A Vintage Girl

ArtFoamies: Art Journal Pages Turned into a Pile of Artist Trading Cards!

I went absolutely crazy with a stack of ArtFoamies to make a two page Art Journal spread.  Once I applied a bunch of stamps, stencil, and paste,
then digging through my goodies box, I decided to cut them up and make some fun Artist Trading Cards.  I was itching to make some.

 

 

Supply List:
ArtFoamies:  Balzer Big Numbers, Dinosaur Skin, Rebekkah Meier: Script Heart, Death Star Explosion
 {a vintage girl}: trinket set 
DecoArt Acrylic Paints, Dimensional Effects
StencilGirl Products: Seth Apter Unfinished
Elizabeth Craft Designs: Planner Patterns

 

Let's get started: Two beautiful vintage sheets of music to start the pages.

Slather the pages with DecoArt acrylic paint using the StencilGirl Seth Apter "Unfinished" Stencil, and DecoArt Dimensional Effect Paste.

 

 

If you have never used Adhesive Sheets from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, then run, don't walk to your computer and get some now!  These Elizabeth Craft Designs die cuts need to be covered in adhesive.  Just put the die cut down on the sheet, put the plastic cover sheet back on and rub.  The entire bottom of the die cut is covered in the adhesive in seconds!  Put the cover sheet back on and use again later.

 

 

Now for the best part, dig through your goody box and find some fun embellishments to each card.  I used some fun wood products that one of my Vintage Girl Ambassadors, Cathy Frailey gifted me.  I used my go-to FabriTac from Beacon Adhesives for the chunky stuff!

 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you will take a few minutes and check out {a vintage girl} products at www.AVintageGirlShop.com.

{a vintage girl} and Expo International Trims. A Match Made In Heaven!

Makes a wall hanging with a plethora of fun feathers, chipboard and molds!

Yes, I finally got a chance to play with {a vintage girl} chipboard, Lisa Kettel Designs and the fabulous Expo International to create this 8" x 10" canvas that features a dress form to showcase at Creative Inkling Retailer in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.  I just could not stop with all the chipboard, molds and the unbelievable trims from Expo International. 

It felt so good to get my mojo on, with a new manufacturing company, {a vintage girl}, designing new products every day plus the two businesses I already own, playing tournament pool and just life in general, it's hard to find a moment to be creative.   This entire project was over two days with each day being at 1 am in the morning. 

That is when the mojo hit, and you have to listen!

 

 

{a vintage girl} Supply List:

Chipboard Dress Form
Bricks
Fairy Dream Wings
Trinket Set (various pieces)
Working Pulley
Large Pipe Dreams
Alphanumeric Alpha Set

*{a vintage girl} is a Fiskars Brand Ambassador and all projects feature the use of Fiskars Scissors, Cutting Mat, Paper Trimmer and more.


*{a vintage girl} is a Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Brand Ambassador and this project features the use of their products.


ExpoInternational Supply List:
Natural Feather Fringe Trim
Mya Flower Trim-Brown
Jaylo Feather Trim Brown
Faux Leather Fringe with Studded Header-Black

DecoArt Media
Americana Acrylics Paint
Decoupage

Other
Fiskars Scissors, Cutting Mat and Paper Trimmer
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares
Beacon Adhesive 3-in-1 Liquid Adhesive
Prima Finnabair Wax
Vintage Magazine Page
Vintage Book Page
Old RCA Radio Tube
Metal Butterfly and Clock

 

 

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Lifes Little Mishaps...Put Back Together with Beacon Adhesives!

You know how life is, the little silly things that happen.  Like being too short for your pants and constantly have to fold them up, a seam coming out of a travel or laptop bag.  Well, these two things recently happened and in that moment I remember that there are creative solutions to these problems.  As expected from a crafty, creative person...you figure out what you can use to fix the issue.

Recently, my youngest daughter was here, I had not seen her since July of last year as she was out of the country.  We got a chance to head out to a local comedy club, but at 5 ft, the pants have to fold and then fit into the boots.  The folded jeans were too bulky and kept causing a problem blowing out the zipper on the boots.  Beacon Adhesives Fabri Tac to the rescue.  

The Solution: Easy Peasy.  Just add Beacon Adhesives Fabri Tac to the hem area.  A little goes a long way, fold over the material and you have a hem.

 

 

Then later in the week, during Winter cleaning I found my old soft-sided briefcase that I really needed hiding away.  I opened it up and found some long lost goodies but noticed that the material on the side had come out of its seam.  You can see the glue that was there before.

Again, Easy Peasy.  Add Beacon Adhesives Fabri Tac to the are and align the material back in place and done. 

I now have a good as new briefcase!

 

I love when there is a simple and easy way to fix everyday problems.  The joys of being a crafter!

 

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When you have your very own Vintage Hanger...

 

Working on a project from Creativation 2019, we attended a Prime Networking event with a number of manufacturers that gave us product to play with and to enter the Prime Networking Best Blogger Contest.  We received this fun Diamond Art product from Leisure Arts.  I have been wanting to try one of these for so long.  I have been teasing you with photos of my progress...

Well, I got all the pieces on the dress, now its time to figure out what to do with it.  As I was thinking, you can see that the original dress has a hanger in the image, of course, when you have your own wood vintage hangers...you are going to use that, right?  At {a vintage girl}, we have two sets, smaller and larger.  Go to our shop at www.avintagegirlshop.com to see all our great products.

So here is a sneak peek of the finished dress and moving on...



I cut the dress out of the fabric sheet.  Will cut it more closely with fine tipped scissors.

Hmmm, which one to use?

Woodland Fairy at PaperWorld in Frankfurt, Germany. January 2019.

Paperworld 
Frankfurt, Germany 2019
All the trends and industry innovations come together in one place at Paperworld. For major brand manufacturers or international newcomers, Paperworld, with its unique product diversity, is the most important industry meeting point and source of inspiration for the wholesale and retail trade as well as for corporate buyers. 

 "Woodland Fairy" will be displayed at the Sculpey Polyform booth at Hall 4.2 Booth D17

Sculpey commissioned a custom mixed media and polymer clay piece to display at the 2019 Paperworld show earlier this year.  I am so excited and can't wait to see photos of it in the booth.  As you know, I am not known as a clay artist, so this and my big "Ethereal Fairy" dress were a challenge for me in this medium.  I think I did ok though, lol.

The Woodland Fairy was made entirely of Premo Polymer Clay hand cut and sculpted by me, a few twigs and my "Wicked Wings" laser cut wood wings that launch soon at www.AVintageGirl.com.

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Mixed Media Cruise to the Mexican Riviera with "A Vintage Girl"

You read that right! 

I have been waiting years to do this, I wanted to make it easy for the West Coast Gals (most cruises we have to fly to the East Coast) and make it as inexpensive as possible so we can concentrate on having fun with a ton of Mixed Media Projects including my Steampunk Dress Form Workshop!

We will have some amazing sponsors and a ton of product to play with and take home!  This is going to be EPIC, and I can't wait to see you all there!

Here are the initial details:

 August 10-18, 2019

7 Days Mexican Riviera

Just a $50 Deposit is due by November 13, 2018

$250 deposit is due by March 13, 2019 

Final Payment due on May 22, 2019

The following cabins are available and do not include the charge for the workshop package:

4 Balcony Cabins.....1069.00 pp + VPP Insurance $109.00 pp

13 Oceanview Cabins......$864.00 pp + VPP Insurance $109.00 pp

8 Interior Cabins........$714.00 pp + VPP Insurance $109.00 pp

An additional $349 pp for THE ENTIRE WORKSHOP PACKAGE and is paid separately.

The links for payment will be added shortly, wanted to get the info and the dates for planning purposes!

 

 

Fabscraps Blog Hop! We Are Doing Artist Trading Coins!!!

 

No blog hop is complete without a prize! There is one FABulous FabScraps gift up for grabs.

 

To join this GIVEAWAY you must leave a comment on each blog post to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize.

The Winner will be chosen at random on the 28th of September 2018 from the comments left on ALL THE POSTS.
Our crowned crafty will be announced on the FabScraps blog for all to see.

 

Denise van Deventer

Gerry van der Velden

Candy Rosenberg  YOU ARE HERE!

Carole Wright

Tracy Sagriff

Moira Gilowey

Lyne Blodgett

Lisa Marie Watling

 

Thank you for joining us for our Fabscraps Blog Hop.  The Fabscraps team has been busy making the new trend of Artist Trading Coins.  These are 2" diameter like the typical Artist Trading Cards but are 2" in diameter and are a circle.  It's a fun twist!  I used the "Dream Steam" Steampunk inspired paper collection for my coins.

 
Fabscraps Products Used:

Dream Steam Paper Collection

Other:
Chipboard Gears and Screwheads
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Circles
Distress Ink
Strip of Blink
Black DecoArt Paint
White Pen
Vintage Typewriter Key

Thank you for joining us on our blog hop!

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!!!

Its Official...I will be at the infamous Queens Ink in October! We are making a dress form!

will be at the Queens Ink on October 14th in Maryland, MD




I am so super excited to share this news!  I am asked all the time over the years, how I make my dresses and could I teach them how to make them.  Well, its time and it all starts in Maryland, MO at the infamous Queens Ink on October 14th.  You will be creating a Steampunk Fairy that is 23" tall and we are using all the same techniques that I personally use to make my dress forms.  Contact the store directly fast, as it is going to sell out quick!   www.QueensInk.com

We will be using some of the new Industrial papers from 7Gypsies and Canvas Corp is making us custom canvas corsets, you will be the first ones to play with them.  Then we will be announcing how you can get your very own dress form kit!

 

This is also the time that I will be entering my Ethereal Fairy wearable art in the ManneqArt competition.  I am always posting updates on that art project so keep an eye out.  Here is more information on the ManneqArt event: www.manneqart.com.

 

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!!