You Rock My World ...

Happy Monday to you!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  We sure did here!

The weather here has been absolutely BEAUTIFUL .. it is impossible to stay indoors!  Our rose bushes have loads of buds just waiting to burst open .. sigh .. I simply can't wait!!  We have one loner rose that got anxious and opened up this morning .. hehe .. so we'll pick it tomorrow morning before school and gift it to little Bodhi's dear teacher.  ;)

Well, as you know .. LOTV's newest Annabel release is available at midday today!  Ohhhhh yes!  She is the sweetest lil' thing right?!

This one for today is "Annabel Music to My Ears" .. and my hubby has an electric guitar this color so that's why I chose this red.  :)  I've used Distress Inks and some Prisma pencils to colour this up.

Don't forget that we also have our LOTV Monthly Challenge and it's "Crafty Bingo" month with fabulous prizes as always!  You have till the end of the month to join in .. why not whip something up?! :)

Please also visit my beautiful DT Sisters to see their gorgeous creations on their personal blogs as well as on the LOTV Inspirational Blog!  They're so AMAZING!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Ribbon Girl Giveaway!!!

Happy Sunday to you!  Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

I wanted to let you know that the lovely Ribbon Girl has some GORGEOUS goodies to giveaway!!  Wowww!  

The prize consists of a metre each of 'Lisa' and 'Laila' fine cotton lace; a packet of Prima Fairy Rhymes flowers; a metre of lilac concertina pleat ribbon, a packet of Melissa Frances pink vellum envelopes and tags and a packet of 5 Maya Road crystal trinket pins all available from stock at The Ribbon Girl online store.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is leave us a comment and pop a link to the Ribbon Girl store from your blog - the winner will be picked at random on Saturday 29th March at 9pm UK time.

Good Luck to all of You and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley Blog Hop!

Hey Ya's!!!  Hope you're all getting ready for another fabulous weekend!

Time for another Lili of the Valley design team blog hop and today we’re giving you some inspiration for using their latest stamps which will be available to buy on the website from midday (UK time) on Monday 24^th March!  Wooohoooo!

There are 7 gorgeous stamps featuring their adorable new character Annabel ... LOVE HER!

Just ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each post, hopefully we can give you lots of ideas along the way.

As always we have some hidden prizes, we don’t know where they are so do be sure to visit and comment on every blog.  We will let you know on Monday morning which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on those blogs.

We have 2 full sets of the new stamps to give away, 2 lucky winners will each win the set of 7 Annabel stamps!!!  Lucky you's!!!

  

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part, and remember that you will need to visit them all and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning;

  

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Becky

Dawny
Dena
Elise .. you are here  :)

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Lou

Mary J

Mindy

Here’s my card using this ADORABLE "Tug of War" .. hehe .. I so LOVE them!!! Uh - oh .. it looks like puppy will get that stick!  lol!  I've also stamped some beautiful LOTV corners from "Set 68 Corners".  :)

I've also gotten to use some beautiful yummies from the gorgeous Ribbon Girl Store such as:

Pink Pleated Ribbon, Carnations, Floribunda Roses which I spritzed Pumice Stone Distress Ink for color, and Cheesecloth.

Next stop is the GORGEOUS Fleur and if you get lost you can start again at the beginning and pick the links up from there.

Don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog on Monday morning when you can find out who the lucky winners were of the 2 sets of stamps!!!

  

Enjoy the hop everyone, good luck!!!!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Kit & Clower along with WhimsyStamps Hop!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are having a lovely week so far!

Wanted to share with some FABULOUS news with you!  The AMAZING Alyce from Kit and Clowder has asked me to join her Design Team and ... Yes!  Yes I have!  :)  Thank you SO very much dear Alyce for having me .. it is an absolute honour to be with you incredible ladies!!!  Gosh!

To kick things off ... Kit and Clowder will be having a live release party along with WhimsyStamps to bring you a showcase of new goodies and win some amazing prizes!

Start your hopping from Kit & Clowder HERE.

Good luck to all of you and have a ton of fun!!!

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV Sneak Peek ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you all had a beautiful weekend!  :)

We've been fortunate to start getting some really nice weather here .. so our street barbecue's have begun!!! And I guess we're all so excited about the great weather .. we're all starting to talk and plan for our street pool parties already too!  LOL!!!  Jumping ahead of ourselves aren't we?!  haha!  

I moved 2500 miles away from Hawaii .. and can you believe .. on the street we live .. there is a guy who is from the same town in Hawaii that I grew up in?!!!  Yes ... AND .. he even went to the SAME high school as I did!!!!!!  Now what a small world right?!  Annnnnd if that's not enough .. one of the other guys that had lived in the house was my "young-love boyfriend!"  No way right?!!!  hahahahaha!  What are the odds of that?!  :)

Annnyways .. I know you've heard .. Lili of the Valley is coming out with yet another GORGEOUS release!  It is ..... oh sooooooooooo DARLING!  Her name is Annabel and there will be 7 new images available on March 24th midday .. woohooo!

Today I've to show you "Annabel Texting" .. hehe .. she is on a MISSION to say what she needs to on her little android!  I think she's texting "LYSM" .. which means "Love You So Much" .. and she's texting her MOM & DAD!  ;)

Papers:  LOTV "Always and Forever" and bit of "Beach Bliss"

Don't forget to check out GORGEOUS sneak peeks from my LOVELY DT Sisters on their personal blogs as well as on LOTV Inspirational Blog!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Enjoy Life ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all having a lovely week and ready for your weekend!

You know, this school year Bodhi has such a wonderful teacher .. and we love her so much.  And some mornings, I get to speak with her for a few minutes when I walk Bodhi to class.  :)  The other morning while speaking with her before class, the little ones started coming in all wide eyed and bushy tailed .. full of SO much energy and rearing to go!  Jibber jabbering and such ... going 150 miles per hour ...

His teacher and I looked at one another and she must've read my mind because immediately she said, "Wine.  I looooove my wine at night.  I GOTTA have my wine!  It gets me ready for the next day."  ahahahahahahahaha!  :)

Anyways ... I've made time to play with this darling Mo Manning image the other week and coloured her with my Distress Reinkers.

I've used some beautiful yummies from the GORGEOUS Ribbon Girl store such as:
Wooden Hearts along with some pieces of Edwina Lace as wings, Amelia Lace, Seam Binding, Pink Pleated Satin Ribbon weaved in the fence, Sweetheart Blossoms and Rosebuds.  :)

Well, I hope you have a beautiful weekend!!!  Enjoy your time!

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

Hugs,
Elise

Daaaa ... Da Da Da ...

Hey Ya's!  Did you "get" the title of my post?  lol .. it's me humming the wedding march!  Thank goodness you can't really hear me in person cause I can't sing at ALL!  LOL!  :)

As you know, Lili of the Valley has their new BEAUTIFUL wedding sets available now!  There are 5 gorgeous sets with a ton of stamps in each set!!!

I've made a Save the Date and Wedding Invitation set with a few of the "Pretty Wedding" stamps.  I put distress ink on the edges .. and decided I wanted it just white.  I tried to cover it with white acrylic paint .. and as you can see .. the distress ink still showed through.  sigh .. *forehead slap*!!!

Also .. look at what I got to pick in our backyard last week!!!  One single rose .. she was the only rose out there .. fully bloomed .. anxious for Spring and waiting to be picked.  :)

Well, I do hope you'll go and treat yourselves to those gorgeous Wedding goodies from LOTV!  And please don't forget to visit my LOVELIEST  DT Sisters on their personal blogs as well as on LOTV's Inspirational Blog to see their GORGEOUS creations!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Sweet You ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all doing very well!

It's time for another Lovely Lili's Challenge over at the Ribbon Girl Challenge Blog!!  Yayyyy!  This time it is "Animals" .. and you KNOW that Lili of the Valley has loads of sweetie pie animals for you to play with!!!

I've gotten to use lots of beautiful delicious yummies from the GORGEOUS Ribbon Girl store such as:

Floribunda Roses, Prima Treasures Bird House, Pink Velvet Lace, Old Rose Pink Pleated Crushed Organza, Diamante & Pearl Trim (they no longer have these in stock but loads of other lovely trims to choose from), Amelia Lace, Wooden Heart, parts of Lace Patches Antique White (on the top of the birdhouse), Kort & Godt Roses, Stickles, Cheesecloth, White Seam Binding

And I've used Lili of the Valley's darling teddy bear "James Butterflies" and coloured with Distress Inks.  :)

I do hope you'll swing by and join in the fun for the Lovely Lili's Challenge at the Ribbon Girl!  :)  And also go and check out my GORGEOUS teammies creations .. gosh .. you'll LOVE them!  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

Here Comes the Bride ...

Hello Ya's!  Hope you are all doing very well and ready to enjoy your weekend!  :)

I've a little sneak peek for you on the upcoming "Art Nouveau" Wedding Set from LOTV.

I've made a Wedding Invite and Save the Date set with a ribbon securing the flaps of the doilies.  Originally I planned to do this on white paper .. and when I got my supplies together .. I thought it would be neat to do it on black instead since the doilies were already white.

This is the Wedding Invite cover:

Undo the bow, and it's like a little booklet.  I've added frame corners that also comes with the Art Nouveau Set.

And here is the Save the Date card.  It's a smaller version of the Wedding Invite .. without the diamond and pearl button.

There are 5 new Wedding Sets coming up and I know you'll be fascinated with all of them!  There are SO many lovely things included in each set .. I haven't even used half of what is included in the Art Nouveau Set!   These stunning Wedding Sets will be available at LOTV on March 10th .. not very long now!  ;)

Please make sure you visit my BEAUTIFUL DT Sisters on their personal blogs as well as on the LOTV Inspirational Blog to see their GORGEOUS projects!  You'll love them!!!

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

Biggest of Hugs,

Elise

Guest for Live & Love Crafts!!!

Hey Ya's!  Happy March 1st!  Wow ... time is flying by right?

Well .. I've some very WONDERFUL news to share with you!  The lovely Sandy from Live & Love Crafts asked me to be a Guest and of course I was THRILLED to say "YES!!!!!!"  I am truly HONOURED (and verrrrrry nervous ... lol!) to be a Guest with Sandy and her GORGEOUS team of girls!  Thank you SO very very much for having me!!!

The challenge for Live and Love Crafts this month is "Earthy Easter"!  So do anything with earthy colors such as browns, tans, greens .. and such .. and I threw in a bit of purples.  :)  I used the newest Pion Papers "A Day in May" .. and chose the softest tans and greens .. sigh .. truly love this collection!!!

I used lots of beautiful yummies from Live & Love Crafts Store such as the Poppy Flowers, Capped Teardrop Pins, Rhinestones Lace, Jute Twine, and a couple Live & Love Craft laces from dear friends such as the Madame de Pompadour Lace and Fleurie Lace.  Such a BEAUTIFUL store for treats!!!

I do hope you'll come and join the fun at LLC Challenge .. how fun that would be!!!  And thank you again to Sandy and all of the beautiful LLC girls for having me with you this month .. I am truly truly honoured!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise