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. 

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!!!

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

Designer Craft Connection: Rinea Foil Blog Hop May 2017

GOT BUSY PLAYING WITH RINEA FOIL AND MADE A COOL CARD TO SEND TO A FRIEND!

I have never much worked with foil in the past, so I felt this was a good opportunity to try my hand at it.  The funny thing is I made a card, to most that is not a big deal but to me it is very much so.  I am not a card maker.  However, recently I bought a box of pre-folded cards from a local craft store thinking that might help me to want to make them.  It has.  

When I received the Rinea Foil®, I took the time to look it up on YouTube.com to get a feel for what others are doing with it.  I wanted to work on a card for a friend and figured I would take the Rinea Foil® for a test drive and see what I could come up with.  

Rinea® paper-foil is a specialty craft paper imported from Germany. It is made up of a thin sheet of paper sandwiched between two layers of thin aluminum foil - the paper gives it sturdiness and stiffness while the foil gives it the shininess and the malleability to maintain the shape however you bend or fold it. It is more than just origami paper due to the specific thickness and the quality of the foil used, making it ideal for many interesting crafting ideas. The paper does not wrinkle like foil and does not cause painful cuts like thick, sharp kitchen foil can.

The paper is as popular in Germany and parts of Europe as construction paper is in the US. In Germany it is known as Alu-Bastlefolie which means Aluminum Handicraft Foil Paper. It is very difficult to find this paper in the US and those that want it have to import it from Germany. Our goal is to introduce you to unique and interesting crafting ideas popular in other parts of the world made possible only using this paper and, at the same time, make it easily available in the US. The paper comes in a variety of colors with shiny, matte, and embossed surfaces giving you endless options to spark your creativity!

I created my own inside foil lining with a ghost rose imprint and then made a matching mixed media inspired front for the card using the foil and Tattered Angels spray.  Be sure to scroll down and check out all the other awesome designers that joined in on this hop and the cool projects they created.

 

Gather up your supplies.  

Products used: Rinea Foil, Tattered Angels Chalkboard Paint "Priority", Beacon Adhesives, 3-in-1, Golden Gel Medium Molding Paste, Core'dinations A2 card and envelope, Rose Stencil.

 

Place the stencil 

Using a stencil and Heartlfelt Creations Flower Shaping tool to make a scratchy imprint on the foil in the shape of the roses on the stencil.

 

The finished foil with the indentation.

Close up of the scratched surface.

Slide the foil square into the envelope, leave some area on the flap and fold over with the flap.

Add some liquid adhesive around the edges of the foil.

 

Fold the flap down again and it will automatically be positioned correctly.  No need to glue anywhere else.

Place the stencil over the foil for the front of the card.

Add Golden Gel Medium over the top of the stencil to give it a dimensional look.



Once dried but still a tad tacky, spray some Tattered Angels Chalkboard spray and place a paper towel over the top. Pull the paper towel off slowly and it will leave an imprint and leave a cool sprayed color effect.

Please visit the other designers that have created great projects with Rinea:

Julie McGuffie  http://juliemcguffee.blogspot.com/2017/04/summer-party-lights.html

Lisa Fulmer  http://lisalizalou.blogspot.com/2017/04/cardmaking-and-collage-with-rinea-foil.html?m=1

Ann Strecko Koehman  https://annmakes.blogspot.com/2017/04/pinwheels-for-spring-with-rinea-foil.html

Susie Madden Bentz  http://mytime2play.blogspot.com/2017/04/mixed-media-cards-with-rinea-foils.html

Maria Chuy Soto  https://chuy-creativity.blogspot.com/2017/04/card-making-with-rinea-paper-foil.html

Michelle Frae Cummings  http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/2017/04/creating-with-rinea-paper-foil.html

Anita Scroggins https://goo.gl/6ioh9D

Lynda Kanse   http://wp.me/p6XQZr-1uQ

Susan M. Brown  http://sbartist.blogspot.com/2017/04/add-little-bling-to-your-cre8time-with.html

Steph Ackerman   http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/2017/04/sew-sweet-card-with-rinea-foils.html

Erin Reed   http://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com/2017/04/cute-little-girl-ladybug-costume.html

Trish Cortez  http://tuneintotrish.com/Gold Daisies featuring Rinea Foils Blog Hop/

Lorrie McCullers   https://lorriemccullers.blogspot.com/2017/04/mothers-day-card-featuring-rinea-foil.html

Nadine Carlier   http://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2017/04/dcc-blog-hop-with-rinea.html

Marilyn Gossett  http://marilyngossettdesigns.blogspot.com/2017/04/rinea-foil-paper-spring-garland.html

Yolie Burke  http://www.justyolie.com/2017/04/rinea-foil-blog-hop-designercraftsconne.html

Terry Ricioli    http://terryriciolidesigns.blogspot.com/2017/04/may-day-cone-with-rinea-foils.html

Tammy Santana  http://www.tammysantana.com/2017/04/rinea-foil-blog-hop.html  and http://www.diyplannergirl.com/2017/04/rinea-foil-blog-hop.html

 

 

 

Enjoy

Candy Rosenberg
www.AVintageGirl.com 

 

 

 

Amazing Products: Mold Putty and Resin Rose Planner Clips

 

Here's a little video showing the product.  Take a little looksie!

 

Recently I got the opportunity to work with Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Clear Cast products from Alumilite. What a great time I had playing with these products. I am completely hooked and now nothing is safe from my mold putty!  I truly thought it was going to be more difficult but it was easy and FUN!

My first attempt to making a mold was quite comical but I learned what not to do. My second attempt was much more successful. I decided to take an old necklace that had a cool metal rose on it.  I wanted to mold and make resin versions of it.  What a great little flower to use on any project.

Using the Amazing Mold Putty was super easy, I had never used a mold putty before so that is saying something.  I used the mold according to the instructions, pressed the metal flower into the mold and waited.

 

Once done, I mixed up the resin and poured it into the mold.  I let it sit for several days.

 

Once it hardened, I used Tattered Angels Chalkboard spray to give it color along with DecoArt metallic silver paint to give dimension on the edges.

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you visit our other great designers and their projects.

Erin Reed http://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com/2016/10/metallic-pendants-dcc-oct-hop-amazing.html 

Lynda Kanase http://wp.me/p6XQZr-12A

Nadine Carlier  http://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2016/10/amazing-casting-products-dcc-blog-hop.html

Michelle Frae Cummings http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/2016/10/eye-see-you-halloween-resin-pendant.html

Steph Ackerman  http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/2016/10/framed-skull-card-with-amazing-casting.html

Ann Strecko Koeman http://annmakes.blogspot.com/2016/10/amazing-casting-products-designer-blog.html

Monica Taylor http://taylormadecards4u.blogspot.com/2016/10/amazing-casting-products-blog-hop.html

Terry Ricioli http://terryriciolidesigns.blogspot.com/2016/10/amazing-casting-products-blog-hop.html

Tammy Santana http://www.tammysantana.com/2016/10/dcc-blog-hop-with-amazing-casting.html

Maria Soto http://chuy-creativity.blogspot.com/2016/10/how-to-make-your-very-own-molds.html

Cindi McGee http://cindimcgeebehindtheseeyes.blogspot.com/2016/10/autumn-acorn-pendant.html

Canvas Corp: {A Vintage Girl} ATC Love

I adore doing Artist Trading Cards, they are great for a little spurt of creativity and to use up those scraps laying around.

A little history on ATCS:

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) is a conceptual art project initiated by the Swiss artist M. Vänçi Stirnemann in 1997. He called it a Collaborative Cultural Performance. Artist Trading Cards are 2 ¹⁄₂ by 3 ¹⁄₂ inches (64 mm × 89 mm) in size, the same format as modern trading cards (hockey cards or baseball cards). They are self-made unique works or small series, signed and dated on the reverse by the artist/producer, exchanged and collected by the people who participate in the collaborative performance.

 

I made a set of three vintage inspired cards using Canvas Corp burlap and papers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and Chalkboard sprays, 7Gypsies ephemera and bits of May Arts Ribbon and Prima flowers all held together with the amazing Beacon Adhesives Fabri Tac.  

 

 

Canvas Corp Brands: A Video Tutorial Using The Naturally Aged Paint System

A VIDEO TUTORIAL WITH CANVAS CORP BRANDS: TATTERED ANGELS

I ran across this video tonight and although it was done 2 years ago, it is just as relevant right now with this amazing paint system by Canvas Corp Brands for Tattered Angels.

I worked with Woodcrafts corbels to show how to use this system to create some cool looks including my most favorite, CONCRETE.  I hope you enjoy this video.  I hope to be doing more videos this year!!

 

 

Craft On,
Candy Rosenberg
www.AVintageGirl.com 

Canvas Corp Brands: Handmade Pin Cushion

Do you remember that facebook post that went around that said the first 5 commenters will get a gift sometime in the next year?  Well, its been almost a year so I figure I better get my arse in gear.  Plus any excuse to pull out my Canvas Corp paints is a good reason to get to it!  

I got this adorable pin cushion wood craft kit from Adornit along with some yummy fabric goodness. I could not help myself to create this for one of the facebook friends that commented that is a quilter.  

Painted with Decor & DIY paint from Canvas Corp.  Fabri Tac by Beacon Adhesives.

 

Super easy project, just add some paint and batting for the cushion. 

 

Craft On,

Candy

A Journal Page....with Tattered Angels and Indigo Blu

This is a different day for me, where as a mother that has children that have a father that is not around I have to be dad as well as mom.  It reminds me of how time flies.  I was able to muster up a little time in the studio today to work on my first page of my larger journal, I know...dont fall over.  In this journal, I will be recording quotes that I love and have a meaning and create pages around it.  I have discovered that I need new pens, mine are nearly dried up.

First, I started with putting down Tattered Angels Shimmer and Chalkboard Spray, creating many layers of matching colors in the red and orange color range.

 

Then grabbed a template to lay down as the background.  Used spray to highlight the stencil.

 

I added a second stencil to create the clock and bee, then outlined the gesso'd areas.  I added Tattered Angels High Impact Paint to color in the clock numeral letters.  Filled in other areas with TA glaze. The pen and inked edges are with Imagine Crafts pen and ink.

 

 

 

To finish it off, I added my brand new dandelion stamp from IndigoBlu.  I love dandelions, they remind me of some great childhood memories.  

 

 

 

I really am enjoying my new journal journey, it is a great way to do pieces of art a little at a time.  

Craft On,

Candy