Give Thanks Bookmark Set

 

Hi Friends!

This week at the Stamp Simply blog, the Stamp Simply Design Team have been sharing bookmarks.  Bookmarks make great gifts along with a book or you can also use them as tags.  

If you have not had a chance to check out my Sister DT cards yet, I hope you will do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

I love creating fall cards and decided to pull out the Give Thanks stamp set, pair it with the Craft Consortium Brick Textures 6x6 Paper Pad and the Tim Holtz Tag Collection dies to make a few fall bookmarks.  

To create this set of bookmarks:

Trim three pieces of black cardstock to 2 ¼” x 11”. 

Place the Tim Holtz medium tag die onto the cardstock and allow a bit of the bottom of the die to be outside of the cutting plates before running the die through the machine. 

Trim the edges of the tag/bookmark to match the die cut edges.

De-static the lower part of the designer paper with an embossing powder tool, ink the verse sentiment from Give Thanks with Versafine Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the leaf image from the Give Thanks stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Watercolor the image using water-based markers and die cut with the coordinating die.

Cut two additional leaves from white cardstock, layer behind the colored image.

Mount the leaves onto the bookmarks with dimensional foam,

Add a looped piece of the beige striped ribbon and tie with a piece of linen thread to finish off the bookmarks.

Stamp Sets: Give Thanks Bundle (Stamp Simply)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Stampin’ Write Markers- Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Tangelo Twist, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black, Craft Consortium Brick Textures 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Give Thanks Bundle, May Arts Coffee & Tea Ribbon Sampler- 10 yards, Linen Thread, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

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Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!

Psalm 91:4 Find Refuge Under His Wings

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  This year on of my goals is to set aside some time for Bible Art Journaling and this week I finally had a chance to start! 

I created a quick "tip-in" using the January 2017 Our Daily Bread Designs Release Find Refuge Bible Journaling stamp along with the ODBD Tag Trio Dies (for the top portion of the design).

I cannot recall where I had seen this idea originally (possibly Pinterest?) but basically you create your journaling page or project (in this case, the size of a large bookmark) a bit larger in width than you wish the final project to be, score along the side and fold the score over the page in your Bible and adhere with washi tape.  

I thought I might try this idea so I can use more Mixed Media techniques (heat embossing, wet on wet watercolor, etc.) and not have to worry about wrinkling, tearing or hiding God’s Word.  I know I can use clear gesso to prep my page but sometimes I want to have more flexibility and think this tip-in idea will work fabulously!

I am also linking this project to the Word Art Wednesday #266-#267 “Anything Goes”Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the ODBD Blog or the Word Art Wednesday challenge site yet, I would encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all! 

Close-up to show washi tape on the side

To create this "tip-in" Bible  Journaling project:

1). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink and stamp the ODBD Find Refuge Bible Journaling stamp with embossing ink, apply white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

2). Once the embossing powder has cooled, apply distress ink with a water brush (I used purples and blues), layering to increase the intensity of the color and direct to paper for some of the areas.  Use a paper towel to gently wipe off the ink from the embossing.

3). Allow your panel to dry, cut to approx. 2 ½” wide, score the one side and die cut just the top portion of the panel with the ODBD Tag Trio Dies.

4). Add the purple satin ribbon with the silver metallic thread through the loop at the top and adhere to your Bible page with washi tape.

This was a very easy project and I loved reflecting on Psalm 91:4 “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.” (NIV) as I created.  

I am looking forward to finding more creative worship time this year and I am so thankful that I can find refuge in Christ, my Savior and how He is so Faithful and True!

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and visit- hugs, and I hope you have a fabulous weekend my friends!

Find Refuge

Tag Trio

Loving God's Word Bible Journaling Kit

Happy Friday Sweet Friends!!

Woohoo!!  Last week Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) announced their exciting new brand, Creative Worship Bible journaling stamps! 

Creative Worship stamps were designed with Bible Journaling in mind, but they can be used for card making, scrapbooking and so much more!

Today we are celebrating the new release of the very first Creative Worship Bible Journaling Kit-  Loving God’s Word Bible Journaling Kit with a fun blog hop and the kit is available until February 11th or while supplies last for $30.95 (plus s/h)!

The Loving God’s Word Bible Journaling Kit includes two brand new stamp sets- His Word and Decorative Banners designed by Krista Hamrick along with a fun bookmark designed by Rebecca Rios as well as some die cut hearts, baker’s twine and a heart doily.   

Loving God's Word BJ Kit- $30.95 

This kit is a great way to get started on your Bible Art Journaling journey or a wonderful addition to your Bible Art Journaling supplies.  

After February 11^th, the stamp sets will be available to be purchased separately at their regular price - His Word $19.95 and Decorative Banners $11.95 - so you can save money on the set plus receive some of the fun extras that are in the kit :-)

His Word

Decorative Banners

Some of you may be like me and are new to Bible Art Journaling :-)  I have found that Bible Art Journaling is a great way to express worship through the study God's Word.  I love focusing on the Scripture as I create plus it helps me memorize verses as well- an added bonus :-)

For this blog hop, I decided to create a card along with a Bible Journaling panel that could be used as a bookmark or as a “tip in”.  

I understand that a “tip-in” is just something that you create outside of your Bible (such as this project) and you can attach it to your Bible using Washi Tape or other adhesives.  Since my “official” Journaling Bible is on pre-order from Amazon and is not expected to ship until March (the Inspire NLT Bible), I decided to stamp on cardstock to create my Bible Art Journaling page. 

For this bookmark/tip-in, I used the new Loving God’s Word Bible Journaling Kit stamps, His Word and Decorative Banners along with a few stamps from Message of Hope (a previous SNSS release).  

OK, now I am going to share a secret and please do not faint- lol! but I decided to carefully cut some of the words apart on both sets to make them more versatile :-)

Yes, I did it and the stamps did not scream at me!! :-)  Cutting them apart apparently does not hurt your photopolymer stamps :-) and you can always re-position the original words back together for stamping later (as I did in the card).

From the His Word set I cut apart “Your” from the “Lord, I long to hear “Your” Voice stamp, “of” from “Word of Life” and “Teach Me” (but the latter, I did not use on this bookmark).

Message of Hope 

From the Message of Hope set, I cut the word “Righteous” from “Righteousness” (used on this bookmark), “With” from “Without”, “Faith” from “Faithful” (well, you are getting the idea- right?)...

I have several clear blocks  and used a larger one (5” x 3 ¼”) for the layout of the first part of the bookmark and two smaller blocks for the second half. 

I choose the words to create the verse along with positioning banners for some of the hand lettered words, placed them onto the cardstock and pressed the block over the words to keep them in the position for stamping.

I did trim it down a bit on the sides after taking this photo :-)

I stamped the images onto Whisper White cardstock (although they could be stamped directly into the margins of your Bible) using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Faber-Castell® Polychromos pencils (any coloring medium would work).

The lettering in the banners I did by hand as well as the Scripture Verse reference using a Pigma Micron™ pen and created shadows with a black colored pencil.

The second project was a quick and easy card using watercolor paper, Brusho® Colour Crystals and stamps from His Book along with two sets from throwback releases- Nature Silhouettes and Grunge Elements.   

I also decided to use the Splitcoaststampers’ SC576 Sketch Challenge for my layout (Splitcoaststampers (SCS) has a wonderful gallery of over 575 sketches that you can use for your layouts- check the master gallery out here).

Spritz water onto a piece of watercolor paper and shake a few of the Brusho® Colour Crystals onto the wet paper (I used Yellow, Purple and Turquoise).  Allow the Brusho® Colour Crystals to spread and merge – it is amazing to watch how they react to water and dry with a Heat Tool.

Ink the sentiment from His Book using Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink and stamp onto the watercolor panel.

Ink the floral images from Nature Silhouettes using Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink, stamp off onto scrap paper before stamping onto the panel and then add a few images without stamping off.

Nature Silhouettes

Ink the bird image from Nature Silhouettes using Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink and stamp onto the panel in the upper corner, trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock, trim again and mount onto Elegant Eggplant cardstock.

Grunge Elements

Ink the Grunge Elements splatter stamp with Tempting Turquoise and stamp a bit onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim the panel add the strips of Elegant Eggplant cardstock and mount onto the Elegant Eggplant card base.

Add the focal image panel to the card front using dimensional foam and the card is finished!

I hope you’ve enjoyed these two projects and that you will take the time to check out the rest of the SNSS Design Team projects on the blog hop!!

Inspiration galore and I cannot wait to see what you create with the new Loving God's Word Bible Journaling Kit!   Share your Bible Journaling creations with us on the Creative Worship Bible Journaling Facebook Page (just click on join and Korin will add you) - you do not have to use SNSS stamps to participate but, of course, we love it when you do!! 

You can also find us on Instagram (@sweetnsassystamps) and our Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Facebook page :-)

Thanks again for visiting- have a blessed weekend, my friends!