Make A Wish ...

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

I've been quite a busy girl with lots going on here!  But ...

I finally have something to share with you (I have something else, but I'm saving that for Monday .. hehe!)!!! This card here is with this beautiful Lili of the Valley "Cute Fairy" and I've cut out a butterfly from "Set 66 - Grunge Elements" to place at her cute little fingertips.

Then of course, as you already know, I love making tags with LOTV's sentiments .. they're perfect for making tags!!  I used "Make a Wish" from "Set 43 Fabulous Statements" along with a sentiment from "Set 58 - Pretty Grungy Good Times".

Medium:  Distress Inks

Papers:  Prima Blush, Fancy Pants Road Show

Hope you've all gotten in your fill on the latest DARLING release from LOTV!!  You really deserve to treat yourselves to something special!

Please also visit my beautiful DT sisters .. they do so many GORGEOUS creations for you on their personal blogs as well as on the LOTV Inspirational Blog.  :)  And our July Monthly Challenge "Pretty in Pink" is still going on .. you have loads of time to enter and play!!

Thank you so very much for visiting me and being so kind .. I truly appreciate it and love your visits!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV Blog Hop & 3 Fab New DT's!!!

Good morning everyone and thanks for stopping by .. and for those here living in the U.S.  .. Happy 4th of July!!!!!

Today we are holding a Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of their gorgeous Summer stamps!  There are 10 new designs including fairies, flowers and also some that are a little bit different!

The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday UK time on Monday 8^th July and will be launched in their Leeds shop on Saturday 6^th if you are near enough to visit. :)

The LOTV design team are all joining in and you may have noticed that there are some new names on the list!  We’re all thrilled to welcome our new teamies   ...it’s the very fabulous Kim Piggott, Becky Hetherington and Debbie Dolphin!!  Woot woot!

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.

There are some great prizes up for grabs on this hop, we don’t know where they are hidden so do make sure you that you visit and comment on every blog.

We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on those blogs.

 1st prize

The full set of 10 new stamps

 2^nd prize

4 new perfectly pretty stamps

 3^rd prize

3 new flower stamps

 4^th prize

3 new fairy stamps

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 as we don’t know where the prizes are hidden:

  

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Becky H.
Dawny

Debbie D.

Dena
Elise ... you are here

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kim P.

Lou

Mary J

Mindy

Moni

My card is using the beautiful "Sunflowers" from the upcoming gorgeous release, along with "Set 66 - Grunge Elements" and "Set 67 Grunge Swirls" added to the side of the Sunflowers frame.  I've also stamped the musical sheet from "Set 46 - Background Bits - Notes" onto the ripped portion of my papers.

The pull out tag features "Set 44 Statements - Just to Say" (So Sorry).  And I've added a couple of the gorgeous tags from "Set 50 Tags Madame".

Your next stop is the gorgeous Fleur  ....and if you get lost along the way you can start again at the Ideas to Inspire blog

Don’t forget to also stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winners are of those great prizes

Enjoy the Hop and Good Luck!!!  Have fun on your 4th of July .. be safe!!!  :)

Big Hugs,

Elise

3 More Days!

Just a quick reminder that you still have 3 more days for Lili of the Valley's current challenge "Use a Sentiment"!  :)  Hope you'll join in!

Hope you're having a beautiful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley Sneak Peek ...

Hi Ya's!  Hope you're all having a beautiful week so far!

Well, I've another Lili of the Valley sneak peek for you!  This one features "Hydrangea's" from the upcoming release .. and I love the way it can be used with just about any occasion you'd like it for.

Off on the sides, I've also used a couple of the vintage stamps from "Set 66 - Grunge Elements" (the little Paris circle stamp) and "Set 67 - Grunge Swirls" (those little dots).

Then I created another pull out tag from "Set 44 Statements - Just to Say" and a little paper charm from "Set 58 Pretty Grungy - Good Times".  And the paper that I used is LOTV's "Perfect Pair".  ;)

And after I completed my card, I realized I forgot something .. where is the frantage?!!!  OoOh I could not believe it!  Totally forgot it!  Sheeesh!  lol!

This beautiful new release will be available at actual Lili of the Valley shop on July 6th, and then available on the Web Store on July 8th!  :)

And as always, my DT sisters will be showing you their GORGEOUS sneak peeks too on their personal blogs and also on the LOTV Inspirational Blog also!

Thank you so very much for visiting me .. I love it when you do, and I truly appreciate your visits!!  I'll see ya again soon .. I have another one ready for you which I'll show you in a few days.  ;)

Big Hugs,

Elise

LOTV's Sneak Peek ...

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

Well I've got a surprise for you!!!!!!!!!  We have another PRECIOUS Lili of the Valley release coming up .. and I have a Sneak Peek for you!!  :)  Woooohoooo!

So I've gotten to combine quite a few stamps with this card ... I've masked this darling background "Summer Church" with this beautiful girl "Skipping" .. both are from this new upcoming release.  They are separate images, but I thought it would be fun to put these two together.  :)  

I've also stamped a butterfly in the upper left corner from "Set 66 - Grunge Elements", and added swirls in the corners from "Set 67 - Grunge Swirls".  Then I made a little pull out tag with "Set 43 Statements - Fabulous", with a little paper charm from "Set 58 Pretty Grungy - Good Times".  The paper is from  Lili of the Valley's "Country Lady".

Then at the bottom of my image frame, I've used a Noor! grass die cut .. these dies are so beautiful!  :)  You can go to the Noor! Design blog for lots of inspirational ideas!

This DARLING new release will be available at actual Lili of the Valley shop on July 6th, and then available on the Web Store on July 8th!  Wheeee!  ;)

You will see more GORGEOUS sneak peeks from my BEAUTIFUL DT sisters on their blogs as well as on the LOTV Inspirational Blog too!  :)

Thank you SO much for visiting me ... I really truly love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon okay?  :)

Big Hugs,

Elise

LOTV Guest with Sketch Saturday ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all having a beautiful weekend and a great summer so far!

We've been keeping quite busy here.  :)  Bodhi has started his Karate lessons .. and he LOVES it!  Yayyyy! lol!  Then we bought a yearly membership for the Children's Discovery Museum here in town .. it's packed with so many amazing things for the kids to play and learn.  

Now let me tell you .. I am SO afraid of heights .. so very VERY afraid.  LOL!  And there's a section of the museum where you have to walk up 3 stories .. and you see through everything.  It's a fenced cage (yea, cause we're all animals right?!  LOL!), and each level there are things for the kids to stop and explore and learn.  There's even planes and tunnels hanging off the side in mid-air where the kids can actually go in and climb up and down .. OMGosh .. CRAZY!  But I did the climb!  I did it!  Knees were about to buckle and I could feel a little trickle of sweat on my face .. lol .. but gotta put on a brave face and do it for my Bodhi right?!  ;)

I swear my hands were reaching out ready to catch any of the kids that were jumping around and hopping around up there.  LOL!  You know how it is .. when you're young .. you have NO FEARS!  NONE, NADA, KAPUT!  hehe!

Annnyways, I've been so honoured to be a Lili of the Valley Guest at Sketch Saturday!  This week is a free sketch week .. and I chose to work with a beautiful sketch #253.  Thank you Sketch Saturday for having me guest with you wonderful ladies!

For my card, I've used a couple of the newest images from LOTV.  First I stamped "Set 62 - Quotables Friendship".  Then I masked the rose piece of "Set 53 Vintage Backs - Flora and Fauna" over it.  As you can see, I've not used the entire image of the Vintage Back stamp .. I love that you can use the portions of these new images as well!  :)

Also, I am using a beautiful Noor! Design circular die 6003/1003 for my Guest Spot over at Noor!  I thought, "Why not slip my image between and into the little slits?" .. and it worked like a charm!  Try it!  :)

Well thank you so much for staying with me on my long post.  ;)  I hope you all got your orders in on the latest AMAZING Lili of the Valley Release!  And if it's out of stock at the moment .. no worries .. LOTV is awesome and will replace it pronto!  :)

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

Big Hugs,

Elise

Sittin' Here Thinking of You ...

** Update:  Thank you SO very much Deep Ocean Challenge and also A Creative Romance!!!!  I am truly honoured to be chosen as one of your Top 3!!  Yayyyy!!  Big Hugs to you all!**

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all off to a beautiful weekend!

My little Bodhi has started his Summer Break .. and we'll have loads of time to spend together until end of August!  :)  We've already gotten in some fun play time .. swimming, water balloons, mini-golfing, library, movies ... so far he's having a blast not having to go to school.  LOL .. who can blame him right?  Nice for him to stay up late and get up later too.  :)  And he sure is keeping me busy busy busy .. I swear this little guy has SO much energy .. he could hold a lightbulb and it would turn on.  haha!!!

Anyways, have you all headed over to Lili of the Valley and ordered the AMAZING new release?!!  Oh my gosh right?!  So many of them, and ALL so GORGEOUS!!!  Many sheets have sold out already, but no worries, no worries ... they'll be back in stock on June 20th.  :)

For today's card, I've done some masking.  For the main image, I've stamped "Set 54 Vintage Backs - Sweet Serenade" Photo image.  Then, I added this little darling girl "Emma Swing" in there.  Also, that word "Souvenir" above Emma Swing is from "Set 53 Vintage Backs - Flora and Fauna".  (I just inked over the "Souvenir" word on the stamp .. and placed it right in that space.)  These vintage stamps are clear .. so you can see where you want it to be!  :)

I've also added "Set 46 Background Bits - Notes" .. the musical sheet stamp and placed it like a piece of ephemera with a little clip in the background..

There is just an endless amount of possibilities with these new stamps .. you can take bits and portions of it to stamp it where you want.  Or you can use the entire image ... it's totally up to what you want!  Crazy sweet right?!

Also, my fabulous DT Sisters has so much GORGEOUS inspiration for you on their personal blogs, as well as on LOTV's Inspirational Blog too!  Check them out .. they are AMAZING!

I would love to enter my card into:

Deep Ocean Challenge:  For a Girl

Bunny Zoe:  Wings (my little wooden bird up at the top)

A Creative Romance:  Anything Goes

And don't forget that this month at LOTV's Monthly Challenge .. the theme is SO easy!  "Use a Sentiment".  Please join in for the fun!

Okay, thank you so much for sticking with me through this long post.  lol!!!

Thank you SO very much for visiting me and taking the time to leave me comments .. I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley Pretty Vintage Blog Hop & some Fab News!

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 Pretty Vintage stamps! .. and further down I have more FAB news to tell you!  :)

There are 26 new clear stamp sets and it’s a fabulous mix of backgrounds, sentiments, quotes, tags and more...

They keep up perfectly with the current trend for all things vintage and grungy whilst still retaining a bit of the feminine charm that you’ve come to expect from Lili of the Valley!

The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midnight (12am) on Wednesday 12^th June (UK time)

 The LOTV design team are all joining in and you may have noticed a new name on the list

We’re all thrilled to welcome our new teamie   ...it’s the very fabulous Mary J!

  

You just need to ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card, we know that these stamps are a little bit different so hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration along the way for using the new images.

There is an amazing prize up for grabs on this hop, we don’t know where it is hidden so do make sure you that you visit and comment on every blog

We will let you know tomorrow evening which was the ‘lucky’ blog and a winner will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on that blog.

The prize is a full set of the Pretty Vintage stamps...

that’s 26 A5 sheets, one each of all the new designs, and it’s worth a massive £325!!  Wow wow wow!

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 as we don’t know where the prize is hidden;

  

Ideas to Inspire

Anne
Dawny
Dena
Elise .. you are here

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Lou

Mary

Mindy

Moni

  

Here’s my card:

Front stamp is from the beautiful "Vintage Backgrounds Flora & Fauna" sheet.  

And do you notice that beautiful street lamp die?  I've also been asked by the wonderful Jolanda from Noor! Designs to be a Guest .. ooooh I am TRULY honoured!!!  Thank you SO much for inviting me to be with another AMAZING group of ladies!!  :) 

Pull out tag has a lovely stamp from "Madame Tags" sheet:

Birthday sentiment from the "Fabulous" sheet:

"Flora & Fauna" coloured with Distress Inks, Stickles and Frantage:

 This whole new vintage release is so INCREDIBLE .. I absolutely LOVE it!  You can use them for any and all occasions!  

Don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winner is of this fantastic prize!

Enjoy the hop ...  and good luck to each of you!

Big Hugs,

Elise

Get Ready! LOTV Blog Hop on the way!!!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all doing very well and gearing up for a fun filled weekend!  :)

Today is my little Bodhi's last day of 1st Grade .. yup .. tears welling up and dripping down.  My little guy is growing up SO fast!  But at least .. we have the whole summer to get together with friends .. to play, relax and enjoy!  :)

Okay so here's the announcement you do not want to miss!!! ...

We’re having a Design Team blog hop on Monday with the full DT taking part so don’t forget!

We’ve got some amazing ideas and inspiration for you using the new Pretty Vintage stamps, and I have exciting news …we have a fabulous new design team member to introduce to you!

As always there will be a hidden prize somewhere along the way …and this time that prize is HUGE …it’s a full set of the new stamps worth £325!!

Make sure you join in on Monday, you can start from any of the DT blogs or here on the ideas to Inspire blog.

See you then!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley News!

Good Morning!  I wanted to share some fun things with you!

First, the challenge for this June at LOTV's Monthly Challenge blog is "Use a Sentiment".  Easy peasy right?!  Hope you'll join in on the fun!  :)

And also, I've copied and pasted some info about the following banner from the LOTV Inspiration Blog:

Between now and 11.59pm (UK time) on June 7th all orders over £15 will go into a draw to win a full set of the new Pretty Vintage stamps

The (very) lucky winner will get one of each of the 26 new A5 stamp sets   …this prize is worth a whopping £325 so make sure you get your orders placed to be in with a chance of winning

***

Wow wow wow!  That is SWEET!  What a most GENEROUS prize offered by the AMAZING Lili of the Valley!!!

Alright, hope to see you join the fun over at LOTV'S Monthly Challenge .. and hope you'll spoil yourselves a bit with some gorgeous goodies at LOTV's store so you can be entered in the gigantic giveaway!!!

Have a wonderful day!  I'll see you soon!

Hugs,

Elise