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Check out the line up of Mixed Media Artists and Crafters here. Thank you to Liquitex our amazing sponsor for this event!!!
Wishing you an amazing day
I’m officially announcing Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2015! This is our 4th year. Wowzers – I can hardly believe that.
This year we have 23 talented artists. We call them the “JumpStarters.” See for yourself:
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Looking forward to another fantastic year of crafty fun!! Is it January yet??!!
YAY – year 4 for me too! All signed up!
So glad you are doing another round! (started to worry it might not happen!!) So glad it is Nathalie!! double YAY!!
Roll on January 1st!
Woot! All signed up for 2015 CJS and can I just say that I love LOVE love the video that you created for this round. I can’t wait.
Jippie!! I subscibed again, already looking forward to it Nathalie! xxDebbie
Super happy to have you back Debbie- yeah!
Can’t wait., signed up and ready to start. I can’t believe a year gone by so quickly. I so enjoyed last years.
thank you for being part of it again!!! YEAHHH!
I love CJS – thanks for doing it another year! Watching that really cool video tells me I need to invest in some spray paints ;)
yeah- so glad you are with us again! there might be some spray paint involved ;) ;)
Last week I was surprised by Sandy and Judi with two amazing projects using my StencilGirl Products Elephant Stencils.
Sandy came to my class at The Inkpad on Friday and had this amazing piece of pottery as a present for me in her hand. She used my Elephant March Stencil with it. I love love love it. She burned it in the Kiln and it can be used as a cutting board or hot plate or just as an amazing home decor item . Here is Sandy – thank you Sandy- you made me so happy- I smile every time I see it on the table!
And here is an amazing Wooden Canvas that Judi Kauffman created with my Elephant Parade and Batik Stencil. LOOOVEEE it!
Judi wrote a great instruction on how to create this canvas. Judi you are just amazing!
Speaking of Stencils :) Don’t miss out on the awesome Cyber Monday Deals December 1st on StencilGirl Products Stencils including all of my Nathalie Kalbach stencils !
And speaking of Cyber Monday December 1st! There will be a big announcement coming on Monday on my blog :) So do not miss out on it – HINT: a lot of people asked me already if there will be something coming this year ;)
Have a gorgeous weekend!
Fabulous work girls, I have bought it to paint on the top of a chest of draws, but haven’t got around to it yet! :(
That sounds so cool- please share with me when you are done with it :) Have a wonderful weekend!
nat
I am grateful to have you – thank you from my heart. Have a wonderful day!
Happy Thanksgiving Nathalie:) Much love and gratitude to you and your husband all throughout the year!
I enjoy all your posts! Thanks for sharing your talents with us all.
Thank you Nat- same to you!! xo
Last week my wonderful and creative friend Joe Rotella (who also takes care of me at CHA and sees to that I am actually eating my lunch there – and that EVERY year- LOL) invited me to join an Around the World Blog Hop and so I will answer 4 questions he left me with :)
mmmhh – LOL. I am working on a couple projects at the moment which I cannot really talk about …they are all making me super excited …and I cannot wait to share with you :) But …besides that…I have on my desk right now something I prepared and tested for a project I planned to do tonight at a class I am taking at the Museum of Modern Art.
I created a face stencil – hand drawn and then used Julie’s Scan N Cut Machine. I will use it tonight to imitate my version of a Roy Lichtenstein copy…well…lol- let’s see ;)
Oh Brother….what a question – LOL. I think my main difference is that I totally dive into my favorite art media and try to understand every single bit of them to make them my friends and to communicate with them during my creating part. Now that makes me sound like a weird person…but then on the other hand…here you go…I am weird ;)
It sounds cliche, I know- but because I have to. It wasn’t always that way but creating art made me a more complete person.
I am calmer and more relaxed and happier when I created art. I get cranky when I have days where I cannot create – actually I am a bit cranky right now because a lot of the things I am working on right now have to be done at the computer.
It starts with a slight idea and the urge to get started. Then I start creating. I do not let the picture in my head ruin my creating flow …I let the happenings guide me – going back and forth between control and happy accidents. It is a long process but I love it. Here is a piece that I am doing it with right now – it is not finished yet.
Of course I should keep the around the world blog hop- chain going…but because I totally forgot about it and I stink…I am probably the bad person who interrupts the chain. I am also just a human being…But maybe the two I list right here will pick it up – in any event their blogs are fun to check out :)
I always love to see what Marsha in the Netherlands is up to and as we are already in the Netherlands…also my friend Birgit Koopsen :)
And with this…I am off …I told you I was cranky, right? I gotta create at least for a couple minutes now – LOL.
Have a gorgeous day
So fun to see that gorgeous WIP – wonder what you will do with it tonight!
Maybe you forgot to do it because you haven’t eaten a proper lunch? This is a fun Hop and so cool to see what everyone is working on. Take care of yourself. We need you!
LOL- when at home I get fed by my husband- snigger ;) Thank you Laura! have a gorgeous Thanksgiving week!
Yeah!! Love it! Loved to read your answers and I will happily participate! I will do it this week! So I need to tag 2 people to keep it going?
Awesome- LOL- Yes- two peeps :) Have a wonderful day girl!
A couple days ago I showed a tutorial on how to create an easy background in your art journal
and I promised to show what I would do with the result later. I just added a bit of stamping over both pages to tie it together, added the image , painted it with markers and then added the journaling. It was a quick but liberating art journal spread.
Here are the supplies that I used after I created the initial background:
I hope you liked seeing the transition :) Have a wonderful day
I had such a great time with my Mixed Media Workshops at Everything Scrapbook and Stamps in Florida. Thanks to Michelle for bringing me back and being such a great host :) Here are some pictures of the three days I taught there:
Friday I taught a Mono printing Class – lot’s of fun and texture and I loved seeing my stencils and stamps being used so much :)
and we used loads of Liquitex Acrylic Paints.
And everyone was hands on :)
In between I learned that this is the only snow you can get in Florida ….sounded good to me with the arctic weather back home and comfy 86F at Lake Worth :)
Saturday I taught my Artvergnugen art journal class. My nifty students had practiced how to say Artvergnugen and were even able to show me :) Made me laugh big time!
We had an awesome day playing with paint and creating layers upon layers in our art journals
Sunday I taught a Collage Class- and I loved loved loved all the different results- it was loads of fun !
Thank you to all my amazing students for coming, being so amazingly creative and making me laugh! Until next time :)
Have a gorgeous day
Nat
Just look at all that marvelous Liquitex products!
My favorite is the page with the teal and brown feather stamp!!!
Not Stamped Sue- she hand drew it over the texture stamped images- pretty cool huh?
Wow, they look like they had loads of fun and great projects to take home too!
Looks like you all had so much fun! I can hear you laughing, right now, at their little English/German lesson. That’s hilarious!!
I’m so pleased to be a part of a wonderful online art journaling workshop called “21 Secrets” starting in April 2015
21 SECRETS teachers create workshops that beautifully reflect who they are as an artist right here and now. The mission behind 21 SECRETS is to showcase a variety of approaches, techniques, and ways of integrating art journaling and creativity into one’s life. With both an open heart and an open art journal, together we as teachers provide our members the space, permission, and inspiration to navigate those unexplored territories within their own hearts that are longing to be fully expressed.
The 21 Secrets Spring Art Journaling Workshop is downloadable.
What I teach? The Story Within a Story
For me art journaling is visual story telling. It might not be a story that everyone can read but I can read it and that is all that counts. All my stories consist of many viewpoints and layers – thoughts, emotions and the story itself. I love to express the complexity of a story by building up layers and dimension through various techniques and texture.
In this workshop I would like to walk with you through my art journaling process. I will show you various layering techniques and I will tell you why and how I am doing what I am doing.
Join me in telling a creative story within a story.
Some of the other teachers include: Eric Scott & Davd Modler – the Journal Fodder Junkies, Juliette Crane, Steve Salik, Jessica Leigh Brogan, Joyce van der Lely, You can read all about my class and the twenty other classes here
How much does it cost?
Right now the PRESALE is happening !
Note: The link that I am using to promote 21 SECRETS is an affiliate link and I will receive a small percentage of any student who registers through my link. If you want to register, and want to support me as an artist it would be wonderful if you would consider registering through my link .
Today I am showing you how to make a background- actually two different backgrounds – for an art journal spread as easy as you count to 3…or almost as easy ;)
Picking my art journal, my Lily Wallpaper Stencil and Liquitex Spray Paint I start by spraying over the stencil over the left spread of my art journal.
Using the paint on the stencil for a negative imprint, I simply flip the stencil over to the right side and brayer over the back of my stencil
You can use the flip over step of course on a total different spread- because essentially these are actually two different background starters with the same techniques and materials. But I like to work in a double spread on my art journal and I like it when the sides are similar – like here in pattern, but still have some interesting differences.
Using a big brush I spread a thin layer of Acrylic Ink over the spread. I love how the effect – on the left side the lilly design is more bound in
while on the right, by taking some of the ink off with a baby wipe, the blue spray paint color pops even more.
I picked the same blue as a Soft Body Acrylic Paint as I used as a Spray Paint (Phthalocyanine Blue (Green Shade) for the next step. Layering my Ornament Stencil over the empty spaces of my Lily Background I stenciled single ornaments in.
And done is/are my background(s)
Here is the background 1 …and
Easy, wasn’t it? I will show you in a couple days, what I actually did in my art journal with these two backgrounds.
Here is a complete list of the supplies I used
Have an amazing day
lovely work
REALLY Cool!!!
I am going to have to try this. Thank you for sharing and the nice pictures!
thanks so much for sharing your amazing work!!! love to play with the transparences of liquid acrylic paint!
Beautiful Nat!!! Will be sharing :)
Sweet and you make it look so easy.
I love how the layering works – gorgeous technique, thanks for sharing :)
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Donna
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I am having a problem getting the class jumpstart 2015 it tells me to log in and when I try it knocks me back to the log in site. Please HELP LOL thank you Nat. Donna
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nathalie-kalbach
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Hi Donna, I sent you an email. This happens rarely but it happens- deleting the content of the cart helps in this case. Anyway- check your email- more explanation there :) Thank you!
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jackiepn
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I shared you all over Nat! heeheehee hugs
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nathalie-kalbach
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Thank you so much Jackie!!! you are the best!
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