Tuesday Tutorial with Cece

Hi, friends! Cece (@candiescorner) here sharing with you how this page came together using the Citrus Twist Kits July GraceBox. This is my first post and I'm very excited to be here and to be part of this community.

First off, I started with putting down some acrylic paint by swiping them from left to right with a baby wipe. This technique is super easy and fun. I used the Dina Wakely (that came in the kit) and Illustrated Faith Pebeo (#23) acrylic paints because they matched the kit nicely. I put a small amount of paint on the baby wipe and swiped down paints in different areas on the margin of my Bible. It's like finger painting except you use a baby wipe.

Next, I wanted to put down the words, "gather together and give thanks," so I used a combination of stickers from the All People All Nations and Auburn Lane Pink Paislee sticker sheets that came in the kit, and some alpha stickers that I already had in my stash to spell out the word GIVE. 

Then at the bottom of the page, I used the phrases from the stamp set and stamped down the ones I thought went well with this  page. If I had more space, I would've stamped them all down. I also put down some enamel circles that came in the kit to fill in some of the blank spaces then stamped down the cross stamp using some VersaFine onyx black ink, making sure to stamp it on some scrap paper first before stamping it down on my Bible to minimize the bleed through. Then I drew out some lines to write down a prayer.

Here's the end product:

I hope you enjoyed today's creative process! I would love to see how you use this kit.

Have a great rest of the week and may God bless you and keep you!

Tuesday Tutorial with Tara

Good morning friends! I hope your week is starting off fantastic. It's Tara here today sharing a mini album tutorial I made with July's GraceBox kit. I wanted to make a mini album that was a little book of God's truths. It's easy to get caught up with the everyday busyness, that we forget God's grace and mercies. This mini album is going to a friend to help encourage her in the happy and tough days.

I'm making the exact style of accordion album as I did here. Thanks to the original creator, Stephanie Bryan, I recreated it once more. This is one of my favourite stash busters - I used a lot of papers, embellishments, stamps, and washi tape I already owned.

The first step is to pick a 12x12 piece of patterned paper and cut it into 3 4 inch high strips. Next, score your 4x12 piece of paper every 3 inches. I'm using one of the older exclusive Citrus Twist Kits paper from a main kit.

I decided to only use 2 strips of paper for this mini album. Finally, attach the ends together! Then comes the fun part - decorate to your heart's desire.

Here is the finished cover:

Here are a few of the accordion pages.

 

Some up close shots of each page:

 I wanted to make this mini album interactive. I tucked this bible verse into some layered papers.

Flip up the paper cluster to reveal two more verses.

I cut down one of the bible journaling cards down as a tip in.

I added a small little sentiment on the bottom.

Pull out the yellow piece of paper and find the "amen" sentiment from the Scripture Doodles stamp.

This was a cute die cut from a past GraceBox kit.

I added the small glassine bag from the kit layered on top of patterned paper. I'm going to add a special note inside.

Here is the back half of the accordion mini album.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope this mini album inspires you to make one for documenting life, writing down bible verses, or other fun things you would like to remember.

Xxo, Tara

His Love - July Gracebox

Hi everyone!
It's Gina Lideros again sharing with you a bible journaling page that I created using my July GraceBox kit.

I started by adding color to my page first.  The gelatos that came in this month's kit were perfect for this.  The pink gelato has a shimmer to it that shines and looks fabulous.

Next, came the stamping.  I stamped crosses along my page, arrows and dots.  Down at the bottom of the page I used the stamp "We believe in God the father."  I had the opportunity to design the stamps included in the kit this month and this stamp was inspired by one of my favorite songs by the Newsboys.

I used the alpha stickers included in the kit to create my title and added some puffy stickers and washi tape too.   The cute little arrow paper clip was the perfect touch to finish off my page.

You can pick up your own July GraceBox here!

Inside My Travelers Notebook - July GraceBox

Hi everyone! 

It's Bonita Rose again sharing with you this page

inside one of my Travelers Notebooks.

I use this one mostly for a faith journal

and jotting down my thoughts to God. 

I used a few elements on this one from this month's

Grace Box! 

I added color to my page first. 

Next I stamped some black designs on the page,

then freehand, drew some lines for what what on my heart.

My next step is always the journaling. 

My heart was saying, 

Help me to 

LIVE my life 

closer to You. 

I used the alphabet stickers in this month's Kit for the word, LIVE. 

Next, I chose some of the white word strip stickers, and finished my page off

with some of the puffy blue crosses on the right side of the page.

Of course I had to add a pretty Prima Flower to this page, 

because well, I love flowers! 

My journaling reads: 

Help me to feel Your Presence in my every day. 

My every moment.

Let me never doubt you are near.

You are here. 

You are as close to me as my breath. 

Sign up for the August Grace Box HERE 

Always lots of fun embellishments, a CTK Stamp set

and more! 

XOXO

Bible Journaling Tutorial by Jessy Christopher

Hello there again! Jessy here to share with you the creative process on how I created on my journaling bible page. It's always refreshing to receive the GraceBox each month! 

To begin, I will usually prime my page with gesso. I applied gesso so that my page will not be too wrinkled and the colours on the medium will stay true. The Faber Castell gelatos are amazing medium to use & you can usually spread it smoothly by using water. I love how easily they blended. 

Once everything is air-dried, I adhered some gold washi tapes randomly. I love how subtle they look against the background colours. 

Next, I decorated my page with all the embellishments that come in the July GraceBox. I always love the mixture of pastel + bold colours in the box. It is always fun to hand-lettered some words, that would give personal touches to your creations! 

Here's the completed page... 

I hope you enjoyed today's creative process using the July GraceBox. Do share with us what you have created as we would love to see and be inspired! Thank you for coming by!

Xoxo Jessy

Bonita Rose | Do The Word, July Grace Box

Hi everyone!

It's Bonita Rose here and today, I'm sharing with you

a fun and easy page I created inside my Faith Journal, using some of the 

elements from the July Grace Box! 

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Don't miss out!

I used the pink pastel gelato that was included in my Grace Box,

and created a soft pink wash on both my pages. 

Next, I used the honeycomb stencil with some green spray ink

I had in my Studio. Let dry.

Next I stamped some fun elements on both pages.. from 

this month's current Grace Box stamp set, included with your subscription! 

I used the mint alpha stickers to spell DO YOUR WORD

I added some strips of the white/gold washi tape on the page! 

Along with some of the white word stickers.

Next, I drew some lines for some heartfelt journaling.

And added some pretty pink flowers to finish my pages off. 

Voila! 

These pages are based on this verse below: 

"Do not merely listen to the word, 

and so deceive yourselves. 

Do what it says."

James 1:22 

My journaling here reads: 

Today Lord, I'm praying to ask You to help me

DO Your Word.

Not just read it. 

Not just create and take pretty photos. 

Help me to make a difference in the world

to others that are lost.

Let my life be a light. 

A bright light that can show others

the way home.

Help me to

DO 

YOUR

WORD.

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for the August Grace Box

DON'T MISS OUT! 

I honestly loved everything about this month's kit, including the gelatos, the letter stickers, the washi, the puffy stickers, the word stickers, the stamp set, the cards, the stencil! 

Too much fun! 

XOXO