Yes, we did! On our announcement of the Artfusion Event we planned we got a lot of comments about the location. Many of you asked us why we didn’t plan it somewhere in the middle of the Netherlands. It would be easier for you to get there and it would also increase the travel distance/time for a lot of you. Also we heard that April was already so full of events and stuff.
And we agree! So we decided to postpone the event and find a better location. We think we found the perfect place!

Artfusion will now take place June 15-16 in the middle of the lovely city of Utrecht. Being a big railways junction in the Netherlands and only 45 minutes by train from Schiphol airport we think Utrecht is one of the best places we could have chosen.

The facility (Kade Ateliers) is a canal house at the Leidsekade 17, near the center of Utrecht where we have the availability of 2 lovely, light rooms. As we see it, we have all the ingredients for an amazing creative weekend on hand here.

Here are some pictures of the location:

kade alteliers

We also made some changes in the workshops. You will find the schedule, the workshops and prices below:

SATURDAY, JUNE 15:

9.30 – 13.00 – Season Canvas Workshop by Nathalie Kalbach

In this Workshop with Nathalie Kalbach, you will create a stunning and unique canvas that will be a wonderful home décor item.

Learn how to create dimension and texture with tissue paper, items of daily life, acrylic paint, lace, burlap, and gesso.

Learn how to reveal the interesting and eye-catching texture with acrylic paints and acrylic inks and add some fun stamping techniques on top.

We will be adding lots of layers and dimension to make this a spring, summer, fall or winter canvas… just as you like. All the techniques can easily be applied to future projects.

14.00 – 17.30 Embossing and Beyond Mini Album Workshop by Birgit Koopsen

SUNDAY, JUNE 16:

10.00 – 12.30 Mixed Media Meets Scrapbooking, a layout workshop by Birgit Koopsen

13.30 – 16.00 Chalk on The Wild Side Mini-Album Workshop by Nathalie Kalbach

Artfusion – Early Bird Packages:

Saturday Package: 2 Workshops including lunch, drinks and snacks – 85 EUR

(signing up after May 15 – 95 EUR)

Sunday Package: 2 Workshops including lunch, drinks and snacks – 85 EUR

(signing up after May 15 – 95 EUR)

Weekend Package: 4 Workshops (2 on Saturday/2 on Sunday) including lunch, drinks and snacks – 160 EUR

(signing up after May 15 – 190 EUR)

On Saturday evening we also have a room available for those of you who just can’t stop and want to crop for a couple of hours.

You can sign up by emailing Birgit to info@birgitkoopsen.nl She will sent you the information and the requirements. Until upon payment you are on a waiting list. Your space is secured once your payment was received.

We are very much looking forward to see you for some Artfusion

Birgit & Nat

Nat

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Life Drawing at the Book Club

Arts Drawings Inspiration Video

I loved this video by Wriggles & Robbins – so much fun to see the drawings from different angles and also come to live.

Attention: This 1 minute video contains nude-drawings. If you have a problem with this, you might be better off looking at something else . Don’t email me to complain, don’t visit my blog anymore because I might post things like this again and I really don’t care if you have a problem with this and for sure do not let your kids watch this if it is a problem for you!

[vimeo 62126310 w=400 h=300]

Hope you like it as much as I do.

Have a gorgeous day

hugs

Nat

Thank you Mr PearCabbage Or…You made an impact on my life (nathaliesstudio.com)
You can see beauty in many things! (nathaliesstudio.com)
Go out and start creating or…Life is short (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

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nydiart

April 5, 2013 at 2:51 pm | #

Loved the video! It was coooool!

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Heidi

April 4, 2013 at 4:41 am | #

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

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Su Roberts

April 4, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

Brilliant – very clever idea – loved it lol Susiesu xx

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ruthie

April 4, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

Show videos of this quarlity whenever you can! I will watch them all………..

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Nannette

April 4, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

Very cool video! I’d love to draw like that too, but I am my own kind of artist!

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mjmarmo

April 3, 2013 at 9:45 pm | #

How cool!!!

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sylvia

April 3, 2013 at 7:58 pm | #

Thanks for sharing! I LOVE your disclaimer though, I had to LOL when I read it ;))
hugs to you!!

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Kathy P

April 3, 2013 at 4:18 pm | #

Oh, to be able to draw like that…….truly great art! Thanks for sharing!

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Donna

April 3, 2013 at 2:34 pm | #

Awesome video, thanks for sharing it!
Peace,
Donna

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Jean_H

April 3, 2013 at 2:08 pm | #

Okay, that was just too cool! TFS

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GISELE

April 3, 2013 at 1:04 pm | #

Beautiful and Fantastic!!

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Sue Clarke

April 3, 2013 at 1:03 pm | #

Wow…the woman just dances before us…like Michelle said…like a flip book (which I’ve always loved).

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Gunvor

April 3, 2013 at 12:44 pm | #

What a great video! I loved it! Thanks for sharing.

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Michelle Guest

April 3, 2013 at 7:38 am | #

I love how the drawings came alive like an old fashioned flip book…very cool! Thanks for sharing…

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Jennifer U.

April 3, 2013 at 7:26 am | #

Super cool — even understanding the concept of how they morphed the different drawing angles together, the result still defies logic. Thanks for sharing.

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Wanda

April 3, 2013 at 7:14 am | #

Hi Nathalie, what a great great video! It iis as much art as are the artists painting!
Greatings, Wanda

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Follow the White Rabbit …or Frohe Ostern

Cards Easter Easter Bunny Scrapbooking White Rabbit

Happy Easter and welcome to the Easter blog hop! Today is the day when we tumble-down the rabbit’s hole and hop after the White Rabbit. The rabbit hops from blog to blog, from country to country all around the cyber scrapbooking world!

Although the countries and styles vary and designers participating had a free choice what to create for the hop, the pieces of art have all something in common. If you’re familiar with Alice in Wonderland, you might remember that the White Rabbit, which Alice followed and found the Wonderland, had a pocket watch. So in this hop the common theme is the time piece. You can find an interpretation or a way to incorporate a clock in every creation! Inspiring, right?

So please hop along and remember to leave a comment at every stage! That way you ensure as many tickets for the raffle as possible. You’ll have just a week to participate (to April 8th at noon GMT) for the giveaway put together from donations from 7 Dots Studio, BadgesFolie, Garn&Mehr, Stromsvigt and Wycinanka.

So enjoy the hop and find the inspiring Wonderland of scrapbooking!

So here is my take on the Follow The White Rabbit Easter Hop – I was inspired by the cute logo so I had to use this for my easter cards :)

Supplies: Theresa Collins Stationary Noted Paper Collection, Autumn Leaves Stamps, Prima Marketing Clock, Liquitex Acrylic Ink, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Squares, Ranger Archival Ink

So now follow the other links and comment in order to be able to win one of the awesome prices :)

Here are the hop stops:

Happy Easter for those of you who celebrate Easter and a wonderful day for all of you!

hugs

nat

Über*Media is my series of online workshops that is dedicated to different kinds of media that cross a variety of materials. I also teach project based online workshops which you can find here.

Nat

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Paula

April 8, 2013 at 12:33 pm | #

Beautiful cards, I love the fresh colors!

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kiala

April 8, 2013 at 12:32 pm | #

Surprising and lovely bunny card!

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Milla

April 8, 2013 at 9:31 am | #

Love this!

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Cecilia

April 7, 2013 at 10:33 pm | #

It´s a funny rabbit. I love your work always

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Helen

April 6, 2013 at 5:29 am | #

Such a fun and happy project. Happy Easter :)

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Anski

April 5, 2013 at 11:08 pm | #

Looks amazing, really fun how you used the logo! :)

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scrapvat

April 5, 2013 at 9:12 pm | #

This is the coolest little bunny ever… love how you created it. Awesome!

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elina.

April 5, 2013 at 8:29 pm | #

Cute Easter cards! I like especially the one below. :) It actually reminds me of an old childrens program, Kössi Kenguru, in Finland! :)

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Ellihe

April 4, 2013 at 8:32 pm | #

Funny bunnies & nice cards :)

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Sofia.V

April 4, 2013 at 6:01 pm | #

There’s cute, fun and creative at the same time!

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lehtipollo

April 4, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

Ooh, fantastic and so creative!

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Svetlana V

April 3, 2013 at 5:20 pm | #

Cool project! Thanks for sharing !

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versq

April 3, 2013 at 12:56 pm | #

First time visiting your blog. Thank you for inspiration! :)

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Екатерина_М

April 3, 2013 at 9:40 am | #

хи-хи)) парусник))) это же зайка))))
а на лодочу все же похоже))

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Екатерина_М

April 3, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

красивый парусник)))

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linda trapp

April 3, 2013 at 3:50 am | #

terrific card, love the composition and color choice

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Denise Bryant

April 2, 2013 at 11:46 pm | #

Love your mixed media card!

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laura m.

April 2, 2013 at 5:28 pm | #

Lovely card! Thanks for sharing :)

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eilaeila

April 2, 2013 at 5:04 pm | #

Hey hey hey Miss Sunshine! Hope all’s got with you and your auntie M. Ha ha you got me here, thought I’d find one of your fabbo mixed media canvases! these cards are so so cute, really love the graphic sails and sweet colours. Hope your long weekend was a really good one!! xoxoxoxox

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Miharu

April 2, 2013 at 12:50 pm | #

So great… :) Beautiful!

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Only One Page or…Viva Las Vegas Stamps

Art Journal Derwent Artbars Derwent Inktense Blocks Ranger Distress Paint Stamps

Here is my second project as a guest designer for Viva Las Vegas Stamps. I created an Art Journal Page

I totally fell in love with the Map Background stamp and when I created a transfer of a photo of Yosemite I thought that the Map Background would fit perfectly to the theme and that the roads itself would make perfect connections with the branches that transferred. I used the Bird Head to make connections and also because it had the same visual map feel to me.

I stamped with black Ranger Distress Paint which generated a nice resist to the Watercolor and the Derwent Artbars and Inktense Blocks I used over it.

Other Supplies Used: Liquitex Gel Medium, Liquitex Acrylic Ink, Deli Paper, Ranger Distress Paint, Derwent Artbars, Derwent Inktense Blocks, Schmincke Watercolors, Graphite Marker, Prima Canvas Letters, Markers

Have a wonderful day

nat

n*Lab Tales – Today featuring Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paints (nathaliesstudio.com)
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Space Age Bachelor Pad or…Art Journal Page (nathaliesstudio.com)

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Weckruf (Wake-Up Call) or…A FAST Forward Making off a Canvas

Acrylic paint canvas Collage Hamburg Liquitex Heavy Body Paint Liquitex Professional Paint Markers Liquitex Professional Spraypaints Mixed Media Video

The image of this window with some landmarks of Hamburg kept coming up when I was sketching things in my art journal and on my iPad. So I figured it was time to finally just put it on a canvas.

Here is a FAST Forward Movie of the Making off (it is not a step by step tutorial- although most steps are extensively in there ;) ) – I hope you enjoy it. I have a List of all Supplies used below

I had lot’s of fun playing with the new Liquitex Professional Paint Markers – loved that there are so many ways to use them and the colors are just to die for .

Liquitex Ultra Matte Gel Medium

Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paint

White Gesso

Liquitex Professional Spray Paint

Liquitex Acrylic Paint Marker

Liquitex Freestyle Paddle Brush

InLinkz.com

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24cmx30cm Canvas
Loads of old Book Paper

I have some other ideas for this image – color wise etc…so you might see this coming up again in a different look :)

Would you like to see more fast-foward videos in the future?

Have a wonderful day :)

Nat

If you want to learn different techniques for art journals and mixed media canvases using Acrylic Paints, Gesso or Acrylic Inks come and take my Über*Media Online Workshops.

Nat

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A Good Day or…Spring Texture Canvas

Acrylic paint canvas Easter homedecor Liquitex Acrylic Paints Liquitex Professional Paint Markers Liquitex Professional Spray Paints Mixed Media Norwegian Reindeer Moss Paint Texture

It was time to get some spring feeling into the house. Outside a constant freezing cold breeze alternating with snow flakes make it hard to believe that I am on track with the right date. I might have missed something…probably spring was just postponed this year ;)

I had a lot of fun playing around with some stuff I had at hands though…so that made up for the weather.

A different kind of texture…making me happy..I am just a dork when it comes to texture- LOL

Used: Liquitex Professional Spray Paints, Liquitex Acrylic Paints, Liquitex Professional Paint Markers, Liquitex Gel Medium, Signo Pen, Birch Panel, Norwegian Reindeer Moss, Eggs, Feathers, Branch

I am ready dear spring…VERY ready…

Wishing you a gorgeous sunny spring day :)

Nat

Yosemite inspired Texture Canvas (nathaliesstudio.com)
Texture Grunge Flowers (nathaliesstudio.com)
Texture Galore or Summer Canvas (nathaliesstudio.com)

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I have no time to be creative …or…Boredom Creativity

Art Journal Creativity Digital Art

Something I hear often is that people say they have no time to be creative. “I wish I had as much time as you to be creative” …Really? Mhhh …ok- well…I am also doing this as my living…so I have to constantly actually make time to be creative. That is another argument though. I say there is always time for creativity if you really want to be creative.

(above: boredom time at doctor’s waiting room…view out of the window…kind of ;) )

There is lot’s of times where I die of boredom…waiting at the doctor, waiting at the airport, waiting for the movie to continue during the advertisement block, maybe even during the movie, my traveling time, commuting time, being on hold on the phone…gosh there are so many examples…everybody has such boredom times. I figured these times are PERFECT times to be creative! I take out my art journal or my iPad and just play drawing and painting. It is my Boredom Creativity.

(above: boredom time in plane…actually there is nothing more boring when the blue and grey lufthansa interior in the airplane…unless you start playing with it painting)

Am I good at drawing? NO I am not.

Do I care? No I am not.

Do I enjoy playing around? Yes I do.

Do I learn stuff while doing this? Yes I do.

Do I make the best out of my time to be creative? Yes I am.

How do you spent Boredom Times?

huge hugs

nat

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Don’t Tear Down This Wall or…Viva Las Vegas Stamps

Berlin Berlin Wall East Side Gallery Rubber stamp Stamps

Pretty stoked to be the guest designer for Viva Las Vegas Stamps this month. This layout was posted last week and there is another one on next week :)

I used the Charred Wood Back Ground Stamp to create my own background for a grungy layout. The layout is about the East Side Gallery – a tiny remaining bit of the Berlin Wall that was painted by different artists in 1990 and now unfortunately is supposed to be torn down to make room for some luxury flats. Some of you might remember some of my photos from this blog post here- where I had visited Berlin with my friend Julie.

I love to create my own backgrounds using stamps to emphasize photos or the feelings and emotions that go along with photos. For this background I had stamped the background with the awesome Charred Wood Back Ground Stamp and embossing powder and then used Wow Bonding Powder and Foil on top. This created a kind of resist. So when I sprayed some Dylusion spray inks over the stamp image and texture of it got fully revealed.

Other Suppliess used: White Cardstock, WOW Bonding Powder, WOW Foil, Versamark, Ranger’s Dylusions Spray Inks, Liquitex Professional Spray Paints, Heidi Swapp Chipboard Letters, Rose Moka Journaling Cards, Posca Marker, Zig Journaling Pen

Have a wonderful day

nat

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15 minutes plane rides, fairy tales and shadows or…Luxembourg Sightseeing

Abbey of Echternach Echternach European Union Gëlle Fra Luxembourg

As promised I show some pictures of my half day sightseeing tour with Lydia in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is the 7 smallest country in the European Union – but oh it is a beauty. From Hamburg I flew in a small airplane, landed in Saarbrücken (still in Germany) after 1 hour and 10 minutes, when about two-thirds of the passengers left and we flew for 15 minutes (no kidding) with five people to Luxembourg.

Official languages are French, German and Luxembourgish – making it interesting to read street and shop signs, as there seems to be no consistency as to how languages are displayed. Sometimes you have all three, sometimes you have a street sign warning you in french that there is a curve ahead, just to be followed by a german sign telling you to slow down.

The first sightseeing stop on monday was Echternach where we went to the Abbey of Echternach which was founded around 700.

This sculpture fascinated me- especially with the shadow !

I fell in Love with the windows- I love the pattern – I am sure you will see it somewhere again ;)

Echternach is located at the River Sauer, you walk over a bridge and you are in Germany- so I went for two seconds ;) (note the entry sign with the unofficial abbreviation of Germany…very outdated)

From here we went to Luxembourg City. This is a fortification also called Three Acorns in front of the Museum of Modern Art. Actually this is almost all that is left of the fortification. It was super pretty- and each of the towers had an acorn on top.

This is the Gëlle Fra – luxembourgish for the golden lady which is a war memorial.

Very fairy tale like are some of the views- I was amazed at all the old buildings, some built into the rocks- and it was wonderful having Lydia as a tour guide as she knew so much about the city and history.

Loved this old tower called hollow tooth

And there is a last view of the old part of Luxembourg before I head out to my weird bus-stop-like flight back to Hamburg ;)

And the moral of the story…Luxembourg is definitely worth a trip. I am so happy Lydia talked me into staying a day longer after the workshops to do some sightseeing!

Hope you enjoyed the little journey with me .

huge hugs

nat

Workshops at J.P. Morgan in Luxembourg (nathaliesstudio.com)

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