Take Me Deeper: Transform Purposefully

The last prompt for Take Me Deeper in January is about transforming purposefully.  I read through the prompt quite quickly and then started on the background.  Quite often I try to play and don't think about having any meaning in the background and afterwards people will mention something that see in it that's relevant to the theme.

This time I immediately thought of maps and arrows as a way to show purpose.  I cut myself a template of an arrow and drew round it to cut out arrows from an old map.

I made some small arrows too and stuck them down on my journal page.

I put a very thin layer of gesso over the top of the pages.

I put a pale blue covering of acrylic paint but it didn't really look very good.

So I added some more colour and wiped off some of the colour on the arrows.

I drew round the arrows with a turquoise pen.

I drew the journaling boxes and stamped the butterflies and the compass.

I used alphabet stickers to put the words  Transform Purposefully.  I printed out the verse, cut it up and inked the edges.

Then I wrote in the words and added my journaling.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

The Father Heart of God 1

Welcome to my creative response to The Father Heart of God creative Bible Study.  You can find the details of today's session on The Father Heart of God blog.

I showed how I made my backgrounds in this blog post.   I made all the backgrounds at the same time and then cut and scored the papers to make 5 pages for my book.

I chose one verse from the Bible Study, printed it out and cut it up.  I inked the edges and then glued it to the outside of the folded page.

I forgot to take a photo of the other side of the page before I started to work on it.  I drew some wavy lines.  I actually didn't like the lines at this point but decided I would stick with it.

I used these Faber-Castell PITT artist pen big brush.  Distress Ink Markers would work well too.

Using a black pen I wrote my journaling so that the letters fitted the gaps between the wavy lines.

Then I went back through with coloured pens putting pattern into some of the letters and circles between the words.

I had put double-sided tape down the edge of the page between the scored line and the edge of the paper.   I peeled the backing off and stuck the page into my zigzag book.

To read the journaling you open the page.  If I hadn't had enough room for my journaling I could have used the page of the actual book.

Thank you for stopping by today.  If you haven't already joined in with this study you can join any time.

Bernice

A textile book

Yesterday I spent the day at a workshop run by Ineke Berlyn at her studio.

We were learning how to make a Scroll Book.  You can learn online if you wish.

I used Thermofax screens to print on some plain calico using fabric paints.

I layered up bits of fabric.

And then I started sewing.

It isn't finished yet and I don't know whether I will because I am inspired to make a different one with different fabrics.  I'll let you know what happens!

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice