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12 Days of California Part II: My Stampendous Stamps Debut at CHA

Seeing my own stamp designs and my photo at the Stampendous Booth was sooooo cool.

I came into the Convention Center a little bit before my class started and took a peek at the booth…(the show wasn’t open to the public yet)

I was all by myself and I was looking at this in disbelieve- it honestly felt unreal as if the alarm clock would ring the next minute to make me wake up and realize this was just a dream. Instead my alarm went off that I would have to run to my first CHA class ever- 50 Retailers – waiting to play with my Stamps and other Stampendous Products.

It was a fun class- and after an uncomfortable two seconds realizing that someone hung a microphone on my clothes “FREAK- I never had a mic while teaching” I got the hang out of it, as I already started loosing my voice after teaching the last two days six classes at ArtVenture. I was also happy to see some familiar faces from either working together before or students that took my ArtVenture Class- that was fun!

Teaching Retailers is definitely different. A lot of my students in this class did not come because they love Mixed Media- but because they wanted to get educated in Mixed Media and learn about it because they realized there is a huge demand for it in their stores. It was a very different approach in this class when my usual let loose and get creative. I enjoyed when some of them that never played with paint told me they liked it a lot and get their costumer love for it :) Right on ;)

And btw not every teacher at CHA as a good friend like JumpStarter Joe Rotella who comes with a chef hat into your class to deliver lunch because he knows you never eat right at CHA ;) Thank you Joe- that made me laugh so hard…too bad I had a mic – my already loud laughing must have scared my students a lot – LOL

I learned a lot by teaching this class and hopefully there will be another opportunity for a CHA class in the future. I loved seeing my stamps being used – it made me all giddy :)

Thank you Liquitex, Speedball, May Arts and Imagine Crafts(Tsukineko) for sponsoring my Stampendous Class!

I demoed also a couple days at the Stampendous booth…until I lost my voice totally – but hey…I sounded really interesting- LOL

And I loved having friends over and Cindy Bundy from the Stampendous Designteam showing me her sample

Thank you to all of you who took my CHA Class and came to see my demos ! Thank you also to the awesome Stampendous Staff who did such an amazing job behind the scenes and helped me during and after my classes!

I am going to add a list of the stores that cary my stamps to my website here soon – they are already available and I know some stores have them already in the house :)

More about CHA and which trends I observed will follow :)

have a gorgeous day

huge hugs

nat

Nat

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marjiekemper

February 1, 2014 at 5:30 pm | #

I bet that display made your heart sing! Great seeing all these beauties in person. Massive congrats!

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MaryRedford

January 21, 2014 at 11:48 pm | #

hello N* Studo , wow where can I get the back groiund stamps I would love to buy them your are doing a great teaching job thank you for shareing with us ……………..

I love getting paint all over too ..I just got home from Calif we went to see our daughter and her family. we was there for 10 days but are back home now…..MaryRedford

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Seth

January 21, 2014 at 12:00 am | #

Congrats Nat. Your stamps look amazing!!

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Kim Gillaspy

January 20, 2014 at 10:24 pm | #

congrate on your new stamp cant wait to get them

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Kirsten Alicia

January 20, 2014 at 5:54 pm | #

I’m so glad you enjoyed your CHA experience, even with no voice. :) I love your stamps & the samples look amazing.

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Martha Richardson

January 20, 2014 at 5:44 pm | #

Can’t wait to get my hands on these stamps…oh boy!!!!

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morningdove

January 20, 2014 at 2:59 pm | #

I am so enjoying CJS 2014 and all the wonderful artist teachers. just what I needed to keep going and I am trying it all and using so many things I already have in my stash.

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Helen

January 20, 2014 at 1:34 pm | #

Congrats. Love your designs. You are amazing and I love your success.
Be very proud and happy. :):)

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lizzie

January 20, 2014 at 11:43 am | #

Congratulations! You seem to have had an awesome time. Hope some of your stamps are in their way to the UK as I NEED them!

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scrapinsue

January 20, 2014 at 11:06 am | #

Joe looks like such a fun-loving guy…and he brought you lunch (what a true friend).
I’m so proud of you and your growth in the mixed media field.
It didn’t dawn on me that you would be teaching retailers, but that makes sense when I thing of who attends CHA. I bet most of them had fun even if they started the day with thoughts of getting info just for their customers.
You r-o-c-k Nat and now more of the creative world knows it!

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Leah

January 20, 2014 at 10:55 am | #

I love your stamps – they are the kinds of designs I could use over and over on so many projects.

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lindaleecr

January 20, 2014 at 10:35 am | #

Wish I could take one of your classes! I’ll be suggesting it to the owner of my favorite mixed media haunt.

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cyndi b

January 20, 2014 at 10:35 am | #

Congrats again my friend! Thanks for the shout out on your blog! I have a blog post up today with a journal page featuring your stamps:

http://scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/2014/01/nathalie-kalbachs-new-mixed-media.html

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yankeegirl

January 20, 2014 at 10:18 am | #

Congrats, Nat! Your new stamps are really cool, and I can’t wait to use them on my pages!

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Minna

January 20, 2014 at 9:58 am | #

It was great seeing you! Thank you for all the advice and great company during the show. Your stamps are awesome!

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Ruth L

January 20, 2014 at 7:53 am | #

Your stamps are fab, can’t wait to have them!

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Misty

January 20, 2014 at 7:26 am | #

Your stamps look awesome! Can’t wait to get my hands on them!

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whyducks

January 20, 2014 at 7:05 am | #

It looked like a wonderful time, despite you loosing your voice! I notice you have a crooked finger just like me!

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muriel

January 20, 2014 at 6:57 am | #

Oh, I am so pleased for you. You did have a great time! I think it will take some time for your stamps to get here in France but they are definitely on my list.

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Jennifer Palmer

January 20, 2014 at 6:28 am | #

Congrats Nat
do you know if they are coming to Australia

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Mandy Collins

January 20, 2014 at 5:16 am | #

congratulations on the launch of your line of creative stamps

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12 Days of California Part I: Prima Art*Venture

Mixed Media Prima prima marketing Scrapbooking workshop

I am back from my 12 day long trip to California – it was insane…as in insane work and fun! Well…always good if you can combine both words fun AND work. I am exhausted but nonetheless I want to share some events along the trip- let’s start with the Prima Art*Venture Workshop Retreat. 160 students – 2 days- six workshops – fun…and a toast voice.

We set up the class rooms till late night the day before the event – look at all the class kits:

I taught a Wallhanger Class with the new Stationer’s Desk Line by Prima – here is the project and some details

I had a great time with the wonderful students attending the classes – from all over the country and also from Europe and Asia- so amazing!

160 Students- 160 different ways to create the wall hanger- here are just two:

It was fun spending time with the other teachers and friends from Prima including Sharon, Carrie, Anna, Steffi, Jamie, Limor and Frank as well as Denny who did such a fab job on organizing the event. Thank you also to Elena and my two wonderful helpers Cam and Lisa from Charity Wings– you girls rocked!

(last picture stolen from Sharon ;) ) I did not take that many photos – I am missing most of my sweet people- but oh well- LOL- sorry ;)

Thank you all – also for taking care of me when I got food poisoning or whatever it was what made me sick and dizzy at the end of my fifth class – I am glad I was able to at least finish the instructions and laying down for half an hour in between really helped me to be able to go through the rest of the day and last class.

Tomorrow I will tell more about my class at CHA and the debut of my stamps with Stampendous :)

have a gorgeous day

hugs

nat

Nat

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kat82ren

January 20, 2014 at 4:13 pm | #

Congrats Nath and much day like this!

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Laura Strack

January 19, 2014 at 10:46 pm | #

Hi Nathalie, Thank you for all the fun and expert technique advice at Art Venture 2014. This canvas has to be one of my most favorite canvas’ that I’ve ever made!! I can’t wait to give it to my precious Daughter n Law for her Birthday next week.
Honored to have been one of the 160 students, grateful for all that I learned and I will always cherish the time we spent together. So glad you are a designer for Prima and also excited to see your own stamp line and all the beautiful things that you will create and share from Stampendous. So very cool!!
So happy for you! Big Hugs,
Laura

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  January 20, 2014 at 9:19 am | #
  
  Laura- it was so cool to finally meet you- you are so much fun! Thank you for coming and your awesome support. You rock! huge hugs! -nat
  
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marjiekemper

January 19, 2014 at 7:39 pm | #

Your class was GREAT, Nat, and I was so impressed you got through all six classes with a voice still intact. So sorry you were ill that day!

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  January 20, 2014 at 9:18 am | #
  
  Ahhh -thank you Marjie – it was so good to have you and I am so glad you suitcase finally made it!!! nat
  
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Kirsten Alicia

January 19, 2014 at 2:37 pm | #

Great photos, love the projects. I’m glad you had such a wonderful time, hope you’re going to get some rest this week.

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scrapinsue

January 19, 2014 at 2:37 pm | #

What a wonderful canvas and wow…160 students!
Sorry to hear that you got sick but nice that friends were supportive.

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Rhonda Strickland

January 19, 2014 at 2:15 pm | #

Thanks for sharing! :o)

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A Taste of Collage Workshop at The InkPad

Collage Workshops

Cannot wait for Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and my Collaborative Collage Workshop on March 1st, 2014 at the InkPad in New York City. We both love to do Collages and doing this class together will be so much fun!

In this one-day workshop Nathalie and Julie will share their favorite techniques for experimenting with paint, stenciling, layering, and composing pleasing collages.

Nathalie and Julie’s approaches are different but similar and this is a unique opportunity to get both points-of-view in the same class!

For more details and sign-up go to the InkPad .

Have a wonderful day

huge hugs

nat

Nat

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Wendy Journalista

January 21, 2014 at 8:37 am | #

An all day workshop with TWO of my favorite teacher/artists? Heaven! I’m in!

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Laura Strack

January 17, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

A match made in art heaven! So wish I could attend but can’t fly to NY right now. But one day I will, my sweet friend!

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kat82ren

January 16, 2014 at 7:36 pm | #

wow this is fantastic!

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scrapinsue

January 16, 2014 at 1:49 pm | #

I SO wish that I could go but my head might explode to take a class with both my scrappy crushes in the same room. I know that you two will have a blast and so will your students!

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Whatevers Round 2 #7…or Weird But Happy

#CJS2014 Mixed Media Whatevers

Are you ready for the 6th photo of the Second Round of Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about or want to see all the past photos and takes…check it out here.

Click here to see what Cat, Vicki, Martha and Cuchy made out of the photo and which story they tell. (I will add the missing links later- since I am at CHA we couldn’t get all links together ahead of time )

Here is my take:

Journaling: Some People thought they were a weird couple, but they just had a fun and wonderful time and he carried her on his hands.

The tutorial on how I made this and what I used is part of Creative JumpStart today :) So if you signed up- check it out at noon EST :)

And here is the photo of this month’s Whatever for you:

Here is how it works

Vicki, Cat, Cuchy (Carmen), Martha and I and I have made a one-year commitment to each other and picked twelve photos with Whatevers whom we will give a story.
Every month – if possible always on the 15th – each of us will do a post with an individual story that goes along for us with the same photo.
If you want you can play along and we will have the photo for you to download and show us your version of The Whatevers. The photo will be posted at the end of our blogposts- not on Facebook!
There is no rules to the story itself- it can be funny, sad, uplifting, breathtaking- WHATEVER
There is no rules on the length or the form of the story– it can be a short sentence, an essay, a poem or a soap opera – WHATEVER
There is no rules on the artform you choose – it can be a scrapbook layout, an altered art project, an artjournal page – WHATEVER
Here is a rule though: if you take the photo you have to link back to us and show us your story.
These pictures are from our personal stash and are for personal use for you only! If you want to use them for a publication whether a book or magazine in print or digital form please ask for permission!
If you want to participate we’ll have a linky list for each Whatever Post.
You can also join our The Whatevers -Facebook Page

thank you

Nat

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Cat

January 18, 2014 at 12:34 pm | #

Love the texture, it looks super amazing!

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Denise Spillane

January 16, 2014 at 5:15 pm | #

I have to do this. Late for this month but I will do one for next month fun!

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cuchy

January 16, 2014 at 4:59 pm | #

Just seen your tutorial at CJS. Cool!!
Love the embroided pieces on your page.
weird?? nahhhhhh

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Martha Richardson

January 16, 2014 at 7:20 am | #

Love the colors and stitching…aren’t we all a little “weird” ?

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Vicki Chrisman

January 15, 2014 at 7:59 pm | #

Very cool with the addition of the stitching Nat! Love it!

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scrapinsue

January 15, 2014 at 12:01 pm | #

Wonderful and I can’t wait to make a LO with this pic.
One of these days I’ll even post the ones that I make.

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Ruth L

January 15, 2014 at 6:58 am | #

Love your “weird couple” story Nathalie!

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My Favorite Tool: A Brayer

Art Journal Brayer Mixed Media Tools

If you ask me what my all time favorite Tool is …well besides my fingers ;) – it is a brayer. The versatility of a brayer is just immense. You can use it for printing, mixing colors together, stamping, background creating, you can make sure things get applied evenly, you can use it for mono printing, even painting. You can use it with acrylic paints, with inks, with spray paints, with acrylic media – it is just the coolest thing in the world :) Well…at least in my world. I even did once (2008) a whole class on brayer techniques and it was a lot of fun.

Here are three tutorials I posted the last couple months where the brayer played a big role :)

Positive/Negative Stenciling

Brayer Technique Background

Rubber Band Brayer Technique Background

So, what’s not to love about a brayer? ;)

Have a gorgeous day

Nat

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cathsheard

January 13, 2014 at 11:44 pm | #

Couldn’t agree more. I have spotlessly clean ones, semi-clean ones, ones so messy they are textured…love them all.

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scrapinsue

January 13, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

I’ve had one for years and really only use it to apply paint to a whole canvas or paper. I must try some new techniques.

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kat82ren

January 13, 2014 at 6:40 am | #

Love this amazing techniques, thanks for sharing!

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See you at CHA !

If everything goes well with the crazy weather here on the East Coast I am out now for Art Venture and CHA. Cross fingers that my flight will make it !

Wednesday and Thursday (Jan 8-9) I will teach at the Prima Art Venture Event- so looking forward to it :)

Friday Jan 10 I will teach my CHA Class with my Stampendous Stamps – Unleash Your Creativity .

If you are at CHA come and visit me also at the Stampendous Booth #1352 while I am demoing there – you can find me playing with me new Stamps on these times:

Saturday, Jan 11 : 1 pm-3pm

Sunday, Jan 12: 1pm-3pm

Monday, Jan 13: 11am – 1pm

Tuesday, Jan 14: 10.30am- 12.30pm

I would love to see you there. In any event I will try to post some pictures in between – as some might know – it is a crazy busy time :)

Have a gorgeous day- and check out Creative JumpStart – if you haven’t yet!!!

huge hugs

nat

Nat

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Mona Pendleton

January 12, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

I love your work Nathalie and it was so great to have finally met you in real life! Had a great time at your class at the Prima event! Thank you for sharing your creativity :)

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Jenny

January 10, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

Hi Nathalie! It was so awesome taking your class at Prima ArtVenture! Hope you are feeling better and enjoy the cookies from Hawaii!

Aloha!! Jenny

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  January 10, 2014 at 4:03 am | #
  
  It was so wonderful to have you! Thank you so much for the treats- that was sweet! Aloha!!!!! Nat
  
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Ursula

January 8, 2014 at 1:20 pm | #

Nat, du bist sooooo gemein ;)) Wie komme ich denn jetzt so schnell nach Anaheim ;) Ich drück dir jedenfalls sämtliche Daumen, dass deine Flüge gehen und wünsch dir eine ganz erfolgreiche Zeit dort
LG Ursula

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jjflair

January 8, 2014 at 11:37 am | #

The Art Venture looks like an amazing experience. Congratulations on your stamp line! Can’t wait to check them out!

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Sue Clarke

January 8, 2014 at 6:59 am | #

Hope you have a crazy and fun time. Enjoy the release of your new stamps…woot!

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kat82ren

January 7, 2014 at 5:03 pm | #

as I wish I could be there!

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isishestia

January 7, 2014 at 4:21 pm | #

Hope you’re on your way Nat, have a great time.

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Mandy C

January 7, 2014 at 2:12 pm | #

That is quite a busy schedule, looking forward to catching up with you at the show and seeing your new stamps

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yankeegirl

January 7, 2014 at 1:33 pm | #

Have a great time, Nat! Wish I could be there for your classes!!

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Sneak Peek of my Mixed Media Stamps with Stampendous

n*Studio Stampendous Stamps

Wohoo – I am so excited that I can share with you a Sneak Peek of my Signature Stamps with Stampendous. I was getting the green light to share with you some images :) The Stamps will be available soon to order …the catalogues are out!

Here are some wonderful Scrapbooking Pages that the awesome Design Team at Stampendous created for the catalogue – soooo love what they did!

I will share more samples soon! If you booked my ArtVergnugen Class in NYC at the InkPad in January – you will be the first ones playing with those stamps after my class Unleash your Creativity at CHA next week :) Thank you for letting me share – I am so giddy about it- I hope you like what you see

Huge hugs

Nat

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Rachel Greig

January 9, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

Love your new stamps Nat!! Congratulations!! :)

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Misty

January 7, 2014 at 4:00 pm | #

They are fab!!!

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mandysea

January 6, 2014 at 11:14 pm | #

oh my! No wonder you are giddy about it…. how COOL!
They are definitely what I have on the top of my list!!!!
Hope they are out extremely soon!!!

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mavvek

January 4, 2014 at 7:47 pm | #

Congrats! They are great.

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julie m

January 4, 2014 at 3:25 pm | #

Congratulations! The stamps are magnifique. They will be great for journaling.

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suzieq23

January 4, 2014 at 1:04 pm | #

WOW WOW WOW love the stamps, N!! When will they be available to us? ?After CHA? Cannot wait to start playing with them. CONGRATS

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de_appeltjes

January 3, 2014 at 1:50 pm | #

Love the stamps you designed. Can’t wait to get my hands on them. Congratulations Nathalie !

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Claj Drewnrag

January 3, 2014 at 4:05 am | #

Whooooo……congrats Nathalie!!!!!! For an stampsaddicted some like me i want to have them!!!!!!!!

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Birgit Koopsen

January 3, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

Ohhh my goodness!!! These are some of the best stamps I’ve seen lately!! LOVE them! Awesome job sweetie! x

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Gabriella Dehod

January 2, 2014 at 9:19 pm | #

looooove!!!

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ilapola

January 2, 2014 at 7:21 pm | #

Wow! Beautiful stamps, Nat! Congratulations.

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Micki

January 2, 2014 at 5:09 pm | #

OMG, that’s AWESOME. I’m jumping for joy and LOVE LOVE LOVE all of the stamps. Yay, I can’t wait until they hit the stores. Big Congratulations!!!!!!!

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gunvor

January 2, 2014 at 3:31 pm | #

Oh, they are awesome! Good work, Nat! I hope I can find them in a store in Europe eventually!

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cathsheard

January 2, 2014 at 3:27 pm | #

Oh yes!! That *is* exciting – well done. Can’t wait…

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Bring it on or…Happy New Year 2014!

Wishing all my Readers, JumpStarters, Jumpers, Friends and Family a wonderful, healthy, creative, funny, successful, rocking, inspiring and amazing New Year 2014! I am ready…Bring it on :)

Huge hugs and Love

Nat

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Gesso Texture Technique or ….1 more day till CJS14

Those of you who were part of the Creative JumpStart 2013 saw the videos that me and my artist friends posted on my website throughout January 2013. The event was free that year, but the videos are not available here anymore, since CJS 2013 was only available till June, but I thought it would be nice to repost my 10 technique videos over the next couple weeks- so that you have access to them whenever you want and see what CJS 2013 was all about.

And now let’s jump to the video Number 9 in my Über*Media Creative JumpStart 2013 Workshop which was the Gesso Texture Technique

If you have no external speakers on your pc – turn up the volume a lot (the audio is very low in this video)

CJS 2013 Technique 9 -Gesso Texture from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.

It is only 1 more day till Creative JumpStart 2014 starts. It is the third year CJS is happening!!!

Don’t miss out on this! We have 21 artists, 23 videos with wonderful projects and tutorials, amazing giveaways and an already hopping forum and all that for less than 1Dollar per video (20Dollar for the whole event)! Sign up here !

And here are my supplies I used for the Gesso Texture Video above: