Monday, November 24, 2014

Give Thanks!

Good morning ALL my crafty friends!!  I feel like it has been ions since I was able to post!  Last week was a whirlwind of sick children and running around.  As I had posted, my one daughter had dental surgery and to ALL the precious people who sent their regards or channeled their thoughts or prayers our way for my sweet girl, I can't thank you enough!!  She did marvelous and is healing brilliantly!!  I am a firm believer that prayers hold MUCH power!!  Coincidentally the evening of the day she had her surgery, my other daughter hollered out for me and as I went to her, I noticed her mouth was bleeding!  What in the world?? Her filling had fallen out and her tooth had cracked right down the middle!!  Oh my Lord!  So the next day I had to go take her to have her tooth extracted!!  Nothing like trying to be like your big sister, huh?  LOL  She did famously as well and both girls are on the mend! Thank you again, my wonderful online friends!

Today I have many things to share with you to play catch up!!  In spite of my hectic week, I did get some things accomplished and one was being able to play in my art closet.  I was able to do a journal page and then as a part of several swaps I am involved in, I was able to get ahead of the game on my tags for December!  I know that looks like I capitalized on my daughters' sicknesses, LOL, but one could also call it time management!!! LOL  I was thankful for the time to play as my daughters healed!

I really loved doing this journal page because everything around me was screaming autumn/fall!  It is my very favorite time of year and if time stuck during the fall, it would be lovely!!!  I had in my mind already what I wanted to do, so surprisingly this page came together so fast.

I began with gesso on my page as always and then proceeded to pull out quite a few stencils to just start laying color down with.  I think most were Crafter's Workshop stencils along with Tim Holtz's Burlap Layering Stencil (one of my faves!) and some bubble wrap.  I knew I wanted to use the teal, but when I got through laying the teal and some purple (all cheap acrylics, by the way) I wanted to tone it down some, so I went back over smudging some gesso on with my fingers.

I pulled out my Faber-Castell Gelatos and just began to accent here and there with just random colors.  I then further accented with my charcoal pencil and a little more gesso here and there.  I had downloaded the "acorn" digital from the internet (not sure where) and loved it and knew I wanted to use it.  The acorns on the digital really appealed to me so I took some great cardstock that I had and drew some more acorns and colored the acorns with Distress Ink in Antique Linen, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo.  I then took some old book page and fussy cut some leaves and drew some veins with Distress Stickles in Vintage Photo.  And then Distressed the leaves and the digital in Vintage Photo.

I had the idea of the coffee mug in my mind because nothing says fall or autumn to me than sitting around a fire with a good cup of joe.  So I fussy cut a cup on some wonderful scrapbook paper I had that was teal  and then added some accents with other scrap paper and a cute little stamp I had and then filled it with some neat little items that just said "homey" to me!  I, of course, distressed all of the pieces with vintage photo and then applied everything to the page with mod podge.  I had seen the quote from John Donne online "No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."  I love, loved that!  it just went with my thoughts on my favorite time of year.  I shadowed everything with my favorite Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen in Nougat!

This is the week that everyone recognizes being "thankful!"  I try to remain in a place of thankfulness on a DAILY basis. God's Word in Ephesians says "Giving thanks ALWAYS and for EVERYTHING to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!" (5:20) That says, always and for everything! No matter the circumstance, no matter the time of year!  I have so many things to be thankful for, but above ALL, I am most thankful for a Father in Heaven who would offer up His only Son on the cross for ME that I might be saved and be reconciled back to Him!!  Thanks speaks of eternity!  Who wouldn't be thankful for ETERNITY?

This week my prayer is that you ALL would bask in the goodness of our Father in Heaven,  He loves you and I and wants nothing in return, but your thankfulness, your honor and your praise!  Be thankful and praise Him today!

I am also SO very thankful for ALL of my online friends that I have met and who have taken the time to encourage me and whom have visited and commented on my blog! Bless you ALL and may you have a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Blessings!

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  1. Love the visual complexity here, and the fall colours are wonder. It's a beautiful page!

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    1. Thanks so much Win! I love fall colors! My daughter always asks me, what's your favorite color mom and I always say fall colors! She gets mad because she wants me to say "one" color, but I just love ALL fall colors! LOL Thanks again Win! Blessings to you! :)

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  2. Love the background and the colour combo is gorgeous, I love collecting acorns during the autumn walks here, and your sentiment is awesome! Happy Thanksgiving Felicia!

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    1. Ohhh, thanks so much Ruth! I love acorns too! We don't have them so much around here because for the most part, all the hardwood's are being cut down to make way for timber planting. I hate it because hardwoods are my favorite and pine's, which are the timber of choice, I just don't really like! You really only get to see lovely hardwoods and their fruit (acorns) if you go into the deep woods! Sad isn't it...all for a buck! Don't get me started! LOL Thanks so much again and I pray you have the most wonderful Thanksgiving as well, if you celebrate it abroad? If not maybe just a lovely fall time together! LOL Thanks my wonderful friend! :)

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  3. So glad your daughters are recovering. What a wonderful page, Just love the coffee cup full of goodies. Your love for the Father and thankful heart just shines in your post. Being thankful helps us keep a smile on our faces as well as in our hearts. Blessings.

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    1. Thank you my sweet friend! You are so kind always! I so agree with you, being thankful keeps our mind off of NOT being!! LOL And too right, does keep a smile on your face! I always remember when I trained in marketing and they told us that people could hear a smile through the telephone.....it's true too! So I ALWAYS try to keep a smile on! Blessings to you Susan and have a wonderful day! :)

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  4. LOVE this page Felicia! You're cup is always half full (as opposed to half empty) - actually, now that I look at it, your cup is overflowing! Thank you for the reminder that we need to be thankful for all the blessings in our lives. It's so easy to take things for granted. I'm so glad to hear that your daughters have got through their respective dental difficulties. I'm so squeamish about teeth (and eyes)! My son has given up on asking for my help with his wobbly teeth - I always almost faint when he asks me to pull his baby teeth out. He just does it himself now, LOL! Isn't it strange that your other daughter had problems with her teeth at the same time as her sister? Is that a manifestation of some kind of strange sibling rivalry or perhaps empathy? Or just some freaky coincidence? I've just completed my December tag as well! We are alike in more ways than one! I wanted to get ahead of myself and make sure I didn't miss the deadline. I guess we can't post it until December though.

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    1. LOL, LOL, LOL...Zsuzsa, MORE giggling at my desk!! You better stop it my friend, my co-workers may start contemplating "therapy" for me!!! LOL You know, what a poignant statement you made concerning my cup! I ALWAYS want to remain in a place of "half full" or as you further stated "overflowing!" I NEVER have ANYTHING to complain about and am blessed BEYOND I deserve! When I keep that into perspective, about how my Father in Heaven blesses and takes care of me, then I can TOTALLY remain in that place!! It's a daily dying to my flesh to not look at the circumstances but to look at the blessings, but when I do, it brings a "wholeness" to my life.
      You crack me....I am squeamish about teeth as well! Long story short, I used to have a recurring dream about my teeth falling out, so now I am soooooo over the top about TEETH! I don't do the teeth pulling either....aaahhhh!
      I can't believe you mentioned the strangeness of both my daughters with the teeth thing because I was TOTALLY thinking the same thing!!! I think we may be kindred spirits from afar my friend.....spooky, really spooky!! LOL
      I'm chomping at the bit to get my December tags in the mail, but you and I just need to "settle it down" as they say here in the south!!! LOL What can we say, we just love doing what we do!! Blessings to you today my wonderful friend!! *big smiles on my face*

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  5. You're the sweetest, Felicia! Just for the record - I have recurring dreams about my teeth falling out as well! I'm always relieved when I wake up to find they're all still there! Happy Tuesday and don't let me distract you from work!

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    1. LOL, LOL, LOL I will be glad to go home today!! Between you and Ruth, my cheeks are hurting from my constant smile and laughter today! LOL Not really....I love to laugh! Keeps a heart in good condition! LOL All that said....I worry about my teeth all being there when I wake up too. Trouble is, I have had lots of teeth issues since a child (Ruth and I were talking about that) and if my dreams don't pull ALL my teeth out, the dentist WILL!! LOL I'm trying to keep what's mine, but gosh they are relentless!!! LOL At least I still have most of them for Thanksgiving turkey!! LOL, LOL I better stop! HA ha ha ha

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