Today, Marsha Valk from my Creative Squad is sharing two gorgeous prints using this month’s theme: “Good Things Just Keep Happening.” I invite you to join me and my Creative Squad this November, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, to remind ourselves to be thankful for even the smallest things. Every once in a while it feels nice to slow down and recognize the good stuff that’s all around us. What Good Thing happened to you today?
Play along with us! I love to see how you interpret our monthly themes. Email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share your projects in my “n*Spiration From Around the Globe“.
You and I or … In My Art Journal Today
“You and I are more than just friends…We are like a really small gang”
Don’t you feel sometimes like this with your bestie? I had a great time playing with my new Toledo 9×12 Stencil.
love working with this stencil – it is delicate and yet has some impact
I used the stencil on a painted background and spray painted in blue on top of it. The magazine images were painted with acrylic markers and pens.
Here is a short list of what I used – note some links are affiliate links:
I hope you have wonderful start into the week!
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Art Stroll: Interventions 3 in Brooklyn
When two of your artist friends invite you to a group show they are participating in and you have to sign a waiver before you enter the house, you know it must be good :)
Artist Isidro Blasco purchased a home in pretty bad shape but with loads of potential in Brooklyn and invited 16 artists to apply their ideas and practices to the structure before he begins a renovation that will allow his family to reside in the townhouse. The artists were encouraged to intervene into the hard structure of the house, incorporating the structural elements and interior fixtures into their pieces that are all made on site.
This was such a unique experience. The photos cannot reflect the feeling of the artwork and the house. The installation incorporated in a door frame by my friend Julia Carbonetta was so amazing, I wish I could have taken the whole door with me.
Adam Cvijanovic who some of you might remember from my Studio Stroll Post here, is a master of Trompe-l’œil and this upwards bent corner …which is actually painted – was so real it made everyone stop in the room and take a moment to get it.
A tree branch growing through the wall and a framed painting. 
Colored Shapes – I am not sure – but I am assuming from material in the house.
A beautiful window- with a new outlook on the bottom.
An eerie scene of a door of the house on the top …it had a bit of a Shining feeling to it.
A bar in the living room for a performance piece where on outside later you could see the top of the bodies of the people
and with the blinds closed – you could only see the legs of the people form the inside.
The house was beautiful in it’s state and made you wonder who lived here before and what stories were lived in this house. It looked as if it was a Jewish Boarding house. The upper floor had all pink doors and the kitchen was pink , while the bottom floor had all blue doors with a blue kitchen and a mezuzah was attached on every door frame.
A light installation downstairs
And my friend Lori going all stripey in the stripe room ;)
Outside the house the most awesome shed – probably later art studio to be. 
I loved the concept of this show. Every room was a discovery, either of art, or the untold story of the room or of both.
I hope you enjoyed this Art Stroll and hey…you didn’t even had to sign a waiver ;)
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Joi@RR
For sure.. never have seen anything like this Nat. Well – old houses – yes… remade those myself!! But not artwork like this. I am blown away – almost in disbelief – so crazy unique and out of the box incredible. So glad you got to go view it all in person. What an experience. Thanks bunches for sharing. You always enlarge my universe and my artful thoughts! Xj.
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Sorry Not Sorry or … In my Art Journal Today
“I’m sorry for the things, I said when it was winter”
I am just preparing myself for the winter ….I am a grumpy winter person – LOL .
For this art journal spread I used my brand new Buenos Aires 9×12 Stencil.
I really love this stencil – I mean …I love them all but this one is probably one of my super faves. For the spread I had scraped off left over red and yellow paint to the background during a workshop and it really wasn’t looking too great. I added some stamping with black ink and while that was looking interesting it still wasn’t really inspiring me to do something. But when I saw my new stencil I know it would look great.
I used some blue acrylic paint spray (you can of course also use acrylic paint) and sprayed over the stencil I love how the red and yellow as well as the intricate stamping is peeking through.
Finished off with an overpainted magazine image and a grumpy quote and there you go …winter can come ;)
Here is a list of the supplies I used- some of those links are affiliate links:
What is your favorite season of the year?
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Sandra
definitely not winter! I’m with you, Nathalie!
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nathalie-kalbach
LOL – we have to bundle up soon …yikes :) Stay warm, Sandra! hugs, Nat
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trevors4thnana
Hi Nat!
Great page! My favorite season is FALL, especially in New England. The colors are amazing, the crisp air, cozy sweaters, outdoor walks.
Thanks again for the fabulous class at The Queen’s Ink.
Nancy
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nathalie-kalbach
Hi Nancy, thank you so much for coming to The Queen’s Ink-that was so much fun! I love fall too- actually I also find the ocean kind of cool in fall – the light is so amazing :) – huge hugs, Nat
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Good Things Just Keep Happening – Cheiron Brandon
Today, Cheiron Brandon from my Creative Squad is sharing three wonderful cards using this month’s theme: “Good Things Just Keep Happening.” I invite you to join me and my Creative Squad this November, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, to remind ourselves to be thankful for even the smallest things. Every once in a while it feels nice to slow down and recognize the good stuff that’s all around us. What Good Thing happened to you today?
Hi there! It’s Cheiron with my post for November and we are playing with the theme of Good Things just keep happening. I am thankful today that I finally have my own studio in my house where I can create and I get to relax there every night even if its just for a small amount of creative time. I couldn’t wait to try out Nat’s new stencil release and wanted to try out all the patterns. You know I am a card maker, so I cut a bunch of card panels, took out the stencils and made 3 cards with 3 different techniques.
For my first card, I wanted to do some basic ink blending through the Santiago stencil, but decided that I wanted to keep the squares in the center white…so I masked them off with some masking paper.
Then I blended my inks through the stencil with the foam blending tool.
Once that was done I removed the masking paper
And then adhered the panel with foam tape to a card base:
For my second card, I played around with some Distress Paints in Fossilized Amber, Aged Mahogany, Gathered Twigs and Spiced Pumpkin and pounced paint through the Toledo stencil. Then I sprayed the entire thing with a bit of Tarnished Brass Distress Mica Spray. This one will be perfect to send as a Thanksgiving card!
For my last card, I pulled out my Gelly Roll Moonlight pens and colored through the Buenos Aires stencil, I have not played with these in a while and forgot how good they look on black paper.
I am thankful today that I got to play with these fun new stencils and that I get to create something almost every day!
Maybe you will even play along with us -I would love to see how you interpret our monthly themes. Email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share your projects in my “n*Spiration From Around the Globe“..
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All the Colors I am … or In my Art Journal today
“And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet”
Such a beautiful quote. I played with my brand new StencilGirl Products 4×4 Buenos Aires Stencil
On a pre-painted background I used the stencil with different acrylic paint colors.
Stenciling through the stencil, but sometimes also painting the background, laying the stencil on top and removing the paint through the stencil.
I love the layering effect I got by repeating this over and over
I added the journaling and overpainted a magazine image with acrylic markers.
Here are the supplies I used for this art journal spread – note some links are affiliate links.
Have a wonderful day!
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Join Birgit Koopsen and Me in March at The Ink Pad in NYC
Birgit and I will be teaching at The Ink Pad in NYC on March 18 and March 19, 2017! Come and join us
Let’s push mono printing to a whole new level.
Join us for a day long class in Mono Print Painting. We will dive into the basics of mixed media mono printing first and will introduce you to our Mono Print Painting technique inspired by H.N. Werkman. We will show you different ways on how to create elaborate and layered mono printed paintings using self made tools as well as stamps and stencils. We will share with you thinking process on developing the technique and how we put our own personal spin on it, so that you can take this even further.
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Join us for a fun day of exploring and incorporating different transfer techniques into your art journal pages. The imperfect look of transferred imagery in your art journal opens up so much creative potential. Not only are there many different ways to actually transfer images, there are also many different ways to treat those transfers in your art journal. We will show you our favorite techniques and how you can make your art journal pages even more meaningful by using artful transfers.
We hope to see you there!
If you are looking for an In-Person Class with me check out my upcoming classes
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Good Things Just Keep Happening – Tina Walker
Today, Tina Walker from my Creative Squad is sharing two beautiful mini book journals and a bonus project using this month’s theme: “Good Things Just Keep Happening.” I invite you to join me and my Creative Squad this November, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, to remind ourselves to be thankful for even the smallest things. Every once in a while it feels nice to slow down and recognize the good stuff that’s all around us. What Good Thing happened to you today?
Hi! Tina Walker here today to kick off the new month with a new Theme. This month, our theme is ‘Good Things Just Keep Happening’. This is a great mantra and reminder as we enter the month of Giving Thanks.
I have been through a lot in my short 50+ years and staying positive every day can be a challenge. I have had relationships come and go, as well as jobs and cities, but I’ve always been thankful for what adventures I’ve had and for what is to come. Creatively, my life has been a whirlwind of excitement, wishes, and success. Art is something that makes me feel complete and fulfilled. In order to celebrate my life and good fortune, I created two pocket sized journals that can be used to record those special thoughts and memories no matter where I am. Let’s check them out!
Floral Fabric Mini Book
Apply fabric paint to a piece of vintage cloth using your favorite Nathalie Kalbach new ArtFoamies stamp. I used the Batik Pattern 4 foam stamp. Set paint per manufacturer instructions. When applying the stamp to the fabric, stamp the image twice, back to back. This way, you will have the image on the front and back of the book. Do this step twice, one double stamped image for the outside of the book, and one double stamped image for the inside of the book.
Here’s a picture of the front and back of the book for reference.
Add hand-stitching embellishments to one of the stamped images. I choose the image that would be on the outside front of the book. Sew a button to the outside front and back layer. The buttons will serve as the closure.
Sandwich a layer of cotton batting between the two stamped pieces, wrong sides together. Hand-stitch the 3 layers together using a blanket stitch.
Cut to size, 3 signatures of 7 pages each. I used vellum paper for my paper inserts. Sew signatures to book using a three hole saddle stitch and Enjoy!
Vintage Paper Mini Book
This mini book uses the same beginning techniques as above, except we will be using your favorite Nathalie Kalbach stencils for this one, I chose the new Buenos Aires 4×4 and the Buenos Aires 9×12 stencils.
Using the same stencil, apply modeling paste to an 8.5 x 11 piece of chipboard. Spray with your favorite spray mist.
Cut stenciled chipboard to your mini book size and adhere fabric stenciled image with heavy gel medium. Allow to dry completely.
Cut to size various vintage papers. I used vintage music paper, receipt paper, glassine paper, tags, lined paper, plus others.
Using a Crop-a-dile or similar tool, cut three holes in the front and back and each piece of paper. Assemble and bind with 3 metal o-rings.
After I was done creating my mini books, I had several pretty scraps that were too nice to throw away. So I created a mini hanging, using the leftover stenciled chipboard and fabric pieces. Bonus!
What good things are happening to you? Do you create art to celeberate? I’d love to hear about it! Thank you for taking time today to take a peek at my projects. See you next month.
Thank you Tina for these gorgeous ideas! I’m gathering my own collection of papers to turn into some mini books now. Besides some vintage fabric, vintage buttons, vintage papers and gun metal metallic casting powder, here are the supplies Tina used – note that some of the links are affiliation links:
Maybe you will even play along with us -I would love to see how you interpret our monthly themes. Email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share your projects in my “n*Spiration From Around the Globe“.
See you next time for another project from the Creative Squad and DON’T FORGET: As we are celebrating the launch of my new website, everything in the n*Studio Store and all Online Workshops are 20% off until Sunday November 6th! Use the coupon code NEWNAT20 during checkout to take advantage of the savings!
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Joi@RR
Your mini-books are darling Tina but my fav is the wall hanging… so pretty – love the stars and stitching.
Not too many celebrations at our house since it’s just the two of us now but… since I paint every day, if I was celebrating I probably wouldn’t paint! I would be more likely to write about it!!!
Thanks bunches for such lovely inspiration with these great patterns. j.
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n*Studio + StencilGirl present: Latin Impressions
I am super excited that I have six new Stencils being released today with StencilGirl Products.
Let me tell you a little bit about those stencils
n*Studio and StencilGirl Fall Release: Latin Impressions from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
The Creative Squad has been busy with the new stencils as well, check out their amazing projects:
Here is Michelle’s beautiful book mark using the Santiago Stencil.
And Tina did a really cool Faux-Encaustic project using the Santiago Stencil as well.
Marsha did these super cute colorful wood block houses using the Buenos Aires and the Toledo Stencil.
I hope you like my new Stencil Designs! Which one is your favorite?
The Stencils are available in the shop now and …don’t forget there is still the Website Launch Party on and you get 20% off in the Shop and on Online Workshops – use the Coupon Code NEWNAT20 when checking out!
Have a wonderful day!
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Jill
Can’t wait to get my hands on these babies! I absolutely love your journal pages.
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stresso
Woo hoo! Loving these. Congrats on the release
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nathalie-kalbach
Thank you so much Stephanie :) have a wonderful rest of the week! Nat
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Joi@RR
COMPLETELY AWESOME – love them all. And so excited for you Nat. Great projects from all the design team too. Just WONDERFUL. Xj.
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nathalie-kalbach
Thank you so much Joi! They are really fun to work with and I love the creative squad’s projects a lot too :) Nat
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Love the variety of colors in the design made with your toledo stamp Nat and good lookin guys too!! YES – great way to start the week – thanks bunches!! Xj.
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