nathalie-kalbach

Expect Miracles *g.c.d Chip Art*

I told you that one of my many favorite new products at CHA has been the g.c.d Chip Art designed by Melody Ross. I hadn’t had time to do the Make and Take there and was totally thrilled then Melody gave me a stampset, tool and chipboard pieces at lunch.

Ich hatte ja schon erzählt, dass meine neuen Lieblingsprodukte bei der CHA die g.c.d Chip Art Kollektion designt von Melody Ross waren. Leider hatte ich keine Zeit das Make and Take zu machen und habe mich dann super gefreut, als Melody mir beim gemeinsamen Mittagessen eines der Stempelsets, das dazugehörige Werkzeug und ein paar Chipboard Stücke gab.

And so it comes that I tried my very first piece of jewlery two days ago. Now keep in mind I said FIRST piece…LOL – I by no means think this is perfect- but it was fun, I love it and I’ve fallen even more in Love with the Chip Art Products :)

Und so kommt es, dass ich vor zwei Tagen mein allererstes Schmuckstück angefertigt habe. Nun…ich sagte ERSTES Stück, vergesst das bitte nicht …LOL – heißt ich weiß, dass es nicht perfekt ist – aber es hat Spaß gemacht, ich liebe es und ich finde die Chip Art Produkte jetzt noch cooler :)

Supplies: g.c.d. Chip Art Pendant, Chip Art Stamps, Golden Acrylic Paints, Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Glam, Crafty Secrets Fairy Sheet, Creative Charms Vintage Brad. Ranger Liquid Pearl, Ranger Glossy Accent

you can see the rose engraved in the chipboard much better in real life- it is really cool. I wish I had more of those pendants – I’m ready and wish to create more :)

Die in den Karton eingestanzte Rose kann man in Echt viel besser sehen – sieht voll cool aus. Ich wünschte ich hätte mehr dieser Anhänger – ich würde so gerne mehr kreieren :)

Have a good one :)

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  • edleen

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    that’s really Fab!

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  • Cat

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    LOVE LOVE this, very cool and lucky you to get that for free. You never told me how your lunch with her went….

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  • Melanie C Designs

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    If this is your first attempt I think it was a mission accomplished! This turned out beautiful!!!

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  • Kerstin

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    Au ja, da würd ich ja auch gern mal mit spielen! Ob man damit wohl auch Blech malträtieren könnte? Schönes Stück geworden!

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  • Nathalie

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    That is fantastic! I didn’t know about this new product. I can totally see it being sold on Etsy ;)

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  • Daphne

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    again..ubercute!
    Love the red!

    and I hate new tools ;-)

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  • Sue Clarke

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    That is very nice and I refuse to make jewelry since I need more time just to do my scrapping (but sweet and fun I’m sure).:-)

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  • Karen

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    That’s a cool product!

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  • lucy edson

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    Gorgeous, Nat!! I love the shiny, glittery finish on your pendent! Melody’s chipboard was one of my favorites from CHA, too.

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  • Natasja

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    wow looks cool girl!!

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  • karin

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    Das sieht ja echt klasse aus!!!
    Da würd ich mich echt über ein kleines Video super freuen. Kann mir das momentan gar nicht so vorstellen, wie man das macht!
    LG
    Karin

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  • christiane

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    sehr cool!! nimmste den in drei wochen mal mit??? :D

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  • Eeva

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    WOW this is so beautiful!! Can I place an order buy you ;) ???

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  • jana

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    Wow- das ist so cool! Da würde ich auch gerne mehr von sehen ;o)

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Valentine’s Shadow box

My sweet and supertalented friend Vicki Chrisman had the idea for this shadow box Die Cut which was then produced by AccuCut. So I was really honored when she handed me a cuple of those boxes at CHA and asked me to create something with them. I did my first one and I love love love it.

Meine süße und unglaublich talentierte Freundin Vicki Chrisman hatte die Idee für diese Objektrahmen Stanzer, die sodann von AccuCut hergestellt wurden. Ich habe mich sehr gefreut, als sie mir einige Ausgestanzte Objektrahmen bei der CHA gab und mich fragte, ob ich nicht was damit kreieren könnte. Ich habe gerad mein erstes kreiert und ich liebe es total.

*Valentine Shadow Box*

Supplies: Vicki Chrisman Shadow Box, Crafty Secrets Altered Fairy Scraps, Crafty Secrets Cotton Swaps,Music Sheet, Prima Pearls and Rhinestones, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Glam

I’m also so in Love with the Crafty Secrets Products– those Cotton Swaps and the Fairy Scrap Sheets are the sweetest to work with.  Every Vintage-Loving heart just beats a nodge higher with those products :)

Ich habe mich auch total in die Produkte von Crafty Secrets verliebt – diese Baumwoll-Swaps und der Fairy Scrap Bogen sind so superknuffig. Jedes Vintage-liebende Herz schlägt da gleich ein wenig schneller :)

  • Cat

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    Great job, I bet Vic loves it…..isn’t it fun to work with?

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  • Katja

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    einfach nur _SCHÖN_

    liebe grüße, katja

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  • christiane

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    großartig!! die hätte ich auch gerne!! :D

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  • Kerstin

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    Oh ja, Deine ganz eigenen Vintage-Interpretationen find ich immer wieder grandios! Viel bunter und viel schräger als normal. :-)
    Außerdem bin ich heute nach langer Zeit mal wieder auf Blogrunde – und ich hab Dich soooo oft bei den Übersee-Damen in den CHA-Berichten gesehen. Du musst ‘nen Mordsspaß gehabt haben, nich wahr? Fein!

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  • Sasha Farina

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    can i just say you rock? girlfriend, you just rock my world.

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  • Sandy

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    Hi Nat,

    I love what you created! It was fun to meet you at CHA and even more fun to go out to dinner with you, Vicki, Kat & Julie. Kat & Nat – hey I like the sound of that!

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  • Birgit

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    Diese Stanzer will ich auch !!! Sowas von genial!!! Ich liebe deine Box!!!!

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  • Vicki Chrisman

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    I love ya to peices honey! THANK YOU SOO SOO MUCH!!!
    I love your shadowbox!

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    Wowsers, you have totally rocked that Shadow box. I LOVE IT

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  • amy

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    lovely project

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  • Sue Clarke

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    So romantic!

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  • TraceyT

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    What a great project!

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  • Jenny

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    So beautiful!!

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  • Sascha Schmidt

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    liebe nat,
    klasse idee diese box. haben will :-))
    glg
    sascha

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  • sylvia

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    really cute!

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  • Birgit Koopsen

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    They are so cute! And you used them so well! Love it! :)

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Photos: Frozen Lake Alster

Our Lake Alster it frozen. This happens really rarely – about every ten years- last time 13 years ago – and it is a huge event here in Hamburg. Here are some pictures of the fun. If I would only know where my ice skates are …I haven’t seen them since the last move – lol

Unsere Alster ist gefroren. Das passiert ungefähr alle zehn Jahre – zuletzt vor 13 Jahren – und es ist ein Riesenereignis hier in Hamburg.  Hier sind einige Photos vom Spaß. Ich wünschte nur, ich wüßte, wo meine Schlittschuhe sind…mmmh ich habe sie seit dem letzten Umzug nicht mehr gesehen – LOL.

Here is a picture of how the lake looks like in summer from the air – the upper part is frozen – the so called  – Outer-Alster

Hier ist ein Bild wie die Alster im Sommer von der Luft aus aussieht – der obere Teil ist gefroren – die sogenannte AußenAlster.

And that is how it looks now:

Sliding fun

The most right steeple you see is our city hall

about 40.000 were on the lake. This is nothing – if the lake will be frozen even more they add little cabins on the lake and have a little “Party” – then there will be hundreds of thousands.

Finally back together with my hubby

and I so loved this little snowman family :)

Oh and before I forget :

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  • eef

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    Wow what a beautiful pictures!! Love the one of you 2 and of all the snowman :-D xoxo eef

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  • Heather

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    Lovely. Did you have ice skates?

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  • sylvia

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    yay for winter, yay for the Alster, yay for Hamburg!!!

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  • Jan Hennings

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    I found you while blog hopping..love all the skating photos and the CHA photo’s are awesome.

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    Holy Cow – the last time I encountered the Altsre frozen was some 15 years ago!!!!

    Amazing!

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  • Marcie Morgan

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    I can’t believe all the people on the ice! Looks like so much fun!

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  • Norma Kennedy

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    Beautiful pictures…thanks for sharing !

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  • Joanna

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    LOVE THAT! Makes me wish I could e part of the fun!

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  • Maria König

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    Wow! Na dann steppt ja in Hamburg grad der Bär! :-)
    Das Foto von dir und deinem Mann ist wirklich sehr süß! Bin gespannt, wie du es verscrappst!
    Lg,
    Maria

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  • stephanie

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    looks like lots of fun. love all the photos of all the people on ice.

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Yeah…fun on ice. Great pic of you and hubby Nat! Lots of scrapping with those photos for sure;-)

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  • Simone

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    WOW!! Das ist wirklich ein unglaubliches Schauspiel, ich beneide euch ja schon ein bisschen;))

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DT Work: Nature *Tattered Angels*

Can’t believe it is February already- how did this happen? I love February :) It is starting to get warmer ( well in theory- LOL) and one of my godsons has his birthday. Ich kann es kaum glauben, dass er bereits 10 Jahre alt wird – wow!

Ich kann es kaum glauben, dass jetzt schon der Februar da ist – wie ist das passiert? Ich liebe den Februar :)Es wird langsam wärmer (na ja…theoretisch- LOL) und eines meiner Patenkinder hat Geburtstag I can’t believe he is turning ten – wow!

I didn’t show you my Tattered Angels Layout “Nature” which I created also for the booth at CHA.

Ich habe Euch noch gar nicht mein Tattered Angels Layout “Nature” gezeigt, welches ich ebenfalls für den Stand bei der CHA kreiert habe.

*Nature*

I used the Tattered Angels Nature Line with this- the backgrond was created with Golden Gesso. I layered the Leave Chipboards into the still wet Gesso and let it dry. When I used some of the new Glimmer Mists and heated it. I also heated the Glimmer Glass Butterflies to give them dimension bending them.

Wishing you a gorgous start into the week!

Wünsche Euch einen tollen Wochenanfang

  • milkcan

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    This is super fab! I love it!

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  • iris uy

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    your blog is always a great source of inspiration.

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  • Simone

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    Das sind so tolle Farben-unglaublich! Mir gefällt auch die Titelgestaltung!

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  • emeline

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    i’m always gasping in awe with what u do Nat !! :) Off to check out your CHA photos !!

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  • Barbara

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    are the owls tattered angels? Im in LOVE with those!! I so love what you did here the color is so beautiful!

    snowing here today :)

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  • Daphne

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    I don’t know if i prefer warmer weather with rain all day, or cold weather with snow…. I guess I must go with the snow :-)

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  • Birgit Koopsen

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    Wow, Nat, you’re a technique genius! :) Looks awesome!

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    Ja also – hoer ma, sach ma, brennt Dir die Muetze?? Das ist ja auch wieder eine schweinegeniales Teil.

    Was Du fuer TA machts ist echt der Knaller

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  • Birgit

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    wow, deine letzten Arbeiten sind ein Traum!!! Da haben sie wirklich die richtige ins Boot geholt. Tatterned Angels ist wie für dich gemacht :-)) Ich liebe alle deine Werke davon!!! bussi

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  • christiane

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    das würde ich gerne mal im original sehen!! und anfassen!!
    wärmer???
    hier schneit es ununterbrochen: mal schnell, mal langsam!!

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DT Work: Glimmer Journal *Tattered Angels*

One of my friends just had her winter birthday. I know her taste is sometimes funky and I also know that she being a Mom to a little one year old boy and is working so she has not much time to do something for herself. So I had the idea of giving her a small funky journal in which she could write her thoughts and so spent some “me”-time. The Frosty Memories Window Album was just perfect to work with!

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I used the Rose Moka Grunge Papers which are a perfect fit for the Glimmer Mists and Tattered Angels Stamps. On the left side I attached the paper and sprayed and stamped and the right side I usually used the Journaling stamp from the Notes from the Garden Stampset.

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Supplies: Tattered Angels: Frosty Memories Window Album, Notes from the Garden Stampset, Glimmer Mist, Nature Field Notes Stampset, Nature In Flight Stampset, Nature Graceful Journey Stampset, Tattered Traveler Compass Stampset, Regal Alpha Framed Fonts, Nature Butterfly Framed Fonts, Frosty Memories Glimmer Glass, Elegant Emblems Glimmer Screens.

And as an extra I created a gift tag

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I used some Ranger Crackle Glossy Accents on the embossed parts of the Chip Tile – I love the effect.

Wishing you a wonderful day!

  • Circe

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    Das sieht auf den Fotos ja fast noch besser aus als auf meinem Schreibtisch!

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    Wow, like WOWZERS girl. This is super amazing. I knew you would be rocking the Angels. Stunning!

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  • Julie Campbell

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    Hi Nat! It was so great to meet you, too! You just made me smile everytime I saw you–you’re always so cheerful and pleasant…

    LOVE your gorgeous work, too–so glad I could finally see what you do–love your style!

    Glad you’re safely back home again!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    What a wonderful gift and I love how you used all the supplies. The journaling lines stamp is very nice.

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  • Daphne

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    What a sweet gift!
    Beautiful!

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CHA Trade Show – Part IV

Finally sharing my last pictures of CHA :) It was such an exciting and crazy day!

My first stop was at the Prima Booth to do my Make ‘n Takes. We made those little Flowers with Prima Paintables and Watersoluble Crayons.

Here is my example layout I made *Composed Focus* to show how you can use the flowers.

It was so fun to see how much the people liked the watersoluble crayons!

Before the doors opened for the public Noell from Paperclipping came by and did an interview with me. I was really scared of the huge camera- LOL but they were both making me forget it was there- so that was good :)

The time went by fast and I had so many loveley people coming by!

Here are a super few pictures of the display – Prima had a “NO Photographs” Sign on their booth and I wasn’t sure if I should just snapp a lot of photos even though I’m with them at CHA – LOL

And here is Donna Downey doing Make and Takes with her new beautiful foamstamps and canvas pages.

Then I had a short time slot before lunch with the Stampington Editors and Melody Ross and Lucy Edson – so I hurried back to the Hambly booth. I so so so love Hambly and Allison is such a sweet Person!!!! I wish Hambly was easier to get in Germany!

After lunch I headed back to the Tattered Angels Booth to do my Make ‘n Takes there. Actually the first photo is from the day before where I demoed the Resist technique with the new Glimmer Glaze.

I was filmed again for a Craft TV Show – it was really fun…but I wish I would have had the time to look into the mirror and make myself “lively” again- LOL.

When we cleaned until the lights were shut off and Vicki Chrisman, Catherine Matthews Scanlon and I finally got together with Sandy from Crafty Secret for dinner. We had so much fun!

you can tell we are scrapbookers as we snap photos of our desert- LOL

I love my two friends – so so so happy to have finally been able to meet them.

That was it – I fell into my bed and slept like a stone :)

  • Bettina

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    you look sharp! What a great trip you had. I love the necklaces… Way to go!

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  • sylvia

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    glad you had so much fun! by the way, prima sent me a HUGE package the other day… my blog prize from september :) :)
    have a great weekend!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    LOVE the Prima flowers! That is a big camera:-) Glad you had fun and get some rest now Nat.

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  • lynn

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    ooooooooooooo primas. yumsters. need some of them babies. and lunch look pretty wonderful too.

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    Look at you – little movie star now!!!What a fun report – I love that you had such an awesome time and I am so glad you got to hand with Vicki and Cat. Wish I could have been there with you

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  • Linda Beeson

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    How did I miss seeing that crayons! Do they sound interesting, something I need to try.

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  • christiane

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    what an exciting trip!! :mrgreen:

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  • Daphne

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    that big camera…scary :-)
    but darling, you look very relaxed and experienced :-D

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  • cuchy

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    Thank you so much Nat for all your reviews these hectic days. Glad you had a terrific time there and my congrats on all your TV appearances.
    But I’m still green, green, green.
    Happy and safe trip back to home.

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  • Louloupi

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    Congratulations !!!!

    A mervellous travel ;-)

    Louloupi ;-)

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CHA Trade Show – Part III

What a day! Started that I wanted to eat cereals in my hotel room before rushing out and realizing the milk in the fridge was frozen solid rock. Then I rushed out – the line at Starbucks a hundred miles long – I only could grab my coffee and rush out, realizing that I lost my favorite necklace on the way. I thought that would be the worst day ever- LOL – but it wasn’t. I went to the myStampBox Table and helped Bettina out for two hours.

Here is the display of the work of our Designteam.

Then I rushed to an exciting meeting with Jana Holstein, Vanessa Spencer and Jennifer Jackson – Editors at Stampington – and they had planned to video tape me while doing a Challenge Layout. We went to the press room where they have a little extra box with a table and chair where you can have private press meetings and I got some materials I had no clue I would get and I had 20 minutes time for this.

I had only a scissor – no paper trimmer or cutter- so just ripped the papers apart – LOL

Here is Jana filming- she is sooo sweet. I’m so glad I finally got to meet her – it was like we have known each other from all our email contacts.

I couldn’t believe I did this in 20 minutes- because usually I take 3-5 hours for a layout- LOL. We hadn’t had a picture and the cut out one of me on a published Layout in Somerset Memories(too funny)

I used Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Glam with it also – our new Tattered Angels products – so that was fun!

I couldn’t snap a better picture – they took it with them to be photographed professionally. The journaling by the way is: NO – Why do I always forget to pack the right shoes? CHA Winter 2010.

Here are Vanessa Spencer, Jana Holstein and me together

It was so awesome! I will let you know when it goes life online.

On my way to the Tattered Angels Booth I snapped a photo of Julie doing awesome Make ‘n Takes at the Sakura Booth.

Here are some photos of the Tattered Angels Booth

Here is Celine demoing

And Heidi Swapp

Heidi is the sweetest person in the world! She looked at me at the private Tattered Angels Room and must have seen that I look hungry- LOL – and gave me her sandwich. She literally saved my life as this was in the afternoon my very first meal.

I did my Demos – I have no photos of it – but Sascha and Maria were there and snapped a lot- can’t wait to see them. It ws pretty fun to get to play with the new products and tell the people how they work (while figuring it out- LOL).

Afterwards I went to the hotel room…or I should say crawled  – my feet there swollen. Bettina and I had dinner with the Canadian Scrapbooker  Magazine Crew.

The food was delish yummie (am I talking too much about me being hungry? LOL).

It was sooooo much fun – I laughed so hard ….my belly hurt- LOL. Leica Forest is such a funny Sweet heart – I’m so happy we finally got to meet.  Here is the whole fun crew

Canadian Scrapbooker Team Jackie Ludlage and Katharina Doyle with Connie Nichols and Heather Starosielski. Barb from Scraptivity and myStamp BOX team Leica Forrest, Bettina von Gross and me.

Alrighty – off to another day and unfortunatley last day at CHA for me.

  • Yvonne

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    Danke für die tolle Berichterstattung und die Fotos von der CHA! Viel Spaß noch! Ach ja, und wir sehen uns Ende Feb. wieder in der Scrapbook Werkstatt. ;o) Freue mich schon! LG Yvonne

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  • Daphne

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    You do great with a time limit!
    Super layout :-))

    I guess you must be exhausted when this is all over.

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  • Sue Clarke

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    So great to see that you and Julie are having some more fun at CHA. I love the 20 minute LO…shoes again for you!

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  • Barbara

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    Thankyou so much for sharing Nat!!! No one does it better than you! I really enjoyed reading all you did at CHA!

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  • Jana HOlstein

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    It was SO WONDERFUL to meet you in person after working together for these past years!! You did a fabulous job on the layout challenge – thank you so much. You are such a sweetheart Nat! :)

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  • Louloupi

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    Thank you so much I love this travel ;-)

    Louloupi ;-)

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  • cuchy

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    ohhhhhh how funny!
    I’m green, green, green
    Great layout!

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Join us – Prima Make and Takes

  • Sue Clarke

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    My hubby is in Huntington Beach, CAL. for work, but he won’t go to your workshop for me:( Hope it’s a fun one!

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CHA Trade Show – Part II

Good morning- I’m up and I think my feet are reatached for another day :) As promised some more photos from yesterday:

Ranger-Booth – yum yum

Isn’t it awesome!!!!

Here is Bettina early in the morning at the myStampBox Table. Later when I went by there were a lot of people around!

Hambly- I need to get back there and snapp more photos- such yummie product!

And here is a photo of Sally Lynn Mc Donald, Julie Fei Fan Balzer and me at the end of the show.

No more photos of the part where Julie, Lucy and I hang out in the hotel room, feet up in the air and order Pizza and Salad to call it a day. (it would have been funny pictures though :) )

OK – off to the next CHA day – catch you later :)

  • Daphne

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    Ranger and Hambly… superbrands!

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  • marion

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    oooh das hambly sieht ja lecker aus.

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  • Andrea MacDonald

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    I didn’t know Julie created something totally awesome for the Ranger booth. Yay Julie!
    I love the grunge paper coat!

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  • Eileen Velez

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    Everything looks beautiful!

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  • christiane

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    karla kolumna: THANKS!!!!! :D

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  • sylvia

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    looks like you’re having a fantastic time. so happy for you!!! :)

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