BIBLE JOURNAL #14

Hello blogging friends! Here is my Bible Journal for this week:

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“Do everything in love. ” 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)

I have been thinking a lot about all that is going on in the world these days. The news is always filled with so much hatred and callousness, it made me start thinking of when I was young and people treated each other with respect, love and dignity. This verse stood out in my mind and has become my daily prayer.

The Zentangle pattern I used is Luv-A and the large heart was inspired by Joanne Fink’s Zenspiration dangles.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Ellen

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Hello dear blogging friends!. Popping in with my Viva la Verve card for this week. This is the one for the VLV  April Week 1 sketch.

 

Size A2; Zentangle Patterns: Puf Leaf

For the background, I used artist tape to mask the panel and inked the stripes. I have been wanting to draw my own cards, so I drew the wreath, flower and holly and hand lettered the sentiment. So no stamps or DSP on this card. Just card stock, ribbon, a metal circular paper clip that I threaded the ribbon through and foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by!

Here is a link to the challenge so you can join in the fun!

 

Happy creating!!!

BIBLE JOURNAL #13

Hello blogging friends and Happy Easter! Here is my Bible Journal for this week:

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“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay..” Matthew 28:6 (NIV)

Easter is such a wonderful time to me. I love the peace of knowing Jesus arose and is my Lord and Savior. Since it is Easter, I chose Matthew 28:6 and drew a Zentangle cross with dangles. I used colored pencils to color it.  I hope you have a fantastic Easter and are blessed with a day of peace.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Ellen

THANK YOU CARD

Happy Friday! I am so glad the weekend is here, and it is Easter weekend too! I have a Thank You card to share with you today:

This is a Zentangle inspired drawing that has these patterns: Aura-Leah, Puf Flower, and Zinger. I used a Micron pen to draw and colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is handwritten. I matted the drawing on textured card stock, added some machine stitching and mounted on a cover stock card blank.

Well, I hope you like my card. I really would like to hear what you think of my new direction, so please leave a comment!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy creating!

Ellen

BIRTHDAY CARD ORIGINAL ART

Hi everyone! I am sharing exciting news today, at least for me! I am now hand drawing my cards! This art thing has totally surprised me, and I am having fun drawing, so I’m going out on a limb and trying my hand at this. Here is my first card that I now have in my Etsy shop!

This is a Zentangle inspired drawing that has these patterns: Ponio, Flormeoba Rose, Cruffle, and Zinger. I used a Micron pen to draw and colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is handwritten. I matted the drawing on textured card stock and mounted on a cover stock card blank.

Well, I hope you like my card. I really would like to hear what you think of my new direction, so please leave a comment!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting!

Ellen

BIBLE JOURNAL #12

Hello blogging friends!  What a glorious week we have had here in NC! Well, we did have some terrible storms, but the days have been beautiful. Any way, getting on with this post, I love this verse and wanted to share it with you this week:

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²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)

Since I am now retired, I find I finally have time to explore things I have always wanted to do. I never felt I could draw. As recently as Christmas, I was telling my friend I cannot draw. Well, I started my Bible journal and started seeing such beautiful drawings. I became interested in Zentangle and I believe God led me to this art form to use in my journal! I hope to look back at the end of the year and see my growth in God and art. Have a great day!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE INSPIRED ART #1

Hello friends! Today, I am sharing a piece of Zentangle Inspired Art (ZIA) that I just finished. This is my first one, so I’m excited to share it.

 

 

I have been seeing such beautiful gems at Wholehearted Creations FaceBook page and wanted to give it a try. You will be seeing more of those! The dangles were inspired by Joanne Fink at Zenspirations® Create, Color, Pattern, Play! Joanne does gorgeous drawings and incredible lettering. I’m still working on that!

Well that is it for today. I would love to hear what you think of my attempt at ZIA! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE THANK YOU

Hello blogging friends!  I’m popping in to share a hand drawn, and hand lettered card that I made for a neighbor.

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I have been making cards for a long time, but my dream has always been to do the entire card by hand with no stamps. For this card I drew everything and hand wrote the sentiment. It is colored with Copics.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Happy Crafting!

Ellen

ZENSPIRATIONS CHALLENGE

Happy Thursday everyone! It is time to share another Zentangle with you that is from Zenspirations® Create, Color, Pattern, Play!. Joanne has a challenge going on this month, and I am entering this in her challenge!

 

The template looks like this

You can see all of the additions I made to the template. I colored some with Copics and used pencil in other places. It took a while, but it was fun!

Thanks for stopping by! I would love to hear what you think about my new endeavors!

Happy crafting!

Ellen

PLAYING WITH ZENTANGLE….

Hello blogging friends!   Today, I have another Zentangle design using a template from Zenspirations® Create, Color, Pattern, Play!

and here is what I created:

Courtesy Joanne Fink

I showed you the original so you could see what I added. I love playing with Zentangle and will be using it to design some of my greeting cards. Once I added in all of the designs, I shaded some in pencil and then colored the rest with Copic markers.

Zentangle is a relaxing way to play creatively, even if you are not an artist.  Zenspirations® Create, Color, Pattern, Play! is a great place to go to get “Zenspired” as well as inspire others. I will be sharing this on Joanne’s FB page.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Create something every day!

Ellen

BIBLE JOURNAL #7

Hello blogging friends!  This week’s post is a little bit different. I discovered a couple of great Facebook groups that are very inspiring! One is Art & Hand-Lettering Class | Dawn Nicole Designs, and Zenspirations® Create, Color, Pattern, Play! Dawn Nicole is such a talented artist and has been generous enough to share some of her templates. Here is the one I used this week:

and here is what I created:

“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” 1 John 2:28 (KJV)

I showed you the original so you could see what I added. Copic markers were used to color this. I posted earlier this year that Abide is my word for the year, so I used it on this piece. I have never had a word of the year before, but I really like the idea because it makes me focus clearly on that word and what it means. Well, that is my journal for this week.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Ellen

BIBLE JOURNAL #5

Hello blogging friends!  How was your week?  I just cannot believe another week has come and gone. We had so much ice, we just couldn’t clear it by ourselves. We are just too old for that! Well, yesterday, all of our neighbors came over and helped clear the garage entrance and the front entrance! I honestly have the BEST neighbors in the world. And that had me giving thanks and thinking a lot about thankfulness, so that is the theme of my Bible Journal this week.

“In every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV)

I have never considered trying art of any kind, but once I started card making, I have become more and more interested in art. I started studying hand lettering a few weeks ago and I have picked up Zentangleing. I used both for this journal entry and colored them with Prismacolor pencils. Well, it will be fun to look back on these early entries and see how they compare later on.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Ellen