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You know I love birdcages and the many different ways to make them!  I used Spellbinders™ Edgeabilties to make one!  Check out the blog to see how it was made...

Hope you enjoy...my next post is next week so keep an eye out it!

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!

 

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 

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 

CHA Recap...Projects, People and Basically Bare

Sorry for the delay in sharing the FEW photos that I took at CHA.  You just get so busy that you forget to take the camera out, however, I did catch a few photos that highlight projects that I created for booths, some people I got to hang with and our rockin' Basically Bare booth!

Let's get started....

First of all, we decided to make a 7ft corrugated cardboard dress form, dubbed "Basically Betty" that matched the Basically Bare dress form embellishment and covered it in papers and foil from Vintage Street Market.  VSM has paper that is 48" x 24" and was a life saver in this case.  This is the blank version and then me covering it in layers of VSM papers in our hotel room.  The completed dress form is the photos of the booth.

 

 

The front of the finished booth.  The few photos we took of setting up were quite blurry.

 

Here are views all the way around the booth:

A shot of the NEW ARRIVAL prototypes.

And Miss Jamie handling the miniature "Dorothy" dress forms using Graphic45, Magic of Oz papers, Craftworks Cards Candi's and Scrapbook Adhesives.  Thank you to our wonderful sponsors and to Jamie for taking the time to help out!



A few visitors came by the booth:

Angel, co-owner of Basically Bare with Tiare, Kim and Melissa from The Rubber Cafe.  Melissa stopped by so I can see the new stamps that I designed.  How exciting is that?  

Then we headed over to the Spellbinders booth to check out Melissa doing her awesome Make n' Take using her awesome glue and new stamps!!

Look at this hot mama!  She is a rockin' teacher!

Ok, now for the projects that were featured at the show.  I did a mixed media canvas for Scrapbook Adhesives using photo corners to make the flowers and other adhesives to make the different effects.  Sorry I did not get any close up photos! Arrggh.  I used an awesome alpha from Imaginarium Designs for the words:  Create. Inspire. Teach.

Then there is the Westcott Designer Display where we were shipped an assortment of cool duct tape, velcro and scissors in which we could use an additional three products to create whatever we wanted.  Hmmm....wonder what I was going to do.  
I used May Arts ribbon for the lace of the corset, the back has a velcro fastener, the entire corset is made from duck tape with a scissor holder built in.  I also used small gears from Imaginarium Designs and large heavy duty gears from Basically Bare.

There were 20 designers that were included in this display, here is a shot of the case I was in.  Check out the other cool projects that were made.

Last but certainly not least, the Dorothy Mannequin at the Graphic45 booth with her little ruby slippers.  She was quite a bit of work but I love how she turned out!  She also has the "No Place Like Home" album that I will be teaching in Australia in just a week and a half.

Here are some more detailed photos that I took before I left:

 

 and I got to see Teresa, she has been working out like a mad fiend and it shows.  
You are beautiful, darling!

Well, that is it.  I got a chance to talk to some great people, make new friends and spend time with old friends.  What a fantastic show, cant wait to share some of the awesome opportunities that came about for me.  Life is good, thank you for sharing!

Living the Altered Life,

Candy 

Australian Tour- Tickets are Booked! Be sure to sign up!

I will be traveling to beautiful Australia in August bringing two exclusive workshops to local stores using the new "Funky Findings" mixed media album by Basically Bare with Graphic45's "Steampunk Debutante" and "The Magic of Oz" paper collections to create two different dimensional albums.

This wonderful event is all handled by the lovely Sherry Mendoza of Your Creative Journey.  Be sure to check to see if your local Aussie store is offering these workshops by keeping an eye out on this facebook page: CLICK HERE!

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"No Place Like Home" Mixed Media Album

The first workshop is "No Place Like Home" a mixed media album that is perfect to document a family holiday or tradition.  We will be using Graphic45's brand new "Magic of Oz" paper collection along with products from Basically Bare, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, May Arts, Ranger, Imaginarium Designs, The Rubber Cafe and Flourish with a Bling!  This kit is to die for, it is jam packed with lots of wonderful elements that we will be layering throughout this book!

We will be going on a mixed media journey doing lots of layering, distressing and inking!

"Treasured Memories...The Past" Mixed Media Album Workshop

It is no secret that I love "Steampunk" and heritage inspired projects and our Treasured Memories...The Past is the perfect album for this.  Using the new "Funky Findings" mixed media album from Basically Bare!

We will be using Graphic45's  "Steampunk Debutante" paper collection along with products from Basically Bare, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, May Arts, Ranger, Imaginarium Designs, The Rubber Cafe, Flourish with a Bling and Vintage Street Market!  We will do some serious layering and inking in true steampunk style.

  We will have custom lettering that will go on the front that says "Treasured Memories" for the actual workshop.  I do not have them yet to show on the sample.  Please notate.

I cannot wait to meet all you wonderful crafters in Australia and very excited to share and inspire each of you!

Living The Altered Life,

Candy

Passports in Hand....check. Product Ordered...check. Australian Tour...check!

Got our passports today for my Australia Tour!  Yay...now I can relax and get ready. 

So first let me tell you how excited I am to be going to Australia to teach two fun mixed media workshops using Basically Bare's "Funky Findings" album, Graphic45's new paper collection, "The Magic of Oz" and "Steampunk Debutante" along with adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (tm), May Arts Ribbon, The Rubber Cafe, Imaginarium Designs chipboard, bling from Flourish with a Bling and more from Ranger!

Thank you to all the Aussies that have been messaging me, looking forward to meeting everyone and hanging out with Sherry Mendoza, who is responsible for bringing me over there.  Thank you Sherry! Hugs!

Visit YOUR CREATIVE JOURNEY for more information.

 

Living the altered life,
Candy 

CHA Class Sneak Peek and May Arts Love!

First of all, I am very excited about CHA in Rosemont, Illinois.  My class sold out quickly and I cant wait to share this project with all my students.  

We will be using a fun and funky mixed media album and embellishments from Basically Bare smothered in Graphic45's "Le Cirque" paper and Staple embellishments all held together with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3Ltm adhesive products! Then add some custom alphas all the way from Australia from Imaginarium Designs, luxurious ribbon from May Arts, fun tape from Vintage Street Market and wild buttons from Blumenthal Lansing and guess what you get?

 
Well all I can show you is a little sneaky poo, sorry, all the build up and all I got for you is this.  Hang tight though there will be more! I am so grateful to the wonderful companies that help to make classes like these possible at CHA.  Please be sure to support them whenever you can!

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May Arts Design Team is Announced....

I think I saw my name on there...I did! I did!   I am so thrilled to be working with May Arts as they have always been a great support to me and I look forward to making some rockin' projects to inspire you!  

I had dreams of spools of ribbon dancing through my head last night.  It was hard to sleep because this ribbon is so fabulous! 

Thats it for now, but lots more to come soon!  Thank you so much for stopping by.

Candy

A Winner and some class photos to share!

First of all, we have a winner for the Free Copy of "Creative Spaces" that features my space along with some other fabulous designers in the industry and chock full of great storage ideas for your area whether it is a small corner of your dining room or a large studio.

 

Drum roll please................
Cathy B. of Il said...

The fact that I have my own space is terrific. It may be a little messy and not that well organized but I love every inch of that room - that fact that I can leave whatever I am working on out on the table and that no one will bother with it. A space that i can "get lost" in...Love it!!

Cathy email me at netcandy@gmail.com with your address so I can forward it to Creating Keepsakes and they will send it right out to you!
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And now for some photos of my classes from last weekend.  I cannot tell you how wonderful my students were it was a true pleasure to teach at Papertrix in Nashville, Indiana and I cant wait to go back there soon!  If you have the latest issues of Cardmaker or Rubber Stamp Madness they were featured in both publication.  It truly is a special store!

Here are the ladies and my man crafter, Russell from our Steampunk mini album class.  Thank you so much for sharing the afternoon with me!

 
Then there are "My Creative Circus" gals.  A big hug to Carol for sharing your story with me about your grandfather working at Ringling Bros. many years ago.  I cannot wait to see your finished album, so please hurry!

I will be putting together an album of my visit to the beautiful Nashville, Indiana area shortly to share more class photos and fun!

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:  Graphic45, Basically Bare, The Rubber Cafe, Imaginarium Designs and May Arts!  This is possible because of our sponsors that really worked hard to make sure we got all the supplies that we needed!

Thank you for stopping by,

Candy