Leather Journal {Winner}

Thank you all for your comments. I loved hearing what you have done for the challenge, how you have joined in for years, and so many other things. I was blessed. I encourage each of you to read the comments as it may bless you too. And now for our winner. I pulled up random generator this morning, and it gave me No. 3 as our winner of the leather journal.  And No. 3 belongs to this comment:

"Anonymous Anonymous said... I am enjoying the Glory Art posts, studying and journaling but only sometimes making something. I also find that the journaling questions are good for conversation starters thank, Patter. Jennifer in OH. jdjmosher@gmail.com February 22, 2017 at 7:28 PM"

Jennifer, I will e-mail you after church to get your address. So excited you will be receiving this beautiful journal. I hope you will love it as much as I do! Have a blessed Sunday everyone!

It's A Journal {Giveaway}

For those of you taking part in this year's Glory {Art} studies, you know that I have a new option this year. I am sharing journaling prompts so that you can journal and leave your faith legacy. I love the leather journal I have and use. So, today, I thought I would offer one of these journals to one Glory {Art} participant. The journal looks like this and holds wet media pretty well. I also use a Pigma Micron pen for journaling, and there is not any bleed through.

So, what do you have to do to win this journal? Leave a comment and tell me if you are participating in this year's Glory {Art} Challenge, if you are journaling, creating, or just studying along with the challenge, or anything else you want to share about the challenge or how you would use the journal. I will leave this giveaway open until Saturday, Feb. 25th, at 11:59 p.m. Then I will announce the winner on Sunday here on my blog. You must leave your e-mail address in the comment so that I can contact you if you are the winner.

And before I finish this post, I thought you might like to see today's journaling. This was a question from this past week's journaling prompt in our study. Once again, another super simple page as it's about the journaling not the art. I always just need a bit of color on the page. :)

Thanks for joining me, and can't wait to see who will get to enjoy this gorgeous journal! Blessings to each of you,

A Little {Sunday} Freebie

Currently I am taking another class by Roben-Marie Smith called "Paper to Painting." As always, it is a great class. I have taken her classes for probably 6 years at least. Anyway, most of you know that I always scan my work and use the printouts for other things. Never have I scanned a piece while I create. I only scan them once they are complete. Well, I scanned this one after Step 2 in the class. Oh my, how I love it. I am definitely going to be scanning my work-in-progress also now. 

And in my excitement, I thought I would encourage you to download, print, and use my photo. I did not watermark this one so feel free to use it but I also ask that you give credit where credit is due. You can also find the full-sized image by clicking here. Thanks for stopping by, and let me know how you might use this. Blessings,

Inspiration Journal {Winner}

Happy Friday everyone! Sorry I did not get the winner posted yesterday. We have family in town, and it was a busy, fun day yesterday. So, while everyone is sleeping, I wanted to get this posted. But first, let me say that I always LOVE reading how you will use my journals. This is my second journal give-away, and I am SO touched at the ways these might be used. With that said, the person that will be using this particular journal is:

" Diana A. said...

Patter, I thank the Lord for people that celebrate being made in His likeness through creativity. Sometimes I'm at a loss of where to begin when starting a new venture. Just recently I've discovered how people are Bible journaling through art. Immediately the idea connected with my heart, but now it's time to actually try it. The alphabet theme seems to tie in well since His Word is the foundation of knowing Him better. What beautiful colors to inspire and the number of pages makes the idea of journaling less intimadating. So I would begin my babysteps of personal Bible art-journaling with the gift of your journal. No matter what, your spirit of inspiring and encouraging is appreciated! Thanks!"

Congratulations, Diana! Please e-mail me  me your address so that I can get this in the mail to you. Blessings to each of you!

Art {Journaling} Inspiration Journal Giveaway

Many of you may have seen Donna Downey's Inspiration Wednesday videos. She has posted them for many years. Anyway, I have always wondered where she purchased her journals. Well, she makes them. So, I watched her $5 class on how to make them, and I made a quick one yesterday. Click here to see the class details. 

For my journal, I decided not to use grommets. I just stitched the pages directly into the fabric journal. I am not planning on adding signatures, so this works for me. This journal has 12 pages of Canson Mixed Media paper inside as well as a tag or other fun item in the center of each page. The outside fabric is a thinner cotton, and the inside is heavy canvas so it can get paint all over it. Here is a quick look. I am not sure why so many wrinkles showed up in the photo. It doesn't look like that in person. Hmmm? :)

And if you are interested in this journal, I am giving this first one away. Just leave a comment below letting me know how you might use this journal or what you like about this journal. Leave your comment by Wednesday, April 20, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. I will then post the winner on Thursday here on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your Sunday afternoon!

Art {Journal} Winner!

Thank you all for sharing how you would use the journal I created. It was a blessing to read your comments. And now for our random winner:

 Beatriz Farquhar-Guzman said...

I absolutely love your work! I would use it as a prayer journal and as well as scriptures all over its pages. I love to write down my prayers. Again, thanks for all you do!

April 5, 2016 at 9:17 AM

 

Congratulations, Beatriz. Please e-mail me so that I can get this in the mail to you. I truly hope you will enjoy it. Have a blessed Sunday everyone!

RAK Winner

First, thank you all for your comments. It was so encouraging to read what the Lord is doing with this study. I pray He continues to grow each of us as we study His word and glorify Him through all we do! 

And now, we have a winner!!!! After assigning numbers to each of the 35 entries, random.org pulled No. 16 which was assigned to Joyce Peck. Joyce, please e-mail me your address, and I will get these goodies in the mail to you! Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Glory {Art} RAK Time!

Today we are celebrating 500+ members on the Glory{Art} Facebook page and 2,100+ members here on my blog. I am excited to have so many of you creating with me for God's glory! Today I am sharing: 

• Heidi Swapp date stamp 
• Bird stamp 
• Blue Fern Studios chipboard crosses 
• Bag for your Bible journaling 

To win, leave a message here on how you are enjoying the Glory {ARt} studies. Which has been your favorite? Are you behind, caught up? Share something about the Glory {Art} Scripture Challenge. Leave a comment here for one entry. Leave another comment on the Facebook page for a second entry. Comments must be posted by Friday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. I will then draw a random winner and announce here and on the Facebook page Saturday, August 15th. Blessings to each of you!

April Sketch and a RAK!

It's that time again for a new sketch challenge with Blue Fern Studios. I know a lot of you already play along for your chance to win the amazing monthly prize but I know some of you do not because you do not have any Blue Fern Studios products. Be sure to read the bottom of this post to see how you can get some chipboard to play along!

The Sketch

This month's gorgeous sketch is another created by Michele Singh. She always creates amazing sketches, and this April 2015 sketch is no exception. To see all of the details to play along and enter for the grand prize, please read this post here. You will also find amazing inspiration by the design team in that same post!

Chipboard RAK

Today I am giving away a set of the Blue Fern Studios Ornate Crosses chipboard. Leave a comment below stating your favorite Blue Fern Studios paper line, stamp set, or chipboard pieces by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 5th, and I will randomly draw a winner on Monday, April 6th. If you don't know what Blue Fern Studios product is your favorite, be sure to look here to see all of the goodies to make your choice. Oh yum!

Have fun playing with the sketch. Can't wait to see your entries linked on the Blue Fern Studios blog! Blessings,

Blue Fern Studios Chipboard {Winner}

Thank you for all of the comments and excitement about the new Blue Fern Studios products coming out. If you missed that post, you will want to click here to see all of the beautiful stamps and papers!

But now onto the important part of this post the winner of the "Ornate Crosses" chipboard set. The random winner is:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

12

Timestamp: 2015-01-13 11:26:51 UTC

 Angela Hoynes said...

Love the new stamps, particularly Love Story set 1. The crosses are lovely. I can't seem to find who sells Blue Fern in the UK

January 10, 2015 at 2:24 PM

Angela, please e-mail me your address so that I can get these in the mail to you! Thanks everyone for stopping by! Be sure to check back as I will have a Journaling Bible page to share later this week. Blessings,

Giveaway! New Blue Fern Studios Paper Line!

Today I have some exciting news! Blue Fern Studios is giving away their newest paper collection called: 

"Ombré Dreams"

First, let's take a look at each of the individual papers in this new line:

 Charlotte's Dream

Ginger's Dream

Joyce's Dream

Julianna's Dream

Leslie's Dream

Shannon's Dream

Susan's Dream

Dream Cards

Aren't they gorgeous? For your chance to win, please see all of the entry details in this post on the Blue Fern Studio blog. I would LOVE for one of my readers to win a set!!! The giveway ends on May 17th, so head on over and enter for your chance to win! Thanks for stopping by! Blessings,

Organizational {Friday} Matching Stamps and Dies & RAK Winners

Many companies now make stamps that have matching die cuts. It is actually very nice to have the two; however, how do you store them. I have a storage system I love for my die cuts (click here to see that storage). And I also have a wonderful storage system for my stamps that I love (click here to see that storage and my index). I do not want to change my current storage but how should I merge the two? Let's look at my simple solution.

Supplies (click each product for buying information)

*Univenture binder

*Gina K. binder pages

*magnetic roll (purchased from Michael's but also available at many craft stores)

*Glossy Accents

Putting it Together

Since I only have a few of these matching stamp and die sets, I decided to use one of my Univenture binders keep them stacked on my shelf with all of my other Univenture binders that contain my stamps. I have put a label on the side so I can grab these quickly when I want.

To store the stamps and dies, I put the stamps on one of the Gina K. binder pages. Then I cut a small strip of magnet for each die set. The adhesive on the back of the magnet was not strong enough to keep it down on the page so I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the magnetic piece. I then put my scrap piece of granite on top of the page until it dried. Then the magnet pieces were ready to hold the dies. Here is how a page looks:

On the back of each page, I used my labeler to put the name of the stamps and dies. This works perfectly for me, and now everything is kept together. I hope you find this helpful in some small way so that you can store your stamps and dies together! 

RAK Winners

And now for the Blue Fern Studios chipboard RAK winners. The two blessed winners are comment numbers 9 and 11. Those numbers belong to:

"Anonymous said... Hello Patter, no I haven't used any of these products before. I just got over a 1,000 prints developed {I am way, way behind}so I can get back to scrapbooking my dear family's story...would love to win..thanks so much for your hymn studies, too...my youngest - 14- Sarah and I do them as part of her curriculum..xo, Becky"

"Jonia said... Hi Patter, Hope you are doing well! No I have not had a chance to use any of the Blue Fern Products, but I would love for this to be the time. I also have not played along with their sketch. Thanks for the RAK!"

Congrats to both of you! Please e-mail me with your address, and I will get your chipboard in the mail to you! And thank you all for your comments, and so glad so many of you have tried and love the Blue Fern products! Enjoy the rest of your Friday, and thanks for stopping by!

March Sketch and a RAK!

Happy March everyone! As this new month begins, it's time for a new sketch challenge from Blue Fern Studios. Here is the amazing March sketch:

To see all of the details regarding the sketch challenge, please click here. And be sure to jump over to the Blue Fern Studios blog to see all of the amazing design team inspiration using this sketch!

And now for a little fun. Today I thought I would share some Blue Fern Studios chipboard with two blessed blog readers! You have a chance to win a package of Blue Fern Studios Ornate Crosses chipboard.

You could use this chipboard to play along with the sketch challenge! All you have to do is comment below and tell me if you have used any Blue Fern Studios papers or chipboard yet and/or if you have played along in the sketch challenge before. Leave your comment by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 6th, and I will draw a random winner on Friday.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a blessed week. See ya Friday with the names of the RAK winners!

Organizational {Friday} Template Re-Do & RAK!

I do not think I have ever shared my template storage with you. Well, they have been hanging in alphabetical order on my Clip-it-Up for a long time. Here is my old template storage:

While that served its purpose, my Clip-it-Up is across the room, and it was a pain to clip the templates back up when I was done. I also found as I used my templates that I was just stacking them on my art journaling table instead of putting them back away. Lazy yes, I know. So, I decided to put them in an old CTMH storage box that I was not using. Here is what I did.

First, I put them all back in alphabetical order so that they are easy to find instead of going through a messy stack on my desk. Then I just put them in the back of the storage box. I then made dividers using heavy cardstock, my vintage typewriter, and my WRMK Envelope Punch board. Next, I added a bit of fabric tape to dress up the dividers a bit. I needed this to be fast and not necessarily fancy. I also know that the dividers will probably get messy from my painted hands, etc. This is my messy table for sure!

And no, that's not salad dressing on my table. LOL! It's a jar of vinegar and water that I use for cleaning. And the misters in the front of the box are by Lindy's Stamp Gang. I have all of my other misters in a storage unit but these are ones I am going to be using soon. The front of the box is perfect for holding mists too as you can see.

I do leave box open as the templates are too high to close the lid. In the back of the lid I have actually put a larger template that is an old Tupperware napkin ring. It's too big to put in the box but works great laying in the back of the lid. I generally only by 6x6 templates so this storage works great for me (for now). :)

And lastly if you have kept up with me for this long—because I kept a messy stack of my templates on my desk for so long, I found that I had purchased duplicate templates. So, today I will be giving away two brand new duplicate templates that I found I had—The Crafter's Worship Mini Bricks and Mini Fence Frame. These are both 6x6 and work great on layouts, cards, art journals, anything!

All you have to do is leave a comment about templates here in the comment section—how you store your templates, if you use templates, if you clean them when you are done, anything about templates. Leave your comment by Sunday, June 2, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. I will randomly select a winner and post on Tuesday, June 4th. Thanks for stopping by, and see you tomorrow with some inspiration and a sketch! I hope you will join me!

Blue Fern Studios RAK {Winners}

Yes, you read that correctly—I said "winners." I was only going to give away one RAK but I decided to give away two!!! So, two blessed "commenters" from our first Blue Fern Studios blog hop will receive goodies from me. So, without further chatter, here are the winners:

Catherine said... Wonderful job as always Patter. Really great layout and I love the colors you chose. February 8, 2013 at 10:43 AM

Lisa Rukin Swift said... I always love all of the beautiful details on your pages, Patter. This is so lovely! February 8, 2013 at 8:50 AM

Catherine and Lisa, please e-mail me your addresses, and I will get your goodies off to you! Thank you all for your sweet words, and I pray you enjoyed the hop! Blessings,