I Stand At The Door ~ GIU Day 5

Growing up in a small town in South Carolina, our church had beautiful stained glass windows.  My favorite one was the one of Jesus knocking at a door. This is the scene and scripture that I wanted to leave you with as I finish up my week of sharing through Growing In Unity with Unity Stamps.   

Today I've used Unity's KOM from June 2020,'Change the World' where I pulled the bricked wall/wooden door stamp. The scripture reference is from Revelations 3:20. 

I stamped the image on Ivory cardstock and went back to my Copic markers.  I wanted to be sure to highlight the coloring shades and depth in this beautifully detailed image.  After coloring, I tore the edges to where the image and coloring stopped and ensured it would fit in the margin space of my Bible page.   

But before placing it in the Bible, I used a sharp blade and cut the three sides of the door so it could open.  I added a small piece of woodgrain paper to the inside of the door piece and inked the edges black.  Then I secured the completed image onto my Bible page.    I used the sentiment from the Phyllis Harris 'No Limit to Love' with 'Warm Breeze' Versa Fine Clair ink and stamped the 'I Believe' stamp at an angle inside the door, proclaiming MY belief in Jesus Christ being MY Savior and Lord. 

Since there wasn't a Unity stamp with this scripture, I generated the words on the computer and then die cut using the Stampin' Up Stitched Labels Framelits die.  After inking the edges, I secured it under the colored image.  Lastly I underlined the selected scripture (Revelations 3:20) and added the decorative tag and tape at the top of the page. 

Thank you for stopping by today to see my last blog posting for the 2025 Growing in Unity week.  I have enjoyed sharing this special project with you each day and hope that it has inspired you to use your stamps in many different ways.

 A special thanks to those of you who are here from Unity Stamps this week. If you don't already follow my blog, I'd love for you to do that! 

 

Everyone remember to comment to be put in the drawing for  your chance to win one of two prizes from Unity Stamps.  Winners will be announced here in my blog in about 2 weeks. 

Pam's Pearls

I will be sharing this page in the following challenges and social media sites:

Unity Stamp Company Growing in Unity group

Unity {show & tell} group

Christian Card Makers

Love to Craft ~ Challenge 85  

Morgan's Artworld ~ Challenge 87  

PINspirational Challenge # 324

Copics:

Brick: E09, E08, E07, E19, E17, Door: E27, E25, E23, Steps: W5, W4, W3, Flower: R24, R29, Y18, V04, BG02, BG15, BG57, Cactus: BG93, BG96, Leaves: G24, BG93, Pots: V22, V25, YR23, Y28, BG57, BG34, BG45

Products:

Unity Stamps, KOM 06/20 Change the World

Unity Stamps, No Limit to Love

I Am Praying For You ~ GIU Day 4

Like all the weeks as Unity Stamps Growing In Unity Girl, it goes by so fast!  I'm so grateful for being selected and having the opportunity to share what I love doing with each of you this week. 

For Day Four, I'm using Unity Stamps 'Cecelia Girl' by artist Angie Blom.  This stamp is my most used Angie Girl of all of the many girls that I own.  I believe God loves to hear our prayers and Cecelia makes the perfect card to send to those who are in need of our prayers and God's comfort.

But today Cecelia Girl is the highlight of Colossians 1:9-14 in my Bible Journaling project.  A little different technique today as we look at Zig markers and embossing.

Zig markers are another one of those products that sat on my shelf for many years, unused, collecting dust.  Until I met the 'Master of Zig Coloring' ... my friend Lynne!  This girl can make these markers talk!  I am just in awe of all her beautiful cards, especially her flowers.  

So inspired by Lynne's work and teaching, I'm using my small set of Zig markers and Canson water color paper for today's page.  I stamped the image and sentiment with Versa Fine Clair Nocturne (Black) ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

 

Then I used the Zig markers with water and a small paint brush to add color to the image.  You can also use a water pen, it's just whatever you're comfortable with.  

I pulled two leaf branch stamps from KOM 04/2015, 'Who We Have Matters'  and stamped them with Altenew's Enchanted Gold Pigment Ink then heat embossed with gold embossing powder.   Next I added my Zigs coloring with a small amount of water in all the tiny spots. 

After fussy cutting out the girl and both sets of leaves, I trimmed the sentiment to fit under the smaller branch of leaves.  I secured the top sentiment onto the page first, then added the leaves above it with a single leaf slightly overlapping.  Next I secured Cecelia Girl just under the COLOSSIANS vertical name and lastly added the larger branch of leaves across the remaining section at the bottom open section.  I underscored the selected scripture with a gold gel pen and added the tab at the top to complete this page. 

Thank you for stopping by today to see my posting today and how I used Unity Stamps in my Bible Journaling. A special thanks to those of you who are here from Unity Stamps this week. If you don't already follow my blog, I'd love for you to do that! 

 

Everyone remember to comment to be put in a drawing for your chance to win a prize from Unity Stamps at the end of my week's posting.

Pam's Pearls

I will be sharing this page in the following challenges and social media sites:

Unity Stamp Company Growing in Unity group

Unity {show & tell} group

Christian Card Makers

Color Dare ~ Challenge 644 ~ Choose 3

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 297

I Love Promarkers ~ Challenge 480

Products:

Unity Stamps, Cecelia Girl

Unity Stamps, Kit of the Month, April 2015, Who We Have Matters

Blessed are the Meek ~ GIU Day 3

The selected scripture for Day Three is Matthew 5:5 and I have used Phyllis Harris' Unity Stamp package Blessed Are the Meek.

Here's my colorful completed page followed today by LOTS of trial and error which are part of learning any new craft. 

 

The technique for Day Three started out to be sealing the Bible page so that I could stamp straight on the page. Prior to this day I had tried two additional products, both unsuccessfully. 

This time I used Daniel Smith's, Transparent Watercolor Ground being sure I followed their application instructions step by step.  After allowing plenty of drying time,  I used Versa Fine Clair Avocado ink to stamp the image.  I was unsure if this type ink would be okay and as you can see, the image bled through to the back side of the page. Not good...  Although errors crush our souls, I've already learned in this project, you're going to cover the back of the page so just try to learn from it and move on.

Back side - faint inked image bled through

Since the page didn't 'seal' as planned, I knew I couldn't use even the slightest water based products so I switched techniques and started over with colored pencils.

Hmmm...  This was the point I told my husband... "The devil is working overtime against me on this page." 

The pencil coloring was too light and the stamped sentiment could barely be seen at all.  I felt like everything I tried just wasn't working out.

I decided to try one more way, determined I wasn't giving up. I had recently purchased a box of adhesive sheets to print shipping labels.  These are standard 8 1/2" x 11" paper size pages split in half on the adhesive side to print two 8.5" x 5.5" labels. After cutting one in half, I stamped the image again, this time with Memento Bamboo Leaves Ink and turned back to my favorites... coloring  her with my Copic markers.  I was THRILLED that the Copics blended well on the adhesive paper!   I also restamped the sentiment with Black Versa Fine Clair ink and die cut it using a postage stamp die.

After fussy cutting around the 'newest' version of the image, being sure I left enough to cover what was already in my Bible, I secured the image and the sentiment to the Bible page.  For the background, I blended Squeezed Lemonade, Pink Raspberry, Wilted Violet, and Blueprint Sketch Distressed Oxides.  Then I die cut the word 'blessed' in coordinating cardstock of the Oxide colors and secured the words randomly over that color. Finally I'm happy with the page. 

Thanks for hanging with me through all this long description. I hope you picked up a tip somewhere through this to help with one of your projects.  A special thanks to those of you who are here from Unity Stamps this week. If you don't already follow my blog, I'd love for you to do that! 

 

Don't forget to comment for your chance  to win a prize from Unity Stamps at the end of my week's posting.

Pam's Pearls

I will be sharing this page in the following challenges and social media sites:

Unity Stamp Company Growing in Unity group

Unity {show & tell} group

Christian Card Makers  

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 250  

We Love 2 Create ~ Challenge 4  

Crafty Catz ~ Weekly Challenge ~ #690  

Addicted to Stamps ~ Challenge 489

Copics:

Hair: E35, E23, E21, Skin: E11, E21, E00, R20, Dress: V12 V15, Bird: B91, B93, Leaves: YG25, YG23, YG01, G38

Products:

Unity Stamps, Blessed Are the Meek

He Provides ~ GIU Day 2

For my Day Two with Unity Stamps, Growing in Unity, I am sharing another one of my favorite scriptures.  This one is from Isaiah 58:11,

The Lord promises to guide you always, satisfy your needs in a difficult situation, and strengthen you, so that you will be like a well-watered garden, a spring whose waters never fail. 

For this page from my Bible Journaling, I've used Unity Stamps, He Provides by artist Angie Blom, with this beautiful flower bouquet and the shortened version of the scripture.

Today's technique is stamping on Vellum and coloring with Copic markers.

I stamped the flower image on the vellum using the Misti and carefully set it aside to dry for several hours. When I was ready to color the image, I carefully colored on the BACK of the image with the Copics.  I colored with slightly darker colors than normal so they will show through and also colored fairly quickly as the color doesn't have the paper grain to absorb into, thus they dry quickly.   It will look a little blotchy on the back but quite stunning on the front side.

                     

 Next I used DoCrafts Xcut Die Large Nesting Door Plate Die for the flowers and I stamped the sentiment with Versa Fine Clair Glamorous (Deep Pink) and die cut using Spellbinders Label 56. Next I proceeded with adding these on the page and masking them to add the background.  Once secured with book binding glue, I used my 'home made version' of the Art Impression page protector along with the Door Plate die to cover the scriptures and the vellum flowers.

For the stenciled background, I selected the Starlite Diamond slimline stencil and used Distressed Oxides Mowed Lawn and Old Paper.   I also used the edge of the page protector as a guide to add the vertical strip of washi tape.  When all the masking was removed, then I added the die cut Cross at both locations of the scripture and underscored the scripture also with a gel pen. 

I hope you enjoyed learning how this page was created.  I can't wait to do another vellum stamping and back side coloring!   Hope you'll try this technique too!

Thanks for stopping by today too, especially if you're new and from the Unity Stamps site.  I'd love for you to start following me also. Don't forget to comment for your chance to win one of the two Unity Stamp prizes.

Pam's Pearls

I'll be entering this page in the following challenges:

Unity Stamp Company Growing in Unity group

Unity {show & tell}

Christian Card Makers

Stamping Sensation - UK - March

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 297

Addicted to Stamps ~ Challenge 489

Copics:

Leaves: G40, G43, F46, Flowers: R59, R46, R39, R29, R27

Products:

Unity Stamps, He Provides~ Angie Blom

DoCrafts Xcut Die Large Nesting Door Plate Die

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                     

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