New products: Products Explained: Introduction to Art Basics Line - all about the products, tips and ideas: Introduction to Art Basics Line - Gesso - all about Gesso and how to use it: Introduction to Art Ingredients and Art Extravagance - ideas, tips and techniques: Art Ingredients Mica Powders: Check also these links: Simple techniques with art Basics and Art Ingredients Mica Powders (Scrapbook Expo 2015) Simple Techniques with Art Basics and Art Ingredients Micro Beads (Scrapbook Expo 2015) CHA2015 - Finnabair Demos Mixed Media Techniques for Prima (Paperclipping.com) With Soft Gels, 3D Gels, Micro beads, Mica Powders and more! Art Basics: Soft Gels Explained Introduction to Art Basics Soft Gels by Finnabair and Prima Marketing. Basic techniques, ideas and tips from Finnabair. Art Basics - product presentation (Scrapbook Expo 2014) Short video with brief description of Finnabair's Art Basics Line (by Prima Marketing). Soft Gels, 3D Gels, Light Paste and Modeling Paste - all the info you want to know before you start:) Art Basics - White and Black Heavy Gesso - product presentation (Scrapbook Expo 2014) Short video with brief description of Finnabair's Art Basics Gessos in White and Black (by Prima Marketing). Tips, information and ideas from Finnabair. Art Extravagance - Product Presentation (Scrapbook Expo 2014) Short video with brief description of Finnabair's Art Extravagance Line (by Prima Marketing) including Sand Texture Pastes and Crackle Texture Pastes. Tips, information and ideas from Finnabair. Quick Tips and Ideas: Prima Quick Look and Quick Tips:

Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.

Hello, My today's project is a tag with metallic waxes and paint. All very shiny, filled with various accessories. At the beginning I applied a pattern to a HDF tag base using modeling paste and one of Finnabair's stencils. Then I started composing. I used many different metal accessories here, you can find them in the Mixed Media Place store. For this HDF add-ons and elements from Finn moulds. I glued everything with Soft Mate Gel. Then, after drying, I painted all the white gesso. I applied a beautiful metallic paint in shades of brown to this composition. I also added liquid acrylic paints in carmine, black, brown and yellow. I continued to use waxes to make the design very shiny and at the same time to highlight some elements, such as cogs. I invite you to a tutorial in which you can see how this project was created. Hugs, Kasia Salmanowicz Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place online store:

Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.

Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.

Hi Dear Readers! Yes, spring is definitely round the corner and my Creative Team has been filling the blog with the most beautiful art flowers... :) Just check this stunning mixed media Red Poppy created by Sanda last Friday and today we're having another beautiful floral inspiration, this time coming from Tanyalee. You can easily follow Tanyalee's tutorial and join us in creating an artful bouquet of your own! * * * * Welcome back for another process video for an art journal spread I made using Finnabair’s Impasto, Opal Magic and new Metallique Paints. I have created an abstract florals spread and have titled it ‘Simplicity’. I’ve used a junk journal that bound myself with lots of different papers, including envelopes and magazine pages. To start the spread I lay down a dark background by mixing Impasto paints in Cobalt, Aubergine and Pitch Black, and then used some Snow White to tone things down a little. Once the background was dry I added some paint drips and Gold Mica Powder for highlights and to mute things a little. Mica Powder creates a lovely watercolour/ink effect when you mix it with some water on your palette. Then I got stuck into painting abstract flowers concentrating on colour combinations and composition of the blooms. To finish off the spread, I used water-down paints to create splatters and then added some word stickers to display my feelings. And now it's time for my video so you can see step by step how I created this spread. Please enjoy! I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and that you too dive into your art journal spread and experiment with the beautiful Impasto paint range. Yours in messiness Tanyalee Products used:

New products: Products Explained: Introduction to Art Basics Line - all about the products, tips and ideas: Introduction to Art Basics Line - Gesso - all about Gesso and how to use it: Introduction to Art Ingredients and Art Extravagance - ideas, tips and techniques: Art Ingredients Mica Powders: Check also these links: Simple techniques with art Basics and Art Ingredients Mica Powders (Scrapbook Expo 2015) Simple Techniques with Art Basics and Art Ingredients Micro Beads (Scrapbook Expo 2015) CHA2015 - Finnabair Demos Mixed Media Techniques for Prima (Paperclipping.com) With Soft Gels, 3D Gels, Micro beads, Mica Powders and more! Art Basics: Soft Gels Explained Introduction to Art Basics Soft Gels by Finnabair and Prima Marketing. Basic techniques, ideas and tips from Finnabair. Art Basics - product presentation (Scrapbook Expo 2014) Short video with brief description of Finnabair's Art Basics Line (by Prima Marketing). Soft Gels, 3D Gels, Light Paste and Modeling Paste - all the info you want to know before you start:) Art Basics - White and Black Heavy Gesso - product presentation (Scrapbook Expo 2014) Short video with brief description of Finnabair's Art Basics Gessos in White and Black (by Prima Marketing). Tips, information and ideas from Finnabair. Art Extravagance - Product Presentation (Scrapbook Expo 2014) Short video with brief description of Finnabair's Art Extravagance Line (by Prima Marketing) including Sand Texture Pastes and Crackle Texture Pastes. Tips, information and ideas from Finnabair. Quick Tips and Ideas: Prima Quick Look and Quick Tips:

Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.

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Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.

Altered wooden tractor for Finnabair Creative Team + VIDEO Hello there ! Oh, how happy I am today :) Finally I can share with you my second project for Finnabair Ceative team. It is quite funky project... different, interesting... and I was so curious to see how you will feel about this creation. I must say it was challenging for me. It took me couple of days (actually nights) to have it finished. It was hard to record it too while creating was divided in days. But... all of that does not matter when I look at my tractor. I am in total love with this funky piece. Look at it yourelf ;) Since long time I was looking for fun object to alter. I saw this tractor in the second hand store and since then I knew it is gonna be turned into my art piece. I had some sort of vision in my head. I knew it is gonna have wings for sure :) Here is photo of my 'before' tractor :) To create this project I used mixed media products from Finnabair which you can purchase in Mixed Media Store here. You can read more about the products and creating process on Finn's blog. Here are some close-ups and video tutorial :) In the video I show how to create a rust effec on the metal pieces. I hope you will enjoy the video ! Love, Marta xx

Hi again my dear ones! I heard a couple of times that you have some questions about my Art Extravagance Rust Paste Set - you were wondering how to use it, how to apply it... so here I am coming with the answers for you! First of all - Rust Paste Set is really fun and easy to use. This set of coarse, water-based pastes is made to imitate the rust effect and it works instantly, so it is perfect for these projects in which you can't wait for the real rusting reaction. Of course it is only an imitation, but in reality it is perfect for creating matte, rust-like texture and adding dimension, great for steampunk, grunge and masculine project - can be applied on all surfaces, especially if it is primed with gesso. To get the best effect you should apply 3 colors of the paste on one project with a sponge, palette knife, texture tool or paintbrush to create multi-tone effect. To make it all easier I decided to create a tutorial for you - I hope it will show you how simple it is to use and how great effect you can get in almost no time! Here is the effect: How it all happened? I took one of my vintage cameras - a very plain and simple "Ami 66" - and started the rusty makeover adding a coat of Art Basics Heavy Black Gesso on top of all the plastic and metal elements. This helps with gluing elements and adding paints and pastes. Next, I used my favorite Art Basics Heavy Body Gel to alter the camera - I used Mechanicals, pieces of chipboard, Art Pebbles and more - finally I dried everything with a heating gun and added a bit of texture gluing some of my Art Ingredients Mini Art Stones in the selected places. I dried the camera and put a coat of gesso again. Now it was time to apply the Rust Paste - you can see the whole process with comments and tips in the video below - enjoy! Here is the list of the products I used: And here it is - an absolutely rustic and weathered old camera in less than few hours :) Instant vintage - how cool is that? Just think about all the possibilities and creative options... I hope everything is clear now and you are inspired to experiment with your own projects. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave them in the comments. If you feel encouraged and would like to see more ideas and projects how to use the Rust Pastes, hit {this link} - you will find there some really amazing works & tutorials by my Creative Team - all featuring my magical Pastes. ;) Have a great, creative weekend! sending hugs

Hi my dear friends - I hope you had a great week. I was as busy as always (looks like I'm a master of filling my time right to the top or even over!) - teaching classes, organizing next events and planning projects, posts and activities for the nearest future... including Art Recipe for Wednesday of course! This time I decided to go bolder both with texture and color creating something a bit more abstract. I know how careful I have to be doing that as I am a huge fan of negative space and organizing elements into nice looking piles, groups and clusters and there is a risk I won't really like the final effect if I will go too crazy. To avoid the problem I decided to focus just on 3 main colours of the project - deep pinks, brown and green - with a bit of gold on the top. Autumn feeling? Yes, please! For me Autumn is pure the abundance of texture and colour: green changing into browns, reds, oranges, yellows - and smell of grass, soil and leaves... There's some majestic beauty in this ending of the Summer, fading glory, hint of nostalgia and poetry of disintegration. Somehow - I could see these subtle emotions in the photo of one of my husband's ancestors and that's how this page happened. Very accurate, I believe. Is it possible the older I get the stronger I can feel this "autumn's vibe"? You can see I used 2 different stencils and Light Paste to create part of the texture in my project - I just love the spongy, marshmallow effect it creates! Other elements are findings from my table top: some gems, Art Ingredients - glass beads (surely the leftovers from the pendant madness I was posting last week) and random leftovers of chipboard, veil resist canvas and fabric tape. Somehow - all that put together and colored with sprays, watercolor pencils and a bit of Inka Gold was able to create interesting, rich in layers and tones journal spread. (And no black this time! How is it possible?) Anyway - here is Art Recipe for Autumn Journal Page and simple step-by-step tutorial for you! Step-by-step: 1. I've started priming the pages of my old book journal with 2 coats of Art Basics Heavy White Gesso. I like its thick consistence - old paper does not crumple that much when you brush it on. I dried one coat with heating tool and continued with second one. It is great medium to work on - it prevents your inks, paints and any other mediums from soaking in your surface. 2. When White Heavy Gesso was dry I used first, more bold stencil and applied Art Basics Light Paste with palette knife on the chosen parts of my pages. I started adding layers of fabric tape, canvas, lace and glass beads right away - Light Paste (as well as Soft Gels, 3D gels and Modleing Paste) works great as an adhesive.Wherever needed I was using Soft Gloss Gel in a precise tip bottle to add more elements. 3. I dried my Light Paste with heating tool - it turned into white, light, spongy texture which reminds me marshmallows. I decided to create custom rich gold version of my Light Paste and use it with other stencil, to create more rich, interesting effect. I took 2 scoops of Light Paste into small bowl and added a bit of Silks - Acrylic Glazes: Solar Gold and and Ginger Peach. After mixing the color was deep and the shimmer looked just beautiful in my custom paste! I added one more - gold - layer on my project and dried it with heating tool. I was ready for spraying... 4. This time I was giving a test to my new Lindy's Sprays (Rusty Lantern Green and Van Dyke Sepia) and a bit of my favorite Black Orchid Pigment mixed with water - but you can surely replace Lindy's with Wild Vine and Autumn Butternut and get very similar effects! I added my photo, some embellishments - a bit of crystals and cogs I found in one of my boxes and add some final spraying... 5. When the pages were dry I wanted to add some finishing touches to the color: I used my watercolor pencils (Royal Talens) but I didn't touch them with water at all. Adding a bit of color here and there was enough to add more balance to the page - I focused mostly on green and dark pink outlining the texture done with paste and stencil or adding more definition to the colors. 6. Finally I added the finishing sparkle to the page rubbing a bit of Inka Gold (Green and Gold) on my beads, lace and embellishments. After 5 minutes my journal page was ready! Here are products from our Mixed Media Place Store listed for your convenience: I hope this page will inspire you a bit to play and create your own version of pastes and gels - and to play a bit more with texture and color! Sending warm Autumn hugs

Hi again, I hope you are ready for more of inspiration - just as I promised I'm back this week with part 2 of my Timeless Patina Art Recipe! Last week I was showing my Prima Art Mediums in action decorating and painitng Metal Clock Frame. Today I'm adding more to the game with the inside composition - enjoy! When my Clock Frame was ready I tried several options of using the space inside - photos of different sizes, altered object - finally I've decided I simply need to create dimensional composition inside, working directly on the metal back of the clock. Here is the result: I've decided to make dimensional, full of texture construction with a face of Archangel on the top. This is one of the new products from Prima - Archival Cast Collection by Sandra Evertson. Check them out - great stuff! You can see the rich, dimensional texture in the background - this is the effect you can get using Art Extravagance Black Sand Paste - the most grainy of all of them. Art Ingredients Beads and Microbeads glued with Art Basics Soft Gel made the look even more dramatic... Gold powder on the to of the angel is Art Ingredients Mica Powder brushed on the top of the WOW Bonding Embossing Powder - great product with sticky finish. I wanted to work in very selected places so instead of traditional Embossing Ink I used Embossing Pen. When the composition was ready and dry I placed it in my frame - and here is the result... I have to admit I love it! I used colder tones of Silver and Old Silver Inka Gold paste on the top of the angel to make sure it will stand out more in the rich, heavy in details frame. I'm so glad this trick worked the way I wanted! I love the final look - colours, depth, composition - it took me a while to finish, but the result is worth of every minute of work. Now I have an unique home decor piece I can put somewhere in my living room or decorate my studio. Are you ready? Here we go with the part 2 of the tutorial! And here is the whole process - step-by-step: 1. I took off the back of my clock and covered inside part of it with a coat of Art Extravagance Black Sand Paste. In the beginning it looks gray but dries clear with interesting, two-tone sand effect. I dried it a bit with heating tool and using my Art Basics Modeling Paste as the adhesive I added a metal piece I found in my "treasure boxes". 2. I continued the process using more of the Modeling Paste and putting together elements of my choice to create dimensional composition. The last element was the Archangel face from Prima Archival Cast collection. 3. I left my project to dry overnight. Next day I put a coat of Art Basics Black Gesso on the top of all: background texture, metal, plastic and resin elements. I dried it all with heating tool. 4. When Black Gesso was dry I took a small brush and applied a bit of Art Basics Soft Gel in the places where I wanted to add some extras - I sprinkled some Art Ingredients Glass beads and Micro Beads in two sections of my composition. I dried everything again with heating tool and brushed off any loose beads left on the project. 5. Next I mixed a bit of Art Basics Soft Gel with blue Art Ingredients Mica Powder to create small amount of custom metallic paint. I brushed it into the texture around the angel to add metallic blue colour and reveal the details. For the face of the angel I used Silver and Old Silver tones of Inka Gold Rub - I brushed a thin coat on the top of the resin element and also on some elements of the background. I wanted the colors of this part of the project to be colder than the outside frame, adding more light inside of the Clock Frame. 6. I wanted to add some gold Mica Powder in very selected parts of the resin angel - on the feathers and rays of light. To create this effect I used WOW Bonding Embossing Powder: first I used Embossing Pen to apply clear embossing ink just in the desired places. Next I sprinkled Embossing Powder on the resin angel and tapped off the extra on a piece of paper, so I was able to put it back to the jar. Next I used heating gun to melt the Embossing Powder - it created sticky surface I needed to work with Mica Powder. 7. When the Bonding Embossing Powder was melted i was able to brush gold Mica Powder on it to create super shiny effect just in the selected places. In a short moment the effect I was hoping for ready - gold feather and rays of light looked amazing and the gold didn't rub off! 8. To add a bit of balance and "golden touch" to the project I mixed a bit of gold Mica Powder wit Art Basics Soft Gel and added some highlights on the top of my beads and pebbles. My project was ready! The very last thing I had to do was to put it all back in place - I have to admit, the frame and inside worked just perfectly together! I was very happy with the final result. Here are all the supplies listed - links from our Mixed Media Place Store: I hope you've enjoyed the project. Of course all of the techniques may be applied to other objects and projects - the sky is the limit! If you you'd like to show us all your creations inspired my Art Recipes or wonderful tutorials of my talented Creative team - please post them on the wall of my FB Finn Page - I'd love to see them! Sending you all warmest hugs

Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.

Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.

Hi there Friends! Get ready to be amazed! This Monday the inspiration comes from our talented Olya who's sharing her brand new project reviewing and having mixed media fun with my Rust and Patina Effect Pastes. I just love Olya's creations and I'm sure you'll feel inspired to make some special effects art. :) * * * * Hello Dear Friends! Today I'd like to remind you of some of the best products from Finnabair - Rust and Patina Effect Pastes. They are very versatile so perhaps you will use them to create some wonderful decorations for Christmas! Today I'd like to show you my project in which I combined both kinds of Pastes - I know many people love using these two effects of Rust and Patina together. I must say that I fell in love with these products the very first time I used them. Each jar has a different paste texture and it's so much fun to work with! You get three different Pastes in each set so you can combine different colors and textures to suit your preferences and I think it's really awesome and offers endless possibilities! I also really like the volume you can add to your projects with these pastes. I thoroughly enjoyed the process of creating my little tags. I used fabric as the base for my background - it looks really interesting when covered with different media. I glued the fabric to the base, covered it with Heavy Black Gesso and dried it well. Then I used Graphite Texture Paste with "Honeycomb" and "Bubbles" stencils to create a beautiful texture. I really like these stencils, they are so universal! I love it that when the texture paste dries, it becomes black and shimmering. I also covered the decorations for the tags with Black Gesso - I used IOD moulds, Mechanicals metal embellishments and a few cut out letters. I created my composition making layers of different materials and going a little bit over the edges of the tag. To make the textures even more beautiful I like to use stunning Art Stones. It's another super versatile product - they come in 3 sizes so you can mix and match and use them for all kinds of projects. I mix them with Soft Matte Gel as its fine texture doesn't block the stones and firmly holds them in place. Also the gel becomes completely transparent when it dries. My next step was adding some color and I used the incredibly beautiful colors of Mica Powders. From the Mica Powder Set I chose two colors - Gold and Rust. They shine amazingly on the black background created with gesso - I love this effect! When all the preparations were done, I could start the most pleasant part - applying the Pastes! :) One tag has the Patina ones as the main theme, the other one emphasizes the Rust effect, but I also mixed the two sets with each other to make the overall look even more varied and interesting. Some pastes are thicker, the other are smoother, they are shiny and matte and all this together creates an incredibly beautiful effect. You can also use each jar separately if you feel like it and work on practically any kind of project. Believe me, you will not remain indifferent once you try playing with these fantastic Pastes! In the end, I added a bit of White Gesso to the patina tag to highlight the textures. Then I fixed the tags on black cardboard. Now, they decorate my desk. :) In order for you to see the magic of these pastes, I created a step by step video. I hope you will fall in love with these products just like me! Enjoy! I hope I inspired you to play with this amazing pastes and you are ready to create new masterpieces! :) Let your day be filled with new ideas and inspiration. Be creative and have fun with your art! With love, Olya Products used: