Bible Journaling - Leviticus 19 & 20

In Leviticus 19, God lays down the law for the Israelites. Literally. It is a chapter filled with rules and regulations which they had to follow, on how to conduct themselves. This chapter is followed by one in which a list of punishments, for foreseen transgressions, are spelled out. I decided to label these two chapters together with the single word 'Purity.' I again use my die-cut machine to cut out the letters and then I stamp some decorations around it. I use a stamp pad to stamp the background and work throughout with a very limited palette. What makes these pages interesting, is that I actually made an error, which turned out much prettier than my original idea. I tell you more about this in the blog.

This is how these two chapters look in the Inspire Praise Bible.

I prepare the pages with Dala Clear Acrylic Gesso.

My pages now look like this.

I colour the illustration in the left margin with Mingyun markers.

My pages now look like this.

I then use the stamp pad of an Adirondack Lights pad by Ranger to stamp the background.

I use this set of alphabet dies by Couture Creations to cut the lettering with.

This is where I make the mistake. I intended to put double-sided tape at the bottom of the blue cardboard, but inadvertently, stuck it to the right side of the cardboard.

I laid the lettering on the cutting plate and used masking tape to hold it in place.

Then I put it through my Go Cut & Emboss machine.

This is how the die-cut letters come out.

I realized my mistake and quickly cut another set of letters.

I now had two sets of letters cut out.

I pulled the double-sided tape's backing paper away and fixed the 'correct' set of letters to the page.

Then I glued their tops with Dala Craft Glue.

I had realized how pretty the white backing paper was and decided to use these 'wrong' sides of the letters anyway.

I then decided to use this set of stamps by Clear Stamps, as well as Ranger Archival Ink.

I decorate the empty margin surrounding the lettering.

I use a Chizzwick stamp mount to mount the stamps.

My completed pages.

You can watch a short compilation video of the steps above on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/JSbQUBwQTU8

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