T Stands for an other catch-up post!

Well, here I am trying to catch up with the T-gang over at Elizabeth's blog.  

This morning (earlier) I was set up for some devotion time and as I sat my coffee down I realized it was Tuesday, grabbed my camera and WA-LA here I am.  I had already prepped my Bible page with clear gesso and had slid a traceable behind it.  I had lightly traced it with an Inktense watercolor pencil.  

How it turned out.  The opposite page is a free hand drawing.  One thing about all this is I get a LOT of practice with lettering .......as you can see I NEED it...LOL!

OTHER HAPPENINGS

Our oldest son and wife decided to put their home on the market and look for something a little larger.  This meant that during showings I had to get the dog, and the family was here quite a few late afternoons, while the realtor showed their home. They had it sold and found one they liked and things were about to get very serious and then the buyer of their house pulled out of the deal :(. This meant our son had to pull out of the deal for the other house. I think they will wait for spring before putting it back on the market.

One afternoon Megan begged to stay here for a while.  We don't get much one on one time, so I was thrilled (proud grandma!)  She wanted to paint, so we picked out a scarecrow she wanted.  I did trace it onto the canvas board for her.  While she painted I worked on a page in my Bible.

A very serious little artist

Here she is with her painting...............pretty darn good for 7 years old.

I HAVE BEEN PAINTING TOO

My friend came over one afternoon and we painted this fall painting.  I found it on Pinterest., but we did add a few of our own touches.

THE WEATHER IS CHANGING

This tree had the first signs of fall.  It is our backyard.  It will be beautifully full of color by the end of the month.

I just love the fall colors and the cooler weather.

SPEAKING OF FALL....

The weekend, right after our 44th anniversary, my husband was in Los Angles picking up a gun safe, and fell and broke his hip!!!  Luckily he had asked a friend to go with him.......even though HE drove 2 1/2 hours back home!! He didn't want to go to the emergency in LA, so he came home and THEN we went to urgent care, got X-rays and they sent us immediately to the emergency room.  That was on a Sunday, Monday morning they did surgery and put three screws in his hip, Tuesday we came home.  He is doing really well, in fact he went back to work (driving a big rig truck) the next week.  He limps a little, when he gets tired and says there is a little pain.......but won't take pain pills!!! STUBBORN!!!!.....sigh!

BIBLE ART JOURNALING

Every time I mention Bible Art Journalig, I get requests to see what I am doing.  For those that are interested here a few samples.

I just discovered all this in February, and it has brought me deeper into God's word.  I call it my "play time with God".  Somebody asked me what I thought God thinks about me drawing and coloring in my Bible.  My answer: "I would think He would be pleased that I am spending time with Him and His word.  It's not the "book" that is holy, but the words"  She joined our little group that meets once a week.   So, what do I use to create in my Bible??? Just about anything I have....LOL!  The most important thing (I have learned from Rebekah Jones) is to prep the page with clear Gesso.......and what kind of clear gesso to use, because the pages are so thin and it keeps products from seeping through to the other side.

Rubber stamps, Inktense watercolor pencils and sticker letters

Washi tape and die cut

Colored pencil (traceable)  A lot of the pages have washi tape down the sides.......I'll explain that later

Inktense watercolor pencils, gold gel pen and Pitt pens for lettering

Sometimes it is just scrapped on acrylic and some words

Pitt pens and Inktense watercolor pencil...free hand.

Free hand Inktense watercolor pencil and Pitt pen..........yes, I LOVE my Inktense watercolor pencils for Bible Art Journaling!

There are days that there isn't much "art" involved.

This page is prepped, stamped and drawn out for Danica to color.  She is one of my GDs in San Diego. This Bible will go to her after I am no longer walking the earth...........hope she is a lot older by then....LOL!

When they were here, last spring, I let her color in the numbers on the first page.  She had just gotten into trouble for coloring in her Mom's Bible.  So the deal was made: that THIS Bible was the only one she and I would color in.  Since we will be in San Diego for Thanksgiving....and her 7th birthday I thought I had better get a few pages ready for her.

It has gotten a little thick with all the tabs, markers and drop ins that have been added.  So, I am about finished with this one and have ordered an other one that I will illustrate for my grandson, Taylor.....who is Danica's little brother.  I have decided to do one for each of the 5 grandkids, plus it keeps me "in" the Lords word.

Sorry about such a long post.........I left out a lot of other things LOL!  But it is time to get this posted and get linked up with the T-gang.

It's going to be a busy week, but I will try and get back to everyone that visits.......Happy T-day!!