"What Kind Of Day Are You Having"

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
It's Friday and you know what that means....weekend fun and excitement.  You are off for two days and you just don't know what you are going to do with yourself.  First, let's start with today.   It's Friday,  and I know when you were awaken this morning you had a big,  BIG smile on your face.  Why?  You knew you had to make just this one more day on the clock before doing your "thing" for the weekend.  Let's just say your day started off "HAPPY".  No matter what comes your way today, you're prepared because you're HAPPY.  This is going to be a happy day and nothing will interfere with your feelings.   Your are going to splatter that happiness all around on everything and everybody if no more than just today.  When your shift is over, you're going to look this feeling in the face and say, "Your Kindness Means So Much to me.  Now, let's take a look at how this topic came together in my card creativeness:

happy day enabler's list:

Recollection pink cardstock; Kanban grey and white cardstock

Tim Holtz splatters stencil: TH distress inks ( pumice stone and spun sugar)

Hand Made Modern sequins and Hampton Art glitter glue (silver)

stamp: Stampendous daisy thanks

Your Kindness Means So Much enabler's list:

Neenah white cardstock; Recollection black and pink cardstock; Colorbok Signature Novelty greetings double-sided paper

stamps: (jar) Stampendous bouquet for you; (sentiment) Recollections clear stamps

ink: Hampton Art black pigment and Ranger silver embossing powder

Hope you day is and will be a happy one and just in case someone keeps it that way for you...tell them their kindness means so much!  Have a good, happy day and enjoy your weekend.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"TEACHER Appreciation"

Hello Friends, Followers, Visitors and Viewers.
Thanks once again for coming to see what I'm doing on this beautiful, rainy day.
We've voted (our little town has an election day every two years for town officials...my husband is trying for his 3rd term on our Town Council).
Today is Teacher Appreciation day and it will be celebrated all week in some schools.
I'm a retired public school teacher who respect this week and this day along with all the teachers  around the world.  The National Education Association describes National Teacher Day  “as a day for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives”.  Teachers play a critical role in educating and shaping our children: the future leaders of our country.  They are kind, patient, hard-working, dedicated and understanding professionals that mold our children’s lives in a positive direction.  We entrust our children with the teachers, and they affect their lives on a daily basis.
I had the privileged for 30+ years to work with children who were categorized in the area of "special needs".  Some people viewed these children as little ones who had problems and needed to be fixed because they could not maintain the activities and learning environment of a "regular classroom".   They were and are so wrong in their thinking. The children I encounter throughout my professional career could and did maintain academic excellence.  They needed someone to show them another way of learning something that came natural to the average child.
The first card reflect the children I worked with over the years and the second card reflect the attitude of any teacher going into a classroom each day (regular or "special needs"):

 

Enabler's List
cardstock: Neenah white (4.25 x 5.50); Recollection pink (cut 1/8 inch less than white) and black ( cut 1/8 inch less than pink)
pattern paper from Colobok pattern paper
punch: ek success
embellishments: circles in various sizes cut from paper in my stash
Challenge: entry for MojoMonday.blogspot.com #446 Contest

 

Here is the second card and what I used to make it:
Neenah white cardstock; brown Recollection cardstock
stamp (for lady) dylusions Ranger mini couture....dress was stamped on paper from my stash as well as the hat.
sentiment: stamped from Hero Arts Happy Day stamp
Embellishments:  Martha Stewart flowers and Recollection faux gems
punch: ek success
Challenge: entry for WordArtWednesday.blogspot.com
                  entry for ScrapsofColor.ning.com  First and Third Challenge for May 1, 2016 through May 13, 2016    FT051316

Hug a teacher; Respect a teacher; Love a teacher; today.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois