A Vintage Girl

DecoArt: Lets go industrial Vintage on a 6" x 9" surface

You all know that I am A VINTAGE GIRL....and when I was challenged to make a piece of art on a 6" x 9" piece of cardboard, my brain was a little lost on what to do but I knew it would be vintage.  I stared at the blank piece of cardboard for a number of days, watched a few youtube videos and kept just clicking around until something caught my eye.  I ended up on a video on how to make a basket out of magazines.  I do visual board workshops so I have a ton of magazines here in the studio....I wasn't going to make a basket but the rolling of the magazine pages intrigued me...

And this is what happened from that little thought...

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I started with a blank 6" x 9" piece of kraft cardboard and covered with random magazine images and decoupaged with Americana Decoupage from DecoArt. I then starting rolling magazine covers and adhering with Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry.  Use only the covers for this type of project due to the amount of product we use to alter it.

Keep adding rolled magazine covers until you reach your desired look.

Cover with gesso.  Leave some of the magazine showing through for later effect.

Using DecoArt Media Misters I spray red, yellow, green and gold on the background.  I let some drip down into the rolls for effect.

To get this look below, use the sprays on the project just before the gesso dries.

Now for the magic, one of my most favorite products ever....DecoArt Metallic Lustre Wax Metallic Finish. It leaves a finish that is simply stunning on any project.

I use various colors to get the effect shown in the photo below.  Added it only to the front of the tubes.

To add even more layered color effect, I then used Prima watercolors all over with an orange to finalize the look.

The final touch is Tim Holtz rub ons, vintage person, and metallic words.

And the final piece with a cool industrial, metallic vintage look.  I cannot wait to use this effect on many projects.

 

Thank you for stopping by,

Candy Rose
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 

Vintage Attire and Shifting Gears in Action...Steampunk Layout!

Finally got some free time to play with the new embellishments from Want2Scrap.  This layout uses the Vintage Attire Silhouette, Shifting Gears chipboard cluster and Shifting Gears small layered on the cluster.

This layout features a ton of product and technique to get all the different textures and effects.  
7Gypsies, Tattered Angels, May Arts, Ranger, WOW Embossing Powders, Beacon Adhesive and Want2Scrap bling and pearls.

On the dress form silhouette I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze, Misty Green and painted the top and bottom to give it a patina look.

If you are at a local Scrapbook Expo, you can see this layout in person soon in the Want2Scrap booth at the shows that they attend .  Thank you for visiting!

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 

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 

CHA Summer 2012 Workshop Sneak Peek! Only 3 More Weeks!

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, 

 

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!

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!

 

Just Steampunk...a ton of eye candy! No pun intended!

Congratulations to so many of you including some I am honored to call friends in the latest SPECIAL ISSUE by Scott Publications..."Just Steampunk!"  

 

See the rest of this one in the publication!
This 18" mannequin is covered in a number of mediums and products to create the mixed media look.  Ranger: Perfect Pearls, Claudia Hellmuth Medium; Steampunk Set by Candy Rosenberg at The Rubber Cafe;  Basically Bare: corrugated gear;  Imaginarium Designs: laser cut gears and alpha; May Arts ribbon; Prima foliage; Graphic 45: Steampunk Debutante; Candi: legless brads; Copic Markers;  Gauche Alchemy: punchinella

There is a lot of fun and steampunky projects in this issue!

 

Living The Altered Life,
Candy