ABOUT BE A BLESSING STAMPS
A little about me Diana, I was born in a small town in Puerto Rico. Raised by two wonderful parents that taught me two special characteristics that have been my north all the time... work ethics (be the best you can in everything you do and work hard, that was my dad's legacy) and creativity (my mom made our clothing, baked our birthday cakes, cut our hair and so much more). I am very proud of those two and as a way to give them back I apply those things every day in my life. I went to college with the idea of have a wonderful position in life with power and money... turns out the day I have my first daughter (Mariana) in my arms, everything changed and I just want to be the best mom I can be, so I quit my job and became a SAHM. Then soon after I had my second daughter (Rebeca) I realized that I can be a SAHM but also be a professional mom and that's how I started my crafting business in around 2003, teaching scrapbook classes at my house. Then I kept teaching workshops, but I added the stamping part to it and since then I have been an avid stamper! I moved to Texas in February 2011 and when the direct selling company that I was working with closed their doors, I started my own company "Latina Crafter". Since my first language is Spanish I ventured myself to this wonderful industry with an all Spanish Stamps Line that now has more than 300 stamp sets!!
As a Christian I have been looking for a way to serve the Lord and spread His message. I'm terrified to talk to others about Jesus, unless it's sharing my own experience with Him, how He rescued me, how He moves in my life, etc. But to share Bible verses and "preach" just like that, I get frozen, do you understand what I'm saying? On the other hand, as you have read, I'm also a crafter and have a passion for paper crafts and cardmaking! I also love to share what I create, I know that there is a lot of people out there creating and sharing.
Back in January 2014 I started in a Bible Group at my church and one night while we were sharing our prayer requests I shared an issue that I was having and we were talking about it, I shared about my business and while talking I shared that I've been thinking about inspirational/Christian stamps in English (now that I live in Texas I need English stamps as well), they encouraged me to pray about it and that's exactly wath I did. I prayed about it and prayed about it, and I know the Lord was directing me towards that but I wasn't sure, I was holding on to my fears. I'm not sure if I can do it, I have no friends or customers here, there is other people more capable than myself that can do that. I mean I felt quiet comfortable doing the Spanish stamps and everything was going great, why do I need to go out of my way to bring this idea to life? But time passed and I still listen to the same message, you need to do it, you care about others and you know that there is a need for encouraging stamps, we as Christian can share His message through art and be a blessing to others. I started to doodle sentiments that came to my mind, I can see them so pretty on my mind and I was getting into it, when I found out about Bible Journaling and oh wow, I was like, yes, you need to do it, and the time is now, see, there is people out there ready to share His message through art and that's how Be a blessing started... on October 2015!
Hope you find this Stamp Collection inspiring and you can use it to encourage others and share His message!
With Love,
Diana (me), Mariana & Rebeca (my blessings from the Lord)
As a Christian I have been looking for a way to serve the Lord and spread His message. I'm terrified to talk to others about Jesus, unless it's sharing my own experience with Him, how He rescued me, how He moves in my life, etc. But to share Bible verses and "preach" just like that, I get frozen, do you understand what I'm saying? On the other hand, as you have read, I'm also a crafter and have a passion for paper crafts and cardmaking! I also love to share what I create, I know that there is a lot of people out there creating and sharing.
Back in January 2014 I started in a Bible Group at my church and one night while we were sharing our prayer requests I shared an issue that I was having and we were talking about it, I shared about my business and while talking I shared that I've been thinking about inspirational/Christian stamps in English (now that I live in Texas I need English stamps as well), they encouraged me to pray about it and that's exactly wath I did. I prayed about it and prayed about it, and I know the Lord was directing me towards that but I wasn't sure, I was holding on to my fears. I'm not sure if I can do it, I have no friends or customers here, there is other people more capable than myself that can do that. I mean I felt quiet comfortable doing the Spanish stamps and everything was going great, why do I need to go out of my way to bring this idea to life? But time passed and I still listen to the same message, you need to do it, you care about others and you know that there is a need for encouraging stamps, we as Christian can share His message through art and be a blessing to others. I started to doodle sentiments that came to my mind, I can see them so pretty on my mind and I was getting into it, when I found out about Bible Journaling and oh wow, I was like, yes, you need to do it, and the time is now, see, there is people out there ready to share His message through art and that's how Be a blessing started... on October 2015!
Hope you find this Stamp Collection inspiring and you can use it to encourage others and share His message!
With Love,
Diana (me), Mariana & Rebeca (my blessings from the Lord)
Me & my daughters (Mariana & Rebeca) at the Pinners Conference in Dallas, TX, 2016