Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Bella Blvd & Illustrated Faith

Hi everyone! Stephanie Buice here today and I'm so excited to share one of my bible journaling pages and little bit of my process with you. When I first heard that Bella Blvd was partnering up with Illustrated Faith I was very, very happy, two of my favorite things combining is always a good thing!

It's like ice cream and cake...who doesn't like ice cream cake!?

The first page I'm sharing is one I did based on Matthew 5:16, it was one of the verses in a recent sermon and it really hit home with me. So I got my notebook, bible and some supplies out and came up with what I wanted my page to say.

Normally I would just do all my work in the margins of my bible but I knew that I had so much to reflect on with this one so I made sure to leave some room on my page to fit all that in. I decided that the best way to be able to say all I wanted was to do my page on some vellum instead and insert it later.

My process is pretty simple regardless of when I'm putting it, first I cover my page with clear gesso (if I'm adding paint), then I dry it and add in my paints (I use Liquitex Basics Acrylic colors). I usually use an old gift card, a paint brush and even my fingers to make little smudges here and there. Before I start adding any stickers or embellishments I make sure that I get it good and dry using my heat gun.

Once everything is dry I start adding in my "title" and journaling. Since most of my pages usually start in a notebook, I like to try and add all the stuff that stood out and spoke to my heart onto my actual journaling page. For this page after I put my main journaling down " God Let my light shine with good, so other see and give you all the Glory", I decided to use some patten paper with circles cut out to write out the rest of my message.

For this page I pulled out my Genesis kit and some of my other Bella favorites. I love all the different alphabet stickers in the Genesis kit, so many to choose from!

To finish off my page I wanted to secure some of my words and my pattern paper pieces down, I added in some of the new washi tape and sewed over them a bit. I like how it not only keeps things intact but also give a more finished look.

I think it is also important that I share my verse with you, Matthew 5:16 (ESV) - "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Thank you so much for letting me share this with you today! I always have so much fun putting pieces of my heart down on paper, I hope you will give it a try too!