His Banner Over Me!

Before I share my Bible art-journaling sample for today I have some big news to share.  In a previous post I mentioned that I was "all in" with this new passion.  I've been reorganizing supplies and space, and I'm sharing my work in several online venues.  But one of the most exciting outcomes of starting this venture is that I was invited to join the design team on Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  The Creative Worship team will be showcasing the Creative Worship stamp sets and their inspirational samples using the sets.  I'm so thrilled to represent Korin Sutherland and her amazing stamp line. 

Since my husband and I will celebrate another anniversary next month, April 2, I decided to design something in Song of Solomon.  David and I wrote our own vows using verses from this book, so it made a great canvas for art-journaling. Korin had the perfect stamp set in the Creative Worship section of her store...

 Worship the Lord

 

 
Here is the two page spread I designed.  I wanted an old, splashy antique watercolor look to it. (I'm still very much in the experimenting stages, determining how art mediums interact with the thin pages of my Bible.  I'd read about practicing on some of the back pages in your Bible which I thought was a great idea.)  I depicted SS 2:4, 16 in the margin of the left page..."my page" and the verse David referenced (SS 4:9) in his vows on the right page.  I feel very sheltered in our marriage.  Thinking of David's love being over me like a protective banner so aptly describes the safety I feel.  Husbands are to nurture their wives, bringing them to a banquet table of all that delights a woman's heart and soul.

I brushed over the entire surface of both pages with brown watercolor and added more distressing by sponging with brown ink and creating some darker splatters.  I taped off the two verses I wanted to highlight later with red.

David's vows were amazing.  But when he got to his paraphrased version of SS 4:9, I melted.  All he did was to insert my name in the verse! I was already David's sister in Christ. That is a deep bond that makes the marriage relationship, being his bride, even deeper, stronger, more resilient through the storms of life and love.

To design "his page" I used the heart from the set and colored with watercolor paints again. I hand-lettered on both pages---ugh, still lots of practicing to do on that!  Since the theme is about banners, I thought it would be fun to add the washi tape banner.  I've spent years designing greeting cards and could just never get the hang of washi tape.  Bible journaling is MADE for it!  I've used it more in the time I've been journaling (weeks) than in all my years making cards!  It made a perfect little banner and that added some color to my page.

I'm so looking forward to this journey with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, with Korin, and all the precious ladies on the Creative Worship Team.  My debut post is HERE today, so I invite you to hope over and say hello to me there too.  

Blessings on your day, and thank you so much for stopping in.  

 

God is Maker of Heaven and Earth

I'm so glad some of you are coming back to visit me.  I almost cried when I saw people stopping in.  You haven't left me!  How nice to have a few of you leave comments too.  That means so much!  I'll be peeking in on each of you soon. 

I'm expecting a call any day...any hour that our youngest son and daughter-in-love are expecting baby Lukas.   So I wanted to get another post up about my Bible art-journaling before I was called away for a few days to help.

This is my second attempt at art journaling.  I'm really liking the size of my Bible and the margins.  At first I thought they would be too small, but they are just right and don't require a ton of images to feel like the space is filled and balanced.  The stamped images are from Sweet n Sassy Stamps, "God is Good.

God is Good

Sweet n Sassy Stamps

You can see it has tons of possibilities. I'll be designing a few more pages soon using it and more from the stash I recently purchased there.  She also sells Bible Journaling Kits each month, but you have to grab them right when they are released TODAY, because they sell like hotcakes...and I'm not kidding.  Last month's sold in a day.  So run, don't walk, if you are interested in getting some of her goodies.

February Creative Worship Kit

Sweet n Sassy Stamps

If you go to Sweet n Sassy Stamps, you'll find lovely samples and a fantastic stash of Bible Journaling images.  

Here are a few more views of my page...

One of the reasons I started in Genesis 1:1 is that it establishes God as Creator and supreme authority over all created things.  We can easily get discouraged when we see what man has done with the gift of fellowship with God.  Our world makes us believe all is hopeless.  But God still reigns, and He will make a new heaven and a new earth and it will all be good again. 

I used colored pencils (Prismacolor soft core), Spica glitter pens, and metallic watercolors to achieve sparkle and shine.   Korin's stamps make journaling easy and fast, so for a beginner they are especially helpful.  

It's easy to stamp right in the margin (or on the page) then embellish to make it your own. I used Korin's white Sharpie paint pen to make the little dots on the lettering.  

The text part of the page is sponged.  I used several colors of Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  All my Stampin' Up! ink pads would work just as well.  I'm just experimenting with lots of things from my craft room. 

Here's the little guy we're waiting on.  I've looked at that face a million times and have praised God each time for the miracle of life.  We can't wait to meet him in real life, to hold him and to start early telling him of our wonderful God who formed him right here...establishing a plan for his life.  We will tell him of Jesus and His love for him and the great sacrifice He made.  I've already prayed again and again for the soul of this baby...that God will claim his heart early and that we will see God working in great and mighty ways through Lukas. The Creator of the universe, our world and everything in it wove this sweet baby into His marvelous and miraculous plan.  Lukas...his name means LIGHT.  My prayer is that Lukas will see the Light of Christ in his heart at a young age, that he will embrace that light, and become a reflection of the Savior.  Little Lukas...come to us soon and start shining your light, boy!  

Thank you so much for popping in.  If you leave a comment I'll come peek in on you too...unless I'm at the hospital cheering on Lukas' entrance into the world!