We're so excited to show off twelve NEW products from Finnabair! If you love mixed-media play you are going to LOVE this release! New Art Alchemy paints, sculpture mediums, a rust paste set, and alterable flowers are in view! (Psst...they're shipping March 1st, so let your retailer know!) Here we go with the amazing new products, PLUS a HUGE feature of projects which show these babies off perfectly!
Rust Pastes Defined: Add a rust effect to metals, chipboard, papers, and more with three wonderful "rusty" colors- all in one set. Item #963576. Opaque, thick paste with matte, rust like finish. Perfect for creating rusty textures and adding dimension. Hard and permanent, yet flexible, when dry. Great for steampunk, grunge and masculine projects. For best effects apply 3 colors of the paste with a sponge, palette knife, texture tool or paint brush. Water based, archival safe, non-toxic.
How To Use: For best effects apply three colors of the paste on one project with a sponge, palette knife, texture tool, or paintbrush to create multi-tone effect. Can be used on any surface.
New Art Alchemy Paints Defined: That's right. Eight more glimmery, gorgeous paints are now available! From Blackberry to Wild Fuchsia and Brass Hardware to Deep Waves, these colors are simply delightful! Great quality water-based metallic acrylic paint, rich in color and permanent after drying. Great for artistic and decorative use. Archival safe. Non-toxic.
How To Use: See Finnabair shows off some of the beautiful, high-quality Art Alchemy paints right here!
Sculpture Mediums Defined: Art Medium with great versatility on a variety of porous surfaces. Creates a permanent and resistant surface perfect for altering and mixed media techniques. Allows for dimensional sculpturing and 3D effects for home decor. Clear or Beige Color, water based and non-toxic. Available in beige or clear, this medium will help you form the most beautiful dimension with fabric!
How to use:
Apply a generous amount of Sculpture Medium onto fabric, paper, or chipboard elements with a big brush to make sure it will soak through the material.
For bigger pieces of fabric simply pour the Sculpture Medium into container and let fabric soak for a moment. If the medium is too thick you can add a bit of water to make it easier to work with.
Squeeze off the Medium and wrap the fabric in the desired shape and leave to dry – drying time depends on the weather conditions, size of the project, and amount of the Sculpture Medium used.
It is possible to slightly speed up the drying process using a hairdryer or heating gun, but natural drying will give better results.
When dry all the elements can be painted, decorated, or glued together using Art Basics range of products.
Alterable Flowers Defined: Hello, Beautiful! Gorgeous, natural-colored flowers; perfect as-is, or ready to be altered. It's your choice! Alterable flowers perfect for altering, painting, spraying and much more. Use them with Finnabair Pixie Dust Sprays, Art Alchemy Paints and more.
How To Use: Use straight out of the package for a beautiful, natural floral addition to your project. Or color with Art Alchemy paints, Pixie Dust Sprays, or any other art medium of you choice. Dry and add to project.
Are you ready to see these amazing new products in action? Get ready fro an overload of creative inspiration! These gals simply AMAZED us with their gorgeous creations! Let's start off with Finnabair herself!
"I love altering items and books are one of my all-time favourites, so when I could finally put my hands on my new Art Extravagance Rust Paste I just had to use it on one of my books, waiting on the shelf for a mixed-media makeover."
"I started the whole process priming the cover with Art Basics Heavy Black Gesso and, next, adding old, weathered texture using Art Extravagance -White Crackle Paste. The next layers were my new, beautifully shiny Art Alchemy paints. For this project I used 3 colors from the Metallique Line: Black Berry, Steampunk Copper, and Brass Hardware. I wanted colors to correspond with the natural shades of rust."
"Next, using a piece of chipboard, some burlap, lace, Mechanical numbers, and a small wooden panel, I started building layers which were covered with my Rust Pastes. I used different proportions of each color on each panel. To make it all look more natural and help the layers stand out a bit."
Tip for you: for the best effects you can simply dab one or two colors of Rust Paste on the surface with a stiff brush or sponge; let it dry, and then add finishing touches with the last color.
"Because I wanted to make my rust effect look as natural as possible, I added some Art Stones on the edges of the chipboard panel. When the Rust Pastes were still wet, I sprinkled some Art Ingredients Mica Powder - Copper and Rust in the chosen parts of my composition. That was my way to add some extra metallic sparkle to quite matte finish of the Rust Paste.
My last step was decorating the top panel with a Mechanical pocket watch which I filled with one of the biggest pebbles glued on the vintage image, some rusty screw heads and finally - sprinkling some Mica Flakes and Micro Beads which were glued down with Art Basics Soft Gloss Gel. After all the work my book looked completely different and I have to say I'm really pleased with the results!" ~ Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair http://tworzysko.blogspot.com/
Prima Products: Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints: Metallique - Black Berry - 963217, Metallique - Brass Hardware - 963095, Metallique - Steampunk Copper - 963156; Art Extravagance - Rust Paste Set - 963576, White Crackle Paste - 961503, Heavy Black Gesso - 961459, Soft Gloss Gel - 961435, Art Ingredients - Art Stones - 963705, Micro Beads - Bronze - 962586, Mica Flakes - Gold Leaf - 961756, Mica Powder - Rust - 962548, Mica Powder - Copper -962531, Melange Art Pebbles - 963323, Mechanicals - Numbers - 960261, Mechanicals - Pocket Watches - 963347, Mechanicals - Mini Hardware - 963316
"I found a key that was just begging to be made into what looked like a rusty treasure from years past. I used all three pastes, adding them with a brush, and letting the edges blend together. When dry, you can add some dry brushing with Black Gesso."
"Now for the fun NEW products! I began by crumpling strips of canvas, crinoline and jute twine, and then soaking them in sculpture medium. Form them into an arrangement for your base, and then let them dry. Using a 5x5 inch canvas board, I spread the White Sand Texture Paste on with a Texture Brush, creating a pattern. The now dry base was pressed into the texture paste along with lots of Art Stones. This was then dried completely."
"I mixed Opal Magic paints with Heavy Black Gesso and painted in spots on the base. The Grungy Butterflies have 3 different patinas. I used the Rust Paste primarily on the rusty one, and Black Gesso with Metalliques on the silver one. The Mechanicals and found objects were glued on with Heavy Body Gel and painted with Metalliques Gold Rush and Rich Turquoise."
"The Mica Powder+ Water Sprays were used to create shimmer and color. I think the Black Cherry spray created the best contrast at the end with the rich purple/red color." ~ Linda M. Cain http://cain81art.blogspot.ie/
Prima Products: Mixed Media Essentials (6 pack) – 963262, Sculpture Medium Clear-963019, Rust Pastes-963476, Rust Paste Set-963576, Art Stones-963712, Grungy Butterflies-963408, Rusty Gears-963439, Mini Hardware-963316, Mini Stars-963316, Mini Knobs-963385, Heavy Body Gel-963040, Double-sided Texture Brush Set 1-963873, Metallique Rich Turquoise-973231, Metallique Gold Rush-963071, Opal Magic Blue/Gold-963675, Opal Magic Green/Gold-963651, Mica Powder Copper-972531, Mica Powder Black Cherry-962807, Mica Powder Blue-962494, White Resist Canvas/Damask-960643
"I sewed the edges of the paper bag to make it stiffer. Next I applied a thin layer of Clear Gesso, using the awesome silicone brush, and let it dry. I grabbed my new Finnabair´s Art Alchemy acrylics and did some amazing alchemy. :) I went for Metalliques: Rusty Red, Ancient Coin, Brass Hardware, and Black Berry. The shades of colors are super yummy."
"Then I decided to try out my old trick of "baking" them. I applied the acrylics with a palette knife in various layers to form a huge circle. Now comes the alchemy part: each layer of the acrylics was dried with a heat gun, holding it very close to the paper (2cm). A superb texture appeared soon. Tiny, small, big, regular, and irregular bubbles came up. So impressive!
"Then I did some random stamping with Archival ink and Finnabair´s background stamps. I also made some doodling and splashes. I glued on a bit of brass wire, the vintage girls and metal wings using Soft Matte Gel. A bit of washi tape, a tiny gem stone and the fun work is done." ~ Denisa Gryczova http://www.scrapholka.
blogspot.cz/
Prima Products: Clear Gesso - 961466, Soft Matte Gel Transparent - 961428, Mixed Media Silicone Brush 2” - 963880, Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints: Metallique Ancient Coin - 963057, Metallique Black Berry - 963149, Metallique Brass Hardware - 963095, Metallique Rusty Red - 963156; Stamps: Advert #2 - 960957, Checkered - 960865, Messy - 961893; Mechanicals Winged - 962432, Vintage Collectibles Ephemera - 962890
"I've made a wooden photo block. The background texture has been created using Finnabair White Sand Texture Paste. I’ve painted this background using some of the beautiful new Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints in new release colours of Deep Water, Wild Fuchsia and Pink Blush."
"I have also added texture and dimension with strips of fabric coated with new Art Extravagance Clear Sculpture Medium. You can fold, bend, scrunch, mould, pleat or sculpt fabric any way you want after coating it with this medium. It's very easy to use. Finishing touches include a Grungy Butterfly and some Bolts from the new Mechanicals Range, painted with new Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint called Brass Hardware."
"To achieve this look coat fabric strips with Clear Sculpture Medium and push into folds to dry. They will hold whatever shape you push or mould them into. (photo: gayle_step3)" ~ Gayle Price http://blissandgesso.blogspot.
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Prima Products: Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints: Metallique Brass Hardware - 963095, Metallique Deep Waters - 963118, Metallique Pink Blush - 963217, Metallique Wild Fuchsia - 963132; Art Extravagance Sculpture Medium - Clear - 963019
"I made a very easy tag on which the focal point is the effect you can have using the Sculpture Medium."
"I simply cut a piece of fabric into stripes, soaked them in Sculpture Medium, and formed into a nest shape. When my sculpture 'nest' dried, I painted it with Art Alchemy acrylic paints."
"That's all - a super easy method to create a really interesting effect, don't you think?" :) Kasia Bogatko http://www.kasiabogatko.com/
Prima Products: Art Extravagance Sculpture Medium - Neutral Beige - 963026, Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints: Metallique Wild Fuchsia - 963132, Metallique Pink Blush - 963217, Metallique Black Berry - 963149, Metallique Ancient Coin - 963057, Mechanicals Grungy Butterflies - 963408, Mechanicals: Mini Knobs - 963385
"I love to give a new life to discarded objects and reshape broken pieces into something interesting. This time I used crushed china figurines that I put together and a bottle cap along with a pair of wings."
"The best glue I can recommend is 3D Gel which holds everything perfectly. To fill the blank areas between all the elements I worked with Sculpture Medium. To even the surface I covered the whole figurine with Black Gesso and added a pinch of Art Stones at the base."
"Afterwards, I painted the statue with Rust Pastes. They imitate real rust both in colours and structure."
"To highlight the raised areas and add some patina effect, I used brass and blue brush strokes from the new range of Alchemy Paints. The creature was born again and stands tall with its wings spread wide." ~ Olga Siedlecka
http://belladonnacrafts.
blogspot.ie/
Prima Products: 3D Matte Gel - 961398, Art Extravagance Sculpture Medium - Neutral Beige - 963026, Rust Paste Set - 963576, Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints: Metallique Ancient Coin - 963057, Metallique Brass Hardware - 963095, Metallique Rusty Red - 963156, Metallique Emerald Green - 963170, Art Extravagance Rust Paste Set - 963576, Heavy Black Gesso - 961459, Art Ingredients Art Stones - 963705
Are you blown away like I was when I saw the new products? Which one are you dying to try out? Finnabair, her DT coordinator, and each of her gals on the team are simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! To see more details of these projects, get the latest news, explore full tutorials, and tons of other yummy stuff, check out Finn's blog right here, AND join her Facebook group, Finnabair & Friends!
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