Discovering the Hope of the Lord’s Good Care… Chapter 4 of Discovering Hope in the Psalms “A Creative Bible Experience” is all about Psalm 23 and the hope we have from knowing the Lord as our Shepherd. This Psalm is considered a song of confidence because it clearly declares confidence in the Lord’s care for us as His beloved sheep. Even though…
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Growing in Grace
Grace. God’s unmerited favor. His gift of unconditional love, forgiveness, and acceptance. Even when we don’t deserve it. Even we mess up. Even when we fail. God’s grace is enough. And just like every other gift God gives us… it’s not for us to hold onto but it’s also for us to give away. Have you ever failed to keep…
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Psalm 51 – Create in Me a Clean Heart
Discovering the Hope of Mercy… I honestly love drawing and tracing the scripture bookmark designs from the Discovering Hope in the Psalms Bible study into my journaling Bible. It gives me time to really think about the verse and what God is speaking to me through the study and He definitely spoke to me this week! And I especially love adding…
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Psalm 2 – A Royal Color Palette for the King of Kings…
God spoke to the ungodly… to the rebellious… to the ones who plotted against Him and said… “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” Discovering Hope in the Psalms… Studying this chapter of Discovering Hope in the Psalms has been so encouraging. It has helped me to refocus on the bigger picture… on God’s sovereignty…
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Psalm 1 – Creating Outside the Lines – Step by Step
A New Psalm 1 Collection… This week’s new release is a full Psalm 1 Coloring Collection which includes two framed pages… as well as a bookmark design that can also be used to trace in the margin of your journaling Bible. The framed pages… one with lines and one without… are fabulous for taking notes, writing out prayers, or keeping a gratitude journal….
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Bible Journaling Video… How to Draw Simple Banners
Hello everyone… and welcome! This week I created a video tutorial for you on how to draw simple ribbon banners that you can add to your Bible Journaling experience. Banners are a great design element to highlight or emphasize words or phrases that jump out at you or really speak to your heart as you’re reading and meditating on a particular…
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Color Palette Inspiration
Whether you’re Bible journaling or starting a new coloring page, choosing a color palette can be fun… or it can seem daunting. Do you ever find yourself wondering… where do I begin? What colors should I choose? How will they look together when I’m finished? Where do I look for color inspiration? If these questions sound familiar… this blog post is for you!…
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New Year New Mercies – bible journaling tips & techniques
Greetings 2017! We’re excited to see what you have in store! One of the things I like most about stepping into a new year is the opportunity it gives us to dream… to look forward with hope and confidence in God’s plan and purposes for our lives. It’s like the calendar gives us permission to push the reset button on our dailly living…
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Give Thanks – Variegated Leaf Colored Pencil Video
Variegated fall leaves are not as easy to color as I thought they would be… I had to do a little practicing to get the effect I wanted so I thought I would share what I learned with you. They’re sweet and simple but still have a nice autumn look and feel, don’t you think? If you haven’t already… you can get…
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Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart…
I love the simplicity of this design and, because Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I decided to color it with warm rich autumn colors… and I’m glad I did! I love how it turned out. I’ll list the colors I used at the bottom of this post just in case you want to play with this or a similar color palette…
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Be Filled With the Spirit – Colored Pencil Lettering Video
I was finally able to finish up the rest of the Bible Journaling bookmarks for chapters 5 and 6 of Ephesians! Yay!! (You can find them in my shop here.) Honestly, Ephesians is one of my favorite books of the Bible… maybe because of the strong visual imagery, but also because of the powerful word pictures that speak so deeply to the heart…
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Autumn Faith Cross Colored Pencil Tips…
I really wanted to video this process but I’m still a video newbie and everything kept going wrong until I decided, to save my sanity, I would just take photos as I went along and share with you in writing… I hope you can glean something helpful. If you haven’t already… you can get your free Faith Cross in the…
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