Art For The Mind - Blog Hop for January 2021

 Life can get Kinda Prickly...

Hello and welcome to the Art for the Mind monthly Blog Hop.

I am so glad to welcome you to my blog today, and I hope you enjoy it and also any other Blogs on the Hop you decide to visit today.

Art for the Mind is an organisation that promotes Mental Wellbeing through Creative Pursuits! This blog features work from people who believe in this goal, and the cards you will see will all feature some aspect of mental health promotion. This promotion may vary from a spiel about how making the card has helped the creator's metal health, to cards that are designed to brighten someone's day, or express empathy and understanding, to larger scale projects with cards designed to be produced at scale for delivery to many people in need of a human connection.

So onto my offering for this month.

Little Green Dragon assists me in all my Blog posts, and here he is posing with my card for this month "Life can get Kinda Prickly"... 

Cactus can be prickly, as can Little Green Dragons, Life, and of course myself... I love the package that I have used here, it is a new acquisition and I knew it would be perfect for me to talk about the times when we are, well, less than cuddly. I am often guilty of being a bit sharp around the edges, particularly when my mental health is struggling, I tend to bite and snap at people who love me. 

I am very lucky to have people who tend to my Cactus-y Butt, give me plenty of nurturing and help me to bloom my vary rare but beautiful flowers. Not everyone is so lucky though... It can be hard to keep extending that hand to someone who is prickly, often times prickly-ness is just a person saying "I am vulnerable and I don't want to be hurt, so I will keep you away with my prickles" Much like a cactus has prickles to stop itself from being eaten. 

Next time you are a bit prickly, have a think about why you might be prickly, and if it is really the person you are prickling that you want to be keeping away? Maybe you can find comfort in this person and let them tend you a little bit, rather than trying to chase them away to keep yourself from feeling the emotions coming close to you in the moment.

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If you are interested in making this card, or just having a play with some cute Cacti do feel free to shop the catalogue with me... it makes for some cool prickly art.

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Flowering Cactus Product Medley (English) [154559] $122.00	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00

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