Spring is in Full Bloom!

Hello Delightful friends and family!

I'm sharing another tag!  Love this color combination of the greens and blues.  I've used Distress Stains (Ranger) again to create the background.  I also used them (stains) to add a bit of color to the flower and the beaks and feathers of these funny long legged birdies! I've used a Q-Tip to apply the stains to the images and I wasn't overly careful, I wanted to keep with a watercolor look.

cute little trio!

Just need to add the ribbon and this one is ready to give away!

First day of Spring 2012, can you see the dew about to drip from the blossom?  This tree is right out my back door.

Same tree two weeks later, look close and you'll see a honey bee feeding off the blossom. The tree just hums as we walk by. Today that same tree is full of green leaves and only a few blossoms are on the tree, most of them have taken flight or have covered the grass beneath the tree! I just love how the Lord's handiwork is so magnificently shown and declared in nature. What an awe-inspiring Creator we have!

Abby shared a lot about the changing seasons on her blog Little Birdie Blessings (Scripture Thursday challenge). We all go through seasons of life, some good and some not so good but we can be sure that our Lord Jesus will be by our side and has promised to never leave us nor forsake us.  I think that is why the verse I used on the tag is so important to memorize "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding"  if you keep reading in Proverbs 3, it continues on to say "in all your way acknowledge Him and He will direct your path."  So no matter what season you are in the Lord is there to keep you on the right path, IF you will trust and obey Him. He is always faithful.

My tag today is entered into two challenges: 

Word of Art Wednesday #25  and Scripture Thursday #26.

Ingredients - Stamps: Ranger Dylusions (birds); Unity Ippity line (Devoted set), Taylored Expressions (Faith in Bloom -flower); Ink: Stazon, jet black; Distress Inks: Weathered Wood, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Mustard Seed and Ranger Craft Tags (Manila #8).

Thanks for looking and have a blessed day!

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.    2 Corinthians 4:6

Rest in God - Word Art Wednesday & Scripture Thursday

Greetings to my delightful friends and family!

I've been having a good time playing/experimenting with the Distress Stains (Ranger) here lately and I've been making double sided tags.  I've used two tags and adhered them together. Today's tag was made for a friend at church battling cancer.  She's a woman of faith and prayer but I just felt led to make this for her.  As I'm in the process of making the tags the Lord impresses upon me to pray for the recipient, so I get blessed in the creative department as well as having a wonderful time in talking with the Lord.

I forgot to write down all the Distress Stains I used (3 or 4 different colors) and I used two Ranger Paint Dabbers (Mountain Rose and Citrus to add more color to the stamped border)  The border stamps are from the Dylusion line (Ranger)  and the Scripture is from Taylored Expressions Faith in Bloom.(both sides)  The tags are from Paper Accents.  I've used Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I've entered this tag into two challenges:

 Scripture Thursday (Cast Your Burdens #24) 

 Word Art Wednesday Challenge #23.

front of tag

backside of tag

Thanks so much for visiting and I look forward to your delightful comments!

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him and he with Me."   Revelation 3:20

He is Mighty to Save (Scripture Thursday #23)

Hello Delightful friends and family,

Just a quick post to share two tags I made for a young woman in our church who is going through some deep trials both physically and in her family.  After reading my dear friend Abby's post at Little Birdie Blessings about trials and tribulations featured this week at her Scripture Thursday Linky Party, I thought it might be encouraging to share these verses and tags with you. 

The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save." Zephaniah 3:17 and "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10.

God is so faithful when we call on Him and trust Him to see us through difficulties.  Sometimes He delivers us out of those trials and sometimes it's through them but we can have the assurance that He is with us.  That is a promise that you can hang on to.

Front of tags with Scriptures.

back side of the tags.

Ingredients:

I've used the Faith in Bloom stamp set from Taylored Expressions for the Scriptures and sentiments.  The flower, ribbon and stitch stamps are from Dylusions stamps from Ranger (How Does Your Garden Grow set and Inbetweenies set)  I've used an assortment of Ranger Distress Stains for the background work.  The Inks used are Memento tuxedo black and Archival aquamarine. I've also used stencils from: Pink Paislee (She Art line) called Mask Vintage Doily and Crafter's Workshop Balzer Designs. The ribbon is American Crafts and I've also used Prismacolor pencils to do a little filling in on the flowers. The button is from my stash.  

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a blessed week!  Be sure and visit Abby's blog she lots of vintage digital freebies!