Happy Valentines Day!!! Hello, Dear Friend ...

Hey Ya's!  Happy Valentines Day!  Hope your day is filled with all kinds of goodness and love from your special one!  May you get spoiled with everything you want and hope for!

And of course the feeling of love is not complete with thoughts of our special dear friends in our lives.  Treasures .. for sure.

These little birdies remind me not only a couple speaking soft loving words.  But also reminded me of sweet best friends sharing tender moments of encouragement or a much needed story for a good laugh .. which we all definitely need too!

Thank you so much to my beautiful friend who gave me that gorgeous die set for this card (the beehive die) .. I so love it!  And thank you so very much for visiting my blog ... I appreciate your time and comments!  Hope to see you soon again!

Hugs,

Elise

Laugh ...

Hey Ya's!  Days are flying by .. it's February already .. and hope you're all doing well!  And for those in the US that watched the Superbowl ... wowwww .. hope you had an amazing time on eggshells like we did!  lol!

Have you had paper that you loved and just could not bear to cut into?  Well, for me .. it seems like I feel that way about most of my papers.  eeeeek right?  ;)  But I think I'm getting better and realizing, "Every new release comes out with even more beautiful papers you'll want to use."  So, I'm digging in!

These Lemoncraft papers are from a beautiful friend a couple of years ago and let's face it .. it's about time I to cut into these babies.  haaaaa!  :)

Thank you so much for visiting me and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  Hope to see you again soon?  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Always Special ...

Hey Ya's!  Have you all been keeping well?  I hope so!

My family from Hawaii has been in town .. and as always .. we all had a nice time which doesn't seem to last long enough.  They surprised my Bodhi once again .. which he absolutely loves when they do that.  ;)  Just wish time would pass slower when they come to town ...

I mentioned last post that I had another card to share with you .. and here it is .. 

Hope you're all enjoying the days leading up to Spring!  Thank you so much for visiting me and I do appreciate your time!  See you again soon ... 

Hugs,

Elise

Enjoy the Journey ...

Hey Ya's!  Are you all doing fine?  I hope so!

I've been making some Starbucks hot chocolate for my little Bodhi and then .. stealing a little to add in my coffee.  OoOoh heaven!  ;)  Top both of our cups with whipped cream ... sigh .. definite smiles on both our lips.  ;)  Perfect way to warm a chilly day.

For the time being, I've been having fun putting things together.  Been going through my supplies and falling in love with them all over again.

I hope you're all keeping warm wherever you may be .. and thank you so much for visiting me.  I have another one to share with you .. I'll post next week or so?  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Wish ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're having a beautiful day so far!

It's been so nice and chilly here in town .. and those of you who know me well know I love a good chill.  I prefer the cooler temps over the extreme heat we have here ... I love the cuddling to keep warm ... rather than the "keep a distance because I'm sweating".  haaaaaa!  :)

A beautiful and special friend's birthday is coming up quick, and I put this together for her in hopes it will make her smile:

I can't thank you enough for visiting my blog and I wish you a most beautiful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Sending Love & Hugs ...

Hey Ya's!  Happy 2017!  Wishing you all a most beautiful and Happy New Year!  Hope all of your holidays were filled with all kinds of goodness .. especially with family and friends.

I'm still enjoying the ventures of cooking .. looove finding good recipes to try.  But I must tell you .. I'm a horrid disorganized baker.  lol!  I'm going to keep working on it though.  ;)  And in the midst of all this, have fallen in love with planting succulents .. ooOoOo they're so darling!

I put together my first card of the year, looked at it and said, "Ummmm .. no."  It's gone .. in the bin.  LOL!  I tried again and came up with this .. as I know she loves cats ..  A very simple card but enough to get going through my craft things again.

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit .. I so appreciate it!  Wishing you all a most gorgeous day!

Hugs,

Elise

Jolly Holly ...

Hello there!  Hope you've all been doing well .. and for those in the U.S. .. hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving!  And hope you all had happy Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping too!

Christmas is sneaking up rather quickly ... sigh.  I truly do love the holidays .. but so don't like how the days whiz by.  Watching my Bodhi grow up .. gosh ..it's too fast for my liking.  How much I would love to go back to the day he was born and do it from the start again.  :)  hehe.

Speaking of days flying .. I finished this card a few weeks ago.  Had lots of fun colouring this sweet LOTV image from long ago (which only seemed like yesterday).  Used Tim Holtz distress reinkers, Prisma pencils and watercolors for this:

Thank you so much for visiting me and I so appreciate it!  Would love to hear from you!

Wishing you a beautiful day!

Hugs,

Elise

Christmas Time Is Here ...

Hey Ya's once again!  Hope you all had a great week!

Every year I want to do so many Christmas projects, but before you know it .. time is running out and it seems Christmas arrives in a blink of an eye.  This year is no different .. haha!  The days fly by in a flash.

I made this shaker card over a month ago using some Graphic 45 papers and an old K&Co snow cabin scene chipboard.

I'd also like to enter this into I Am Roses Challenge "Anything Goes" November IAR Challenge.

Thank you so much for visiting me and I wish you all a beautiful weekend!

Hugs,

Elise

Make A Wish...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all doing well wherever you are!

I'm still enjoying trying lots of new recipes that I find on the internet, I mean seriously, never in a million years would I think I'd enjoy cooking.  haaa!  For those living in the US, we have Thanksgiving coming up .. and I'm going to be trying a Paula Deen pumpkin cheesecake recipe for our dessert.  omgosh .. cross your fingers it turns out well because I won't be purchasing a back up dessert.  eeeek!  ;)

Well, back in October I made a birthday tag for a very special friend and here it is:

Thank you so very much for visiting me and I wish you all a most wonderful day!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Guest for Glimps ...

Hey ya's!  Happy November!  Hope you're all doing very well!

I am a Guest Designer over at the Glimps for today!  Thank you to the sweet artist behind the images .. Veronica .. for asking me to join your amazing team for today.  It is an honor!

I couldn't help but choose this cute steampunk Teddy Bear and turn it into a Christmas card.  Please check out the Glimps Store as it is filled with so many darling digi's!  Here is the card I did:

Thank you so very very much Veronica for being so kind & sweet .. truly enjoyed colouring this precious little bear of yours!

Wishing you all a most wonderful day!

Hugs,

Elise