Wait Until You See What We Have For YOU!

Finnabair's new Mica Powders are simply GORGEOUS! You can see a few of the brilliant new colors above: Purple, Blue & Gold. Today we have a special surprise for you! Each project is going to feature the mica powders in creative and unique ways. So buckle up and enjoy the creative Finnabair ride!

 

Mica Powder is so much fun to use… It produces soft, pastel color with a beautiful shimmer. It can be mixed with water on a craft mat and painted on paper, chipboard, canvas, or metal that has been primed first.

It can be mixed with water in a misting bottle and sprayed on, or sprayed through a stencil as I have done for my background.

 

It can be mixed in a small container with Art Basics Modeling Paste and again, applied through a stencil to create an even more textural surface as I’ve done here. I have also sprayed it on a stamp and stamped with it. It doesn’t give detail, but a beautiful, shimmery impression of the pattern. ~Gayle Price

Prima Products: Heavy White Gesso - 961374, Modeling Paste - 961350, Copper Mica Powder - 962531, Blue Mica Powder - 962494, Pink Mica Powder - 962456, Clear Stamp - Messy - 961893, Elementals Stencil - Mechanica - 962302, Stencil - Doily - 960155, Cling Stamps - Rust & Dust - 962050

 

I LOVE painting and blending colors. So using the Mica Powders on butterflies was extremely fun for me. You can blend them easily to create all kinds of colorful little pieces. Here I used them on die-cut papers, but you can use them on chipboard, wood, metal...the possibilities are endless!

I started with a plain Manila tag and some Distress Inks in purples and pinks. Drops of water spritzed on removed some of the color for contrast. Then I mixed Gold Mica Powder and 3D Gloss Gel to use with the Butterfly stencil. When dry, stamp with black archival ink using the Tea on Deck cling stamp. You can off-set the stencil and add shadows with inks and a foam square. I randomly added white gel pen accents with the Bubble stencil. White really makes the colors pop. Then I layered the tag onto black chipboard that acts as a frame.

I cut various Butterflies with the Thinlits- Winged Beauties die and some branches out of colored paper. Then I mixed Green, Purple, Lipstick, Pink and Teal in puddles of Soft Gloss Gel to make a thick paint. Only make one color at a time and paint in sections of the Butterflies and twigs as they dry rather quickly. To make the colors stand out, I used a permanent marker around the edges and for accents. Add a bow in the lower corner with some gorgeous Prima flowers and glue the Butterflies in place with 3D Mat Gel. This bright and cheery tag is ready to go. I hope you find inspiration here and give this technique a try. ~Linda Cain


Prima Products: Soft Gloss Gel - 961435, 3D Mat Gel - 961398, Elementals Butterfly Stencil – 961329, Elementals Bubble Stencil – 961299, Finnabair Cling Stamp Tea On Deck – 962043, Mica Powders – Green - 962500, Gold - 962524, Teal - 962487, Pink - 962456, Lipstick - 962463 and Purple - 962470, Prima Sizzix Thinlits – Winged Beauties 659707

 

Creating my small canvas, I was inspired by beautiful spring flowers - hyacinths. Especially the ones in pinks and purples.

I wanted to create some really varied textures so I used all sorts of mediums like: Heavy White Gesso, Modeling Paste, White Crackle Texture Paste and Soft Matte Gel. Gesso was especially important here - I used it to prime not only the canvas, but also the decorations - it made them ready to apply all the colors.

When all my mediums were dry, I could reach for Mica Powders in Pink, Purple, and Lipstick. I sprinkled my powders on the embellishments, using a small spoon, and then I sprayed them with water from a mini mister. This made the powders run and create gorgeous colorful stains.

I wanted to highlight certain elements so I took a soft brush (with just a little bit of water) and dipped it in the powders adding more layers on my embellishments and the canvas. I also took Gold Mica Powder to add some delicate accents. ~Monika Huculak

Prima Products: Modeling Paste - 961350, Heavy Gesso - White - 961374, Texture Paste - White Crackle 961503, Mica Powder – Gold 962524, Mica Powder – Purple 962470, Mica Powder – Lipstick 962463, Mica Powder – Pink 962456, Micro Beads – Silver 962562, Mechanicals Jump Rings 960377, Mechanicals Mini Roman Numerals 960230, Vintage Vanity - 3x4'' Clear Stamp – Adverts 960940, Elementals - 7x9 Stencil "Weaving" 962333, Elementals - 12x12 Black Resist Canvas "Newspaper" 960674, Vintage Mechanical Roses 960339

 

 

Here are my trophies collected from springtime nests, order: Finnabairum, species: Mica Powderis Officialis! ;)

 

 

We are talking birdy display and rusty-pastel shades of shimmering Mica Powders here. I used the powders threefold. First, I applied them with a brush on a damp coat of gesso. This step resulted in a dimensional and shiny effect.

Secondly, I rubbed them dry into crackles, which in turn had been obtained thanks to Texture Paste - White Crackle.

 

Finally, having mixed them with water, I made delicate splashes with the help of a hard brush and my thumb. You can easily control gleaming results by balancing the amounts of powders and media in a mixture. ~Olga Siedlecka

Prima Products:  Mica Powder Copper  -962531, Mica Powder Rust - 962548, Mica Powder Gold - 962524, Mica Powder Green - 962500, Mica Powder Blue - 962494, Mica Powder Teal - 962487, Glass Glitter Midnight Blue – 962715, Glass Beads Turquoise - 962678, Mechanicals Leaves 2 - 961046, Texture Paste White Crackle - 961503, Heavy Gesso White – 961374

 

 

Wow, each and every project is simply STUNNING! A special thank you to everyone of you who created something special for our blog post today! I hope you will all agree that the new Finnabair Mica Powders are simply a MUST-HAVE!!!

 

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Comments

[Helen Tilbury]

Great projects from the Finnabair team!

[Jen Rey]

Wow! Great projects! I love them all! Now I need to get some mica powders! Lol

[Dawn Fields]

Stunning art!

[Barb Macaskill]

What fabulous ways to use these amazing powders!!! Must get some to try all these techniques! TFS!

[Keren Tamir]

Fab projects by the Finn Team!!

[Monica Downing]

all of these projects are awesome...love the mica powders...thanks for the inspiration...you all are AWESOME

[Judy]

The colours are simply gorgeous.

[Joi]

This is such great work with Mica powders. I only have a few but am off to try some of these fun techniques. Thank you so much for so many looks at wonderful creativity. j.

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Oh yes, I certainly must try some of the new mica powders now! Everybody's creations are so very inspiring and I love seeing all the wonderful ways to apply these to our projects!! How fun and artistic!! Thanks for this wonderful showcase of another great new Prima product!! :)

[Song Li]

wow every project is just beautiful!

[Helfy]

I had the oportunity to try these mica powders with Anna herself at Version Scrap two days ago and i'm still on "my little cloud". They are gorgeous !

[Milagros C Rivera]

Awesome line up of beautiful projects. I confess publicly my mica powder addiction...they are an unbelievably cool product!

[Eila Sandberg]

Talk about awesome inspiration from the Finn ladies!! yay! xoxo