Saturday, June 15, 2013

Sittin' Here Thinking of You ...

** Update:  Thank you SO very much Deep Ocean Challenge and also A Creative Romance!!!!  I am truly honoured to be chosen as one of your Top 3!!  Yayyyy!!  Big Hugs to you all!**

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all off to a beautiful weekend!

My little Bodhi has started his Summer Break .. and we'll have loads of time to spend together until end of August!  :)  We've already gotten in some fun play time .. swimming, water balloons, mini-golfing, library, movies ... so far he's having a blast not having to go to school.  LOL .. who can blame him right?  Nice for him to stay up late and get up later too.  :)  And he sure is keeping me busy busy busy .. I swear this little guy has SO much energy .. he could hold a lightbulb and it would turn on.  haha!!!

Anyways, have you all headed over to Lili of the Valley and ordered the AMAZING new release?!!  Oh my gosh right?!  So many of them, and ALL so GORGEOUS!!!  Many sheets have sold out already, but no worries, no worries ... they'll be back in stock on June 20th.  :)

For today's card, I've done some masking.  For the main image, I've stamped "Set 54 Vintage Backs - Sweet Serenade" Photo image.  Then, I added this little darling girl "Emma Swing" in there.  Also, that word "Souvenir" above Emma Swing is from "Set 53 Vintage Backs - Flora and Fauna".  (I just inked over the "Souvenir" word on the stamp .. and placed it right in that space.)  These vintage stamps are clear .. so you can see where you want it to be!  :)

I've also added "Set 46 Background Bits - Notes" .. the musical sheet stamp and placed it like a piece of ephemera with a little clip in the background..

There is just an endless amount of possibilities with these new stamps .. you can take bits and portions of it to stamp it where you want.  Or you can use the entire image ... it's totally up to what you want!  Crazy sweet right?!





Also, my fabulous DT Sisters has so much GORGEOUS inspiration for you on their personal blogs, as well as on LOTV's Inspirational Blog too!  Check them out .. they are AMAZING!

I would love to enter my card into:
Deep Ocean Challenge:  For a Girl
Bunny Zoe:  Wings (my little wooden bird up at the top)
A Creative Romance:  Anything Goes

And don't forget that this month at LOTV's Monthly Challenge .. the theme is SO easy!  "Use a Sentiment".  Please join in for the fun!

Okay, thank you so much for sticking with me through this long post.  lol!!!

Thank you SO very much for visiting me and taking the time to leave me comments .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Elise


23 comments:

Chris said...

Hi Elise,
Your card is sooo pretty, I received my stamps yesterday and love, love, love them. I'm going to play with them all day today.
Enjoy the summer holidays.
Chris X

Annette said...

She's so pretty Elise. I've not noticed this image before in the store, but she's so sweet. Beautifully coloured and photographed as always. Stunning.
Have a lovely weekend.
Hugs
Annette
xx

Maria Therese said...

Gorgeous gorgeous sweetie ♥

Carol S. said...

Hi Elise, This is stunning and amazing inspiration. My stamps arrived yesterday and hope to use them this weekend. I got 4 sets and one is the lady tags, so have loads to choose from!:-). Have a great weekend and enjoy every moment with your son. Before you know it, he will be going to work! Hugs, Carol S.xx

Marjolein said...

Gorgeous card, colouring and embellies!!
Love how you did the masking!
Very romantic card!
Bye from the Netherlands,

Marjolein

Dena said...

OMG! Great minds think alike, this is what I wanted to do with that photo stamp!! hee hee! Perfect compliment to our sweet stamps huh? I looooooooooove how yours turned out Elise, what a divine creation!!! Oh, your coloring is soooo PRETTY!! The embellishments are absolutely spot on too! You know......I have a birthday in February hahahaha! Save it for me ok? I need to frame it and stare at it I love it so much! haha!
Have a wonderful day with Bodhi, I'm so glad you guys are having a great summer so far!!!
Hugs, Dena

Sue said...

WOW! Elise, this is stunning. I love how you have combined the images to set such a beautiful scene. Your colouring of the sweet girl is wonderful and your detailing is gorgoeus.
I'm glad you are enjoying the summer with your little boy, it sounds like he is keeping you busy but in a very nice way!
hugs Sue xx

Lorraine said...

This is gorgeous Elise. I love the way you've combined the stamps, they look like they were made to go together.
Enjoy the hols and have lots of fun with Bhodi.
My two don't finished until the end of July :-(
Have a lovely weekend
Lorraine x

Jacqui's little piece of England said...

Absolutely beautiful Elise love your colouring
jacqui xx

Unknown said...

Enjoy with your little Bodhi! Cari is so adorable! Beautiful image, papers and embellishments as always.
Jasmina

Louise said...

Wow gorgeous card,thank you for joining us at A Creative Romance.
Louise xx

Eulalia said...

Wowowowowonderful!!! Elise your card is truly amazing, full of details, fabulous colouring.... and I love LOTV stamps.
Great Elise, a little big masterpiece!
xoxoxo Eulalia

Lou said...

Hi! there sweet Elise,well I really don't know what to say :) except this is truly*** gorgeous*** the colours are so pretty and I really love how you have used the new stamps.Amazing detail too,oh bless that is so much to do in your first week and I would think it didn't take you long to get to sleep at night :)
Bless it's lovely no school for Bodhi,Soph has finished today and so glad all her exams are over( George has a few weeks to go yet).
BIG hug,enjoy your week Elise.
Lou.xxxxxx



Unknown said...

A card to fall in love with! I really love your cute style and your play with so much embellishments!

Shirley N said...

So nice that you're having a fun summer with Bodhi! Elise, your cards just keep getting better and better, always a work of art. This one is GORGEOUS. Amazing job Elise!!!

Tess Ekwall said...

hi elise!! i love your creation. the colours is just lovely!! and i love this image, is super cute and your colouring are amazing! absolutely stunning!! hugs, tess.

Sarah - Crea S said...

So I saw your work at the Noor! Design blog. And I have to say, my mouth wouldn't shut. My, my, my such pieces of art you make!
This is a new one, but when I saw this I knew it was from the same hand! Really adore your work!
Enjoy the rest of your day!
Love,
http://littlecreass.blogspot.be/

Valentina Pagan said...

Hi Elise! ^_^
You're great, create the sensational card!
Thank you so much for joining my followers!
Vale ;)

Danielle Champagne said...

Goodness Gracious... what can I say, this is beyond beautiful. I saw it on FB, did not have time to come over here to comment. here I am, and I have no words. Sweet Elise, the combination of those 2 images is PERFECT. it creates a scenery so romantic, your whole card breathes romance. I love it all. Hugs.

Liz's creative corner said...

Wow this is gorgeous, love how you've done the image and such gorgeous colours and detail too, thanks too for sharing with us at Deep Ocean, hugs Liz xx

Jenny said...

Goodness this is stunning! So beautiful, you are just sooooo talented lovely xxx

sara said...

what is there to say !! amazingly beautiful as always elise thanks so much for joining us at Bunnyzoes this month
hugs sara x x

Juls said...

wow wow wowzer!! this is stunning!!! Hugs Juls