Lines, Birds, a Wreath, Two Gnomes, and a Dog!

Catching up after last week's power loss  - Zeta knocked out all the power and internet in our area for several days.  Only one tree down and it barely touched my car with just a few little scratches.... several trees look shaky though and another one looks like it is headed this way next week....

I did do another lines page in my bible and intended to post it to **ART*JOURNAL*JOURNEY* where we were playing with lines (October prompt), but the power made me miss it. I wanted to share it because I used birthday goodies sent to me by my sweet friend Jayne and I love the colors.  Super simple: Gesso base, gesso on the music/architectural paper (from Jayne), gesso on the crayon paper (from Jayne), stamp the DRS Design pencils and water color them, slap on some more water colors and done.  Fun tuff.

The page is James 3 and 4 which are about controlling your tongue and heart and understanding that God values humility and hates the proud.  I like to think of Mother Teresa and her selfless love she had for everyone - she very much patterned her life after Christ.  Something we should all do - it is a good idea whatever religion or non-religion we follow as a humble spirit is a BEAUTIFUL thing.  I also think of how we want to draw our own lines so much - I do it often.  I need to be careful....

So now onto this month's **ART*JOURNAL*JOURNEY* prompt which is birds and was chosen by Wendy K (so love her thoughtful and creative stories and pages).  Here is my first birds page, and I am working on another now.  First I put down a layer of Gesso, then the Dina Wakley Scribble Bird was stamped (I drew in a few more lines) and water-colored.  The tree, crackle marks, and birds are a Stamperia stencil, the flower sun is a stencil from  Magenta, and the numbers and letters are from an Andy Skinner Industrial Elements stencil. I water-colored all the elements and the sky and drew in the shadow.  

This is Psalms 109 - I have four more pages in Psalms and I am done!!!  This is a prayer for punishment of the wicked.  Kind of makes me uncomfortable as when I have wished punishment for the wicked, I feel very bad as I really believe judgement like that is all in God's territory as we can't see the whole picture and we don't know the hearts of others.  Still it is hard....judgement of others is something I struggle with and I know that if I were judged by my so call standards, I fall seriously short.  Our measuring sticks will be used against us one day.....

Also made some cards this past week.  My first one is a coral and shell wreath.  I fussy cut all the DRS Design elements (3-in-1 Ocean Floor Designs, and 4-in-1 Seashells, Christmas Light String) with some grade school scissors so it was tough!  Need to straighten out the craft room and find my snips!  I even fussy cut the light string.....it was tough!  Layered it all up and then used the new "Shell"ebrate the Season Greeting.   Super easy card. 

This next card was made with my sweet grandson, Lewis.  We did a quick water-color background and splatter, then stamped the DRS Designs Paper Coffee Cup, Peeking Gnome, Snowflakes, and the new Gnome for the Holidays Greeting.  I water-colored everything and did a bit of sponging and it was done. 

This last card is a tent topper card with recycled elements from an old birthday card.  Old papers too.  This is going off to an 8 year old boy recovering from multiple surgeries.  Looks like he is on the mend now.  So hard to even think about a child suffering!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Hugz,

Nancy