Tuesday, June 28, 2011

True Friends

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all doing well!  I can feel my body slowly regaining energy each day .. and that makes me so happy!  I guess the effects of radiation are slowly wearing off and although I still get exhausted, it's not as tiresome as it was the day before.  :)

My little boy has been keeping me busy busy busy on my toes.  I don't know where this child gets so much energy from .. I think I may need to borrow some of his.  lol!  He's learning how to swim and having loads of fun now.  At first he was so afraid and kept saying, "Mommy please let's cancel these classes.  Please cancel."  It's so hard to see your child be terrified, but luckily we were told that this reaction is very common for children and to keep doing the classes.  So by his 4th lesson .. he was jumping right in there and ready to learn!  :)

Anywayyyyyy ... onto my card:

I'd like to enter my card into:
TOMIC:  Shimmer and Pearls  (Shimmer has been sprayed on all my flowers .. always a must for me! hehe!)

The Fun Stuff:
Image:  Magnolia
Papers:  DCWV
Medium:  Distress Inks

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me such sweet comments!  See ya again soon!

Hugs,
Elise

21 comments:

Inkypinkydelights said...

Elise this is lovely! Such lovely colours and such a pretty design. I am so pleased to hear you are getting your strength back that is so good to hear. I enjoyed reading about the swimming too, it brought back memories of when our son first started swimming, much the same experience, and he swims like a fish now! Judy x

Stempeltiger said...

OMG ... oh my this is utterly gorgeous Elise!
Love your brilliant colouring, the great mix of papers and colours and the lovely and sweet details.
Wish you much positive energy and a wonderful day.
Big hugs, Swantje

Creative Grammie said...

Hi Elise! Glad to hear you're getting your energy back; way to go. That was quite a lot you went through.
Your card is absolutely beautiful. And you've colored in your Tilda so
wonderfully. TFS
Warm hugs your way.

Maria Therese said...

Oh I loove the colors and the gorgeous embellish and the sweet paper.. I can go on for a long time because this is a gooooooooorgeous card!!

Juls said...

wow this is stunning!!! Love the soft colours, the touch of lace, and the little true friends charm!! Hugs juls

Silvie Z said...

wowzers Elise! This is such a gorgeous card! Love every single detail! Awesome layout and embellies and your coloring is fantastic - Tilda is so pretty!
Hugs,
Silvie
xx

allex said...

Gorgeous card Elise. Love the layout, the stitching and the flowers. Oh .... I love it all !!! lol

Hugs, Sandra xx

Glad to hear you are feeling better by the day, hand in there hun !!

Cheryl said...

OMG this is totally GORGEOUS,the colours,details and colouring are SPECTACULAR!!! I love this!!
Hugs xx

Sassy Scrapper said...

OMG Elise what a master piece. I am simply drooling over this card. What a fabulous job you did with this image and I never thought to use it other than Easter but this is the best with the friend theme. Whoo hoo thanks for always inspiring me! I love the paper it's gorgeous!!

I am so happy to hear that your little boy is learning how to swim and eager to learn. My grankids drive me crazy with not wanting to put their faces under water. I love to swim and usually go for a dip every evening. So relaxing.
Have a great day my Sunshine Girl.
Love Bonnie

Christina C. said...

OMG, Sweetie, I adore your magnificent card....the layers, fabulous papers and your magnificent coloring with the distress inks! WOW!!!!! This is pure magic!!!

Dunja Trautmann said...

Hi Hun, your card is amazing! I love it!!! Your card is full of glitter, pearls and flowers, so stunning. The colouring of the cute image is brilliant.

Love and Hugs
Dunja xx

Manuela said...

Your card is beautiful! Love the soft color combo and your sweet Tilda.
Hugs, Manuela

Danielle Champagne said...

Hello Dear Elise, such a tender and sweet card! every thing is perfect, paper, color, gorgeous bouquet and the nice stickpin and charm! Tilda is wonderfully colored, I love this sweet image. So much tenderness comes out of it. I am so glad you are recovering, and getting more energyby the day. Take care & Hugs.

Debbie Dolphin said...

Oh such a really sweet card.
Thankyou so much for playing along with us this week at TOMIC and hope to see you again soon :D
Love Debbie xxx

Renkata said...

hi Elise,
so happy to hear you are doing well.
Your cute card make my day full with brightness.

Marlies said...

Your card is gorgeous Elise! I love the papers and the pearls! Glad that you are starting to feel better again and your son will soon be swimming like a fish!
hugs, Marlies

Pop's Cards said...

Hey gorgeous, I love this card so much the image is adorable, gorgeous selction of flowers too, and as always amazing colours, hugs pops x x x

Please you little one loves water, mine all hated it at first but now they cann all swim x x x x

Shirley N said...

Hi Elise! Oh so wonderful to hear that you're getting stronger each day! And so cute hearing about your son--he must be swimming like a fish now, they learn very quickly. LOVE your card, gosh it is just ~sigh~ STUNNING!!! Your Maggie is soooo sweet and your layout is exquisite--love everything about this card, fab job girl!!!

Brenda said...

glad to hear that you are getting better each day and that your son is doing well with swimming. sometimes we just have to let them stick it out. that's how my dd3 was with karate. she used to make excuses like "i don't want to sweat!" lol! now she loves it!

Michelle said...

Hi Elise -- I just found your blog & your cards are beautiful. I think I've seen you on Ebay :) From reading back a bit, it seems you are going through a rough time health-wise. I want to offer hugs & support -- you are going to beat it -- just beat it -- haha Michael Jackson fan here, lol. Take care of yourself!!

Murielle said...

OH...Elise, your card is perfect!!!
The colours and combination of papers are splendid!!!
I love it, my dear.
Big hugs, my friend.
Murielle