Winter Town In Spring Colours by Anja

 Hi creative friends, did you already get to see the new release, and what is your favourite? I instantly fell for the Winter Town houses, which I used in my project.  Because it is a little too early to do winter magic, it is in sweet pastels provided by matte waxes, with a touch of steampunk gears.

I started with one of the beautiful papers from Butterfly Effects, designed by Finnabair for 7 Dots Studio and added a bold stencil with texture paste white crackle. 

Although a bit of work all elements got painted separately first with liquid acrylics, gesso and mat waxes. With all that work done, it is time for some fun. My favourite part, making composition and adhering all the pieces. I really enjoyed the process and invite you to join me by watching the video. 

Hoping I could inspire you a bit to create.

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Masquerade by Lori Woods

Hello creative friends! For this project I gave a new lease of life to an abandoned project. Taking inspiration from the image already on the background and the upcoming spooky season of costumes and masks, I decided to make the features the focus and create a ‘mask’ over the rest of the face.

I started by painting over the background covering the base and areas of the image I wanted to cover. I then layered the moulds around the image and covered this in a base colour of sparks paint. I used waxes to create areas of different colour and highlight, with some sugar pebbles as the finishing touch.

You can watch the full process video here: 

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Vintage-style paper box by Kasia Salmanowicz

If you’re wondering what surfaces you can apply Finnabair Fiber Decoupage Paper to, let me give you the answer right away. You really don’t need to worry about the base material. For instance, I created my project using a paper box for chocolate, and I have to tell you that applying this paper completely transformed it.

It features a warm, aged color palette with a vintage touch and full of texture. Paper with a delicate, antique-style print serves as the background for the entire composition. Layered over it are HDF elements, metal accents, Prima paper flowers, and small details that add depth to the piece.

The focal point of the composition is a dragonfly created using a Finnabair mould. You can find this and other moulds at the Mixed Media Place shop, of course. Its metallic, distressed finish harmonizes beautifully with shades of brown, copper, and muted gold.

It is precisely these details that give the box the look of an object discovered in an old workshop.

Have a nice day,

Kasia Salmanowicz

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