Prayer Flag

I made a prayer flag for my Secret Sister this weekend.  I watched a series of video classes from Gail Schmidt from Shabby Cottage Studio on how to make these. It looked like a lot of fun so here is the one I made.  It was really easy and fun and turned out great.

If it looks like something you would like to look into head over to Gail's website and click on Online Classes.  Find the class for Prayer Flags and register.  Like I said it was free.

Thanks for stopping.
~pam

Mail Art

I just recently was involved in an art tag swap.  I wanted to share the envelope I created to send the tag and goodies to my swap partner.  I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the actual tag before I sent it.

This is a regular manila envelope that I gessoed, painted, stamped and layered with papers.  I love how it turned out.  I hope my swap partner enjoys it as much as the tag and goodies that are in it.

Thanks for stopping.
pam

Artful Weekend

Since the weather wasn't very good this weekend I decided to play with my art supplies.  I received my book Mixed Media Portraits with Pam Carriker. I have never been able to draw faces.

 I did the first two exercises in the book with her face mapping.

First was a straight on view.

I was pretty happy with my pencil drawing for the first ever actual face that looks like a face.

Next was a side view.

I'm not quite as happy with this one although it isn't too bad for a first time.

Last was the 3/4 view.

I liked this one because it seems a bit more feminine.  Now I just have to learn how to do the faces with some hair since they are all quite bald.

I also did a few Bible journaling images.

And this is the one for the Bible Art Journal Challenge from Rebekah Jones.

We are into Week 9 and the verse is from Matthew 18:3. "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children you will not enter the kingdom of heaven."

I found this image of a girl with a balloon on google images.  

And here is my version in my journaling Bible.

And last but not least I caught up on the February 21st challenge at DLP, Repeating Elements.

The monthly theme is Layers but I didn't really get much layering onto this page.  However, I really like how it turned out.  My repeating elements are the hearts.

Well, that's it.  Glad you stopped by.
~pam

Bible Art Journaling over the Weekend

Just a quick post to share the verses that I journaled this weekend.

Matthew 5:16

Matthew 6: 25-26

Ephesians 3:17

Isaiah 6:16

Matthew 6:28-30

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~pam

Bible Art Challenge - Week 7

Perfect Love

Our verse this week for the Bible Art Challenge from Rebekah Jones come from 1 John 4:18 and continues the theme of God's love that we saw last week in 1 Corinthians.

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.“

I chose to draw a ribbon down the side of my page and place the words "Perfect love casts out fear" on it.  I colored it with watercolors and a water brush. 

Hope you enjoy my illustration of this lovely verse that assures us of God's love without fear of punishment.  I cannot imagine living in fear that I will sin and lose that love.  Because we all sin, we are imperfect.  But this verse assures us that He loves us and that we should not fear that when we do sin he will punish us.  I think we tend to punish ourselves enough. Isn't it wonderful to be assured that He loves us even though we are imperfect and sinful creatures?

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I would love to hear from you so please take a moment and leave a comment.

~pam

Documented Life Project-Week 7

Continuing in the February Theme of  Layers You Will Love in the Document Life Project the February 14th challenge is Cover Up Good Stuff.  The Journal Prompt is Going Undercover.  I had to go to all of the Art to the 5th sites and check them out because I didn't really understand the prompt.  What I determined from my visits is that you sometimes have to cover up so good layers to put more good layers on.

I started out by writing a Bible verse that I had come across in my Bible Journaling Facebook Group. I really liked it and wanted to incorporate it into my page.  This was my "good stuff".

Next I covered the page with white gesso.  I glued some punched out flowers and some cut hearts onto the page.  Then covered everything with a layer of two colors of acrylic paint in blue and green. I used my fingers to put some random circles of Pink paint on the page and smeared some gesso on random areas to tone down the color.  I used my Stabilo pencil to put some random marks on the page as well as outline the flowers.  Using a waterbrush I went over the pencil marks.  OK now I'm to the "Ugly" stage.

I pressed onward and added some black gesso through a stencil in the corners.  Much better.  Added more random marks.  Glued on a few more flowers and started liking what I was seeing.  I printed out the verse and cut it into strips and glued it on the page.  I'm calling it done.  

Also this week I want to share a picture of my husband, Tom and our granddaughter, Lydia.  It was taken on Tom's birthday 2/4/2015.  He is wearing his birthday shirt from our son, Joe and daughter-in-law, Lisa.  He is THE Grandfather!!.  He is also wearing a hat that says "Best Granddad".

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you come back soon.

~pam

Bible Art Journaling

Just wanted to share a few pictures of some of the Bible Art Journaling I have done this week.  This has been such a blessing to me.  For a long time now I have been trying to find a way to do more studying in God's word in a meaningful way.  To be able to read a scripture and then to illustrate it right then in the margins of my Bible has been a wonderful way for me to do this since I am such a visual learner.  It has also led me to several Facebook groups and several different online Bible studies.  God answers prayers even when you don't really realize that you are asking for something.

Psalm 39: 6-7 He put a new song in my mouth.

Psalm 42: 1-2  As a deer pants for flowing waters, so pants my soul for you O God.

John 7: 37-38  If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.  As it is written, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

Thanks for stopping by.

~pam