Dina Wakley, our featured artist of the month, shares a multitude of mixed-media techniques and tips in all of her work for creating expressive art. Here are a few of our favorites.

It's supposed to be fun, and it's so much more fun if you just lower your standards. Honestly, just don't care about what's coming out and eventually what comes out will be great. Dina Wakley.

Pop on over to the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog for a step-by-step tutorial featuring Dina Wakley Media products and Katelyn Spencer.

Creative Weekend with Dina Wakley - Read more from the {creative chick} | shurkus.com blog & more ideas from our "artsy fartsy" section.

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Visual journaling, mixed media art, and artsy scrapbooking.

Creating mixed-media faces is easy; by following these 10 tips from top artists, you'll render faces in paint, stitch, clay, and more.

We are focusing on rainbows this week for our Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. I made a notebook cover using Whimsy Stamps' Boho Rainbow dies. I started by cutting some rainbow arches using my Sizzix Big Shot and white Strathmore Mixed Media paper. I fingerpainted them with acrylic paint. Next I used black Strathmore Mixed Media paper to cut out a piece that was the same size as the notebook I wanted to cover. I embossed some white text on the front with a Tim Holtz stamp called Theories…

What are Scribble Sticks by Dina Wakley and what kinds of things can they do? Video of my play and what I learned about them by Carolyn Dube