Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Life's Blessings!

Good Wednesday all my crafty friends!!! It's really Thursday for me because tomorrow is going to be Friday, since we actually have Friday off at work! Yay!! One for the team!! LOL I'm sooooo excited because I will have Friday through next Sunday off! Can I hear another round of applause! LOL My kids are on Spring Break next week and I decided to take advantage of that and take off with them! I've been mentioning that we are going on vacay and it's well overdue! I love spending time with my family, it's such an amazing blessing!!

Speaking of blessings, they come in all forms! I like to believe that God fashions it that way so that we grasp the understanding of what a blessing really is and never take those blessings for granted! So today I will share a quick project with you that I dedicated to YOU!!! Yep, that's right, I dedicated it to ALLLLLLL my crafty friends and you wonderful people who visit my blog and leave just the loveliest of comments!! I dedicate it to you because you are a blessing to me!!
I was at Tuesday Morning (one of my favorite places to go) not too long ago and came across some Sizzix Dies that I thought were just the cutest and.......I got for like $4!! What? Got to love Tuesday Morning! The die set has these cute birds, a lamp post and banner goodies. I don't have the name of the die, but I had to have it, soooo...LOL! I knew when I saw those little birds that I wanted to make a cute tag with them, so here you go!

I was playing around on my awesome Gelli plate with just some cheap acrylic paints in a great turquoise color, a lime green and cute "pinky" color and and a couple of Tim Holtz stencils. I didn't fuss around with it too much, just enough to get a little background. I then distressed and edged the tag with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. Then I simply die cut the lamp, banner and birds using book page and scrapbook papers, distressed them all with Vintage Photo and then applied them with Mod Podge. The lamp post has a second piece that you could make it look like it was lit up, so I took that piece and applied Finnabair's awesome glitter in a gorgeous yellow color to it to give it that "lit" look.

I have some "old" Prima word stamps that I got at a flea market one time and I simply stamped in Distress Ink Mowed Lawn onto the banners "you are kind." I then had another stamp that said "thankful" on it and I tried to do the same thing under the banners, but boy what a blunder that was! It happens, as you know! So I just tried to make the best of it and took my Sharpie and wrote over it and added the "so and for you!" Blunder fixed! LOL Mother always used to say, "where there is a will, there is a way!" LOL Voila!

A quick tag, but I simply wanted you guys to know that you ALL are a blessing to me!! I am a member of a couple of "Art Communities" and since I joined I have had NOTHING but encouraging, kind and uplifting comments on those communities and then also here on my blog! I am so blessed and thankful for those who actually come to my blog and take the time to read it and comment as well! It's a joy to me and my heart!

Blessings do come in all different ways. However small this may be to some, it is truly a blessing to me to have gotten to know so many wonderfully talented artists and a complete joy to share each others ideas and creativity with one another and support one another in a very positive way! You guys are JUST THE BEST!! :))

So today, I am blessed and "Thankful for YOU!" Share and spread the love! Take the time to encourage, support and lift another up today! You never know what a blessing you are being to them!! :)

Bless you!

7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous tag Felicia! I love the harlequin background gelli print and the colors. And, I am also thankful for you! You have such a loving and positive attitude and you take the time to post sweet things about my art :) Thanks for being who you are my friend!

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    1. Awwww....sniffles....YOU brought such a HUGE smile to my face! Thank you so much Shel!! I love that we all enjoy one anothers art and glean from one another! It gives me such joy to have gotten to know you and so many other FABULOUS ladies even if it is only online! Thanks for dropping by today and blessing me !:)))

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  2. I love your tag, Felicia!!!! YOU are a blessing to us!!! I'm so glad to have "met" you. You bring sunshine and joy to my life!!

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    1. You see, this is EXACTLY what I am talking about!! Precious in EVERY way! You have been such a lovely friend and such an encourager to me Wanda! If I could I would squeeze my way right on through the internet world and give you the BIG hug you deserve!!! I love your work and I have learned so much from your technique! Thank you for making my day!!! Bless, bless, bless!! :)))))))

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  3. Gorgeous tag and thank you! I love visiting your blog, seeing all your creations and reading all you have to say. You say we bless you and I'm so glad you feel like that. The thing is I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels really blessed by you and all your encouraging and sometimes funny comments which make us smile. So a big blessing to you, Felicia :) Have a really wonderful time with your family.

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    1. Hugs and blessings coming to the UK through the airways Susan!! :)))) Such a lovely, lovely comment! My heart is just overwhelmed today to be sure!!! I love giving out the "love" and the "cracking" side of me as well!! LOL, LOL I just have to be happy!! :))) Thank you for your blessing to me and I ABSOLUTELY receive it my friend!! Thank you for my "family time" wishes as well! Pictures are probably in the cards!!! LOL

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  4. I love the tag and how you colored the die's. Often shapes like this confound me, but you used it perfectly. I hope you really get to enjoy your family - and have a very blessed Easter too!

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