Thank you Belles 'n Whistles

Hey Friends!  For today, I made a tag that I wanted to put on a goodie bag for a friend of mine. I planned on making her those Chocolate Pretzel Rods and placing them in the Martha Stewart bag with this little tag on the top. I used Pizza Time .. yes yes yes! But I covered up the pizza with sprinkles of little colored beads to make it look like she was baking little donut cookies or something of a dessert straight out of the oven. :)

Also, I wanted to thank ALL of the ladies at Belles 'n Whistles for being such lovely SWEETHEARTS!  I have decided to step down from Belles 'n Whistles to make time for a new crafting adventure.  I've enjoyed my days with you, loved being a part of your family for a year and a half .. you've brought so many smiles to my lips and laughter to my heart!  Thank you thank you thank you for welcoming me into your family, I love you and I do hope we will keep in touch!

With Love,

Elise



Merry Christmas!

Hello Friends!  Wishing you all a very BEAUTIFUL & MERRY Christmas!  May your day be filled with lots of love and laughter!

Thank you all for being so WONDERFUL .. I truly enjoy your friendships!

Big Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Challenge

Hello Friends!  Okay, I've totally spaced out on my post that was supposed to be up first thing today .... acccck!  We have a new challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles hosted by Anki using "Warm Colors".  :)

I've used this adorable image Jam Jars from Belles 'n Whistles Store.  Have you checked out the sale going on there?!  You gotta hurry on over and place your order!

I hope to see you at our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili's Little Fairies Is Now OPEN!!! Blog CANDY!!!

Hello Friends!  I've got some BEAUTIFUL news to share with all of you and you're gonna be so excited about this!  The new challenge Lili's Little Fairies (previously called Lili of the Valley Challenge) is now open!!!  Wooot wooot! 

Annnnndddd .. little 'ol me will be on joining those sweet women on the DT team!!!  WoooOHoooOOoo!!!!  When asked if I would like to become a new Fairy .. I could not resist!!!  I'm truly excited to be starting a new adventure!  Thank you ladies for having me on board!

Okay, so Lili's Little Fairies is the SAME address that it used to be so no worries!  And if you head on over there right now, they have lots of AWESOME prizes to give away!!!

Our first official challenge will begin on January 5th .. so you can gear up and be ready!  :)  hehe!

In the meantime, here's something that I got to play with for fun using a Lili of the Valley image:

Alright, so head on over to Lili's Little Fairies right now to enter in some fabulous CANDY!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Christmas Tags

Hello Friends!  Are you feeling the hustle and bustle as things get nearer to Christmas?  ;)  Hope you're all enjoying the time out shopping, relaxing or playing.

I made more Christmas tags the other week ... really enjoyed making them!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar Day 13

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all doing very well!

For today I created a card with the image "Angel's Grace" and added Liquid Pearls around her to look like snowflakes floating around her.  I really love her ... she looks so peaceful and comforting.

Also, a reminder .. have you all been checking back at the Belles 'n Whistles Store every Thursday?!  If you haven't .. then click here to see what's going on all through the month of December.  I'll give ya a hint ... "HUGE SALE".  lol!

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

Warm Hugs,

Elise

Just For You

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all doing very well this week.  Here in town is quite chilly ... as I took my son to school one day last week, there was a light snow flurry.  :)  I love it when it snows here by our home, as it doesn't happen too often.

And last night I made some ham and bean soup .. yummmmm .. nice and cozy.

Well, here's an image that I've had for a year now and I've finally inked her up .. lol.  AND I'm using some most loveliest of papers which I had to fight with myself to actually cut .. PION Papers from a very sweet and dear friend of mine!  Thank you so much!

I'd like to enter this into:

Just Magnolia:  Anything Goes with option of Sparkle

Also one more thing before I head out, here's a pic of Max .. he's growing like a weed .. and he's gonna get bigger still.  lol!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Christmas Tags

Hello Sweets!  Hope you all had a lovely weekend.  I've had a wonderfuly week with my family who came into town ... but of course time flies so quickly .. they have gone back home today already.  :(  I am already waiting for them to announce their next trip out here .. so my spirits can lift once again.

I wanted to share with you some tags that started a couple of weeks ago ... loads of fun making these!  I think I'll be making a little more.  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods

Hello Friends!  Today is Day 4 of our Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar and I'm sharing with you a "Yum Yum Holiday Recipe" .. and if you're like me .. a lot of times I want something quick and easy yet tasty.

I've decided to make something that I know we'd all enjoy at our home .. with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee or even a glass of cold milk.  And it's SO easy to do .. and FUN for my little boy to help with also.  He actually helped me make these.  And those little round things at the bottom of my Starbucks cup is something my hubby decided to do.  lol.  He did the recipe with marshmallows.

Here's a little recipe card that I made using Little Light

I realize the font is too small to see, so here's the recipe .. hehe ..

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods

Ingredients:

Pretzel Rods

Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Assorted Toppings:  Sprinkles, Crushed Cookies, etc...

1.  Melt semi sweet chocolate in microwave or on stove.

2.  Ladle chocolate over 3/4 of each pretzel rod and tap off excess chocolate.  Roll in toppings such as sprinkles or crushed cookies.

3.  Dry on cooling rack until set.

4.  ENJOY!

Don't forget about the sale all through December at Belles 'n Whistles Store!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Performance Goodie Bag

Hello there!  Today is Day 3 of our Advent Calendar Celebration on our Belles 'n Whistles Inspiration blog and I am using a couple cuties to decorate a "Gift Bag & Tag".

My little boy performed in his very first Christmas play for school as well as sang in Chapel, and I decided to make him a little goodie bag for after his "performance".  lol!  I used Andrew's Christmas Stocking at the base of the bag and I used Angel's Song for the tag.  One of my little boy's favorite things is Hot Wheel cars, so I put one in there (it was a bit too big for the bag .. hehe) and then I'll put a little money in there as well.  :)

The goodie bag is from Martha Stewart and the Christmas papers on the tag was given to me by a sweet dear friend.  :)

Also I have more good news to share ...

Just want to let you all know that Summer is having a progressive sale in the BNW store starting today!

See also the store page for details!

December 1st - 7th customers will get 15% off with check-out code: DECEMBER15

Each Thursday in December, the savings will increase! (how much it will increase is Summers secret

and the you have to go back each Thursday to see the new sale)

Excluded from the sale are Christmas 2011 stamps, digital products & Gift Certificates

The sale will end December 31st.

Availability is limited. Once an item is out-of-stock, it's gone till next year!

Thank you so much for visiting me!  I truly appreciate all of your sweet comments .. I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

The Perfect Tree

Hello Friends!  I'm so glad that I had some time to play with this Tilda .. I've had her from last year and have finally inked her.  :)  The silk bow is ribbon that I've received from a dear friend of mine ... and it was SO hard for me to use it.  lol!  I really have been hoarding it in my drawer for awhile now.  hehe.

I'd love to enter this into:

TOMIC:  Vintage and Lace

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Distress Inks

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

Hugs,

Elise

Celebrate

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all doing well and enjoying the beginning of yet another week. 

For today, I've made a card using Pepper with Gift.  Isn't she so delightful?!!

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Distress Inks

I've used non-traditional Christmas colors and I love how this image can be used year round.

Also in a few days, we're going to be starting our Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar at our Inspiration Blog!  We have lots of things in store for all of you lovelies!

And right now we have a "Christmas" theme over at our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog that we'd love for you to play.  Pop on over for some fabulous inspiration from my sweet DT sisters and awesome GDT!

Thanks for visiting and I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Togetherness

Hello Friends!  I hope all of you in the states had a lovely Thanksgiving!  Me .. I'm totally stuffed .. lol!

I've gotten to play with a beautiful Lili of the Valley image that a dear friend gave to me and I truly enjoyed colouring this .. don't they look so adorable hanging ornaments in the snow together?!

I'd love to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley:  Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend:  Friends

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  LOTV

Papers:  MME
Medium:  Distress Inks

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

Hugs,

Elise

a SALE at Belles 'n Whistles Store!

Hello there!  Now we all love sales don't we?!  hehe .. I know I personally go a little wild when it comes time for craft sales and Belles 'n Whistles is having a HUGE sale from Tuesday 11/22 - Sunday 11/27!  Everything in the store will be on sale ... except "The Christmas & More" release and "Lynda's Word Art".

What is the sale you ask?!  Okay ... it is a whopping 35%!!!  Cripey's I know it!!!!  But the sad part is .. once it's gone .. it's gone.  No more inventory for this year.  :(  SOoOOo ... hurry and put your order in!

When the sale starts, there should be a code on the homepage, WINTER35 for you to enter during checkout.  Have FUN shopping!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles "Christmas"

Hello Friends!  Well it's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge and our Lovely Lilian chose the simple theme of "Christmas"!  :)  Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner once again?  Gosh, the older I get the faster the years fly by.  I remember when I was younger I wanted to be older.  Now that I'm older I want to be younger.  LOL!

So here's my card using Brooke's First Christmas .. she's a cutie isn't she?! 

Papers:  MME

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Have you gotten your order in at Belles 'n Whistles store?  Summer has restocked all the "older" releases as well and they are SO adorable!

I hope you'll come over and join us over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Season's Greetings

Hello there!  Well, I've made time to play with one of the images from Stempelglede that I received from my dear friend Christina last year.  I love these images!

Now I also have to share with you something my little boy brought home from school yesterday .. which pretty much made me tear up and cry.  LOL!

Here's the things that were in a decorated paper bag .. uhhhh .. minus a lifesaver candy because he ate it .. LOL!

And on a paper it read:

Thankfulness Bag Ingredients

*A rubber band ~ to keep our hearts tied together and always

*A candy kiss ~ to say thank you for all your love

*A penny ~ to say thank you for sharing my thoughts and letting me know they are important to you

*A warm fuzzy ball ~ to make you feel good when you are sad, like you always do for me

*An adhesive bandage ~ to say thank you for all the times you make my hurts feel better

*A facial tissue ~ to say thank you for all the times you dry my tears

*A piece of Lifesaver candy (my son chowed it down .. hehe!) ~ a circle to show that my love for you will never end

Okay, that was just the sweetest things of many!!!!!!!!!!  I loved it so much!  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all doing well and enjoying the colder days .. I know we are here.  :) 

For my card today, I've gotten to play with a Lili of the Valley Christmas image given to me from a very dear friend.  I really love this cutie and enjoyed colouring her up.  And recently there was a post on Dena's blog where she used like Liquid Pearls as the snowflakes swirling around and I really really loved it a lot .. so I wanted to do it on my snowflakes on this image as well!  Thank you for the idea Dena!

I would love to enter this into:

Bunny Zoe:  Anything Christmas with Pearls

Stamp and Create:  Easel Card

Paper Take Weekly:  First Christmas

The Fun Ingredients:

Image:  Lili of the Valley

Paper:  MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

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

Hugs,

Elise

New Belles 'n Whistles Release

Hello hello hello!  I have some exciting news to share with all of you who don't already know ... Belles 'n Whistles has a brand new release out and it is DARLING!  Each and every stamp is absolutely precious!  There are 8 Christmas stamps and 5 all year round stamps .. ahhhh!

I am showing you Christmas Angel Daniella .. isn't she as sweet as can be looking into her stocking?!  I love her!

AND!  Belles 'n Whistles store has also brought back previous Christmas stamps too!!!  Click here to go directly to those images .. oooooh I love those too!  You HAVE TO check them out!

Here's a sample an "old" Christmas image that is restocked.  I made this card using Baking with Nana back in February I think .. so this image can be used all year round!

Anyway ... I hope you'll go and place your order for any of the Holiday Collections, both new and old .. they're going pretty fast!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Swinging by to say HI

Hello there!  Hope you're all doing well out there and enjoying your Autumn days.  It's getting quite chilly here in Vegas and ooooh it feels so good!  :) 

Well, it's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge!  This time, our lovely Audhild chose "Anything Goes" ... sOoOo easy!

I decided to make something VERY simple and easy since this week has been busy ... a simple tag.  And I love doing tags sometimes because it's so handy when you have a gift to give ... something already done to just tie on the bag you know?

Image:  Country Ride from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

One more quick thing to add in ... Summer has all the previous Holiday stamps re-stocked at Belles 'n Whistles Store!  They are so DARLING!!!

Hope to see you over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog and thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Friendship

Hello!  Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend.  Today we had a beautiful cloudy and cold day ... I love to just cuddle up during this kind of weather.  And I have to take more pics of the roses to show you .. ooooh they make me smile!  The fragrance, the petals that fill each bloom ... sigh .. I can totally tell they are enjoying the weather as well.  ;)

I'm so glad that I've gotten to play with this image ... I love the way these 2 girls look like they are so involved with sharing some wonderful things about just "anything".

I'd love to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley:  Bright and Sparkly  (hope my crystal beads on the stickpins will be the "sparkly")

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Lili of the Valley

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

And here's a pic earlier this week while my son stayed home from school.  He was feeling a little under the weather with a sinus infection, but I let him blow some bubbles in the backyard .. and Max helped give some giggles by nibbling on my little guy's ears ... it TICKLES!  :)  hehe!

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

Hugs,

Elise



Treat Yourself

Hello Friends!  Well, it's the beginning of yet another month, oh my gosh!!!  The year is coming to a close soon already!  Unbelievable!  So, yes the beginning of a new month marks a new challenge over at CLP but it's also the last challenge for the year since we will be taking December off to celebrate the holidays with family!  :)   Thank you Chelsea for yet another FUN sketch!  And we are sponsored by In2Stamps with a generous gift.

And for this sketch, I made a pull out tag on the front of the card:

I'd also like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes

 

Please pop on over to CLP and see all my DT sisters amazing works!  Hope you'll join us too!

Thank you so much for visiting me, I love it when you do!  See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Meet Max

Hello Friends!  Hope you're having a great start to your weekend!  I would like to introduce you to our newest family member "Max Angelo" ... ahhh ... he is a blessing.  Max means "The Greatest", and Angelo means "Angel" .. soooOo "The Greastest Angel"?  :)  He is so goofy and full of love and affection, and can I just say that he came to us smelling sOooOoo darn GOOD?!!!!  Oh my gosh he smells GOOD!  lol!  He arrived to us all the way from Alabama .. he's our sweet Southern Boy.  hehe!

When we picked him up at the Cargo area, the only person that could coax him out of his crate was my son.  :)  With one single, "Come here boy!", Max went straight to my son and would not leave my son's side.  He kissed my little boy endlessly!  And all the way home (I sat in the back with my son with the pup in my arms) .. Max kept trying to crawl into my little boy's carseat to sit on HIS lap!  :)  I think they were destined to be best friends.

Here he is:

Yea, he's a chunker alright!  lol!!!  We love him to pieces!  And we'd like to congratulate our dear friend Bonnie who just welcomed a sweet little love "Buddy" into their family also!!!  Buddy is just DARLING and I know that he has gone into such a LOVING family as well!

Well, thanks for visiting me!  I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Happy Birthday

Hello Friends!  It's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge by our sweet and lovely Iris .. and her theme is "Pearls and Pins" ... oooooh!  Gotta tell ya .. this is a right perfect love for me!  :)  Love pearls and love pins!!!  Thank you Iris!

Here's my card using one of my most FAVORITE images:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Cupcake

Paper:  MME, Colorbok

Medium:  Distress Inks

And look what is enjoying the nice weather here in town .. the roses are all popping up with lots of buds and blooms .. here are a couple of them.  Can I just tell you how much seeing the sprinkles of color in our backyard gives me so much joy?!  :)

I hope to see you over at our challenge at Belles 'n Whistles .. and take a look at my DT sisters creations.. they are just FABULOUS! 

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Make the Season Bright

*** UPDATE***10/28/11:  Woooohoooo!  I made Top 3 at Lili of the Valley!  Thank you SO much .. I am honored!

Hello there!  Hope you're all enjoying beautiful days wherever you are!  It's getting to be such lovely weather here in town and gosh I am loving it!

I've made this card for fun .. yup .. Christmas cards already!  lol!

I'd love to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley:  BINGO (I used Gems, Distressing and Pins)

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Lili of the Valley

Papers:  MME, Melissa Frances

Medium:  Distress Inks

And here's a few pics of a Pumpkin Patch we visited.  Lots of beautiful pumpkins and squashes .. and do you know I learned something?!!!!  I found out that some pumpkin stems have THORNS!!!  YES!!!  Thorns!  You know how I learned that right?  lol!

I went to lift up a pumpkin that I wanted and OUCH .. all the thorns poked me!  I looked closely and there's TONS of little thorns on the stem!  LOL!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Bloom Where You Are Planted

Hello Friends!  It's my turn to host a challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles .. and so I've chose a quite simple theme .. "Use Your Favorite Elisabeth Bell Image".   I have so many favorite images, so I just chose which one I wanted to play with next.  And I chose this cutie ... Planting Some Love.

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Planting Some Love from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Paper:  MME, Colorbok

Medium:  Distress Inks

I hope to see you over in our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge!  :)  My DT Sisters have created some GORGEOUS things for you to inspired by!  Thank you so much for visiting me and I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Sending You Love

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all doing very well!  We've gotten a nice cold front from yesterday and it's been a nice relief from the heat!  We're down into the low 70's which is so perfect!  Then in a few days it will go back up to mid 80's ... sigh ... Love it!

I made this card for LOTV .. and TOTALLY forgot about posting it to enter in the challenge. LOL!  Funny how after I take the pictures I feel like I completed everything .. all the while forgetting that I haven't even put it on the blog!  haha!

Here it is:

I would like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp:  Sparkle and Bling (my paper is glittered, I used stickles on parts of the image also. And my bling is my crystal/pearl stickpins)

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  LOTV

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

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

Hugs,

Elise

For You

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all doing very well!  I decided to make a tag with this adorable Sweet Apples.  I decided to make her black/white with dashes of pinks on there.  And then I also added some flower soft that I have around the edges since it contained pinks and greens like on my image.

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Sweet Apples

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils w/ OMS

Thanks for visiting me and I do hope to see you over at our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog too!  Right now the challenge is to "Use Your Favorite Color Combo" ... sweet and simple and FUN!  :)

See ya soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Live Each Day

Hello Friends!  It's time for another CLP Challenge with Chelsea's beautiful sketches!  This month we are being sponsored by wonderful Spesch Designer Stamps and I chose to use the sweet Meadow Girl!  Totally love her hip style!

Also, I wanted to let all of you know .. I've been trying to leave comments on some of your blogs .. and Blogger is being a Booger and not letting me.  lol!  I type out my entire comment and when I click the button to enter the comment, it says this:

We're sorry, but we were unable to complete your request.

The following errors were found:
Input error: Cookie value is null for FormRestoration

hmmmmm.  Does anyone know how to go around this?  Please let me know .. thanks!  :)

Well, here's my card that I totally had fun with:

I'd love to enter this into:
Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes
Stampin' For the Weekend:  What a cutie

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Meadow Girl by Sylvia Zet

Papers:  Prima and Melissa Frances

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils w/OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see ya soon .. and hopefully you'll join in on the fun at CLP!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Invention of Hugs

Hey all!  It's the start of another new Belles 'n Whistles Challenge and this time our lovely Iris has given us a sweet and simple theme .. "Use your favorite color combo"! 

For me, I have lots of favorite color combo's .. lol .. so I just decided to go with whatever came onto my card.  haha!

Here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Bellinda with Teddy

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Distress Inks

I sure do hope you'll come over and join in this easy and fun challenge at Belles 'n Whistles!  Hop on over there and check out my awesome DT sisters creations .. they so rock!

Thanks for visiting me .. I always love it when you do!  See ya soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Sweet Surprises

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all doing very well!  We're doing okay here ... but my little boy got sick .. yep yep yep .. the joys of Kindergarten germs.  lol!  He's doing perfectly fine .. there was no hindering his romping around .. he's all boy and constantly playing.  And the antibiotics is doing it's job.  :)

So I finally coloured up this Magnolia that I bought last year!!!!!  LAST YEAR!!!  lol!  Fall begins in a couple of days ... how wonderful!  ;)  I am anxiously awaiting the shorter days .. since I love the night.  And I can't wait to feel the chilly nip in the air .. which means my favorite holidays are rounding the corner.  Yayyy!

Anyways, here's my card:

I'd love to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp:  dies to die for (my leaves are from a punch)

Stampin for the Weekend:  Tickled Pink

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia
Papers:  Colorbok, DCWV

Medium:  Distress Inks

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

Hugs,

Elise

You Are Beautiful ... Love, Hope & Faith

Hello Friends!  Hope you're enjoying your weekend so far!  Today we had such wonderful weather, I wish it would stay this way every single day!

Well, I made this card over a week ago .. I've been neglecting my blog!  lol!  This card does not have a stamped image, but instead features a large Prima rose sprinkled with crystals.  This rose was plain, and I thought, "Hmmm .. jazz it up somehow?"  Then I remembered somewhere on Dena's blog there was something where she put huge amounts of glitter or crystals on her flowers and I loved it!!!!  Thank you Dena for the inspiration!!!

It's been almost a year since I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer .. can you believe it?  yep yep yep.  We've come a long way haven't we?  :)

So this was made in honor of those that have cancer .. to remind them of how BEAUTIFUL they still are.  To remind them that they are completely LOVED, to remind them to Hold HOPE with both hands, and to Keep the FAITH......

Very simple card, but the meaning is there ...

Thank you so much for visiting me, I love it when you do.  :)  Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,

Elise

So Chic

Hi Friends!  It's the start of another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge .. and this time the fabulous Lynda is giving us the theme of "Use the colors Blue, Yellow and Red".  I've never tried that color combo before, and I must say ... I rather enjoyed it quite a bit!!!!  Thanks Lynda!

Here's what I came up with using this Sass 'n Class girl, I think she's just so cool!  hehe!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Sass 'n Class from Belles 'n Whistles store

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do hope you'll join us at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge!  As always .. I enjoy your visits and I'll see ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Best Friends

Hello Friends!  I hope it's getting cooler wherever you are, and you have some relief from the heat.  Here in Vegas .. no relief yet.  lol!!!

Well, I've created a card using a most sweet image from Belles ' n Whistles from the newest SweetArt Release called "Sweet Summer Days".  ahhh, this is such a wonderful image!  When Summer gets this in stock again, be sure to snatch it up quickly .. because I'll tell you .. this can be used for so many things and it was a pure pleasure to color!  :)

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Sweet Summer Days from Belles 'n Whistles

Paper:  K&Co

Medium: Distress Inks

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

Hugs,

Elise

Destination

Hi ya!  Hope you all had a great Labor Day Weekend for those of you in the states!  :)  I sure had a nice relaxing weekend!!!  Didn't do too much ... just some craft shopping and food shopping. hehe!

I ended up making a card with this Tilda which I've had for awhile now:

I'd like to enter this into:

Just Magnolia:  Anything Goes w/Option of Circles (my circles would be the pearls and doily)

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  MME, K&Co

Medium:  Distress Ink

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

Hugs,

Elise

Girly Girl

Hey all!  It's September 1st and you know what that means!  It's a new and exciting challenge over at CLP!  Thanks to Chelsea who provides us with beautiful sketches month after month!!!

And this month, CLP is sponsored by fabulous Lili of the Valley!  Ohhh my~ how sweet is that?!!!!  Their images are just adorable! 

Here's my card:

Hope you'll come over and join us in our challenge at CLP!!!  We'd love to see you there!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Lili of the Valley

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me~  I love it when you do!  See ya again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Challenge

Hi Friends!  Well, it's time for another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge! This time, sweet Anki has given us a "Sketch with a Twist" to do!  The "twist" is to use your favorite shape on the sketch .. and for mine, I used a butterfly.  :)

Here's my card and oooh!  Do you see the grass?!  I learned that awesome technique from super talented and sweet Pops!!!!  Thank you so much Pops for doing your FABULOUS tutorial!  I love it!!!  Mines didn't come out as detailed and beautiful as Pops .. but I surely enjoyed doing it!  hehe!!!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Patches and Braids from Belles 'n Whistles Store

Paper:  K&Co

Medium:  Distress Inks

Alright, hope you'll join us at Belles 'n Whistles challenge!  Thanks for visiting me! :)

Hugs,

Elise