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Stroll Through the Hood

A lot of times I get asked what inspires me. And one of my key answers is always “a stroll through the hood”. It might be street art, it might be thoughts or feelings connected with certain sights, it might be stuff I find to buy…in one way or the other you might find the photos, the thoughts, the feelings, the colors or anything from those strolls in my art journal, a mixed media project or a scrapbooking layout.

I would love to show you once a month what inspired me while strolling through my neighborhood. I hope you like the little insights into my daily life where I live (at the moment Hamburg, Germany). This is also a wonderful way for me to remind myself on the inspiring things in the hood. Maybe you get inspired by those posts and even invite ME to a stroll in YOUR hood – feel free to grab the logo and leave a comment for me on the post and share!

Love this simple cute one -it would be a perfect postcard- and…the wall does indeed look like this- pink patina ;)

Speaking of pink….hello…it is usually not my color- but ohh love. This is from the inside of my favorite flower store …you get a bunch of flowers- no big stuff around, 5 Bucks, and you are out. They open Wednesday till they sold all flowers…sometimes Friday your are out of luck. Then they are on their way to Holland again to stock up ;) Awesome awesome- I know I will for sure miss this one.

I love this in a little alley in the hood. I also love the background- I am not a brown color person- but this is intriguing with ll the dots and little hints of red.

And how can you pass up this photo-op – in a site street around the corner – so much fun with Andreas Muhme– we did another photo shoot, this time outside and had fun strolling around looking for places.

And another pussy cat…again love the simplicity of it- and yet so cool!

This is the outside of a kindergarten – loooveee the colors! So much fun!

Especially since I know we move I walk around my neighborhood with more open eyes than ever and explore little alley ways too. It is a lot of fun.

Hope you liked it- see you next month in the hood

hugs

Nat

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cal8007

June 29, 2013 at 11:45 pm | #

What beautiful flowers – roses? We are not as fortunate to get a bunch for a low cost here in TX; but in order to go get roses we have to go to the supermarket – hate going shopping! No, no, really. I don’t enjoy shopping when there’s a lot of people and there’s always a lot of people around. I only go when I’m running out of food in my fridge! I’ll have to go around my hood and take pictures of the school grounds, see what interesting art I can find!

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jenirae

June 28, 2013 at 4:23 am | #

Hope the skull isn’t on the kindergarten wall! ;-P How can you leave this wonderful hood?

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Sue Clarke

June 27, 2013 at 2:25 pm | #

That kindergarten wall is very cool and makes me think that the students and teachers are creative. And yes, definitely your color pallet. My family thinks that I am strange because I just can not pass up an opportunity to take pics like the ones you took of yourself inside of the tiger’s mouth. Your hood will be changing soon.

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mjmarmo

June 27, 2013 at 1:23 pm | #

Love this!

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Michelle Guest

June 27, 2013 at 7:45 am | #

Love the “pink” peony picture….

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Whatevers Round 2…or You didn’t really think it is over, did you?

Whatevers

Nahhhh – it is not over….there are so many more Whatevers out there…they need a story…and seriously it was way too much fun! We so enjoyed each other’s story and also the amazing stories of those of you who participated…see….

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So welcome our friends Carmen Sanchez and Martha Richardson who will join us!

We will start with the first Whatever in Round 2 on July 15, 2013 – we hope you will join us then. And till then in case you don’t know how the Whatevers work …here is short summary :)

The Whatevers – is a creative story telling project founded by Cat Scanlon, Vicki Chrisman and me in 2012.

Have you ever been to a flea market and then had this weird sensation of those faces from long ago times looking at you? Sometimes you find a little trace of the history on those photos, the name and city of the photographer, a scribbled note or year on the back of the photo…but that is it. There is no more ….Really…no more? They are forgotten as long as they have no name and no story…

Watch our intro video from 2012:

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We are happy to have Carmen and Martha joining us.

What all five of us have in common (besides enjoying each others company and having a blast) is the love for vintage photos, whether it be family treasures or sometimes found ones.

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 art journal 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

See you on July 15 with the first Whatever

Huge Hugs

Nat

Whatevers #12 or Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (nathaliesstudio.com)
Whatevers #11 or Times Are Changing (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

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cal8007

June 29, 2013 at 11:47 pm | #

Like your imagination running wild with you! LOL

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Milagros

June 28, 2013 at 8:39 pm | #

Dear Nath love to continue this exciting story, just today finished the 12th installment of whatevers and I’m excited to have the opportunity to continue giving them a story. Thank you all for this opportunity to continue.
hughs

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Laura Strack

June 25, 2013 at 4:38 pm | #

Yay! Love all of the “Whatever Gangs’ Photos” and their stories! Should be published, just sayin’!

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Susan

June 25, 2013 at 2:49 pm | #

5 thumbs up!!!

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mjmarmo

June 25, 2013 at 2:11 pm | #

These are always so cool!@

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Sue Clarke

June 25, 2013 at 12:58 pm | #

Woot! Woot! The three friends realized that there are so many more stories to be told that they will continue. Looking foward to it.

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I Am Enough Art Journal Page

I played a bit around in my art journal and I love especially how the left page turned out . Sometimes it is good to just play because accidentally you might find a fun new way for a background – like I did :)

I also got a new color combo crush…you better get used to it- hehehe- I might use it again ;)

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Liquitex Professional Spray Paint	Palette Knife	Nat’s Stash…old/vintage/fleamarket

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Have a creative day today :)

Nat

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Marsha.

June 25, 2013 at 4:43 pm | #

OK, this is funny. I’ve just created something (totally different, but) with a colour combo similar to this… And I used one of your stencil on it :-D. I can’t wait to show you now!

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cyndi b

June 24, 2013 at 2:51 pm | #

Totally my favorite colors! Love all your new stencils!

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Gunvor

June 24, 2013 at 10:33 am | #

Awesome! I just love the colours! and how you made the typewriter “pop”!

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Kathy P

June 24, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

Orange/green/yellow????? Love it. That typewriter really pops out. Love when you find a new love and share it with us….always brings me inspiration!

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Donna

June 23, 2013 at 3:11 pm | #

I am loving the color combination and your typewriter stencil! Thanks for sharing.
Peace,
Donna

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Closed Doors …or Word Emesis

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My art journal is not only my technique-play book, it is also my way to express feelings and often an outlet for emotions. I think art is an amazing therapist- LOL- so much cheaper actually when a real one ;) This page was done after I was REALLY upset a couple of weeks ago – LOL- doesn’t happen to often- but hey…can happen ;)

Lot’s of Liquitex Spray Paint over Stencils on here and then I played with the Liquitex Paint Markers-I love how you can paint with them over magazine pages, use them for writing or sketching and to blend areas in.

I wanted a grungy look here ….I guess I archived it. Actually I want this page as a wall of my studio- that would be cool- LOL.

If you art journal would you agree that it helps you deal with emotional stress better?

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have a beautiful day

nat

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Pam in Florida

September 24, 2013 at 11:34 pm | #

Thank God for art…Great escape. Cheaper than airfare.

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Pam in New Jersey

June 26, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

Yes, I would be in the nut house without my journals and art work!!!!

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Elina Stromberg

June 21, 2013 at 11:01 pm | #

Oh my! Truly an influential art journal page that really makes a statement. Creative and grungy. Bold and powerful. Love it.

And I fully agree with you: Getting creative is really the easiest, cheapest and most fun type of therapy!

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Sherri Sinclair

June 21, 2013 at 4:58 pm | #

You can say things to your journal that are best left unsaid to someone.

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Kathy P

June 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm | #

Lots of feelings in this, Nat….very creative. I agree that art can definitely be an emotional release!

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Peg

June 21, 2013 at 1:15 pm | #

This is fabulous Nat!
Emotion-driven creativity suits you :-)

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Sue Clarke

June 21, 2013 at 12:56 pm | #

YES! As you pointed out, cheaper than therapy although my insurance won’t reimburse me for art supplies.

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Heimathafen or…Hamburg*End(si)e Exhibition Canvas

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Another canvas for my exhibition in August here in Hamburg. This one is actually 16″ by 24″ big (40cm x 60cm) . I figured out that for canvases in that big size I need an easel but I guess for the time being here in Hamburg I might not invest in one or maybe I should…mmmh…mhhh – LOL…never shy of an excuse to go to the art supply store ;) .

It is a collage with acrylic paints, acrylic inks and acrylic markers . It was a slow process on this canvas …It moved several times in the apartment so I could just look at it because I wasn’t too happy in the beginning and needed to figure out what it was. It was the ship on the right that made me crazy…something was badly off, but now it is done. I really like the colors- and I know they are not very usual for me .

I am sure you got it figured out, this is the Hamburg harbor – a bit part of our city, and the title is home port. Now working on the next canvas which is even bigger…let’s see how this goes- LOL

Have a wonderful day

Hugs

Nat

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Lily van der Velde

June 21, 2013 at 9:31 am | #

Love the canvas, and the statement!
No one is illegal indeed!

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Micki

June 20, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

I love it. The colors, the theme…… it’s awesome! :-)

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Ursula

June 19, 2013 at 7:11 pm | #

Auch wieder schööööön :) Ich freu mich schon auf deine Ausstellung und ich hoffe, ich bin dann auch wirklich in der Stadt ………
LG Ursula

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Michelle McCosh

June 19, 2013 at 2:10 pm | #

I LOVE this canvas and I love the colors together.

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Sue Clarke

June 19, 2013 at 1:39 pm | #

Wish that I could be at the exhibit but I know that you’ll post pics after it happens. Right?:)

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mjmarmo

June 19, 2013 at 1:34 pm | #

Such gorgeous colors! I love the buildings!

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Jean A Marmo

June 19, 2013 at 1:34 pm | #

Such gorgeous colors and I love the buildings!

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Kathy Gledsdale

June 19, 2013 at 1:29 pm | #

How wonderful, a very cheery picture to hang on the wall.

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Birgit Koopsen

June 19, 2013 at 12:19 pm | #

wow!

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Marsha.

June 19, 2013 at 9:58 am | #

I think it’s awesome!!! Great job Nat, I bet it’s going to be an awesome exhibition!

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Artfusion 2013 Recap or…Going Dutch is fun!

Birgit and I had so much fun with our Artfusion Mixed Media Weekend in Utrecht, The Netherlands this last weekend!

We had students from The Netherlands, Finland, England, Israel and Spain in our classes – 33 girls – all super sweet and mega talented and with lot’s of fun. Lot’s of smiles this whole weekend! Even when the wind hit back and splashed paint into faces ;)

Loved seeing all of them taking their own twist on the projects- like here in my Season Canvas Class – they did such beautiful canvases!

And it was awesome seeing my stencils being used by my students – Loved that so much- can’t even tell- LOL

We had a very artsy location and a good time during the classes, during lunch, dinner and at the saturday evening crop.

Here is a couple of us girls- some are missing on the picture – I had a blast with you all – I hope so much I will see you some day again …maybe…maybe… at…mmh who knows ;) (sorry Minna – I had to steal this and the next photo from you :) )

Thank you all for coming from far and close by to our event and make it truly awesome!!! You rocked !!! It was amazing to see so many of you again and to make new friends. As we had talked with a group – it is an unbelievable inspiring hobby that brings people from all countries together.

And here is finally a picture of sweet Birgit and me- we totally forgot to have one taken . I miss her already. Thank you Birgit for all your non-stop work to make our event happen! You are the best!

Wishing you a wonderful day and huge hugs…from truly happy but exhausted Nat :)

Nat

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Michelle McCosh

June 18, 2013 at 2:00 pm | #

Looks like a fun arty event!

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Sue Clarke

June 18, 2013 at 12:59 pm | #

Looks like a great time was had by all!

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Maaike

June 18, 2013 at 10:14 am | #

Yay!! It was fun!!!! You are an amazing lady! Xxx m

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Monique

June 18, 2013 at 8:39 am | #

Again, I loved it & enjoyed your teaching skills very much!!

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Leonie

June 18, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

It really was a fun time. I enjoyed every minute. Thanks Nathalie(and Birgit).

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Silvia

June 17, 2013 at 10:32 pm | #

It was really great!

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Marga Bolderman

June 17, 2013 at 9:06 pm | #

the fotos give a good impression of THE fun weekend!!

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Riikka

June 17, 2013 at 8:28 pm | #

Thank you for an awesome event and inspiring classes! I do hope you’ll arrange ArtFusion2014!

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Kathy Gledsdale

June 17, 2013 at 8:24 pm | #

Lucky girls taking your class, you are so near, but yet so far away sniff.

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Sarah Buck

June 17, 2013 at 8:16 pm | #

Loved every minute of this amazing weekend! Can’t wait for Art Fusion 2014!!! :-) xx

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Whatevers #12 or Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

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Are you ready for the 12th Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about…check it out here.

Click here to see what Cat made out of this photo and which story she tells

Click here to see what Vicki made out of this photo and which story she tells

This is supposed to be our last Whatever photo…but mmhh – well….maybe we have news for you in the next days ;)

I love this photo – I will definitely use it again- it totally cracks me up! I had only a couple of art media with me when I was traveling- which was kind of fun to create with limited supplies and limited time too.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Finally a day without husbands- all these household chores were just so boring all three of them had been looking for a fun day together. If they’d only knew how to get the boat going…gosh – why couldn’t they make it work without men?

Their names: Margariete, Mary and Myrtle

I used Ranger Distress Paints, Distress Inks, a white Sharpie Poster Marker and a Liquitex Professional Paint Marker as well as a new bought item I have to play more with: Liquid Pencil by Pam Carriker. The Fabric Tape is actually by a German Brand – I am not really sure which one it was though -I need to find out – LOL- I love it and need more ;) You can also see some negative prints of my new What’s The Point Stencil.

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

Here is how it works if you want to play along:

Vicki, Cat 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 – just right-click on it to safe it to download and show us your version of The Whatevers.
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 artwork you choose – it can be a scrapbook layout, an altered art project, an art journal page – WHATEVER
Here is a rule though: if you take the photo you have to link back to us andshow 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 post in the comment section .
You can also join our The Whatevers -Facebook Page

Nat

Whatevers #11 or Times Are Changing (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

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Milagros

June 16, 2013 at 2:52 pm | #

joyful and beautiful colors page, it’s a shame that it is over, thanks to this wonderful project three ye have given to us was a pleasure for me to accompany you in this month proyecto.Abrazos

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Vicki Dunn Chrisman

June 15, 2013 at 7:24 pm | #

Wow! The colors and all the contrast on this page is just stunning! Very cool!

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Cat

June 15, 2013 at 5:43 pm | #

This is awesome Nat! I love love all the bright colors mixed with the black, very stunning. Myrtle, lol!!

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louison

June 15, 2013 at 4:26 pm | #

J’aime tout!!! Superbe!!!

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Sue Clarke

June 15, 2013 at 3:36 pm | #

Love it and your use of PINK…I don’t see that color much in your work.
I must play along with this one!

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Standup Bass or…New Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

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New Stencil in the house and it is a 6×6 Standup Bass Stencil :)

One of my favorite things in our household is my husband’s standup bass- I just love that thing – and I thought it would be a great stencil using it for everything related to music, or lyrics you quote , or layouts with bands, theater, concerts…etc :)

I used the stencil positive and negative at the same spot – meaning I sprayed over the stencil , then flipped it over at another spot to get the access paint onto the page and then took another color and sprayed over it again .

Love the dimension and the layers you build up with this method. Other than that I used Derwent Arbars, Dylusions and Liquitex Spraypaints with the background. The stamps you see are stamps I found at a store around the corner I am so in Love with them.

I hope you like my new stencil. It comes in two different sizes 6×6 and 4×4 inches.

Here is what I used for this art journal page

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Brayer	Dylusions Creative Journal/Art Journal	Prima typeset Alphabeth Stickers	October Afternoon Ledger Alpha	Liquitex Gel Medium Gloss	Nat’s Stash…old/vintage/fleamarket

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Have a beautiful and creative day !

huge hugs

Nat

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Nat

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Sue Clarke

June 13, 2013 at 7:48 pm | #

This bass so makes me think of some of the music that you’ve had playing in the back ground of some of your tutorials. And nice that it also comes I the smaller 4X4 size. I must find a local store to get these stencils at.

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Kathy Gledsdale

June 13, 2013 at 2:32 pm | #

Oh lovely!

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muriel

June 13, 2013 at 1:34 pm | #

aah, I so love the sound of stand up bass! I could use your stencil for layouts with photos of when I was expecting my son and listened to pieces of music with this instrument all day long. And I looove your typewriter too, I have some in stamps but not in stencils……….for the moment…..

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Gypsy Chaos

June 13, 2013 at 9:36 am | #

LOVE the double triple use technique. I’ve been ‘printing’ the excess paint on paper for awhile – never thought of doing it on the same project.

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Typewriter or…New Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

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Time to show you my new 6×6 Typewriter Stencil :)

Typewriter …just love them..especially vintage ones. When I was in highschool I owned a huge office typewriter from the 40s. I wanted to be a writer or study journalism when I was a teenager and so my uncle and aunt gave me this typewriter and I hacked on it (you won’t believe how loud this thing was!) and started several books…they usually contained about 5 pages until I thought I would move on and write a different story- LOL. Anyway I knew I wanted to design a typewriter stencil since especially with art journals, vintage photos etc. I saw how it would be so much fun to use it.

I used Wendi Vecchi’s Black Embossing Paste over the stencil which is 6×6 inches – love the fluffy consistency the paste has and once it was dried I dabbed some Liquitex Markers over. The black of the paste makes the colors really pop off ad add even more dimension to the typewriter. Love it.

I used the heavy body acrylic paints for the background because I do love the texture I can create with it.

Typewriter Stencil	Circuit Stencil L161	Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paint	Liquitex Acrylic Paint Marker	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste BLACK	Stampendous Frantage Color Fragments, Sage Color
Dylusions Creative Journal/Art Journal	Brayer	Liquitex Gel Medium Gloss

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Hope you like it :)

Have a beautiful day

Nat

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Nat

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marjiekemper

June 14, 2013 at 4:08 pm | #

Very cool pages! And a great new design… congrats!

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Michelle Hernandez (@willieburgscrap)

June 11, 2013 at 3:29 pm | #

Hellooo AWESOME! This is totally new and exciting- I KNOW it will sell like crazy- props to you Momma!

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  June 11, 2013 at 3:30 pm | #
  
  it is in the envie that went out yesterday to you :) Hopefully will arrive in latest 10 days. hugs nat
  
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Donna

June 11, 2013 at 2:41 pm | #

I really like your message AND the typewriter stencil, absolutely fabulous!

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Sherri Sinclair

June 11, 2013 at 2:28 pm | #

And please tell us about the lady in your layout?

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Jean Marmo

June 11, 2013 at 1:02 pm | #

How cool!!

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Sue Clarke

June 11, 2013 at 12:59 pm | #

Vintage fun! Love the typewriter Nat.

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fran

June 11, 2013 at 8:18 am | #

hi Nat, Just love that ,”it’s never too late………. So true, and reminds us that it is so Thks

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