Bible Journaling 101

What is Bible Journaling? 

  • Expressing and documenting your faith and walk with God by means of art in your bible. 


Things to remember when Bible Journaling: 

  1. Start with what you have. Check in your stash if you have crayons, paint, or any cards from scrap papers. If you don’t have a journaling bible, you can use a normal bible and journal in your notebook. 

  2. Let your creativity flow. There is no right or wrong in bible journaling. Use any kind of medium you have. 

  3. Have fun. Don’t worry if you messed up the pages as long as you’re having fun. 

  4. Find your rhythm. We all have different styles and as you go along you will discover yours. 

  5. Seek and listen to God. 





Tips in Creating your page:

  1. Start simple. It can be stickers and washi tapes. 

  2. For more cohesive style, check what color combination goes well. Are you aiming for fun and happy colors or muted? There’s a lot of color pallet combination you can choose from. 

  3. Try to form a triangle when you’re creating marks, putting washi or stamping this will help balance your page. 

  4. Be your own style. 

  5. Start somewhere. Don’t be afraid to journal on those blank pages. 

  6. Layering. It can be scrap papers on top of paint or layers of scraps for embellishment. 

  7. Always put the date – this will help you keep track of what God’s telling you.

  8. Do what works for you. 

  9. Once you get comfortable, don’t be afraid to try something new. Maybe you’ve never done paint – try it. And see what you will discover with yourself. 




Materials:

  1. Paint (acrylic, watercolor)

  2. Washi Tape

  3. Stamps

  4. Markers, highlighters

  5. Card stocks, scrapbook paper, tags 

  6. Stencil

  7. Journaling Bible 

  8. Other form of art media (gloss spray, texture paint)

  9. Adhesive tape, glue

  10. Wet wipes

  11. Other materials you can find for added texture (bubble wrap, old carton, fabric)

  12. Old card

  13. Paint brush


Process Video 1: 

  1. Pull out your supplies. 

  2. Journal the word that God impress upon your heart. Psalm 119:114

  3. I used a fun ephemera with the girl on a paper plane. 

  4. Typed in the verse on a different translation using my mom’s typewriter.

  5. Added some alphabet stickers. 

  6. Grabbed my acrylic star stamp to create art marks. 

  7. Highlight the verse using non bleed bible highlighter from Craft for Christ. 

  8. Added a date stamp to document God’s faithfulness to meet me every morning in my quiet time. 

Supplies

  • Alphabet stickers

  • Bible highlighter 

  • Stamps

    Process Video 2: Mixed Media Bible Journaling 

    1. Pull out your supplies. 

    2. Journal the word that God impress upon your heart. Psalm 130:5

    3. In creating a paint background, I used a dry brush method – mixing some pastel colors.  

    4. I used my alpha stamps to put the title of my journal.

    5. Added some leaf die cut with foil accent and typed in the verse in different translation. 

    6. Grabbed my dot stencil and create a visual triangle to balance the page.  

    7. I added a watercolor splash to make the page messier and more organic using my distress paint spray. 

    8. Highlight the verse using non bleed bible highlighter from Craft for Christ. 

    9. Added a date stamp to document God’s faithfulness to meet me every morning in my quiet time. 

    Supplies

  • Alphabet stamps

  • Bible highlighter 

  • Acrylic Paint

  • Stencil

Iris Manalastas loves Jesus with all of her heart, soul, mind, and strength. She is married to Andrei, and are happy fur parents to their shih tzu, Herbie.

She began her journey in bible journaling in 2017 and has continued on until today. Her hope and prayer is that through her bible journaling she will inspire people to create something in their bibles and have a meaningfully creative time with the Lord.

You can connect with her in IG @ai_creates.







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