Dream Scrapbook Art Page Project by Anna Dabrowska

Is there anything more dreamlike and surreal than a beautifully composed collage? Picking the right pieces of ephemera, the right images, and the right color scheme is a labor of love, that once completed, brings to life a tiny piece of a strange and beautiful world. Nowhere is that better seen than in this stunning scrapbook page created by the extraordinarily talented Anna Dabrowska.

 

Dream Scrapbook Art Page Materials List:

-Prima Marketing Washi and Fabric Tape – Sunrise Sunset by Finnabair
-Prima Marketing Sunrise Sunset by Finnabair – Paper Pad A4
-Prima Marketing Sunrise Sunset by Finnabair – Vintage Trinkets Flowers 6 pack
-Prima Marketing Sunrise Sunset by Finnabair – Vintage Trinkets Roman Numerals
-Ink Spray
-Lace Ribbon
-Also bits and pieces of your favorite ephemera

 

Anna Dabrowska’s Dream Scrapbook Art Page Tutorial:

Step 1 – Anna’s Dream Scrapbook Art Page is a creative layout with multiple layers and textures. She begins with color and adheres lace trimmings to the outer edges of her page. The outer edges of the page are also framed with machine-stitched black thread.

Step 2 – Once her canvas is ready, she overlaps the Sunrise Sunset papers with the Sunrise Sunset fabric tape.

Step 3 – Next she adds metal flowers and numerals, plus other various embellishments like soda can pull tabs, paper clips, and even the slider portion of a vintage zipper.

The beauty of this project is that it cannot be replicated completely, where as Anna’s style can be. This collage will be a reflection of your own imagination based on what objects and colors you decide to showcase.

When creating your own page, add some mixed-media interest just like Anna did with spray inks, stamping with found objects, stitching, and more.  To recreate Anna’s look, we suggest primarily using her Sunrise Sunset line of products by Prima Marketing.

 

About Anna Dabrowska:

Mixed-media artist, scrapbooker and art journaler Anna Dabrowska, also known as Finnabair, is also an experienced traveling teacher and designs products for Prima Marketing, such as the Sunrise Sunset products featured in this layout. You can view more of her work and travels on her blog: tworzysko.blogspot.com.

 

Want to See More of Anna Dabrowska’s Work?

 

Get tips and techniques from Anna herself in the Autumn 2012 issue of Somerset Apprentice.