O' Christmas Tree

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all having a lovely week!  We've finally had another storm yesterday .. loud thunder, dark skies and heavy rain .. OooOh how I loved it!  And now today, the temperature is beautiful.  :)  Love how the storms bring in the cool weather!

Anyway, I made a card using Lili of the Valleys "Christmas Star" from the first Christmas release this year.  OoOoH I just LOVE her (well, I say that about all of the images from Lili of the Valley right?!  lol!  But it's so true!)

Papers:  The Paper Studio

Medium:  Distress Inks

I'd also love to enter this into:

7 Kids College Fund:  Easy as 1, 2, 3 ...

Bunny Zoe's:  Distressing

All of the Christmas images & sentiments are in stock once again at Lili of the Valley  .. so it would be a great time to treat yourselves to your desires now!  :)  Happy Shopping!  hehe!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!  Don't forget to stop by LOTV Inspirational Blog and check out my FABULOUS DT sisters works!  They are absolutely inspiring!!!

Hugs,

Elise

A Day to Remember

Hi Friends!  Hope you are all enjoying your weekend and relaxing with loved ones.  :)

Can you believe Autumn is right around the corner?  Gosh, and before you know it .. Winter will be here once again and the beginning of a new year as well. 

Well, I've gotten to play with this darling Sylvia Zet image which I truly enjoyed:

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

I'd also love to enter this into:

7 Kids College Fund:  Anything Goes

***Update:  WoOoOHoooo!  Won Top 3 at 7kidscollegefund!  Thank you so very much ladies!***

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

Hugs,

Elise

Let It Snow

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all doing very well and enjoying the start of September!

My family came to visit from Hawaii ... love it when they visit but hate it when they leave.  :)  I can never get enough of them, and I'm trying to convince ALL of them to move here.  lol!!!  My little boy ... Bodhi ... surely misses them TERRIBLY as well.  Loads of tears at bedtime (for the both of us LOL!) .. saying he really misses Grandpa.  Hopefully they will all be back sooner than we think.

Well, I made a card using that cutie patootie "Snow Cute" and "Christmas Grungy Messages" from Lili of the Valley's newest release.  And I used all 3 of the new beautiful Christmas Paper Pads .. a little bit of each from "Krafty Christmas", "Classic Christmas" and "Frosty Christmas"!

Medium:  Prisma Coloured Pencils w/OMS

Well, I hope you all have a lovely week wherever you are.  Thank you SO very much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See you again soon.  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Adore

Hello there!  Hope you are all doing well!

It's time for another CLP challenge with a great sketch, here's my card:

I've used "Sweet Dreams" from Belles 'n Whistles Store.  Sadly, Belles 'n Whistles is closing it's doors and everything is on clearance right now.  I have such fond memories of these images, I fell in love with them back in 2009 when I first started blogging and they still tug at my heart when I look at them.

Papers:  Lili of the Valley  "Bonnets and Bowties"  (isn't it soOOoO sweet?!!)

Medium:  Distress Inks

Thank you for visiting me today and I hope you'll come and join us at CLP!!

Hugs,

Elise

Merry Little Christmas .. Lili of the Valley

Hello there!  Hope you are all doing very well and enjoying your week so far!

I've a Christmas card to show you made with Teddy with Robin and Christmas Grungy Messages  from the latest Lili of the Valley release.  Aren't these animals just so darling?!!  Seems that everyone is totally loving these .. and I don't blame you!!  lol!!!

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Prisma Coloured Pencils with OMS

If you haven't gotten in your order yet, spoil yourself with these cuddlies .. you deserve it!  :)  Also, stop by the Lili of the Valley Inspirational Blog to check out the rest of my fabulous DT sisiters works .. you will SURELY be inspired!  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

Wheelbarrow Full of Love

Hey Friends!  Hope you are all doing very well!  My little one has headed off back to school this past week, and oh how much I've missed him.  The first day I felt completely lost and kept wondering what he was doing at each moment.  I couldn't wait 'till he came home so I could hear everything that he did, and cuddle with him like a lunatic.  :)

And when he finally came home, I could feel my heart beat like it should.  :)  It was happy!  And it was even happier when my little one told me that he had a "GREAT" first day!  :)  Mommies love to hear that.  hehe.  Now, I'm smiling even more because it's the start of the weekend and I get to have him 24/7 ... plus he's turning the big 6 years old on Sunday!  :)

Anyhow, earlier this week I got to play with this darling Lili of the Valley image "Sunny Days and Smiles" which I coloured with Distress Inks.   I also used some of the "Petal Fresh" papers from Lili of the Valley!  OoOoH  my gosh, love the new paper pads!!!  The pink paper is from DCWV, but the rest is from "Petal Fresh" .. they are so dreamy!

I have another Christmas animal card that I've finished also, but I wanted to post this first because my dear DT sister Dena has such a WONDERFUL tutorial on how to color these darling bears with distress inks!  You HAVE to check out her video .. her colouring is incredibly GORGEOUS!!!

I'll save my Christmas card for another day.  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley Christmas Animal Blog Hop!!!

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all doing wonderfully!  We have something pretty SPECTACULAR for youuuu ... hehehe ...

Lili of the Valley Blog Hop – win the all new stamps!

Crazy Sweet right?  ;)

Today we’re holding a Lili of the Valley sneaky peek blog hop to celebrate the launch of their new Christmas Animals and Sentiment stamps!

There are 10 of the cutest animals and 4 sets of Christmas sentiments; they will be available to buy on the Lili of the Valley website from midnight Aug. 22nd and don’t forget you can also get their gorgeous new patterned paper pads on there too!

The fabulous Design Team are all taking part, you just need to ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card. We’ve used all the stamps between us so hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration for using the new designs.  :)

We don’t know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog. We will draw the winner tonight (Tuesday) which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and 2 winners will be drawn at random from the comments that were left on those cards.

Prize 1:   1 set of the brand new Christmas sentiment clear stamp sheets, 1 each of the new designs, worth £50.00

Prize 2:   The full set of the new Christmas animal rubber stamps, worth £45.00

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part and remember you will need to visit them all to be in with a chance of winning:

Anne
Bev
Claudia Rosa
Dawny P
Dena
Elise .. you are here :)
Fleur
Gretha
Katarina
Lena Katrine
Lou
Moni
Pops

So you should have arrived here from gorgeous Dena's blog .. isn't she amaaazing?!!!

Here's my card featuring darling "Merry Christmas Penguins" and "From All of Us" Christmas phrase:

Thank you so much for joining us on our Lili of the Valley Blog Hop .. we hope you're having lots of fun and the best of luck to all of you!  :)

Now hop on over to the next stop .. Fabulous Fleur for her super stunning creation!!!

I'll see you again soon!

Big Hugs,

Elise

Christmas is Coming ... Lili of the Valley

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all doing very well!  :)  I've been getting in as much play time with my little boy as I can since he'll be going back to school shortly.  This afternoon, he made a tent .. remember making those as little kids?  You know .. place a large blanket over a table and chairs and crawl inside it with a flashlight?  LOL!

He made one, and of course asked me to SQUEEZE in there with him.  hmmmm .. okay so I did and he was tickled silly that I joined him under there.  Thennnn .. our big 'ol pooch Max decided he didn't want to be left out of anything, and somehow sneaked his way in and SQUEEZED himself in there with us too.  A little 5 year old boy, a Mommy and a big 'ol fluffy dog in a little itty bitty space ... I must say we sure did giggle a lot!  LOL!

Well, here's another sneak peek for the upcoming and darling Lili of the Valley 2nd Christmas release.  This one is called "Teddy with Penguin".  They're so cute together right?!  And I've also used a new Lili of the Valley Christmas Sentiment that will be released too!

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils w/OMS

I'd also love to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp:  Animal Antics

Don't forget .. this SWEET new release will be available from August 22nd at Lili of the Valley!!  These fluffers are absolutely precious!!!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Wishes

Hello Friends!  Hope you are all well!  Can't believe my little one will be going back to school next week ..ugh!  I'm already dreading it ... since I'd rather him be at home with me.  lol! 

I had an "Ice Cream Date" with him the other night .. I took him to an ice cream parlor just he and I.  And he acted like such a gentleman .. asking me, "How are you enjoying your ice cream Mommy?"  We both agreed that each of ours was yummy.  He had Cookies and Cream, and I had Strawberries and Cream.  :)

I loved listening to his chatterbox stories as he told me about Spiderman and Hero Factory ... he knows so much about them and I've grown to enjoy them as well believe it or not!  haha!!!  And at the end, he told me, "I loved my ice cream date with you!  You're the best Mommy in town!"  Awww man!  *Note to self* ~ Gotta make it a point to do this more often!  :)

Well, I had some time to play with this cute Sylvia image the other week, and only now posting it.  :)

Papers: MME

Medium:  Distress Inks

Hope you're all enjoying your week and I"ll see you again very soon!  Thank you so much for visiting me!  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Sugar Sweet ... A Little Sneak Peek

Hello Friends!  Hope this post finds you all doing very well! 

Lili of the Valley is getting ready for their next release .. and as you can imagine .. it is as darling as the last!  This Christmas release will be ready for orders on Aug. 22nd .. oh my gosh aren't you excited?!!  Now let me tell you, there will be SO many cute things in here and you may feel the need to indulge yourself in some spoiling once again.  And rightfully so!  lol!

Today, I am doing a teensy sneak peek of the Christmas Recipe images.  There's something so warm and inviting about Christmas recipes ... maybe because during the holidays so many of us are busy baking to share the things we love?  The way the baked goods make our little ones smile as they sneak some into their little mouths after you've pulled them out of the oven.  The way it makes us ALL smile because everything tastes so yummy.

I'll give you a look into these little recipe cards that I've distressed to give it a slightly aged feel, and then surrounded them with my favorite things.  Then I added lots of those diamond dust to my flowers to make it "feel" like sugar.  :)

This is just a glimpse into the next sweet release .. and you'll be able to find more glimpses in my super fabulous DT sisters blogs also!  :)

*Please don't forget about the gorrrrrgeous paper pads that will be released at LOTV on Aug. 15th and also the current "Anything but a Card" competition going on at the Inspiration blog.  You could do anything simple too .. a bookmark, a bag, a tag ... easy peasy and FUN!*

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

Hugs,

Elise