Sweet Sleep

Today's creation is another Bible Journaling piece.  For more information on its meaning for me, check out my other blog.  Here I'll be discussing how I created the page. Here's what the whole page looks like:

Page Preparation: I started by coating the page with clear gesso (Art Basics) using my usual technique (Bible Journaling Basics).  

Picture: I stamped the picture (Janie's Girls Frames stamps from HOTP) using StazOn ink.  I stamped the picture again on a post-it note and cut around it to use for a mask to protect it when I added the background.  I colored the picture using my Scroll and Brush markers.

Lettering: Any stamping was done with StazOn ink and then gone over with a Pitt pen (Faber Castel).  I also used a Pitt pen for the rest of the lettering.  I stamped the word "Sweet" (Janie's Girls Frames - masking the "you are" part of the sentiment stamp). For the word "Sleep" with the closed eyelids I stamped just the "S" from the "Sweet" and then hand lettered the rest of that verse. For the verse from Psalms, I first printed it using a font I liked and placed it behind the page.  I then placed a light box behind both & traced the letters onto the page.

Background: The background was applied using a round sponge applicator (Ranger), taking care to protect the picture using the post-it note mask prepared earlier.  The blue was from a  "Chipped Sapphire" distress ink pad.  The yellow highlights were from a yellow dye ink called "Sunshine" (also from Ranger).  The yellow highlight on the Bible verse itself was a maker (Scroll & Brush).