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 

                                                     

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Day 11

           

Rend Collective - My Vision

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

                       

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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

"Gypsy Heart" Mixed Media Canvas

Hello friends, and welcome! Today I want to share with you a little Mixed Media Canvas that I have just finished creating which I've decided to name "Gypsy Heart". 

gyp·sy

ˈjipsē/

a nomadic or free-spirited person. 

 Growing up as a child and into adulthood many times I remember being asked my nationality, and telling people that my family is Hungarian. I can recall many times when people would refer to me as being a gypsy because of my heritage. 

    

Supplies Used:

Bo Bunny craft decorative paper 2 pc (chevron and clocks)

Craft Smart acrylic paints (Robins Egg Blue, Light Pink)

Viva Inka Gold

Liquitex matte medium

White Gesso

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad (Vintage Photo)

The Crafters Workshop Stencil - (TCW202s Mini Harlequin)

Lisa's Altered Art Digital Collage Pieces (printed and cut)

Michaels flower embellishment (dreamy)

Weldbond glue

Xyron Sticker Maker

metal frame embellishment

Faber-Castell Small Pitt Brush Pen Brown

Scissors/Craft Knife

baby wipes

small paint brush

cosmetic sponge

First I covered the canvas with a piece of Bo Bunnys craft paper by applying matte medium to the canvas with a brush and laying the paper on top of the canvas, then brushing a layer of matte medium over the paper to help seal it to the canvas.

Next I took some white gesso and a damp baby wipe to the canvas to give it a white washed look.  This will help the paints blend better on top of the canvas. 

The same way that I applied the gesso with a damp baby wipe, I also applied the paints with a damp baby wipe putting down color and then pulling up some of the color with the wipes until reaching the colors I wanted.

After getting the color down on the canvas, I used one of the Crafters workshop stencils along with some Viva Inka-Gold and a cosmetic sponge to add some pops of gold harlequin to the background.

I wanted some of the print in the BoBunny craft paper to show thorough in the background.

 I took a piece of lace and ran it through my Xyron Sticker maker to get some adhesive onto the back of the lace, and then stuck it onto the top of the canvas.

After printing out some digital collage pieces from Lisa's Altered Art Shop on Etsy. I cut a few of them out to use on this canvas.  I took the strip of pink and blue harlequin paper and glued it down onto the canvas along with the woman that I though could resemble a gypsy.  

On Lisa's Altered Art Shop I also found some phrase collage sheets, and when I seen the words "gypsy heart" I knew I wanted to use it on this canvas. I applied it right on top of the strip of paper I had glued down. After it was all dry I went around each of the collage pieces with a brown Faber-Castell pitt brush pen and blended it with my finger before the ink could dry. 

Next I took a metal frame embellishment and glued it down around the phrase on to the canvas with some weldbond glue.  I also used the same glue to adhere the flower to the left side of the canvas. 

Last I went around the canvas with some Distress ink to give it a worn look on  the edges.    

Thanks for stopping by and seeing how I created this quick little canvas with some really fun digital collage pieces that were printed and cut out.

I have included a link below so you can check out the Etsy Shop where I have found some of my collage pieces. 

Lisa's Altered Art: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lisasalteredart

 Enjoy this Fleetwood Mac video of one of my favorite songs. "Gypsy" 

Happy Crafting,

Krystal