Friday, January 16, 2015

Bible Marginalia- "Bleed-Through" Helps


Bible Marginalia Series- #48

 We may not have been doing Bible journaling
 long enough to say we have a REAL problem
 with working with the back 
side of a journaling page.
But, in some of the books where I was reading
 through the WHOLE book as I journaled,
 I have had to start thinking
 about the "other" side of a journaling margin.
It doesn't look too bad here, 
but I knew that I would not 
be happy with the finished page. 
So, then I find that Karla Dornacher
 has offered some of her wonderful drawings
 as printable bookmarks
on her Easy site.
Download, print, cut out,
 back and attach.
( there is a small fee to download)


Same page covered with Karla's bookmark
 and finished with a bit of washi tape.
Simply done.



the back side of another page in Luke


Finished page with Karla's book mark.
I backed it with scrapbooking paper 
to completely cover the drawing from the other side.
Attached with double-sided sticky tape.

Two-page spread in Luke.

I have admired Karla's work
 for many years and own a number of her books.
I was thrilled to see the pages together.
Complimentary styles.
 She makes my drawings look like "real Art".

Karla's book mark for Luke 4:8

Karla's book mark for Luke 4:18

In my Journaling Bible it happened
 to have the 2 verses on back to back pages.
 So I tried that.
 I like them
 as back to back illustrations.
Lovely.

Stop by and like her page on Facebook-

Karla also has these illustrations
 done in black outline
 so that you can add in
 your coloring and shadings.

Thanks- Karla Dornacher for your help with
"bleed-through" challenges
 in our journey of 
writing in the margins
 of our Bibles.


14 comments:

  1. Thanks Connie! Great info. I haven't tried it yet, but a friend said the Faber Castell paint markers don't bleed through the thin paper. I'll have to see it to believe it and am going to. I'll let you know.

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    1. Paula- I will be delighted when the time is right for you

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  2. Oh my goodness Connie... I followed your link for bleed-through helps always ready to learn something new... and was so pleasantly surprised to find you using my bookmarks to solve the problem!! I am blessed beyond measure... you have made my day my friend. I love it! Thank you and God bless... Karla

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    1. Karla- I had tried to contact you about using your bookmarks and ask permission for this post- glad that you like it. Your work blessed this community

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  3. This is beautiful! May I ask which Bible you are using that has such large margins? Thanks!

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  4. It is the Crossway Single Column ESV Journaling Bible- I got it on Amazon- it is the one with leaves on it

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    1. Thanks~I will check this out. Love what you are doing with the journaling. Must go back and read all your posts now. :-)

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    2. It has been such a blessing in my spiritual life and also teaching others- and helping them explore this spiritual visio diving

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    3. well I was trying to write visio divina- and that auto correct made it diving-- and I guess that is true too

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  5. I found that if I take a Crayola Twistables Coloring Pencil and gently shade the background, the ink does a lot better at not bleeding through. I got mine at WalMart. Cheap enough!(Beth Viers)

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    1. Beth- I love when we help each other out with something we have tried that works- THANKS

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  6. I find it helps if I shade the background of the area to be written on with a Crayola Twistables Coloring Pencil before I write. I bought some at WalMart. They have a waxy kind of coating on them.

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  7. Would you like to know where this concept originated. Visit my Pinterest page "Bible Art by Vicky Murphy" and watch the video from 1990.

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    1. many of us have been writing and drawing in our Bibles for a LONG time-- so great to now have community!

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