. and I think this is PERFECT!

You know .. when we're little kids, we believe that everything is magical. And somewhere along the way as we get older, we lose that feeling. I hope my little boy will hold on to that pureness for as long as he possibly can.

Hope you'll come and join us at Lili's Little Fairies ... lots of fun you know?! :)

And this week we are sponsored by Nitwit Collections. They have all kinds of CUTE stuff in their store .. easy to spend lots of time in there and want everything!

Before I head out, here's Max if you remember .. this was taken a couple days before Halloween when he was 2 months old

And now 2 1/2 months later .. Max is 4 1/2 MONTHS old .... poooooof he's still growing. And I'm so envious of his hair .. it grows at a rapid rate .. wish mines would do the same! LOL!

Alright, thanks for visiting me .. I love it when you do! See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Hugs 'n Kisses

2012-01-21T23:20:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends! Hope you're all enjoying your weekend! It was a nice relaxing Saturday indoors since the wind was just AWFUL outside all day long! The wind was whipping away and tormenting the trees. Our patio furniture cushions from the sofas were blowing all over the place and Max (our puppy) was going just NUTS wondering why our patio cushions were sprouting wings and feet. lol!

But I sometimes like it when the weather is yucky outside. For some reason, it makes it feel cozier INSIDE .. cuddling up with my little boy and watching videos. :)

Well, I got to play with a Magnolia stamp that I bought .. hmmmm .. over a year ago?! And only now colouring her .. lol! The doily behind Tilda is from a dear friend. She gave me a bunch of BEAUTIFUL doilies for Christmas .. thank you hun! And the Magnolia swirl on here is from another dear friend of mine ... gosh am I spoiled or what?! hehe! Thank you sweetheart!

I would like to enter this into:
Simon Says Stamp: Sketch

Stampin for the Weekend: Out with the Old (my Tilda stamp that I had for over a year and only NOW using it. lol!)

Image: Magnolia

Papers: MME

Medium: Distress inks

ps ... Blogger is just getting worse and worse for me. Now my screen goes white & blank on a lot of blogs. :( I'm so sorry if I'm not able to leave a comment at your lovely blog .. but please know that I keep trying.

Thanks so much for visiting me ... I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Just Dance

2012-01-18T16:01:00.000-08:00

Hey ya's! Wow, can you believe it's the 3rd challenge already for Lili's Little Fairies?!!! My gosh! And this week, the theme is "Lavender and Lace". Okay, I don't know about your paper stacks .. but I have a SERIOUS shortage of lavender papers! I mean ... what the heck is up with that?! Lavender is such a pretty color .. why don't they make more of them in paper stacks?! I sure hope this Spring, I will see more Lavender papers in the packs I buy!

OoOOoOh and before I show you my card .. I HAVE to tell you how much Blogger is giving me some massive problems with commenting on a lot of your lovely blogs!!! I don't know what is going on. A lot of times when I click on the "comment" button, my whole screen just freezes. I am not able to do ANYTHING, click anything, move anything .. it's just .. kapppputz! :( SooOoO, please don't feel like I'm being a whipper snapper if you're not hearing comments from me ... it's the crazy Blogger! argh!

Image: Christmas Dance

Papers: MME

Medium: Distress Inks

I hope to see you over at Lili's Little Fairies to join in on the fun!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Sweet Thing

2012-01-11T16:01:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! How are you all doing? Hope you're all very well!

We have another challenge for you over at Lili's Little Fairies ... "Use Your Favorite Lili of the Valley Stamp". OoOooO okay, this could be easy or it could be hard. lol. Easy because you could choose ANY stamp but hard because you have to only choose one. lol!

For me, I love them all and I chose this Hello Cupcake image:

Papers: DCWV
Medium: Distress Inks

I would also like to enter this into:
Simon Says Stamp: Spots and/or Stripes

And for this challenge we are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl with a Pink Ribbon and Sparkle Kit! How fabulous is that?! Lookie here at the gorgeous prize ... OoOOoo AAaaAA .. hehe:

Hope you'll come and join in on the fun with us over at Lili's Little Fairies!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

New Beginnings ~ Lili's Little Fairies First Challenge

2012-01-05T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hey Friends! Hope you all had a WONDERFUL New Year's Celebration!

Well guess what??? It's the first challenge for Lili's Little Fairies (formerly Lili of the Valley's Challenge)! Yayyyy! How exciting is this?! Thanks to Bev and Jacqui for making all of this happen and for organizing everything with your hard work!

Yep yep yep .. so what better theme than "New Beginnings" for the first challenge? For my card, I used Love Grows .. sigh .. isn't it always so beautiful to start off a new chapter in a relationship? hehe ...

Papers: MME, DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

Hope to see you at Lili's Little Fairies Challenge where we show our love for Lili of the Valley Stamps! Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2012-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Friends!

Wow! It is 2012 already .. feels like just yesterday we brought in 2011 ... time flies. I want to thank ALL of you ... for visiting me, for leaving me so many wonderful encouraging comments, for being a part of my days and sending me so many smiles .. hugs to each and every one of you!

May 2012 hold lots of love and happiness and GREAT health for all of you!

It's also time to ring in a new challenge from CLP who is sponsored by Sassy Studio Design. Thank you Chelsea for holding such an awesome group and for working so hard on the blog!!! And thank you to all my SWEET DT sisters .. just for being you. :)

I'd love to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

The Fun Stuff:
Image: Magnolia

Papers: Prima

Medium: Distress Inks
And thank you to my dear friend who gave me that beautiful flower border die cut that I used on my card! I love it!

Hope to see you over at CLP challenge to join in the fun with Chelsea's beautiful sketch!!! Thank you for swinging by my blog .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Thank you Belles 'n Whistles

2011-12-29T19:34:00.000-08:00

Hey Friends! For today, I made a tag that I wanted to put on a goodie bag for a friend of mine. I planned on making her those Chocolate Pretzel Rods and placing them in the Martha Stewart bag with this little tag on the top. I used Pizza Time .. yes yes yes! But I covered up the pizza with sprinkles of little colored beads to make it look like she was baking little donut cookies or something of a dessert straight out of the oven. :)

Also, I wanted to thank ALL of the ladies at Belles 'n Whistles for being such lovely SWEETHEARTS! I have decided to step down from Belles 'n Whistles to make time for a new crafting adventure. I've enjoyed my days with you, loved being a part of your family for a year and a half .. you've brought so many smiles to my lips and laughter to my heart! Thank you thank you thank you for welcoming me into your family, I love you and I do hope we will keep in touch!

With Love,

Elise

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T21:13:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Wishing you all a very BEAUTIFUL & MERRY Christmas! May your day be filled with lots of love and laughter!

Thank you all for being so WONDERFUL .. I truly enjoy your friendships!

Big Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Challenge

2011-12-19T23:41:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Okay, I've totally spaced out on my post that was supposed to be up first thing today .... acccck! We have a new challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles hosted by Anki using "Warm Colors". :)

I've used this adorable image Jam Jars from Belles 'n Whistles Store. Have you checked out the sale going on there?! You gotta hurry on over and place your order!

I hope to see you at our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! See ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili's Little Fairies Is Now OPEN!!! Blog CANDY!!!

2011-12-15T09:51:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! I've got some BEAUTIFUL news to share with all of you and you're gonna be so excited about this! The new challenge Lili's Little Fairies (previously called Lili of the Valley Challenge) is now open!!! Wooot wooot!

Annnnndddd .. little 'ol me will be on joining those sweet women on the DT team!!! WoooOHoooOOoo!!!! When asked if I would like to become a new Fairy .. I could not resist!!! I'm truly excited to be starting a new adventure! Thank you ladies for having me on board!

Okay, so Lili's Little Fairies is the SAME address that it used to be so no worries! And if you head on over there right now, they have lots of AWESOME prizes to give away!!!

Our first official challenge will begin on January 5th .. so you can gear up and be ready! :) hehe!

In the meantime, here's something that I got to play with for fun using a Lili of the Valley image:

Alright, so head on over to Lili's Little Fairies right now to enter in some fabulous CANDY!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya back soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Christmas Tags

2011-12-14T11:28:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Are you feeling the hustle and bustle as things get nearer to Christmas? ;) Hope you're all enjoying the time out shopping, relaxing or playing.

I made more Christmas tags the other week ... really enjoyed making them!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar Day 13

2011-12-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing very well!

For today I created a card with the image "Angel's Grace" and added Liquid Pearls around her to look like snowflakes floating around her. I really love her ... she looks so peaceful and comforting.

Also, a reminder .. have you all been checking back at the Belles 'n Whistles Store every Thursday?! If you haven't .. then click here to see what's going on all through the month of December. I'll give ya a hint ... "HUGE SALE". lol!

Thank you for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Warm Hugs,

Elise

Just For You

2011-12-06T10:53:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing very well this week. Here in town is quite chilly ... as I took my son to school one day last week, there was a light snow flurry. :) I love it when it snows here by our home, as it doesn't happen too often.

And last night I made some ham and bean soup .. yummmmm .. nice and cozy.

Well, here's an image that I've had for a year now and I've finally inked her up .. lol. AND I'm using some most loveliest of papers which I had to fight with myself to actually cut .. PION Papers from a very sweet and dear friend of mine! Thank you so much!

I'd like to enter this into:

Just Magnolia: Anything Goes with option of Sparkle

Also one more thing before I head out, here's a pic of Max .. he's growing like a weed .. and he's gonna get bigger still. lol!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Christmas Tags

2011-12-05T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Sweets! Hope you all had a lovely weekend. I've had a wonderfuly week with my family who came into town ... but of course time flies so quickly .. they have gone back home today already. :( I am already waiting for them to announce their next trip out here .. so my spirits can lift once again.

I wanted to share with you some tags that started a couple of weeks ago ... loads of fun making these! I think I'll be making a little more. :)

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods

2011-12-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Today is Day 4 of our Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar and I'm sharing with you a "Yum Yum Holiday Recipe" .. and if you're like me .. a lot of times I want something quick and easy yet tasty.

I've decided to make something that I know we'd all enjoy at our home .. with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee or even a glass of cold milk. And it's SO easy to do .. and FUN for my little boy to help with also. He actually helped me make these. And those little round things at the bottom of my Starbucks cup is something my hubby decided to do. lol. He did the recipe with marshmallows.

Here's a little recipe card that I made using Little Light

I realize the font is too small to see, so here's the recipe .. hehe ..

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods

Ingredients:

Pretzel Rods

Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Assorted Toppings: Sprinkles, Crushed Cookies, etc...

1. Melt semi sweet chocolate in microwave or on stove.

2. Ladle chocolate over 3/4 of each pretzel rod and tap off excess chocolate. Roll in toppings such as sprinkles or crushed cookies.

3. Dry on cooling rack until set.

4. ENJOY!

Don't forget about the sale all through December at Belles 'n Whistles Store!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Performance Goodie Bag

2011-12-03T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there! Today is Day 3 of our Advent Calendar Celebration on our Belles 'n Whistles Inspiration blog and I am using a couple cuties to decorate a "Gift Bag & Tag".

My little boy performed in his very first Christmas play for school as well as sang in Chapel, and I decided to make him a little goodie bag for after his "performance". lol! I used Andrew's Christmas Stocking at the base of the bag and I used Angel's Song for the tag. One of my little boy's favorite things is Hot Wheel cars, so I put one in there (it was a bit too big for the bag .. hehe) and then I'll put a little money in there as well. :)

The goodie bag is from Martha Stewart and the Christmas papers on the tag was given to me by a sweet dear friend. :)

Also I have more good news to share ...

Just want to let you all know that Summer is having a progressive sale in the BNW store starting today!

The Perfect Tree

2011-11-28T23:12:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! I'm so glad that I had some time to play with this Tilda .. I've had her from last year and have finally inked her. :) The silk bow is ribbon that I've received from a dear friend of mine ... and it was SO hard for me to use it. lol! I really have been hoarding it in my drawer for awhile now. hehe.

I'd love to enter this into:

TOMIC: Vintage and Lace

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thanks for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Celebrate

2011-11-28T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Hope you are all doing well and enjoying the beginning of yet another week.

For today, I've made a card using Pepper with Gift. Isn't she so delightful?!!

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

I've used non-traditional Christmas colors and I love how this image can be used year round.

Also in a few days, we're going to be starting our Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar at our Inspiration Blog! We have lots of things in store for all of you lovelies!

And right now we have a "Christmas" theme over at our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog that we'd love for you to play. Pop on over for some fabulous inspiration from my sweet DT sisters and awesome GDT!

Thanks for visiting and I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Togetherness

2011-11-25T21:10:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! I hope all of you in the states had a lovely Thanksgiving! Me .. I'm totally stuffed .. lol!

I've gotten to play with a beautiful Lili of the Valley image that a dear friend gave to me and I truly enjoyed colouring this .. don't they look so adorable hanging ornaments in the snow together?!

I'd love to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley: Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend: Friends

The Fun Stuff:

Image: LOTV

Papers: MME
Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you for visiting me ... I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

a SALE at Belles 'n Whistles Store!

2011-11-21T22:42:00.000-08:00

Hello there! Now we all love sales don't we?! hehe .. I know I personally go a little wild when it comes time for craft sales and Belles 'n Whistles is having a HUGE sale from Tuesday 11/22 - Sunday 11/27! Everything in the store will be on sale ... except "The Christmas & More" release and "Lynda's Word Art".

What is the sale you ask?! Okay ... it is a whopping 35%!!! Cripey's I know it!!!! But the sad part is .. once it's gone .. it's gone. No more inventory for this year. :( SOoOOo ... hurry and put your order in!

When the sale starts, there should be a code on the homepage, WINTER35 for you to enter during checkout. Have FUN shopping!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles "Christmas"

2011-11-21T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Well it's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge and our Lovely Lilian chose the simple theme of "Christmas"! :) Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner once again? Gosh, the older I get the faster the years fly by. I remember when I was younger I wanted to be older. Now that I'm older I want to be younger. LOL!

So here's my card using Brooke's First Christmas .. she's a cutie isn't she?!

Papers: MME

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Have you gotten your order in at Belles 'n Whistles store? Summer has restocked all the "older" releases as well and they are SO adorable!

I hope you'll come over and join us over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Season's Greetings

2011-11-16T13:45:00.000-08:00

Hello there! Well, I've made time to play with one of the images from Stempelglede that I received from my dear friend Christina last year. I love these images!

Now I also have to share with you something my little boy brought home from school yesterday .. which pretty much made me tear up and cry. LOL!

Here's the things that were in a decorated paper bag .. uhhhh .. minus a lifesaver candy because he ate it .. LOL!

And on a paper it read:

Thankfulness Bag Ingredients

*A rubber band ~ to keep our hearts tied together and always

*A candy kiss ~ to say thank you for all your love

*A penny ~ to say thank you for sharing my thoughts and letting me know they are important to you

*A warm fuzzy ball ~ to make you feel good when you are sad, like you always do for me

*An adhesive bandage ~ to say thank you for all the times you make my hurts feel better

*A facial tissue ~ to say thank you for all the times you dry my tears

*A piece of Lifesaver candy (my son chowed it down .. hehe!) ~ a circle to show that my love for you will never end

Okay, that was just the sweetest things of many!!!!!!!!!! I loved it so much! :)

Well, thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do. I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

2011-11-14T09:31:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing well and enjoying the colder days .. I know we are here. :)

For my card today, I've gotten to play with a Lili of the Valley Christmas image given to me from a very dear friend. I really love this cutie and enjoyed colouring her up. And recently there was a post on Dena's blog where she used like Liquid Pearls as the snowflakes swirling around and I really really loved it a lot .. so I wanted to do it on my snowflakes on this image as well! Thank you for the idea Dena!

I would love to enter this into:

Bunny Zoe: Anything Christmas with Pearls

Stamp and Create: Easel Card

Paper Take Weekly: First Christmas

The Fun Ingredients:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Paper: MME

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

New Belles 'n Whistles Release

2011-11-08T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello hello hello! I have some exciting news to share with all of you who don't already know ... Belles 'n Whistles has a brand new release out and it is DARLING! Each and every stamp is absolutely precious! There are 8 Christmas stamps and 5 all year round stamps .. ahhhh!

I am showing you Christmas Angel Daniella .. isn't she as sweet as can be looking into her stocking?! I love her!

AND! Belles 'n Whistles store has also brought back previous Christmas stamps too!!! Click here to go directly to those images .. oooooh I love those too! You HAVE TO check them out!

Here's a sample an "old" Christmas image that is restocked. I made this card using Baking with Nana back in February I think .. so this image can be used all year round!

Anyway ... I hope you'll go and place your order for any of the Holiday Collections, both new and old .. they're going pretty fast!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Swinging by to say HI

2011-11-07T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there! Hope you're all doing well out there and enjoying your Autumn days. It's getting quite chilly here in Vegas and ooooh it feels so good! :)

Well, it's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge! This time, our lovely Audhild chose "Anything Goes" ... sOoOo easy!

I decided to make something VERY simple and easy since this week has been busy ... a simple tag. And I love doing tags sometimes because it's so handy when you have a gift to give ... something already done to just tie on the bag you know?

Image: Country Ride from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

One more quick thing to add in ... Summer has all the previous Holiday stamps re-stocked at Belles 'n Whistles Store! They are so DARLING!!!

Hope to see you over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog and thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Friendship

2011-11-04T22:52:00.000-07:00

Hello! Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend. Today we had a beautiful cloudy and cold day ... I love to just cuddle up during this kind of weather. And I have to take more pics of the roses to show you .. ooooh they make me smile! The fragrance, the petals that fill each bloom ... sigh .. I can totally tell they are enjoying the weather as well. ;)

I'm so glad that I've gotten to play with this image ... I love the way these 2 girls look like they are so involved with sharing some wonderful things about just "anything".

I'd love to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley: Bright and Sparkly (hope my crystal beads on the stickpins will be the "sparkly")

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

And here's a pic earlier this week while my son stayed home from school. He was feeling a little under the weather with a sinus infection, but I let him blow some bubbles in the backyard .. and Max helped give some giggles by nibbling on my little guy's ears ... it TICKLES! :) hehe!

Thank you so much for visiting me ... I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Treat Yourself

2011-10-31T21:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Well, it's the beginning of yet another month, oh my gosh!!! The year is coming to a close soon already! Unbelievable! So, yes the beginning of a new month marks a new challenge over at CLP but it's also the last challenge for the year since we will be taking December off to celebrate the holidays with family! :) Thank you Chelsea for yet another FUN sketch! And we are sponsored by In2Stamps with a generous gift.

And for this sketch, I made a pull out tag on the front of the card:

I'd also like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Please pop on over to CLP and see all my DT sisters amazing works! Hope you'll join us too!

Thank you so much for visiting me, I love it when you do! See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Meet Max

2011-10-28T22:52:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're having a great start to your weekend! I would like to introduce you to our newest family member "Max Angelo" ... ahhh ... he is a blessing. Max means "The Greatest", and Angelo means "Angel" .. soooOo "The Greastest Angel"? :) He is so goofy and full of love and affection, and can I just say that he came to us smelling sOooOoo darn GOOD?!!!! Oh my gosh he smells GOOD! lol! He arrived to us all the way from Alabama .. he's our sweet Southern Boy. hehe!

When we picked him up at the Cargo area, the only person that could coax him out of his crate was my son. :) With one single, "Come here boy!", Max went straight to my son and would not leave my son's side. He kissed my little boy endlessly! And all the way home (I sat in the back with my son with the pup in my arms) .. Max kept trying to crawl into my little boy's carseat to sit on HIS lap! :) I think they were destined to be best friends.

Here he is:

Yea, he's a chunker alright! lol!!! We love him to pieces! And we'd like to congratulate our dear friend Bonnie who just welcomed a sweet little love "Buddy" into their family also!!! Buddy is just DARLING and I know that he has gone into such a LOVING family as well!

Well, thanks for visiting me! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Happy Holidays

2011-10-26T20:50:00.000-07:00

Hello There! Gosh, has it been beautiful weather where you are at? Here it has been rather gorgeous, just a tad bit windy today, but other than that .. the temperature is PERFECT!

Gotta tell you a funny story that happened last night as I was in the car with hubby and little boy. My hubby bought a pumpkin pie about 3 nights ago, and while we were driving home from a store, my hubby asks me, "Should I throw out the P-I-E already?" He "spelled" out the word PIE so my little boy wouldn't understand what we were talking about. Yes .. my son LOVES his sweets as you can tell. hehe!

SooOoo .. my little man is in his seat in the back of the car and he overheard the spelling of P-I-E. He is learning how to sound out words and spell in Kindergarten and so he pronounces each letter ... "p-p-p- i-i-e-e." And he says, "PIE! PIE! PIE!!!!! WHY are you going to throw out the PIE?!!!! Don't throw out the PIE!!!" Oh my gosh, my hubby and I cracked up in the car! Guess we can't spell words to hide what we're saying much longer. hahahah!!!

So, here's a card I made for fun using Santa .. that swirly Magnolia DieCut is from a very dear friend of mine .. thank you SO much hun!

I'd love to enter this into:
Wild Orchid Crafts: Santa is coming to Town!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers; MME, K&Co, and Best Creation

Medium: Distress Inks

Thanks so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Happy Birthday

2011-10-24T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! It's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge by our sweet and lovely Iris .. and her theme is "Pearls and Pins" ... oooooh! Gotta tell ya .. this is a right perfect love for me! :) Love pearls and love pins!!! Thank you Iris!

Here's my card using one of my most FAVORITE images:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Cupcake

Paper: MME, Colorbok

Medium: Distress Inks

And look what is enjoying the nice weather here in town .. the roses are all popping up with lots of buds and blooms .. here are a couple of them. Can I just tell you how much seeing the sprinkles of color in our backyard gives me so much joy?! :)

I hope to see you over at our challenge at Belles 'n Whistles .. and take a look at my DT sisters creations.. they are just FABULOUS!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! See ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Make the Season Bright

2011-10-20T11:01:00.000-07:00

*** UPDATE***10/28/11: Woooohoooo! I made Top 3 at Lili of the Valley! Thank you SO much .. I am honored!

Hello there! Hope you're all enjoying beautiful days wherever you are! It's getting to be such lovely weather here in town and gosh I am loving it!

I've made this card for fun .. yup .. Christmas cards already! lol!

I'd love to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley: BINGO (I used Gems, Distressing and Pins)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Papers: MME, Melissa Frances

Medium: Distress Inks

And here's a few pics of a Pumpkin Patch we visited. Lots of beautiful pumpkins and squashes .. and do you know I learned something?!!!! I found out that some pumpkin stems have THORNS!!! YES!!! Thorns! You know how I learned that right? lol!

I went to lift up a pumpkin that I wanted and OUCH .. all the thorns poked me! I looked closely and there's TONS of little thorns on the stem! LOL!

Thanks so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

You're An Angel

2011-10-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends! Ready for the weekend? I sure am .. I want to have an extra hour of sleep in the morning! lol! And it's getting a little chilly in the mornings, that I really don't want to get out of bed! brrrrr!

Well here's a card I got to play with recently:

I would love to enter this into:

Wild Orchid Crafts: Christmas Fun

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thanks for visiting me ... I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Bloom Where You Are Planted

2011-10-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! It's my turn to host a challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles .. and so I've chose a quite simple theme .. "Use Your Favorite Elisabeth Bell Image". I have so many favorite images, so I just chose which one I wanted to play with next. And I chose this cutie ... Planting Some Love.

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Planting Some Love from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Paper: MME, Colorbok

Medium: Distress Inks

I hope to see you over in our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge! :) My DT Sisters have created some GORGEOUS things for you to inspired by! Thank you so much for visiting me and I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Sending You Love

2011-10-06T09:36:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing very well! We've gotten a nice cold front from yesterday and it's been a nice relief from the heat! We're down into the low 70's which is so perfect! Then in a few days it will go back up to mid 80's ... sigh ... Love it!

I made this card for LOTV .. and TOTALLY forgot about posting it to enter in the challenge. LOL! Funny how after I take the pictures I feel like I completed everything .. all the while forgetting that I haven't even put it on the blog! haha!

Here it is:

I would like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp: Sparkle and Bling (my paper is glittered, I used stickles on parts of the image also. And my bling is my crystal/pearl stickpins)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: LOTV

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

For You

2011-10-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing very well! I decided to make a tag with this adorable Sweet Apples. I decided to make her black/white with dashes of pinks on there. And then I also added some flower soft that I have around the edges since it contained pinks and greens like on my image.

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Sweet Apples

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils w/ OMS

Thanks for visiting me and I do hope to see you over at our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog too! Right now the challenge is to "Use Your Favorite Color Combo" ... sweet and simple and FUN! :)

See ya soon! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Live Each Day

2011-09-30T22:54:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! It's time for another CLP Challenge with Chelsea's beautiful sketches! This month we are being sponsored by wonderful Spesch Designer Stamps and I chose to use the sweet Meadow Girl! Totally love her hip style!

Also, I wanted to let all of you know .. I've been trying to leave comments on some of your blogs .. and Blogger is being a Booger and not letting me. lol! I type out my entire comment and when I click the button to enter the comment, it says this:

We're sorry, but we were unable to complete your request.

The following errors were found:
Input error: Cookie value is null for FormRestoration

hmmmmm. Does anyone know how to go around this? Please let me know .. thanks! :)

Well, here's my card that I totally had fun with:

I'd love to enter this into:
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
Stampin' For the Weekend: What a cutie

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Meadow Girl by Sylvia Zet

Papers: Prima and Melissa Frances

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils w/OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya soon .. and hopefully you'll join in on the fun at CLP!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Invention of Hugs

2011-09-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hey all! It's the start of another new Belles 'n Whistles Challenge and this time our lovely Iris has given us a sweet and simple theme .. "Use your favorite color combo"!

For me, I have lots of favorite color combo's .. lol .. so I just decided to go with whatever came onto my card. haha!

Here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Bellinda with Teddy

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

I sure do hope you'll come over and join in this easy and fun challenge at Belles 'n Whistles! Hop on over there and check out my awesome DT sisters creations .. they so rock!

Thanks for visiting me .. I always love it when you do! See ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Sweet Surprises

2011-09-21T21:56:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing very well! We're doing okay here ... but my little boy got sick .. yep yep yep .. the joys of Kindergarten germs. lol! He's doing perfectly fine .. there was no hindering his romping around .. he's all boy and constantly playing. And the antibiotics is doing it's job. :)

So I finally coloured up this Magnolia that I bought last year!!!!! LAST YEAR!!! lol! Fall begins in a couple of days ... how wonderful! ;) I am anxiously awaiting the shorter days .. since I love the night. And I can't wait to feel the chilly nip in the air .. which means my favorite holidays are rounding the corner. Yayyy!

Anyways, here's my card:

I'd love to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp: dies to die for (my leaves are from a punch)

Stampin for the Weekend: Tickled Pink

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia
Papers: Colorbok, DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll catch ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

You Are Beautiful ... Love, Hope & Faith

2011-09-17T22:02:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're enjoying your weekend so far! Today we had such wonderful weather, I wish it would stay this way every single day!

Well, I made this card over a week ago .. I've been neglecting my blog! lol! This card does not have a stamped image, but instead features a large Prima rose sprinkled with crystals. This rose was plain, and I thought, "Hmmm .. jazz it up somehow?" Then I remembered somewhere on Dena's blog there was something where she put huge amounts of glitter or crystals on her flowers and I loved it!!!! Thank you Dena for the inspiration!!!

It's been almost a year since I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer .. can you believe it? yep yep yep. We've come a long way haven't we? :)

So this was made in honor of those that have cancer .. to remind them of how BEAUTIFUL they still are. To remind them that they are completely LOVED, to remind them to Hold HOPE with both hands, and to Keep the FAITH......

Very simple card, but the meaning is there ...

Thank you so much for visiting me, I love it when you do. :) Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,

Elise

So Chic

2011-09-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends! It's the start of another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge .. and this time the fabulous Lynda is giving us the theme of "Use the colors Blue, Yellow and Red". I've never tried that color combo before, and I must say ... I rather enjoyed it quite a bit!!!! Thanks Lynda!

Here's what I came up with using this Sass 'n Class girl, I think she's just so cool! hehe!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Sass 'n Class from Belles 'n Whistles store

Papers: MME

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do hope you'll join us at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge! As always .. I enjoy your visits and I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Best Friends

2011-09-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! I hope it's getting cooler wherever you are, and you have some relief from the heat. Here in Vegas .. no relief yet. lol!!!

Well, I've created a card using a most sweet image from Belles ' n Whistles from the newest SweetArt Release called "Sweet Summer Days". ahhh, this is such a wonderful image! When Summer gets this in stock again, be sure to snatch it up quickly .. because I'll tell you .. this can be used for so many things and it was a pure pleasure to color! :)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Sweet Summer Days from Belles 'n Whistles

Paper: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thanks so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Destination

2011-09-06T11:34:00.000-07:00

Hi ya! Hope you all had a great Labor Day Weekend for those of you in the states! :) I sure had a nice relaxing weekend!!! Didn't do too much ... just some craft shopping and food shopping. hehe!

I ended up making a card with this Tilda which I've had for awhile now:

I'd like to enter this into:

Just Magnolia: Anything Goes w/Option of Circles (my circles would be the pearls and doily)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: MME, K&Co

Medium: Distress Ink

Thanks so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Girly Girl

2011-08-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

Hey all! It's September 1st and you know what that means! It's a new and exciting challenge over at CLP! Thanks to Chelsea who provides us with beautiful sketches month after month!!!

And this month, CLP is sponsored by fabulous Lili of the Valley! Ohhh my~ how sweet is that?!!!! Their images are just adorable!

Here's my card:

Hope you'll come over and join us in our challenge at CLP!!! We'd love to see you there!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me~ I love it when you do! See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Challenge

2011-08-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends! Well, it's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge! This time, sweet Anki has given us a "Sketch with a Twist" to do! The "twist" is to use your favorite shape on the sketch .. and for mine, I used a butterfly. :)

Here's my card and oooh! Do you see the grass?! I learned that awesome technique from super talented and sweet Pops!!!! Thank you so much Pops for doing your FABULOUS tutorial! I love it!!! Mines didn't come out as detailed and beautiful as Pops .. but I surely enjoyed doing it! hehe!!!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Patches and Braids from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Paper: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Alright, hope you'll join us at Belles 'n Whistles challenge! Thanks for visiting me! :)

Hugs,

Elise

Between Friends .. Words are Optional

2011-08-26T23:33:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're having a great start to your weekend! I am so glad the weekend is here ... I don't have to get up so early in the morning to get my little boy ready for school! Annnnnndddd .. my son will be with me all day during the weekend! hehe! I missed him so terribly this entire week, you've no idea!

Well, for this card, I titled it with a quote from a book that a sweet friend of mine sent to me through the mail .. thank you!!! And I loved the quote "Between Friends, Words are Optional". ;)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

Thanks for visiting me ... I love it when you do! And enjoy your weekend!

Hugs,

Elise

Sending You Love

2011-08-19T22:43:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far! I am not looking forward to this weekend coming to a close. My little boy starts Kindergarten on Monday .. oh my gosh .. I'm going to be a wreck! I'm already thinking of it all night tonight and I'm feeling quite sad. LOL!

I know it's a great feeling to see him grow up, but it's just so sad to see how the time has passed so quickly. It feels like just yesterday that I was burping him on my lap after each bottle! sigh ...

Well, here's a card just for fun ...

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do! Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Elise

Make a Wish

2011-08-15T08:23:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! How are you all doing? Can you believe that the Summer is almost over?! Oh my goodness! I swear it just started last week and it's already coming to a close!

We have a new challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles .. "ANYTHING GOES" ... easy peasy!

So for today's card, I've chosen to use Fairy Wishes ... this little girl is so precious isn't she? This is such a sweet image to make for any girl ... any age!!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Fairy Wishes

Paper: Colorbok

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils w/OMS

I hope you'll also stop by our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog to join us! Also check out my DT Sisters works ... they're so FABULOUS!!!

Thanks for visiting me and I'll see you soon .. I always love seeing ya!

Hugs,

Elise

Whatever!!!

2011-08-09T21:41:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope your week is going smoothly so far! :) Not too much is going on here .. just preparing my little boy for school with the school supplies and all that good stuff. He's already told me that he doesn't want to start school. I asked him "Why?" and his response ... "Because you're going to miss me Mommy." hahahaha!!!! Yep, that little man has me all figured out all right!

Well, I made this card for fun, I think this little cutie is hilarious!

I'd like to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley: Roses

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me .. I always love seeing you!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop

2011-08-07T15:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Belles `n Whistles "All Customer Blog Hop" . Today we are celebrating the rebirth of the darling SweetArt girls designed by none other than Artist Elisabeth Bell. Belles`n Whistles now has a total of 17 SweetArt girls in their store. They were just too beautiful to be left sitting in the archives. Elisabeth Bells' talent deserves better than storage, don't you think?

If you have just popped in, it would be great if you started in the beginning, and hopped along with us. You will find the master list of participants over on the Belles `n Whistles Inspirational Blog. To keep things easy, please follow that listand leave a comment on each blog. Do you know why? Because YOU could win a stamp from Belles`n Whistles, just for leaving some love along the way. All the details can be found at the beginning of this hop.

Grab some munchies and a drink and enjoy the wonderful works of the fabulous customers and DT!

For my card, I got to play with the amazing "Pretty in Patches" from the SweetArt Release

And here is another stamp that will be released called "Country Ride". Isn't she DARLING?!

Summer also has 2 new digital word art sentiment sets in her shop, and 4 lucky people will have a chance to win them. Hope you are having fun hopping along the way! This hop ends on August 10th. Your next stop is Becky.

Thanks for visiting and I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Dancing in the Rain

2011-08-05T21:34:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you are having a lovely start to your weekend! :) We will be looking at some pups tomorrow .. thinking it will be nice for all of us .. especially for my little boy. We won't be able to bring the pup home yet as it's still too young. I hope we'll be able to find one that would love to share our home with us. :)

Anyhow, I made a Tilda card for fun, and when I used this image .. I immediately thought of a quote that was written to me in a card by sweet Jamie. When I found out that I had breast cancer last year, she sent me a card and in it had said, "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass .. It's about Dancing in the Rain". So true .. thank you Jamie!!!

I would love to enter this into:

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Just Magnolia: Anything Goes with Option of Glitter - I do have glitter on Tilda's flowers, but picture shot doesn't show it well. :(

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: MME, K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me ... I always love seeing you!

Hugs,

Elise

Planting Seeds of Hope, Love & Faith

2011-08-04T20:44:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! I wanted to share a card that I quickly put together for a young woman in Australia. Her name is Lyndall and she has a 3 year old son, and she is battling a rare form cancer yet again. Please find more details here on Cheryl's blog.

If you could make a card for her, that would be awesome. There's still time to send a card to get there in time for the benefit night held in her honor.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Elise

I Love Hangin' With Ya

2011-08-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Oh my gosh, it's the first of yet another month! Yikes! That means my little boy will be heading off to Kindergarten in a few weeks (**sobbing** Why does he have to grow up so quick?!!!!) I'm going to be one of "those" parents who needs to bring tissues as I walk him to class. Instead of my little guy crying and latching on to my leg, I'll be the one hugging him and not wanting to let go screaming, "Why do you have to grow so fast?! Why?! Why?! Why?!!!!!!" LOL!!!! And he'll be the one saying, "It's okay Mommy, stop .. you're embarassing me. Let me go and play now okay?" Haaaaaaa!

Alright, I think I thought everything out about the first day of school for me .. so I will do my best to avoid that situation. hehe!

Well, the first of the month also marks another wonderful time at CLP Challenge! Chelsea has yet again made another fabulous sketch for all of us to enjoy and we are sponsored this month by Whimsy Stamps! I've used the cute "Hang In There" digi:

I hope you'll swing by CLP Challenge blog and join us .. also go and check out my sweet DT sisters works!!! They're always so full of inspiration and loveliness! :)

Thank you so much for visiting me .. as always, I love seeing ya!

Hugs,

Elise

Explore Life

2011-07-29T23:43:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all having a great start to your weekend! We're getting a little bit of rain again, and you'd think the heat would let up a bit, but no .. it's still over 100 degrees here. LOL! Add the mugginess to it, and it's just downright yucky. hehe!

I did this card last week, and it reminded me of how when I was little I'd love to catch grasshoppers and lizards and observe them in a jar for a short while. I used to think they were so fascinating .... untiillllllll one day a lizards tail fell off into my hand while I was carrying it. Oh my word, I screamed bloody heck ... that grossed me out so terribly! And from that day on, I was so afraid of lizards! LOL!

That's my karma ... I used to catch the lizards and show them to my Mom when I knew in fact that she was afraid of them. LOL! Wasn't I just naughty?! She'd give out a little scream and then get so mad at me. Oh my gosh I was rascal! LOL!

Well, here's my card:

I'd like to enter this into:
TOMIC: Stitching

Stamp Something: Summer Fun Something

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: MME, DCWV, K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thanks for visiting me ... I always love seeing ya!

Hugs,

Elise

Special

2011-07-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! How are you all doing? Hope you're getting in some fun activities during the Summer months .. maybe a vacation to a place that you've always wanted to visit? I just want to go to Disneyland over and over and over again .. can never get tired of the place! lol!

Great thing about it is .. my hubby and little boy loves Disneyland as well (yup! Even my hubby loves Disneyland! Yayyy!). Hopefully we'll get to go before the end of the year ... I'd really love to go right before Christmas!

Anyway .. I started going off in daydream mode .. lol! Here's my card that I made with Little Friend:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Little Friend

Papers: Colorbok

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thanks for visiting me .. always leaves me so happy when you do! :) Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Wishes

2011-07-25T22:45:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing well and staying cool wherever you are .. by golly it's so hot here in Vegas! At 9:00 in the morning it's already 90 degrees .. and it just gets hotter and hotter as the day progresses! YUCK!

Well, I've made this Lili of the Valley card just for fun, and I had this old sketch copied down from quite awhile ago. I saw it from Everybody Art Challenge Blog and thought it was such a cool sketch!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for coming by and saying HI! :) I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

A Wonderful Day

2011-07-22T23:46:00.000-07:00

*** Click here for winner of my LOTV post***

Hi Friends! Hope you're having a fantastic weekend so far! It's getting pretty HOT again here. Last week we had a couple of days that were so nice and comfortable. We were having quite a bit of rain off and on for a few days. And one day it started raining suddenly .. I headed out into our backyard and my little boy followed me.

He was so excited to hear the quick and heavy drops of the rain on the patio roofing .. so I grabbed his hand and we ran out in our grass and played in the rain .. just running around and dancing. ;) Oh gosh, he was soOoo happy to be playing in the rain with me ... and so was I.

Anyway, here's a card with a Maggie that I've had for some time now, and finally inked her up:

I'd like to enter this into:

Stamp Something: Something Embellished

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me .. your stopping by makes me happy! :) See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Christmas in July with WOC & LOTV

2011-07-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

*** Winner for this LOTV stamp is Anne!!! Congratulations my dear!!! Please contact me with all your info!***

Hello Friends! Well wahoooo! Have you been checking out all the WONDERFUL Christmas creations over at Wild Orchid Crafts Blog? Yes yes yes, Wild Orchid Crafts and Lili of the Valley have gotten together to celebrate Christmas in July this entire week from July 18 - 24th! I was over the moon to have been invited into this fabulous celebration by the super talented Dena ... as you all know I adore BOTH of these companies! We are giving sneak peeks into Lili of the Valley's upcoming release due out on July 25th .. annnnndddd ...

leave a comment here to win this adorable cutie that I've used on my card! :) I'll choose a random winner!

How sweet and generous is THAT of Lili of the Valley?!!! Annnnd there's lots of prizes to be won over at Wild Orchid Crafts also .. yipppeee! SooOoo awesome!

Okay, I know this is a "boy" card, and usually boy cards don't have very many, if ANY flowers .. buuuuuttt .. we are talking about ME here. lol!!! And I love love love my flowers so even if it's a boy card .. hmmmm .. there WILL be flowers on there and lots of them! lol! I tried to go easy on the flowers, but NO can do! Luckily my little 4 year old boy says he loves all the flowers as well (since this card is for him) .. especially the blue ones he says. hehe .. he knows how to stroke my ego. :)

Here's the little cutie called "Ski Jump":

Supplies from Wild Orchid Crafts:

Lace, Seam Binding, Pearls, 35mm Trellis Rose, 4 mm Rose Buds, 8mm Rose Buds, 10mm Roses, 15mm Roses, 20 mm Roses, 25mm Roses

Thank you so much for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment to have a chance for this stamp! Check out Wild Orchid Crafts for gorgeous cards created by lovely & talented Lili of the Valley DT's and Guest Designers! And order your new release over at Lili of the Valley on July 25th!

Hugs,

Elise

Hey You

2011-07-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Well, it's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge and our lovely Lilian has given us the theme of "Complimentary Colors". So for my card, I chose to go with purple and yellow. :)

I decided to use "A Pen Friend" .. I think she's adorable and sassy at the same time! hehe!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Belles 'n Whistles : A Pen Friend

Paper: MME

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for stopping by and please join us! Stop by at BnW Challenge Blog to see my DT sisters amazing works too!

Hugs,

Elise

Dreamin'

2011-07-13T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all enjoying your summer months .. I know this little cutie here definitely is! I've used Fairy Fond Thoughts and I think she is sitting there day-dreaming of something beautiful. hmmmm .. what could she be thinking of? Maybe a friend that she's going to flutter off to visit .. just to give her friend a that flower and a hug? Even stay awhile to chit chat and share some laughs? :)

Well, here she is:

Thank you for stopping by and visiting, and I do hope you'll come over to Belles 'n Whistles Challenge blog to play with us in "Flowers and Pearls"! Such a fun easy challenge!!

Hugs,

Elise

Something to Look Foward To ....

2011-07-11T21:33:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! I wanted to let you in on something to look forward to ...

WOC and LOTV will be teaming up to have a Christmas in July party at the WOC Blog! It starts next Monday July 18th .. and lasts for a week .. full of Christmas creations! And yes yes yes ... was I ever SO excited when asked to be one of the guest designers for this fabulous party!!! Gotta tell ya .. it's gonna be a WONDERFUL party! So mark your calendars and we'll see you there!

Hugs,

Elise

Butterfly Kisses

2011-07-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

** Update: July 17, 2011 I won Top 3 at Totally Tilda Challenge! Yippeee!!! Thank you so much girls!**

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing wonderfully! We are having some really weird weather here in Vegas .. it is hot and MUGGY!!!! Yuck!!! So sticky and gross! lol!

Last night we tried a pizza place in Summerlin .. it's called Grimaldi's. VERY nice Italian Pizza place and the pizza was .. OMG delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the manager gave us canoli's on the house .. OMGosh .. yum yum yum yum yum!!!!!! I usually don't enjoy canoli's (Italian dessert .. shhhh .. don't tell my father in law that! lol!) .. but wow .. these were just FABULOUS!!!! They were .. magical! lol! If you come across a Grimaldi's .. try it .. you'll love it! :)

Anywaaaaayyyyy .. here's a Tilda card:

I would love to enter this into:

TOMIC: Easel Card

Simon Says Stamp: A Stitch in Time

Totally Tilda: Distressing

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: MME, K&Co, Colorbok

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you SO much for visiting me .. I always look forward to seeing you! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Elise

I Miss You

2011-07-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! Are you all doing anything special for those living here in the states? I think we'll be playing a little bit of fireworks for our little 4 year old .. he's been asking to play with some. :)

I really wanted to get those long dragon fireworks .. you know .. the kind that has like 10,000 or more? (but it's not legal here in Vegas .. shoots!) It starts off going "pop pop pop" and then at the very end it's like a big balled up group of fireworks and it just SLAMS and goes crazy?! SooOooo LOUD! Growing up in Hawaii .. we'd always buy so many of those. My dad would set up 3 long bamboo poles and start 3 at a time. It was so fun! :)

Anyway ... since it's Monday, it starts the beginning of a new Belles 'n Whistles Challenge. Our talented Audhild chose the theme of "Use Flowers and Pearls" .. okay .. now where can you go wrong with that?! You simply can't! Easy peasy and I love the theme!!!

Here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Happy Mail

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thank you so much for stopping by and hope you all have a SAFE and FUN July 4th! Please stop by our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge blog to check out the rest of my DT sisters works .. they are STUNNING!

Before I sign off, I wanted to share with you a wonderful mail that arrived the other day by a dear friend Danielle! She made me a complete album of Tilda's that reflected upon the movie "The Sound of Music" .. and I must tell you .. it is AMAZING!!! Thank you soOooOo much Danielle! I love it!!! I took a picture of just the cover of the album, so to see the entire album please visit her blog here:

DANIELLE'S ALBUM

I'll see ya all soon!

Hugs,
Elise

Each Day is a Gift

2011-07-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Happy July 1st! Whew .. months are just whizzing along here! Before you know it .. it will be Christmas all over again! My gosh!

Well since it's the first of the month, it also means it's time for a new challenge over at CLP! Yayyy! Our amazing Chelsea has provided another gorgeous sketch to play with!!! And we are sponsored by The Beary Scrap for this month .. wooot wooot!!!

Here is my take on the sketch .. I flipped it:

I'd also like to enter this into:
Lili of the Valley: Celebrate

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Papers: Basic Grey

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me and I sure do hope to see you over at CLP to join us!

Hugs,

Elise

True Friends

2011-06-28T23:21:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you are all doing well! I can feel my body slowly regaining energy each day .. and that makes me so happy! I guess the effects of radiation are slowly wearing off and although I still get exhausted, it's not as tiresome as it was the day before. :)

My little boy has been keeping me busy busy busy on my toes. I don't know where this child gets so much energy from .. I think I may need to borrow some of his. lol! He's learning how to swim and having loads of fun now. At first he was so afraid and kept saying, "Mommy please let's cancel these classes. Please cancel." It's so hard to see your child be terrified, but luckily we were told that this reaction is very common for children and to keep doing the classes. So by his 4th lesson .. he was jumping right in there and ready to learn! :)

Anywayyyyyy ... onto my card:

I'd like to enter my card into:

TOMIC: Shimmer and Pearls (Shimmer has been sprayed on all my flowers .. always a must for me! hehe!)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me such sweet comments! See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

2011-06-24T00:08:00.000-07:00

***UPDATE 6/30/11 I came in Top 5 at the TOMIC Challenge! Woot woot! Doing a happy jig! Thank you so much ladies! I am totally ecstatic!!!!***

Hello Friends! How are you all doing? I wanted to just drop in and do a super quick post for a card that I've made recently just for fun.

I would love to enter my card into:
TOMIC: Summer
Just Magnolia: Butterfly Theme (the lovely butterfly stickpin was given to me by a very dear friend! Thank you so much hun!!!)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: Prima

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me! I always look forward and appreciate your kind comments! Hope you're all staying cool wherever you're at! :)

Hugs,

Elise

Do the Impossible

2011-06-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Happy Monday! It's time for another fun Belles 'n Whistles Challenge and our most talented Kathy has given us a challenge of "Wing It" (use wings) on our creation. How sweet is that?!

So, I decided to use the precious Dragonfly Flight Fairy and make a card inspired by 4 different crafters. I really love how these gals use the white acrylic paint to distress and cheesecloth for that shabby touch!!!

Three of these crafters are such wonderful dear friends of mine ... Kathy (how appropriate since it's her challenge .. hehe!!!), Chelsea (with her cheesecloth!), and Bonnie (I knew I had to try it when I saw Bonnie's and it got me so excited! Thanks Bons!!!) And the other crafter that inspired me is a blog I ran across a few weeks ago and was so blown away by her work ... Minna (she doesn't even know I exist .. LOL! But I admire her work tremendously!)

Thank you SO much ladies for your inspiration!!!

Here's my creation:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Dragonfly Flight

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Coloured Pencils with OMS

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do hope you'll join in the fun at Belles 'n Whistles! Have a beautiful day!

Hugs,

Elise

The Sweet Life

2011-06-15T23:22:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Well, it didn't take a "couple" of days to hit triple digits here like I said on my post yesterday. It hit TODAY .. the NEXT day! lol! It got up to 106 degrees today and our poor roses!!! They were so happy in the morning, and then by noon, most of their petals were burnt on the edges. argh!

So I cut whatever ones that were still okay and brought them indoors into a nice pitcher of ice water and they perked right up! Yayyy! :)

Well, here's a card I did just for fun .. and look at all her flowers! hehe! :)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Sarah Kay

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Here's some blooms that I've picked and placed in a pitcher:

Thank you so much for stopping by and making time to visit me! I always enjoy your visits! Hope you're cooler wherever you are! :)

Hugs,

Elise

Just For You

2011-06-14T01:16:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Well, it's getting pretty hot here .. and in a couple days we will be hitting the triple digits. ugh! lol! We were so lucky to be having such beautiful weather up until this point. :)

Anyway, I've had this Tilda for quite some time now, and have finally found a chance to ink her up.

I'd like to enter my card into:

Simon Says Stamp: Let's Get Fruity

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: MME, K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me and your kind comments! Hope you have a wonderful day wherever you are! :)

Hugs,

Elise

Remember When ...

2011-06-08T22:21:00.000-07:00

Hello friends! Hope you are all doing very well! I have some great news to share with you again! Remember I thought I was going to finish my radiation treatments today (Wednesday)? Well, I was surprised to learn that my last day was yesterday!!! Yippppeeeee! Treatments are done!!!! Thank you so much to all of you for giving me your constant love and support on my pink journey ... you've all been so WONDERFUL!!!!

Well, on to my card .. I've decided to make an acrylic card that I've not done for a LONG time! And this time, I turned it into a card you can hang on a door. Hope you like it!

Ohhhh and can you see the slightly blurred roses in the back? Those are only some of the blooms in our backyard .. the batch that I've been waiting so patiently for has FINALLY showed us their beautiful faces!!! sigh ... I LOVE them!!! Here, I'll show you a quick pic of one of the bushes .. this one I'm going to show is called "Nancy Reagan" .. isn't she so beautiful? :)

Alright .. well, I'd love to enter my card into:

TOMIC: A Birthday Card ... Happy Birthday to Pauline!!!! :)

Just Magnolia: Anything Goes with the option of Lace

A Spoon Full of Sugar: Here Comes Summer

Bunny Zoe: Lace

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you SO much for visiting me .. I always enjoy your company and kind comments! Have a WONDERFUL day!

Hugs,

Elise

Friends

2011-06-07T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello there! Hope you're all enjoying the beginning of a new week wherever you are! :) We are getting such a lovely treat in Las Vegas .. the weather here has been wonderful! We'll enjoy it now before it starts hitting 110 - 115 degrees! lol!!!

Today I've made a card using Belles Strawberry Tea. She is so adorable taking such great care of her teddy bear friend. :)

Well, I do hope you'll stop by our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog and join us in our current challenge .. "Use Ribbons or Lace or Both" .. how easy is that? :) We'd love to see you there!

Thank you so much for stopping by .. have a most beautiful day!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Ribbon or Lace or Both

2011-06-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello there! Well, it's my turn to host the challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles and I picked a pretty easy one .. "Use Ribbons or Lace or Both".

Here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Here Kitty Kitty

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

I do hope to see you over at Belles 'n Whistles .. it would make me so happy! Go and check out my DT sisters works .. they're all so amazing!!!! :)

Thank you so much for visiting me .. it means a lot! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend with loved ones!

Big Hugs,

Elise

You're So Sweet

2011-06-03T23:27:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend! :) I have some good news to share .. I've only 3 more radiation treatments to do and then I'm DONE!!! Yipppeeee! Time sure flew by quickly huh?! Seemed like just yesterday I told you all about what my little boy said in the dressing room at my appointment! lol!

Well, here's a card I've done again for fun:

I'd like to enter this into:

Just Magnolia: Anything Goes with the Option of Adding Lace

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: Color Bok

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me such kind comments! Enjoy your weekend!

Hugs,

Elise

CLP June Challenge

2011-06-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! It's already June 1st .. my gosh! Half the year has flown by so quickly! Yikes! Well, you know that the beginning of the month marks a new challenge over at CLP! Yipppeee!

Our amazing Chelsea whips up incredible sketches for everyone to play with month after month .. Thank you Chelsea!!! :) And this month we are sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps .. how cool is that?!

Here's my card using Lil Lolita - Willow.

I hope you will stop by and join us for some fun at CLP! We'd love to see you there! :)

Thank you so much for visiting me .. have a WONDERFUL day!

Hugs,

Elise

Forget Me Not

2011-05-29T00:47:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! I hope you're all having a beautiful weekend! I've finally gotten a chance to use this Tilda. :)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: Prima, K&Co.

Medium: Distress Inks

Hmmm .. this is going to be an extremely short post. :) Thank you so much for visiting me!

Big Hugs,

Elise

Smiling on the Inside

2011-05-25T23:08:00.000-07:00

Hello there! How are you all doing? Hopefully very well! :) I have a card here to share with you, using this sassy hAnglar image. She's definitely not wearing a smile .. but I'm thinking this cutie HAS to be wearing a smile on the inside right?!! hehe!

I would like to enter my card into:

Stamp Something: Beachy Colors

The Fun Stuff:

Image: hAnglar

Papers: MME

Medium: Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me! I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

I'm A Cowgirl Baby!!!

2011-05-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! It's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge! Our sweet Iris is hosting the challenge of "Anything Goes"!!! Yayyyy! I love something as simple as that!

Now I couldn't resist using this darling image of Giddyup Horsey! I think it is ADORABLE! Now at first glance without color, you'd think it was a little boy .. BUT it's NOT! It's a GIRL! And the entire time doing this card, I had Kidd Rock's song in my head .. lol! But instead of "cowboy" .. I kept singing "I wanna be a Cowgirl BABY!!!" hehe! :)

I am also entering this into:
Simon Says Stamp: Sparkle and Shine (I used stickles on all the polka dots on this cute image, and shimmered all of my flowers for sparkle)

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Giddyup Horsey

Papers: Melissa Frances

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

I hope you'll stop on by at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge and have fun with us! Thanks for visiting me and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Bouquet For You

2011-05-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends! Hope you're all having a great week! Well, I squeezed in some time to make my first Lili of the Valley card and I must say, I feel another addiction coming on. lol! Oh gosh, I tried so hard to resist these cuties, but hmmmm ... not possible!

I would like to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley : Here Comes Summer

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I always look forward to your kind comments! Have a WONDERFUL day and enjoy your weekend!

Hugs,

Elise

Swimming by to Say Hi

2011-05-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! How is your weekend coming along? I hope it's great! The weather here has been pretty beautiful. I'm waiting for my next batch of rosebuds to bloom .. they seem to be taking their sweet time. hehe!

One of our rosebushes is called "Rock 'n Roll", and it's supposed to be red and white .. kind of like splatters on a painting ... a very interesting rose indeed. But the buds blossomed and it's only red!!! Where's the WHITE?!!! It's not in there! What's up with that?!!! lol! sigh .. my aunt said that each time it blooms it will be different .. so maybe the next time it blooms it will have red and white. :) *Crossing my fingers* hehe!

Well, here's a card I did for fun:

I'd like to enter this into:

Just Magnolia : Make it Lacy

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs,

Elise

Bouquet of Happiness

2011-05-11T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello there! Hope you're all having a great week so far! Nothing new is going on here .. same 'ol same 'ol. But I did my very fist Sarah Kay stamp! And oh how much I enjoyed colouring her!

Alright that's it! Sweet and simple post .. lol!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Sarah Kay

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me so many kind comments! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Challenge

2011-05-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! It's the start of another challenge week over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog! This time Lynda is giving us the fun challenge of "Using Flowers on a card that is NOT square." Alright, do you want to know that I had a goofy moment when I read the challenge?

I was thinking, "Well, this is easy! I don't have ANY square flowers!" LOL!!! I know you're all thinking, "What?!" Yea, well, that's cause you all don't have goofy thinking like me. haaa! But some minutes later, I was like, "oooooh! Okay!!! The shape of the CARD has to be other than a square!" ... the light goes ON. I felt a little sheepish. :)

Here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Lilypad Dreams from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Paper: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thanks for visiting me and hope you will join us over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog!

Big Hugs,

Elise

Miss Diva

2011-05-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Click here for CLP Birthday Blog Hop Post

Hello Again! Here's my very first hAnglar card! Oh gosh, I had so much fun with this cutie patootie! :)))

Well, in my last post I said I would share a funny story about my little boy. It's a little embarassing .. for me .. but hey .. everyone needs to share some embarassing times right? lol!

Okay, well, my hair has started growing back about hmmmm ... the beginning of April. So, it's growing back ALL over right? hehe .. and I've been going to doctor appointments to no end and I didn't realize that I had my hair growing back under my arms already (sigh .. poor doctors .. and they have to always feel under my arms .. lol!) Until one night in the shower I saw my underarm and I thought, "Ooooh Myyyy Gosssssh!" lmao right? So I shaved it.

Then my little 4 year old boy came with me to one of my radiation appointments. He came in the dressing room with me so I could change into my gown. The waiting room with the rest of the radiation patients is RIGHT outside the door. I literally have to be careful opening the dressing door to not hit a chair. And my little boy does NOT speak quietly .. for your information. lol.

I took my shirt off to change, and all of a sudden he gasps, "MOMMMMMY!!!! What happened to your ARMPIT?!!!!" He sounded like something was so wrong! So I'm freaking out right? And I'm like, "Why?! What?!! What do you see?!!" He yells, "The HAIR is GONE!!!!!! What happened to ALL the hair?!!!" And he was very serious! Can you imagine?!

Okay?!!! LOLOL! I almost never came out of the dressing room!!! I laughed so hard!! Yep, yep yep .. that's my little man ... such a charmer. lol!

Anyways .. here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: hAnglar

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

I am also entering this into:
Just Magnolia : Anything Goes with Option of Stitching

Thanks for stopping by and I hope my story made you smile. :) Have a most wonderful weekend! And HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all of you lovely mom's!!! Get yourself pampered!!! :)

Hugs,

Elise

You Are A Gift

2011-05-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

Click here for CLP Birthday Blog Hop Post

Hello Friends! I've made another card this past week using a Tilda that I've had for a few months now. Gosh these Maggies keep coming out with cute ones each time don't they?! Don't you wish you could own each and every single one?! lol!!!

Well, nothing exciting is happening here .. same ol same ol .. which can be a good thing right?! hehe! I'll share a funny story with you on my next post ... it involves words coming out of my little boy's mouth. ;) uh-oh ...... lol!!! And I've got a hAnglar card to share with you next!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

I'm also entering this into:
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes with option of using something round (I used those little pink balls in my flower clusters? hehe)

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me!!! I love seeing ya!

Hugs,

Elise

A Productive Day of Play

2011-05-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

Click here for CLP Birthday Blog Hop Post

Hello there! Hope you're all well and enjoying the warm Spring days! Do you see flowers blooming in your backyards, hear birds chirping away happily in the shaded trees, lizards out and about enjoying the sun upon their backs on their favorite rock? Ahhhh, the wonderful feelings Spring brings huh? :)

This little cutie here "A Fairy Good Rest" makes me imagine a couple things. One .. she just played out in the sunshine ALL day long chasing dragonflies and butterflies and now she is SO ready for a rest. lol!

Or I imagine her laying on that leaf, slowly twirling her finger in the water below her because her mama told her to take a nap .. and she's thinking, "sigh .. I'm NOT tired. I want to PLAY!" (But look at her! She's definitely sleepy! hehe!) Does your child tell you that? That they're not tired but you know they are?! My little boy says that all the time. :)

Well, thank you so much for visiting me! I hope you all have a beautiful day wherever you are! Don't forget to join us in our current challenge over at our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog .. you have lots of time left to do Anki's beautiful sketch! :)

I am also entering this into:

Stamp Something : Things with Wings :)

Hugs,

Elise

CLP Birthday Blog Hop!

2011-04-30T21:00:00.000-07:00

Hello!!! Welcome to CLP's Birthday Blog Hop! Yayyy! Can you believe it's already been ONE whole year since CLP started it's own challenge blog?! Wow how time flies huh?! lol! I am so honored to be amongst a group of such LOVELY and TALENTED women! And we are now introducing and welcoming our new wonderful DT sisters in this special Birthday Hop! Woot Woot!

Well, this Birthday Hop will run from May 1-6. There will be a Grand Prize of $30 from the one and only Gurlee Girl Store which will be hidden among one of us DT's .. so leave some love at each DT stop! The winner will be announced on May 7th at the CLP Challenge Blog! Easy peasy right? ;)

And since it's May 1st, it's also time for another new sketch created by our amazing Chelsea! Thank you so much Chelsea .. just for EVERYTHING!! This month, we are sponsored by the sweet and precious Belles 'n Whistles .. woot woot!

So for my card, I used Storytime .. ahhh .. she looks so happy sitting and enjoying her book against a tree!

Okay, so you should have come from Maria's blog. Now after mine, you will hop on over to Tanja .. click on her name below: (If you are lost, click on the middle "CLP Sketch Challenge Birthday Blog Hop" button and it will take you to the beginning.

Thanks for hopping and celebrating with us! Good luck to all of you!
Big Hugs,

Elise

Lots of Love

2011-04-26T21:52:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! What?!! Another card?! LOL! Yep yep yep! This one just for fun! ;)

Well, to keep you updated on my progress, I've started radiation therapy today. I will be going every day Monday-Friday for 6 weeks. It seems like a long time, but I know it will fly by and be over before I know it .. time passes quickly. I also wanted to thank all of you so much for giving me such WONDERFUL support and encouragement with your comments, emails and cards ... it truly makes my days brighter!

So I had a blast with this Tilda and I did her up with Distress Inks this time and used my trusty 'ol K&Co Papers! lol! And the Magnolia border die was sent to me from a dear friend .. Thank you SO very very much hun!!!

And I'd like to enter this into:

Stamp Something: Flowers, Buttons and Sparkle

Thank you so much for visiting me!

Love,

Elise

Future Ballerina

2011-04-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello! How was everyone's Easter? Did you all have fun? :) I hope you did!

Well, this Monday is a new challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog! Anki has given us all a beautiful sketch to play with ... Thank you Anki! :)

For my card, I used Fairy Dance. Oh my gosh how I love her too! She's such a sweetie and sOoOo precious!

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Fairy Dance from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Papers: K&Co.

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

I hope you will join us in this fun sketch! Stop by over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog to see my DT sisters beautiful works! :) You'll love it!

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving so many kind comments! Have a most wonderful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Happy Easter!

2011-04-22T21:28:00.000-07:00

Hello! Are you all ready for Easter? Doing anything special? I think I'll be putting little goodies in some plastic eggs and hiding them in the backyard for my little boy. And then he also picked out a Star Wars Egg Coloring Kit .. I think it's more like stickers of something of that sort that you wrap around the egg? hmmm .. I've never done that kind before, so it should be fun! :)

Here's something I did using last year's collection of Maggies:

Image: Magnolia

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

I wish you all a WONDERFUL Easter and enjoy your family and friends! :) Thank you so much for stopping by to visit me!

Love,

Elise

Welcome CLP's Newest Members!

2011-04-19T22:46:00.000-07:00

Hello! CLP has brought in a bunch of WONDERFUL new DT's! Woot Woot!! I'm going to copy and paste most of what was on the announcement post .. just because Chelsea did is SO beautifully! hehe!

Our Design Team consists of Bonnie, Chelsea, Elise, Hege, Lori and Stephanne who have been there from the start of the Challenge Blog.

Now we would like to welcome our new Team Members...Dunja, Eulanda, Maria, Randi, Tanja and Yvonne!

A big warm welcome to our group ladies!!!

Our CLP family consist of 12 Designers who will inspire you to join our Monthly Sketch Challenge.

Click on their name to visit their Blog...

It's time to celebrate!!!

In addition to welcoming our new members, we are also having a Birthday Blog Hop!

CLP Challenge blog is now in it's second year!!!

Thanks to all our wonderful Sponsors, our amazing Designers, and of course...YOU...our wonderful player.

Don't forget to mark your calendar (May 1 - 6) and hop along with us.

Don't forget to take part in our current Challenge.

We look forward to another wonderful year with you all.

Thank you for all the wonderful support.

Thank you for visiting and we all can't wait for you to join us in our future challenges and right around the corner blog hop!

Hugs,

Elise

Make A Wish

2011-04-17T20:57:00.000-07:00

Hello! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I had a lot of fun with my hubby and little boy planting more rose bushes in our backyard! :) ahhhh .. I can't wait to see the full blooms and smell the sweet fragrance of these beauties!

Well, I've made a Birthday Box in my post today! Birthdays have a new meaning for me now .. it's a lot more special than before. ;) I will NEVER take another birthday for granted any longer ... I will CELEBRATE it .. to celebrate LIFE! Funny how it took having breast cancer to really make me LOOK at things and appreciate things to every extent of my life. But I'm HERE to celebrate TONS more Birthdays! Yipppeee! hehe!

Enough rambling, here's my box .. lol!

I'm entering this box into:

1. Just Magnolia : Happy Birthday

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia Tilda

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me so many kind comments! Each and every one of you makes me smile!

Love,

Elise

Spring Is Here

2011-04-14T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello! I wanted to show you a card that I made with my new Stempelglede "Vintage Garden" set that my dear friend Christina sent to me .. THANK YOU so much Christina!!!! Oh gosh, I had a LOT of fun with this and I can't wait to play with the rest of this set! I loooove it!!!

Ahhhh, do you see signs of Spring where you're at? Here in Vegas it's getting warmer and we have a couple rose bushes that have given such sweet flowers to enjoy ... yayyy!

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me sweetness! Hope you have a great rest of the week!

Hugs,

Elise

My Friend

2011-04-11T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello! Did you all have fun at the Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop?! The new release were all cuties weren't they?! :)

This week at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog, our lovely Kathrin is giving us the challenge of using the colors "Blue, Green and White". This was a first for me, I've never thought about that color combo, and I actually had fun with it!!!

I made a tag using Garden Friends .. aren't they sweet? hehe! Hey!!! Did you notice something on this tag?!!! NO FLOWERS!!!! Woohooo .. that's another FIRST for me! :) lol!

Alrighty, I do hope you'll pop on over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog and join in on the fun! Stop on by and check out my wonderful DT sisters creations!

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving so many beautiful comments! Makes me happy!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop!!! New Release!

2011-04-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

***UPDATE*** April 8, 2011: Winner for my BnW hop on my blog is .....
Marion!!!!!!!!!!! Please contact me and let me know if you would like "A Blossom for You" or "A Fairy Nice Flower".
Thank you everyone who participated in our fun BnW release!!!

Welcome to Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop which features a new and exciting release .. "SweetArt Girls & Fairy Friend Collection"! They are FAB-U-LOUS!!!! If you arrived here from Lilian's spectacular blog, then you are on the right course. (Doesn't Lilian totally ROCK?!!!) If you've not come from Lil's blog, then you may want to start from the beginning at Belles 'n Whistles, and leave a comment at every person's blog because there are PRIZES to be won!!!

Here's the blog hop order to help you along the way:

Lynda

Iris

Lilian

Elise (me .. you're here)

Do you recognize the wonderful images from the "SweetArt Girls"? Yes! They were the old Sugar Nellie images that got discontinued and Belles 'n Whistles have adopted these lovelies!

I have chosen to show "A Blossom For You" & "A Fairy Nice Flower" .. sigh .. let me tell you .. I had SO much fun with these cuties! I love them .. ALL!!! lol!

"A Fairy Nice Flower"

"A Blossom For You"

Alright, so let me give you the lowdown:

~ Stamps are available for purchase starting TODAY April 6th .. click here to purchase

~ ONE winner from EACH blog will win a stamp of their choice from the stamps we showcase

example: one winner from my blog will either choose to receive "A Blossom For You" OR "A Fairy Nice Flower"

~ One randomly chosen winner from Belles 'n Whistles comment section in the blog hop will receive a gift certificate for .... $65 whopping dollars!!!! Wowowow!!! That is ONE lucky duck!

Winners will be announced April 8th!!!

Okay so on to your next stop to enjoy her fabulous creations .. it's Aud! Have fun and enjoy yourself! Good luck to all of you!

Thank you so much for joining us in our spectacular Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop!!!

I would also love to enter these into:
Simon Says Stamp : Spring Colors or Easter Creations

Big Hugs,

Elise

Walk With Me

2011-04-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! How have you all been doing? I hope you're all very well and enjoying your days!

It's the 1st day of April, and Chelsea has created another brilliant sketch to play with over at CLP! Once again Gurlee Girl Store will be our sponsor this month!!! Wooohooo!!!

Here's my creation:

The Fun Stuff:

Image: Magnolia
***You can buy your favorite Magnolia stamps from Gurlee Girl Store!!! All the Maggie's are only $11.95!!! And she even has some of the NEW Butterfly Collection in stock!!!***

Papers: K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

I am also entering my card into:
Just Magnolia : Anything Goes with the Option of Buttons

I hope you'll all stop by and join us at CLP!!! Go on over to see my fabulous DT Sisters creations! You won't be disappointed!

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me so many kind comments! And also .. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your lovely support and your wonderful emails that make me happy! I'm still not able to do quite a few things, I'm not able to reach far, lift my arms too high and I don't have my complete strength back yet .. but I'm getting better every day! Yayyyy! I'll see ya again soon!

Love,

Elise

CLP DT Call Out

2011-03-28T20:16:00.000-07:00

Hi Ya! Wanted to share some info with all of you .. CLP is looking for new DT members to join us in the fun!

Here's some info I copied and pasted from CLP Challenge Blog:

Crafting Life’s Pieces (CLP) Designer Search

Ends: April 15, 2011

Term: May 2011-May 2012

Our CLP designers are looking for creative, enthusiastic, and committed artists to join our Design Team. We are a monthly Sketch Challenge blog, if you love crafting and want to be a part of our Design Team, please apply.

This is such an easy going bunch of girls to be with, and Chelsea is such a delight to "work" for. hehe! :) Everyone on the team is absolute sweethearts!

Go to CLP Challenge Blog for more complete information! :)

Hugs,

Elise

Basket Full of Love

2011-03-21T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Hope you're all doing very well! This is something that I've gotten ready prior to surgery.

I've been doing very well since surgery! I am still not able to do the "normal" things .. I can't lift my arms, reach out, carry anything .. but thank goodness I am able to at least type on my laptop which my sweet hubby helps put on my lap. hehe! I can't wait to get back to doing things like .. hugging and cuddling my little boy, showering (phewee! lol!), cooking, crafting, and yes ... believe it or not .. cleaning too! I know in due time I will be able to do those things .. I just really miss it right now.

But I do have some WONDERFUL news to share with all of you! My surgeon informed me that my pathology report came back clean!!! All of the 8 lymph nodes that they removed showed NO cancer cells!!! Woot woot! My doctor told me that they were all so very pleased at how well I responded to chemotherapy! Yayyy!

Okay, so remember I purchased some distress re-inkers during Thanksgiving? Well, I finally played with them prior to surgery! I think I may be in love with Distress Inks! lol!

Here she is!!!

I know I still have a lot of learning to do with those distress inks .. but that's the fun part of it eh?! ;)

Thanks SO much to ALL of you! Your supportive comments, beautiful emails and encouraging words .. they give me so much happiness! You have all warmed my heart and I can't thank you enough!!

Love and Warm Hugs,

Elise

Togetherness

2011-03-14T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hey Friends! This is one of the scheduled posts I'm doing prior to surgery and a card that I have ready for you. This week at Belles 'n Whistles, our sweet and talented Jodi is giving us the wonderful challenge of "Anything to Celebrate Spring" .. whether it be colors, embellishments .. etc. How easy and fun is that?!

I love the coming of Spring ... signifies starting fresh, newness, birth .. all wonderful things!!! And this is a perfect theme for me don't ya think? ;)

For this card, I used pastel colors and lots of flowers to celebrate Spring. I also used this beautiful image Baking with Nana. I love this image, as it's so versatile to use ALL year round!

Please come on over and join us in our Spring Celebration creations at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog! The random winner gets to choose a stamp of their choice from Belles 'n Whistles Store!

Thank you for visiting me and my gosh, thank you SO much for all of your WONDERFUL support!!!! I appreciate all of your encouraging words!! Please know that I'll visit your blogs as soon as I am well enough to hop on a computer! :)

Love,
Elise

See You in a While Crocodile!

2011-03-07T13:21:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends! Just wanted to drop a few lines ... I'll be heading into surgery March 9th, Wednesday. Whew .. can you believe surgery time is here already?! Gosh!! I don't know what I feel .. lots of emotions going on in my head, but anxious to get it all done and over with. ;) Sometimes the reality of breast cancer just hits me like a load of bricks but sigh ... I REFUSE to let cancer stay or come back into my life!!! My little 4 year old boy told me that God will "crash" my cancer and he will "lock it up forever." ;) Aren't children so pure and true and have a way with words to make you smile?

I'll be scheduling a few posts here on my blog for the next few weeks ... so that you won't forget me. LOL! I don't know how long it will take for me to recover from surgery, but I guaranty that the moment I am well enough to hop on a computer .. I sure will!!!! hehe!

In the meantime .. keep smiling sisters!!! And I can't wait to come back to blogland to see all of your incredible creations!!! See you in a while crocodile!!! :) hehe!

Love,

Elise