Forever

Hello there!  Hope you are all very well!  It's time for another Lili's Little Fairies challenge and this week it is "A Bit of Romance" .. oOoOH lala!  :)  hehe.

Here's what I came up with:

Image:  Love Grows

Paper:  DCWV, MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

I do hope you'll come by and join us at Lili's Little Fairies!  Please stop by and see my DT sisters gorgeous works too!!  They're FABULOUS!

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

Hugs,

Elise



Pink Delight

Hello there!  Hope you are all doing very well!  It's been extremely hot here in town .. always over 110 degrees every day.  YUCK, so gross.  Thank goodness for air conditioners right?  lol!

Anyhow, it's time for Lili's Little Fairies new challenge.  This week it is "Pretty in Pink".  I know I love pink!!!  Okay, so I know I used other colors too, but majority of my card is pink .. so I think that counts right?  LOL!

Image:  Emma Rose Garden

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

I hope you'll come join in the fun at Lili's Little Fairies and please stop by to see all my lovely DT sisters works .. gorgeous!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise



Wishing you a Magical Birthday

Hello there!  Hope you're all having a great week so far!  We've been trying to make the most of our Summer Days, and so after our fun Birthday packed weekend (which was totally AWWWWWESOME!), we did bowling the other night.  Oh my goodness .. my little boy scored higher than I did (so you can just imagine what I look like when I bowl right?  .. yea .. a rare vision)!  LMAO!!!!  My hubby .. well .. he looks like a Pro anytime it comes to sports .. he's really great at it all!  Needless to say, we all had a great time laughing and meeting other people .. it's a super fun summer so far!

Annnnd ... It's time for another fun challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies .. "A Bit Distressed".

Here's what I've made:

Image:  Never too old for Cupcake

Papers:  K&Co, DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

Hope you'll come by Lili's Little Fairies and join in the fun and stop by to see all my gorgeous DT sisters works!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me!  I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Time to Play

Hello there!  How are you all doing?  Hope you're enjoying your Summer and staying cool wherever you are.  I've been having lots of fun time with my little one .. going out and about or just even hanging out together doing activities, playing or watching movies at home.  :)  Luvin' it!  And now, I keep him up till a lot later hours since it's Summer and we watch toons together .. I LOVE cartoons and Disney movies!  lol!

Anyway, it's time for another new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies and this week it is, "Time to Play".  I used "Summer Days" .. how appropriate right?!  hehe!  I love these little cuties, they look like they're so enjoying themselves just being together.

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Distress inks

I hope you'll pop on over at Lili's Little Fairies and play with us!  Please stop by and check out my DT sisters gorgeous works too!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise



Friendship's Garden

Hello there!  Hope you are all having a lovely week!  It's time for another Lili's Little Fairies Challenge, and this week it is "In the Garden".  Another easy peasy one right?!!  Yes!  I love those!  :)  lol!

Here's what I did using "Glamorous Gardening"

Papers:  Pink Paislee

Medium:  Distress Inks

I'd also love to enter this into:
Simon Says Stamp:  Joy's Photo Inspiration

I hope you'll come by Lili's Little Fairies and take part in the fun and also check out my lovely DT Sisters beautiful works!!!  We are sponsored this week by the wonderful Ribbon Girl!  OoOOO!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise

My Little LoveBug

Hi there!  Hope you're all having a great week!  As for me .. not so much .. and I'll tell you in a short bit.  *Beware .. this is a LONG post*  haha!!  First let me tell you about our new Lili's Little Fairies Challenge going on this week .. "One for the Boys".  It's perfect for me this week .. it's fitting as you will see with my story that follows.

For this, I've made a Ticket Box with the image "Land Ahoy" colored with my Prisma Pencils & OMS.  It is Summer Break for my little one now, and this ticket box is for him to hold his tickets in.  I'll still be working on school activities with him throughout the Summer, and whenever he completes a worksheet ... he earns a star.  For every 5 stars .. he earns a ticket.  Those tickets will earn him treats ... a day at the ice cream parlor with me, a small little toy, maybe a little candy treat .. you get the idea.  Now he's excited and anxious to do activities with me.  :)

So let me share something with you.  My little one just finished an amazing year of Kindergarten on Tuesday and I had no idea how much my heart would feel broken.  Never would have expected my heart to HURT this much.  Is this normal?!!!  My Aunty assures me it's not normal.  LOL!

On Monday, both Kindergarten classes held a Chapel performance for us which I was prepared to look like an idiot since I knew I was going to cry (which of course I forgot to bring my own stash of tissues).  The crying must be a common thing since there were older children at the door of the Chapel handing out tissue wipes as we entered to get ready.  LOL!!!!  My hubby laughed when they gave him the ONE tissue wipe and he said, "hahaha!  Tissue wipe?!"  Welllllll .... yea .... they knew what they were doing cause we definitely needed it!  LOL!!!

As I watched my little boy walk in with his classmates and saw his little hand waving at us .. I felt so honored to be his Mom.  I was in the very front row (luckily a friend saved us a spot with them .. I am so grateful to them!) so we didn't miss a single blinking eyelash.  :)

Throughout their performance I smiled and rejoiced with them and thought, "Hey!  This is not so bad!  I'm not crying!"  And JUST when I had that cocky thought .. they sang their next song with their little hand motions:

"When you find my little finger prints all over your bedroom walls

 And when you want to YELL a bit cause they're even in the halls

 Well I know it's hard to believe, that you were once a kid like me

And one day I'm gonna grow up so remember me when I'm small

 I get in the way a lot of the times though I'm only 3 ft tall

 I make you forget what's on your mind, you trip over my toys and fall

 Well I know it's hard to believe, that you were once a kid like me

One day I'm gonna grow up so remember me when I'm small

I've heard that where your treasure is, that's where your heart will be

 I don't know much about hearts and things but I'm glad you've treasured me."

You HAD to see & hear it .. it was ..... touching.

Nowwww ... I was in the front row and I literally had to FORCE myself to look away at some point because my lips were quivering, my makeup was running, and I had to try my darndest not to let my crying start turning into full blown SPEAKER SOBS!!!!  Talk about a MESS I was!  And I had to dig into my purse to get out that ONE Kleenex that the kids gave us as we entered and my hubby says, "I may need that too."

No sireeeeee .. that Kleenex was ALL MINE!  I needed every single millimeter of it and I wasn't going to give it up.  LOL!!!  Remember my hubby laughed when they gave him the tissue at the door?!  Just for that .. he can use his sleeves right?!!!!  LOL!

Well, sigh .. can't believe that my little guy is growing up so fast.  Needless to say .. we're so very very proud of him .. and so blessed to have him be our son.  Now I have to wrap some bandage around my heart and get ready for another school year.  :)  hehe.

So THANK YOU if you've made it this far in my novel post.  Promise I'll try not to pull this on you again!  LOL!

Don't forget .. oh yea .. this post was to announce the new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies!  hahahah!  Please pop on over and check out my lovely DT sisters beautiful works!!!  And hope you'll take part in the fun!  We are sponsored by J&C Creations .. how wonderful cause there's TONS of gorgeous things in the store!!!

Thank you for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see ya again soon .. with a must SHORTER post.  LOL!

Hugs,

Elise

Ever So Sweet

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all doing well and had a great Memorial Day weekend!  We had such a beautiful weekend .. a nice cold chill came through Vegas and we got to enjoy it for a few days!  Love it when it's chilly!

Anyway, this post is for 2 things .. it's my last GDT post for Lili of the Valley Inspirational Blog and it's time for a new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies.

I had such a lovely time over at Lili of the Valley Inspirational Blog and I want to thank them for inviting me!  It was such an honor and a pleasure to be a Guest Designer with them.  I know I will always visit there for future inspiration!

Now the new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies is "Anything Goes" .. ohhHHh how I LOVE those!!!  lol!  Here's what I did:

Image:  Best Dress from LOTV

Papers:  Recollection Union Square

Medium:  Distress Inks

I hope to see you over at Lili's Little Fairies with such a fun and easy peasy challenge ..we'd love to see you there!  And check out my DT sisters GORGEOUS works too .. they're AMAZING!

Also thank you again Lili of the Valley for having me .. I enjoyed myself thoroughly!

Thank you for visiting my blog .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again VERY soon!  :)

Hugs,

Elise



Positively Pampered

Hello there!  Hope you are all enjoying your week!  It's time for another Lili's Little Fairies Challenge, and this week it is "Anything but a Square".  Oh man, I was like, "Whhhhaaaaat?!!!!  NOT a square?!!!  But, but, but .. I only DO squares!"  (You know .. my creative level is still kept in a box .. a square one to be precise).  hahahahah!  No but yea .. seriously, I kinda panicked for a short bit and then I remembered, "Ohhh!  Do the door/wall hanging thing!"  Phew .. breathe in, breathe out .. relax!  LOL!

So here's another clear door/wall hanging that is non-square .. hehe!

Image:  Positively Pampered

Papers:  Penny Lane

Medium:  Distress Inks

I hope you'll join us at Lili's Little Fairies and be sure to stop by to see all of my DT sisters and GDT's gorgeous creations!!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Friendship Is ...

Hello there!  It's time for another new Lili's Little Fairies Challenge .. another fun and easy challenge .. "Use Your Favorite Craft Tool"!  Is it your Martha Stewart Punch for the leaves or borders?  Is it your die cutting machine?  Maybe a simple thing like your paper trimmer that you just can't do without?  Or ... it could be like me .. a sewing machine which rarely ever touches a piece of clothing but ALWAYS needs to be used for my crafting!  LOL!

Image:  Friends Forever

Papers:  MME & DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

I sure do hope to see you over at Lili's Little Faires and that you'll join in on the fun!

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me such kind comments!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Friends & Fun Go Hand in Hand

Hello there!  How are you all doing?  Hope everyone is very well!  Do you know we reached a almost a 100 degree temperatures a couple of days here in town?  YUCK!  So gross!  Finally today it looks like it's going to storm and bring in some cooler air .. I hope.  :)

Well, it's time for another new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies!  This week we have a beautiful sketch by our Jacque and we're sponsored by the wonderful & fabulous Nitwit Collections!!!

I love these little girls .. they make life look so simple and pure.  This stamp is Summer Days from Lili of the Valley Store.

I do hope you'll come in to join us there at Lili's Little Fairies .. we'd love to see you there.  Also, please stop by to see all my beautiful DT sisters works!

I'd also love to enter this into:
Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes

Oh and here's some roses I picked once again from our backyard .. I love bringing them into our home.  The white one smells soOoOo wonderful .. the rose bush is called "Pope John Paul II".  The peach one is "Nancy Reagan" and we have a few purple bushes, but this one in this picking is "Sterling Silver" and "Enchanted Evening".  Such pretty names huh?!  hehe!

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

Hugs,

Elise

A Special Gift

Hey there!  Hope you're all doing very well!  It's getting warmer and warmer here in town, and I'm wishing that a cold front would come and give us another treat again before the 110 degree temps start setting in.  I enjoy the chilly weather rather than the intense heat!  hehe!

Okay, so it's time for another Lili's Little Fairies challenge and this week it is "Diamonds and Pearls".  So very pretty right?!  I enjoyed this as well! 

Image:  A Special Gift from LOTV

Papers:  Colorbok

Medium:  Distress Inks

I do hope you'll come over and join us at Lili's Little Fairies!  This week we are sponsored by the lovely Wild Orchid Crafts .. oOOoH how I LOVE their flowers!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me and taking the time to leave me a comment .. I really appreciate it!  Have a wonderful day and I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise



For You

Hello there!  Hope you are all doing very well!  It's time once again for a new Lili's Little Fairies Challenge .. this week it is "Transport".  Yes .. "Transport".  I know it's self explanatory, now that I REALIZE what it is .. lol!  I swear the Lili Girls must've thought I was nuts when I asked, "What do you mean by transport?"  OMG ... haha!!!  But I asked if fairy wings would be considered as transport .. and luckily yes yes yes it is!  haha!

So here's my little fairy with her transporting wings ... (smile):

I tried shading her dress a lot darker black than I normally do and I gained that inspiration from my dear friend Dena!  I love her work!  And although my colouring is no where near her scope of work ... I enjoyed trying this!  Thank you Dena!!!

Stamp:  LOTV Fairies Bouquet

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

And I would love to enter my card into:

Simon Says Stamp:  April Showers Bring Spring Flowers

I hope you'll come on over and join us at Lili's Little Fairies!  We are generously sponsored by the wonderful Ribbon Girl once again!

Before you head on out, our roses are starting to bloom all over now and I was so happy I had enough to fill a pitcher:

Gosh I thank my hubby for having such a great green thumb!  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

On Tiptoe

Hello there!  Hope you're all doing wonderfully!  I have a couple more days to enjoy my family here in town before they leave to go back home .. sigh .. time flies way too quick.  Wish they'd stay a lot longer still.

Well it's time for another challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies .. this week it is "Buttons and Bows"!  Another fun and easy theme .. one that I love and enjoy too!

For my card, I used Fairies On Tiptoe and I just LOVE her!  She is such a sweet thing huh?!  :)

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

I sure do hope you'll come and join us at Lili's Little Fairies to have some fun with us!  And stop by to see all of my fabulous DT sisters works too! 

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

Hugs,

Elise



Put Love Into Hugs

Hello All!  Hope you are all doing very well .. I'm as happy as a ladybug .. my family is in town for awhile!

And it's time for another Lili's Little Fairies Challenge .. easy peasy one .. "Anything Goes"!  I used this darling image Never Too Old for Hugs .. I love them together.

I do hope you'll come by and join us in this very fun and simple challenge ... we're sponsored by the generous Nitwit Collections this week too!

So stop by Lili's Little Fairies and see all the rest of my DT sisters works .. they are FABULOUS!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me and taking the time to leave a comment .. I love it when you do!  I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Life's Greatest Treasures

Hi ya's!  How are you all doing?  Hope you're all having some nice weather wherever you're at.  We were lucky to get another cold chill come through, so we're all enjoying the nice weather before it starts majorly heating up here in Vegas.  Our rose bushes has been sprouting lots of buds, and I am SO excited waiting for them to bloom!  OoOoO!

Well, it's another weekly challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies .. yayyy!  And this week is a wonderful sketch by our lovely Jacque!  :)

*update* .. we are sponsored again this week by the fabulous Lili of the Valley and the winner gets to choose 2 free stamps from the new release!  WoOOohooo!  Crazy cool!

I hope you'll swing on by and check out my fabulous DT sisters works and also join in on the fun at Lili's Little Fairies!

Oh and here's a little peek at our first strawberry that has ripened this year in our planter .. it's verrrrry teensy like the size of a quarter.  haha!  :)

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me and leaving a comment .. I love it when you do!  I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

My Angel

Hello there!  Hope you are all enjoying some really beautiful weather out there!  We've been having some pretty days here too so my hubby and I planted some potted flowers today ... I love going to Star Nursery!  ;)  I'll show you a couple pics of the flowers at the bottom of my post.

It's also time for another challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies!  This week it is "Fairies and Butterflies" ... OoOoOo yes!  Love it don't you?

Image:  Summer Garden Angel

Papers:  DCWV

Medium: Distress Inks

Our sponsor is our own Lili of the Valley!  Yayyy!  Winner gets a choice of 2 stamps!  Lucky duck!

I hope to see you come and join us at Lili's Little Fairies .. stop by and see all my gorgeous DT sisters works too!

Here's a couple pics of the Ranunculus flowers we planted today.  They kinda resemble roses a bit huh?  I saw them in a bouquet bunch at Whole Foods market last night, and immediately knew I needed to have them out in our backyard.  haha!

Don't you just love the way flowers make you feel?  It's undescribable huh?

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me such kind comments .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Enjoy Life

Hi there!  Hope you are all enjoying your week so far.  It's been reallllly windy here for the past 3 days, and I think today it's slowly simmered a little bit.  We had gusts up to 60mph, and if you could picture me trying to pull my car door shut while that strong wind is blowing .. yea .. you can go ahead and laugh.  lol!  I swear I must've looked like a fool!  That wind felt like it was going to rip my car door right off!  Wow!

Annnyway, it's time for another new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies, and it's SUPER EASY!  "Use Ribbon & Lace". 

Image:  Emma Swing

Paper:  DCWV & MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

We are sponsored by the lovely Ribbon Girl with all sorts of goodies in her store!

Hope you'll come and join us at Lili's Little Fairies and please stop by to see the rest of my STUNNING DT sisters' works!

Thanks for visiting me ... it makes me happy!  I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Wishes

Hi ya's!  It's time for another new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies!  This week, the theme is delightful "Peaches 'n Cream".  Okay .. just reading that theme makes me yummy for dessert right?!  lol!  It makes me think of when I was a little girl and used to visit my aunt in Honolulu, she would take me to a place where they would serve the best peaches 'n cream pie.  MmMMmm!

And this week we are sponsored by WhichCraft? who generously gave us lots of blank design cards to play with!  How lucky were we?!  I decided to use the Elegant Step Card and had so much fun with it!

Here's the back, and yea .. I cheated a bit with a hint of green in there cause .. well .. it's the back!  lol!

Here's our generous sponsor WhichCraft?:

Hope you'll come and join us at Lili's Little Fairies and please go and check out my DT Sisters STUNNING works!  You'll love them!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Afternoon Tea

Hello there again!  We have our new challenge up at Lili's Little Fairies which is "Afternoon Tea".  Pretty yummy theme right?  hehe!

Image:  Tea Party

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

And our sponsor for this week is by the sweet Nitwit Collections:



Hope you'll come on over and join us at Lili's Little Fairies!

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

Hugs,

Elise

You Are So Beautiful

Hi there!  Hope you all had a LOVELY Valentines Day!  My little boy started off my day with a smile.  When I woke him up, he said, "Today is Valentines Day!"  And I said, "Yes!"  He gasped and said, "Wait here!  I have something for you!!!"  He was giddy as can be that he had a card for me .. hidden in one of his books.  :)  He picked it out with my hubby at the store .. and I thought that was the most PRECIOUS of things.  Totally melted my heart!

Anywhoooo ... it's time for a new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies!  This time it is "Anything Goes" ... oh how I love it when it's so easy peasy!  lol!

Here's my card:

The word "PERFECT" on the front of the card for me means .. when anyone looks in the mirror .. I hope they realize that they're "perfect" just they way they are.

Image:  Positively Pampered

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

Here's the gorgeous and generous prize by Wild Orchid Crafts .. wow wow wow right?!!!  Look at those lovelies!!!  One lucky person will win this!!

I hope you will join us over at Lili's Little Fairies and stop on by to see all of my DT sisters GORGEOUS works!  You'll love them!

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

Hugs,

Elise