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! 

 

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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