Girly Girl

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

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

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

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

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!!!

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

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

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

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

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