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Got a little craft on...sharing some Rubber Cafe love!

I just got my hands on the McGill Paper Shaping punches and tools and wanted to try them out.  A future project is going to require me to do hundreds of these, so now is a good time to just play.

Paper is cut, I am just putting together a flower and not following the directions.  (I kind of do that from time to time).  I added a fun Blumenthal Lansing button for the center.

Once the flower was assembled, I wanted to play with The Rubber Cafe's "You're So Fine" Glitter in Diamond Clear Cool Highlight to add sparkle to the flower.

I used a brush to apply The Rubber Cafe "Scrap Happy" Glue to the flower tops and let it set for a minute to become clear and tacky.

Cover the area liberally with the glitter.

Knock off the excess glitter from the flower and return to the container.

Add some punched leaves and glue to the bottom and you have a fun, glittery flower to add to layout or other project.

Thank you for stopping by.

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 

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!

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 

Have You Seen This? And This?

First a funny story:

I recently purchased the current and one past issue of Scrap & Stamp magazine.  I sat down with them both starting with the past issue first, perused it for a bit then put it down.  I picked up the current issue and was thumbing through it, now keep in mind that I read magazines from the back to the front, when I got to the 2nd & 3rd pages I noticed something. I was shocked and nearly cried, I had forgotten about the card and did not know it was coming out in September.  I must have looked like a dork!

       
(September issue & online ad for the upcoming Just Steampunk issue)

On the bottom of the left page was an ad for an upcoming issue called, "Just Steampunk" by Scrap & Stamp magazine and my "Steampunk Card" using my "Vintage Treasures" stamp collection from The Rubber Cafe was used as part of the ad.

Here is the full card view that was used in the magazine:

Take a look of the card up close, notice that the patterns on the card are all made from the stamps.  Supplies used:  American Crafts Cardstock, Vintage Treasures from The Rubber Cafe, Spellbinders Grand Labels Eleven, Copic Markers, Ranger Ink and Dimensional Pearls, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (tm) foam squares, MyStix.

SNEAK PEEK OF NEW STAMP SETS...........

I also wanted to share a sneak peek of a piece from two of my new stamp sets at The Rubber Cafe!  I just adore windows, especially old vintage windows, so I stole one window and the shutter set and then used one of my new background stamps and wala! A CARD!

All my Australia students will get to see and use some of these new stamps during my tour from August 13-28th in Sydney and Victoria.  Check out the itinerary!

That's it for now, I still have tons to do before I head to Australia...gotta go start packing RIGHT NOW!

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 

Been buried lately and there is finally light at the end of the tunnel

***WARNING...This post is image heavy***

I have been busy on a number of projects that I dont get to share quite yet (I know, it is excruciating for me too)  but I have finally come up for some air and I was going through my computer and noticed that I have never shared my CHA photos from Los Angeles, and it is only a couple months away from the next one.  (bowing head in shame)  So here goes:

We stayed at the Hotel Figueroa, a historic LA hotel that has housed many a "hollywood star" over the years.  The eclectic decor and moroccan colors were intriquing when I booked it online for the show.  We ran into Tim Holtz in the elevator and he said this is is "go to" hotel when he is in Los Angeles, and I can see why it was quite breathtaking!

Ok, for those of you that have never been to a CHA show, it is one massive convention center and can be quite overwhelming for newbies.  The very first show I ever attended I was there for 3 days and only seen 4 out of the 35 aisles.  You tend to stand there with your mouth on the floor and that takes up alot of your time.  lol.

One of my fave booths was Canvas Corp.  Love their products.


Charity Wings Booth.  Loved doing a video chat on the last day with Melissa of The Rubber Cafe and Elena of Charity Wings.




It was awesome to see Liz Hicks at the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L booth.  





Had a blast doing a make n' take for Glue Arts.  Thank you Richard and Karen for including me at this show.
 


And there is no CHA without a visit to Graphic45.  This was the first show that I have not been in the Graphic45 booth, it was very odd but I had several projects showcased and visited a few times to catch up with industry friends and distributors.

Then I got the chance to meet a few of my fave people, these are the only photos that were on my camera, I still have to get photos from those that I was with:


Stacey and her husband from Spellbinders at the morning media event at their booth.


Amy Coon, from Paperlife was at the Vintage Street Market booth.  So glad to meet Amy in person finally!

Well, that is it for now until I shanghai photos from my cohorts.  

Thank you for stopping by.