And the shark, it has teeth,
and it wears them in the face.
And Macheath, he has a knife, but the knife cannot be seen.
Then are some, who are in darkness
and others are in light.
And you see the ones in brightness.
those in darkness drop from sight.
– Bertholt Brecht –
I let my inner grunge out with this art journal page- loved it :)
Have a wonderful day
hugs
Nat
Very thrilled to be the guest poster on Simon Says Stamp Blog today. They do carry all my signature n*Studio Stamps designed for Stampendous! Check out how I made the cards and what I used on their blog.
Have a wonderful day!!!
Nat
Your cards are fantastic!! A pleasant surprise to see the card version of your MM talent! Left some love on the SSS blog for you!!
I love that your stamps are so versatile Nat.
Yay! Nat made cards. Very good.
Such fun cards, Nat…love those stamps! Congrats on being featured at Simon Says!
Nat..these are fabUlous..and you have given me inspriration to make some cards with my favourite stamp sets!!
Wonderful cards Nat- very organic and fun!
I made this card for my trainer Kim at the gym. We had a little surprise party for her since she is leaving and we all had a great time with her. In fact…she was a great motivator and kept me sane right after I moved from Germany. She is a big reason for being able to deal with homesickness a lot…having a daily goal to go to the gym and socializing with her and other neighbors has been good for me. Glad I will still see her though for kickboxing workout (yeah man…LOL…I am doing it …it is good for me ;) )
The saying on the card is actually by my trainer- I love that one…it can be adapted to many other things too ;)
It was a pretty big card…we all had to sign…while eating bagels, cream cheese and biscuits…hello carbs and love handle adding food – LOL :)
Here is what I used for the card
Have a gorgeous day
Nat
FAntastic Page!
What screws us up most in life…it’s the picture in our head of how it is supposed to be
-unknown source-
This is so true- in so many ways! When you create art or in your every day life.
Loving the colors and texture here -gesso – such a great medium to cover parts up and make everything more interesting. Love me some Gesso :)
Wishing you a wonderful day…with our without a picture in your head ;)
Nat
Isn’t that the truth?!!! Started along time ago when TV told us this is how real life is….
now it’s hard to unlearn that! Great post Nat!
This quote could be my mantra for goodness sake.
I get my idea of what life “should” be and get disappointed when it’s not.
I continue to work on gracefully accepting what life “is” and embracing that and forgetting the preconceived notions that my mind had issued.
Love this piece, Nat..truer words were never spoken!!
Fantastic AJ!
“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light & frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing
as though
I had wings. ”
Mary Oliver
I do love this quote a lot – it resonated with me . And…the perfect page to add this beautiful stamp too :)
Here is a list of what I used for this spread
Have wings today :)
Nat
I really like the blue peeking through the yellow.
Nice spring colors.
Nat- I was going to tell you how I liked your page…and when i got to the last post and saw the final words- well, I love your page You make me smile! “)
I might have gone insane with the background- but I love it …and somehow it comes all together with the image and quote :)
I might also long for spring…hence the colors! :) I promise – as soon as the weather gets better I stop pouting…I look like my art journal girl – LOL
Here are the stamps and supplies I used:
Have a beautiful day
Nat
I love it- even with your pouty face!
Nice. I love the saying. It is so hard not to become furious with people who simply refuse to acknowledge, let alone accept, that today’s world is not the same as decades past. But the anger served no good purpose. Well if you have very low blood pressure, then it helps.
What do you think of the Liquitex paint markers? I just saw them for the first time last week. I’m intrigued.
Love the energy of this page! And I am feeling your pain about this endlessly miserable Winter. On the bright side, you were able to express it on the page and that is GREAT! If we chant loud enough, “come on SPRING!” maybe it’ll get here sooner.
Peace,
Donna
I love this page. It screams anger! The red and the stamped images are just perfect for the page.
Gorgeous spread!
One of the things that make me really giddy is when I spy someone using my new stamps by Stampendous or also my Stencils with StencilGirl Products 
So I thought once in a while I would feature the work of those wonderful talented people with a new Series called: designed by n*Studio features:…..
And today I feature: Cheiron Brandon
Cheiron has been stamping and making cards since she took her first card making class in 2004. She has been published in Paper Crafts Magazine and teaches card making classes at The Ink Pad in NYC and One Little Spark in Little Egg Harbor, NJ . Recently she has started art journaling and loves mixing those techniques into her cards. By day, she works in the financial district and loves coming home at night to relax at her craft table. She lives in New Jersey with her husband Paul and their adorable rescue dog Big Boy.
And here are Cheiron’s amazing cards using my stamps and what she wrote about them:
I am always looking for different ways to use my stamps and I thought it would be fun to use them on cards. For the first one, I used the shapes to create a landscape to fit my tiny house. The circle became a “sun”, the dots “clouds” and the mesh type stamp was stamped in two different greens to create the “grass”. I used the stencils that come with the stamp sets to create the patterned paper that I cut the house out of.
For the second card I used the burlap stamp and embossed it with some tan embossing powder. It is the perfect stamp to ground an object on a card without adding a lot of bulk. The little heart was cut out of some scraps that I had made into a collage.
If you have done something with my stamps or stencils I would sure love to see
Here are the n*Studio Product Cheiron used:
Have a wonderful day!
hugs
Nat
I love the burlap stamp and the embossing idea. I just added to my list! So happy to see your new products. Best of luck!
Fabulous collection especially the second one, I love that gold texture in the background
As you know Nathalie, I lOVE LOVE LOVE your roulette, round stamp…..it is so versatile, as we see by the card above….I never would have thought to use it as a sun!! Too cool! Thanks for introducing a new artist, great idea by the way……TTFN
Love Cheiron’s creations! So much texture and detail! I have to say my favorite is the heart card. The burlap stamp on the teal paper is amazing! Just beautiful!
Love these cards! Such a cool mix of textures! I’ve been eyeing these stamps at my local store- I think I’ll have to pick them up next time I’m there!
Great cards and I love the burlap stamp. It’s on backorder at the Stampendous web site. Are your stamps available anywhere else?
Thanks…
Connie C.
Hi Connie- here is a link ot my page where I listed the stores that I know of that carry my stamps :) http://www.nathaliesstudio.com/resume/nstudio-stencils/ I hope that helps.
Nat
Loving these cards, what a great range of possibilities! The scene created on the first is so sweet, especially love how she created the sun, and I just LOVE that burlap stamp on the second. The last really is a work of art!
Wow! Cheiron’s cards are amazing!! I love the different techniques she used. I’m off to pin that awesome heart/burlap one!
I love all three of these cards, Cheiron! Just wow. Each one has such amazing detail and creativity!!
These are awesome!!! I love the middle one super tons!
Great stamps and so versatile!
Love how she made it a sun. Nice and bright for a long winter.
I want this stamps!
I love this color combination – it was kind of an accident but a happy one – when I was just playing with different templates and stamps of my Stampendous Stampsets while in California.
It is a rare journal page of mine with lot’s of journaling but I just felt like it in that moment :) And the title? It is a sentence I used in my journaling and that I heard in Australia when I checked in into a hotel “The snake bite kit is in the kitchen, Mate – no worries” I thought that was hilarious – time to use this phrase ;)
That is the beauty of an art journal- you can do with it whatever you want- quotes, lot’s of journaling, no journaling, just a title, symbols- it is yours – no rules! It is your art journal: OWN IT!
Here are the stamps and supplies I used:
Have a wonderful day
huge hugs
nat
Beautiful art journal page, Nathalie!
“The snake bite kit is in the kitchen”…a phrase that I’ve never heard. LOL
While working in my art journal this morning I thought to myself “who would enjoy looking at these pages?”. Kinda bummed out I realized that I loved looking at them and creating them and isn’t that who they are for. Silly me.
I love!! It’s beautiful!!
I love the color combo – will have to store it away on my mental palette! I’m not sure why but this page has a very calming effect for me…hmmm. Great job achieving the look of snakeskin with stamps….you nailed it!
Last week I was playing with some collages for the upcoming workshop where I will co-teach with my sweet friend Julie Fei-Fan Balzer at The InkPad. The class is sold out – sorry – there is a waiting list.
As you might know I love elephants- hence the Elephant stencil I created for Stencil Girl Products.
I played with lot’s of paint and also the What’s The Point Stencil here as well as with some of my new Stampendous stamps.
And with mostly the same materials I created this collage – which looks totally different
I used also Jamie Dougherty’s beautiful Bloom Girl Stamp in the collage- can you see where? :)
That was fun – I am going to do more of those. I mounted both on a wooden canvas – which was a tip by Julie.
Which one of the two do you like better?
Here is a list of some of the things I used
huge hugs
The elephants are STUNNING. I love the intense color, the layers, all of it.
Ich liebe Deinen Elefanten. Leider hat ihn hier niemand.
Beide Werke sind sehr schön, aber der Elephant ” Play” gefällt mir am besten.
Now that I see this work I’m extra happy that I have the elephant stencil. Excited about your new mesh stamps too. This is beautiful work. Sounds like a wonderful workshop.
These both are outstanding and so gorgeous!!! I cant pick one to be my favorite… I think they look terrific together. Now the elephant stencil is on my must have list!!! LOL Congrats that your Ink Pad class is sold out! Maybe you’ll come down to NC or VA, closer than the Ink Pad and I’d be there in a flash!!
Lovely
Love these. I love everything about them. The colors are yummy and so much texture. I have the elephant from club and will try some of this. I want to make my guest room black and white with accessories like your elephants bright and beautiful colors!
Both elephants are gorgeous- but I have to admit- Transform is my FAV! I love that colour combination!!!
Love colors of play best, but overall I like transform. The elephants eye is closed in play and that just looks more restful instead of playful…unless he’s playing hide & seek.
Nope I didn’t see the doll stamp, I did like how it looks like they have rough skin though.
Love Play! But the use of polka dots on both are so much fun!
Both are fabulous in their own way. I love the details and the bloom girl stamp in the elephant on Transform. But my eye is immediately drawn to the Play canvas each time I look at them. I think its because of the more subtle details in the elephant and background and the softer colors. Very pretty!
Wow, I didn’t notice the stamped image for what it is until you pointed it out. Very clever use of it. I am more drawn to the one on the left…PLAY because of the colors. I really like when you use these colors in your art. The pink is just too bright for me even though I do like the title of TRANSFORM. Kinda amazing how you can get such different results using the same materials.
Your “transform” canvas is my favorite but they are BOTH beautiful! I love elephants too, got to get that stencil now, you’ve inspired me once again Nathalie! Thank you.
Peace,
Donna
I love your elephants. Sophie’s eye works perfectly on the one! Beautiful textures and layers!
really lovely canvasses you did make. I and also my son love the elephant stencil.
Nice work, Nat!
I like the “play”-painting better because of the colours. The pink one is a little too bold for my liking.
Bit as I like elephants really much I would take both of them and hang them to my walls :-))
Sabine
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Amante del Papel
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I love black and yellow, this combo is awesome!
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Sue Clarke
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I don’t usually like that much black but this is great and of course goes with the quote. I would have to say that you took a “bite” out of this art journal page. Have a relaxing weekend Nat.
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