Valentine's Day Decorating: True Love.

For some reason, Christmas seemed to go too quickly this year,

and the thought of taking the Christmas things off the mantel was disheartening.

I was ready for my everyday things I had in the summer.

So I thought we'd make the winter a bit more fun with some Valentine's Day decorations.

 I noticed that my kids seem to learn verses better when they see them around the house,

so I thought I would create something from some wonderful verses I wanted them to know in 

I Corinthians 13.

 

To create the verse hearts, I started by folding a paper in half

and drawing half a heart shape on it,

pushing the pencil hard so that the pressure of the line would go through.

I then outlined the lines of the heart to complete it.

Depending on the verse I was going to work on,

I used fatter hearts for ones that needed more wording in the middle of the verse,

or thinner hearts for verses that were shorter and could be broken up more.

I lightly drew some lines with a ruler to help keep me somewhat straight while lettering,

and began trying to place the wording in,

(this took several tries, not such an easy task)

 using letters at the beginning and end of words to make curls and swirls

to form the outside edges of the heart.

When I had the verse the way I liked,

I rubbed charcoal pencil on the back of the verse page,

laid it onto a larger sheet of good art paper,

traced the letters so that they would copy onto the good paper,

and then worked the lettering with red copic markers.

 

 The largest one, I did on a canvas with paints because it had a lot of wording in it,

and I knew it would be impossible for me to try to fit them all on smaller paper.

When finished, I took pictures of each so I could shrink them to whatever size I needed

and then printed them onto cardstock paper.

 

I had picked up frames from yard sales, the charity store, and an aunt who was getting rid of some,

so I used gold rub-on gilding paint from a tube to turn the two that were different colored into gold

and to touch up a few chipped spots on the others.

(I also rubbed it onto the decorative hearts also on the mantel).

 The other pieces on the mantel were all things we found at the second hand charity store for a very small price.

(I was actually going to paint the birds like peacocks since I have a thing for them right now,

but  my daughter liked them as they are.

It's nice to have the daughter's impute...sometimes. :) )

I have one more simple project I did to decorate the living room for Valentine's Day,

so I'll try to post that in a few days.

Thanks for stopping by!

(If you would like to use these verse prints below for yourself for decorating or cards,

I am happy for you to copy and print them;

just not for resale, please.)

 

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Coloring Page: Easter.

Hello.

Today I am sharing a coloring page in celebration of Easter.

Today is actually Good Friday and it is impossible for me not to think about the pain Jesus suffered on the cross for the sin of the world,

for me.

My daughter has this verse in  her school curriculum as a memory verse, so I made this page for her to color and thought it perfect for Easter as well.

Here is also a colorized version I did with Copic markers.

These are free for use, as long as they are not used for resale.

Happy Easter to you!

(or Resurrection Sunday, as it is sometimes preferred to be called).

(To copy these coloring pages, click on the image, right click, and then click on "copy".

Open up Microsoft Word and right click on the screen, and then click "paste".

 The image should paste onto the page.

You can then click "print" to use them as coloring pages.

If you have difficulties or suggestions, please let me know.)

The 10th Commandment Coloring Pages

Hello.

Today I am catching up and posting the final of the Ten Commandments

coloring pages.

 Here is also a colorized version.

These pages are all free for use,

just not for resale.

Thanks for stopping by!

(To copy these coloring pages, click on the image, right click, and then click on "copy".

Open up Microsoft Word and right click on the screen, and then click "paste".

 The image should paste onto the page.

You can then click "print" to use them as coloring pages.

If you have difficulties or suggestions, please let me know.)

Ten Commandments Coloring Page: Number 7.

Hello!

Here is the 7th of the Ten Commandments.

First is the coloring page.

Also, here is a colored version I made using Copic markers,

in case you want one all done.

Feel free to use these for your use at home or church or wherever you may like.

They are for free use, so please do not resell them in any way.

Thanks for stopping by!
(To see the other printable Ten Commandment verse pages,
click >HERE<.)

(To print these using Microsoft Word, click on the image you want to print,

right click on , and then click on "copy".

Open up Microsoft Word and right click on the screen, and then click "paste".

 The image should paste onto the page.

You can then click "print" to have them printed up.)

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Ten Commandments Coloring Page #6

Hello, everybody!

Sorry this is getting up late.

I just finished the colorized version, so here they are,

the 6th of the Ten Commandments in black and white

and a colored version using Copic markers.

These are free for your use 

as long as they aren't used for resale.

I hope they will be useful.

Have a great week!

Coloring Pages for the Ten Commandments #5

Hello.

Here is the coloring page for the Ten Commandments,

Commandment #5.

This one is different.

The kids can fill in the facial features of their own parents.

Here is one that is done in case somebody may want a colorized version for use in Sunday School or something like that.

Of course, parents come in every look there is,

so you may have to draw one up in the style you like if your parents don't look like mine.

(Smile).

I thought about doing a few different colorized ones up,

but I would have to make such a variety.

If you would like a specific look,

just let me know in the comments, and I can do one up for you as you like.

You may print these up as you need them,

just don't use them for resale.

Thanks so much and have a great week!

Ten Commandments # 4 Coloring Pages

Today I am posting the 4th of the Ten Commandments from the verses in Exodus 20.

These verses were long,

so I made several pages to break them up.

You are free to use these for your children or Sunday school classes or such,

but please don't use them for resale.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

(To copy these coloring pages, click on the image, right click, and then click on "copy".

Open up Microsoft Word and right click on the screen, and then click "paste".

 The image should paste onto the page.

You can then click "print" to use them as coloring pages.

If you have difficulties or suggestions, please let me know.) 

Here is the colorized version:

 

Thank you for stopping by!


For the rest of the Ten Commandment Coloring Pages,
Click on this LINK.



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Coloring Page: The Third of the Ten Commandments

Hi!

Here is this week's memory verse page.

This is the third of the Ten Commandments.

God's name is holy.

Here is a colored version.

These are free for use as long as they are not used for resale.

For the other verse coloring pages,
click >HERE<

Thank you for stoppiing by.

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Ten Commandments Coloring Pages - #2

Hello.

Today I am posting the 2nd of the Ten Commandments from the verses in Exodus 20.

These verses were long,

so I made several pages to break them up.

You are free to use these for your children or Sunday school classes or such,

but please don't use them for resale.

I plan to have a coloring contest using these in the next couple weeks,

so I am hoping some kids will join in for that and have some fun coloring these.

I also made colorized versions of these with my Copic markers for anybody who wants them already done.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

(To copy these coloring pages, click on the image, right click, and then click on "copy".

Open up Microsoft Word and right click on the screen, and then click "paste".

 The image should paste onto the page.

You can then click "print" to use them as coloring pages.

If you have difficulties or suggestions, please let me know.)

 

 

(If you want Ten Commandment Coloring Pages #1 click >HERE<)
(If you want Ten Commandments Coloring Page #3 click >HERE<).



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