Bybel Legkaart

Friday, 15 August 2025

Three different Bible Journaling techniques in one blog!

It has been a while since my last post and I thought I'd splash out a bit and share three different techniques of doing Bible Journaling in this blog; combining die-cutting with colouring, combining stamping with water colour painting, and stenciling. Enjoy!

Our first passage is in Genesis 12:10-20 where the spotlight falls on Sarai, Abram's wife. Abram conspired with Sarai to lie to their Egyptian hosts, because he feared they would kill him to claim her for themselves, as she was such a beautiful woman. I don't know how old Sarai was at this stage, but we all know her to be a woman who gave birth at a ripe old age. I therefore opted to use a stamp and die-cut set of a collection of funky old(er) ladies to journal this passage. I stamped the images on the back of shiny packaging paper.

I then took the dies apart and fitted them on the stamped images to test the layout.

I then proceeded to colour the stamped images with alcohol markers.

This is the what the coloured images looked like.

It was now time to put it through the die-cut machine!

The images were weeded and popped out of the dies.

I then glued the images into the margin of the Bible and inked the bottoms of the images to prevent them from appearing to be floating in mid-air.

A close-up view.

A second close-up view.

A third and last close-up view.

The second passage was taken from Exodus 35:30-35. In this passage Moses informs the people of Israel that God had chosen Bezalel, the artisan, to head up the construction of the temple and its utensils, along with some assistants. These artistic craftsmen were appreciated for their skill and artistry. I opted to use a stamp set depicting art tools and mediums to illustrate this passage. The images were stamped directly into the Bible.

I then inked the background of the images very lightly in a very pale shade to turn it ever so slightly away from stark white.

I opted to use water colours to paint the stamped images as this was more true to the nature of the images.

A close-up view. Note how I also added shadows under the items to anchor it to the page.

A second close-up view.

A final close-up view.

The third and last passage was taken from 1 Corinthians 15:30-34 where Paul refers to himself as having fought wild beasts in Ephesus. I used a stencil of the Colosseum to serve as a stark reminder of the atrocities of the times. The image was first stenciled in Terra Cotta.

I then touched parts of the image with Rust.

The tiniest touches of Pesto was used to compliment the previous colours.

I removed the stencil.

I anchored the image with Coffee Brown.

A close-up of the final product. I hope to see you soon, but if not, check my (almost) daily videos on YouTube.

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:

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Friday, 22 November 2019

Bible Journaling: Numbers 28 & 29

In Numbers 28 we find a repetition and summary of the different offerings that the Israelites were to bring to the Lord. There are daily, weekly (Sabbath) and monthly offerings. Then there are also the offerings to be brought at the different festivals; Passover, Harvest, and continued in chapter 29, the festivals of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Festival of Shelters. As these chapters were slightly repetitive of what I've covered in previous passages, I decided to simply decorate the pages by decoupaging some serviettes (napkins) into the Bible. These were originally black on white, but I decided to add some colour to them to make it a little more interesting.

The chapters look like this in the Inspire Praise Bible.

I treat the pages with Dala Clear Acrylic Gesso.

Once dry, the pages look like this.

This is the napkin I will be using in the Bible.

Remove the backing paper from the napkin, so that you work with a single sheath of very thin paper.

I cut out the designs I wished to use.

I then painted a layer of gesso in the Bible, where I wished the napkin to go.

I lay the napkin on the wet gesso and then I painted another layer of gesso over the napkin.

Once dry, I cropped the overhanging edges of the napkin.

I then scribbled over everything with a Faber-Castell Gelatos stick.

I spritzed the pages with water.

I used a dry make-up sponge to blend the gelatos on the pages.

I then used Derwent Inktense pencils to colour the designs on the serviette.

Initially, I simply coloured very roughly.

I then used a Pentel Aquash Brush to paint over the pencil and added more colour.

A close-up shot of the colouring.

The completed pages.

You can watch a short compilation video of the steps above on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/DDv8G0jVSuw

Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2005,2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois, 60188. All rights reserved.

Inspire PRAISE South Africa edition copyright 2017 by Christian Art Publishers, PO Box 1599, Vereeniging, 1930, RSA. All rights reserved.

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
You may prefer to follow the traveling blog, A Pretty Tourist.
For more crafty ideas and great product reviews, visit A Pretty Talent on Facebook.
If you are in a literary mood, follow Miekie's musings, stories and poetry on A Pretty Author - Miekie.
Remember to keep nurturing your TALENT for making life PRETTY.
You can subscribe to any of these blogs and receive regular updates by email. Simply register your email address at the top of the applicable blog.

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Bible Journaling: Numbers 27

Numbers 27 is an interesting time, considering the time it is set in, as well as the patriarchal systems that abounded. In this chapter, a group of sisters approach Moses to complain that their inheritance will be lost to their family due to the fact that they had no brother. Moses petitioned God about this and a ruling was made that would allow them to inherit the land of their father. In the last part of the chapter we find that Joshua is appointed as Moses' successor, because he already had God's Spirit on him. I restricted my journaling largely to stamping, making sure to use a stamp of a girl to represent Zelophehad's daughters.