Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Page by Megan Whisner Quinlan

Using Dina Wakley Media products, Megan Whisner Quinlan teaches you how the design principle of repetition can be used to create a whimsical Journal spread.

Instructions 

Exploring repetition can be a great way to have fun on your mixed media spreads. Faces are one of the most emotive images we can use, and in this project, images of the face are repeated to tell a story. Follow along to see how to create this whimsical spread. 



Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Spread Step 1

Step 1: Stamp your focal point from the Make Things Happen Stamp Set onto white cardstock. Choose a phrase and stamp onto the same page and cut out. 

 



Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Spread Step 2

Step 2: Hold a piece of the faces tissue (from the Church Doodles Collage Paper) over top of the cut focal image. Sketch around the image and create a loose figure shape. Cut out the tissue. Put aside. 




Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Spread Step 3

Step 3: Spray a portion of your page with Tangelo and Rouge Acrylic sprays leaving some white space. Allow to dry. 

 



Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Spread Step 4
Step 4: Using White Gesso and the Mosaic Circles Stencil, add some random stenciling to the page. 




Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Spread Step 5
Step 5: Glue down the image and tissue to your page with Ultra Thick Gel Medium. Blend out your edges with more Stabilo pencil to add some depth to your focal image. 

 



Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Spread Step 6
Step 6: Add some doodles to your page and brush some color to your image with more Rouge Spray. 
 



Dina Wakley Keep Trying Journal Spread Step 8
Step 7: Edge your text phrase with Jet Black Ink and select a branch from the Sprigs Chipboard Shapes. Glue everything down.

 

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