26 Thursday Jan 2012
Posted in CHA 2012
Here is a sneak of the Prima Make & Takes I will be doing on Sunday and Monday with their new collection En Francais at the Prima Booth #1269
It was fun working with this new collection:
If you are at CHA come around and play along 
I Would love to see you!
nat
24 Tuesday Jan 2012
Posted in General Announcements
an older layout of mine with my friend A. and her sweet little daughter
supplies: Webster’s Pages, Pink Paislee; Prism; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L MyStik; Golden Gel Medium; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Chalkboard and Glimmer Screen; Tim Holtz Type Charms; Hambly Screenprints; Cheesecloth
I am longing for the days where you can sit outside and have a coffee at one of our many street cafes here. The funny thing is that our weather is so bad in Hamburg- lot’s of rain, that we actually go out A LOT . So you see bars and cafe’s right now that have a box with nice woolen blankets outside as soon as one little sunray is visible. I just love the vibe and feel when the life of a city takes place on the street.
Are you longing for some sun too?
Have a great and….sunny day 
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Due to popular demand and getting lot’s of emails asking about it, I decided to reopen theÜber*Media PanPastel Online Workshop earlier again. So as of now you can sign up again for this 6 week-long extensive workshop. It starts on February 5th, 2012 – you have access to the classroom till July 31st, 2012- Check it out here .
If PanPastel is not up your alley 
but are interested in taking an inspiring and fun online workshop, you can check my Über*Media Gesso Online Workshop which started on February 15th and is a 5 week-long extensive workshop- also access to the classroom till July 31st -Check it out here.
Nat
22 Sunday Jan 2012
Posted in CHA 2012
If you are at CHA and want to come by while I’m demoing some Art Journal Techniques and say hi – I will be there at booth #2688 on tuesday from 10am-1pm
Bring this for some yummie new product
Love me some playing with acrylic paints
have a creative day today!
Nat
20 Friday Jan 2012
Posted in ScrapArtZine, Scrapbooking Layouts
is this crazy cat…
supplies: 7 Gypsies; Heidi Swapp Letters; Embelishment: Scrapware; Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L 3D Foam Pads, E-Z Runner; Canvas Fabric
Apparently he likes to sit on everything that takes attention from him. My projects, my studio, my kindle, my books and so on….LOL. I think this is a message….Well I know he likes to have me around so that he can ignore me
Have a fun day!
nat
18 Wednesday Jan 2012
Posted in Cocoa Daisy
is the name of the February Cocoa Daisy Kit – yum yum – I can’t wait to play with it!
The February kit, “By the Numbers” is loaded with so many different kinds of numbers An exclusive Cocoa Daisy stamp of stacked numbers, silver metal numbers from Tim Holtz, 7 Gypsies’ safety pins, Elle’s Studio cards, Sassafras Lass tags, and a bit of My Mind’s Eye paper all support the number theme this month, but don’t worry, numbers aren’t the only things you’ll get.Also included are some cheerful embellishments and lots of newly released great paper from Crate Paper, My Mind’s Eye and Basic Grey to round it all out.
Here is a sneak peek of the add-ons:
We even have a special Valentine themed add-on:
Sneak for the stamp subscribers:
Cocoa Daisy has extended the special 6-month promo they are currently offering until the 18th.
They wanted to start 2012 off with big bang, so they are offering a FREE ADD-ON AND STAMP to anyone signing up for a new 6-month subscription. Your subscription would start with the January kit and you can choose any available add-on and stamp from the January kit or any of their past kits! Simply include your selections in the comments section when you check out.
This makes me crave creating something with Numbers- right now- LOL
have a great day
nat
16 Monday Jan 2012
Posted in Publications, ScrapArtZine
will always crack me up – we laughed so much in Amsterdam doing this silly pose.
Who says working isn’t fun sometimes- LOL. A., Sharon Laakkonen, Wendy Senger and Kelly Goree doing the stop motion. All the people around us must have thought that there were several screws loose – LOL. And that reminds me…I really want to go back to Amsterdam. It is such an awesome city.
supplies: Studio2Mer, Rose Moka letters, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L E-Z Runner; Glass Pebbles by Eco Green Crafts
I wish you an amazing day today and a great weekstart!
Nat
P.S. my Über*Media Gesso workshop started yesterday but you can still sign in.
14 Saturday Jan 2012
Posted in Workschop Schedule, Workshops
Über*Media Gesso
If you have troubles watching this video in this format – you can also see it here: ( I will always provide two options )
In this Gesso online workshop we will start with the basics of Gesso and in five lessons over five weeks we will make our way up to more complicated techniques. This workshop is jam packed with techniques and ideas with Gesso!
Check out more infos here: Über*Media Gesso Sign Up and Class Schedule
I’m so looking forward – it is going to be fun!
Due to popular demand and getting lot’s of emails asking about it, I decided to reopen the Über*Media PanPastel Online Workshop earlier again. So as of now you can sign up again for this 6 week-long extensive workshop. It starts on February 5th, 2012 – you have access to the classroom till July 31st, 2012- Check it out here .
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I wish you a wonderful day! I’m having a really bad cold right now and hope it will be over soon….but there is a saying in German: “Without medicine a cold will stay for a whole week, with medicine it will stay for 7 days.” Two Days down….5 more to go
12 Thursday Jan 2012
February 16-19, 2012 I will be at this Scrapbooking Convention in Lille, France
you can find the details of all my workshops taught during this event here:
Nathalie Kalbach’s Pour l’Amour du Scrap Workshops
To register a class :
Can’t wait )))) Hope to see some of you there!
Have a wonderful day and huge hugs!
Nat
11 Wednesday Jan 2012
Posted in General Announcements
this is definelty a week where things are not going the way they should ….LOL. But do you know this punchy mood when something goes wrong and you just laugh…like a Kookaburra….(listen )
These birds woke me up one morning last year in Australia when I was on my workshop tour in NSW. I opened one eye because I heard this noise and because Sherry had told me about those birds, I knew it was them . I started laughing in bed, it was soo funny.
So ….this week- I’m just gonna laugh it off like a Kookaburra – so there printer, so there lost CHA package, so there accidents…..
Have a day filled with laughter
Nat
10 Tuesday Jan 2012
Posted in General Announcements
If you missed why I call an Art Journal – ARTmournal: check this post
My ARTmournal has been a great way the last couple of weeks to keep me sane- LOL. And it helped tremendously in decisions for projects for CHA. It is just so freeing to play in the journal and combining it with different other things like new media (yum yum yum…..will talk more about this new treasure soon), techniques, colors, thoughts.
and it is so forgiving because it is what it is – a journal – if I do not like what I did- I can always cover it up again …
and do something else….
Makes some fun 10 minutes a day, and helps to get some play- and me-time:
Preparing me for the big project.Calming me down. Taking away the fear of the blank page. Getting my thoughts and emotions articulated.
And that about sums it up for me now why doing an ARTjournal/mournal .
Try it
Have an amazing and wonderful day…I’m off to tackle my printer…that guy is in TROUBLE ! LOL
nat
