Memories of my Bible (and art class)

Before I show you my card for the Traveler's Inspiration Challenge #2, I want to tell you a little story. When I was a little girl I used to stay at my Memaw's house alot. She always had stuff for me to do and she was always quite content to spend the whole day entertaining me. Hours on end of reading to me, singing songs, baking...you name it, she would spend time doing it with me.

Mostly she read from the Bible. My favorite Bible was the Children's Bible.

I was absolutely riveted. Not just to the stories that she made come alive, but also the detailed pictures. I was always enthralled with the buildings, the clothes, and the jars. Don't ask me why I was so fascinated with the pottery.

As a high school senior I took beginner's art on a whim. (I was already enrolled in band, debate, psychology, and sociology. I was looking for an easy elective. Hey I was a senior.) Anyway one of our assignments was to draw a cityscape. And time, any place--real or not. I immediately dug out my Children's Bible and drew my rendition of old time Jerusalem. I loved that project more that you can imagine. What is so funny is just last weekend in POC I dug out my old artwork and saw that drawing. I should have taken a picture of it. Well--next time I will.

When I saw the Traveling Challenge this week I didn't see an adobe, I saw an ancient Bible village!

I pulled out my Bethlehem stamp set and made a Christmas card.

I layered the buildings to give it dimension.

This project was a joy to work on. And I got to pull out my Children's Bible again and reminisce.

Details: all CTMH unless noted

Paper: colonial while cs, desert sand cs

Ink: desert sand

Stamps: Bethlehem

Other: colored pencils (EK Success)