Happy Easter!!

Hi Friends!  I saw a new type of card fold that I knew I must try!  You can find a tutorial here.  It's from Whiff of Joy's Inspirations and Tutorials.  And I must say, I think this fold may be my new fave!!  uh-oh ... here I go with my fave's ... I'll make this fold for 3 months!  lol!

Anyway, I made my card for the following challenges listed below.  The "sky" in the back of Tilda is actually alcohol inks!  :)

The challenges are:

1.  Roses on Paper :  Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's Way!

2.  Paper Sundaes :  colors Crystal Blue, Hollyhock, & Sweet Leaf

3.  Delightful Sketches :  Kids

4.  Cute Card Thursday :  Celebrations

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia Stamp

Paper:  K&Co

Mediums:  Prismacolor Pencils, Alcohol Inks

Thanks for visiting me and always making my day!  :)

xoxo...Elise

Summer's Challenge!!!!

Alright!  I must say that Summer from Belles n Whistles Stamps has put out a very very fun and interesting challenge, which cannot be refused! Belles 'n Whistles is coming out with a new release soon, and Summer is TEASING all of us with little itty bitty tidbits of the new stamps!  lol!  So, she's giving away such a generous prize to 2 lucky people!!  The challenge is to take a picture of where your Belles 'n Whistles stamp resides.  :)  I love it!

Okay, for me, I live in Las Vegas Nevada.  I thought it would be such a cool idea to take a pic at night with my stamp against the Las Vegas strip lights.  I still think it's a cool idea!  I live quite aways from the strip, so I'd just probably go up the road and from here, I can see almost the entire strip.  BUT!  Knowing Las Vegas people and the crazy drivers they are, I don't want to be parked on the side of the road and some Looney bin runs me over!  lol!

Soooo, I opted for a much safer approach.  lol!!!  I took a pic of my lovely "Beary Big Hugs" in my own backyard.  We have 2 blossoming plum trees in the back, and I love when spring is nearing because they put out such pretty flowers that remind me of Japanese Cherry Blossoms. 

Now, I don't know if my neighbors in the back of our home was watching me or not, but if they were, ... they were probably saying, "What the HECK is she doing?!"  lol.  And, while I was taking the pictures, the poor little birds were screaming at me, "Hurry up so we can go back to our tree!"  AND, on top of wondering what my neighbors must think, and the birds chirping at me, I had BUZZING BEES somewhere in there with their constant, "hummmmm".  LOL!!!  I must say, I totally loved this challenge!  :)  Something new and different!

Alright, there's my story  (lol) , and here's the pics of my cutie pie with our blossoming plum tree:

Can you see her?

Just a little closer:

THERE'S my cutie pie!

Thank you so much Summer for this truly delightful challenge!  I sooo enjoyed this!  :)

And for everyone else, head on over to Belles 'n Whistles and give it a whirl!

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo ... Elise

The SugarBowl Challenge 30 - Kathy's Sketch

Hi Friends!  Happy Monday to you!  Wow, weeks are just whizzing by, it's a wonder I don't have whiplash.  lol!  I made the following card for The SugarBowl Challenge 30 - Kathy's Sketch, with the theme of Shabby Chic.  Thank you so much Kathy for presenting such a lovely sketch to go along with a theme I love!  And what gorgeous inspiration from all the DT's!  Wow wow wow!

Here is my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Sugar Nellie (Elisabeth Bell)

Paper:  K&Co

Medium:  Prismacolor pencils

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving such kind comments!  :)  I always appreciate all of your visits!

xoxo...Elise

Thinking of You

*Update 3/10/2010:  Made it in the TOP 3 at Whiff of Joy!!!  Yayyy!  My first ever!* 
Ooooh Look at this Beautiful Blinkie!  I Love it!  Super Cool!  Thank you so much to everyone atWhiff of Joy!  You've totally ROCKED my day!  :)




Hi Friends!  I'll cut this post short since my last post was a chapter ... lol!  I made this card to enter into 3 Challenges listed below.

Oh!  And I'm offering this stamp (well, not THIS stamp, but an extra one that I had lol!), as a part of my ongoing candy!

The Challenges are:

1.  Whiff of Joy :  Coffee & Cream

2.  Stampin for the Weekend :  Monochromatic

3.  Stamp Something :  Girly

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Elisabeth Bell Whiff of Joy

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prismacolor Pencils

Thank you for visiting me and leaving me sweetness!  I always appreciate the smiles you give me!

xoxo...Elise

Lucky To Have You

*Update March 7:  I was the random winner for Paper Sundaes!  Thank you so much girls for totally making my day!  I so appreciate this!*

Hey Friends!  Hope you're all having a great week!  My week has been pretty good, and the other night I came across something that really hit home big time.  While I do my crafting, I play my Yahoo music video playlist most of the time.  And I found this video by Colbie Caillat ... I really think I like her music now!  Well, this video I found is called "The Little Things".

It takes place on the island of Kauai, and although I am originally from the Big Island, the scenery in the video reminded me of back home.  Exactly like home.  Oh how my heart just ached.  But it was not just the scenery that did something to me.  It was the things she did in the video that made me reminisce of me growing up back home.

Having a cookout in the backyard with the wooden fence with tons of friends and family, and everyone is just yippity yapping and using their fingers to eat!  LOL!  But most of all ... the times where she is with her girlfriends having fun swimming.  Oh gosh.  To do all of those things again without a care in the world again.  Our beaches in Hilo were not sandy at all.  It was ROCK.  lol.  So, I'd take off my slippers and walk barefoot along the jagged rocks.  (You're less likely to slip and fall if you're barefoot).  And I guess because I was so used to walking barefoot on jagged rocks, my feet never hurt.  And when you sunbathed, you'd have to find the SMOOTHEST rock you could find to lay on.  lol!!!

Anyway, thought I'd share that with you, and therefore, this card that I'm entering into the following challenges is what I'd look like if I ever got to go home to visit.  I'd be so happy to embrace and hold my loved ones and friends one by one so close in a tight hug!!!

Here are the challenges I'm entering:

1. Paper Sundaes :  Sketch

2.  Pile It On :  Lucky Me

3.  Rosie D's :  Friendship

4.  Simon Says Stamp :  Mother's Day/Girly

5.  Creative Inspirations :  Lace, Pins, & Pearls

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Elisabeth Bell (Ladybug & Friends)

Paper:  K&Co

Medium:  Prismacolor pencils

Thank you for visiting me and bearing with my long post!  lol!  Have a great crafting day!

xoxo...Elise

Let's Party!

Hi Friends!  Well, it seems as if the anticipation of Alice in Wonderland is building to a climax!  I myself, LOVE Alice in Wonderland and I'm pretty excited about this new movie!  Therefore, I just had to purchase a digi stamp with a sexy Alice, and this was the first digi I've colored.  Must say ... I enjoyed it!!  I was worried about the ink smearing .. but .. it's all GOOD!  No smearing what so ever!

Well, I decided to make a different style card than most of my others, so I made an easel card.  LOL!!!!  Okay, I'm addicted to easel cards ... I can't help it!!  ANYWAY, I'm entering the following card into 3 challenges listed below, but first, here's my card:

I know the background papers look more green, but in person, it's actually more bluish with hints of green on the edges.  And these are a couple of the papers that I have in my blog candy up for grabs.

Here's the 3 Challenges I'm entering this into:

1.  Friday Sketchers :  sketch

2.  Simon Says Stamp :  vintage with flowers

3.  Cute Card Thursday :  ribbon - tastic

The Fun Stuff:

Digi Image:  Sassy Studio Designs

Paper:  Prima

Medium:  Prismacolor Pencils

Thanks for stopping by to visit me and leaving such kind comments that make my day!  :)

xoxo...Elise

Oh Edwin!!!

*3/8/2010 Update:  I won at Roses on Paper!!!  Yayyy!  Thank you so much to ROP and the wonderful girls there!*

Hey Friends!  I don't know about you, but I find that male cards are so hard to make.  I am soooo tempted to put flowers on there just to liven it up a bit!  lol!  I think that's why I'm going nuts over girly stamps and such ... because I have a son, and in the past, I was only doing boy scrapbooking layouts.  Then when I got back into cardmaking in Sept 2009, I went completely crazy with the girly things!  And now I try to make something boyish and I'm like, "Derrrrrr..."  lol!!!

ANYWAY, I made this card for 3 challenges listed below, but first, here's my card:

I'm entering this into:

1.  Roses on Paper :  a card for men/boys

2.  Papertake Weekly :  sketch

3.  Quixotic Paperie :  one for the boys

 

Ingredients:

Stamp:  Magnolia Edwin

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prismacolor Pencils

If you have any suggestions on how you would have dressed up this card a bit more, please HELP me!  lol!  I would appreciate any suggestions!  :)  Thank you!!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo...Elise

Spring is Near

Hey Friends!  I hope you all had a great Monday to start off your week!!!

I decided to do something a little different than my easel cards that I've been enjoying so much.  lol!  But I'm pretty positive I'll go straight back to making those fun easels!  :)

Well, I haven't made one of my clear acrylic cards in such a long time, that I've decided to make one again.  I have to say ... I thouroughly enjoyed it!

I'm also entering this card into the 3 challenges listed below.

Here it is:

And this is the back of the acrylic card:

The challenges are:

1.  Whiff of Joy :  Swirls and Pearls  (I used swirls on the corners of my image, and pearl sprays and brads)

2.  Totally Gorjuss :  Flower Power

3.  Stamp Something :  Touch of Spring Somethings  (April Showers!!!)

The Fun Stuff:

Stamp:  Whiff of Joy - Elisabeth Bell

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prismacolor pencils

Thanks for visiting me!

xoxo...Elise

Sugar Bowl Sketch 29 - Tiets Sketch

Hi Friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I didn't really do anything much so this afternoon I took my little boy out for a drive.  Just a drive.  He loves to go for rides in the car, and sometimes he and I will just hop in the car and go for a spin just to be out of the house.

I remember growing up in Hawaii, and my dad would do that for us.  We'd just hop in the car, and head nowhere in particular ... just wherever the wheels takes us is where we went.  I loved it!  We'd take long drives out to the ocean where the roads were not paved, it was just rocks.  I'd sit in the back of the truck in the open with the salty wind just blowing ... I loved it! 

And once in awhile, I'd knock on the glass of the truck window and ask my dad to stop the truck so I could pick a wild flower (as long as it was nowhere near spiritual ground ... oh gosh ... we are soooo superstitous in Hawaii!  LOL!)  And I've found that I've carried those beliefs over with me to Vegas.  LOL!  I will not move a stone unless it is the stones I walk upon!!

Anyway ... how did I get off track here?!  Well, this is my card for The Sugar Bowl Sketch 29.  Thank you Tiet for such a lovely sketch!!!  We also had to include 3 flowers, 2 brads, and 1 button.  My button is under the ribbon.

Image:  Elisabeth Bell (Sugar Nellie)

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prismacolor Pencils

Hope you all have a great Monday!  Thank you so much for visiting me and taking the time to leave me such kind comments!  I appreciate it a lot!!!

xoxo...Elise

Thank you Michele!!!!

You can't imagine my heart pounding this morning when I woke up and checked my email to find that i won Michele's Blogiversary Candy!!!  My goodness!  And it's so intense because I know I can't really take my time to absorb it all in slowly .. since I know I have to get my son up to get him ready for preschool.  LOL!  So I'm like trying to hurry and do things like wake him up, get him dressed, so on and then fix his breakfast and what not ...

Then driving him to preschool I know I looked like such a goofball driving and smiling to myself!  Goodness!

Thank you so much Michele for your generous blog candy!  I so appreciate it, and seriously, am still pretty shocked by it!  I do hope you have many many more years of happy blogging!  :)

xoxo ... Elise