{"product_id":"making-marks-with-dina-wakley-project","title":"Making Marks with Dina Wakley Project by Christen Olivarez","description":"\u003cp\u003eI’ve been a fan of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/dina-wakley-collection\"\u003eDina Wakley’s\u003c\/a\u003e artwork for years now. I can still remember my reaction the first time I held one of her art journals in my hands. The textures, the layers, the mark-making … her work was unlike anything I’d seen. I went home and tried to emulate her style, only to find myself making a total mess. Needless to say, I was ecstatic when I found out she was coming out with a new line of stamps with Ranger, as well as a stencil collection. It’s now much easier to achieve that “Dina look.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I love grabbing my \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cards-and-journals\"\u003eDylusions journal\u003c\/a\u003e, spray ink, and some \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stencils\"\u003estencils\u003c\/a\u003e and playing around. I’ve found that working on several pages simultaneously keeps me from staying on one page for too long and overdoing it. For this spread, I began by spritzing the pages with water. I then chose two colors of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/spray-inks\"\u003espray ink\u003c\/a\u003e and spritzed them on the page, trying not to think too much. I went over the ink with a roll of paper towels, absorbing any excess ink. I then used black acrylic paint to stamp various girls along the bottom of the page. While I like adding \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/washi-tapes\"\u003ewashi tape\u003c\/a\u003e to my journal pages, I don’t like using large chunks of it that appear to be floating on the page. To make them blend, I usually tear pieces of tape lengthwise. The torn edge helps the tape blend into the page. I used a brush pen to doodle on the page. To allow myself to be free with my doodling, I frequently use my non-dominant hand. The page is now ready for me to add journaling to, whenever I feel the need to write my thoughts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A funny thing happened when I was spraying my pages with water: old spray ink on my work surface became wet again, creating little pools of ink. The little pools intrigued me, so I grabbed a couple shipping tags and placed them directly onto the puddles of ink. Once those dried, I \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rubber-art-stamps\" target=\"_blank\"\u003estamped a girl\u003c\/a\u003e on each tag, as well as a word.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"center\" width=\"25%\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-87od2q0wh1\/image\/assets\/parts\/christen-olivarez.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"150\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"75%\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc8108;\"\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Christen Olivarez is the Director of Publishing for Stampington \u0026amp; Company and editor-in-chief\u003cbr\u003e of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/somerset-studio\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomerset Studio\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/somerset-life\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomerset Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mingle\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMingle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/handcrafted\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandCrafted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artists-cafe\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtists’ Café\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6e6f3c;\"\u003eInterests: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eart, slow food, writing, books, yarn, authentic living\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6e6f3c;\"\u003eFollow Christen on Her Blog: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thedeliberatelife.typepad.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethedeliberatelife.typepad.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Free Projects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45452522324119,"sku":"PROJ-0859","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/5546\/3319\/files\/PROJ-0859_2__68379.1558401955.1280.1280.jpg?v=1746793017","url":"https:\/\/stampington.live\/products\/making-marks-with-dina-wakley-project","provider":"Stampington \u0026 Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}