Creative Retreat Kits / May Faith Art Box

“O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer! From the ends of the earth.  I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me.  Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings!" 

Psalm 60:1-4

Today I'm over on the Creative Retreat Blog sharing a bible journaling page using the May Faith Art Box.  To read more head over to the Creative Retreat Kits page bleow:

https://creativeretreatkits.wordpress.com/2017/05/23/my-strong-tower-krystal/

Blessings, 

Krystal

Creative Retreat April Faith Art Box

Hello friends! I am so excited to be up on the Creative Retreat blog today sharing my bible journaling page using the April Faith Art Box. 

"Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul." -Matthew 23:7

Did you know there are over 40 other verses in the bible that say to "Love the Lord your God"?  To read more about it and check out my post over on the Creative Retreat Blog click the link below:

https://creativeretreatkits.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/love-the-lord-krystal/

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out Creative Retreats and their beautiful monthly faith art boxes, there is so much goodness in each box every month!

Be blessed friends,

Krystal

How to make your own Bible tabs

Hello, hello! Today I wanted to share with you how I created my own Bible tabs using some of my essential bible journaling supplies.  

Supplies used:

Heavy Card stock - 65lb test

Dina Wakley Acrylic paint

Stamps

Archival Ink

We R Memory Keepers tab punch

Illustrated Faith books of the Bible stickers (optional)

Tombow mono liquid glue

First I put some spots of acrylic paint all over my card stock, then  took an old gift card and swiped the edge of the card all over the paint creating this messy paint look all over the pages.  Once the pages were dry I flipped the paper over and did the same thing with the paint to the back side. Then I used some stamps and ink around the pages to add some texture.  After everything was dry I used the We R Memory Keepers tab punch to punch out about 70 tabs.  I wanted to have a few left over for my bible journaling.  You will only need 66 for all the books of the bible.  

After all of the tabs were punched out I took a sticker sheet from Illustrated Faith with all the books of the bible and stuck each one on a tab.  I tried to be selective with what sticker went on each tab so that way I didn't have a clump of yellow tabs together and blues together once I got them all into my bible. 

Last I used some Tombow mono liquid glue with the pen tip to apply a small amount of glue across the bottom of the tabs. After I had the glue on my tab I carefully added the tab to the page correlating with that book in the Bible. To make sure I had the tabs aligned right, I eyeballed and guesstimated where the next tab would be going by flipping back to my previous tab.  I'm sure there is a more accurate way to put these in your bible but for sake of time and my sanity I just eyeballed it, and it came out just fine.  

There are a few things you can do to customize your own bible tabs.  If you wanted to use patterned card stock instead of painting up your own paper that is one idea, and another would be to hand letter the names of the books of the Bible onto your tabs, or if you have stamps with the books of the bible that is another great option.  I hope this gave you some ideas or sparked some inspiration to make your own bible tabs. If you have any questions please leave me a comment below! I love talking with you all!

  Blessings,  

Krystal

                   

Overflowing Blessings Canvas

Hello, and welcome to the Mixed Media Attic! I wanted to share with you all a little canvas that I just finished working on this afternoon.  The verse Psalm 23:5 says "My cup overflows with blessings."  

                                                                                                                                    I had an idea to take that verse and use it on a canvas with some stacked tea cups.  I decided to use some card stock paper from the Illustrated Faith collection "She Blooms".  I used my Silhouette Portrait Die Cutting Electronic cutting machine, to cut out the tea cups. I stacked the tea cups on the canvas before starting, just to make sure there were enough for the height of the canvas. I like to take pictures of the way things are arranged, so when they get moved later I will remember the order that they were in by looking at the picture taken. After making sure there were enough tea cups to stack, I covered the canvas in some printed tissue paper using Liquitex Matte Medium. After it was dry, I added a light coat of white gesso over the canvas. Gesso works great as a primer for your surface. 

I let the canvas dry a few hours before painting. I used some of the Illustrated Faith Acrylic Paints and blended them together using a damp baby wipe.  

For some added texture I used Ranger's black archival ink and some Illustrated Faith stamps around the canvas.

Next I used Liquitex matte medium to glue down the tea cups, being sure to go over the top of the tea cups as well, with the matte medium to help secure them onto the canvas and seal them on. This will help later when I go around the tea cups with a Faber-Castell Big Pitt Brush marker for shadowing. Next I used some of the Illustrated Faith Home Spun Alpha's to read Psalm 23:5 being sure to go over them with the matte medium to help adhere them to the canvas. 

Once the canvas was dry, I went around the tea cups using the Faber Castell markers.  These are great for adding shading.  They are archival quality ink, but you have some time to blend them with your finger before it dries.  

Last I used a fine line sharpie pen to go around all the letters and the tea cups to help them to stand out on the canvas. 

This is such a great verse to help remind me of God's many blessings over my life. Thanks for checking out my canvas today! 

Blessings,

Krystal 

Packed and ready for Revival Camp!

Hello friends!  Happy first day of summer to you!  I'm not sure what part of the world you are reading this from but here in Southern California we kicked off summer with a heat advisory and Temperatures hitting the 120's today... Yuck! This summer I will be joining the Illustrated Faith community and attending their summer Revival Camp. I was asked by a relative where it was at and how long.  I giggled a bit to my self, and replied with a smile "It is online and in my craft room for the next 12 weeks."  

More Information about camp can be found here:

Illustrated Faith Revival Camp Workshop

The Workshop comes with lots of printables, and a packing list.  How cute? I like that the packing list included a color pallet of the colors that are in the printables.  It made it so easy to pull pieces from my stash, from other things I  had already on hand.  I love that one of the printables was an insert to make your own travelers note book for "field notes" and, three different covers for your notebooks with the Revival Camp Logo on them. 

I made two travelers sized notebooks with the printables included with the workshop.  The first one I used the field notes printable and printed about 6 pages front and back, next I cut down the paper to size 8.5x8.5 , followed by printing and cutting down the cover on a sheet of white cardstock (for added weight). I put the cover on top of the field note sheets and made sure every thing was even and straight to be folded in half long ways. Last I opened up the folded paper and took a long arm stapler and stapled 2 staples one at the top center and one at the bottom center of the pages.  I took some washi tape and applied it along the spines of the note books the cover the staples and add some layers to it.

I did the same thing to make my second travelers sized notebook, except for taking blank copy paper and cutting it down to size and using a different color for the cover. The purpose for the blank pages in this notebook are for me to be able to add the weekly devotional and printable embellishments to the pages along with some journaling. This summer during my hike with God through this journey I want to also do some bible journaling that corresponds to the weeks scripture.  Week one spoke from the book of Nehemiah, and about what ignites our passions.  

So Here I sit packed and ready for revival camp. Ready to soak in the teachings from this workshop and dig deeper into his word all while creating and crafting to glorify His great name! I hope you will all join me around the camp fire this summer along with the Illustrated Faith community!  

Blessings Friends,

Krystal  

The 100 Day Project Update

Hello friends, just a quick post updating you with a few weeks of my #100dayproject that I'm participating in.  I have decided to illustrate a worship song in my praise book from Illustrated Faith. You can find me on instagram with my own hash tag for the project which is: #100daysofillustratedworship

Day 7

                                                      

Day 08 

                                                     

Day 9

                                                     

Day 10

                                                

Day 11

           

Rend Collective - My Vision

Day 12

                                 

Day 13 and Day 14 Lauren Daigle "I will trust in you"

                       

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Day 18

                                         

Day 19

                                           

Day 20

                                               

Day 21

                                         

Day 22

                                        

Day 23

                                             

Day 24

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my latest project!

xoxo

Krystal

#100 Days Of Illustrated Worship day 1-6

Thanks for visiting and following me on my journey with #The100DayProject 

 I have taken my Illustrated Faith Praise Book from Day Spring and turned it into my "100 Days of Illistrated Worship" Book. I will be sharing a weeks worth of pages every Sunday here on the blog from now untill July 27th.  If you would like to see my pages daily you can follow me on instagram: @Krystal_Marie_B

01/100

For the first day of #100daysofillustratedworship I wanted to illustrate the song "Here I am to worship" by Hilsong.  The lyrics say exactly what this whole project is really about for me.  Worshiping our Great God! 

"Light of the world

You stepped down into darkness

Opened my eyes and let me see

Beauty that made this heart adore You

Hope of a life spent with You

Here I am to worship, here I am to bow down

Here I am to say that You're my God

Altogether lovely, altogether worthy

Altogether wonderful to me

King of all days, oh so highly exalted

You're glorious in heaven above, yes You are

Humbly You came to this Earth You created

All for love's sake became poor

Here I am to worship, here I am to bow down

Here I am to say that You're my God

Altogether lovely, altogether worthy

Altogether wonderful to me

I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin up on that cross

I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin up on that cross

 Hillsong - Here I Am To Worship Lyrics  

02/100

Day two's song reminds be of the goodness, and the love that our  good Father pours out onto us. Here I used stickers, diecuts, and papers from the Illustrated Faith "She Blooms" Collection 

"You're a Good, Good Father

It's who you are, it's who you are, it's who you are

And I'm loved by you

It's who I am, it's who I am, it's who I am

Oh, and I've seen many searching for answers far and wide

But I know we're all searching

For answers only you provide

Cause you know just what we need

Before we say a word."

Chris Tomlin - Good Good Father - Lyrics

03/100

 I recently ordered these cute little alphabet stamps from Valerie Wieners Art, and wanted to break them in for the first time on day 3 to illustrate Tenth Avenue North's song "Losing".  This song reminds me that Jesus said to forgive those who have sinned against us not 7 times but 7x70 times. We must forgive others just as Jesus has forgiven us.  

 "Oh, Father won't You forgive them?

They don't know what they've been doin' (oh no)

Oh, Father, give me grace to forgive them

'Cause I feel like the one losin'

Well it's only the dead that can live

But still I wrestle with this

To lose the pain that's mine

Seventy times seven times

'Cause Lord it doesn't feel right

For me to turn a blind eye

Though I guess it's not that much

When I think of what You've done."

Tenth Avenue North - Losing - Lyrics

04/100
I blast this song every time I hear it come on my radio.  What an amazing thing as a follower of Christ to know he is coming again soon.  

"Even So Come" - Kristian Stanfill

05/100
A few months ago I picked up Tim Holtz new distress crayons and, they are simply amazing. They were so creamy and blended nicely. I prepped my page with some Liquitex matte medium, before putting down any of the distress crayon.  This helps to prime the page and makes the paper a non porous surface, making the distress crayons able to blend easier, and better.  I wanted to use some of the Illustrated Faith stickers from "His Promise" with the lyrics to Danny Gokey's song "Hope in front of me."

 "I've been running through rain that I thought would never end

Trying to make it on faith in a struggle against the wind

I've seen the dark and the broken places

But I know in my soul no matter how bad it gets, I'll be alright

There's hope in front of me

There's a light I still see it

There's a hand still holding me

Even when I don't believe it

I might be down but I'm not dead

There's better days still up ahead

Even after all I've seen, there's hope in front of me."

Danny Gokey - Hope in Front of Me Lyrics

06/100

I wanted to keep today's simple and quick.  After hearing Unspoken's song "Start a fire" I knew that was the song for the day to illustrate.  The words hit me hard, and were a reminder of a conversation I had earlier that day with a patient at work.  It was an affirmation for me.  

"Over and over again
I hear Your voice in my head
Let Your light shine, let Your light shine for all to see
Start a fire in my soul
Fan the flame and make it grow
So there's no doubt or denying
Let it burn so brightly
That everyone around can see
That it's You, that it's You that we need
Start a fire in me
You only need a spark to start a whole blaze
It only takes a little faith."
Unspoken - Start a fire - Lyrics

Thanks for visiting and checking out this weeks #100daysofillustratedworship

Have a blessed week, 
Krystal 

The 100 Day Project

Hello, and welcome to the Mixed Media Attic.  I wanted to share with you all something fun and exciting that I will be starting on later today.  Some of you may already know about The 100 day Project, and have seen people sharing about it on Instagram via hashtag #The100DayProject , and some of you may have no idea at all, what it is that I'm talking about.  So below at the end of the post I have a link with some more information on the Project and exactly what it is all about. For the next 100 days I have decided to use my beautiful Illustrated Faith Praise Book that I have been hoarding, afraid to use the last 2 months and turn it into my 100 Days OF Illustrated Worship Book. 

Every day I listen to praise and worship music and I find myself wanting to use lyrics to a worship song in my bible journal but there are times that I do not know what verse fits the lyrics. Each day I want to pick a song from now until July 27th to Illustrate and journal in my Illustrated Faith praise book.  I will be posting my projects for each day every Sunday.  Stay tuned to see what the next 100 days will bring. 

The 100 Days Project with Elle Luna 

https://thegreatdiscontent.com/100days

What Is the 100-Day Project? It’s a celebration of process that encourages everyone to participate in 100 days of making. The great surrender is the process; showing up day after day is the goal. For the100-Day Project, it’s not about fetishizing finished products—it’s about the process.

Blessings,

Krystal Barto

Week 5 of Lent & Holy Week in my Journaling Bible

Hello friends!  As Lent comes to an end I wanted to share with you the rest of my pages in my journaling Bible, that correlated with the She Reads Truth Lent Devotional.  You can check out their site below:

http://shereadstruth.com/

A few weeks ago I ordered some Illustrated Faith stickers, and die-cuts along with their new Beautiful Devotional Kit by Valerie Wieners.  I ended up using quite a few of my new goodies to create many of my pages these last few weeks.

I wanted to make a little door to go with the verse below.

Keeping it simple using some washi tape, stamps, and alpha stickers.  

                                   

The start of Holy Week: Palm Sunday 

"Hosanna in the highest." 

Below I used the tag that was in the Illustrated Faith News Letter, where a free set of Printables was included. I wanted to try out the new Illustrated Faith Pebeo Acrylic Paints.  I swiped some paint onto the page using an old gift card with three different colors, next I watered down some paint and added it into the areas where I still had white showing.  I added some alpha stickers for the verse and outlined them with a pen.  I love the watercolor look from the paints. 

On Tuesday this past week as many of you know there was an attack in Brusseles, Belgium.  I wanted to pray tribute to the horrific events of the day, and it really went with a verse from the Lent devotional.

"Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.  There will be great earthquakes, and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven." (Luke 21:10,11) 

Here I wanted to draw an alabaster jar.  This verse reminded my of a song by Rend Collective. I wanted to share it with you all here below:

"I am broken at Your feet

Like an alabaster jar

Every piece of who I am

Laid before Your majesty

I will bow my life

At Your feet, at Your feet

My lips, so lost for words

Will kiss Your feet, kiss Your feet"

Here I used up some of the free printables from the Illustrated Faith News Letter, and added some journaling of the verse to the margin.

                         

Using more of the free printables and some alpha stickers for my Good Friday page. I journaled some Lyrics to a Chris Tomlin song that I thought, the words go perfect for Christ sacrafice on the cross for us.

                         

"At the cross

At the cross

I surrender my life

I'm in awe of You

I'm in awe of You

Where Your love ran red

And my sin washed white

I owe all to You

I owe all to You Jesus"

Last is my page for Easter Sunday.

                          

Now the stone was rolled away, and Christ is risen.  He is risen indeed!

God Bless you, and thanks for visiting.

Krystal