Upcoming Class Sneak Peak

In just under a week my first class will launch. For this class I'm "stealing like an artist", to coin a phrase from a book by the same title. The artist I'm stealing from is...myself. I've looked back through my journals over the years and I'm copying some of my favorite techniques for journal making, background pages, collage and other art techniques, and I'm putting the tutorials in this class.

We'll make a journal with fold-out pages and use lots of vintage ephemera, just as I have done in my journals over the years.

The tutorials will include some of my favorite techniques such as collage strip backgrounds, hand cut letters, sunburst backgrounds, wavy journaling, lots of gesso, and a whole lot more!

The All in All Signature Journal Class will begin on July 18 and run through August 1st. The fee is $17.50 and will be hosted on a private class blog. There are also some limited edition class kits available for $10.00. To learn more and to sign up click here.

Our journals will be complete in time to use them for the next Words Art & Bible Study Challenge. Christ is All in All: Colossians Words begins on August 1 and will run for 20 days. This challenge will offer 20 words from the book of Colossians with a daily devotion on this blog to inspire your creativity. A private Facebook group for the Words challenges is available where you can share your art and join in the conversation and community. Link to the Words Facebook group is in the sidebar on the right.

Join us as we use words to journey through the book of Colossians!

Introducing My First Class and A New Words Challenge

Last December we journeyed together through Advent with Advent Words. In February and March we took another journey with Lent Words. Through these two journeys I discovered a type of challenge that weds together the two things that bring me great joy and provide me with renewal, refreshment, and emotional and spiritual energy: Bible study and art. The bonus that came out of these two journeys was the growth of a community of almost 200 fellow travelers who love Bible study and art as much as I do. And so the journey continues.

Introducing All In All: Colossians Words Challenge. Beginning on August 1 and running through August 20, we will use 20 significant words that will guide us through the whole book of Colossians. This book exalts Christ as Lord probably more than any other book in the Bible. It gives us a clear picture of who we are in Christ and how to walk with Christ. The words of this challenge will provide us with opportunities to dig deeper into this book and inspiration to express what we discover through art journaling. Daily devotions will be posted here on my blog and you can share your art and insights in a private Facebook group, while building community with others who enjoy Bible study and art. To join the Facebook community click the link here or on the button in the side bar.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Wordschallengegroup/

I would also like to introduce my first class! I love to make my own journals and have made one to use in conjunction with the Colossians Word Challenge.

This journal is a sewn signature journal with mixed paper pages, tip-ins, pages that fold out, and a place in the back to keep study notes. Signature journals are one of my favorite types of journals. They are easy to make, not too thick, yet they provide numerous pages for art journaling. I have made many over the years:

Some with fold out pages:

Some with tip-ins using tags, postcards and other ephemera:

Now in this journal class I'm combining all of those things plus a few more to provide us with a special book just for our Colossians Words Challenge.

A sewn signature with book cloth spine

Mixed paper pages using a variety of ephemera

A place for study notes

Here's a brief flip through the journal:

Join me! The class will run from July 18-August 1st on a private blog. There will also be a private class Facebook group where you can ask questions, share your progress, and build community. I even have a limited supply of kits that include some of the items we will use: Bookcloth for spine, 1 vintage Dennison label, 1 vintage 4x6 tab index divider, 1 length of waxed bookbinding thread, 1 metal prong fastener, 3 shipping tags, and a pack of 20 papers that includes, map pages, ledger paper, index pages and other text pages. For more info on the class and the class kit or to sign up click on the link in the main menu at the top or click on the logo below.