Messy Art, Full Heart

A Four-Week Interactive Bible Journaling Study

Introduction

Sometimes life can be messy. But God is more than capable of creating a beautiful masterpiece out of our messes. In Messy Art, Full Heart, artist and author Elaine Davis leads us through a four-week Bible journaling study, using creative praise to face life’s challenges. With authenticity and compassion, she encourages readers to use Bible journaling to process right where they are. As Elaine puts it, “God is right there with you in the paint and paste and papers just as much as He’s with you in the pew.” Free downloadable printables created exclusively by Elaine for this study, creative Bible journaling prompts, and spaces to journal your thoughts make this study one you’ll never forget. Surrender yourself wholly to our Father and use your creative passion to explore each topic in this revolutionary study!

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What's Inside

Relatable Experiences

Ever feel like you need a heart-to-heart conversation with a good friend about your hopes and dreams, fears and worries? That’s exactly what you’ll find in the pages of Messy Art, Full Heart. Author Elaine Davis opens up about her real-life struggles with fear, anxiety, infertility, mental health, body image, parenting, comparison, and more, assuring us that we’re not alone in our private battles.

Creative Inspiration

A leader’s guide in the back of the book features Elaine’s creative ideas for each lesson, so you’ll have expert help as you lead others through this study! Illustrations throughout the book give Bible journalers of all levels—from beginning to experienced—ideas for making beautiful pages in their Bible journals.

Compelling Prompts

After each day in Messy Art, Full Heart, you’ll find two “Creative Heart Check” prompts. These simple projects were created by Elaine to inspire you to go deeper in your Bibles or journals. Throughout each chapter, there are also questions and spaces to journal your thoughts and prayers.


Exclusive Printables

Each purchase of the book comes with private access to exclusive printables created especially for this study by Elaine Davis herself! Print them out once or one hundred timesthe downloads are yours to use in your Bible journaling or art journals as many times as you wish!

About the Author

Elaine Davis has been creating art since she was old enough to hold a brush, thanks to her parents who always encouraged creativity. She adores her work at Illustrated Faith as the Digital Director and loves taking time to paint and papercraft in her in-home studio, Studio Peach! This book developed from her love for the Lord, her creative spirit, and loving support from her friends and family. Elaine is blessed to snuggle up at home with her husband, Ian, her adorable son, Quinn, and their little brown cat, Phoebe.

Endorsements

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One of the things I love most about this book is that Elaine invites you along for the journey every step of the way. She isn’t afraid to share the most intimate details of what God has done in her life, and she encourages you to tell yours as well.

If you are brand new to Bible journaling or have been marking up your Bible with notes and highlighters for many years, I promise you that Elaine has something JUST for you in this book, and it will be one that you bookmark and go back to time and time again!

Shanna Noel

Owner of Illustrated Faith and Author of 100 Days of Prayer

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I love how this book just dives right in…. Everything is very relatable, and Elaine has a wonderful way of making me want to lean in and listen and then set the book down so I can do a creative heart check! Elaine, thank you for your words, for permission to get creative, and for reminding us that “God is right there with us in the paint and paste and papers just as much as He’s with us in the pew."

Kelly Bangs

Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Owner of Kelly Bangs Creative