{"id":1218,"date":"2017-06-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2017-06-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:00:00","slug":"happy-to-announce-a-new-monthly-challenge-show-us-your-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"Happy to announce a new monthly challenge, Show Us Your MEdia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb09a5d323970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NEW Dina Logo\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201bb09a5d323970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb09a5d323970d-500wi\" title=\"NEW Dina Logo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to go on a personal art journey with me?<\/p>\n<p>I started keeping a journal in 1979. My first entry was the day of my grandmother\u2019s funeral. I wrote it in pencil, and later my dad told me I should write in pen, so my thoughts would have more permanence. That day was the start of my life-long belief in journaling, in writing yourself down, in making your mark on the world.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>When I discovered mixed-media and art journaling in 2004, it was a natural fit. I love art. I love journaling. The marriage of those things is pure joy.<\/p>\n<p>I want to put the \u201cme\u201d back in mixed media. All art is personal, whether it be a card or an art journal page or a painting. Join me as we begin a series of monthly challenges and prompts that will fuel your creative spirit and help you delve into the ME of MEdia.<\/p>\n<p>Challenge Rules: <br \/>We will announce monthly challenges on the Ranger blog on the third Thursday of each month. <br \/>Use at least one Dina Wakley Media product in your project. If your product is not obvious (like paint), please list the colors you used.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can make anything you like\u2014a card, an art journal page, a tag, a canvas, anything!<\/li>\n<li>Interpret each challenge any way you like. You can be literal or you can use it as a springboard and see where it takes you. Let the challenge inspire you and stretch you.<\/li>\n<li>Try to journal on your piece. Write your thoughts about each prompt. You can write a little or you can write a lot, but do your best to incorporate your thoughts and feelings into the piece.<\/li>\n<li>When you complete a challenge, please share it on your blog and social media (Instagram\/Facebook) with the tags #showusyourMEdia and #rangerink.<\/li>\n<li>We will do two random drawings each month for a prize. We will search the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on Instagram for one winner, and then on Facebook for the second winner. To be clear, you must use the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on either Instagram or Facebook in order to show up in the search and to be eligible to win. You have until the third Wednesday of each month to complete the previous month\u2019s challenge.<\/li>\n<li>We will announce the previous month\u2019s winner AND the new challenge on the third Thursday of each month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note this challenge does not take the place of the monthly challenges we have in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/DinaWakleyMediaTribe\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dina Wakley Media Tribe Facebook group<\/a>. Those will resume on July 1st. If you&#39;re not a member of the tribe, please join us! Artists in the group post lots of cool art and inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Our FIRST challenge starts today! <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><strong><em>The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle <\/em><br \/>Create a piece of art that shares with us your \u201cwhy.\u201d Why do you create? What compels you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\"im\"><br \/>To launch our new challenge series, we invited a group of artists to do our first challenge and to inspire you to join us! <a href=\"http:\/\/rangerink.com\/blog\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click on over to the Ranger Blog for links to their social media.<\/a> To see their art, go to Instagram and\/or Facebook and search on the hashtag #showusyourMEdia<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Sue Kemnitz<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Kay Pierce<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Milagros Rivera<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Lisa Oxley<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">May Flaum<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Claudia de Nooijer<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Jenn Shurkus<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-style: normal;\">Michele Kosciolek<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-style: normal;\">Catherine Carter<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-style: normal;\">Kirsten Varga<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-style: normal;\">Jennifer Engle<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-style: normal;\">Jennifer Gallagher<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-style: normal;\">Rae Missigman<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Sandi Keene<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&#0160;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">Here is how I interpreted the challenge.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&#0160;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">What is my why? Why do I create? <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">I create because I am compelled to write myself on paper. I create to make sense of my self and my world. I create to make my mark. I create so I have a place to put my sadnesses and my joys. I create because it is fulfilling, and fun. I create because it heals. I create because I want to matter.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&#0160;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\">This is a journal page on the burlap in the Dina Wakley Media Journal. The canvas circles are drawings I did with Scribble Sticks and the Fudeball Pen on a canvas page in the journal, then I cut them out to use as layered elements. I wrote on white Media Tape with Scribble Sticks. Paint colors include: Cheddar, Fuchsia, Turquoise, White, Night.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&#0160;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c902bad5970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Why 03\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b7c902bad5970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c902bad5970b-500wi\" title=\"Why 03\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d28cf71c970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Why 04\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b8d28cf71c970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d28cf71c970c-500wi\" title=\"Why 04\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c902bae0970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Why 02\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b7c902bae0970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c902bae0970b-500wi\" title=\"Why 02\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 13pt;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb09a5d2a0970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Why 01\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201bb09a5d2a0970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb09a5d2a0970d-500wi\" title=\"Why 01\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&#0160;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Are you ready? I can&#39;t wait to see what you create.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 3987px; left: 18px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160; Are you ready to go on a personal art journey with me? 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