52 weeks of Jesus in Every book of the Bible. Post #1

Hi Everyone!! Long time no blog!! I pray everyone had a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. I have been so busy during the holidays, that I haven't done much crafting. But I am back in the swing of things and just started this weekly project last week. 52 weeks of Jesus in every book of the bible. I am being blessed and have such a great time doing it, that I really don't think it will be a year project...LOL. I will blog about my journey and hope to hear some feed back from you all! 

So I am using basic white tags that you can buy at Hobby Lobby. For my backgrounds I have been using spray ink....I love it!! It is very messy but I love the vivid colors. For this particle tag I used Dylusions Spray Ink in London Blue. Sprayed generously and then let drip and dry! :)

After my blue was good and dry, I broke out the stencils and then used Dylusions Spray Ink in Fresh Lime and let that dry.

I am not the best at drawing, but I sure like to play. Since in Leviticus Jesus is our High Priest. I googled photos of Jesus as the High Priest and kinda just looked and played, like I said I am not great at drawing..lol

After the rough draft of the picture I added paint and such to it to make it pop a little more.

Glued it on my tag along with some other goodies and stamp the words High Priest at the bottom.

All done!! I love this project and am hoping to see more people jump in on it too!!

This is what my tag book looks like so far.....can't wait to see the finished product....thanks for  looking everyone and God Bless!!

Jesus in every book of the Bible

Mixed media canvas....LOVE

 Good Day All!! I have been so busy making Christmas presents, that I haven't made anything just for fun lately!! And plus I can't post Christmas goodies!! But today I received some inspiration from a pinterest pin of a canvas painted and embellished  the opposite way, so I wanted to give it a shot. Unfortunately, I forgot to photograph every step, so all I have is beginning and end. I started with a blank canvas and used the back. I applied two coats of gesso and let dry.

After it was good and dry I applied some texture paste in a dot stencil on the canvas and wood framing and let that dry.

After that was dry I used alcohol inks in aqua, pink and yellow and sprayed 

the canvas vigorously!! Let dry.

After that was dry, I added a stamped phrase "live life to the fullest" on the canvas.

I then hot glued my letters on and flowers and DONE!!

Love the way this turned out...hope to add a full photo set from start to finish, 

when I attempt this again.  Thanks for looking and God Bless!!

Snail Mail Mania

There is something about receiving mail, no not bills, but mail from friends or loved ones.

Especially pretty mail, decorated just for you. Pretty envelopes that someone took time on.

And then pretty words inside <3

I use to hate to write letters, hate it!! But now...I want them, and I want to write them, It may be shorter then maybe the average letter, but it is writing and keeping in touch with friends.

Why not reach out to a long distance friend this way with me? Why not reach out to me?

Want a pen pal? Let me know!

Let's send pretty mail to each other!!

Thanks for looking! God Bless!!

Hi! Long time no blog! Bible Journaling Deuteronomy 6:5-7

Hi Friends!!! What a busy busy week I have had, I haven't had time to craft or bible journal! Finally took the time tonight to sit down and journal a lovely verse from my daily Bible Study!! Once again I started out with Gesso and once dry, a coat of acrylic paint.

After that dried I then added a stencil pattern using dylusions spray ink in grape. I sprayed a few spots and then just flipped the stencil over and rubbed it on the bottom of my bible page, nice effect. 

After my ink dried I then added some rub ons and a little tag to my page.

Then I made my words, Heart, Soul, Strength and glued them to my page. Tonight's work was quick. I wish I could add about 2 hours to my day to craft. I do however like the way this page turned out. Colors are beautiful!! 

Thanks for looking and God Bless!!!

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Altered Sketch Book

"We are not one thing

We're drawn here together

My ocean and me"

In my Arms Lyrics by Jon Foreman

A lovely song by a lovely man. I made an altered sketch book for him for his 38th birthday. Jon is a surfer so I wanted this book to feel oceany. I used a plain black sketch book. First thing I did was add gesso to the cover and let dry. I then added a few layers of acrylic paint in Laguna! And I let that dry.

I then added some alcohol ink in drops and let them run down the front of the book. I added a little bit of white and yellow around the edges and then started playing with paper. Hand drew the clouds and just torn the ocean out of some paper.

Added some music note paper to the background and then handmade the words to this lovely song of his. Mod Podged everything on. After it dried I added a few more layers of Mod Podge.

Love the colors in this project....I think it feels oceany and I hope Jon enjoys sketching in this book for months....Hopefully some great songs will be wrote in this book!! Yay!!

Thanks for looking and God Bless!!!

ATC Luv

Making ATCs is probably one of my favorite crafts. 

I have been making them 

since about 2009 and have traded on Flickr and SwapBot.

This ATC was a lot of fun to make!! First thing I did was glue an 

old tea stained filter on to an old playing card with Mod Podge. 

After the filter dried good I then glued a used dryer sheet to my 

ATC with Mod Podge.

 I also inked my dryer sheet with Dylusions spray ink. 

After my ATC was good and dry, then I started playing...I love messing around with 

fabrics to add texture. These were old quilt scraps and were sprayed 

with the Dylusions Ink Spray also.

After much playing this is what I ended up with. I used some old fabric, yarn and an old piece of jewelry to this card. Stamped and painted a butterfly, punched a hole in the top, 

tied some yarn on and  I was done!

Turned out really pretty, not sure if I want to trade it or keep it...Thanks for looking and God Bless!!

Bible Journaling Psalms 150

I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying Bible Journaling!! Love combining art and God's word.

Last night I focused on Psalms 150! It's all about praise!!

I of course prepped my page first with gesso. This page was the end page to Psalms so I had extra room to journal on. I also made a little card to attach to my page. Add gesso, distress ink and some music paper to my playing card.

After everything was good and dry I added my acrylic paint. I used the colors Island Blue, Citrus Green, and Orange. I love Bright colors!! They make me happy!

After that dried good I added all the details, which I forgot to photograph! Sorry! But this is what I did....I used stickers for my words and then put gesso over them, after they dried I peeled them off and outlined them with my black pen. Added a fer other details and a pretty heart to my card, attached it to my page with washi tape and all done. Turned out pretty!! Praise him!

Once again, Thanks for looking and God Bless!! Leave me a comment sometime :)