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
I just love this journaling in a hymnal....your page is just GORGEOUS!!!
Posted by: Angie | February 10, 2018 at 09:28 PM