Sweet Friendship

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all having a wonderful week so far!  I have some great news to share with you .. I finished my last chemo treatment on Feb. 1st!!!  Yayyy!  This last one was pretty tough, it kept getting rougher each time.  But hip hip hooray .. if everything goes well .. it's my LAST one!!! 

In the meantime, I've been trying to work on things here and there before each treatment when I had my "good" days.  I finally finished a card tonight for a dear childhood friend of mine.

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Elisabeth Bell

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils and OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me and always leaving a smile on my face.  All of you have been so wonderful in supporting me with your emails, snail mails, and encouraging comments.  I appreciate you so much!

Hugs,

Elise

My Very First DT Card!

Hi Friends!  How are you this lovely day?  I hope everything is well and dandy!!!

Well, as you know, I am completely HONORED and giddy beyond delight to be a part of the CLP Design Team and this is my very first card as a DT Member!  Yippppeeee!  Now, if you've not gone to see the CLP Challenge Blog, please go and stop by to see what's in store for you all!  You'll be so glad you did!  Every month, the sweet and talented Chelsea will hold a montly sketch challenge ... and must I say?  Her sketches totally ROCK!!!!

It's a fun place to hang out and meet other wonderful sweet crafters ... soooooo ... I hope you'll join in on the excellent fun!  This months sponsor for CLP Challenge is a generous $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!  So you definitely don't want to miss out on this!

Come on!  Join in on the fun at CLP Challenge!  I promise you'll have a great time!  :)  You have an entire month to create something ... and if you need some inspiration ... whew!  My fellow DT's are SMOKIN' HOT!!!!

Well, on to my card for the month of May:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Elisabeth Bell

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Thank you for visiting me!  And don't forget!  Stop on by the CLP Challenge Blog to have tons of fun!  I can't wait to see what you'll create!  :)

Always ... Elise

Lucky To Have You

*Update March 7:  I was the random winner for Paper Sundaes!  Thank you so much girls for totally making my day!  I so appreciate this!*

Hey Friends!  Hope you're all having a great week!  My week has been pretty good, and the other night I came across something that really hit home big time.  While I do my crafting, I play my Yahoo music video playlist most of the time.  And I found this video by Colbie Caillat ... I really think I like her music now!  Well, this video I found is called "The Little Things".

It takes place on the island of Kauai, and although I am originally from the Big Island, the scenery in the video reminded me of back home.  Exactly like home.  Oh how my heart just ached.  But it was not just the scenery that did something to me.  It was the things she did in the video that made me reminisce of me growing up back home.

Having a cookout in the backyard with the wooden fence with tons of friends and family, and everyone is just yippity yapping and using their fingers to eat!  LOL!  But most of all ... the times where she is with her girlfriends having fun swimming.  Oh gosh.  To do all of those things again without a care in the world again.  Our beaches in Hilo were not sandy at all.  It was ROCK.  lol.  So, I'd take off my slippers and walk barefoot along the jagged rocks.  (You're less likely to slip and fall if you're barefoot).  And I guess because I was so used to walking barefoot on jagged rocks, my feet never hurt.  And when you sunbathed, you'd have to find the SMOOTHEST rock you could find to lay on.  lol!!!

Anyway, thought I'd share that with you, and therefore, this card that I'm entering into the following challenges is what I'd look like if I ever got to go home to visit.  I'd be so happy to embrace and hold my loved ones and friends one by one so close in a tight hug!!!

Here are the challenges I'm entering:

1. Paper Sundaes :  Sketch

2.  Pile It On :  Lucky Me

3.  Rosie D's :  Friendship

4.  Simon Says Stamp :  Mother's Day/Girly

5.  Creative Inspirations :  Lace, Pins, & Pearls

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Elisabeth Bell (Ladybug & Friends)

Paper:  K&Co

Medium:  Prismacolor pencils

Thank you for visiting me and bearing with my long post!  lol!  Have a great crafting day!

xoxo...Elise

Thank You!

Hi Friends!  I wanted to post this card and enter it into a challenge before sending it off to the UK!  I hardly ever use the color purple, and this was quite fun for me!  Come to think of it, I don't think I have very many purple designer papers!  Why?!  Hmmmm ... shall I have to go search for some?!  LOL!

Well, I'm entering this into Papertake Weekly Sketch #34.  Thank you for the lovely sketch!!!  Here's my card:

Thank you for stopping by to visit me!  As always, I enjoy your visits and your sweet thoughts!

xoxo...Elise