Belles 'n Whistles Happy New Year Challenge

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all enjoying your holiday season and staying nice and warm!

We have a new challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog hosted by our lovely and talented Iris!  She's asking to make anything with the theme of "Happy New Year"!  How fun is that?!  You can do ANYTHING with this!!!  :)

Mine is with this little cutie sledding right into the New Year with a hoot and a holler!  lol!

How cute are these little munchkins?!!!  I love them!!

The Fun Stuff:

Images:  Sledding Snowbaby, Skiing Snowbaby

Papers:  K&Co, MME

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

I sure do hope to see you in our challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles!  Go and check out all my sister DT's work for lots of inspiration!!  And don't forget to check out our Advent Calendar going on here!

I hope you'll all have a very LOVELY Christmas!  Stay Safe and Warm!  Thank you so much for coming to visit me!

Big Hugs,

Elise

Day 13 of Belles 'n Whistles Advent Celebration!!!

Hello Friends!  I hope you all have been following along with Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar Celebration!  There are WONDERFUL prizes to be won EVERY SINGLE DAY by our generous Summer!!!  And I KNOW you don't want to be missing out on any of this!  :)

For my card that I'm showing today, I've used 2 stamps from The Snowbabies Collection!  For the front of my card, I used Peekaboo Snowbaby.  And for the inside, I used Snow Angel Snowbaby .. and I cut her out with a circle nestie.  Aren't they SO adorable?!!!  sigh ... I want to play in the snow SOooOOO bad!!!  And these cuties look ECSTATIC to be frolicking in the snow!!!  lol!

Okay, so now .. zoom on over to Belles 'n Whistles and join us in our Advent Calendar Celebration!!!  I'll see you there!!  And I'll probably see you there EVERY DAY because all of my DT sisters has something WONDERFUL to show you each day!

The Fun Stuff:

Stamps:  Snow Angel Snowbaby and Peekaboo Snowbaby

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Thanks for visiting me!  I truly appreciate all of your supportive comments!!!

May the best of your todays .. Be the worst of your tomorrows

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Christmas Glitter

Hi Friends!  Well, this week at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge blog, the most talented and lovely Lynda gave us a fun and super easy challenge .. "Christmas Glitter"!  Yayyy!  And you know I LOVE glitter!  I used glitter on the edges of all my papers and also on all my flowers .. can't get enough of it!  ;)

This first card was whipped up tonight .. luckily I already had the image colored and prepared from the days that I'm feeling good.  So all I did tonight was put everything else together.  :) 

Stamp:  Snowfight Snowbaby  (ohhhh how I LOVE her!!)

Paper:  MME

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils w/OMS

Now this second card is something that I had completed recently during my "good days".  This one actually is pretty special for me.  I started colouring this image all the way back in October .. and while I started colouring this .. I received the news from the doctor over the phone that I indeed had breast cancer.  I did not touch any of my crafting supplies for a long time, didn't want to even look at any of my craft things actually.

And only recently, I completed colouring her and finishing this card up.  To me, it symbolizes me completing all of my treatments that I still need to undergo .. and by golly .. it WILL be completed successfully!  :)

Stamps: Kneeling Belle, The Gathering Place, Tulips

Paper:  K&Co, Prima

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils and OMS

Alright, I'm signing out for now!  I'm still not feeling very well .. not only is the chemo and the shot wearing me out, but I have caught a nasty cold as well.  I'm coughing up a storm like I'm entering in the Guiness World Book of Records or something .. LOL!!  So I'm off to rest now!

Please don't forget to join us at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge!  :)  We'd love to see you there!

Thank you so much for all of your love and support!

May the best of your todays, be the worst of your tomorrows ...

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calendar Celebration!!!

Hey Friends!  I'm popping in to drop you a bit of news and excitement to look forward to!  :)

The Belles 'n Whistles 2nd Annual Advent Calendar Celebration is starting December 1st!!!

There will be daily giveaways, challenges, surprises, inspiration and of course lots of fun! An Introduction to the Advent Calendar Celebration is being posted here on the blog on November 28th!  Everyone at Belles 'n Whistles is looking forward to celebrating with all of you!

Let me tell you .. it is lots of fun! Actually last Christmas (I was not part of the DT team yet), I had won on Christmas Eve!!! hehe .. how lucky was I?!! SoooOOo LUCKY!! So get ready for another SPECTACULAR celebration!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

May the best of your todays, Be the Worst of your Tomorrow's ..

Elise

Snow Days

Hello Friends!  GASP!!!  What a shock!  I made a card!  LOL!  Well, I've been feeling really good the past few days, and had some time to make a card .. so even though I had to think a little longer (since I've not made a card over a month) ... I had a lot of fun doing this!  :)

This new challenge at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge blog is given to us by the lovely Kathrin.  The theme is "Cozy Winternights" .. and she wants us to use something fuzzy like felt, velvet flock, and such ... so for my card, I used velvet ribbon!  :)

I also used CLP's beautiful November sketch provided by the one and only mega-talented Chelsea!  Thank you so much Chel!  I always enjoy playing with your wonderful sketches!!! 

Isn't this girl such a little cutie?!!!  She is SO entranced by this newly made snowball, and she looks like, "Wow!!!!"  hehe!  This sweetie pie is called Snowball Snowbaby from Belles 'n Whistles newest Snowbabies Collection!  Let me tell you .. this new collection is yet another must have to play with!  And Summer, the owner of Belles 'n Whistles Store will generously be donating 10% of the proceeds from this collection to Breast Cancer Research in honour of Jacque and myself!  Okay .. now how WONDERFUL is that?!!!!  (Heart is melting!!!!)  Thank you so much Summer!!!

Okay, so .. please come on over and play with us over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog and also at CLP!  And if you wanna be like me .. you can combine these 2 AWESOME challenges!!!!  Yayyy!  :)

Also, update on little 'ol me ... hehe ... I go in for my second round of chemo on Tuesday.  Annnnd ... I started losing my hair ... so my hubby shaved my head this past week.  Funny thing, when I shower, I still automatically try to lift up my hair and move it to the side.  LOL .. and when I reach for my hair, I'm like grabbing empty air, "Whoops, nothing there!"  LOL!

Alright, until next time .. keep on smiling!  Thank you so much for your kind support, thoughts and loving prayers!  I appreciate every single one of you!

May the best of your todays .. Be the worst of your tomorrows

Elise

Thank You So Much!

Hello Friends!  I hope these past weeks have been great to all of you!  I'm sorry that I've been scarce on my blog, but it looks like I will not be posting as much as I'd like to for a little while.  I've already started my Chemotherapy last week Tuesday ... 10 days ago.  I have 5 more treatments to go over the course of 4 and a half months, then my mastectomy, then radiation.  And theeeeeennnnn ... SUNNY DAYS!!!  Woooot wooot!!!  Can't wait!  :)

I have all my scarves, beenies, hats and turbans ready and washed ... all patiently waiting.  ;)  Yep .. I'll be the new Hippy Chic on the block!  hehe!  :)  Any day now I shall be looking like my hubby .. bald and hopefully just as fabulous as he looks!  ;)  I've already told him that once hairs start coming out ... I want him to shave my entire head.  I'M READY!!!!  (I think?!  LOL!!!)

Anyway, I really wanted to THANK all of YOU who give me so much love and support!  I truly appreciate each and every single one of you .. and if I could reach through this screen to hug you ... I most definitely would!

I wanted to thank all the wonderful ladies involved in the following hops ... as they have all brought TEARS to my eyes with their love and support.

The Inking Pink Blog Hop involves so many WONDERFUL girls ... all TALENTED crafters from around the world.  They have put together an amazing blog hop in order to raise awareness of Breast Cancer.  I'd especially like to thank my Sweet CLP Sisters and my former lovely Beary Scrap Sisters for your incredible support that you've given me.

And Belles 'n Whistles newest "Snowbaby Collection" Blog Hop (which I'd like to add is simply FABULOUS!!!)  has been dedicated to Jacque and I ... sigh ... Thank you so much fabulous girls!  The wonderful owner of Belles 'n Whistles .. Summer .. will be generously donating 10% of all proceeds to Breast Cancer Research!  Wooot Wooot!  Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!

And of course, I'd also like to thank Cheryl ... for putting together a card drive for me.  This is soooo sweet of you for knowing that I'd love to keep smiling through this storm.  I appreciate this sOoooOOo much!

To all of the ladies mentioned above, and to everyone that sends me the well wishes and support through your comments and emails ... I love you with all my heart!  And I also want to thank all of you beautiful women who have lovingly sent me flowers, cards and gifts .. you have all brought a smile to my face that I wish you could see.  I appreciate EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU OUT THERE!!!

Although I am not on my blog much, and I don't go out into blogland much right now .. know that I am thinking of you! 

Until next time ... ROCK ON SISTERS!  And keep those smiles!!!  ;)  Thank you soooOOooo much for always putting a smile on my lips!

May the best of your todays, Be the worst of your tomorrows

Love you All,

Elise

My Love to All of You

Hello Friends!  Happy Sunday to all of you!  I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed it!  :)

I wanted to drop in on my blog and do a quick post to Thank Each and Every Single one Of you!!  You have all brought tears to my eyes with your loving messages, and such kind and warm wishes and full blown support.  I am so touched beyond words as to how much each of your comments/emails means to me in this worrisome time.  Some of you have even emailed me with personal stories ... and I want to THANK YOU .. for taking the time to share your stories with me to give me hope and courage!  You all made me want to reach out and HUG you so tight!

With all of your support ... I feel like I have an ARMY of WONDERFUL women standing alongside of me ready to fight with me!  I know I have a battle up ahead, and knowing that I have my LOVING family and AWESOME friends beside me rooting me on ... I will come out with sunny days ahead of me!

I also want to thank all my sisters at CLP for sending me a wonderful surprise at my doorstep:

A STUNNING white and soft pink arrangement with the most sweetest scent and most kindest support!  The poor flower delivery guy must have thought he did something to make me cry.  LOL!  Thank you so much girls for bringing me happy tears.  :)  I love you all sooo much!

And also I want to thank another dear friend Jacque ... who has taken me under her angel wing (I love you Jacque).  She battled breast cancer AND is now CANCER FREE ... WOOOOT WOOOOOT!!!!  I am so proud of her for being such a strong survivor!!!  Most of you that have come to my blog to send me love was sent over from Jacque .. thank you soooo much!!!

To all of you who have come here and given me so much love and courage ... I truly love each and every single one of you.  Really .. I do.

I will try to keep you posted soon.  :)   CANCER SUCKS!!!!!  hehe!  :)

May the Best of Your Todays ... Be the Worst of Your Tomorrows

Elise



Spread Awareness

Hello dear friends!  I hope you are having a wonderful Friday ... yayyy .. the weekend is here!

I have a bit of news to share with you, something that I've been debating about, but decided that it's a good thing to share to raise awareness and give love and support to those who have Breast Cancer.  I have recently been diagnosed as having Breast Cancer earlier this week.  There are more tests to be done to see if it has spread, since some were in my lymph nodes.

Yes, this news is very confusing for me and most of the time I am okay, but there are times when I just break down.  I think once I finish all the other testing and know what treatments I have to do .. I'll be okay .. I just want to get everything going so that I can fight my way back to becoming cancer free.

It's funny how a bit of this news will make you look at everything differently.  Make you look at things a lot closer.  I will always appreciate every single second of every single day, I look at other people and wonder what their hardships are in life and think, "May God be with them every single step of the way."  And I know that I will love with more than my entire being!  :)

The hardest part for me is looking at my little 4 year old son.  He is the love of my life, my sun, my stars, my everything.  I get scared thinking of everything, but then I pull it together for awhile and think, "I just wanna get this over with!  I wanna be GREAT again!!!" 

I found the lumps of mine by accident in the shower.  I wasn't looking for anything, but my fingertip accidently felt a bump as I was rinsing off.  So ladies, please ... when you're in the shower ... routinely check yourself and get familiar with what your skin/bodies look and feel like. 

I received a bag full of info, along with this beautiful hand quilted pink/green blanket at the doctors.  Along with it came a pink/white "Heal" teddy bear .. which of course has been taken lovingly by my little boy.  hehe!  :)

Also, if you know of any success/survivor stories, I'd love for you to share them with me ... as I find it uplifting.  Here's my email addy so you can share it privately with me:  happy2bamom@cox.net

Thank you so much for reading this long post and I know you are right here with me.  :)  I hope you will understand that for a while I may not be posting comments on your sweet blogs as I will feel okay for a minute, then exhausted the next .. and I've got a lot of information to read up on in those books!  Whew!  :)

May the Best of your Todays ... be the Worst of your Tomorrows,

Elise

Belles 'n Whistles NEW Challenge Blog!!!!

Hello!!!  I am here to announce some exciting news!!!  You are going to LOVE it as we girls at Belles 'n Whistles are all sooo stoked about this!

We have a NEW CHALLENGE BLOG for Bellens 'n Whistles!!!!  Wooohooo, Yipppeeee, Yayyyy!!!  Our most AMAZING Lynda worked her MAGIC and whipped up this INCREDIBLE new Challenge Blog!!!  Whoa .. we are all FLOORED by her gorgeous work!

Okay, so now our challenges will be held at the new Belles 'n Whistles Challenge blog AND it will be held bi-weekly!!!  You'll have more time to play with us and have fun!  ;)

Soooo .. hope you'll all be sweeties and follow our new challenge blog here and play in our bi-weekly challenges!!!  Go and check it out!!!  There's lots to enjoy .. and you'll even get to read about our very own Sweet Summer (who is the owner of Belles 'n Whistles), the most AMAZINGLY talented Elisabeth Bell (the illustrator behind all those most LOVED images), and all of my lovely DT sisters!  :)

Can't wait to see you there!

Hugs,

Elise

CLP's October Challenge!

Update 10/01/10 10:00am ... the winner of my Belles 'n Whistles blog candy is Risa!!  She will get to choose a stamp of her choice from the newest and fabulous "Changeabelles Colletion".  ;)

Hello!  Oh man, it's October 1st already?!  Cripeys!!!  Okay, so you know what this means?!!!  Another super FABULOUS challenge over at CLP Challenge!!!  Of course our lovely Chelsea whipped up another BEAUTIFUL sketch to play with!  Yayyyy!!!!  Thank you Chelsea!!!

And this month, our sponsor for CLP is Spesch Designer Stamps!!!  They graciously let us pick a newly released image!  Thank you so much!!!  The winner of this challenge will receive 4 digi images .. and I must say .. they're all so wonderfully CUTE!!!!

Soooo, here's the image I chose and the card I've made:

She's sooo delightful to play with!!!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Spesch Designer Stamps

Papers:  K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

I sure do hope you'll join us at CLP challenge!  How could you not?  There's a gorgeous sketch and a lovely prize!!!  :)

Thanks so much for visiting me and leaving me such wonderful comments!

Hugs,

Elise