A Vintage Girl

The Story Behind the Printers Tray Album and an Introduction to the "A Vintage Girl" brand.

Introducing "A Vintage Girl," a vintage brand of crafty goodness including chipboard albums, chipboard embellishments and stencils to start.  All our products have a vintage style with some sprinkles of Steampunk.  We will have our official launch in late October, so keep an eye out. 

One of my chipboard albums, The Printers Tray, will be featured at Scrapbooking Fairies in Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada on September 29th is my all time favorite. As those that know me, know that I am truly a vintage girl at heart and at the center of that heart is a love for old Printers Trays.  I own one cabinet that is buried deep in storage, that I had to save for quite some time to buy. It was missing two drawers but that's ok, I have about 12 drawers that I have picked up over the years. They are spendy little devils, but when I see them I cannot resist.  All the little areas to put little things in like keys, old matchbooks, anything small really.

Six years ago, I was given the opportunity to create chipboard albums with Michele Parish of Want2Scrap.com.  Naturally, I did a gear album, then a steampunk one and then THE PRINTERS TRAY.  This was tricky because we needed to create the little lip on the long edge.  And then what would we put inside, so the embellishment sheet was born.  It had pieces and words that fit perfectly in the cutouts on the cover.  Scissors, windows, words, buttons and other fun items.  This is my most favorite album and such fun to have an album that is of one of my most prized possessions at home.

We are now offering them under my own brand, "A Vintage Girl" that features chipboard albums, chipboard embellishments, and stencils.  Working on a few other ventures including a paper collection and home decor.  Keep an eye out, we are super busy!

 

This is just a quick and dirty SNEAK PEEK of what we are featuring in upcoming workshops for September and October. 

 

Here is the gear album.  There is a second gear set that you can purchase to create a three-dimensional look that I show on the finished piece in this post.

Gear album embellishment Sheet.  These are made to add 2 additional layers to the cover of your gear album.  They are perfectly fine as a stand-alone gear set as well.

 

Our Epic Wicked Wings, perfect for use on mixed media home decor like dress forms or your art journal pages.

 

MORE COMING!!!! WOOHOO!!!

Let's Take A Time Warp to 2009-2010. Want to join me?

A little history and fun... I have been in the crafting industry since 2009. Most know that this journey started with my first show in Craft & Hobby Association show in 2009 in Anaheim, California where I took my very first paper dress form by the Graphic45 booth and they asked to leave it there.  Well, the rest is history!

My story and all the dress forms that I have made every single year for them will be posted on their blog in a little over a week, I will give the date and official announcement shortly. In preparation the research of finding all the photos, which shows, which locations have taken days and days to put together. I have dug deep into the computer archives. Along the way, I have found some fun projects from back when I started both with Graphic45 and other great companies.  I thought I would post them here first to show you where I began and to hopefully inspire you to keep creating no matter what!

These projects are all from the 2009-2010 era, so they go way back.  It was fun to see what I did so many years ago.  I am still crafting my style, and I am proud of all that I have accomplished in this time, but the best part is all the amazing people that I have in my life because of crafting.  Thank you so much for following me and encouraging me.  Some of you have been with me since the beginning, and for that I humbly thank you!

 

I hope this inspires you to never stop creating, we all start somewhere...just keep going!!

A Months Worth of Bad Girls Couture- 42nd St. Soda Shoppe Kit

goes all bad ass with Bad Girls Couture Monthly Kit 

 American Crafts, Prima Marketing, Hambly Studios, WOW Glitter and so much more!
To subscribe head on over to www.BadGirlsCouture.com!

 

This layout is of my honey and me at an outdoor concert a few years back.  This is one of my favorite photos of us.
To see more closeups go to https://badgirlscouture.com/some-serious-bad-ass-fussy-cutting/

This vintage Archie Comic Book mini album was made in-house by the Bad Girls Couture team.  This was so much fun to create with, anything that is vintage has my heart.  To see more about it and close ups, visit the blog post at https://badgirlscouture.com/vintage-comic-book-mini-album-with-pizazz/

 

This layout was part of the team challenge, I squealed just a little bit to get some vintage Hambly Studios in this kit and used the inspiration for color, the clean lines and minimalistic look.  To see what the team created and the magazine cover that inspired it go to https://badgirlscouture.com/welcome-to-the-december-bad-girls-dt-challenge/

Thank you for stopping by, 

Happy Crafting, 

Candy 

Make a Junk Journal with Me at Scrapbook Expo, June 2 & 3rd in Puyallup, Washington!

JOIN ME AT SCRAPBOOK EXPO this weekend in Puyallup, Washington.
June 2 & 3, 2017
Friday at 4pmpm & Saturday at 2:30pm
at the Washington State Fair
This class is 1.5 hours long and is going to be the bomb-diggity!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

There are still some spots left for this amazing JUNK JOURNAL class with its own canvas envelope to tote it around in.  Color sprays, stencils, textures, rope, paper and so much more.  Fun envelopes and pockets to put your goodies in.  You will be spoiled with all the product you will receive in this class.  

Sponsored by some wonderful and generous companies including Canvas Corp Brands/Tattered Angels, Beacon Adhesives, Imaginarium Designs, Heartfelt Creations, Elizabeth Craft Designs

 

Check us out in the workshop book and get more info and sign up....hurry while seats are still open.  We are going to have a great time! http://scrapbookexpo.com/ShowGuides/2017-Puyallup-Workshop-Guide/2017-Puyallup-Workshop-Guide/assets/basic-html/page-38.html

A VISION has become a reality....Printers Tray Album!

Dreams really do come true....

I am extremely fortunate to have spent time with Michele Parrish of Want2Scrap.com over the years through Scrap n' Art online magazine, show room floors and just designing in the industry in general.  She even admitted to me that she "followed" me through the years and my designs (which brought a tear to my eye) so when I got the chance to create some product for her company, I was gobsmacked to say the least.

We have now created a few albums and embellishments with more on the drawing table, however, I wanted to announce our newest album that I simply adore and makes me jump up and down!!!

I have to admit that this one is my most favorite.  I am vintage girl through and through, old items speak to me and draw me in.  I have a special love for printers trays.  These come from old printers cabinets in the day when things were printed with old wood and metal letter blocks.  There is so many ways to create with this album:

What better paper to use then Graphic 45's Typography Collection to create a vintage tray.

And Steampunk Spells....

Check out the other albums in my collection, these are such a blast to create with, corrugated cardboard, canvas and chipboard, OH MY!!!

Check out all the fun albums and embellishments at http://bit.ly/candyrosenbergcollection and get yours today!!

Thank you all so much for your support!

Be Inspired. Always! 

Graphic45 Design Team 2013 Audition

I have been waiting for this design team call for a couple of years..... its time to throw my hat back into the ring!  I feel like I have been off to college and ready to come home...lol!

I had a blast making a couple new projects with the latest releases for this post along with projects that I have made in the past!  I am currently working on a full size dress for the upcoming Summer CHA show in Las Vegas!  Excited about that, keep an eye out on the blog for updates!

 

 A Secret Garden Canvas Mini Album
Featuring A Secret Garden from Graphic 45, May Arts twine and burlap ribbon, Ranger Pearls and a whole lot of fussy cutting! 

 

A French Country Layout
Featuring French Country by Graphic45, Silhouette by Want2Scrap, Ranger pearls, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. 

 

Altered Tray- Olde Curiosity Shoppe
Featured in "Just Steampunk" by Scott Publications.  Featuring Olde Curiosity Shoppe by Graphic45, Blumenthal Lansing buttons, May Arts twine, Ranger Pearls and Beacon Adhesives.

Fairy Tale Mannequin

Steampunk Candy-Altered Record
Featuring Imaginarium Designs-Australia, Ranger pearls, Tattered Angels, Copic Markers.

My Fairy Lady Dress Form

Altered Steampunk Jars
Featured in "Just Steampunk" by Scott Publications. 

I hope you are inspired to go outside your box and look at everything differently and what you can do to alter things!!

Be Inspired...Always!
Candy 

The Holidays Are Upon Us...first up HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is coming.....put an album together to show off the little ones in costume trick or treating! This album has lots of fun techniques including the page with that large spider web, I used leather cord from May Arts Ribbon to make it right on the page!

 

Album, Silhouette, Rhinestones: Want 2 Scrap
Patterned Paper: Graphic45, Canvas Corp
Ribbon: May Arts Ribbon
Ranger: Ranger dimensional pearls, distress ink 
Adhesives: Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; 3D Foam Squares, GlueArts Extreme Tac Runner

 

If you want to see this baby in person, visit a Scrapbook Expo near you and head on over to the Want2Scrap booth!

Living The Altered Life,

Candy 

May Arts & Graphic45 Blog Hop.....Its my turn....Steampunk Curiosity Style!

Recently my daughter and I went out on a "Steampunk" photoshoot with a local photographer.  We had an incredible time and I just had to make an album with some of the photos.  With a ton of scrumptious May Arts Ribbon and you all know how much I love Graphic 45, a Basically Bare album is born!

By the way, if you are attending the Summer CHA Trade Show in Chicago in July....you will see us in our outfits!  Be sure to stop us and say hi!!!

Look at the awesome airship on the front from Globecraft Memories and metal embellishment from Stanislaus Imports.

On the cover, the burlap ribbon that is used on the bottom has paint on top of it to bring out the dimension.  Each Graphic45 letter is backed with black cardstock (another one of those old school techniques that I still use), and could you just die with this incredible airship with gears inside!

A  cardboard and canvas collage using pen, paint and pieces of Graphic45 and May Arts ribbon! 

I am loving this new burlap ribbon from May Arts!  I made a pocket to put this photo in on this page.  I used embossing enamel from Globecraft Memories to create the antiqued gear look on the large gear!

Now be sure to visit the following blogs today:

Denise Hahn: http://www.inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/
Laura Denison: http://www.followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com/
Susan Lui: http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/
Jen: http://jenshearsdesigns.blogspot.com/
Kimberly: http://serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com/

 and the rest of the days too:

Monday, June 18th:
Alberto Juárez : http://vintageodyssey.blogspot.com/
Gloria Stengel : http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Nicole Eccles: http://www.nicoleeccles.com/
Jingle: http://www.justjingle.blogspot.com/
Charlene: http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/

Tuesday, June 19th:
Arlene Cuevas: http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/
Jim, The Gentleman Crafter:http://thegentlemancrafter.typepad.com/
Betto Cesare: http://scrapguys.blogspot.com/
Vera: http://www.lingshappyplace.blogspot.com/
Latrice: http://www.latricemurphy.blogspot.com/
Karen: http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, June 20th:
Clare Charvill: http://mycreativespirit.blogspot.com/
Kristin Wilson: http://www.kristinwilsonhandmade.com/
Sharon Ngoo: http://glooshmoo.blogspot.com/
Jenifer: http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/
Tiffin: http://www.linwoodavenue.blogspot.com/


Friday, June 22nd:
Jane Tregenza: http://janetregenza.blogspot.com/
Maiko Miwa: http://shiny-scrap.blogspot.com/
Tara Orr: http://eachmoment-onlyonce.blogspot.com/
Jinky: http://jinkyscrafts.blogspot.com/
Leah: http://1alabasterowl.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by on this blog hop!
-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