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Some new and old school techniques...first post with Spellbinders™!

Come on by the Spellbinders™ blog today to learn a few old school and new techniques using dies, canvas, spray mists and more!

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Updates, News...Oh My!

First of all, tomorrow is my DEBUT blog post over at Spellbinders blog!  Had to work through all the first time technical stuff today, but Kelly was so sweet and walked me through it.  I cant wait to see it live, what a dream come true to work with such an incredible company!!

So keep an eye out tomorrow!

In my last post, I promised more news to come....and today is the day!  Some of you know that I toured Australia last year, and met some of the most awesome men and women in my ventures there.  I got the chance to meet Maggie Lloyd of Flourish With A Bling, she was just crazy enough to travel many hours to make it to one of my workshops, I was floored!  

I have had the opportunity to use the FWAB products in workshops and on personal projects, now I get to share them even more with you...as I am on their VERY FIRST design team!  I am so excited to be working with Maggie and the FWAB team!!!

Here is a recent layout using Chloe Pearl Flourish in white:

Be Creative Always,
Candy

So very excited.....I get to call myself a SPELLBLOGGER!

Howdy,

I wanted to share my super exciting news!  It's official...I am now joining the ranks with some other uber talented folks over at Spellbinders™ as your Mixed Media Spellblogger!  Those that know me, know that I love Spellbinders™ and the entire crew, so I am deeply honored!

I have my first project all ready to go....can you guess what the theme might be? hmmm, you will have to go to the blog on May 8th to see what I have been crafting and check out the fun techniques that I used!

Keep an eye out for video tutorials...yes, I will be doing video.  Dont fall on the floor!  

I wanted to share one of my fave photos from CHA Winter 2012 with Stacey Caron, she got to take the vintage themed box home with her.  I would like to say she grabbed it and ran with it, but she didn't...lol.

See you on the Spellbinders™ blog next week!

Getting Ready For CHA in Chicago. Getting Product In!

For those of you that are attending, I will be teaching one Altered Art workshop at the Summer CHA show in Chicago sponsored by May Arts, Basically Bare and GlueArts.   We will be de-constructing a mixed media album and embellishments and using various products from our sponsors to create a Vintage Inspired Altered Art Home Decor project!  This will be a fun workshop that I am very excited to be teaching at the show and you wont to miss the new stamps from The Rubber Cafe!!

We will be playing with corrugated cardboard, acrylic, chipboard, canvas, ribbon, buttons and so much more!  

I am getting product in to start making the project, this is the fun part!  Look at the goodies that just arrived from May Arts!  Time to dig in and get this project started!

Keep an eye out for more updates!

 

Just Steampunk...a ton of eye candy! No pun intended!

Congratulations to so many of you including some I am honored to call friends in the latest SPECIAL ISSUE by Scott Publications..."Just Steampunk!"  

 

See the rest of this one in the publication!
This 18" mannequin is covered in a number of mediums and products to create the mixed media look.  Ranger: Perfect Pearls, Claudia Hellmuth Medium; Steampunk Set by Candy Rosenberg at The Rubber Cafe;  Basically Bare: corrugated gear;  Imaginarium Designs: laser cut gears and alpha; May Arts ribbon; Prima foliage; Graphic 45: Steampunk Debutante; Candi: legless brads; Copic Markers;  Gauche Alchemy: punchinella

There is a lot of fun and steampunky projects in this issue!

 

Living The Altered Life,
Candy 

The First of Three CHA Winter Workshops Announced!

Ok, first of all, I know that you may be a little taken aback.  Candy is NOT doing vintage, you ask? That is right, I am revealing a little known secret! I have loved Bella Blvd since the first CHA I went to.  They were one of my top 3 and I think most of you know who the other two are! lol

So here is the official announcement:

I have been working hard on upcoming CHA Winter Workshops!   The first one I have to share is our Basically Bare, Bella Blvd and GlueArts sponsored workshop, along with co-sponsor May Arts!

 

 

This will be a fun class that includes the CHA Launch of the baby version of the "Timeless Tabs" album, appropriately called "Tiny Tabs" from Basically Bare.

Registration is not yet open, so keep an eye out on the CHA Website to be one of the 50 spots in this class!  And keep an eye out for the other two workshops, they are coming!!!  I am working these fingers to the bone, here!!!

Houston, Texas here we come....Collins Group Trade Show!

October 14-17th, 2011. Collins Group Trade Show

Store Owners: Come on out to the Collins Group Fall Workshop in Houston next month.  I will be doing a fun workshop using Basically Bare's mixed media album and embellishments along with the "Magic of Oz" collection from Graphic 45, May Arts, The Rubber Cafe, Ranger and Glue Arts.

We will be helping dorothy follow the yellow brick road....and get her home with this fun mixed media album, sunshine and clouds embellishments along with hot air balloon and heart locket from Basically Bare.  

This is an exclusive workshop built for craft store owners for use as classes.  We look forward to meeting those that are attending.  We have special "goodie" bags for our attendees.

Living The Altered Life,

Candy 

A piece of mixed media up for auction at eBAY for CHARITY!

At CHA I was asked to participate along with 19 other fabulous designers to create a mixed media project using Duck Brand Duck Tape, Velcro and Westcott scissors.  I happened to have one 18" tall paper mache bust left so I got to work.  This event was for Charity Wings to raise funds and is now on eBay with only a few days left to bid!  Help me to raise money!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Candy-Rosenberg-Handmade-Art-Mixed-Media-Mannequin-/280729878736?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415cce00d0#ht_1839wt_1185

This beauty is layers upon layers of mixed mediums, gesso, paint, perfect pearls, more gesso, more paint from Ranger...lasercut gears from Imaginarium Designs.  A full duck tape corset that can be removed at the velcro seam that weighs in at a couple of pounds laced up with May Arts ribbon plus a bit of stamping with the Steampunk Stamps from The Rubber Cafe.  She stands 18 inches tall and is built to display for years to come!

Please help us to raise money for a charitable cause!  Thank you!

The Australian Tour and a tidbit of news to share...

The Australian Tour was such a great experience, the stores and students were all wonderful and I hope to stay in touch with a lot of you.  I am just now getting over my jet lag after 14 WORKSHOPS, 9 STORES in 16 DAYS!  I felt a bit like a rock star on a concert tour.  Sherry Mendoza of Your Creative Journey was a phenomenal organizer this event and I am very thankful for her hospitality!

I will share more photos as soon as I can.  Meanwhile, here are a few projects that I worked on just before I left so they got out in the mail before I headed out.

 Peddlers Den was holding a "No Place Like Home" fun gathering and needed something for the party.  I was happy to oblige, using Graphic45's  "Magic of Oz" papers and new alterable box.

Blumenthal Lansing needed some projects for an upcoming Michael's Craft Store Convention:

 

All the jewelry items inside were made with blumenthal buttons as well.




Plus I have some other fun news!

I just got my copy of the special edition by Creating Keepsakes of "Budget-Friendly Scrapbooking" with a fun layout using a food label.  You have to see this one!

I can't keep my eyes open any longer, hope you all are doing well and thank you for stopping by!

Candy 

 

More from Australia...

My crafting tour has been a blur and whirlwind of great people and places...I am beyond exhausted but so happy to have gone to so many great places and meet some of the most fabulous people along the way!

You have all inspired me far more than anything I did for you!  So I finally got a little down time to work on some photos and post here on the blog...so sorry it has taken so long.  I have one more day of back to back workshops and then I am heading back to the US!

This last week we had workshops in Victoria, with the first stop being HobbySew in Echuca.  Karen and Helen came to pick us up at the airport and the poor girls had to hang out waiting for over 5 hours for us, our flight was cancelled and rescheduled.  These ladies had already driven nearly 3 hours to pick us up.  Then they finally got us at 9:30pm and still had the 3 hour drive to their house.  Thank you so very much you two for your infinite patience!

While I was at the workshops my husband got a chance to boat down the Murray river (spelled wrong I am sure):

Here are the fabulous girls from HobbySew:

 

Karen and Helen took us back to St. Kilda to spend the rest of the week there with the other stores.  However, on the way out they were kind enough to stop in the little historical town so we can take photos:

Then off to St. Kilda and we hit our hotel room and literally threw all our luggage in the room and turned around to head down to the ocean and pier:

This one is for my oldest daughter, a mini cooper with the steering on the right side of the car:


and a few more for Chelsea, we love to snap photos of grafitti and there was plenty to choose from:

Then the window shopping, lol!

and I got my sushi finally!


That is it for now, more photos coming...gotta hit the hay to get some sleep to teach tomorrow and then get ready for home.

Living the altered life,
Candy