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New KJV Bible from Thomas Nelson

Hi Everyone

I wanted to share my new KJV Bible from Thomas Nelson.

It is such a pretty Bible.  I first saw it being shown on Lindsey Decor's youtube channel and then by Scribbling Grace's youtube channel.

I have a KJV Bible but it was the version My Creative Bible and I have since moved onto having no pre-published artwork in the margins.  I have changed the way I study now so the margins are used for note taking with some stickers for emphasis.

I currently use a Crossways ESV Bible for my devotional reading but really wanted to get into Bible Study and wanted to do that with a KJV Bible.

The cover design I chose is a cloth bound cover with florals and stitching all around the cover.  I love the look of this bible!  It is so beautiful and makes me really want to get into the word.

The pages inside are a darker cream color than most and is darker than my Crossways but I am good with that.  I use Prismacolor colored pencils for my outlining and they will show up nicely.

The Bible has two ribbons, on a grey that matches the cover and the other a cherry color that matches the cherry color on the flower petals.

 

I also purchased coordinating Bible Tabs for the edge of my Bible.  All my Bibles have matching Bible tabs.  I find it a helpful tool for me when I study to quickly find books of the Bible.  I am getting better now since studying for about a year that I know where each book is. I don't really need the tabs but I like the look of the them.

 

 

 

 

Here is a look at the cover.  The white in the center is a nice bright clean white.

Well, that should do it for today.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Just Bee-Cause with Honey Bee Stamps

 

Hi Everyone!

Today, I wanted to share a card I made using Honey Bee Stamps and Dies as well as MFT Stamps for the sentiments.

The card is an A2 size card made from Gina K heavy weight white cardstock as the base.

Here are the supplies I used for the card:

Honey Bee Stamps: Bee Hive Honey Cuts Die, Branch and Leaves Honey Cuts Dies, Busy Bee Stamps and coordinating Dies, Outdoor Scene Builder Stencil

MFT Stamps: Meant To Bee Stamp Set

Stampin' Up!: Call Me Clover Cardstock and Ink, Shaded Spruce Cardstock and Ink, Daffodil Delight Cardstock, Soft Suede Cardstock and Ink

Misc: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Spiced Marmalade and Salty Ocean, Faber Castell Polychromes colored pencils, Copic Markers (BV000, BV0000), Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Chrystal Glaze, Heart and dots stickers from Creative Retreat.

I die cut all my pieces from cardstock and inked all the edges to warm up the colors.  I used two shades of green cardstock for the leaves and soft suede for the branch.

I stamped the bees on Bristol Smooth cardstock in Tuxedo Black ink.  The bees were colored in various cool grey and yellow shades from Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils.  The wings were colored with Copic BV000 and BV0000.

I colored the background with the outdoor builder stencil and salty ocean distress oxide ink. Then I laid everything out  to determine where my sentiment would go.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside of the card base and attached a die cut be.  Then used Chrystal Glaze on the wings.  I set that to the side and began adhering all the elements to the card front.  I used foam tape to raise the bees except for the one in the middle.

Once the inside of the card was dry, I attached the card top to the base and applied Crystal Glaze onto the wings.

Well that should do it for today.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Adrenal Failure, Insulin Resistance, Keto Diet and Intermittent Fasting Starting Point

I have been diagnosed with severe Adrenal Fatigue close to failure.  Since then I have been researching different ways to naturally heal my body.

I have a triple whammy.  I have lost my thyroid and I have insulin resistance.  Wow!  As I go through this journey, I am starting to think its less of a thyroid issue then an insulin resistance issue.

I believe that once they thyroid hormone is regulated, the remaining health issues are stemming from the one thing that caused me to lose my thyroid in the first place – Insulin Resistance.

I currently take a natural thyroid hormone twice a day and my complete thyroid make up is normal now.  But I still have belly fat and adrenal issues.

 

I have been researching Dr. Berg’s program.  I have many of his supplements and I have already cut out the 5 meals a day down to three and when reading his website, I can actually go down to two or one meal a day.  I took the body test that is on his website and I have 25% Adrenal Body type and like 45% Insulin Resistance.  Both diets recommend the Keto diet with Intermittent Fasting.

The diet make up is 5% carbs, 20% protein, 75% fat.  Vegetables are to be at least 7 cups (very large salad!).  So, I have decided to try his program.  I purchased the additional supplements that I didn’t have and will be starting the Keto plan to see how I do.  I have been walking 45 minutes daily so this will help me to fix myself and hopefully get healthy again.

I plan on updating this blog at least weekly to keep track of my progress and to see where I have come from and how far I have come.

Johanna Basford’s Enchanted Forest Tree Stump

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Today, I wanted to share a finished colored page from Johanna Basford's Enchanted Forest.  I have seen many great finished pages that were my inspiration such as The Art Spirit and Julie's Passion for Coloring.

With the exception of the light around the lamp, the entire layout was completed with Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils.  I really like using these pencils because no matter how many times you layer, there isn't a bloom that happens with waxed based pencils like Prismacolor Colored Pencils.  Polychromos pencils are a bit tricky with it comes to blending compared to Prismacolor but I still love using them.

I wanted to list out the colors that I used:

Yellow Leaves: Dark Chrome Yellow, Light Yellow Glaze, Light Cadmium Red

Green Leaves: Pine Green, Light Green

Bluish Leaves: Deep Cobalt Green, Light Phthalo Green

Butterfly: Middle Phthalo Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Prussian Blue

 

 

For the Mushrooms, I used the following combinations:

Red/White Mushroom: Scarlet Lake, Deep Scarlet Lake, Orderless Mineral Spirits, Scarlet Lake again, Deep Scarlet Lake, Dark Red on the edges, White gel pen for the dots

Red Mushrooms: Dark Flesh, Perm Carmine, Orderless Mineral Spirits, Dark Flesh again, Perm Carmine, Caput Mortum

Mushroom Stalks: Green Gold, Ivory, Nougat

 

For the tree stump I used the following: Van Dyck Brown, Burnt Sienna, Sanguine, Terracotta, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, and Ivory.

I colored in such a way that would reflect the light from the lamp being darker from the left side moving lighter towards the right side.

For the ladder and the branches around the window I used: Earth Green Yellowish, Nougat.

For the flowers on the right, I used Deep Red, Scarlet Lake and White.  The stems I used Chrome Oxide Green and Earth green.

For the door, I used Pine Green, Earth Green Yellowish, and Warm Gray 90% for the shadow in the doorway.

The grass: Chrome Green Oxide, Earth Green Yellowish, and Cadmium Yellow Lemon.

The Lawn: Chrome Green Oxide, and Earth Green Yellowish.

The tiny mushrooms: Sepia, Nougat, and Cream

 

 

Finally, for the light, I used the warm grays for the lantern and Crayola yellow for the light along with cream to give a glow.

The leaves: Burnt Carmine, Alizaren Crimson, Dark Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Orange

The leaves on the branch are: Pine Green and Earth Green Yellowish

I really love how this turned out.  I am still deciding whether or not to color in the sky but for now, I feel it is one of my best so far.

Until next time, thanks so much for stopping by!

Isaiah 46:4 with Coliro PearlColors Metallics

Isaiah 46:4

 

Hello Everyone

Today, I wanted to share a Bible Journal post.  The verse is Isaiah 46:4

Isaiah 46:4 New Living Translation (NLT)

4 I will be your God throughout your lifetime—
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you.

I used Faber-Castell colored pencils to color in the image and the words. I used the SOAK method to under line the scripture versus. Here is the post that shows the color chart.

Isaiah 46:4 Gold

I decided to do something a little different with the crowns and the lettering for GOD.  I used some Coliro Pearlcolor watercolor paint and a small modeling brush to paint gold metallic to the crowns and the letter.

What is really nice about this, is it doesn't bleed through the page and it gives a nice metallic shine to the parts that were painted.

Color PearlColors in Metalics

 

 

 

I purchased my set of paints on Amazon as well as a modeling paint brush kit called Virtuoso.  There are 15 paint brushes with very tiny bristles to allow for detail work. Just a tiny bit of water and you are good to go.

Below is a close up look at the shine of the paints.

Well that is all for today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

I Will Be using Gold Paint

MFT Stitched Blooms I am Strong

MFT Stitched Blooms I am Strong

Hello Everyone,

Today, I wanted to share another card that I created using the MFT Stamps Stitched Blooms Die.

Materials:

Cardstock: - Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green

Dies: MFT Stamps Stitched Blooms, Stitched Circles, Stitched Inside and out Rectangles

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations Words of Comfort

Misc: Glue, Foam tape, Sequence

MFT Stitched Blooms I am Strong

For the base of the card, I used Melon Mambo, cut at 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4.  I cut out two circles, one smaller one is Whisper White and the larger one in Melon Mambo.  I glued the white onto the Melon Mambo.

I centered and stamped in Melon Mambo one of the sentiments in the Heartfelt Creations Words of Comfort - "I am strong and Courageous" I added stampin' dimensionals to the back of the circle and centered it on a Whisper white base I cut with the largest Stitched Inside Out rectangle. Then applied foam tape to the back and centered onto the Melon Mambo card base.

I cut the flowers and leaves from Granny Apple Green, Whisper White and Garden Green cardstock and arranged the flowers and leaves in the bottom left corner of the circle.

Finally, I added a few sequence to finish off the card.

That should do it for now.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

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