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Follow the White Rabbit …or Frohe Ostern

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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I never set out to be weird

It was always other people who called me weird.

said Frank Zappa…

…here is another one I love:

Wishing you a fun day

Nat

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Farewell 2012! Bring on 2013!

Thank you all for your amazing support throughout 2012!

I can’t even express my gratitude to those of you who visited and commented on my blog, took my in-person-workshops and my online classes willing to spent time with me and making me happy with their fun playing and trying out new things, to those that participated in Creative JumpStart 2012 and will participate in 2013, to those of you who worked with me, made me laugh, those that supported me surprisingly, those of you who felt with me during some not-so-sunny-side moments in 2012, invited me to participate in fun art projects, send me wonderful cards and treats, invited me to teach and let me stay in their homes.

Thank you! You are amazing. I wish you the best and healthiest, the most creative and beautiful New Year!

See you in 2013…hopefully also at Creative JumpStart Summit 2013!

Huge hugs to you

Nat

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Winding Down: Top Ten Blog Posts of 2012

This was a crazy year for me. The start of the second year having quit my job as a paralegal and as a Mixed Media Artist. Lot’s of fun things happened, wonderful journeys, work opportunities, but also a lot of rejection, self-doubt, self-pity, self bashing. Crazy….

As of my blogging I would say 2012 marks finding my own voice again. I clearly struggled with my blogging in 2011 and while I want to show my work or tutorials – there is so much more that is on my mind and that makes me me or that inspires my work. I wanted to share this with you and I think slowly in 2012 I found my voice …this is me – whether you like it or not ;)

So here are some of my favorite Blog Posts from last year- they might not necessary be your favorite ones ;) Some are funny, some are very personal, some are inspring…

Use Your Special Dishes or…You Are Worthy!

It was a hard time and it still is a bit a hard time- everyone ever taking caring of a loved elderly family member knows this – this time taught me a lot though and it made me appreciate a lot of things in my life in a different and better way!

7 Weird Facts About Me

It was fun thinking of weird stuff…(still not told you the weirdest facts- hahahahaha)

iDoodle…or The End of the Bee Gees in my handbag

This one makes me laugh because of the music…I am sorry thought that later on one of the Bee Gee’s died…I really didn’t know when I chose my title!

Peek Inside The n*Studio – Prepping Workshops

It was fun writing about things, that I first thought would nobody find interesting…but you did…;)

Before I Die I want to…

It was a post proved by an amazing Video – I loved it – and it inspired me to a canvas that it close to my heart

Thank You Mr. PearCabbage…

Again- I loved this inspiring movie by Drew Dudley and it made me think about people who handed me a lollipop!

Was It Worth Quitting a Well Paid Job…

A post reminiscing if I did the right decision quitting my job as a paralegal to become a full-time artist

Photos are like a Rube Goldberg Machine

What chain of thoughts do photos trigger in you?

My Favorite Mixed Media Essentials

This is actually a part of a longer series of blog posts and will still continue on in 2013- all about my most favorite tools and supplies to create mixed media projects.

Colors Are Your Friends

This is another series- which is finished about color theory..or should I say MY color theory? ;)

I hope you enjoyed this list- is there any of the listed posts that you as my reader especially enjoyed this year?

Have a wonderful day

Nat

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How does he get down the chimney?

I still love this one so much – it is my fave and makes me laugh !

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And there you have it!

So, what do you think? How does he get down the chimney?

have a wonderful day

Nat

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Christmas Card Inspiration

I was part of Riikka’s Creative Christmas Calendar on December 9th and here is the card and inspiration I showed.

I love creating my own Christmas Cards. I used to send out only self-created Christmas Cards, but over the years I was just lacking on time, so I usually have a stack printed and send out a couple of self created one to close family members. When the time comes to create the cards, I often stumble over the design. I am not a card maker person and sometimes I need a little extra push that let’s me create something that is not the usual Christmas or Holiday Card. That is the time where I look around in my home to see if I can draw inspiration from there for a christmas card.

I have this pillow on the sofa and I thought that this would be a great inspiration for a christmas card. The colors are unusual, but yet the embroidered circles reminded me of christmas ornaments and there it was, the idea for a card. And on top…I used the embroidery floss that I got from my great-aunt and therefore this card will be her christmas card ;)

Take a look around in your home and see what could inspire you for a christmas card design. Wether it be the fabric of a pillow, place mat or tablecloth or some painting or decoration item on your wall…inspiration can be drawn on so many levels for your cards: colors, patterns and texture. Just open your eyes for the wonders in your home!

Do you have something in your home that inspires you to create a Christmas Card?

Nat

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Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes

I love acorns…something about the little hat on the nut makes me go “ohhhh cuuuuteee” …yeah, I know weird…but hey…there is worse out there ;) Anyway I found a box of decoration acorns and cones at a store in the States which I knew I would have to transform.

I used Liquitex Professional Spraypaint on some and Liquitex Acrylic Paint on some others to paint them a bit

And then I placed them on top of a pile of unpainted ones- to make them pop.

and then after Christmas I will probably use them in a mixed media project but for now these little color acorns make me happy.

What colors are you decorating in this holiday seasons- all kinds like me or more color coordinated?

huge hugs

nat

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Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing all of those that are celebrating Thanksgiving a wonderful day with their loved ones!

Thank you all so much for reading my blog and for your wonderful comments. I am thankful to have you!

Huge hugs

Nat

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7 Weird Facts About Me

1. I had for many years a 6 inch long, rusty house key in my pocket

When I was 12 my mother married an amazing man – my step father- in short just Dad – and we moved into his timbered house which was built in 1620 to a village of 1200 inhabitants. Before we had lived in Düsseldorf, a city with about 1,5 million inhabitants. My Dad was a very handy man and he wanted to restore the house all by himself…which wasn’t a bad idea….if it wasn’t that it took FOREVER.

We had no heater till I was 17. We heated with coal in the kitchen and the two living rooms and my parents’ master bed room. I had no oven in my room – which means …I woke up to frost patterns (in German it is called Iceflowers- which is so much nicer ;) ) on my window a LOT and to this day I FREAK out when the heater is not working.

We also had a huge and heavy wooden oak door as an entrance door. The door was orignal and did I mention it was heavy? Not only that- it also had a key that was HUGE – I mean like 6 inches long. Which was a problem, because it is not hip to run around with a 6 inch rusty old house key in your pocket.

To make it even better my father who also wanted to do all electricity stuff himself, decided to have a fire bell at the entrance door instead of a normal electric bell. Every time we had visitors you could hear the bell through at least 1/3 of the village. NOT COOL as a teenager!

I loved the house…despite all the things I said I hated as a teenagers and even those things make me laugh now.

2. White Asparagus and Cabbage? Don’t even try to invite me

In spring time white asparagus is a big hit and in fall cabbage. I can’t stand it. I am sure most Germans will not understand this at all ;)

3. Handball & Table Tennis

I played for many many years the European version of team handball as well as table tennis. I was always a short girl but I was quick and I didn’t mind bumping others out of my way – so that helped ;)

4. Punk not Pop

I was a Punk Music Girl…and Rock and Alternative and Grunge…I could not stand the main stream music in the 80s. Funny enough though, I know a lot of 80s pop songs and I love a lot now – LOL. But the love for loud and fast music remains to this day!

5. Only my front half is Italian

My real Dad- not my step dad mentioned above was Italian and died a couple of days after my birth. I have always been proud of my half-italian heritage. It didn’t really help me on Kauai though when I was doing surfing lessons and told my hubs that I wouldn’t need sunscreen on my back because I am half-italian and I never had a sun burn. Apparently only my front half is Italian. The back pretty much not…and I spent a terrible couple hours in the Emergency Room in Hawaii. Not my most glorious moment in my life ;)

6. Never the designated driver

Not because I don’t want to be one…no, I simply have no driver’s license. Why…well..that is a long story- but to make it short I never needed one.

7. But wait there is more…

Hard to believe, I know but there is even more than 7 weird facts out there about me ;)

PhEw- that was hard- LOL- who likes to admit that he is weird ?;)

In what kind of house did you grow up?

Nat

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