Bible Journaling | Unfailing Love

Hello friends, it's Tara here on the blog today sharing a quick and easy bible journaling page today. I kept it simple and clean, focusing on the verse and my prayer.

I have been working on being more intentional with starting my day in God's word. Sometimes it's so overwhelming thinking of all the different studies or methods to choose from. I found a really simple, 3 minute routine thanks to Hello Mornings. I love how it's all about GodTime, PlanTime, and MoveTime.

Kat, the creator of Hello Mornings suggests starting with the verse Psalm 143:8.

I used a few bits and pieces from April's GraceBox kit. I wanted to keep this journaling page really simple and bold with the black and white. My favorite elements to use are the Twilight gold foil rub ons paired with the Illustrated Faith clear sticker alphas.

You can faintly see the smaller dot stamp up on the top of the journaling page using a pale seaglass ink and down below using a past GraceBox stamp with lines using a pale pink ink. I wanted to add a few hints of color here and there that was just barely noticeable.

How do you start your day with God? I would love to hear what you do in your daily or even weekly routine.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful week!

Blessings!

xxo, Tara

Tuesday Tutorial with Tara | Label Love

Hi friends, Tara here today for another installation of Tuesday Tutorial. I'm sharing an easy way to stretch your stash. I love little bits of ephemera and sometimes have a hard time finding the right phrase or the right size for a certain project. Here is an easy way to create your own labels and ephemera to fit your needs.

Grab some ink pads, clear blocks, and stamps!

I start by using this awesome label from the Detours stamp.

I then add phrase stamps from April's GraceBox kit, along with other stamps from past GraceBox kits. I prefer to go for mostly neutral shades but added in a bit of color too.

For a little bit of a fun twist - I also stamped on some vellum paper and loved how it turned out! Test out a few different types of ink. You can see the top left "Say Yes" circle smeared pretty badly. 
TIP - ink on vellum takes longer to dry so give it some time before cutting out your ephemera. I have to say the Illustrated Faith ink pad was my favorite to use!

When you have some down time (for me it's usually watching a show or listening to a podcast), I find it very relaxing to cut out the little ephemera labels and bits.

I didn't have a large enough circle punch, but made wonky circles by using the Rise and Shine stamp set circles and cutting it a bit off to the side. I love having a little pile of bits ready to add to projects.

I stacked up the circle, label, and and old phrase stamp to give this tab a layered look. I love how the layered ephemera looks using this month's GraceBox kit and some watercolor.

Here is a look at the entire journal entry.

I hope you find some inspiration to create some labels, tags, and/or ephemera. Please share your creations in the Citrus Twist Fan Page. Thank you for stopping by!

Tuesday Tutorial with Tara - Smooshing

Hello friends, I hope you had a good start to your week. It's Tara here sharing my "smooshing technique" -

making a bright background (resembles watercolor) that you can use numerous ways. I used this

technique today on smaller cards to give sunshine and encouragement to send off in the mail. The colors

in March's GraceBox kit were so beautiful and it worked well with this technique.

Here is a step by step guide to get you to smooshing. You will need:

• Distress ink pads (you can test out other types of ink pads too!)
• Plastic packaging (I keep all the Citrus Twist Kit’s stamp packaging)
• Paper (I recommend heavier cardstock or watercolor/mixed media paper)
• Spritzer/water bottle
• Water 

First, grab an ink pad and stamp it directly onto the plastic. You will have to practice how many times you want to stamp the ink on the plastic to vary the intensity of the color.

Next, get a mister, spray bottle, or use a brush with some water and get some water on the stamped ink spots. Again, you will have to see how much or how little water you want to get the right color for your background. I practiced on some plain printer paper a few times, but usually I just wing it.

Now is the fun part! Carefully take your plastic and smoosh it onto your paper a few times. Feel free to add more water, more ink, and go crazy. The best part is you can never have too much color.

I added one of Amy Tangerine’s ‘Sunshine and Good Vibes’ die cuts and used the exclusive GraceBox stamps to add sentiments. I finished one card with a label sticker from the kit and some heart cork pieces from my stash.

Here is a look at the finished cards:

And a little closer look at each one:

I hope this inspired you to get more color on your layouts, bible journaling pages, and other fun projects.
Thank you for stopping by today.

Have a great week! Xxo - Tara

3 To Inspire with Ashley and Tara

Happy Saturday, it's time for another 3 to Inspire challenge and this week have two different takes on it! Ashley and Tara are teaming up to share what they created.


Here are this week's prompts:

1. hearts
2. enamel dots
3. hand stitching

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Here is a look at what Ashley created:

Then November GraceBox was full of unique pieces to create with. The first thing I did was pull out this sweet little harvest journaling card. It reads, "Everything that God does begins with a seed and ends with a Harvest". I added a hand-stitched heart and stitched x's. 

I love how thread brings texture to a piece. The stamper has several phrases that are perfect for bible journaling. I used the AMEN stamp, then added a few dots, pen stitches, journaling, and crosses for the win!

Now we challenge you! Take these three prompts and start creating!

Ashley aka @magmagandme

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Hi friends! I'm so happy to be sharing my creation using this week's 3 to Inspire challenge, which is  my absolute favorite one to do! I love teaming up with Ashley to create two different ideas with the same prompts.

Here is my take on today's challenge:

I wanted to make a little bookmark for a friend that was not only pretty, but inspirational. I loved working with this month's GraceBox kit! There were so many pretty colors and bits that the possibilities were endless.


I took the little Gratitude Tip ins, cut it down, and stuck it on some plain cardstock from my stash. I added a sentiment from the stamp included in the kit along with a heart rub on. Love all the variations of pink here!!

I added just a couple of hand-stitched crosses for a little bit more interest in the corner.

My friend loves coffee so I thought this sentiment was perfect not only for a bookmark, but for her too. Then I placed a couple of enamel dots and a fun black speckled splotch from the rub ons in the kit.

I wanted to add a bible verse that means so much to me to encourage her every day. I added a heart from the October GraceBox kit to cover up the back side of my hand-stitching and stapled it right in the middle.

I hope you feel inspired to create something using this recipe challenge!

Xxo, Tara

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Now it's your turn! Use the three prompts to create your project/s and share them with us here in the Gallery and/or our Facebook Forum. We look forward to seeing your beautiful projects!

Scripture Challenge Share

Hi friends, Tara here today! I'm one of those people that love a good daily challenge. I get so excited but a week into them I'm burnt out and so behind! I'm really loving The Reset Girl's Faithful Life Challenge. It's a weekly challenge and you can do 1 or 4 different scripture writings for the week! I love having options for weeks that are packed full of things, or being able to do more when I find more time.

Here's a little peak at my traveler's notebook entry for Week 2 using the September GraceBox kit.

I started off using some Prima fluid chalk edger with a wipe and made the pink background. Then using this month's stamp set, along with an older GraceBox V4 stamp, I added crosses and stars. I'm loving the awesome alpha stickers that came in the kit this month! I couldn't get the true color to show up but they are translucent and so lovely.

Here is the full traveler's notebook entry. I love writing scripture! It helps me memorize it and I enjoy being able to go back and meditate on different messages from the bible. 

This verse is one of my favorites - it reminds me that life isn't meant to be easy or without struggles. We can find our strength through Jesus. I'm so thankful for that!

Thanks for stopping by today! Be blessed, xo - Tara