To A Special Friend

Hello Friends!  Hope you're having a lovely weekend!

I wanted to share another tag that I've made using one of the new Lili of the Valley Geisha Girls .. aren't they just so darling?!  For those living in the UK, some of you lucky ones have already gotten to visit the actual Lili of the Valley store on Friday (gosh what lucky gals you are!!!).  Then the online release of these beautiful Geisha Girls will be Oct. 1st .. pretttttttty soOooOn!  Yayyy!  :)

Kay, so for this tag I used this pretty Lili of the Valley Geisha girl, some butterflies that I cut and placed where I wanted, the lovely scroll, and sweet "Petal Fresh" papers.  All of these which you will find at your one stop, shop till you drop Lili of the Valley store.  :)

Hope you'll have fun doing your online shopping!  Treat yourselves .. you deserve it!!!  :)

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

Hugs,
Elise

Thank You So Much ...

Hello Friends!  Hope you are enjoying your week and gearing up for the weekend.  :)

Have you been enjoying the new Lili of the Valley Geisha's you've been seeing on my fabulous DT sisters blogs?!  They're SO darling aren't they?  For the lucky ones living in the UK .. you'll be able to go to the gorgeous Lili of the Valley store and enjoy them first thing Friday Sept. 28th and also take part in 'The World's Biggest Coffee Morning' event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support!  So AWESOME!!!

For those that won't be able to make it to the actual Lili of the Valley store in Leeds, you can place your orders online at the Lili of the Valley webstore beginning October 1st.  WoooOohooOo!

For today, I'm using another precious Geisha girl and have added a bird on the branch above her and a butterfly on the side.  These little elements will also be in the new launch to create your own little scenery, so don't forget to treat yourselves to those as well!  :)  I also added the "Thank you so Much" sentiment on the scroll .. many more sentiments will be released so you can place different sentiments in your scroll.  Cool huh?!  And then I used the super sweet "Petal Fresh" and "Bonnets and Bowties" papers from Lili of the Valley as well!  :)

I truly love your visits and for all of the kind comments that you leave me .. thank you so much!  Have a wonderful day and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV's "Cho" ...

Hello there!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

As you've all probably noticed from my fabulous DT sisters .. there is a new Lili of the Valley release coming out on October 1st!  (Well, if you're lucky and live in the UK .. you'll get to see them on Sept. 28th in Leeds at the opening of their new area upstairs).  Gosh, I wish I could fly there in a wink!!!  Wouldn't that be so fun?!!!  I would LOVE to walk into Lili of the Valley's store and adore everything in there!!!

They're also taking part in the 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.  I'm all for that too!!!  That's AWESOME!!! :)

SooOooO .. the new Little Geisha release .. me oh my oh me oh MY!!  They are absolutely ... DAR-LING!  Totally in love yet again!

I made a card with the lovely "Cho" which is Japanese for 'butterfly'.  Then I added element stamps that you will be able to purchase also!!!  A little cherry blossom branch on the side and a couple butterflies around her.  And I added one of their scroll sentiment stamps on the top corner.  There will be a LOT more element and sentiment stamps .. so many beautiful things you will be able to create with them!!!  sigh ... LoOoOve it!!!

So get ready on Oct. 1st for the new Lili of the Valley Geisha release at their online store!  I'll tell you now ... Crazy sweet once again!!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Dreaming of a White Christmas

Hello Friends!  Hope you all had a great week and getting ready for the weekend.  :)

I've a card to show you that I made with "Winter Fairy" coloured with Distress Inks, and a my heart tag has the Christmas Grunge Sentiment .. "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" .. all which you can find at the lovely Lili of the Valley Store.

Aren't these LOTV images so DARLING and SWEET?!  I can't even begin to tell you how much I love them!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise



The Rebel in Me ...

Hello friends!  Hope you are all doing well!

Yesterday, I wanted to take a picture of Max to show you how he's grown.  He's getting to be a big boy!

Well, the little "photo session" of mine turned Max into a bit of a confused Rebel for a bit.  LOL.

First up:

My request, "Max, come here boy!"

Response to owner:  SIT & STAY PUT no matter how many times she asks me to come over.

Max finnnnnallly decides to mosey on over into the room.

My next request, "SIT"

Response to Owner:   I was JUST sitting for her by the door when she kept calling me to come over .. and now she wants me to sit AGAIN?!  Puh-lease!  I'll just do "BANG" instead.

Kay so I FINALLY get Max to "sit" on request to take a quick pic, and he's sloOoOwly making his way back to laying down .. Max's thoughts, "I'm so tired of playing this game ..."

Now my request which always gains him a treat for sure, "BANG!"

Response to Owner, "Whhaaat?  Are you SERIOUS?!!!  I am always ONE STEP AHEAD OF YOU WOMAN!  I already did that like 10 minutes ago!!  Remember when you kept asking me to SIT?!!  Now stop playin' and gimme my treat!!!"

Well ... honestly ... Max WAS right.  lol!  He did do everything one step ahead of me, must've been reading the signs flashing in my brain.  Don't you love the way pets always know what you want?  hehe!  Needless to say, Max got his Pumpkin Apple treat and loved it.  :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise



Warm Winter Wishes

Hey Friends!  Hope you are all enjoying a great week!

Autumn begins on Saturday!!!  Yayyyy!  The holidays are once again rolling 'round the corner!  :)

For todays card, I used "Christmas Angel - Round Bauble" coloured with Prisma Color Pencils along with the lovely crisp "Frosty Christmas" papers, and also added a Warm Winter Wishes sentiment from the "Christmas Handwritten Phrases" set.   All from your one stop, shop till you drop Lili of the Valley store!  :)

Thank you so much for visiting me .. love it when you do!  Have a beautiful day and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Snowflake Christmas Tags .. LOTV

Hello Friends!  Hope you all had a lovely weekend!  It flew by didn't it?

Bodhi and I got up extra early on Sunday .. he had to sing at Chapel for school. :)  It's so amazing watching my little just turned 6 year old boy grow up in front of my eyes and he's getting more and more independent.  After Chapel, we went to the Book Fair, and all the books that I wanted to get for him .. he did NOT want.  LOL!!! 

 I really wanted to get a cute Christmas book about Santa.  Gorgeous illustrations, sounded fun and quirky .. but he gravitated all toward factual books about snakes, spiders, planets ... which we already have a ton of at home.  So, I put my choice back on the shelf.  But that Santa book was so cute .. I think I'm going to sneak and get it for him tomorrow anyways.  hahahahaha!!!!  He will still get his other factual books anyway, so I'll just "slip in" my choice to the order.  LOL!

Speaking of Christmas ... I made these Snowflake Tags using "Furry Festive Friends" from Lili of the Valley.  I'm going to use them with a few of my gifts this year, just attach one of these with string and in the back write a little message.  :)

Hope you're all getting your orders placed with Lili of the Valley ... they're irrisistable aren't they?!  Spoil yourself .. you deserve it!  hehe!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!  Wishing you a lovely day!

Hugs,
Elise

O' Christmas Tree

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all having a lovely week!  We've finally had another storm yesterday .. loud thunder, dark skies and heavy rain .. OooOh how I loved it!  And now today, the temperature is beautiful.  :)  Love how the storms bring in the cool weather!

Anyway, I made a card using Lili of the Valleys "Christmas Star" from the first Christmas release this year.  OoOoH I just LOVE her (well, I say that about all of the images from Lili of the Valley right?!  lol!  But it's so true!)

Papers:  The Paper Studio

Medium:  Distress Inks

I'd also love to enter this into:

7 Kids College Fund:  Easy as 1, 2, 3 ...

Bunny Zoe's:  Distressing

All of the Christmas images & sentiments are in stock once again at Lili of the Valley  .. so it would be a great time to treat yourselves to your desires now!  :)  Happy Shopping!  hehe!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!  Don't forget to stop by LOTV Inspirational Blog and check out my FABULOUS DT sisters works!  They are absolutely inspiring!!!

Hugs,

Elise

A Day to Remember

Hi Friends!  Hope you are all enjoying your weekend and relaxing with loved ones.  :)

Can you believe Autumn is right around the corner?  Gosh, and before you know it .. Winter will be here once again and the beginning of a new year as well. 

Well, I've gotten to play with this darling Sylvia Zet image which I truly enjoyed:

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

I'd also love to enter this into:

7 Kids College Fund:  Anything Goes

***Update:  WoOoOHoooo!  Won Top 3 at 7kidscollegefund!  Thank you so very much ladies!***

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

Hugs,

Elise

Let It Snow

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all doing very well and enjoying the start of September!

My family came to visit from Hawaii ... love it when they visit but hate it when they leave.  :)  I can never get enough of them, and I'm trying to convince ALL of them to move here.  lol!!!  My little boy ... Bodhi ... surely misses them TERRIBLY as well.  Loads of tears at bedtime (for the both of us LOL!) .. saying he really misses Grandpa.  Hopefully they will all be back sooner than we think.

Well, I made a card using that cutie patootie "Snow Cute" and "Christmas Grungy Messages" from Lili of the Valley's newest release.  And I used all 3 of the new beautiful Christmas Paper Pads .. a little bit of each from "Krafty Christmas", "Classic Christmas" and "Frosty Christmas"!

Medium:  Prisma Coloured Pencils w/OMS

Well, I hope you all have a lovely week wherever you are.  Thank you SO very much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See you again soon.  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Adore

Hello there!  Hope you are all doing well!

It's time for another CLP challenge with a great sketch, here's my card:

I've used "Sweet Dreams" from Belles 'n Whistles Store.  Sadly, Belles 'n Whistles is closing it's doors and everything is on clearance right now.  I have such fond memories of these images, I fell in love with them back in 2009 when I first started blogging and they still tug at my heart when I look at them.

Papers:  Lili of the Valley  "Bonnets and Bowties"  (isn't it soOOoO sweet?!!)

Medium:  Distress Inks

Thank you for visiting me today and I hope you'll come and join us at CLP!!

Hugs,

Elise