Imagine and Joy Clair Blog Hop

Imagine and Joy Clair are sponsoring a wonderful blog hop.  Follow along and have some fun seeing great projects using products from both.

I choose to work with Joy Clair’s Anchor of Hope Bible Journaling stamp set.  It worked perfectly for Psalms 69: 14-15.  I started by prepping the page with Creative Medium in Shimmer.  Not even the darkest Versa Magic ink or underlining with Memento shows through to the other side.  When applied in a thin layer with a foam brush the CM dries within 15 minutes.  I stamp the various images with a bit of masking, and then ink in texture with a dry sea sponge.  Memento Dual Tip Marker in Paris Dusk underlines the passage.  Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

Imagine

Creative Medium Shimmer

Versa Magic—Wheat, Sahara Sand, Jumbo Java, Midnight Black, Tea Leaves, Aspen Mist, Turquoise Gem, Ocean Depth, Night Sky

Memento Dual Tip Marker--Paris Dusk

Other

Joy Clair--Anchor of Hope Bible Journaling Clear stamp

Sea Sponge

Foam Brush

Thanks so much for stopping and be sure to leave comments (one per blog) during these two days of hopping so you can be entered to win a one of two $25 Joy Clair Stamps Gift Cards or one of two $25 Gift Cards from Imagine!!! Winners will be announced on the Joy Clair and Imagine Blogs at the end of the month.

DAY ONE - MAY 17

Imagine Blog

Joy Clair Blog

Martha Lucia Gomez

JenniferVanderbeek

Kerry Urbatch

Mischelle Smith

Helen Gullett

You are Here---->Neva Cole<----You are Here

Jessica Pascarella

Nadine Carlier

Tenia Nelson

 
Stay tuned for day two tomorrow and more blog hopping fun!

Worship Him GDT post for Joy Clair

This is my second post as a Guest Designer for Joy Clair and the Color By Faith Bible Journaling stamp sets.  My second choice for the month of March was the Worship Him stamp set.  It reminded me of so many of the old hymns I grew up singing in church.  

I choose to journal Psalm 142 with the Worship Him set.  Psalm 142 was written by David while he was hiding in a cave.  Bible commentaries indicates that it most likely occurred when David was hiding from King Saul.  David felt like a prisoner that no one wanted to help him, a dismal place to be!  It is a prayer to God to send him help.  David is reminded that even though he feels weak, the Lord makes him brave.

My first step was to highlight Psalm 142 and the adjacent area with Imagine Creative Medium in Iridescent Pink.  It is applied in a very thin coat with a foam brush.  I allowed ample dry time before moving on to the next step.  The Creative Medium acts as a gesso and gives a very slight Mother-of-Pearl iridescence to the page.  (It is also a forgiving surface if you accidentally smudge a stamp before the ink dries and allows you to start over!)

Because of David’s prayer in the Psalm, I choose to use four of the sentiments from the Worship Him stamp set.

All of the images are stamped in Brilliance ink—Pearlescent Orchid, Pearlescent Purple, Pearlescent Lavender, Pearlescent Thyme, and Starlight Black.  I placed the clean stamps on the page first to determine placement and then practiced on a scrap paper to determine which colors I wanted to use.  For the final image and the arrow, I stamped in Starlight Black as I felt it was the focus of the passage for me.  The verses are tied to the sentiment stamp by the color matching between the highlighting and stamping.  To highlight the passage, I masked the surrounding area and used an ink blusher to gently tape ink on the page.  The ink was heat set with a heat gun as the Creative Medium slowed down the dry time.  Swirls and hearts are added to tie the section together.  The final touches are hand-written on the page in Memento Dual Marker in Rose Bud.

This is a wonderful Psalm to meditate on when life seems to be surrounding you with enemies and tribulations.  I know that it has brought me peace and joy in the Lord during troubling times. 

Remember I’ve decided to offer a bit of blog candy to my loyal readers and followers.  I will draw a name at the end of March from my followers who comment on any of my posts by March 31^st.  Click either method to the left to become a follower or follow Snippets of Time via email.  I have a few things in my stash that need new homes, both new and gently used.  So, hang out with me during March, follow the blog, and comment on your favorite blog posts.  To win the blog candy you must comment and be a follower, or follow via email.  Thanks, and good luck!

Guest Designer for Joy Clair

I am delighted to be invited to join Joy Clair as a Guest Designer for the month of March.  There are so many wonderful stamps sets in their Color by Faith Bible Journaling stamp line, it was hard to choose which to work with first!  Joyful Noise is a great set that can be used with so many passages, especially those of the Psalms.  I was drawn to the wonderful guitar and look forward to using it in Bible Journaling as well as for cards for my musical family and friends. 

  

 I choose to journal Psalms 13:8 with the Joyful Noise set focusing on the “Your Praise will ever be on my lips”.  My personal preference for Bible journaling is that I like to be able to read the other passages on the page and so it is more clean and simple.  

I started by stamping the guitar on a piece of brown Mulberry paper I had in my stash.  I used Brilliance ink in Coffee Brown with an accent of Brilliance in Rocket Red.  The Rocket Red was applied with an Imagine Fantastix Brush Tip.  This is a great little tool to use when coloring with inks. 

  

 

The image was fussy cut, then adhered with Glue Dots Vellum Adhesive.  What a perfect way to create a light-weight embellishment!  I also like that the reverse side of the page is ready for journaling as well.

 

Once I had the guitar adhered I moved the remaining images around on the page to see what I could fit. It was easy to use an acrylic block to lift them up and have the placement already set for the majority of the musical notes.  The sentiment and heart swirl image are stamped in Brilliance in Rocket Red.  The musical notes are stamped in Brilliance Galaxy Gold.  The Brilliance inks are pigment based and need to be heat set with a heat gun, or allowed to air dry before closing the Bible to prevent transfer. 

The verse Psalms 13:6 “I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me” is underlined with Memento Dual Tip marker in Lady Bug. 

There are many other Psalms I plan to use the Joyful Noise set with in the future.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your time reflecting on God’s word.

Remember I’ve decided to offer a bit of blog candy to my loyal readers and followers.  I will draw a name at the end of March from my followers who comment on any of my posts by March 31^st.  Click either method to the left to become a follower or follow Snippets of Time via email.  I have a few things in my stash that need new homes, both new and gently used.  So, hang out with me during March, follow the blog, and comment on your favorite blog posts.  To win the blog candy you must comment and be a follower, or follow via email.  Thanks, and good luck!

Bible Journaling with Imagine Crafts Products

Today the Imagine Crafts blog is featuring my experimentation with IC products and Bible journaling.  I am honored to be able to share something near and dear to my heart with the Imagine Crafts blog readers.  Here are excerpts from the blog post.

I was recently introduced to a newer trend in paper crafting, Bible journaling. I was excited to get started so I bought a new journaling Bible with 2-inch margins to allow for artwork and journaling.  My excitement was tempered because I was just a little hesitant to try out different inks and products on my brand new pages because I didn’t want to ruin them.  Plus, I wasn’t keen on buying more paper crafting supplies because I already owned a plethora of fun Imagine Crafts products that just needed to be tested.  Product formulations cause them to react with the very thin Bible paper in ways that are different from the normal card stock.  Inks can easily bleed through to the back side, and in a few cases of really juicy pads onto the next page!  Some products are too opaque for use over the printed portions on the page, but others are suitable depending on the type of application. 

To do a few experiments I found a small New Testament at an estate sale, and it turned out to be a good one-dollar investment.  I was somewhat surprised with a few of my results.  For each initial ink test I choose a dark blue ink (brown for Delicata as it doesn’t come in blue yet) and a bold script stamp and stamped directly on the page over the printed section.  The pigment-based inks work wonderfully for most stamping and application with Sponge Daubers or Ink Blushers.  The lighter hues have less show through when used for stamping.  In the second round of testing I used Creative Medium Original and Shimmer as a gesso layer and had some amazing results with many of the Imagine Crafts products.

I continue to experiment in my new NIV Journaling Bible by Zondervan Publishers.  Shown above is my entry for Romans 15:13. I practiced on scrap paper twice to get the spacing and color combinations just right.  The edge was painted with Creative Medium Shimmer and allowed to dry.  The images were stamped and heat set as the Creative Medium makes the surface less absorbent.  The hand written portion can be added during the process or after the ink is heat set.  I choose the sparkly shimmery Delicata and related products because this passage spoke to me about power and hope.

Imagine Crafts Products used:  Creative Medium Shimmer, Delicata in Golden Glitz, Celestial Copper, Silvery Shimmer, and Bronze Burst, Brilliance Pearlescent Sky Blue, Memento Dual Marker in Sweet Plum and Danube Blue.

Other products:  Paper Smooches “Have Faith”, Unity Stamp Company “ . . . key to truth”, Dream Ink “Greetings”, Technique Tuesday “Whirly Gigs”, Scrappy Cat “Playful Serie” and “Twist of Lime”, Adorn It Stephanie Ackerman Documented Faith “Banner of Faith”, Illustrated Faith “Date Stamp”.    

The paper in my full sized journaling Bible is slightly less forgiving and thinner than the small New Testament.  My results are similar to my original experiments, but some of the darker inks I have tried are visible from the reverse side of the page.  Not all of my journaling entries to date are “blog worthy” (still practicing), but are still valuable because they have personal meaning.  It is delightful to combine artistic expression with Bible study and quiet reflection.  There is a certain freedom to meditate on the passage as I create, and when complete it seems much easier to visual the verse during memorization.

The Imagine Crafts blog features photographs of my experiments, stop by for more information!

The following products are recommended for Bible journaling:

·      Versa Magic

·      Radiant Neon

·      Memento Luxe: slight bleed through.

·      Memento Dual Markers: a light hand with the fine tip will result slight bleed through and this is similar to results using other recommended brands of fine tip pens.  This gives you a larger selection of colors to choose from as well!

·      Fabrico Markers:  very little bleed through, one of the surprises!  The bullet tip is very broad compared to the Memento Dual Markers. 

·      Versa Color: dark colors seem to exhibit slight bleed through.

·      Versa Mark: for use with chalks, pigment powders and light colored embossing powders, take care in stamping when lifting stamp from page.  First test caused a slight tear in page.

·      Essential Glue Pad: for fine glitter or foiling with a light heat set to remove excess glitter.

The following products are recommended with the cautions indicated.  The darker colors will have minimal bleed through, but will not obscure the printing on the back of the page.  Drying time or heat setting the product is recommended to avoid transfer to the opposite page in most cases.

·      Brillance

·      Opaque Creative Medium:  very thin application and allow for ample air dry time to avoid transfer.

·      StazOn Studio Glaze: best used spread out as a glaze, allow amply air dry time.  Larger areas may have slight page wrinkling.

·      Shimmer Mist: Frost and Sparkle are the most transparent, mask all area around intended artwork area and heat or air dry.  Seems to cause slight page wrinkling.

·      Embossing Powder: only white will not show through.

·      All Purpose Ink:  create very light hues with Ink Potion No. 9 for custom color sprays.  Mask all areas around intended artwork area.

The following are not recommended without Creative Medium due to bleed through or high opacity.

·      Encore Ultimate Metallics

·      Memento Ink Pads

·      Kaleidacolor

·      Delicata

·      Versa Fine

·      StazOn: bleed through but ideal for water color applications.

·      Fireworks

·      Walnut Ink

·      irRESISTable Spray and Pico Embellisher

·      Embossing Powder: all colors but white will show through.

Recommend for use with Creative Medium:

·      Memento Dual Marker

·      StazOn

·      StazOn Studio Glaze

·      Delicata

·      Encore

·      Versa Fine

Not recommend for use with Creative Medium:

·      Memento had some pooling of ink.

·      Kaleidacolor did not adhere to surface.

·      Fireworks

·      Walnut Ink

·      irRESISTable Spray and Pico Embellisher

·      Embossing Powder: all colors but white will still show through.

If you have joined the Bible journaling movement, you might want try a few of these Imagine Crafts products to add some fun color to your journaling artwork.  Experiment on printer paper to get a feel for the product and create away!  Please be aware that paper in your Bible may not react in the same way as these trials, so if you are wary of a product, test it first before using it on a favorite passage.  These are suggestions based on my experiences with each of the products tested.  I have enjoyed the journey of discovery and plan on using a number of Imagine Crafts inks and media to continue my journey of exploring the Word of God through Bible Journaling.