Inspired by Finnabair Prima Marketing Clock

Hi, I have been seeing this clock all over FB and have been wanting to make one of these for my daughter for sometime.  Finally my girl friends and I got together and I was able to make this clock.


Have to tell you I am loving Anna Dabrowska's Art Basics products and also the paint and mica powders line.  I have been a fan of Finnabair and Prima Marketing for years.


Hope you enjoy my Anna Dabrowska inspired clock.

My daughter's living room has blue and green as her color scheme so I made this for her as a house warming present since she just moved.

Thank you for stopping by, happy scrapping ...

Product List:



Prima Marketing Inc:  Clock, Flowers, Leaves, Metals;  Finnabair:  Mica Powders; Art Basics:  Modeling Paste, Texture Paste, Black Gesso; Sandra Evertson - Relics and Artifacts; Viva Décor (green yellow) Paint; Misc Embellishments: Tim Holtz, K&Co., Magenta, Kaiser Crafts (clocks), Tools:  Art Basics brushes, Princeton Catalyst spatula

Helmar Mixed Media Layout

Hi, its my turn over at the Helmar blog and I am sharing this mixed media layout of my daughter's trip to Joshua Tree in California.

I decided to try painting my background for a rich bold look.  Below are some photos of my process:

Primed my cardstock with gesso

Taped off my page so that I would have a clean border

Mixed my colors to get a rich blue

Painted my base page

Used gesso and Crafter's Work Shop stencil to get my pattern, then dropped some black ink blots

Using Helmar Decoupage and Craft Glue to glue down my embellishments

Using Helmar Craft glue to adhere my chosen photos

This page was fun to create and using Helmar made it so much easier.  Hope you enjoyed my work today and please stop by the Helmar FB page and blog today.



Thank you for stopping by today,

Helmar Product Used:

Craft Glue

Decoupage Craft Paste

Other Product Used:

Paper:  Bazzill, Reminisce (unwritten); Embellihments: Reminisce (unwritten); Stencil: Crafter's Workshop; Paint: Delta, DaVinci, Gesso:  ProArt; Art Basics: Misc: Micropens

Journal Notes with Helmar

Hi, it's my turn over at Helmar USA today and I am sharing a journal I made to take notes of my ideas, sketches and/or to-do list.  It is small enough to carry in my art bag or even my purse.  Well I do carry a big purse ...

Rather than downloading a lot of photos I decided to make a quick video on youtube:

Helmar Journal Notes

It is funny how you start off with one idea for creating a journal cover and it just morphs into something different.  Does this happen to you?  Well it helps when you are using good product and I love using my Helmar Adhesives.  I have been using this brand for years. 

Today I used:

Craft & Hobby PVAGlue 8.45 fl.oz

Helmar 450 Quick DryAdhesive 4.23 fl.oz

This journal was fun to make and I loved doodling on my book and getting a little drawing in.  Below you will find the list of products I used besides my Helmar.

Thank you for stopping by today ...

Other Product Used:

Paper: K&Co., Basic Grey; Embellishments: Heidi Swap (resist ephemera), Paint:  Art Anthology, Ranger Inkssentials black Enamel; Spray:  Lindy's Stamp Gang, Tattered Angels; Gesso: Pro Art; Tools: Martha Stewart bone folder, Copic alcohol pen, Ranger, Zig Millennium .05 pen, Stabilo black, Stencil (Heidi Swapp); Misc: Beads

Steampunk Canvas Goodbye

Hi, today is my last post for Art Anthology, its been fun but time to move on.  Plus my next major project is to remodel my craft room so that is going to take a while.

So this month Art Anthology challenged us to make a steampunk themed project.  I decided to re-do a canvas that I was demoing at CHA and repurpose it.

I had originally planned on just adding to my pastel canvas but then decided to go grungy.  So
I went from this ...

To my steampunk inspired canvas.

I started with stone effects and stencils

Then added colorations spray

After, I added more stencils with a mixture of texture paste (stucco) and sorbet (mi bella)

Then I started adding layers of embellishments.

Thank you for stopping by today, happy scrapping ...

Art Anthology Product Used:
Sorbet: Mi Bella; Stone Effects: Lava; Colorations: Raider, Peacock Feathers, Waimea Bay; Dimensional Gemstone: Amber; Texture Paste: Amber; Stencils: Blossom, Bubbles, Inspired Grunge; Tools: matt, catalyst, gesso

Other Product Used:
Stampendous, Ranger, Basically Bare, Maya Road, Ideaology, 7 Dot Studio, American Tag, Faber Castell pit pen

Leaky Shed Studio Julie Nutting Canvas

Hi today my canvas is being featured over at Leaky Shed Studio.  I love the Julie Nutting chipboard dolls over at Leaky Shed Studio where they have several doll options.  I decided to create a cute canvas for my scrap room wall.

I used the following Leaky Shed Studio chipboard pieces.

Willow Flower

Julie Nutting Candy Doll

Large Spring Butterfly

For process photos of how I prepared my Leaky Shed Studio chipboard; please go on over to the blog today ... Leaky Shed Studio

Here are photos of my process after I prepared my chipboard pieces.

First I painted on thick gesso on my canvas.  Then I used strips of G45 "once upon a springtime" and latticed the strips of paper and spread a thin layer of Art Anthology sorbet "vegas gold" to adhere the paper.

I added the Art Anthology stencil "bubbles" with some "vegas gold" sorbet; then I spattered black delta paint on the canvas.   Next I used my finger to add a thick layer of the sorbet around the edges to frame the canvas.

Now that I have my base canvas the way that I want it, I start to layer on my embellishments and my chipboard.  

This next part is my favorite because it is when I add all the little tiny details and extras.  Notice the flowers, jewels, leaves, more lace ...

I appreciate you stopping by for a visit.  Please visit the Leaky Shed Studio blog for the first part of my post where I go through the process of preparing the chipboard.  

Happy Scrapping ...

Leaky Shed Studio Product Used;

Julie Nutting Candy Doll

Willow Flower
Large Spring Butterfly

Other Product Used:

Copic (YG17, YG03, YR00, YR07, R01, R22, R32, RV14, 100, muliliner); Art Anthology (Sorbet: Vegas Gold, Coral, Buttercream, Sand Dune, Mi Bella; Velvet: Tuxedo, Shamrock; Colorations: timeless); G45 (fairy) Glick Canvas, Gesso, Ranger, BoBunny Glitter Paste, Helmar, Prima Marketing Flowers, May Arts