Hymnal Journaling with Joy Clair Stamps

Hello friends!  

For about two years now I have enjoyed Hymnal Journaling.  Many people are interested in Bible Journaling - but may not be ready to use a journaling Bible just yet.  I would suggest a hymnal as a great alternative!  Many churches may have old hymnals stored or they can be found at local thrift stores.  I decided to use 3 sets of Joy Clair Stamps to make a Love themed page on one of my favorite hymns, "Love Lifted Me."  The 3 sets used are: Scriptures of Love, Valentine Background, and Love Languages.  

I choose a few different colors of Target Hand Made Modern Acrylic paint for the background.  I typically apply acrylic paint using baby wipes.  I dip the baby wipe in the paint and swipe over the page.  Nice and easy with little clean up!!  (Anytime I don't have to clean a brush I am happy! LOL)

While I waited for the paint to dry I made the tab for the top of my hymnal page using Stazon Ink, a Faber Castell Big Brush Marker and a heart stamp from the Love Languages set.  

I wanted to add dimension to the bottom of the page so I stamped one of the Valentine Backgrounds, watercolored it with Neocolor II Crayons and cut the hearts out. 

After the paint was dry I applied the tab, the word Love in alpha stickers, and washi tape on borders of the page and various other places. I also took the Valentine Background stamp I had cut out and made a border along the bottom.  I folded and glued 2 of the heart doubles to the page so the heart would stick off the paper and give it a 3D effect just for fun.  I also added the words "Lifted Me" to the page using more alpha stickers. I used all three stamp sets to finish my page. The stamps worked very well over acrylic paint.    


This was such a fun way to illustrate God's mighty love for us!  Hope this has inspired you to find a hymnal, pull out these fun stamps and start illustrating your walk with God!

-Andrea 

Supplies Used: 

Joy Clair Stamps New Arrivals - Affiliate Link

Hymnal

Tab Maker

Stazon Ink 

Black Alpha Stickers

Illustrated Faith Washi Tape

Target Acrylic Hand Made Modern Paint

Neocolor II Watercolor Crayons

Faber Castell Pitt Big Brush Pens

Comments

[Angie]

I just love this journaling in a hymnal....your page is just GORGEOUS!!!