A Vintage Girl

It's Official! Press Release: Manneqart Competition Winners and Awards Banquet

In January 2018, I attended an art retreat with Jen Cushman in beautiful Southern California at Pom Intra's (Prima Marketing) stunning home.  It was an amazing 5-day retreat with unbelievable women pouring out our creative hearts with our hands.

At this retreat, I met Patti Euler, owner of the infamous Queens Ink in Savage, Maryland. During our time together she told me about Manneqart because of the paper dresses that I create.  I could not believe what I was hearing, I found my tribe.   I was asked to join the competition and set to work on my project.  7 months later I flew to Maryland to teach at Patti's store and participate in the competition.

Spending the time we had at the Manneqart facility, Lee Andersen taking the time to create a cowl for the second model, all the hundreds of bolts of fabric, it was an amazing experience. The dress ended up being modeled by two beautiful young women, it took hours to get them into it and out of it, but it was so much fun.  I loved being in that environment, I can't wait until next year.   Thank you again, Patti for inviting me and in helping me to find my tribe, I did not know there were other people out there like me.  I am so happy to have won two awards and am humbled by the whole experience.

Now to get started on next year, and how do I outdo myself?

The final dress when on the model was 8 foot tall with a 7-foot wingspan.  Thank you to my amazing sponsors Canvas Corp Brands Tattered Angels, Makins Clay, Beacon Adhesives, Rustoleum Testors, Prima Marketing, Inc. and my girls, Julie Koulouris and Stacy Countiss for your help with punching 100s of butterflies and cutting those amazing branches.  This dress was made of vintage book pages, old encyclopedia spines, colored spray, polymer clay, glitter paint and a lot of time and patience.

 

ManneqART Announces 2018 Competition Winners
www.Manneqart.org

Awards to be Presented at the December 9 Awards Reception at Historic Savage Mill, Maryland
 

(Laurel, MD)  November 15, 2018 – ManneqART, an international arts and education non-profit, today announced the winners of its 2018 (Sixth Annual) national Sculptural Artworks Competition.       54 artworks were submitted to this year’s competition which, since 2013, has received more than 300 entries.  This year’s Competition featured themes of fantasy, love, metro and mechanical and also included a Bra Art Competition which received 15 entries.  Winners were selected by a team of six expert judges who used the criteria of originality, craftsmanship and adherence to theme in making their decisions.  Theme winners each receive a $1000 cash award. 

This year, the judges chose NOT to select an overall Master Award winner, deciding instead to select two Fantasy Theme Award winners because of the large number of Fantasy Theme entries received. The winners are Bloom by artist Meg Schapp of Potomac, MD and Ethereal Fairy by artist Candy Rosenberg of Grants Pass, OR. Ethereal Fairy receives the 2018 Innolect Corp. Growing Leaders Award. Love Theme Award—The Love of the Freed Family, a collaboration by members of the Freed family of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Florida, honors the 94th birthday of the family matriarch, Helen Adams Freed.  At a family reunion in July, 32 family members each created a unique flower and all 32 were incorporated into a wearable sculpture by ManneqART volunteer artists Lexi Sands and Sherry Kirn. 

Metro Theme Award—Curves Ahead by Chicago based artist Grace DuVal

Mechanical Theme Award—Untethered by Baltimore artist Stacy Levy

Bra Art Competition winner is Cuckoo Cups by artist Grace DuVal  of Chicago. This artwork was previously shown at the 2016 World of Wearable Art Competition in New Zealand. 

Artists of all ages and skill levels are invited to create unique sculptural artworks from a variety of  materials for the ManneqART Competition.  The artworks must be wearable without harming the model and must fit through a typical doorway. And, they must be durable enough to be worn at least 10 times without visible damage.  Through workshops and one on one mentoring, emerging artists are taught critical skills and methods needed to produce amazing artworks.  In addition to theme awards, ManneqART each year presents Emerging Artist Awards supported this year by perennial sponsors Chris and George Bachrach.   The 2018 Competition winners are:

College Award ($500) Movie Slides by artist Lacy DeJordy of Stevenson University in Baltimore, MD   
High School Award ($300) Frozen Light by Southern High School in Harwood, MD.
Middle/Elementary School Award ($200) Kinder Garden by beginning artists attending a 2018 ‘Makers Fair’ in Columbia, MD. 

ManneqART recently presented all this year’s winning artworks at a two-week exhibit sponsored and hosted by The Mall in Columbia.   ManneqART routinely exhibits sculptural artworks at venues in and around Howard County and is planning to make artworks available at more locations in 2019. 

ManneqART's 2018 Awards Reception is scheduled for Sunday, December 9, 5-8 PM at the new ManneqART exhibition in the New Weave Building at Historic Savage Mill.  Plan to attend this fun event featuring this year's winning artworks on live models.  Bring your friends and relatives.  Light snacks and beverages will be offered.   

ManneqART is a 501-(c)-3 arts and education nonprofit and annual sculptural artworks competition based in Howard County, MD.  Now completing its sixth year, the ManneqART mission is to inspire creativity, teach problem solving skills and reward excellence in the field of wearable art.  Wearable art is 3D/sculptural art that can be displayed on the “human form.” To enter the 2019 ManneqART Competition or for general information visit:  www.manneqart.org. 

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!!

The Making of A Full Size Art Dress-Phase One

At the AFCI show, formerly Craft & Hobby Association, I was commissioned to create a Vintage Steampunk Inspired Dress made from Prima Marketing, Inc. products.  This was a challenge as I had not made a full-size dress since 2012 for the Chicago CHA show.  When you get a message from Pom Intra, the owner of Prima, asking you to create a full-size dress for the upcoming show...you don't say NO, you say Hell Yes!  Especially since your entire 10 years crafting career, your dream has been to work with Prima.

With only months until the show, we got product ordered and delivered.  Not knowing the exact plan but have some sketched ideas you start digging through what you got and start to get to work.  About a third of the way in, I get another message.  Pom wants it to be a wedding dress.  Hmmm, well throws a whole other element into the piece but alas, I agree.  This dress took a total of 375 hours.  Now mind you I own a shipping store that I work at full time, so this was constructed in my store in between customers, nights and weekends in less than 3 months.  

I had never shown or shared my process before, sure I post sneak peeks and bits and pieces to keep your interest, but honestly, it should not be shown in its entirety until the show., this give the show attendees the exclusive first look at it.  However, I get asked a lot about the process and because this was going to be such an epic project we decided to share the process.  It was fun to get feedback along the way.  Now I am putting it into a full blog series so you can see the entire process from start to finish.  

First things first, PAPER!  You have to punch out paper, hours and hours of punching!  This dress has approximately 1100 punched pieces and each piece must be inked all the way around the edges.  Then adhered one at a time starting from the bottom and working your way up.  Fiskars was a sponsor and provided scissors, mat and several punches including the flag punch used on the dress.  We used a beautiful, expensive and real dressmakers dress form with wrought iron cage and stand with wheels.  

 

 

Sponsored by Fiskars.

 

Once the dress is complete.  Then we start the decoupaged corset.   I cover a good portion of the dress form, this is because I am not quite sure how long I am going to make it yet.

Once I have done layers of the decoupaged layers, I use a pen to make the center line then cut it.  Being very careful not to cut the actual dress form.

I start marking where I think I want to cut the corset down to.

I cut where I want it to be the final main shape of the corset.



Put it back on the mannequin to ensure a good fit.

 

MORE TO COME...

DCC Blog Hop: Expo International & A Treasure Box Giveaway!

Plays with Expo International Trims on her Apron

Thank you for stopping by on our little hop with Expo International.  Once again, I was challenged to use PINK in a project, this vintage girl had to really think about what to do.  I had a blank Canvas Corp apron on my table screaming at me and since the last one I made was a bit wild, I thought I would make one that is much more girly.

With Expo International trims, it makes it so easy to add a touch of fun pink to the edges of the apron, I attached with Beacon Adhesives Fabri Tac for long lasting hold, as this apron is going to see some fun and crafty days.

 

Using DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint in Boysenberry Pink I painted several different areas, stencils and freehand hearts throughout.

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:  Visit the following link and comment on which project you enjoyed the most.

https://designercraftsconnection.blogspot.com/2018/05/expo-international-terrific-trims.html

Be sure to stop by all the other talented designers 

Julie McGuffee https://juliemcguffee.blogspot.com/2018/05/trim-it-up-with-expo-international.html 

Trish Cortez https://ivorypaperhousedesigns.com/expo-international-blog-hop/

Betz Golden https://scrappycafe.blogspot.com/2018/05/expo-blog-hop.html

Nadine Carlier https://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2018/05/dcc-and-expo-international-blog-hop.html

Yolie Burke http://www.justyolie.com/2018/05/expo-international-blog-hop.html

Michelle Frae Cummings https://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/2018/05/boho-tassel-tote-and-rose-headband.html

Susie Madden Bentz https://mytime2play.blogspot.com/2018/05/expo-international-blog-hop.html

Erin Reed https://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com/2018/05/fun-ways-to-use-fringe-trim-on-tote-and.html

Steph Ackerman https://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/2018/05/blog-hop-with-expo-international.html

Anita Scroggins https://goo.gl/uMQcpp

Sue Eldred http://sueeldred.com/2018/05/14/5-creative-ideas…ded-iron-on-trim/

Maria Chuy Soto https://chuy-creativity.blogspot.com/2018/05/trimmed-out-jewelry.html

Lorrie Greenway McCullers https://lorriemccullers.blogspot.com/2018/05/jazz-up-jacket-with-expo-international.html

Tammy Santana http://www.tammysantana.com/2018/05/designer-crafts-connection-may-blog-hop.html

 

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 

Designer Craft Connection: Blog Hop with Colorique and UPaint

This month we are blog hopping and showing off Colorbox® ColoriQue by Lisa Marie Jimenez, it is a brand new product line formulated to adhere to metal.  Although the product was developed to work on metal, it also works with wood, clay, ceramic, leather, glass and paper. There are 14 vibrant colors in the line and a gloss sealant.  Whether you want a patina effect, single color or a fine detailed design, ColoriQue can do it all.

This months hop is a Holiday Decor theme, for those that know me, know that my entire house is done in vintage steampunk so this is holiday decor in my house.  I added some fall flowers to give it the holiday feel along with the greens that I used on the frame and balloon.  This sits on my livingroom mantel.

 

To create this project, grab a silver colored dollar store frame.  The Colorique works beautifully on this surface.  I started with the black and covered the main portion of the frame with it.  I added a white canvas from Canvas Corp Brands on the inside of the frame where you would put a picture.

I added the green Colorique to the inside lining of the frame to give it a holiday color.  Sand the entire frame once dried.

To create the hot air balloon, paint the different colors on the piece.  Sand it until you get the look you want.

 

 

Adhere the hot air balloon to the front glass of the frame.

To give the project a holiday feel add some fall color flowers and leaves, a little bling and pearls.

 

I am so hooked on Colorique, its uses are endless.  Keep an eye out on the blog for more projects.  

And be sure to visit our other designers that are participating in this blog hop:

Nadine Carlier https://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2017/11/colorique-and-u-paint-blog-hop-with-dcc.html
Susie Bentz https://mytime2play.blogspot.com/2017/11/holiday-decor-with-colorique-and-u-paint.html
Susan M Brown https://sbartist.blogspot.com/2017/11/deck-cre8time-halls-with-colorique.html
Larissa Pittman http://muffinsandlace.com/2017/11/16/dcc-blog-hop-colorique
Laure McCullers https://lorriemccullers.blogspot.com/2017/11/dcc-blog-hop-colorique-and-u-paint.html
Roberta Burnhaum http://robertabirnbaum.com/painting-metal-colorique/

Craft On,
Candy

Fall Decor with Etchall® Dip n' Etch

 

dips her glasswork in Etchall® Dip n' Etch

I was really excited to receive the Etchall® Dip n' Etch as my mind was racing with what I could do with it.  I perused our local dollar store and found some super cute bottles and wanted to make them into Fall decor for the table.  They were a perfect match for this product. The Dip n' Etch is so amazingly easy that I kind of felt guilty.  I felt like it should be harder to get this amazing finish, but I quickly stopped complaining.

Links to the Etchall® products: Dip n' Etch | Etching Creme | Stencil Spray

  I etched these two bottles 2/3 of the way and then added canvas, flowers, and embellies to give it a fall look.

 

I apologize for the bit darker than normal photographs but I did the main etching at home, I wanted my family to see what I was making.  There are not very many steps to this as it is so very easy to do but I wanted to share this.  Gather your supplies.  Read the instructions on the Etchall product container.

 

I poured the correct amount of Dip n' Etch liquid and dipped it into the container as instructed.  Held it there for 15 minutes, I put a heavy object on top to keep the bottle from rising out of the liquid.

And this was the amazing result:




Once I was able to get back in the studio, I cut strips of a Canvas Corp Brands canvas sheet, added May Arts Jute Ribbon, and some beautiful Prima flowers and beads to complete the look.

When I took these bottles out to take photos, I was amazed how the blended in with the Fall Foliage, you can barely see them.

 

 I hope you enjoyed this fun project for Etchall.

Candy Rose

Designer Craft Connection Blog Hop with Rebekah Meier/Thermoweb

presents mixed media art journaling

I was asked to be a part of this fun blog hop with Thermoweb and their latest designer brand mixed media products with Rebekah Meier.  What I received was a wonderful variety of mixed media papers, tape, and medium to create with.  Be sure to hop to the other designers at the end of this post and back to the Designer Craft Connection blog for more inspiration!

As I pondered the supplies in front of me, I had my art journal out to the side where I had just finished up a starter set of pages with stencils and paints.  So I thought about how I can use a stencil with the transfer foil and create a couple of mixed media journal pages.  So I got to work...

Using a paper stencil from Faber Castell, I started with the lettering in the middle of a sheet of sticky back art paper.  I use the mixed media medium to get the adhesive in all the lettering.

I then used one of my favorite stencils, roses and used the same medium throughout the outside of the art paper until it was all covered. I let this dry for overnight as the application is thick, I wanted the texture as well as the stickiness.  In the morning the stickiness was perfect for the next process of adding the transfer foil.

 

I then started to apply the various colors of transfer foil, gold, silver and tin throughout the sheet.  I wanted a rustic, shabby chic feel so I did not rub the transfer foil real hard so that it was NOT full coverage.

 

Once the foil was done, I used Prima watercolors to color the entire page.  The art paper took the watercolor beautifully.

Now for preparing the art journal pages.  I added Indigoblu stamps and Tattered Angels sprays to give it a mixed media look.  I do not have to worry about the center too much as the large art sheet is going to cover most of it.  The accents are going to poke out around the edges.   

Once I completed the background and let it dry, I cut the art sheet in half so that it would fit across both pages of my art journal.

Now it's time to adhere them to the pages.  Turn it over and peel off the back to expose the adhesive side.

Place down on each side of the pages being mindful of the book closing so that it does not go to the other page and ruin the paper.

Now add strips of quotes and words around the perimeter of the art sheet to make a frame.  I added additional pieces in various spaces as well. 

To make the text and quotes stand out, use a charcoal pencil and outline the text boxes.








Check out what a few of the other Designer Craft Connection Designers created:

Nadine Carlier https://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2017/07/rebekah-meier-thermoweb-deco-foil-and.html
Steph Ackerman  https://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/2017/07/mixed-media-fun-with-rebekah-meier.html
Anita Scroggin https://theflamingochronicals.blogspot.com/2017/07/DCCDiane.html
Karen Bearse-Art  https://karenbearse.blogspot.com/2017/07/rebekah-meier-by-therm-o-web-mix-media.html
Susan Brown  https://sbartist.blogspot.com/2017/07/discover-cre8time-bliss-mixedmedia-with.html

What an amazing product line, I have had so much fun that I am going to share two more projects with you on my blog, so keep an eye out!

Craft On,

Candy Rose

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

Mixed Media Artist Trading Cards with 7 Gypsies and Tattered Angels

I have been on a serious ATC (Artist Trading Card) kick for nearly two months.  I am part of two ATC Facebook groups that we create cards to trade with others all over the world.  I have made over 400 cards for these groups in the last 7 weeks.  They have mostly been high end digital images with some fun pearl work and embellishing.  This was the only way I could participate at that level since I could only do them while I was at my store during the day.  Recently, I was able to set up a craft area at home until my store is handed over and I work on my new art center, so this will allow me to do more mixed media cards, which I'm excited about.  

So I got to work on making some today...what better products to use to make a set of mixed media cards then using the packaging from 7Gypsies Architextures Rub Ons, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and DIY paint.

 

 

 

Now lets show you how I did this:

I started with a brown lunch bag that I had left over from my lunch, thought it would be a great surface to paint and play with.  I added paint and Glimmer Mist sprays to the bag and made a few paint circles and used a paper towel to add texture to the background.

I hand cut vintage dictionary pages and punched out butterflies, adhered it to the paper.  Use a china marker to make the black outline on the pieces.

A trick when you are doing multiple cards is to add the adhesive covered cards face down on the paper, then cut around to trim them.

There were a few small slivers of paper with fun texture on it from the trimmed portion of the bag that I added to some of the cards for effect.

Now to use the packaging from the 7Gypsies Architextures rub on packaging, it contains some great quotes on a heavy cardboard making it them very sturdy on the cards.  I inked the edges of the words as well as the cards to complete the look.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this post, please comment to let me know you were here.  Thank you for stopping by!