Hello and welcome. I've been trying for a few weeks now to make a prayer journal for my husband, however, my health had other ideas. Between migraines and a sinus infection with bronchitis, I've had absolutely no energy, let alone get creative. Hoping the antibiotics help me feel better soon and Mother Nature decides to play fair with the wind/rain California's getting right now.
After digging through my stash to find that composition book I bought during the back to school sales, I adhered lots of
Scor-tape over the front of the book before adhering a 12x12 sheet of "sea painting" designer paper I've had for years and never used. Once that was done, I I took some 49 and Market washi tape I won a while back, also never used, along the edge of the cover before adding card stock and more washi tape inside the front cover. Taking some scrap white card stock, I then die cut the prayer journal letters using a Sizzix alphabet set I received from a friend when she had to down-size her stamp room for a move. I then stippled on some
Tim Holtz old paper,
faded jeans,
tattered rose,
aged mahogany and
stormy sky distress inks over the letters to help them subtly blending in with the designer paper. Finally, I die cut from scraps two crosses from Spellbinders Cross Collection (now retired) dies with one cross for the inside cover. After stippling some Stampin Up wisteria ink over my die cut cross, I adhered the letters first then my cross using some
Bearly Arts glue.
Turning my attention to the inside front cover, I first stamped my To God Be The Glory hymn title from
Sweet N Sassy's Timeless Hymns, onto scrap white card stock before die cutting it out using my Spellbinders Labels 7 dies and my Big Shot making sure to also die cut the remaining layers from scraps as well. Before adhering all the hymn layers together, I stippled the same Tim Holtz inks around the hymn. After adhering the layers, I then added the second cross I had die cut earlier using the
Bearly Arts glue. I then took my Martha Stewart punches and punched out several ferns, pine spring, butterflies and flowers using up some scraps to make my own floral sprays for the inside. Once everything was adhered I finished them off by highlighting the hymn using a 3D glaze pen and then adding some
Stampendous Class-A-Peels stickers I've had for years and haven't finished using up yet. I'm happy with how the journal turned out for my husband, especially since it took three weeks to put it together while sick.
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Thanks for stopping by today. Have a fabulous rest of your week.
Stamps: Sweet N Sassy Timeless Hymns
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Faded Jeans, Old Paper, Aged Mahogany, Tattered Rose, Stormy Sky; Stampin Up Wisteria
Card Stock: Stampin Up; Misc Designer Paper; Scraps
Accessories: Composition Notebook, Scor-Tape, Sizzix Alpha Dies, Spellbinders Cross Collection, Labels 7, PFS Blending Brushes, Washi Tape, Big Shot, 3D Glaze Pen, MS Punches, Bearly Arts Glue, Stampendous Class-A-Peels Stickers
We’re taking recycling to the craft room and giving new life to
discarded items in a creative way. From paper towel rolls, junk mail
envelopes, cereal boxes, bubble wrap and so much more, we encourage you
to look around and see if you can “use it before you lose it” to the
trash!
We post once a month on the 2nd Tuesday at 2 PM EST. To join, message
Dawn or Kelly and tag us using
#recycledartistryighop. My project this month is recycling some empty medication bottles for the foster kittens I have. I chose to decorate the bottles using the retired Pawsome Pals stamp set from Creative Worship (formerly Sweet N Sassy) stamps. 
