Life is a Journey ...

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

As you know, Lili of the Valley will have their newest gorgeous Boys release available for online purchase starting May 6th at midday UK time!  Gosh .. these boys are just the cutest lil things aren't they?!!!  And don't forget .. LOTV has started their own official Monthly Challenge for you to enjoy and play!  This month of May, the theme chosen is "Boy oh Boy!"  .. perfect!  :)

Well, so ummmmm .. you've noticed that I kinda need to add flowers to basically everything right?  lol!  And although I feel that boy cards are beautiful with flowers too, I thought I'd try one without since I had a lot of these Tim Holtz findings in my stash.  :)

This precious image is called "Toot Toot!" and I gave him some whitewall tires  ... oh my gosh .. I can just see him driving by a cutie pie girl and tooting that little horn over and over trying to get her attention.  hehe!  

Medium:  Distress Inks
Papers:  MME

I made those little playing cards and used images that I found on The Graphics Fairy and added in a dictionary definition of the word "travel".

I hope you'll spoil yourselves with this DARLING LOTV boy release .. they're just the sweetest things!

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

Hugs,
Elise

Lili of the Valley Blog Hop!

Good morning everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Today we are holding a Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of their gorgeous new Vintage Boy stamps!

There are 8 of the cutest images and they will be perfect for those hard to make cards for boys and men.

The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday on Monday 6th May (UK time) and you will also be able to get them at the Lili of the Valley shop in Leeds on Saturday (4th) if you are near enough to visit .. ooh you are so lucky if you get to go visit!!!  :)

The fabulous LOTV design team are all joining in, you just need to ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card, hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration along the way for using the new images.

We don’t know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog. We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and 2 winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left.

There will be 2 prize winners, each winning the full set of 8 new stamps .. woot woot!

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part... and remember you will need to visit them all and leave a comment to have the best chance of winning:

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Dawny

Dena

Elise .. you are here!  :)

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Lou

Mindy

Moni

Pops

Now here's my card using "A Lick of Paint" with Distress Inks.  I added a rainbow to this image and made my own sentiment on a hanger:

Don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out where the hidden prizes were.

Enjoy the hop… and good luck!  Thanks for joining us!  :)

Big Hugs,

Elise

Fabulous Announcements!

Hi again!  Hope you're all having a wonderful Wednesday!

I have a couple of things to share with you ..

I know I mentioned yesterday that LOTV will be starting their new Monthly Challenge .. and it has BEGUN!!!!!!  Woot Woot!  And must I say?  There are FAB prizes to be won!  You can click here and it will take you to the current challenge.  Or even if you visit the LOTV Inspirational Blog, you can find the link to the current challenge at the top of the blog too.  :)

The second thing I'd like to share with you is ...

I was so honored to be asked to Guest over at Sylvia Zet's Wee Stamps!!!  OooOh how much I love her work!  I am so tickled silly to be with them for the month of May .. thank you SO much for having me Sylvia and Mariska!!!  :)

Thank you so much for stopping by and I'll see you again VERY soon!  ;)  Have a beautiful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley's New Monthly Challenge!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all enjoying your week so far!

I wanted to pop in and let you know that the fabulous LOTV will be holding monthly challenges starting Midday on May 1st!  OooH I can just see your eyes light up!  lol!  More info to come your way on the LOTV Inspirational Blog!!!



In the meantime, for those who missed this particular post on LOTV Inspirational Blog .. there will be a lot of fun changes for you .. a ton more giveaways which I'm sure you won't want to miss!  Click here to read that post.  And keep checking LOTV's Inspirational Blog daily for updates!

Awesome yes?!!  :)

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!  Very soon!  :)

Big Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley Sneak Peek!

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

Well, as you already know .. the lovely Lili of the Valley is sending out another new release very soon .. and this one is all about the BOYS!  "Let's hear it for the BoYyYs!"  .. lol .. do you remember that song?  I think it's from the old Footloose movie?  That used to be my favorite song!  hehe!  :)

Anyway, these boys are just the CUTEST lil' things!  Each and every single one is sure to make your heart completely melt .. and even my little Bodhi was so EXCITED when he saw them!  :) 

Today, I have a sneak peek of "Take it Easy".  Look at this image!  How darling is this?!  I LOVE them together like that!  And I used Frantage on this .. no no .. this is not the card I burned.  haha .. that one will be shown in May.  :)

Medium:  Distress Inks

Papers:  LOTV Country Gent

You can see more sneak peeks from my gorgeous DT sisters on their blogs, and also on LOTV's Inspriational Blog also!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Sweet You ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all having a beautiful weekend!

Well, a few days ago, I rec'd such a lovely package in the mail from a very sweet England friend .. and she has introduced me to ... FRANTAGE!!!  OooOh my gosh .. where in the world have I been right?!  I tried it and have fallen head over heels with it!  I loved it so much, I had to order different colors of it!  haha!!

Now let me tell you my "inexperience" of using Frantage!  :)  I used it for the very first time and ended up burning .. yes literally burning .. the edge of my image with my heatgun!  OMGosh right?  Could have been a nightmare and my heart almost went into overdrive .. I saw a little part of my image corner turn red from fire .. lol!!!  But I quickly patted it ... and the frantage blended in with the burn.  :)  LOL!  Ooooh leave it to me for these situations!  :)  My first frantage card with this "burn" will not be shown until sometime in May .. and it's made for this lovely friend .. who introduced this to me.  :)

In the meantime, I would like to show you a card that I've made using a DARLING LOTV image called, "Dainty Cake".  I've coloured her with Distress Inks.  OoOh how much I love her as well!  I can't get over these girls .. I so love their gowns .. and their hair!!! 

Have you treated yourself to these GORGEOUS Lili of the Valley stamps?!  OooOh .. I know you deserve to treat yourselves!  Especially to something as beautiful as LOTV's!!!  Don't forget shipping is FREE for STAMPS!!!   :)  Awesome!

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

Hugs,

Elise



Looking Glass

Hey Ya's!  How are you all doing?  I hope very well!

I've made a card using the beautiful "Looking Glass" from the newest release and coloured her with Distress Inks. Hmmmm ... I wonder what the occasion is for her getting all 'glammed' up? Maybe it's her Birthday party, or maybe it's her Anniversary, or maybe she's going to an old fashioned Opera House with her girlfriends??! hehe. Whatever it is .. she's ready to have a grand 'ol time! :)

I truly love these Lili of the Valley images .. you can't help but fall for them harder with each new gorgeous release!

These papers on the card is from a very dear friend .. and it's the Maya Design Vintage Spring Basics.  Talk about having a hard time cutting into these .. gosh they're so gorgeous!  Thank you SO much dear .. I love them a lot lot LOT!  :)

I would also like to enter this into:
Bunny Zoe's Challenge:  Favorite Color Combo

Have you all treated yourselves to this special new release at Lili of the Valley shop?  I hope you have, because you know you deserve it!  :)

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

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV's newest release out NOW ...

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

Well, the wait is over!!!  Lili of the Valley has their newest release available for online ordering .. yes!  Have fun shopping ladies & gents!  They are so darling and sweet .. something for all of you to enjoy!

I've made another try at clean and simple .. and this is as CAS as it can get for me right now.  LOL!!!  I used gorgeous "Lilacs" coloured with distress inks.  And used the beautiful "Petal Fresh" with "Promises" papers also from LOTV. 

Please don't forget to stop by LOTV's Inspirational Blog to see my dear DT sisters creations .. they are simply GORGEOUS!  :)

Hope you'll have fun treating yourselves to something special at LOTV with this lovely new release!  Go ahead .. you know you deserve it!!  :)  hehe!

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

Hugs,

Elise

Pure Love

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're having a beautiful week so far!  :)

Before I show my card, I want to announce the winner of the candy that Crafty Ribbons left for my blog during the hop with them.  :)  Random winner would be Sunshine Honeybee from Created by Sunshine Honeybee.  Congratulations to you!!!  You've won the purple ribbon package!  Woot woot!  Please contact Mandy to claim your prize and give them your details.  :)

So have you all been enjoying the sneak peeks of LOTV's newest release that will be coming out?  Totally SWEET right?!  I know I know!!  Don't forget they will be out on April 6th at the store, and then they will be available online on April 8th.  Are you ready to treat yourselves??  I BET you are!  lol!  ;)

This card for today is using "Big Hug" with the beautiful "Country Lady" papers .. awwwww!!!  I can't even tell you how this image makes me melt when I look at them hugging like that!  So precious!  I've pretty much made it the same colors as I did with my last "Hand Picked" card, with just a few different things on there.

And did you also hear about the LOTV Image Pads that will be coming out also??  Click here to read more!!  It's FANTASTIC!!

Well, thank you all so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Wishes ...

Update:  I was one of the lucky girls chosen for Top 6 in the Saturated Canary challenge!  *Ecstatic*!!!  Thank you so much SC Girls!!  *Doin' the happy dance*

Hey Ya's!  How was your Easter weekend?  I hope you all had a beautiful weekend!

I hid eggs the night before (the PLASTIC ones filled with little chocolates), and so when Bodhi woke up .. he found the Easter Bunny's note left for him, plus a little goodie bag I made for him.  :)  Then we colored our dozen "Neon" eggs.  lol .. the package says "Neon" .. but to me it looked just regular?  Either way, Bodhi had a blast and that's what makes me happy! .. and we'll be eating boiled eggs for a few days.  haha!

Well, I have a card that I mailed overseas 3 weeks ago .. for another dear friends Birthday.  I  know she loves Saturated Canary .. so I attempted to make one for her.  :)

I would love to enter this into:
Saturated Canary:  Pretty Pastels

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

Hugs,

Elise