Waxed Tin mixed media project by Lori Woods

Hello creative friends! Sometimes the projects I make involve lots of different mediums and take me a few days to create, and sometimes I just want to make a relatively quick and simple project! Finnabair waxes are perfect for this as they take seconds to apply, are permanent when dry and there’s a huge range of colours to choose from!

I started with an old tin and used a stencil to create the base background. I then started layering mould pieces on top- if I know that I will be adding quite a few elements then I usually do a bottom layer and gesso over this then apply the rest of the elements in a second layer. This way it’s easier to make sure all the underneath areas and awkward bits have some gesso on them!

Once everything had dried I started applying the waxes. I used Electric Violet and Emerald as base colours and then applied Indian Pink, Sky Glass and Acid over different areas to highlight the details. I like to alternate the direction I apply the waxes in to make sure I’m not going over the same areas all the time and it also gives the elements a different colour shimmer depending on which way you look at it.

To pick out some of the details I watered down some Brass Hardware acrylic paint and added this to areas of the tin then used Burnt Sienna liquid acrylic paint to create some areas of shadow.

You can see the full process video here:

Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place or online store:

I'll tell you a secret tag by Kasia Salmanowicz

Hello,

I love the colors of the Butterfly Effect paper collection by Finnabair & 7 Dots Studio. I return to it with great pleasure in my projects. This time I used one of the papers to create a unique background in my mixed media tag.

 I also reached for beautiful metal accessories, which I incorporated into different layers of old fabrics and lace. This is how a vintage-style decoration was created.

 The addition will be paper elements cut from another sheet, art stones, wire, stickers and sticks. As always, you can see the entire creation process on our YouTube channel. I invite you to watch.

Have a nice day,

Kasia Salmanowicz

Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place or online store:

DT Call

Hello friends,

We are happy to announce a DT call :) Our regular calls are always at the end of Summer, but this time we are looking for 2-4 new talented souls, that want to join our Design Team and inspire Finnabair's community with their projects :)

Have you got a passion for mixed-media and collage, journaling, painting or artistic scrapbooking?

Do you like to share your knowledge with others - create tutorials, videos and online events?

Have you got your own artistic personality and are not afraid of creative challenges? Yes?

Maybe we are waiting just for you!

To help you with this decision, here are some guidelines and additional information

We are looking for:

- people with a passion for creating and ready to share their knowledge, ideas and love for art

- those of you who are good team workers, helpful, punctual, able to follow the deadlines and with positive, drama-free attitude

- creative souls with strong social media presence and skills - active Instagram, TikTok and Facebook are must, YouTube channel is a huge plus!

- those with good photography/video making skills, able to create good photos and tutorial videos for our blog, social media and YT. Ability to create short videos for FB, TikTok and IG, create Stories, Reels, and regular YT videos.

- artists and crafters with communicative English

- creative people not active in too many Teams at the moment, especially with direct competitors with Finnabair brand. Active Prima Design Team Members are excluded from the call as well.

Being the part of Finnabair Creative Team means:

- You will get the chance to work with the most supportive and friendly team of artists and share your art with the worldwide audience. Our Creative Team Coordinator will guide you through our requirements for creative content, deadlines and everything else you need to know.

- You will enjoy the complete artistic freedom and the possibility to make art using a wide range of my products.

- You will get access to Finnabair products before anyone else and will receive free products pack to fuel your creativity

- You will be requested to create 1 great quality video tutorial per month, 2 IG/tiktok reels per month, additional projects for every product release and from time to time projects, inspirations or videos for our co-hosted events or. There will be a schedule so you can plan everything in advance! A few times during the term you will be asked to create content for special events or to host an online event (Designer Challenge, Social Media Hop or similar), but we hope you love Finnabair products so much you'd like to create with them all the time and spread a word in your social media!

- You will have the possibility to present your creations on a very well known blog and all the related social media + take part in all the publications and events co-hosted with Prima... and other creative possibilities.

- You will be expected to be very active in social media and regularly checking our Facebook Group, posting projects created for the Team and sharing info about our events, publications and products.

- The contract is for 1 year, but we reserve the right to shorten it to 6 months or invite you again to join for another term!

If you feel this Team is the place for you:

- Please send your application telling us a bit about yourself to: artmail@finnabair.com

- Attach 3-5 photos of your most representative, favourite works (we don't need to see new creations) + links to all your social media (IG, YT, FB, TikTok)

We'll be waiting for the submissions till the 31st of May.

We will do our best to confirm, that we have received your e-mail with the submission.

We will contact the chosen people by June 15th.

We can't wait to see your emails!

Sending love and hugs
Finnabair and Tusia

Her Heart - mixed-media art-journal cover by Wiola

Hi everyone,

Last month I created for you mixed media assemblage and this month very simple junk journal cover but with very interesting texture. I made background using snowflake past because is more delicate than my loved white sand paste. So, now you know that the snow paste is great not only for winter projects but simply for amazing texture;). I used beautiful waxes and I added my favorite mechanicals.    

Have fun creating!!

Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place or online store: