{"id":1226,"date":"2017-02-27T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2017-02-27T08:55:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:55:41","slug":"spotlight-on-the-media-journal-burlap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1226","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on the Media Journal: Burlap!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last up in our spotlight on the surfaces in the Dina Wakley Media Journal is burlap.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c8dab736970b-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=\"DinaWakleyMediaJournal\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b7c8dab736970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c8dab736970b-500wi\" title=\"DinaWakleyMediaJournal\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#39;t let the burlap intimidate or confuse you. Use your creativity! Or, just think if it like bumpy paper and do what you&#39;d normally do to it. Can you paint it? Sure. Draw on it? Yep. Sew? Absolutely. Build collages? Heck yeah!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ways I have used it in my work so far:<\/p>\n<p>I like to cut a decorative edge in it to make a cool page divider:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb097dccd2970d-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=\"CHA 01\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201bb097dccd2970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb097dccd2970d-500wi\" title=\"CHA 01\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the page below, I cut a frame in the burlap page. Then I took the bit I cut out and used it to make a pocket for a tag (on the left side).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d2650768970c-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=\"Media journal 04\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b8d2650768970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d2650768970c-500wi\" title=\"Media journal 04\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d2650857970c-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=\"Burlap 01\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b8d2650857970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d2650857970c-500wi\" title=\"Burlap 01\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my FAVE things to do with the burlap is to treat it like a bulletin board. I pin, sew, or staple tags or other bits and bobs to it. If you don&#39;t have Tim&#39;s Idea-ology Tiny Attacher, you NEEEED it. I use mine all the time to staple things to the burlap.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c8dab6e1970b-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=\"Burlap 02\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b7c8dab6e1970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b7c8dab6e1970b-500wi\" title=\"Burlap 02\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d265086a970c-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=\"Burlap 03\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201b8d265086a970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201b8d265086a970c-500wi\" title=\"Burlap 03\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I adore the burlap and it adds such a great visual and textural element to the journal.<\/p>\n<p>How are YOU going to use the burlap pages? Can&#39;t wait to see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last up in our spotlight on the surfaces in the Dina Wakley Media Journal is burlap. 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