A Vintage Girl

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 issue of Just Steampunk 2 is out, check out the projects that were featured!

This month the second edition of Just Steampunk by Scott Publications came out.  I am thrilled to be a part of both the first edition and now the second edition and love seeing some of my dear friends included in this issue, including a cover shot of Terre Fry's amazing airship!

An upclose look at the projects that I created for this issue and all the wonderful products I used to create them!

First we have some steampunk bottles using Graphic 45, Flourish with a Bling, May Arts, Ranger.

Steampunk Banner
Graphic 45, Flourish with a Bling, May Arts,, Blumenthal Lansing Buttons, 7Gypsies and Ranger, 

 

And the final project is an altered printers tray using Graphic 45, Blumenthal Lansing Buttons, May Arts, Ranger, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, GlueArts.

These were such fun to make and hope they inspire you to get your alter on!

Candy's World....in the latest issue of Australian Simply Cards! Check it out!

I am so excited to share this finally!

I got the opportunity to make a few projects for an incredible spread in the latest issue of Australian Simply Cards from Practical Publishing Australia. When I spent time in Australia last August I really fell in love with the area and all the wonderful people I met.  So this article really means alot to me!  

Be sure to pick up a copy and check it out!  It is sold here in the states as well and I love the education and inspiration that is in each issue!  A big thank you to Mandy Collins as well!

Thank you to all my product sponsors: May Arts, Spellbinders, The Rubber Cafe, Vintage Street Market,  Flourish with a Bling, Blumenthal Lansing, Beacon Adhesives, Glue Arts, Canvas Corp,  Basically Bare and Ranger!

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-Living The Altered Life

Candy 

Graduation and the Start of Summer with Spellbinders

Come on by the Spellbinders blog to check out some of the mixed media techniques that I have used on this layout.

Check out this fun flower that you can make with May Arts frayed flower ribbon and Spellbinders "Rose Creations" die template.

 A little Flourish with a Bling, Blumenthal Lansing buttons and Ranger dimensional pearls on Prima paper and viola!

To Corset or Not To Corset? That is the question....LOL!

Well, I got my paint on, sorta.  It did not start out that way.  I had a blank canvas, a pile of Blumenthal buttons and some Sandtastik metallic rocks and a bit of May Arts ribbon.  This is where I stopped at 1:00am this morning! LOL  Lets just say it was a metamorphisis of mistakes! 

Thank you for stopping by!

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!

 

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.

My love affair with Blumenthal Lansing buttons...

Hi, my name is Candy and I have an addiction to buttons.  Old vintage buttons!  So let me tell you a fun story about this little "thing" I have.

Two years ago I was asked to cover a story about Blumenthal Lansing button company for Scrap n' Art Online Magazine, at the time I was a designer for the publication.  I jumped on this chance due to my love for buttons.  Now I have to tell you that I did not really do much with them at the time, I just loved to look at them and run my fingers through them as I had a number of jars full.  I have since found quite a few ways to use them in my art.

In preparing for the article, I head on over to their website and look around.  I found out that they had been around since 1877 and at that moment I realized that I have some vintage Blumenthal buttons on a card, but the Lansing was not on the name.  With some more searching and looking at the card it was the same company and the ones I had were from the early 1900's.  I was floored.  

So here I am having to write a story on this company, show the "newest" and "greatest" from the company.  I got to work on my article and named it, "These are not your grandma's buttons, or are they"?  I had alot of fun showing photos of my vintage buttons and some new ones and telling the wonderful story about this company.  To learn more go to Blumenthal Lansing History Page. 

Now I get the opportunity to work with them through the magazine and on other commissioned projects and I am so lucky to work with them, it is truly an honor!  This last CHA show I got a chance to work with some new products that they were introducing and was put to work on a colorful, fun project that took my out of my VINTAGE BOX.  I do it kicking and screaming but I secretly enjoy it! lol.  

My daughter, Mariah, helped me with this project as well.  We got a birdhouse from the craft store and using the fun and bright buttons, bling, sequins, flowers and glitter we created this birdhouse.

I was struggling with making a bird, so I asked my 14 year old daughter to help me.  She sat down and started cutting and gluing and going crazy and created this awesome bird for the birdhouse:



Thank you Blumenthal Lansing for allowing me to work with you in so many ways!

-Candy