Sunday, January 9, 2011

A Lot To Share

Hello Friends!  Well, I have quite a bit to share with you on today's post .. hehe!  First, I want to share a card with you that I completed a few weeks ago just for fun.  :)  Thank you Chelsea for another gorgeous image to play with!  I love her!


Paper:  DCWV
Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Next, I want to thank Cami for presenting me with this super cool award!  Awww!  You make me feel so special!!  Thank you thank you thank you .. I so appreciate this!  I hope you will all visit Cami as she has such a beautiful blog with so many lovely projects and she's such a SWEETIE PIE!


And then, I want to thank Christina for a most wonderful surprise!  I had no idea she was pulling names from her comment section, and she surprised me with a most generous gift code for $50 to shop at Magnolia-licious!!!  OMG!  Talk about hitting off the New Year with a heart pounder!  LOL!  Thank you SO much Christina .. I truly appreciate it!  I hope you will all visit Christina as well .. her blog is also full of creativity and beauty and she is yet another SWEETIE PIE!

Last but not least, on January 3rd, we all woke up to find this outside in our backyard:


Yep!  Snow in Las Vegas!  We haven't had snow covering our backyard since 2008, so this was a very nice surprise!  Those footsteps you see in the snow?  Those are my aunt's.  She came over from Hawaii to stay with us for a couple weeks and help me .. and apparently she was out there before the rest of use woke and twirling in the snow .. in her THIN NIGHTGOWN!!!  LOL!!!  She's hilarious!  :)

Anyway, thank you all for stopping by and always leaving me so many encouraging and sweet comments!  I appreciate every single one of you to pieces!  Until next time ...

Love and Hugs,
Elise

16 comments:

Cami said...

Ohmygosh Elise, this card is gorgeous! Your coloring always amazes me, and I love how you positioned this cutie-pie gal on that wowzer background! I just luv luv luv your style! That pic of your aunt's footprints in the snow is so neat! She must've had fun walking on the snow covered ground as you know we don't get snow in Hawaii LOL! How fun. We'll be in Lost Wages toward the end of month but I'm sure there won't be snow when we get there! Have a great week, Elise! WARM Hugs, Cami

Juls said...

your card is beautiful! so magical....love the story of your auntie swirling around in the snow! Hugs Juls

Gina Lindsay said...

Oh wow, what a gorgeous card, I love the coloring and the colors you chose here. Love the now pic too!

Danielle Champagne said...

Good Morning Elise, WOW! lovely card. The image is sooooo cute. Your paper and colors bring so much softness and a bit of mystique, that really harmonize this little fairy. Amazingly beautiful. Looking forward to see what you will create with Maggies. Snow... LOL, It's so much fun to read the reactions towards snow, in Montreal, we take it for granted, up to a point, that by the end of January,we have seen enough of that white stuff!!!
Have a nice day sweetie, Take care.
Hugs.
D.

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness Elise!! I so love that image!! What a gorgeous design hun and your coloring is out of this world!! Stunning layout and just truly a gorgeous layout!!HUGS

Brenda said...

beautiful card... wonderful award... congrats on the win! you are definitely blessed with a wonderful crafting talent! and you are so deserving of the win too! i wish i could wake up to snow in our backyard, but as long as i live in hawaii, that will never happen... lol! happy new year! it is a great way to start the year!

Pop's Cards said...

Het gorgeous lady, OMG i am so in love with this image adorable and the butterfly paper behind is perfect for her, love your flower displays too a really gorgeously stunning creation big squishy hugs love Pops x x x

Shirley N said...

Wow, Elise your card is a jaw-dropper! What a gorgeous layout--beautiful papers, embellies and coloring, love this! Congrats on your award and your win, you deserve everything fabulous! I bet your Aunt was glad she was in Vegas at the right time. So nice that she's there to help you. I'm sure Bodhi was excited about the snow too--did he make a snowman? Big hugs!

Sassy Scrapper said...

Hey Sunshine!!! Wowzeee Wowzers check out his fabulous work of art!!! OMG it's a real show stopper. Good golly girlfriend you knocked the sox off and Rocked this card. You snuggled Cammy in among that gorgeous paper and coloured her in sooooo beautifully. Awesome job sweetie!!!

Congratulations on your winnings! How awesome is that??? It's totally awesome. Hee hee Anyway nobody deserve such a wonderful suprise more than you my sweet!

Good gosh and snow! Shoot I live in the North East and I'm praying for snow everyday. Geez so I guess I've gotta go to Vegas for snow??? That is so awesome. I bet it was real pretty!
Love Bonnie

Sassy Scrapper said...

Oops I forgot to say YOUR BLOG IS SOOO CUTE!

Christina said...

Wowwww Elise that is truly a stunning card dear!!
Hugs Kristel

stephanne said...

Firstly, let's talk cards here. Your Cammy is fantastic and I love love love your colouring and beautiful embellishments, cool news about the award and Christina's random gift certificates, a good idea, it would prevent those "unfollows" now wouldn't it, lol!! And SNOW, that is so amazing!!! From what I hear, it was snowing darn near clear up to the coast that evening!! And I had to giggle at the idea of your aunt out there having her own wet t-shirt contest, it must have been such a serene moment for her, on the serious side though!!! Now, to move my mammoth comments along then...
hugs, stephanne

Renkata said...

Hi Elise,
Such a pretty card.
Amazing layout and colouring.
wow snow in Vegas:) look nice
Have a wonderful week.
Hug's
Renkata

Murielle said...

OH...This is fantastic card, Elise!!!
I love this image, it's so adorable.
Great look.
Big hugs for you my dear friend.
Murielle

Christina C. said...

What a gorgeous card, Elise! Love the way you colored and showcased this cutie! You always have such wonderful details on your cards. You have such talent, girl!!!!
Beautiful work!!! Love ya!

Cheryl said...

WOW this is GORGEOUS Elise and you colouring is spectacular!!! .....lol....I think I would be playing in the snow too!!
Hugs xx