Video – https://youtu.be/x0dWaO4ti5M Today, we are going to be constructing the mixed media topper. I used a variety of chipboard pieces, floral vine, and a small frame. Many of these items were in my stash and were prepped for an Read More
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Video – Signature Pages with Flips, Flaps, and Such – Inspired by Julie @ Camelia Craft Designs
My Video – https://youtu.be/kM_GSgF87os Hello friends, I watched a fantastic video by Julie over at Camelia Craft Designs. She showed us how to make a very versatile signature page with flips, flaps, folds etc. Depending on how you fold it, Read More
Video – Large Waterfall Tags & Such – Inspired by Karin @Kreativ Paper Artisan
Video – https://youtu.be/qHVpK6t7CPc Hello friends, today we are creating some beautiful (and useful bits) using the waterfall paper technique. I watched a video over at Kreativ Paper Artisan’s Channel. That is Karin over there. She made this adorable project and Read More
Video – Embossed/Textured Paper – Junk Journal Layers
Video – https://youtu.be/OgDQktbOowA Today, we are using a variety of standard embossing folders and 3D folders to create some beautiful textured paper for use in junk journal layering. Super fun and easy. I encourage you to use what you have. Read More
Video – Altoid Tin Mini Journal – Cottage Charm – Part 2
Video – https://youtu.be/7d_IF7_0-TU Hello friends, Today, we are making some ephemera for this tiny and sweet journal. I have prepped the tin so in Part 3, we will do some mixed media magic! Everything is so tiny! The journal tin measures Read More
Video – Ep 1 – MM 101 – Texture Paste & Stenciling – Junk Journal Style
Video – https://youtu.be/dG66hEWy-xg Hello friends, I have decided to provide a Mixed Media 101 series, as I have had many who are interested. This is Episode 1. We will be working with texture paste/modeling paste in today’s video. We will Read More
Video – Fall Stacked Envelope Collaboration – “Fall Friends” Kits with RachandBella Crafts & Journals In Time
Video – https://youtu.be/34fW9H1vPZ0 Hello friends, Today, I am participating as a guest designer for a collaboration between Rach and Bella Crafts and Journals in time. What a joyful opportunity this was. I created a stacked envelope journal in today’s video. Read More
Video – Come Coffee Dye with Me – Inks, Powders, Stencils, & Texture
Video – https://youtu.be/fQqsjPu_lA4 Hello friends, Today, I am going to walk you through my process for coffee dying. We are using 20lb paper (not my fav) and 65lb paper. We will go through the dipping process, how I stack them Read More
Video – Sweet Rose Journal Flip Thru
Video – https://youtu.be/DwWmw6rKJJE Hello friends, Today is the DAY! The Sweet Rose Journal is done! She turned out so beautifully! I am so blessed to be able to create and give it away. This was the 1st place prize gift Read More
Video – Sunday’s ART of Truth – “He will give his angels charge over you…” – 9-11-22
Video – https://youtu.be/qZzTrPyRGRs Hello friends, What fun I had creating this beauty. I wanted to create something that expressed the gratitude and comfort that I feel knowing that angels attend to us. I wanted a simple background with a lot Read More
Video – https://youtu.be/qZzTrPyRGRs
Hello friends,
What fun I had creating this beauty. I wanted to create something that expressed the gratitude and comfort that I feel knowing that angels attend to us. I wanted a simple background with a lot of depth. I experienced both as I created this lovely piece. I talk about much about the inspiration throughout the video, so I won’t linger long here today. I am however reminded that in this world of fragility, pain, memories, difficulties, cracks, and brokenness, that hope can be found in my Papa God. We are all cracked. We have all experienced brokenness, but; in the midst of the brokenness, there are opportunities for the most beautiful discoveries.
For the past week or so, I have been struggling with some old memories and feeling a bit undone emotionally and mentally. When I get in that tight and dark place, I talk to Jesus. I ask for truth, and he always gives me a gift in that. Today, I created this mixed media piece with angel wings to express the peace that I feel thinking about angels and imagining them surrounding me.
From the place of personal faith, I believe that they are sent by our precious Jesus to bring us comfort and to be with us. I have seen angels, and I have seen demons. I have lived in the light and the deepest of darkness. I have asked for angels with a simple ‘Help Angels’. Comfort comes. Peace comes. When I have no other words, those two words bring immense comfort.
There is a verse in the bible in Psalm 91: 11-12 (Good News Translation) – “God will put his angels in charge of you to protect you wherever you go.”
It isn’t magical, nor does it stop bad things from happening.
However, I believe it is one of the gifts that he gives us to be comforted and feel a sense of protection.
Have you ever been in traffic and felt frustrated and concerned about being late to work? Only to hear later that there was a terrible accident at about that same time and in the general vicinity. Or been pissed off because you didn’t get through that light only to realize that you might have just been saved from something tragic? I have.
Have you ever been woken up by something that felt ‘other worldly’? a sense or an inkling. A sign.
Several years ago in October, a car drove off the road and into our front yard. It narrowly missed our house. The tracks were found in the light of day to be about a foot or foot and a half from the front of our house. The car stopped right before it hit our front deck. The car backed up and sped away. At that time, I was not in the house. The next morning, my husband left a note for me that said, “Do you want evidence of divine protection? Look out in front. In front of the room where you paint. Look at the grass”. Tire marks driven into the grass. The tracks ran parallel with the front of our home, our refuge.
As we marveled and shared in gratitude that night, we were mesmerized at the little things that were part of that story. Why did the car stop before hitting the deck right next to where my husband was sleeping? Why did we plant that tree on that corner of the property nearly 16 years before? Could it be that the tree slowed the car down? Or was there more? I believe it was all those things. We both have no doubt it was Jesus, it was angels, it was the tree, it was divine intervention.
Does he stop everything? No
Are there good things and bad things that happen? Yes.
I would rather live my life full of faith in things that are invisible, things that bring comfort and peace. And things that glorify God and lift him up as the great Papa God that he is. He has sent angels to comfort me in ways that I could understand and wounded parts of me could receive.
Yes, I gladly believe that he gives his angels charge over us. The angel wings in this piece were a sweet reminder that his heart is always with his. In the good, the bad, the very hard, and the impossible!
My friends, as you know, I speak only from my experience and my personal walk with Jesus.
I hope you find comfort and courage in this. I hope that you are reminded of the good and light things that bring you comfort and a sense of deep peace. Angels and Jesus do that for me.
Until next time…
Blessings,
Beloved-Reborn
Supply list under photos!
Supplies used:
Liquitex Fluid Matte Medium – See Basic Mixed Media Supply list below
10 X 10 MDF Board – Lowes.com
Digitals- Ruby & Pearl XO – Variety (linking her shop) –https://www.etsy.com/shop/RubyandPearlxo?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1269258230
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint Rock Candy – Can no longer locate on Amazon
Archival Ink – Jet Black – See Basic Mixed Media Supply list below
Archival Ink – Vintage Photo – See Basic Mixed Media Supply list below
Shawn Petite Stencil – Numbers Jumbled – https://shop.shawnpetite.com/Numbers-Jumbled-stencil-8×10-p155121087
Shawn Petite Stencil – Layered Up 3 Tiles and Flowers – https://shop.shawnpetite.com/Layered-up-3-tiles-and-flowers-stencil-8×10-p444088310
Golden High Flow Acrylic – Transparent brown Iron Oxide – https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Arcylic-Paint-Ounce-Transparent/dp/B00E4PL0Y2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=29KBW4KMUCDZZ&keywords=golden+high+flow+transparent+iron+oxide&qid=1662868384&sprefix=golden+high+flow+transparent+iron+%2Caps%2C2891&sr=8-2
Golden Glazing Medium – See Basic Mixed Media Supply list below
Heidi Swapp Gold Texture Paste – unavailable online
Golden Fluid Acrylic – Raw Umber – See Basic Mixed Media Supply list below
List of basic mixed media supplies:
TCW Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=light+and+fluffy+modeling+paste&crid=3PFDSLJUPLGOO&sprefix=light+and+flu%2Caps%2C272&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_13
Shoresua Script Stamp- https://www.amazon.com/Shoresua-Transparent-Silicone-Scrapbooking-Embossing/dp/B07PGN3MR3/ref=sr_1_77?dchild=1&keywords=bo+bunny+stamps&qid=1601231832&sr=8-77
Golden High Flow Acrylic – Transparent Yellow Oxide – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=goldenhigh+flow+acrylics&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Liquitex Matte Medium- https://www.amazon.com/Liquitex-Professional-Matte-Medium-8-Ounce/dp/B000IYWYNE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=74CDOKRUL040&dchild=1&keywords=liquitex+matte+medium&qid=1586229506&sprefix=liquitex+ma%2Caps%2C291&sr=8-1
Liquitex Glazing Medium- https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Multi-Purpose-Acrylic-Polymer-GAC-100/dp/B001YJPX58/ref=sr_1_46?dchild=1&keywords=golden+glazing+medium&qid=1586230065&sr=8-46
Liquitex Heavy Gesso- https://www.amazon.com/Liquitex-Professional-Super-Surface-Medium/dp/B001UNREO6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=liquitex+heavy+gesso&qid=1586229647&sr=8-1
Penny Black Script Stamp- https://www.amazon.com/Penny-Black-Script-Unmounted-40-470/dp/B01HNO5R08/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Penny+Black+script+stamp&qid=1586229678&sr=8-1
Shawn Petite Stencils- https://shop.shawnpetite.com/Stencils-c14287046
Decoart Crackle Paint – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=decoart+crackle+paint&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Rembrandt Soft Pastel – Black – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rembrandt+soft+pastel+black&ref=nb_sb_noss
Golden Fluid Acrylics – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=golden+fluid+acrylics&crid=1140N398O4PP1&sprefix=golden+fluid+%2Caps%2C520&ref=nb_sb_ss_ac-a-p_1_13
Junk Journal Basic Supplies List –
Crop-A-Dile – https://www.amazon.com/Crop-We-Memory-Keepers-Silver/dp/B0019K3QD8/ref=sr_1_3?crid=15OJUXEN3EL2D&dchild=1&keywords=crocodile+craft+tool&qid=1628457809&sprefix=crop+o+dile%2Caps%2C297&sr=8-3
Eyelets – https://www.amazon.com/Bememo-Pieces-Grommets-Eyelets-Clothes/dp/B07DS6HLBV/ref=sr_1_33?dchild=1&keywords=crocodile+craft+tool+eyelets&qid=1628457851&sr=8-33
FabriTac Glue – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fabritac&ref=nb_sb_noss
Art Glitter Glue – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=art+glitter+glue&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Ranger Archival Ink – Vintage Photo – They no longer make the pad so I bought the reinker and a DIY ink pad – https://www.amazon.com/Ranger-AIP48077-Empty-Archival-Pad-Empty/dp/B016A88EAI/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=ranger+diy+ink+pad&qid=1626104364&sr=8-4