Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014 - (Page 152)

Finnabair's secrets I know that the projects we create tell a lot about what kind of people we are. We focus on different elements, we use different ways to express our personalities, we look for different effects - and this diversity is the most beautiful thing in the whole creative world. People can start with the same set of materials - and the finished piece will always be a surprise. So, who exactly am I? by Anna Dabrowska Most of the time I feel like a kind of crazy constructor working secretly in her studio on a top-secret project, trying to make her dreams true: wild eyes, hands in the glue and the paint, surrounded by boxes, jars and tin cans. The more I think about my projects the more I realize that I simply love the process of collecting, hoarding and then upcycling, deconstructing and then constructing everything from bits or right from scratch. I love experimenting, playing, changing the meanings. I don't reflect too much on things - I let my hands play and my head relax. It all starts with "painting" my background, where I prefer to apply patterns and colors Editor's note : no need to present Anna Dabrowska, alias Finnabair on the net, designer at 7 Dots Studio and Prima! You could discover her in HDP34, along with two other Polish scrap artists three years or so ago. We wanted to know a little more about what makes this unique style that we can find in her layouts, and we gave her carte blanche! Enjoy, as they say in America! 152 HISTOIRES DE PAGES - LET'S TALK LAYOUTS MARCH 2014 ISSUE 2 myself; it continues through scatterbrained textures and layers of elements which I keep finding on my desk - and it finishes with playing with the embellishments: these are usually an intriguing mix of found objects and "branded" pieces... which I cut up, rip apart and end up giving them grief. Well then, there you have it - that's me. Materials : papers (7 Dots Studio), resist canvas, crystal vine, paper flower, clear pebbles, stencil (Prima Marketing), metal embellishments, dies (Sizzix), tissue tape (Tim Holtz), inks (Archivals), spray paint (Luminarte - Primary Elements mixed with water), lace, doilies, thread, pins, paper clips, 3D foam (Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L), heavy medium gel

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014

Cover
Editor's note
CONTENTS
Ideas
One layout, three options - It's your choice
Back to basics - Rediscover brads
Volume on our layouts - 3D effects and superimpositions
Honors go to the square - DT challenge
Anti-crisis scrapbooking - Time for toys
Mail Art - Make your talent travel
Discoveries
Meet the artists - Nina, Stephanie and Nina
It's trendy - Geo tags
Scraptherapy - Layouts which soothe the mind
Our furry friends - in the spotlight
Meet the artists - Our new European recruits Valérie, Julie and Elena
We have tried out for you
Rendez-vous
Are you a begginner - Then this page is for you !
Rendez-vous - on the blogosphere
Meet us on the net
Readers' Idea Gallery - Life in blue - Back from holidays
Tale of a Sketch #1 - An effective page setting
Tale of a Sketch #2 - A geometric layout
Winter File
Winter is a promise
Zoom on the snowflake - A seasonal motif
A winter with - energising colors
It's on trend - Wood on our layouts
Scrapping in escape mode - Journey to Canada and the Arctic
A mini-album with labels
Color File
Let's tame color - Second part
Different color combinations
Life in Yellow - The emotional power of color
Let's play with color - Fire and ice
Techniques
Focus on the ombre effect - Decoration, fashion and scrapbooking
Finnabair's secrets - Meet designer Anna Dabrowska and learn her techniques
A background page in 9 steps - #1: Masking and cropping
A background page in 9 steps - #2: Gently splodging
A background page in 9 steps - #3: Texture and transparency effect

Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014