Get creative with the Dina Wakley MEdia Burlap pages in the Blue Edition Journal with this tutorial by Megan Whisner Quinlan. Follow along as she shows you how to cut pages from the journal, Collage Collective, and stamped images from cling stamps, to piece together this beautiful lady focal piece.
Dina Wakley MEdia White Burlap Art Journal by Megan Whisner Quinlan
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Scissors
Paintbrush
Pencil
Instructions
In this project, we will be adding a focal image to your white burlap page from the Dina Wakley Blue Edition journal (although this project could be used on any page). The Collage Collective volumes leave you with so many images to use in your products as either an embellishment or as something that can be your focal point on a page. Dina often encourages her students to cut up and “shop” the book for inspiration or color. In this project, we will be using the Dina Wakley Work in Progress Cling Stamp set and images from the Collage Collective to create a beautiful lady with an intriguing headdress.
Step 1: Stamp the face and text from the Work in Progress stamp onto some white Cardstock. Trace around the head with a pencil creating a hair line, and add a neck and shoulders. Cut out.
Step 2: Cut out some flower images from the Collage Collective Vol. 2.
Step 3: Stamp some of the Scribbled Branches onto the scrap paper from your initial floral cutting from the Collage Collective. Cut out stamped flowers.
Step 4: Color in the hair on your figure with Scribble Sticks, here Penny was used. Add shading to your figure as well. Use a wet brush to blend out your shading.
Step 5: Using a Mini Blending Tool and some Gilt Acrylic paint, add some texture to the hair of your focal image using the Mighty Waves stencil.
Step 6: Cut out your stamped flowers and begin to arrange them with your cut-out flowers from the Collage Collective onto the top of your image’s head. The alignment is entirely up to you. Here the flowers began and branched out from the side angle. You could choose to place them on the center of the head as well.
Step 7: Stamp some flowers from the Good Idea set onto some more scraps from the Collage Collective, and cut out. Add them to your headdress to pull it together. Let some hang out from the sides.
Step 8: Cut out your stamped text and burnish around the edges with your stamp pad. Glue everything down to the burlap with Ultra Thick Gel Medium. Add some washi tape to embellish your page.
Hello! My name is Megan Whisner Quinlan. I have been an art journaling and book binding for about 20 years. However I took a 10-year break from paper arts when I had my first 2 children. About 5 years ago, I came back into journaling after some big life changes, including 2 more children. Journaling had always been a part of my life, especially to work things out in life on paper. When I first started out, I really only focused on making books by hand and some basic collage and stamping. I was intimidated by the amazing art journalers out there who had elaborate mixed media spreads in their journals. But when I came back to journaling after such a long break, I decided that I was going to really push myself to learn all the techniques I had been too afraid to try. Painting and drawing have really allowed me to find so much joy in my creative process, and I now almost exclusively create mixed media every day. I feel excited to have joined the art journaling community and you can find me on Instagram @Megan_Whisner_Quinlan.
