Back from Germany – what a fun but way too short trip. I took a short moment to play a bit in my art journal – such a great way to deal with things that sometimes are not the most pleasant ones.
Onward!
For this spread I really loved playing with this color combination.
Here is what I used:
have a wonderful week!
Please forgive me my friends, that my blog is awfully quiet at the moment…the last couple months I have been working non-stop on Creative Jumpstart, and a lot of the projects I cannot show quite yet ;) I can promise you though – there will be lot’s of awesome stuff coming up.
…but hey…meanwhile – … Join me!
Creative Jumpstart 2015 will be the best so far :) I am totally in awe at all the videos by the artists- you will love them – AND next week I will head out to the Liquitex HQ and help picking out the giveaways for CJS ….maybe I post some tiny pictures from there ;) (and by the way the giveaways will be not tied to challenges this time – per popular demand :) )
Right now I am taking a short break to celebrate my great aunt’s 95th Birthday in Germany . I surprised her yesterday and it was a great day. Here are some selfies of aunt Margot and me – she was impressed by the capability of cell phones to take photos while seeing yourself and told me “We have come a long way since 1919” …LOL
Meanwhile- I am wishing you a gorgeous weekend and see you next week :)
your aunt looks so great!!!!!!! i wish being like her at 95!!!!!! send her all my best regards
I was wondering how Aunt Margot was doing since you moved away. See really looks wonderful! I’m sure you will have a great time together. Really looking forward to CJS 2015. Have a great holiday time.
Happy Birthday to you sweet Aunt Margot! You both look like you had a wonderful time together!
Looking so forward to CJS 2015!! You certainly out did yourself on the Jump Starters this year. Love them all :)
Have a splndid time with your Aunt Margot! Congrats to her for her 95th birthday! That is truly awesome. Looks like you are both having a good time with your selfies
Looking forward to Jumpstart 2015
Happy Birthday, Great Aunt Margot! So glad you could be together on this very special occasion. Best wishes from Oklahoma!
How wonderful to see your Aunt Margot looking so well and how special that you are there to celebrate her b-day with her. I have always enjoyed the LO’s that you’ve done of her from the past and current day. Enjoy!
Can’t wait for CJS 2015.
Oh Nathalie!!! Your Aunt Margo looks wonderful!!! I am so glad you posted , I have been wondering about her as I know it is difficult now that you live here in the states.
What fun photos of the two of you- and 95 years young!! tell Aunt Margot- I say Many Happy Blessings and she has got it going on for a woman of her young age!! heehee Have fun! xoxo
We’re extending the $5 off offer until midnight EST tonight! Add Creative JumpStart 2015 to your cart and use coupon code cybercjs during checkout!
Check out the line up of Mixed Media Artists and Crafters here. Thank you to Liquitex our amazing sponsor for this event!!!
Wishing you an amazing day
I am having a problem getting the class jumpstart 2015 it tells me to log in and when I try it knocks me back to the log in site. Please HELP LOL thank you Nat. Donna
Hi Donna, I sent you an email. This happens rarely but it happens- deleting the content of the cart helps in this case. Anyway- check your email- more explanation there :) Thank you!
I shared you all over Nat! heeheehee hugs
Thank you so much Jackie!!! you are the best!
I’m officially announcing Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2015! This is our 4th year. Wowzers – I can hardly believe that.
This year we have 23 talented artists. We call them the “JumpStarters.” See for yourself:
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Looking forward to another fantastic year of crafty fun!! Is it January yet??!!
YAY – year 4 for me too! All signed up!
So glad you are doing another round! (started to worry it might not happen!!) So glad it is Nathalie!! double YAY!!
Roll on January 1st!
Woot! All signed up for 2015 CJS and can I just say that I love LOVE love the video that you created for this round. I can’t wait.
Jippie!! I subscibed again, already looking forward to it Nathalie! xxDebbie
Super happy to have you back Debbie- yeah!
Can’t wait., signed up and ready to start. I can’t believe a year gone by so quickly. I so enjoyed last years.
thank you for being part of it again!!! YEAHHH!
I love CJS – thanks for doing it another year! Watching that really cool video tells me I need to invest in some spray paints ;)
yeah- so glad you are with us again! there might be some spray paint involved ;) ;)
Last week I was surprised by Sandy and Judi with two amazing projects using my StencilGirl Products Elephant Stencils.
Sandy came to my class at The Inkpad on Friday and had this amazing piece of pottery as a present for me in her hand. She used my Elephant March Stencil with it. I love love love it. She burned it in the Kiln and it can be used as a cutting board or hot plate or just as an amazing home decor item . Here is Sandy – thank you Sandy- you made me so happy- I smile every time I see it on the table!
And here is an amazing Wooden Canvas that Judi Kauffman created with my Elephant Parade and Batik Stencil. LOOOVEEE it!
Judi wrote a great instruction on how to create this canvas. Judi you are just amazing!
Speaking of Stencils :) Don’t miss out on the awesome Cyber Monday Deals December 1st on StencilGirl Products Stencils including all of my Nathalie Kalbach stencils !
And speaking of Cyber Monday December 1st! There will be a big announcement coming on Monday on my blog :) So do not miss out on it – HINT: a lot of people asked me already if there will be something coming this year ;)
Have a gorgeous weekend!
Fabulous work girls, I have bought it to paint on the top of a chest of draws, but haven’t got around to it yet! :(
That sounds so cool- please share with me when you are done with it :) Have a wonderful weekend!
nat
I am grateful to have you – thank you from my heart. Have a wonderful day!
Happy Thanksgiving Nathalie:) Much love and gratitude to you and your husband all throughout the year!
I enjoy all your posts! Thanks for sharing your talents with us all.
Thank you Nat- same to you!! xo
Last week my wonderful and creative friend Joe Rotella (who also takes care of me at CHA and sees to that I am actually eating my lunch there – and that EVERY year- LOL) invited me to join an Around the World Blog Hop and so I will answer 4 questions he left me with :)
mmmhh – LOL. I am working on a couple projects at the moment which I cannot really talk about …they are all making me super excited …and I cannot wait to share with you :) But …besides that…I have on my desk right now something I prepared and tested for a project I planned to do tonight at a class I am taking at the Museum of Modern Art.
I created a face stencil – hand drawn and then used Julie’s Scan N Cut Machine. I will use it tonight to imitate my version of a Roy Lichtenstein copy…well…lol- let’s see ;)
Oh Brother….what a question – LOL. I think my main difference is that I totally dive into my favorite art media and try to understand every single bit of them to make them my friends and to communicate with them during my creating part. Now that makes me sound like a weird person…but then on the other hand…here you go…I am weird ;)
It sounds cliche, I know- but because I have to. It wasn’t always that way but creating art made me a more complete person.
I am calmer and more relaxed and happier when I created art. I get cranky when I have days where I cannot create – actually I am a bit cranky right now because a lot of the things I am working on right now have to be done at the computer.
It starts with a slight idea and the urge to get started. Then I start creating. I do not let the picture in my head ruin my creating flow …I let the happenings guide me – going back and forth between control and happy accidents. It is a long process but I love it. Here is a piece that I am doing it with right now – it is not finished yet.
Of course I should keep the around the world blog hop- chain going…but because I totally forgot about it and I stink…I am probably the bad person who interrupts the chain. I am also just a human being…But maybe the two I list right here will pick it up – in any event their blogs are fun to check out :)
I always love to see what Marsha in the Netherlands is up to and as we are already in the Netherlands…also my friend Birgit Koopsen :)
And with this…I am off …I told you I was cranky, right? I gotta create at least for a couple minutes now – LOL.
Have a gorgeous day
So fun to see that gorgeous WIP – wonder what you will do with it tonight!
Maybe you forgot to do it because you haven’t eaten a proper lunch? This is a fun Hop and so cool to see what everyone is working on. Take care of yourself. We need you!
LOL- when at home I get fed by my husband- snigger ;) Thank you Laura! have a gorgeous Thanksgiving week!
Yeah!! Love it! Loved to read your answers and I will happily participate! I will do it this week! So I need to tag 2 people to keep it going?
Awesome- LOL- Yes- two peeps :) Have a wonderful day girl!
A couple days ago I showed a tutorial on how to create an easy background in your art journal
and I promised to show what I would do with the result later. I just added a bit of stamping over both pages to tie it together, added the image , painted it with markers and then added the journaling. It was a quick but liberating art journal spread.
Here are the supplies that I used after I created the initial background:
I hope you liked seeing the transition :) Have a wonderful day
I had such a great time with my Mixed Media Workshops at Everything Scrapbook and Stamps in Florida. Thanks to Michelle for bringing me back and being such a great host :) Here are some pictures of the three days I taught there:
Friday I taught a Mono printing Class – lot’s of fun and texture and I loved seeing my stencils and stamps being used so much :)
and we used loads of Liquitex Acrylic Paints.
And everyone was hands on :)
In between I learned that this is the only snow you can get in Florida ….sounded good to me with the arctic weather back home and comfy 86F at Lake Worth :)
Saturday I taught my Artvergnugen art journal class. My nifty students had practiced how to say Artvergnugen and were even able to show me :) Made me laugh big time!
We had an awesome day playing with paint and creating layers upon layers in our art journals
Sunday I taught a Collage Class- and I loved loved loved all the different results- it was loads of fun !
Thank you to all my amazing students for coming, being so amazingly creative and making me laugh! Until next time :)
Have a gorgeous day
Nat
Just look at all that marvelous Liquitex products!
My favorite is the page with the teal and brown feather stamp!!!
Not Stamped Sue- she hand drew it over the texture stamped images- pretty cool huh?
Wow, they look like they had loads of fun and great projects to take home too!
Looks like you all had so much fun! I can hear you laughing, right now, at their little English/German lesson. That’s hilarious!!
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Sue Clarke
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Can’t say that I would have thought to mix those colors together but they go nicely. Reminds me of Starry Night. Glad that you made it home safely Nat.
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Madeline Rains
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This is truly one of my favorite of your pages ever (and I’ve been coming here for years) I love the color combo and the emotion behind it is really powerful with that focal image. Love it!
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jackiepn
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Welcome home and hope your trip and time spent were wonderful! xo
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nathalie-kalbach
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Thank you Jackie- it was :) have a great day!
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