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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

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

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

*** 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

*** 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

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'

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 ....

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

** 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

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

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