Love Across the Pond!

Well happy Monday all my crafty friends! Here is hoping you had a fabulous weekend and are still enjoying the dog days of summer and maybe some last summer trips before the glory of fall sets in! We have a camping trip coming up and I so look forward to it! Of course, for campers, fall is also fabulous for camping and enjoy the changing of the guard in Mother Nature's court! LOL I pray everyone's kiddos have gotten off to a wonderful new school year!!

Today, I am going to share an overdue post (like a week and half overdue!)! I feel so terrible about it, but it's a testament to how crazy my last month has been. For the month of July, my Tag Swap partner was Tracy Woodsford from Australia! Tracy always uses such beautiful colors with her art, which is one of a kind! I can always tell a piece is hers when it's posted! She's so creative!

My tag is in true Tracy form with all of those gorgeous colors and some love doodling! Tracy wrote "turn your face to the sun," and so I shall on my upcoming camping trip! This is a sweet tag Tracy, thank you so much!

Along with my tag, Tracy gifted me with some really yummy papers that she made, I believe, with her Gelli plate as well as gifted me with some fabulou book pages that are from foreign books! I love foreign papers and I will use them sparingly because I think they are so cool! I get stingy with the cool stuff because I don't want to cover it up!! LOLOL But that being said, I will find a way to use them in my project to make them stand out! Again, Tracy, thank you thank for my lovely tag and RAK items! "Tardy" should have probably been my middle name!! LOLOL Apologies my friend!:)

copied from michianahumanesociety.org

Last week our family said goodbye to a most beloved pet our Jack Russell Terrier name Blaze. She was the most precious pup around. We got Blaze when our oldest daughter was born and they grew up together. She was 15. She had been sick for some time and we knew she would soon be in "doggie heaven," but one always hopes they will pull through and be with us forever!

When our oldest daughter was a little thing she would love to go around perking her lips and wanting "smooches" from us all....it was too cute! Blaze was happy to oblige and the two shared lot's of slobber!! LOLOL That may gross many of you out, but it was the sweetest thing ever to see that sweet pup love on her! My girls will both miss their little buddy as will my husband and I, so I thought I would share this cute picture today that I nabbed from the internet of a pup that looks remarkably like ours did! Happy Dog Days of Summer my friends!

Blessings for a fabulous day! :)

Under the Sea!

Good Friday all my crafty friends! It would appear that time between posts has gotten longer and longer!!! LOL Not due to "want," but simply due to work and kiddos back in school! I would love to be able to "art play" all day and "think about" doing housework "sometimes!" LOL, LOL! But that probably won't happen for another 10+ years! It's good to have dreams and goals though isn't it! LOL

Today I a going to share my tag that I did as a part of the Tag It Tuesday Link Party over on Sheri Whitfield's Blog, Cards and More by Sheri! I always love to see what Sheri's theme will be each month. Sheri noted that it was still hot in her part of the world, but it's STILL hot in Georgia as well Sheri!! Uggggh! LOL So with that in mind she picked the nautical/ocean theme! I am not necessarily an "ocean" kind of person (I love the mountains), but I thought I could still go there! I decided to put a whimsical/Mystical/Ethereal theme on it instead....if there is a such!! LOL

I loved doing this tag because I had an idea in my mind of this "Octo Under the Sea Woman" that I wanted to pull off. My sister LOVES octopuses and they really are unique and beautiful creatures, but I wanted an "octo lady!" LOL I think it worked out alright!

This tag was one that my friend Wanda Hentges gifted me with as well as the paints that I used, which are PaperArtsy. They are a myriad of beautiful blues, greens and turquoise colors which, unfortunately are retired. I simply started the tag with a layer of gesso and heat set it and then began randomly laying down the different hues with a cosmetic sponge. I also tried to paint bubbles here and there and then at the bottom painted something "seaweed looking." I then distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Distress tool and Distress ink in Salty Ocean and Broken China and then rounded it out with Black Soot.

I found the sea creatures and that very ethereal lady's head online and then cut the dress out of a magazine. I adhered them all with Mod Podge and then shadowed with Faber Castell Big Brush Pen in Ultramarine and Cobalt Green. I had this cool octopus pendant that I got in the bargain bin at my craft store that I knew I wanted to use, but I wasn't sure how at first and then I decided to make the octo lady have an octo necklace! LOL Too fun! So I made her a necklace with some little gems  and added the pendant and gave her a pearl head dress. I tried to mimicking further bubbles by putting glass beads here and there. Then I simply added my sentiment with Tim Holtz Warn Text Stamp Set and highlighted with my white gel pen and the same Big Brush Pens.

Thanks Sheri for the theme, it was too fun!! Even though I am not necessarily a "beach person," I do love all of God's beautiful creatures "Under the Sea!" There are literally over some 230,000 creatures living under the sea and it seems like every day they find some new species or one they thought was all but gone! As a Christian I don't simply believe that creatures in this universe just "happened!" I believe our magnificent Father in Heaven created each individual creature great and small and looking at any number of them shows you the preciseness, amazing creativity and intent of our Creator to make all things unique, special and called it ALL GOOD! I am so thankful He did!

All that said and done, I celebrate my uniqueness and DEFINITELY know I am one of a kind...LOLOLOL, aren't you glad (I know my husband is)!!! LOLOLOL Celebrate YOU today! Have an AWESOME weekend! :)

Blessings

Project Share!

Good Wednesday all my crafty friends!  Well kiddos are all back to school and it's time for old mom to get back on a schedule!! Yipee!!! I'm all about order and schedules!! Don't get be wrong, I like spontaneity as well, it's fun here and there, but for the most part, everything has it's place!!! LOL Both my girls went to a new school this year, one high school and one in middle school. It was all exciting and so far so good! Happy back to school everyone!

In July I shared with you some love in my box that came from mixed media artist Tonya Gibbs. Tonya had a video series using her Gelli plate whereby she made a mini album. At the end of the series she did a give away and I WON!!! Yay me! I never win anything, so that made it so exciting!! What made it more exciting is that I won an awesome Gelli plate and Tonya blessed me with enough stash to do my own mini journal! I have been busting to get that project going!!! You can see Tonya's Mini Journal Series here.  

I have had so much fun doing this project. I am finished with the journal itself, but will now have to do the pages. Below is my little process that I went through and I will share the first spread that I did. I still feel real awkward doing the monoprinting, I don't feel like I do that plate justice. EVERYONE else's pulls look far better than what I come up with, but I am trying to live by one of Tonya's mottos...."don't over think it!" She believes there are NO mistakes, you just turn it into something else!! I LOVE her style!! So I tried to keep all that in mind and just have a good time.

Tonya gifted me with a 5x7 Gelli plate and I really like that size. I will at some point invest in the 8x10, but to start I agree with her, 5x7 is a good size. I had fun making my pulls with another gift that I got from my good friend Wanda Hentges that I shared on my blog last week. She gifted me some discontinued paints from PaperArtsy. I won't share the color names because I wouldn't want you to want them too bad and then not be able to get them!! LOL, LOL!! But let me just tell you, I LOVE THEIR PAINT!!! I can't thank you enough Wanda!! :)  Tonya also gifted me some die cuts and die cuts she did to use as stencils and I took full advantage of using those and they worked great! I also used some of my stencil stash and homemade items I came up with to also add texture. They turned out okeedokee!! LOL


I then folded and put together the 4x8 signatures that Tonya included using Mod Podge. She used gel medium, which is probably fabulous as well, but I was running low so there ya go. She did suggest to not use dry glue however. In the end I really liked the way the Mod Podge brought it together. It "toughened" the pages up, if you will so that they are very durable. I can't say if that is the same feel they would have had with gel medium, but It just made me feel like the book would really hold together with anything further I chose to I do with it by using the Mod Podge.

That sweet Tonya also included muslin, which I had specifically asked her about in one of my comments and it just tickled me pink. I have never done anything on fabric before, so I was a little nervous, but I LOVED IT!! It was so much fun! Thank you Tonya!

One of the "die cut stencils" she included was the leaf pattern you see here. I knew I wanted to use it and have a draped effect, if you will from front to back, so that is what I did here and it worked out perfectly! A little unusual for me, as I usually have to botch it up a few times before my preconceived notion works out!!! LOL I must have had a "Tonya Angel" sitting on one shoulder clicking her wand!!! LOL, LOL

I then simply adhered the fabric to the two 4x4 cover pieces Tonya included in my stash. I was really nervous about that part as well, because I was so nervous that I wouldn't glue it right for the signatures to fit in, but I watched the video again where she went through process and it worked out perfectly! After that, I then Mod Podged the signatures in for a perfect fit!

I decided to go ahead and cut all my Gelli pulls down to 4x4 sizes and decide which ones I wanted to use and then go ahead and adhere them all into the journal initially and then I could journal on them or add extra texture after the fact. I think it turned out pretty swell, better than anticipated as a matter of fact!!! I just couldn't believe that I had done it! :)))) Tonya, YOU ROCK!! Your videos were my saving grace and you helped me every step of the way! :)

I am going to try to do a spread a day until I get it done. There aren't that many pages, I assume you could have as many as you wanted to, but it may get a little bulky with too many. But I really believe this is an easy project that I would like to do as gifts for Christmas or Birthdays. It's easy and creative and I think would make a special gift for someone as you journal each page specifically for that person.

Here is my first spread, which I really like and think it turned out well. The saying is something I found online as I was doing my Tag Swap from last month, that has been resonating with me ever since.  The theme was "Royals" and I chose to do it from a Christian stand point of view in that I am "Daughter of the Most High King!" We should daily remind ourselves as "daughters," who we are in Christ and as joint heirs to a mighty Kingdom!! As royal princesses to the Most High King, we need not worry about a thing because He has great plans for our lives!! What an AWESOME promise from the Lord! We ARE worthy, we are His! :)

Tonya had put this cute little flower in my pack and I wanted to use it in the journal and this worked perfectly. I adhered it with Mod Podge and then used some Stickles in the center for a little color. I then stamped with some of my fabulous stamps from Unity Stamps and then did some dangle doodles from the hearts. A really simple spread, but I thought it was cute.

Take the time to allow your Father in Heaven to love on you and show you how precious you are to Him through the pages of His written word! There is no better love!

Blessings

Redeemed!

Good Wednesday all my crafty friends! Well in just a few short days, my kids will be back at school! I am sure that many of you are like me and getting ready will all the necessary preparations! Peace to you as you struggle for those mandatory items on their school supply list! If you ever need a challenge or character builder, shop down the school supply aisle the week before school starts! LOL Bless you ALL everyone! :))))))

Yesterday, I shared with you my blessing box in the mail. Today, I will share with you a quick tag I did with one of those gorgeous tags that was gifted to me! This tag is also a part of the Tag It Tuesday Link It Party over on Sheri Whitfield's blog, Cards and More by Sheri! All I can say is, there ain't nuttin like skidding in at the last minute!!! LOL

This month's theme was Patriotic. If there were ever a time to be unified and patriotic in a country, it would be now! I love living in this country and am VERY aware daily how very blessed I am! As in ALL things, I choose to look at my patriotism based on the foundation of Christ! That is in the natural as in the spiritual. This country was based on "One Nation Under God," and I choose to believe that, have faith in that and operate on that on a daily basis! We live in freedom here on this earth, yes by the protection of those brave men and women who stand for us, however there is One who stands NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE as the mediator between man and God who provided us with not only freedom, but ETERNAL freedom! Jesus Christ!

This tag was already red, so I didn't have to do much to it really. I began by just scraping some white gesso over with a makeup sponge and them stamping in the background with a my Unity Stamp Layers of Life July 2013 Collection in Black Archival Ink. I then lightly brushed over with gesso again to fade it out.

I then stamped with a "sun ray" like stamp from Tim Holtz's Bitty Grunge Stampers set that in my mind I could use to "burst out" stars, so to speak. It didn't really work out like I planned, but there you have it!!! At any rate, I stamped with yellow ink from ColorBox and then embossed with clear embossing powder. I then stamped again with a blue ink from the same ColorBox set using a stamp from my Unity Stamp Layers of Life January 2015 Collection on the edge. I then distressed the edges with Tim's distressing tool and colored the edges with that same blue ink.

I had this brilliant idea, that didn't turn out to be such a brilliant idea, to mix my gel medium with Finnabair's Glass Glitter in Gold Rush and put through a cute star stencil. Cute idea and when it dried it was ok, I guess, but so chunky that you really couldn't say it was "shiny." So I simply added Gold Stickles on the top to give it some more "bling!" You live and learn!!! LOL

I then simply stamped my sentiment and gave some shadow with my white gel pen, added some cute little blue sequins and some ribbon with a sweet little cross attached! Voila!

The scripture in my heart when I was doing this tag was from Galatians 5. That whole Chapter is concerning your freedom in Christ! It tells us that it is for freedom that Christ set us free! But that freedom was from EVERY yoke of bondage that would keep us in captivity from the things of Christ! God gave us a free ticket for a way out! Why? That we could live free to do His will and purpose on this earth for His very glory!! You can't do someone's bidding if you are chained! Christ's victory was not in vain! It was for YOU and for ME that we may operate in full power by the Spirit and not under the law, which only brought death! He loved us so much, He made a way for our freedom and that Way, Christ Jesus, willingly went that we be reconciled back to the Father for eternity! Phew!!!! I don't know about you, but that is GOOD to me! That is a love worth fighting for!!! 

Here is a link to one of my favorite songs by Big Daddy Weave - Redeemed, that I encourage you to bask in! :) 

My friends, Let Freedom Ring in your heart today! Eternity is a long time!

Blessings to you!

Does Time Really Fly?

The answer to that age old adage is emphatically YES!!! At least to every mom or child on seeing the end of summer vacation!!! The scene is bad enough of a child's first day back to school, the scene is much worse with a mom who has to resume the "backpack, notebook, signed paper, homework, test study notes check!!!" I guarantee in just one short month, the face in the mirror will be all too familiar...................

The adage actually is traced back in English to 1836...WOW...! It originates from the Roman poet who wrote that "tempus fugit" (time flees). In 1835, Shakespeare threw a clock out the window and came up with the saying "time flies" in 1836.

All that said, it was a good, if not short, summer even though we didn't get to travel very much. We only went on one camping trip this summer. But we did a fair amount of swimming and sunning and messing around locally. It's hard for my girls because my husband and I both work, so unfortunately they have to be at the house all day long. But we went without any mishaps to speak of, save the occasional bee sting or sunburn! Not too shabby! LOL

The worst part for me was ALLLL the plans I had for my craft room for the summer! Those literally flew right out the window!! You know, "the best laid plans of mice and men!" Summer time, so flew on by and I got NOTHING accomplished!! I will get my challenges posted this week (never fear Tracy Woodsford), HOPEFULLY, but that is ALL I worked on as the month of July flew right on by! EEEEEEK! :) May the Art God's forgive me!!! LOLOLOLOL

Well I will just have to share what I got in the mail yesterday to give me that art, get me out of a rut, kick in the who ha boost!!! LOL I was SO COMPLETELY EXCITED to receive this MAJOR BLESSING from an ANGEL friend of mine, Wanda Hentges!!!! Wanda sent me an amazing RAK that sent my little heart pitter pattering!! Wanda, my friend, YOU are a TREASURE!!

Out of the gate was the AWESOME tag that Wanda made with her sweet message on the back! I LOVED, LOVED this tag! Wanda's gift and talents are so evident on her webpage and Google+, but it is so much more in person! The colors in this tag and the textures of the embellishments were gorgeous! I loved this little pot and flower. I think I might try to frame this bit of preciousness for a sweet corner in my home!!

Once I removed the tag, all the goodness inside came forth!!! LOl Wanda sent me these AWESOME tags of green and red! These tags are the large size, which I have never worked on before, so I was totally stoked about that!!! As a matter of fact, I couldn't wait and went right home and busted one out that I will share tomorrow!! Loved, loved these tags!! The next bit of goodness was a baggie CHOCKED FULL of amazing bits and bobbles for my mixed media journaling!! Chip pieces to die cuts to bits of embellishments. Once again, I was giddy with excitement! I went through that baggie like you wouldn't believe! I have so many plans for those yummy bits!!!

Then the next layer was the ULTIMATE TOY SURPRISE INSIDE!!!  Wanda sent me amazing discontinued paints from her stash!! The part that is so exciting for me is they are PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints!!! YIPEEEEE!!! I have coveted those paints for soooooooo long! Wanda is an amazing Designer for Paper Artsy and her projects made with their paints are always just FABULOUS!!! I simply can't wait to do my next project with all these fabulous colors! Wanda was SOOO VERY generous and I had soooo many beautiful colors included! If there is anything such as an Art Angel, I believe Wanda, my friend, YOU ARE ONE! :)

In God's Word He tells us "This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you." (John 15:12) That is God's amazing heart towards us His children and His heart for His children towards others!!! We are to be representatives or ambassadors for Christ here on this earth. It is God making His appeal through us that ALL be saved and come to know the knowledge of the truth of that GREAT LOVE!!! When others see us, they need to see Christ!!

If you don't know God's Word, which is His purpose for your life, then you can't act according to those truths. Engaging or acting on His Word is to KNOW and LOVE Him and represents a life totally submitted and yielded to His purpose. That is my desire! I have my moments to be sure, but thank God for His infinite patience, grace and mercy!! 

Wanda's precious gift along with her beautiful artwork are all indicative of her love for her Heavenly Father! She's a precious spirit and I can't thank her enough for her random act of kindness to me! I encourage you to go visit Wanda over on her blog and see ALL the lovely things she does with her amazing gift from the Lord!  Thank you for making my day Wanda!!

Share the Father's heart with someone today! You will be blessed and you will be a blessing! :)

More Love in my Box! :)

Good Tuesday all my crafty friends! Today I am going to share with you MORE of the love that came in my post box yesterday! I am sooooo being spoiled right now! :) It is surely more than I deserve, but I am so thankful for the blessing and fun that I KNOW it will be! :))))

Out of the gate, all I have to say is TONYA GIBBS!!! :) I follow a number of people in BIG art world and she is DEFINITELY one of them! Tonya is such an amazingly creative person! She is so talented and I love, love watching her videos! I mean Limor Webber snagged her for her Design Team, so ENOUGH SAID! :) The thing that I love most about Tonya is her ability to make you feel like her best friend! As you watch her videos and glean from her creativity, she is making you feel right at home! Recently she had a project that she did on her blog and taped a set of Ustream video's that covered a Gelli print mini album process for her project in the month of June. I can't ever watch Ustream vids live because I don't have internet at home, but I always catch the taped versions. The never disappoint! You can start watching the project video's here for the wonderful process.

At the end of the video process Tonya did a give away for those who commented on any of the videos. Now, I will have to be honest, I am a bit of a "stalker" when it comes to some of the artists I follow! LOL So I think I commented on all of them and probably blabbed (a lot!) on her blog a bit as well! LOL So, that being said, I was in the pool for the give away automatically because of my "gift for gab!" LOL Well truly, I NEVER win anything, but my friends....I WON!!! LOL Isn't that a hoot! :) I have to say though, in this past year, God has blessed me a couple of times with winning some give away's and allowing me to receive Love in my Box!!! So I can NO longer say "I never win anything!" LOL

So yesterday, this is what I found in my box that, that precious Tonya sent me! I received a 5x7 Gelli plate and GOBBLES of crafty goodness to start my own mini album! TONYA YOU ROCK!!! I had no idea she was going to bless me with so much goodness!!! The funny thing is I was watching one of her vids yesterday and was coveting (I know, not a good thing! LOL) those paisley die cuts that she was using in her gelli print card project and wishing I had those for my project! Well, low and behold, that lovely lady sent me just that!!! LOL I laughed and leaped for joy! :) I CAN'T WAIT to get started on that project because I was in love with her finished product! Die-Versions die cuts are now on my list of things to add to my stash (thanks for that Tonya, LOL)! They have lots of wonderful products that are compatible with many die-cutting machines, so go check them out!!

This morning as I did my Bible study, my thoughts immediately went to Tonya and her gift to me. The scripture for today was out of Matthew 9:35-38 which reads, "Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. When He saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields." We are PARTNERS with Christ in Kingdom building!!!

My friends, one of the main parts of that scripture that stands out to me is "when He saw the crowds, he had compassion on them." God says in His Word, "The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that ANY should perish, but that ALL should reach repentance!" That's God's heart toward us! He wants ALL to be saved! So goes His compassion on a lost and dying world! So what does He do? He sends the Holy Spirit to dwell in mankind that WE be His voice, His feet, and His hands that ALL should come unto Him!!! WE are to be a reflection of a loving and compassionate God who had compassion on us first and then we are to extend that to others! WE are His body on earth!!! What greater love is known to man? What an AWESOME God we serve! He thinks of EVERYTHING! :)

How do I know there is a God? Because of me! I am first and foremost a testimony of the great things He can and will do! I was a mess, BUT GOD!!! The things He has done for me my friends go on and on! How do I know there is a God? Because of people like Tonya! Those who serve, Christ serves! Tonya has been dealing with family emergencies, yet she extends her hand with the heart and attitude of Christ and serves! Out of the small things, great things can happen! I know Tonya will be blessed as are all who strive to serve with the hands of Christ!! 

There is a quote from William Carey that goes like this; "Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God." When you EXPECT great things from God, I guarantee you, He will equip you to DO great things for Him! Thank you Tonya for your service!

I'm so eager to get going on my project and I hope you will go over to Tonya's blog, Psycho Moms Scrapbooks,  and check out her talent and great projects! Try out a mini album for yourself! You be blessed today as you partner with Christ for Kingdom building! :)

Blessings

Gorgeous Mail!! :)))

Good Monday, all my crafty friends! :) I have been on hiatus for weeks now! Whats up with that? LOL Well, I will tell you my friends. It's been a whirlwind of a summer! I say summer, but it only just turned "technically" summer on June 21st, however, my kids are just before going back to school and their "summer break" is about to be over....HUH???? It just tickles me!! It's not like it used to be when I was in school.....ummmmm "back then," as my girls say!! LOL Well long story short, ALLLLLLL this time I thought I was going to have to do art this summer, didn't happen!! :) Now, that being said, it was for a good reason.

Many of you know I have two super daughters and my oldest is 15 and my youngest is 11 (I got started late in life, LOL). My oldest no longer feels the need to cuddle, get tickle bombs, joke, get kisses or identify me as "mom" in a public setting (unless she needs money)!! My youngest however, I believe, will be my advocate for years to come! LOL We both love to watch movies so all summer long we have been watching movies till the wee hours each night, mind you, I DO have to be at work the next morning! LOL But she won't be there forever, so whilst she still wants to spend time with me and those big puppy eyes asks me to watch a movie with her, I can't turn her away! My art room beckons, but my baby girl trumps it all day long! LOL I am working on a few projects here and there, but for the most part, its been ALL about her! She's certainly worth it! :)

We went on a great camping trip over the 4th of July, so here is a picture or two of me and my crazy crew! :)

CRAZY

CREW,

ENOUGH

SAID!

Well Friday when I got home I had GEORGEOUS mail from June Tag Swap Partner over on the Google+ Community, Jackie P. Neal!!! Yipeeeee!!  I was so excited to have Jackie as my Tag Partner in June! She is such an awesome artist who is constantly creative, encouraging and inspiring! She is just the sweetest gal and she LOADED me up with creative goodness!!!

Out of the gate, Jackie's package was so fun and colorful front and back! When I saw that package in the mail, I was grinning from ear to ear!! I just knew it would only get better on the inside!! And I was NOT disappointed! Jackie my friend, you just went CRAZY!!! I think I eewwhhhed and aaaahhhhed every time I reached into that package of goodness! I was on a crafty high! :) LOL

Jackie loaded me up with some of the most awesome emphemera and die cuts! I love emphemera, I mean who can get enough of that stuff, right??? There was this gorgeous vintage birthday card that was full of more crafty pieces as well. One of the coolest things she included were postage stamps that were cut from envelopes as far back as 1952! How neat is that? I already have my wheels cranking about how to use those! I can't wait!

Another cool item Jackie included that I went right along with her precious sentiments to me was an "Inspire" stamp that I can't wait to use! The prized tags were wrapped with some awesome scrapbook papers and this AWESOME felt paper that I will be able to use in the future! At every turn my head was spinning with thinking "what project am I going to use this and this and this in?" LOL Note to you Jackie...not a good idea to give me too many things to go off on rabbit trails about! LOL, LOL, LOL  Then the drum roll....

Jackie, you really outdid yourself! No other way to say this except, this tag was the BOMB! I think I may have had a little misty in my eyes when I saw this tag and read the beautiful sentiment on the back!! "Queen of Inspiration" was what that sweet lady put on this tag and on the back Jackie said I was the tag queen!! Jackie, I am humbled for sure! You guys, this tag is even more beautiful in person! The mermaid tail rocks with lots of fishy texture! LOL It's just a gorgeous tag from textures, to colors to the, to the bling, to the beautiful words! Love, love, love!

And if that wasn't enough, she also sent along this beautiful vintage tag as well! I love, love my vintage and this such a beautiful tag. It was so light and summer..ish feeling to me. I loved the color and the texture in the background was gorgeous! And once again, Jackie blessed me with such beautiful and humbling sentiments on the back! I can't express how much I appreciate all that you chose to bless me with! It was a great day indeed!!

I think I have said this a few times before, but I can't express enough how fortunate and blessed I am to have so many lovely, beautiful, talented and creative online friends as I do in our Google+ community! I know there may be some that think we are a little "nutsy," but call it what you will, I feel so very fortunate to have you all as my dear friends! We have not met in person and may never, but it doesn't lesson the importance of your friendships nor make them any less valid or valued! I think it makes them even MORE because we have established special relationships with nothing attached! We've exchanged words, creativity and the occasional photo and still managed to forge what I call meaningful relationships! It's a good time to be alive to have technology to accomplish such a wonderful thing!

THANK YOU so much Jackie for brightening my weekend and warming my heart! I can't wait to get started on some new projects and using your gifted crafty goodness!

Well, I hope to share some projects this week my friend! I have a special one that I am working on that is for my niece but we shall see how that turns out! LOL I pray you all have a crafty good day!!

Blessings