Thank You for Taking Care of Me

Hello!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog!  Our lovely and talented Lilian gave us the gorgeous challenge of using Red, Pink and White!  Thank you so much for the beautiful color challenge Lilian!!!

Here's what I came up with:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Mommy's Little Helper, Table, Puppy & Doll

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

I sure do hope you'll find time to join us over at Belles 'n Whistles!!  Come on .. I know you want to!  And don't forget you can use ANY Elisabeth Bell image!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me!!

Hugs,

Elise

Hangin' Out

Hello!!!  Hope you're all having a great week thus far!  I've been happily enjoying my days playing with as many stamps as I can before my surgery.  This little cutie here was given to me by another dear friend for my Birthday in January!  Thank you sooOooo much Sweet Friend!  ;)

Funny story .. I really really wanted to buy this stamp and every store that I looked in .. was SOLD OUT!!!  I thought, "Ehhhh, well ... it's not meant to be."  And then within a few days .. here was this little cutie in my mailbox!!!  Ahhh!  It was destiny!  lol!!

I masked her on the rose trellis from the Magnolia Wedding Collection which I've been waiting to use for like uhhhh about 7 months now?  LOL!  .. and this was perfect for her!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  Prima

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils w/OMS

Thanks so much for visiting me and giving me so much encouragement!  I appreciate your kind comments!

Hugs,

Elise

Celebrate With Me

Hello Friends!  Well, it's another fun challenge at Belles 'n Whistles!  This time, the super talented and sweet Vicki gave us the challenge of using things we LOVE, but you must use a heart somewhere on your creation!  Ohhhh how FUN and EASY is that?!  lol!

Soooo, I went ahead and used flowers, pearls, glitter, sewing, ribbon, button .. the typical things that I love love love .. and most of all I love my Belles 'n Whistles stamps!!  I placed a little "Made With Love" heart charm by my flowers.  :)  I can just picture this little cutie singing with delight "Woooohhooo" as she sleds down the hill!  LOL!

The Fun Stuff:

Stamp:  Merry Sledding Snowbaby

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

I sure do hope you'll join us for this easy challenge at Belles 'n Whistles!  Stop by and see all my DT Sisters work for lots of lovely inspiration!  Thanks for visiting me!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Vintage Christmas

Hello Friends!  Just a quick post ... I wanted to share with you my first Stempelglede card I've made ever!  My dear sweet friend Christina sent me a "Vintage Christmas" set from Stempelglede, and my oh my .. I had FUN doing this!  Thank you SO much Christina!!!  This was very very interesting for me, and she may have opened up a whole new addiction for me .. LOL!!!  Hope you like it as much as I do!  ;)

Alright, hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend!  Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me so many kind comments!

Love,

Elise

Sweet Friendship

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all having a wonderful week so far!  I have some great news to share with you .. I finished my last chemo treatment on Feb. 1st!!!  Yayyy!  This last one was pretty tough, it kept getting rougher each time.  But hip hip hooray .. if everything goes well .. it's my LAST one!!! 

In the meantime, I've been trying to work on things here and there before each treatment when I had my "good" days.  I finally finished a card tonight for a dear childhood friend of mine.

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Elisabeth Bell

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils and OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me and always leaving a smile on my face.  All of you have been so wonderful in supporting me with your emails, snail mails, and encouraging comments.  I appreciate you so much!

Hugs,

Elise

A Child's Prayer

Hello Friends!  Wow .. it's February 1st already!  And you know what that means?!  Another gorgeous sketch provided by Chelsea at CLP Challenge Blog!  Wooot wooot!  Thank you Chel for giving us so many beautiful sketches to play with!

AND .. Gurlee Girl is sponsoring us again this month!  One lucky lucky girl will recieve $20 to spend in the store!  Yayyyy!

The Fun Stuff:

Stamp:  Lexi Praying from Gurlee Girl Store

Papers:  MME and K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils and OMS

Please come and join us for some fun at CLP Challenge!  Hop on over and check out my DT sisters creations for inspiration .. they're freakin' AWESOME!!!  And as always, thank you for visiting me!!

Hugs,

Elise

Vintage For You

Hello Friends!  Happy Monday to you!  This time at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog, Audhild gives us the fun theme of "Vintage".  I really enjoyed this one, as it's something different that I tried and absolutely LOVED!  I can't wait to try this colouring technique again!

Don't forget to stop by and join us!  Remember you can now use ANY Elisabeth Bell image to play with us!  Check out my DT sisters work for inspiration .. they are amazing! 

Stamp:  Cupcake from Belles 'n Whistles store

Paper:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils and OMS

Thanks for visiting me and I always look forward to your kind comments, as it totally brightens my day!

Hugs,

Elise

Sweet Princess

Hello Friends!  I finally made something other than a card .. GASP!!!  lol!  I had bought this box full of Thank You notes shortly after Christmas, and instead of throwing the box away .. my mind was already clicking .. thinking it would be perfect for my first "different" creation!  LOL!

I had a lot of fun with this, and uhhhh .. Shirley .. you are a WONDERFUL influence on me!  hehe!  Well, a few nights ago, my dear Shirley made a card using the crinkly ribbon .. and I loved it!!  So, low and behold, I had to get myself some crinkly's and use it on this!!!  sigh .. if you all don't remember, she's the one who influenced me with her nestabilities also .. she makes my checkbook cry all the time!  LOL!  I'm kidding Shirley!!!  :)

Anyway here's my box:

I will be entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp : BINGO (My Bingo was: Buttons, Flowers, Glitter)

The Fun Stuff:

Stamp: Magnolia which you can get from Gurlee Girl all on sale for $9.99!!  Wooohooo!

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

Thank you so much for visiting me!

Hugs,

Elise



Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog News

Hello Friends!  Well .. got some exciting news to share with you about our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog! 

Summer has decided to allow ANY Elisabeth Bell stamp to be used for challenges.   I have copied and pasted what was mentioned on our BnW Challenge Blog so I don't mess it up.  LOL!  Here's the deets:

While we, here at BnW, will continue showcasing the gorgeous Belles 'n Whistles Stamps, you are not limited to ONLY BnW stamps. As long as Elisabeth Bell Designed it, You can use it. Whether it be one of Elisabeths Digi's, or her designs from BnW, Ladybug and Friends, SCACD, or Whiff of Joy. And yes, even some of the old Sugar Nellie - Sweet Art Ebony Girls...

Soooooo, those of you who DO use a Belles 'n Whistles image will have the opportunity to enter your name into the random drawing a 2nd time. Here is how it will work.

Enter the challenge using a Belles 'n Whistles image as you normally would, but because you used a BnW image, you can then upload your card into Belles Photo Gallery, (link is on our side bar) under the corresponding challenge catagory.

When the random number is chosen, those that are in the gallery will be included in the draw, with the exception of DT's cards... I think this will give more people a chance to win, and gives our loyal BnW stamp users an extra chance at winning.

That's not all.... The DT will be picking a Top 3 for each challenge. And you will get a badge to display proudly on your blog. However, If you've gotten the 1st spot, you will also be given a chance to be on our GDT for the following week. For instance, a top 3 is chosen at the end of this challenge. If your card was listed as #1, it is announced on Jan 31st. You will then become our GDT for Feb 14th. Fun, Right???

Alrighty then .. so head on over to Belles 'n Whistles Challenge blog and join in on the fun!  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Thankful For You

Hey Friends!  This Monday is the start of another fun challenge over at Belles 'n Whistles challenge blog!   Our lovely and talented Anki gave us a wonderful challenge of "Anything BUT Winter!"  Yayyy!  Okay, I'm all for that!  lol!

As much as I tried to get this card done before my chemo treatment last Tuesday, I couldn't get it done.  sigh .. but I'm done now!  I felt really good today and managed to get it done tonight!  :)

Stamp:  A Child's Prayer

Papers:  K&Co.

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils with OMS

I sure do hope to see you join us at Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog!  It'll be fun!!  :)  Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving me such encouraging comments .. I appreciate all of you so much!!!

Much Love and Hugs,

Elise