If Friends Were Flowers .. I'd Choose You ...

Hey Ya's!  Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Well, I've made this card a few weeks ago with this darling "James Daisy" from Lili of the Valley coloured with Distress Inks.  I've also stamped alongside the image with one of the images from "Set 66 Grunge Elements".

Also, the beautiful white laces and the darling corner die are from dear friends .. thank you so very very much girls!  I love them!

OoOoh and don't 'cha know .. guess what is being released at Lili of the Valley at UK noon time?  Yuuuuup!  These goodies here!!!!!!!!!  ...  

Hmmmmm .. do you feel the need to spoil yourselves???????  Why yes!!!  You most certainly should!  hehe!  ;)  Go to the LOTV webshop and ... HAVE FUN!!!  ;)

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

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley Blog Hop!!!

Good morning everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Time for another Lili of the Valley design team blog hop and today we’re giving you some inspiration for using their latest products which will be available to buy on the website from midday (UK time) on Monday 24^th February.

There are 6 gorgeous paper pads, 5 new art pads and also another set of the popular sentiments tags for all your family members. 

Just ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each post, hopefully we can give you lots of ideas along the way!

As always we have some hidden prizes, we don’t know where they are so do be sure to visit and comment on every blog.  We will let you know on Monday morning which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on those blogs. 

We have a full set of the 6 new papers to give away, 2 lucky winners will each get 3 pads

...and there will be a 3^rd prize of a set of the new family tag sentiment stamps.

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part, and remember that you will need to visit them all and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning;

  

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Debbie
Dena
Elise ... you are here  :)

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Mary J

Mindy

Here’s my card using "Father Knows Best" papers along with a tag from "Set 51 - Tags Monsieur":

Next stop is the BEAUTIFUL Fleur and if you get lost you can start again at the beginning and pick the links up from there.

Finally, don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog on Monday morning when you can find out who the lucky winners were of the prizes before the new products go on sale!

Enjoy the hop everyone, good luck!

Hugs,

Elise

Happy Valentines Day ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all doing very well and getting ready for a special Valentines Day!

My family has come into town and gave Bodhi a surprise .. as we've been keeping this a secret from him again!  hehe!  And boy!  He was SO surprised!  :)  We had SUCH a happy little boy .. and we LOVED seeing his little face full of excitement and delight!  :)

Well, as you know, Lili of the Valley has come up with more GORGEOUS papers!  There are 6 new paper pads from LOTV & Raspberry Road .. and they are yummmmmmy!   They will be available on LOTV's web store on Feb 24th at midday!  Yayyyy!

I've made a card using the BEAUTIFUL "Heartfelt" papers and the blue paper on the banner is actually from the LOVELY "Baskets & Bunnies" stack.  :)

Please don't forget to visit my Beautiful DT Sisters personal blogs as well as LOTV's Inspirational Blog to see their GORGEOUS creations!!!  

Thank you so very much for visiting me .. and I wish you all a very HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!  Enjoy your long weekend and hope it's filled with a lot lot lot of luuuurrrve!  ;)  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV's Newest Paper Release!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all having a beautiful start to your week!

Well, I'm sure you've all heard by now .. Lili of the Valley is releasing more GORGEOUS lines of paper!!!  ;)  It is exclusive to Craft and Create for a bit, but will be available at LOTV'S online webshop on February 24th at midday!!!  They are sOoOoO pretty!

The lovely paper stack that I've used for this card is called "Baskets & Bunnies" and I've used the True Love stamp from "Set 42 - Congratulations".

All the ruffles, butterflies, heart border, bows and banner .. it's all made from this beauuuutiful paper line. I found such a FABULOUS tutorial on how to do the paper ruffles from this lovely blog here.  Her name is Clare.  :)

Yummy papers right?  It's perfect for your Easter projects coming up!

And please don't forget to visit my Beautiful DT Sisters personal blogs as well as LOTV's Inspirational Blog to see their GORGEOUS creations!!!

Also one more thing .. hehe!  LOTV's new Monthly Challenge is "Name That Tune!" .. come and give it a try!  And LOTV also has a new  Sketch Page if you ever want a sketch idea to follow!  How awesome is that?!!!

Thank you so much for coming to visit me .. I really love it when you do!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

The Ribbon Girl .. Romance ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all having a beautiful weekend!

It's time for a new Lovely Lili Challenge over at the Ribbon Girl!  And this time .. the theme is "Romance".  :)  Yes, it's that special time of the year again when Love is floating all around!

So, I decided to use this beautiful Lili of the Valley image called "Love Balloon" along with "Set 65 Quotables Love" on the tag which I thought fit perfectly with this image since he's whispering into her ear.  ;)

I've been lucky to use a lot of the Ribbon Girls yummy goodies from their beautiful store!  Such as:  ZigZag Cotton Lace, Edwina Lace, Teresa Lace, Diamante Pearl & Trim, Pale Pink Faux Silk, Cheesecloth, Stickles, Kort & Godt Rolled Roses, Large Rosebud, and Wooden Heart.  On the Ribbon Girl store site, there is a "Search" box on the right sidebar, and you can type in any of the names I wrote .. and it'll take you straight to the item.  ;)

I hope you'll come on over to the Ribbon Girl Challenge Blog and join in on the fun!  Also, my teammies always create such GORGEOUS pieces and I know you'd love to go check them out!!!  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

A Special Drink ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I had a weekend filled with my little Bodhi's Karate testing (which is always so enjoyable to watch all the little kiddo's do their thing!  Soooo cute!), watching the Super Bowl (OMGosh .. so stressful .. hahahaha!) and making rainbow loom bracelets with little Bodhi.  

Do you all know what the Rainbow Loom thing is?  Holy Smokes, I think I must've helped Bodhi make about 20 bracelets in a matter of 2 weeks!  LOL!  There's so many different patterns to make, and they're really cute for the kids (adults too I hope .. cause I have to wear mines!  hehe!)  And we've been making for Grandma, Grandpa, cousins, friends .. wow wow wow .. I mentioned to a friend that I may have to hide the loom for a few days!  lol!!!

Annnnyway .. I wanted to show you a little something I've made using a Starbucks cup for a dear Birthday Gift!  She's already rec'd it .. so I can show you!  :)

One night I went to put something in our recycle bin and saw my empty Starbucks cup and I said, "Hey!  I could put things in there to make it look like a colorful drink!"  So, I went to my favorite Starbucks store and got some new cups and here's what I came up with:

I wrote on the little chalkboard .. but it doesn't show up in the photo .. And I wish I had grabbed a straw so I could have placed it inside too!

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

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV Blog Candy Every Day!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!

I have some EXCITING news for you and you're gonna LOVE it!  Lili of the Valley will be having blog candy every day on the LOTV Inspirational Ideas Blog starting Monday!  Wow wow wow!  Now how AMAZING is that?!!!!!  Get your runnin' shoes on cause I can see you all headed that way to win gorgeous goodies every day!!!!!!  hehe!  ;)

Here's a little banner you can place upon your blogs too so you can remind yourselves and your friends to have a try at some fun candy!  :)

See you all again soon!

Hugs,

Elise