Dina Wakley Media Art Journal Tip In by Kristi Nazzaro

August 2018

I am an avid art journaler. Expressing myself through art has been instrumental in my own personal growth over the years. I enjoy sharing my art via social media, but I don’t necessarily always want to share my private thoughts. Tip Ins are a great way to share your art while keeping your journaling private.

Materials
Instructions

Instructions

Step 1: I began by gathering the supplies I needed. I found a blank page in my journal. I do not journal in chronological order. I tend to skip all over – that’s just my preference. I added Lapis paint to the entire page with a baby wipe to spread the paint in a very thin layer.

Step 2: Once the paint was dry, I scribbled within the Scales Stencil using a Twisted Citron Distress Crayon. I wasn’t very careful and didn’t fully scribble in every box.

Step 3: Using a baby wipe, I then carefully blended the Distress Crayon over the stencil. I wanted to ensure that the stencil didn’t shift so I took my time but was not concerned with the various thickness of each part of the stencil.

Step 4: I added paint to a 9”x11” Gel Plate one color at a time. I wanted my tip in to be shades of blue, very similar to an ombre look.

Step 5: I pressed a sheet of 4.25” x 5.5” Tim Holtz Woodgrain Cardstock face down on the gel plate.

Step 6: Using a Blending Tool, I added some Lime Green to the edges of the piece of the woodgrain cardstock.

I stamped one of the images from the Interesting Faces Set on to the cardstock and chose a saying from the collage sheet sets.

Step 7: Last minute I decided to stencil some lime green scales on to the cardstock. Then I glued the collage sheet words down with a glue stick.

Step 8: I stitched around the collage words and all around the edges of the cardstock for some added texture.

Step 9: I stamped a few stars from the grungy stars stamp set on to old music sheets and cut them out.

Step 10: Using the Dylusions Creative Dyary Tape I affixed the cardstock into the binding of the page. I used the tape both on the front as well as on the back of the tip in.

Step 11: I added the larger star to the tip in and a few smaller stars to the journal page with glue.

Step 12: Finally I used a Dylusions White Paint Pen and the Dylusions small journal block to add some journaling lines behind the tip in.

I hope you find this tutorial helpful. Tip Ins are convenient for when you’d like to show your artwork but maybe not reveal your personal thoughts publicly.

Kristi Nazzaro is a wife, mama and mixed media artist from New Jersey. She enjoys all areas of mixed media and can be found most often creating altered art tags with strong, positive messages. She also enjoys working in her many art journals where she can creatively express and document her day to day life. Kristi can be found on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/soul_positive.