Been waiting to post this special project that Jenny, Penny and I made for our small group leader Berna.
It is based on the Create canvas from Jennifer McGuires online class. Berna is such a wonderful example of a servant leader, so we used the word servant. We asked the women in our small group to send us a bible verse or note to Berna and then we used that as a background to the hearts. Since she gives her heart to all of us, we gave our hearts back to her!
I typed up the notes/bible verses and printed them onto a separate paper for Berna to read. I stamped it and included it with the gift.
Each year I make our small group some special gift from me to each of them. This year I made original tags- 31 of them and let them choose the one that spoke to them.
I had such a good time praying and creating these little works of art.
Merry Christmas!
I attended my church's womens retreat on Friday and Sat this past weekend. Such a delight to get away for a short time with women I love and to worship God. Our topic was "God's Faithfulness". Becky Coram our pastors wife spoke on Friday about the need for each of us to a Mary and a Elizabeth in our lives as we journey towards God. I made this tag as a gift for her, becuase this is her favorite bible verse.
Jenny's talk was about " Let go and let God". I was moved by her sharing about God moving her to get out of her comfort zone and go on a mission trip to Uganda. Listening to her story was familiar to me- God asked me to adopt my daughters 5 1/2 years ago and our experiences ae very similar!
I wanted to do a journaling page about this topic.
Used some new inks, and stamps.
Love the tight rope walker, sometimes it feels like walking a tightrope when God asks you to let go and follow him!
I love to make tags! I find that I can capture a thought, or bible verse in a small space, and I love that I can make one quickly. I teach a class on bible verse tags and the women love to create them and use them as bookmarks, or gifts.
Have you tried making tags?
Today I am leaving early to drive to Ashville NC for the the gathering of artisians weekend retreat! I am so excited to meet other Christian artists, commune with God and praise and worship Him!
I love giving little gifts, so I made about 30 tags to share with people I meet. Here are my little gifts of encouragement.
and close up...
I am leaving for vacation today and will be gone for a week. We have had 3 classes this past week and the work God is creating through His people is amazing.
1. Youth for Tomorrow in Bristow VA- Vera went on a mission trip to work with these kids and I came each afternoon and we did art journaling. The girls each created a collage cover journal. Can only show the work not the faces, but look at the beauty God is creating out of the ashes of pain!
2. Bible Verse Tag class was last Thursday night and we had 7 students who made beautiful tags.
Our bible verses for this class were
"This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24
"Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you shall find and knock and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7
3. Last night 8/1 was the faithart canvas class. It was wonderful to see how creative each woman was. This class uses a 12x12 stretched canvas, gesso, stencils and lots of acrylic paints to create a beautiful textured canvas.
Aren't they magnificent?
I won't be posting anymorethis week and next, need a vacation!
Stay tuned for lots of new classes, projects and Gods work at the studio this fall!
I will be back online on Aug 15 .
Class #2 last night was a full house! We had 9 people at the studio to make 2 more tags in our bible verse classes. Our bible verses for this session were
Psalm 98:1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things;
Joshua 24:15 ...but as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
Lots of fun techniques ( dry embossing/texturizing with the Sizzix, heat set embossing,stamping) and lots of products glitter glue, glossy accents, StazOn, distress inks, glimmer mist spray inks.
Here are the finished projects. I love how each person has the same stamp, same background but what a difference color makes and fibers/ribbons!
Next class will be Thursday July 28. If you are in the area, come join us. Here is some information about the class with pictures of the next verse tags we will make. Download Studio Bible verse tags 6-11
Happy Holiday!!
My daughter Natalya made this beautiful tag and it features free, so that is our OLW update for today. Watch Technique Tuesday next week for the tutorial on how to make words like free.
I hope that you have a fun 4th of July weekend- remember our service men and women who so valiantly work for us to continue to be FREE in America!
And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood
With school out the girls have more time to spend crafting and they are working on some beautiful projects that I want to share. The projects are beautiful but the accompanying in depth bible study that is driving them is precious.
Vera- I felt led to document my summer feelings so I decided to create a ring of tags instead of a scrapbook. I like the small format of tags, because I can express myself without having the concern of filling up a whole scrapbook page.
The first one I made is about the feeling of being still with God. I was angry at my mom and needed to process my feelings, so I made this tag to remind me to stop when feelings overtake me and I don't want to say words that would hurt or get me in trouble. I love the bible verse "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 Technique: used a stencil and gesso for the background; painted with distress stains, smooch spritz sprays, oil pastels. Stamped the Be still with stazon ink. I took tulle and sprayed it with glimmer mist ( granite), then put it on top of the tag. I used a red and white crayon and a heat tool and melted them on top. The white represents purity and the red represents my anger and leading me toward destruction.
My 2nd one is about peace- the peace I have in Christ. Journaling helps me stay connected to God and this tag reminds me to journal each day and I will experience peace! Technique: glossy paper, lettuce and stream alcohol inks ( on the craft mat), sprayed water and then dipped my paper into it for the background. I stamped the pen , background fruit and peace with stazon ink. The Christ is with stickers. I added fringe lace.
My 3rd tag is about Trusting in the Lord. This is to remind me to keep trusting in God, to let go and let Him have control in my life. Technique: background tag- acrylic paint and water (drippage). Used wood chips that I painted and glued to the tag. I used a skin my mom made for the verse and the Trust is a rub on. I used a red crayon and a stamp with a hand that has a heart in the middle of the hand on the bottom. The bottle and sea shell remind me of summer and the beach.
My next tag is about the verse Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given to you, Seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you." There are 3 promises in this verse and they are beautiful and the flowers remind me of Him, so that is why I used them together! The flowers I made each one individually ( see the video we made here about making the flowers ) .
Natalya: This is a continuation of my 3 hearts project. This page is about being pure and my purity ring that symbolizes my commitment. I added gesso to the whole page first, used a stencil with gesso to get the texture for the frame, then I used glimmer mist to add the colors to the page. (Tattered Angels: Chalkboard strawberry shortcake, Glimmer mist candlelight, starfish). I stamped the picture border in stazon ink black, added punchinella with gesso ( for the white dots). I had more journaling, so I added a flap with the picture with tape.
My journaling reads: I choose to be pure in spirit, heart and love. I want to be committed to my true love. I want God to purify my heart. I want Him to teach me how to love others plus Him. I want God to take away all the things that keep me captive from getting to know Him. I want Him to make me pure in heart so that I can do what God asks me to do. " Show me how to love and think purely and do what pleases God."
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At the end of every month a group of bold women gather to give Glory to God with the talents He has given us in a very loud way... :) Our prayer is that through the projects we have created you Will be able to see Him in all of His Glory! May He touch you today as we look at the theme of the Proverbs 31 woman, and may you find that you are indeed everything He designed you to be.
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The woman described in Proverbs 31 seems to be perfect! She works hard for her family, keeps up with the house, makes sure that the entire family is fed, is respected by others and her husband, and the list goes on... It can be very overwhelming to try to attain her status- which leaves many of us feeling as though we do not amount to God's standards. If you are anything like me, you too have felt as though there is always something that is just not right in your womanhood. Maybe you are not sweet enough, or neat enough, or submissive enough, or clean enough... Whatever label you do not amount to it can leave you feeling overwhelmed and discouraged.
God did not put this part of Scripture in the Bible so that we would draw away from Him filled with shame due to our incapacity to do what He expects of us. On the contrary, I have become every day more certain that He inspired these words because He wants to show us His Grace. The truth is: we all fall short of the Glory of God and there is not even one that is good amongst us. He KNEW this when He made us and when He decided to save us- and in this He loved us.
The proverbs 31 woman is meant to be a reminder of how much we need Christ! God desires that we would be women like the one portrayed there, and He knew that these areas would be our weaknesses, so He gave us this map of virtues so that we would not conform to the world but allow Him to transform us. The Bible teaches that in our weaknesses He is strong! My prayer is that you would allow the Lord to show you those areas where you indeed fail so that in turn you would learn to be mesmerized by His great strength. You will be doing things you never imagined when you fully rely on Him. In Him you already are the Proverbs 31 Woman you so desire to be. May He show you that truth today as He heals you from all insecurities.
My project is "a woman who fears the Lord". I was captured by the 30th verse in Proverbs 31.
"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
Fearing the Lord sounds so bad! What does it actually mean? I looked up fear in my Bible dictionary. fear: " a feeling of reverence, awe, and respect or an unpleasant emotion caused by a sense of danger. Fear may be directed toward God or man, and it may be either be healthy or harmful."
I guess that I only understood the harmful fear, not the healthy fear. So, when I fear the Lord I am offering reverence, respect and awe of Him. I feel the awe when I raise my hands to Him and offer him my heart. So my tag shows a woman in awe of the God who created her and loves her.
Technique & Supplies:
manilla tag- #8 (3 1/8 x 6 1/8")
Sizzix embossing plate "Rays"- emboss half the tag
Distress Inks: spiced marmalade, dried marigold, rusty hings, vintage photo
Glimmer mist: sugar maple
Emboss 1/2 of the tag, add script writing beneath the embossing, use a corner stamp in the same color ink. Using distress ink (rusty hinge) I added the woman with hands lifted in praise as a stencil. ( this is fron a picture I found in a Discipleship journal that I copied and reduced and then cut out). Direct to paper technique for adding the color to the rays. Edged the tag with vintage photo ink, distressed the edges, type from my computer with the verse. Added lace that I sprayed with glimmer mist to match the color scheme and a string of 1/2 pearls ( from a fabric store). I added some gold Pearl Ex on top of the orange rays to give it shimmer. You could use glimmer mist on top as well.
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Easter was a quiet affair this year at my house. We went to Church for the early service at 9:00 am and then came home to a beautiful hot summer day. So we finished potting our summer flowers, and laid another 16 bags of mulch, and then just relaxed in the sunshine. It reminded me how thankful I am for my life, my home, my children and my relationship with Jesus.
Today's technique is going to highlight some of my favorite products.
I like to print bible verses from my inkjet printer and use them in my mixed media collage work. However, once I glue the paper down, I usually use some paint over the printing for coloring, and the words become difficult to read. So I tried using these great glaze pens and love the effect.
You can get them at both Michaels ( in the store) and online at Jo-Ann's.
Here are 2 projects that I recently completed using the pens. "Be joyful" 12x12 canvas faithart. and upclose
Here is the finished tag:
and a close up of the effect of the glaze pen on top of the paint.
Here are some pictures of the beginning technique and the video shows how to finish the tag.
1. Gesso a manilla tag. Print and cut out your letters.
2. Using stencils, spray Adirondak spray color wash (Terri cotta) onto the stencil/tag. I turn the stencil over and use the excess color wash onto a journal page, so not to waste it.
3. Stamp your desired background images. I used a stampin wheel with music for the background. Use Archival Waterproof Ink ( Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black), so that it won't bleed onto you paint.
4. Use a light background acrylic paint color and cover the entire tag.
I can't get the video to embed today. So if you want to see the video, go to my youtube site and watch Technique Glaze pens on paint. Technique- Glaze Pens on Paint
Had a wonderful Girls weekend! Made some tags, some canvas projects and just relaxed with my girlfriends~ Some of my friends did beading, some scrapbooking, painting, card making, and jewelry making.
If you are in the VA area and looking for a wonderful crafting weekend getaway for up to 10 people, check out Girls Night Inn. It is a wonderful home, great kitchen, and the best is the craft room! It has tables set up for 10 women, supplied with Cricut, ink pads, paper, etc! Wonderful~
Now on to the techniqu for today.
Thought I would show you how to use the marvelous texture/embossing folders. I have all the Tim Holtz embossing folders and love the variety of textures.
Here is the technique video: At the end I will list some of the products I used.
Distress Inks- Spiced Marlalade and Worn Lipstick.
Jacquard Pearl Ex ready to use Interference Gold. Glitter glue: Studio g ( from Michaels $1 bin)
Today is a great quick technique to make your own beautiful papers !
If you like Glimmer Mist then you will love this one.
Here is a finished tag made with the base paper from this technique.
Stamps Used: Stampendous Matthew 7:7
Tattered Angesl Traveler set
Background stamps: gears, script
So busy working on so many projects. Couldn't post some of them before, because they were presents.
Made a thank you book for Berna, my BFF and small group leader. Everyone in our small group provided a bible verse and their OLW and Doris and I compiled them into a gift book. It turned out great. Couldn't have done it without Doris organizing it and formatting the comments. Thanks Doris!
My next gift item was mini scrapbooks for my small group. They are such fun to make and decorate. It uses 1 sheet of double sided 12x12 paper. The cute little pockets inside can hold bible verses, notes, photos, etc.
Love Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas project. I have only made 3 of them, but will be using the techniques and making more. Check out his blog, he gives the total instructions.
Here are my versions
Hope you are pausing, pondering and preparing for the arrival of our Savior Jesus Christ!
my best friend Berna and I are on a challenge to memorize God's word. Berna wrote this
I have felt the desire and need to start memorizing more of God’s word. This has been confirmed by reading God’s word and by the books I have been reading as well. The way that we can overcome worry and experience God’s peace is by knowing God’s promises and having them written on our hearts.
When God’s Word gets inside of us, it becomes the new way we process life. It rearranges our thoughts, our motives, our needs, and our desires. Our soul was tailor-made to be filled with God and HIS truth; therefore, it seeps into every part of us and fills us completely. It is the only perfect fit. And according to Psalm 119:30-32, being filled with God’s Word sets out hearts free!
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
I have set my heart on your laws.
31 I hold fast to your statutes, O LORD;
do not let me be put to shame.
32 I run in the path of your commands,
for you have set my heart free.
Psalm 119:30-32
We want to learn a bible verse a week for the next 52 weeks. We want to challenge all of you to join us in memorizing a verse a week for the next 52 weeks. I know some of you will say I don’t have time, or I can’t memorize anything. You can do this!!! Try to imagine what that would be like to be filled with God and His truth- that it seeps into every part of us and fills us completely? Do you want this? It doesn’t really take a lot of time.
You don’t even have to type- just copy and print the verse from our
challenge list and paste it on a 3 x 5 card. Keep it with you, take it
in the bathroom, keep it on your mirror, or in your car, at work etc.
So, we are into 4 weeks of the challenge. Here is my book.
I am using standard tags, made a cover from chipboard ( the back of a notepad). I used gesso on the covers and added texture and then painted it. The V is a chipboard alphabet, that I painted black, and added Ranger Distress crackle paint. I used a round doily, that I sprayed with Ranger Adirondack color wash.
The ring is 7 Gypsies Medium chrome cable ring. Easy to add and change!
See my photo album for the complete pictures.
God smiles when I trust HIM.
"Smile on your servant, teach me the right way to live" Psalm 119:135
"The Lord is pleased with those who worship HIM and trust His love." Psalm 147:11
I was in a tag making mood, love how this turned out. A way to put lots of words in 2 pages with lots of interest! I prepared the entire book back in January, so it is so easy to just open to the next pages, use whatever I did as a starting point and practice, create something new.
we are addicted to making tags in my house! Three more Valentines gifts!
Aren't these beautiful?
Vera prepared about 50 tags for me with gesso.
Then I painted with acrylic paints the green/yellow and peach/yellow ones. Stamped the script on 1/2 of the background. Used the new Martha Stewart border punch on the bottom and the fun part was creating the 3D pictures.
I bought these digital images from Twisted Papers Downloadable images. I put the images into Microsoft Publisher ( you can use PSE) and made it the size I needed to fit onto the tag. I then copied it 3 times and printed it. I cut it out 3 times, but each time a different part. I layered them on top of each other with pop dots for the 3D effect. I inked each layered on the edges with vintage distress ink.
Used a paper doily (folded in half).
The brown one is really different. I used the Adirondack Color Wash Espresso and then sprayed Tattered Angels Pink Bubblegum on top of the brown.
I used glossy card stock and a bird stamp from Tim Holtz (black stazon ink), bible verse from Biblical Impressions and the music from StampinUP. Used flat silver brads on the lower corners, tied fibers of black and pink on the top.
Well, got the mo-jo working yesterday and made about 30 Valentines tags. Tim Holtz- 12 Tags of Christmas was the inspiration. I made his Christmas tags in 07 and 08 but somehow didn't get to them this last Christmas. I was busy working on my December advent scrapbook.
Another crafter loved his ideas but didn't get her Christmas tags made either, but she used Tim's ideas for the basis of 12 Tags of Valentines Day.
Since we are snowed inside, I decided to see if i could make my own version of her ideas! We got on a roll yesterday!
If you are interested in my inspiration, look at both Tim Holtz and Linda Ledbetter's Studio L3 take! I love her work.
Tim was the darling of CHA 2010 (Craft and Hobby Assoc Jan convention). He has lots of new stamps, new distress inks and new embellishments. He is in Germany and the UK right now.
We will be making more and posting them. The girls are my great helpers and designers!
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