Mother of all the Living

Inred the Twelve Extraordinary Men from John MacArthur and really enjoyed it, so I had to get the Twelve Extraordinary Woman.  He start with Eve of course and I really got a lot out of it.  Women are a gift from God to men.  One thing he points out is when everything created was brought to Adam to name and there was nothing found suitable for him, so God took it upon himself , without Adam asking, to create a special helper from Adam for man, woman.  We are made in mans glory and we are to be his helper.  I feel so honored to be created in this manner, as a special gift.  

The first picture had such a reflection on the alpha sticker, so I took this one without the light above, but the image isn't as bright.

I used Prima Faith stamp of Eve.

The heart flips over and reads:

The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam, not made out of his head to rule over him, not out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.

Matthew Henry

Thanks for looking, I hope you feel honored today as a woman.

Jill

Faith Art Journaling class

We had such a fantastic time today at Trinity Baptist Church in Sun City Center today! They were all brave in trusting God to lead them in their art worship adventure.  

We plan on meeting again March 26th right before Easter and doing a page on the empty tomb.

Look at all those beautiful pages so full of color!

Bold & Confident Faith

Hi Faithers!
This is a bold page and pray for bold & confident faith!  To go out into my world and share my story of Christ and what he has done for me!  The images are mostly stamps.  The letters bold & confident is a Hero Arts stamp set....the faith and love come from my Faith Art Stamps, lady and the heart flowers across the bottom are from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  I drew the heart in the background.  For the background color I used acrylic paint and a makeup sponge and added black splatters.  A Signo White Gel Pen was used for shadowing and a blue gel pen for the lettering color.

I pray that we would all have the boldness to proclaim our faith in Jesus and share his love and what he has done for us!

Artfully,
Jill

Trust the Lord

Hi Faithers,  This is my favorite verse...Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.  In all you ways acknowledge him and He will make your path straight.

I did an acrylic paint background and used the Faith Art stamps for the flowers and Pitt pens for the lettering.
Here is a quick video I did on this technique....and absolutely no bleed through.

Have a great Lord's day!
Blessings,
Jill

Hope Unshakeable

 Hi Faithers!
Today I wanted to share how to add another entry if the page you want is already done.  Above is the page I had done and I wanted to add the song Anchor from Hillsong to it.  So I picked colors that coordinated with the anchor and used the margin of the page.  I love this song and it just goes so well with the rest of this page.

 I used the Faith Art stamps and Sunset Adirondack paint dauber.  Then I colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Enjoy and be blessed!
Jill

Give Until You Laugh

Hi Faithers,
We had such a great time this morning at our Bible Journaling small group, that I lead from my church!! We take the Sunday sermon and illustrate it.  The scripture was 2 Corinthians 10:13 and 9:10.  We will shine our light bright for all our sphere of influence...and give until we laugh!... Because we cannot out give God and when we freely give of ourselves and resources he will always amaze us at his abundant blessing he will rain down on us!!! To God be the Glory!!!

I prepped my page with clear gesso, then I started with the Faith Art stamp of the candle in the middle,  using a template for the circle and drew stick people standing "in my sphere of influence" and wrote my notes in the circle.  I used Micron Pens for the drawing and lettering and my Prismacolor Watercolor pencils for the color.

Happy Day!
Jill

Love Came Down

 

Hi Faithers,

Love came down from heaven and showers us!  What a gift of grace and mercy!  I used the Faith Art stamps to illustrate the words.  I prepped the page with pink acrylic paint, then stamped with acrylic paint and colored in with colored pencils.  The small hearts are from Unity.  The washi tape on the sides really finishes it off and frames the page.

I am using the Journal Bible from Local Bibles for this one.  It has larger margins and makes it easier to do art on the pages.  

What is your favorite products to use on a page??

Blessings to you all,

Jill

Faith Art Stamps

 My friend Lori has been busy in her bible with her new Faith Art stamps!!  I love the way she has combined the images.   She did prep her pages with gesso, then stamped and colored with watercolor pencils and colored pencils.

Check out all the stamps on the tool bar at the top of the blog or on the side in my Etsy store.
Happy Sunday,
Jill

Prepping Your Bible Page With Acrylic Paint

 Hi Faithers!
I love color!  Lots of color!  Bright colors!  So I like to put color all over my pages when I journal....it just makes me happy!  Yesterday I shared that gesso is an acrylic base product, so I discovered that if you put acrylic paint down on your page there is no bleed through with stamps and pens...just like gesso.  So I did another verse for my page. I did another quick video you can watch below.   As I was studying Colossians, this first really hit me.....Christ is my hope of Glory!  I used my Faith Art stamps for the dragonfly, a Fude Ball pen for the lettering this time (it works great on acrylics).  I used the back of the paint brush dipped in purple paint for the dots.

 

Here is a look at the back of the page....a little shadow, but no bleed through.

 I used my Prismacolor pencils to color the dragonflies and the flourish.

 

 

Enjoy the video.

I have made a list of the products that I frequently use in my journaling.  It is an affiliate link, so if you make a purchase I will get a very small kickback.

If  you have any questions feel free to ask:)

Have a blessed weekend!
Jill

Faith Art Rubber Stamps

 Hi Faithers!  Today I want to share a quick page I did with my Faith Art stamps.  Stamps make it so easy to decorate a page and if you feel you are not an artist rubber stamps are a wonderful way to add to your pages.  I have been studying the book of Colossians and on the first page there were several different things that jumped out to me.  Using the stamps I was able to illustrate each one with the stamps and bring a lot of color to the page without a lot of work.  The stamps are available in my Etsy store and you can get to it by clicking on the picture below.

And I also had an ah ha moment yesterday when I was doing this page.  Gesso is an acrylic base and coats the page so you don't get any bleed through.  Well, paint daubers are acrylic paint....sooooo......I used the paint daubers on the stamps and stamped with the acrylic paint and then colored with colored pencils!!  There was no prepping the page and no bleed through!  

 

I put the hearts around the word love in the first section.  In the second section it was talking about the light of the kingdom so I used the sun above that and the dove represents the hope.

I pray that you will find time to feel the peace God shares when you are in his word.  If there is a technique or product you would like to see me use please leave me a message and I will do my best to do it.

Blessings & Prayers to you!
Jill

Prepping Your Page With Gesso

Hi Faithers!!  Here is a quick 3 minute video on how I prep my pages with clear gesso.  You can purchase the Tri Art Gesso from Amazon here.

Enjoy and get in your Bibles!  See what great things God has in store for you.  Just start!

Blessings,
Jill

Bible Journaling Bleed Through

Hello Faithers, I have been asked to show some of the backs of pages that I've done to show what the other side looks like....so I have taken a few of my pages to share with you.  The page that I posted yesterday was prepped with gesso...here is the front

Here is the back of the girl page.  When you prep a page, you can stamp with any ink and write with any pen and get no bleed through....you are able to completely read the page and can even do some art journaling on the back page.  As you see the gesso does crinkle the page a bit, but its not bad and will lay flatter as it sits in a closed book. 

 

 This next page was done on an untreated page....I stamped and colored with colored pencils and used Pitt Pens for the writing.  The page is flat and smooth, but.....

 You flip over to the back of the page and it doesn't really have bleed through, but ghosting.  The ink doesn't soak through, but you can see the image quite well.

 Another way to prep your page with out gesso is to use acrylic paints.  Here I used Dina Wakely paints and a credit card to scrape some paint on the page.  You can still read the scripture because the paint is put on so thin.  I stamped on the painted sections and did color a bit with colored pencils.

 

On the back side you see a very small amount of ghosting, but not much, you could still do some art on the back side easily.

 

 Here is a picture of the tag that I added as a tip in.....it is just taped on the left side with washi tape and can be lifted up to read the page.

I hope this has been helpful to those starting out.  If you have any question please feel free to contact me.

Blessings,
Jill

Jesus is Light of the World

 Hi Faithers!  Today's entry is in Matthew 5:16....be a light and shine for Jesus!  I designed the candle stamp, from my Light of the World stamp set, to fit nicely into the cross stamp, from Grace and Mercy stamp set.  The word stamps are from those sets as well and the parentheses.  I just got these neon Stabilo pens and wanted to use those, so my page is rather bright!  I'm letting my light shine:)  The rays are from a Tim Holtz stencil with Distress ink.  I did prep the page first with the Tri Art Gesso....it is a very smooth gesso, just like the Art Basics, and I had no bleed through.

 

Below are the stamp sets that I used on the page....there are countless ways to use the images!

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Remember to sign up to the left with your email to get inspiration every morning in your inbox!

Let you light shine today for all to see!

Hugs,

Jill

Faith Art Rubber Stamps are HERE!!!!

Hi Biblers!!
I am so excited to share my new line of rubber stamps with you!!!  They are so versatile and can be used of course with Faith Art (that's why I made them! lol), but they will also work well if you do the Project Life, Documented Faith or Documented Life.  They are made in the good ole USA and come in a CD case for storage, they are mounted on cling cushion, so you just stick them to an acrylic block and stamp.  As you have seen examples the last couple of days, there are countless verses and places in your bibles that you can use them.  With every purchase 10% goes to "His Girls" a program to help girls get on the right path.  I have also included 3 tabs to be used to make the beautiful pages you will be making in your bibles.

They can all be purchased in my Etsy Store here.

 

Click here to purchase all 4 sets at a discount in my Etsy store
Bundle Set    $58.00

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God is Love $15.95

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Grace & Truth $15.95

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Light of the World $15.95

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Sing Praise $15.95














I have made decorative elements that can help decorate your page in each stamp set, like the parentheses and the vine in the first set....use them to decorate the names of each book on top and bottom

Let me know what you think of the stamp sets!!

Hugs & Blessings,
Jill