Friday, March 31, 2017

Heartfelt Creations March Alumni Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the March Heartfelt Creations Alumni blog hop. The Hop starts 8am EST on Friday March 31st, and closes Monday April 3rd at 11.59pm. You have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations store by leaving comments on the participants blogs. A random comment will be chosen and the winner will be posted on the Heartfelt Creation blog and on the HC facebook page on Wednesday April 5th.

Card details: I used black and white cardstock and stamped my image in Archival Jet Black ink onto watercolor paper. I used the following inks and a watercolor brush to color my image-Ranger distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Crushed Olive, Mowed Lawn, Walnut Stain, Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves.  Hard to see in the photo, but I also added some glitter detail to the water lily flowers.

Stamps are from the HC Winking Frog collection found HERE.

Here is a list of hoppers this month:

Vicki Dutcher - http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/search/label/Heartfelt%20Creations
Gloria Stengel - http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/2017/03/heartfelt-creations-march-alumni-blog.html
Kathy Clement - http://www.kathybydesign.com
Deneen Treble - http://apathofpaper.blogspot.com/2017/03/heartfelt-creations-march-bloghop.html
Alissa Wells - http://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/2017/03/have-sweet-day-heartfelt-creations.html
Emilia van den Heuvel - http://few-favourite-things.blogspot.de/
Gini Cagle - http://ginicagle.blogspot.com/2017/03/heartfelt-creations-alumni-dt-hop-march.html
Emily Niehaus- http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/2017/03/heartfelt-creations-march-alumni-blog.html 
Sarah Miller- http://plainandfancypapercrafts.blogspot.com/2017/03/heartfelt-creations-march-alumni-blog.html
Archana Joshi - http://craftcave.blogspot.com/2017/02/alumni-blog-hop-march-heartfelt.html

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Bible Journaling: Bravery and so much gratitude

Hi, there! Sharing another bible journaling entry with you. I am currently doing the "Uninvited" study by Lysa Terkeurst, so my entries will reflect what I am studying in the next several weeks. Isaiah 53. A powerful reminder of the rejection that Jesus faced through out his lifetime and the suffering he willingly took on for me. What a blessing to know that when I feel rejected or fearful, I can look to him to for strength and bravery.  Countless times in my life I have rejected him, looking for acceptance everywhere but through him. And despite it all, he forgives me and wants me.

I used gelatos to color this page. I also used stamps from Bossy Joscie and the Illustrated Faith kit, "I Am Strong". I added details with a white gel pen and then stamped "thank you" in white ink onto the black hill at the bottom of the page.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Bible Journaling: Living Loved

Hello! I have recently dived into bible journaling and decided to share what I have been doing on my blog. I found that I was having trouble getting back into a creative groove. Mixing my faith and my art seemed like a good place to start, and I am so glad that I decided to mix these to parts of my life together!
I am currently doing a bible study in my women's group. "Uninvited" by Lysa Terkeurst.  The first session talks about living loved, so I wanted to journal Ephesians 1:4-5.I used paper elements from Bella Blvd./Illustrated Faith "She Blooms" collection.
I hope you enjoy looking at some of my journaling and I welcome any cool tips or tricks that you may have to offer, since I am a newbie at this. :)

Emily