Creativation January 2020 is only a few months away, where did the time go, holy smokes!
I am proud to announce that I will be teaching a Vintage Floral Necklace with Dress My Craft at the Phoenix Arizona Convention Center. Additionally, I will be in the booth for Make n' Takes, I will update with schedule closer to the show. Registration is soon so keep an eye out!
Creativation 2017. Graphic 45 Dress Form
I have been in the craft industry since 2008, in 2009 I worked with and for the amazing Graphic 45 Paper Company. Since CHA Winter 2009, with the exception of one summer show, I have exhibited a custom paper dress form in their booth. It all started with a little wire dress form that I brought to the 2009 Winter show in Anaheim, California. To see the dress forms from 2009 to 2012, visit this past blog post HERE.
Its been an incredible adventure and I am so grateful for Graphic 45 allowing me to be a part of their journey as well.
But this year is going to be a bit different... I am going FULL SIZE! Yes, you read this right, a full size mannequin covered in the beautiful "Portrait of a Lady" Graphic 45 paper collection. Hundreds of die cut butterflies and signature swirls will adorn this years display. I cannot wait to share it live at the show in just a couple of weeks. There is some teasers in this blog post, so keep reading.
THE VERY FIRST GRAPHIC 45 DRESS FORM. CIRCA JANUARY 2009.
GO BIG OR GO HOME. OR JUST GO TO CHA!!
She is a full 5 ft. 5in. Heck she is taller than me.
Hundreds of die cut butterflies, each is inked and folded to be dimentional. Still need hundreds more and lots of curled paper.
The assembly begins...only have 9 more days until she needs to ship!!
Shes coming along....more sneaks coming up but you will have to wait until the show to get the full view of this beauty.
Stay Tuned For More!
Candy
Its that time again....
Tickets are bought, room is settled and boxes of goodies are arriving. I am super excited to attend this year with a whole new mindset and ready for a fully creative year!!
First up is a box full of Graphic 45 goodies so that I can start to create a dress form for the 2017 show. This will be my 7th year and 12th show that I will be exhibiting a custom created dress form for Graphic 45. Its always a true pleasure to work with this scrumptious paper, it makes it so much easier to create when it is so beautiful and fun to play with.
It will be one of my first projects in the new craft space, that is not quite done but good enough to get started!!
Hello Crafty Peeps,
So happy to announce that I have taken on a position as a CHA Trends Report Contributing Columnist for the Colors and Textiles section. Looking forward to bringing my years of experience in the Craft & Hobby Industry and bringing our members some great insight into COLOR and TEXTILES that are trending this year.
I have already started on my first assignment......keep an eye out!
You have to start somewhere.....a 16" dress form and some wire is where I began...
This dress form was a bit different, after 12 dress forms this was truly mixed media. I am often called a mixed media artist and that is true today but in the past, I did not consider myself one. I was a PAPER ARTIST. I created art out of paper and few other trinkets.
In addition, these dresses are done weeks before, howevver, I created this dress form at the show. I was in the middle of moving and everything was packed up. I had not planned on going to show and wasnt quite sure how I was going to get it done in time to ship it to the show so it would make it into the booth.
Luckily, I was able to go and take everything with me and hope that it all comes together...lets check out the creative process:
Then a pile of goodies to play with. The Graphic 45 paper collection is an old home theme so I wanted to bring in items that represent this. Keys, upholstery tassels, clocks, gears and ribbon and start working on my steampunk gear wings that span 7" tall and are part of my Vintology & Co. Collection. Email me for more info.
I also used Beacon Adhesives Fabri Tac, Canvas Corp Brand Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, May Arts Ribbon, Imagine Crafts ink
Time to add some vintage newspaper from 1908 covered in ICE Resin to make them pliable and transparent to give it a true vintage look. Add some versatile burlap from May Arts, and some cool upholstery tassels from a local interior designer and you got the start to a dress form.
And then you add all the yumminess of the Graphic 45 Collection, Artisan Style and it all starts to come together.
She has a corset, real gears and fun doo dads...
A Close Up....
Now lets bring it to the show....its ready to show off...
Delivering it to the Graphic 45 booth, passing it onto Diane Shultz.
Finding its way home so to speak....
This is my 12th dress form that I have made for Graphic 45, it has been a great journey!!! Thank you for visiting.
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!
Talk about being absolutely buried! I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel though! Yay! So here is another sneak peek...still got a ways to go before I can ship but it is much closer! Sorry I cannot show more...but I have to tease and cannot give away too much. Only a little over a week for a full reveal!
Thank you to Canvas Corp, 7Gypsies, Tattered Angels and May Arts for sponsoring this project! Lots of ribbon, glimmer mists, canvas, ephemera and wire work. And of course lots of beautiful 7Gyspies paper!
I cannot wait to reveal her at the CHA Crafty Couture Show...I am stoked to be a part of it!
I cannot show too much...as this is still a contest but I am loving all the May Arts ribbon, I think I pulled all the ribbon I own to pull this together....
And adding all the wonderful ephemera pieces from 7Gypsies, some burlap and clothespins from Canvas Corp...so much more to do...I am only 30% done. But I love this part when all the hours and layers start to come together!
Keep an eye out, more coming!
I only have 5 days until I need to ship the dress for the Craft Couture Contest at Summer CHA and so much to do. My dress form that I ordered did not get shipped, so I have to improvise and use one of my metal birdcages on a stand to get the bottom built! So here I go:
I used a roll of rebar wire to create the entire bottom.... piece by piece. I spent over 7 hours this afternoon cutting, bending and tying to get this far and literally have bruises on the inside of my hands. It all started with the first bends:
Made the larger circles and attached to each other, then started to create the cross wires individually.
I used May Arts ribbon and twine to hold the pieces in place so they did not slip around.
And just kept going for hours...............
To make the bottom rigid, I added a strip of plumbers tape and ran the twine through the holes. I attached it every 6 holes with a small cut piece of wire that I thread through and then wrapped around the back side to keep it in place. The tape is metal.
Ok, that is all I can show so far...............keep tuned. I will be adding major amounts of ribbon tomorrow and start on the bodice!
Living The Altered Life,
Candy
It is almost time for the Summer CHA Show in Chicago, Illinois and I am excited about teaching a full 2.5 hour workshop with such wonderful sponsors and creating an out of box, tear it down, build it up, put it on the wall CREATION!
For those of you that have attended my workshops know that you get a ton of great product to work and play with and this is all possible because of the incredible sponsors that are participating, so lets take a moment to thank each and every one of them!
SPECIAL BONUS: We will have peeps from some of these companies on hand to join in on the fun and to give away some awesome prizes and some SPECIAL GUESTS!!! See you all bright and early!
WORKSHOP SPONSORS:
May Arts & Glue Arts
PRODUCT SPONSORS:
Basically Bare and Canvas Corp
Vintage Street Market, Ranger, Kuretake, Hot Off The Press, Beacon Adhesives
Look forward to seeing those of you that made it into the workshop,
