Fairy Merrily for Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection

Our newest Digi is here, and I am quite excited about her!

Please welcome ** Fairy Merrily ** to our little family of Elisabeth Bell Digi's....

Blog hop will start on

Friday, July 19, 2013, at 12:00 pm and ends on Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm.

 If you came to my blog from the sweet and oh so talented Lynne's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, head on over to the multi-talented Julie's blog and start there.  I don't want you to miss a single project because this little pixie is too stinkin cute!  I'm so excited to share my version of Fairy Merrily with you!

Does it get much cuter than this?  Not for me, it doesn't!  I could color her and look at her forever!  She's colored with copics and has Stickles on her wings and on her dress.  I added some Diamond Glaze to her shoes and flowers in her hair.  This gorgeous paper is from a BasicGrey stack called That's My Girl.  She's got some handmade flowers and the Floral Oval frame she's cut out with are both from Spellbinders.  The seam binding and the orange card stock are from Stampin Up (the card stock is from one of the older In Color packs) and  the baker's twine is from The Twinery.  The charm and lace are from my stash.

Don't you just want to be flying free with her?  I'm really loving how she came out!

Here's a view of the pretty charm and the computer generated sentiment.

For some reason, I just couldn't stop taking pictures of her!

Here's one last look at her before you leave.

Now flit on over to my dear friend and so creative stamping sister, Mary Lou's place and see her fabulous creation!  Believe me, you won't want to miss it!

Happy hopping and have a great weekend!

Catching Fire Flies from The Digi Bells

Today we're adding another sweet, adorable digi to the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection and it's a beauty!

Please welcome ** Fire Flies ** to our little family of Elisabeth Bell Digi's....

We're celebrating this precious image with a blog hop that starts today and ends on Friday, June 28, 2013 at 9:00 am (Arizona time).  If you've come to my blog from my oh so talented designing sister, Linda's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, please go back and start at Rose's blog, (everyone on this team is so talented that I pinch myself every blog hop because I feel so darn lucky and honored to present with them!) at the very beginning because I'd hate for you to miss out on one single design or the chance to win this cutie pie!  You can find all the details of how to win at The Digi Bell Design Team at the end of the hop.  So on with the show!

This cutie pie pair is colored with copics and I addedsomestickles to the bugs and her flower in her hair and some Diamond Glaze on the jars and lanterns.  The papers are from BasicGrey, the flowers from Recollections, the branches from my Martha Stewart punch, and the fence is from a Tim Holtz die.  The seam binding and cheese cloth are from my stash and the pearls from Studio G.

Each time I see on of Elisabeth Bell's images, I always say it's one of my favorites!  This one just brings back such fun memories that it really is one of my favorites!

And no, my copic didn't go crazy or  I didn't color out of the lines when I was doing my lightening bugs!  I love that glow that these sweet bugs put off, almost like an aura around them, and I tried to convey the brightness and light they put off.

I painted the sky using a combination of blues from my distressed inks and then used it to dye the seam binding and the cheese cloth.  I plan on entering this adorable thing in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - In the summertime

DRS Designs - The great outdoors

Little Miss Muffet's Challenge- Happy families

MilkCoffee Challenge - Summer fun

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - Use a digi

Crafting by Design - Favorite season

House that Stamps Built - Summer

Now hop-scotch over to my designing sister, Wendy's, fabulous blog and see her wonderful project using this cutie pop!  And even though we're all so busy with the coming and goings of life, please take a minute to stop and remember the simple joy of something like catching lightening bugs.  It might just bring some peace and joy to you if only for a moment.  

Fairy Faye Make A Wish by Elisabeth Bell for Elphine House Australia

It's a gorgeous day here and I just finished washing off half of the pool deck.  Life is pretty good right now!  It's time for another challenge over at Elphine House Australia Design Team Challenge Blog and our oh so fabulous leader, Lynda, challenged us to use doilies.  When I saw this precious little fairy, Fairy Faye Make A Wish, I totally fell in love with her!  You can find her here.

She's all colored up and just looking so precious!  Wouldn't you love to see this little dandelion fairy in your back yard?

Here's a peek of the inside.  I loved this paper underneath the doily and loved how it shows through the middle of the doily.  Call me crazy, but I liked it!

Love the pink flowers!

And Judy, I kind of cased the inside from you.  I like how it came out!

I'm giving her to Lainie Loo for her first birthday.  We're celebrating her this weekend and I can't wait to see that little slip of a baby!

Hope everyone has a fabulous day and skip on over to the Elphine House Australia Design Team Challenge Blog and use  up some of those paper doilies you know you've got laying around someplace!

Card Ingredients: Fairy Faye Make A Wish from Elisabeth Bell for Elphine House Australia, Copics, Stickles, BasicGrey Bittersweet Paper pack, Recollection flowers, Cloud 9 Lace, Studio 112 pearls, Wilton paper doilies..