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Workshops in Canada and the USA

Bizzy B’s in Toronto would love to have me come before CHA Summer in July 13-15, 2012 , and in order to see if we can do it we need to know how the registrations might go over as the airfares at this time of the year from Germany to North America are a bit insane. So hop on over if you are interested in Workshops at this time in Toronto, Canada– here is some more information 

Bizzy B’s already picked these three workshops.

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we are looking for the fourth workshop at this moment …Barb and Tony can’t decide which of the two canvases I showed them – either Timeless Colors or Free Your Creativity – not an easy decision- I know. LOL :)

After CHA in July – 24-30th, 2012 – Prima Marketing is organizing a little tour for me in the USA. I created a Prima Mixed Media Album full with awesome Prima goodies and heaps of techniques!

There are already a couple stores that are interested- but there is still some room – so if you ware interested as a store owner – here is the flyer for this tour.

You can click on the flyer to have it in a bigger and better readable size.

 

I would love to see you there – if you are coming or planning to come- let me know :)

have a gorgeous day

Nat

Nat

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  • Conny

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    Ich nimm bitte Nr. 1 und Nr. 4 zum Mitnehmen ;-) Sind sicher alle genial – Ach ja hab meine Cousine überredet, dass wir uns Hamburg ansehen müssen …Sie: ja ok, such nen flug …. Nö, muss warten, bis Nathalie nen Kurs ausschreibt *ggggggggggggggg*

    LG aus Wien
    Conny

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      LOL :) Neue Kurszeit in Hamburg entscheidet sich dieses Wochenende wahrscheinlich mit meiner Hamburg Gruppe ;) nat

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  • Sue Clarke

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    CHALK on the wild side sounds fabulous!

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36 Hours

What a fun 36 hour short trip that was. This Friday I went to Munich to Scrappies to teach 3 workshops Friday and Saturday. I left the house at 7 am in the morning to get to the airport and started teaching in the afternoon for two workshops.

I had so much fun with the students that were really enjoying getting their hands messy with all kinds of paint media. I loved again how different all the projects looked like in the end!

I had also an amazing “personal assistent” – little insider ;) Birgit was always there for me to give a helping hand – such a Sweetie!

And Sandra and Gaby, the store owners are so sweet and have a wonderful store full of yummie goodies…even the Eco Green Crafts Acrylic Paints that a lot of Germans ask me where to get are available at the Scrappies :)

We were all treated with an amazing yummie Bavarian “Brotzeit” for dinner – yum yum

Yep – we Germans like lunch meat and the Bavarians make the best ….(sshhhh – don’t quote me on that one because we Hamburgers actually would never say so in public…hahahaha- there is a little teasing involved between the Northern Hamburgers and the Southern Bavarians ;) )

I slept at the most awesome old remodeled bavarian farm house- I so wanted to take this stove home with me…but I think a) Sandra would have noticed…b) the airline would have noticed too ;)

Saturday morning we had some more inky fingers :) The girls rocked it!

And even though a couple students had left already- we managed to take a quick little group photo

Thank you so much girls- you were wondeful and I loved spending time with you.

Ich hoffe wir sehen uns bald wieder- ah jo scho ;) Schee wars …(wahrscheinlich ist das total falsch geschrieben– LOL)

Then we packed all together real quick and went to the airport  – beautiful sunny day in Munich.

Where I spoiled myself…ahem…I really really really couldn’t leave the shop without it…it was yelling “Buy me, buy me”. I think they thought I was shop lifting as I went in and out the store four times, stoping each time at the bag and petting it, then going out again…just to turn around in a brisk motion the last time, grabbing it and almost ran to the cashier to get over the “negotiating time” – LOL

my new art journal travel bag with some goodies in there already :)

And 36 hours I was home again in RAINY Hamburg :) FUN bumpy landing …NOT ;)

Thank you Scrappies and Students- you rocked!

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My new Über*Media Online Workshop is here – Learn the whole Shebang about Acrylic Paints

Huge hugs

Nat

Nat

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  • Birgit Kunte

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    Vielen Dank Nat, es hat unglaublich viel Spaß gemacht mit dir zu matschen. Es war ein Highlight dich kennenzulernen. Du bist ein wahnsinnig positiver, super inspirierender, netter Mensch und ich hoffe wir sehen uns noch oft wieder. Your PA, any time at your services :-) Knutsch Birgit

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  • Martha Richardson

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    Looks like awesome classes and great students! I want that dinner & that stove & that travel bag…tee-hee!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    That scrapping area at the store looks awesome with all that natural light.
    Sounds like you had a fun time (as usual).

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  • Michaela

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    Danke NAT für die tollen Workshops!! Es hat soooo viel Spass gemacht, sich die Finger dreckig zu machen.
    LG Michaela

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Heidi Swapp Memory Files – Travel Art Album

Can you imagine how stoked I was, that Heidi Swapp featured my Travel Art Album I made with her amazing new Memory Files for the ScrapArtZine Spring Issue? Between you and me…I actually almost fainted when she sent me the email asking for the pictures for her website… – and I almost fainted again when I read her sweet words about the album. I mean…Heidi..one of my idols when I started with this whole journey…

I love her products and ….shhh….I once bought an insane amount of her Heidi Swapp Chipboard Letters …ahem…and I mean INSANE – I have a whole drawer full in all colors and if you look at my projects you see them actually quite often ;)

As Heidi mentions, our style is totally different and yet- I love her collection – it makes it so easy to work with, is timeless and amazingly adjustable to any style.

You can read how I made the album on Heidi’s Website- I just show you the pictures- you actually might spot some pictures of our awesome California Roadtrip in January if you saw my photos back then.

So fun – I love those Memory Files and definitely will work more with them :)

What kind of project/theme would you use them for?

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My new Über*Media Online Workshop is here – Learn the whole Shebang about Acrylic Paints

 

Huge hugs

Nat

Nat

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  • Sue Clarke

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    I would use them to do some fun LO’s about the ladies that i scrap with and crops I’ve gone to. I would also do one on my puppy and my son as they are growing!

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  • reikosta

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    I am happy you are featured in ScrapArtZine, your folder is gorgeous!I looked at it several times, what a pleasure!Thanks for sharing!

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  • Michaela

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    Dein Travel Album ist superschön. Gefällt mir sehr gut.
    Bis morgen beim WS in München
    LG Michaela

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      oh ich freue mich so auf Dich!!!! Bist Du erst abends da- oder schon am nachmittag? Liebe Grüße Nat

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      • MichaelaBM

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        leider erst am Abend und am Samstag, ich schaffe es früher nicht.
        Michaela

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  • craftycreations aka Hilda

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    Hi Natalie – your file is awesome !!! so much to see I’ve been looking at it for ages.

    I think I would use one for when I am blog hopping and wandering around on line or out and about – an Inspiration file would be good – somewhere to put all the bits and pieces, techniques and things llike that that I come across

    Have a great inky day

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      oh that is an awesome idea- an inspiration folder!!! Love that! Have an inky day too :) nat

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For the Love of Acrylic Paint

Acrylic Paint is my favorite Art Medium. Why? Oh boy…where to start…..LOL

There is just something about this paint medium that makes me happy – the endless possibilities on how you can use it in your Scrapbooking and your Mixed Media Projects, be it in backgrounds, embellishments, to alter your photos or for fun stamping accents or be it the way how you can achieve the most amazing color combinations or …oh wait…I almost forgot my favorite:

TEXTURE!

When I started my Über*Media Online Workshop Series I knew I would include Acrylic Paints in one of the Segments…only…I love that medium just soooo much – I have a gazillion things to share with you about it. And that is the reason why this is …and will be probably always …my biggest Online Workshop ever.

Have you ever experienced the “Blank-Page-Moment”? The moment where you have no clue where to start to get creative, yet you are itching to play and have fun? Well…the secret to conquer the Blank Page is knowing some playful and fun techniques with an easy medium ….like Acrylic Paint.

There are about 100 Techniques (actually more) , over 5 hours of video materials, 14 artjournal Step-By Steps, a Scrapbooking Layout and a Mixed Media Step-by Step Project and more in this workshop included.

I share with you everything I know about this medium…I share my thought process and most of all- you will have fun for sure :) We go from about 30  background techniques to more and more elaborate techniques, we will include fun other known and new media.

This Workshop is going to make you CREATE :)

Need some visual input? – check out this video:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kx5UxCPTho]

I can’t wait to start the fun with you beginning April 30th, 2012. More information and the signup-page here Über*Media Acrylic Paint

Have a creative day!

nat

 

Nat

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  • gillian1

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    All signed up. Can’t wait to get started!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Can’t wait to start Nat!

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  • Winnie

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    I love your bird piece. The background is so cool and the bird is great..love the addition of the feather!!

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  • Martha Richardson

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    LOVE the video…oh my! I can’t wait and I have a request…please do the tape technique…I love that one & need a refresher ;)

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  • M. Carmen - Cuchy

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    Can’t wait… messy and inky at once, guay!

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Let's Sprout

well…at least with the Cocoa Daisy “Sprout” April Kit – because seriously- with that weather here right now…nothing sprouts….LOL.

Grocery Shopping

Maybe I am the only person that loves grocery shopping? LOL- sometimes when I talk to my friends they say how much they dread it- I so love grocery shopping. But maybe it is also a bit different when you live in a city and you can just walk and grab everyday a couple of things at stores and the market and cook it then for the dinner.

I added some faux stitching around the MME paper designed by Rhonna Farrer- so love this paper.

Memory Lane

This photo was taken in January on the Route 66 (no kidding huh…it is pretty clearly visible on the photo, Nat ;) ). This is an old motel with an old gas station and the owner bought it in 2000 and all of the interior and stuff was still original from the 50s- soooo cool! Roy’s Cafe- if you are ever close to Amboy- check it out.

I stamped with the Cocoa Daisy Tab Stap on paper and cut it out and then applied some brads and mounted it on 3D Foam Stamps. I also used some Denim Glimmer Mist and Gesso stamped with a paper role and added some colors here and there with the Derwent Artbars. Love how they apply to photos!

Follow Your Heart

It was so beautiful in Death Valley and what a view….especially the guy in the foreground ;)

I painted some of the honeycomb paper with Maya Mist and a brush – love the vibrancy of those colors.

Also sprayed the wooden Maya Road Bird with Maya Mist and then cut out the Manufacturer strip for the bird a I liked that banner so much. The Maya Road Bottle Cap was dunked into blue Utee and melted …yum yum yum – what an awesome texture and color…me thinks I need more of this colored Utee ;)

Have you planted anything yet? I might at least get some flowers hoping for planting and sprouting time :)

Have a gorgeous day

 

Nat

 

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  • Gina Sismilich

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    Love this piece – also love grocery shopping!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Nice LO’s Nat…especially Follow Your Heart which caught my eye big time.

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  • Eniko Farkas DeLisle

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    Nathalie, this was a great post! Love your work with hexagons! And you made some really fabulous embellishments on some of these layouts…that blue UTEE is to die for! Thanks for the inspiration…and yes, I am one of the ones who is NOT a fan of food shopping! (I think it is different in a city.) xo

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  • Bev W.

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    Love your layouts Nat:)) Would love to visit that Motel…it’s gotta be so cool!

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  • willieburgscrapper

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    That first layout was my favorite from this month’s international CD gallery- GREAT design and color. I REALLY love your Route 66 layout- the painted elements are fabulous. PS- I got your message- I agree with you on the FB profile thing. Great idea actually!

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  • Diana

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    i hardly ever scrapbook anymore but these layouts so inspire me.thank you Nat for sharing with us!

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  • missviolet

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    I’m jealous of your route 66 adventure — driving down it before it disappears is *totally* on my life list. :)

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  • Martha Richardson

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    You are rocking’ these LO’s…I’m inspired to make a few myself…and that is saying something!

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Gone with the Wind, Macbeth and Dr. Seuss – or what is SHE talking about?

The weekend started and I shortly wanted to say HAPPY WEEKEND to you before I dive into my studio to work like a maniac on a secret project- DEADLINE to turn it in …tomorrow.

And unfortunately not like Gone with the Wind-Tomorrow: “‘I’ll think of it tomorrow, at Tara”– it is more like a Macbeth-Tomorrow: “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day-to-day”

:) It is a very cool project too and once it is done I will finally send out my newsletter and work on a fun new other project that will be something to play along and I think you will love it :)

I leave you with part of an art journal page I made – new habit is playing at least 10-15 minutes every night before bed time in my artjournal- and boy is that a calming and mind easing process- try it :)

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Happy Saturday :) See you…tomorrow… as in Dr. Seuss: Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Huge hugs

Nat

Nat

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  • Julie Bonomo

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    Absolutely love this page, Thank you for sharing!

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  • Tracey

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    Love your page its gorgeous, I just been checking out your Über*Media classes and oh how I wish I had some money spare so I could sign up they are just what I need especially the Acrylic paint and Gesso one as I have recently got into art journalling. Heard of pan pastels but not used them they do sound interesting :)

    I think I’m going to try the ten to 15 mins crafting a day, I do feel crafting is what calms me down and relaxes me after a stressful day with my three boys and house chores.

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  • Dyan

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    gorgeous xx

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  • suzannebouchard

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    I love your journal page! just a lot of fun!

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  • Marsha.

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    I love that page!!!

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  • Miae

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    As always, a beautiful AJ page!

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  • Diana

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    Nat i love this page. the colours are so very warm and hidden messages are wonderful!!

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  • france papillon

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    love today’s wordplay ;) and today’s art journal page :)

    wishing you a happy weekend! hugs

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Crafter’s Workshop Stencil Blog Hop – Number 3

Totally stoked to join again into the Stencil Hop for Julie Fei-Fan Balzer‘s Crafter’s Workshop Templates. I guess if you follow my blog…I do not really have to tell you, how much I love them. If you don’t follow my blog…you should (just kidding ;) )

The designs are amazing and Crafter’s Workshop creates them in a high quality way that gives you a huge versatility in usage!

When Julie came out with those amazing Templates that can be layered I was almost fainting…LOL – sooo cool!!! You can use them with different acrylic paints or with spray paints or with Derwent Inktense blocks and Artbars – oh brother…endless possibilities

Today’s blog hop is focused on the Lotus Blossom Template – it is BEAUTIFUL (insert picture of me in cheerleader outfit exclaiming each of the letters while jumping up and down…oh wait…that might be a terrible picture….better proceed reading ;) )

And there it comes another fun way on how I love to use them :) – I created a Luminaria with the n*Lighten Technique

So much fun to use the n*Lighten Technique with the Stencils- they are perfect for this. So let me show you how it works.

You need for the first steps:

  • the 6×6 Lotus Blossom Crafter’s Workshop Template which was perfect for creating a Luminaria in the end.
  • 4 different colored Embossing Powders – I used the amazing WOW Embossing Powders by Suzy West – I’m just so amazed by the vibrancy of the colors- they seriously rock!
  • Pastel Paper – but I’m sure it will work also with thinner water color paper
  • Embossing Ink Pad – clear
  • Heating Gun

How To:

  1. Lay down the template and use the first image (you can also use all four and alternate later – I did this too)
  2. Dab the Embossing Ink Pad on top of the Template
  3. Make sure that you got the whole image
  4. Lift the Template
  5. Use one color of Embossing Powder and heat emboss
  6. Let cool
  7. Layer on the second image of the Template and again dab the embossing pad on top and sprinkle the second color on top
  8. Now with the second layer you have to be a bit more careful – you do not want to remelt the first layer in a way that it get’s lumpy or starts getting to melt into the second color – just watch closely the reaction
  9. and now repeat with image 3 and 4 and the other two colors of embossing powder
When you lift the paper and hold it against the light you see that  the image got translucent- the embossing powder diffused into the pastell paper and created a plastic layer. Perfect to use to create a Luminaria. Since I hadn’t had a paperback (read I couldn’t find it in my messy studio) I had to come up with something else

I draw a circle around the image that would give enough space to hold adhesive. Then I cut a letter size kraft paper sheet length wise in half. I cut circles with a craft knife out of the kraft paper that would just show the image. I adhered the Lotus Image to the back and bend the paper and glued the ends together forming a role.

And there you go – a summer luminaria- perfect in the garden or on your dinner table.

Warning: Never leave a burning candle unattended. Keep out of reach of children, playful husbands & pets. Be careful to not have the kraft paper too narrow to the candle!

Don’t miss out the others on this blog hop:

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2012/04/stencil-hop-lotus-blossom.html

Nathalie Kalbach
http://wp.me/p1ILec-1hq you are here :)

May Flaum
http://mayflaum.com/?p=8237

Jenny Barnett Rohrs
http://www.crafttestdummies.com/?p=12271

Nat

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Supplies I used for n*Lighten Technique:

 

Nat

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  • Margaret

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    A lovely idea and the technique is wonderful too. Thank you for sharing this

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  • SusanHnSC

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    Love your idea!! and love the stencils…

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  • Cindi Walsh

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    Awesome! In addition to loving the template and luminaria, I can’t wait to try embossing on pastel paper! I’m going to become a follower right away!

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  • Woodie

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    What a clever and cool idea…will look good on my deck this summer! Thank you for sharing.

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  • Vicki Chrisman

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    Very Cool Nat!

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  • Melissa Smith

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    Beautiful. I love Julie’s stencils and seeing what everyone does with them is awesome.

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  • Mary Ellen

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    love THE LUMINARIA!
    Another idea is to use one of the new battery operated tea lights instead of a live flame.

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  • Miriam Prantner

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    This is beautiful! I love the results! What a great project!

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  • Cindi Shearer

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    Excellent idea, Nathalie. Thanks for sharing your creative and unusual use of this very cool new stencil. It gets me thinking out of the box in using stencils!

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  • Cat Graves

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    What a creative way to use julie’s beautiful stencil…I love your luminaria!!

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  • lacyquilter

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    Awesome project. I love Julie’s stencils.

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  • p boszko

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    wow…luv the lotus and your projects!

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  • B. Poteraj

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    You are very creative. I’m going to try that.

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  • Sharon Gullikson

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    I never would have thought to do that. Thanks.

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  • Peg Hewitt

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    Omg I looooove their templates!!!
    Your project is soooo coooool!!

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  • ladynorth

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    Hugs and Hi! If you put your tea candle in a drinking glass or jam jar, then you lower the risk of burning your paper: you can also wrap your luminaria paper around the jar as well. Just a thought. Blog Hop On! x LN

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  • ladynorth

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    HI Nathalie, not sure if you did this or not: but if you put your tea candle in a glass (drinking or jam jar) it is much safer and you can wrap the luminaria paper around it as well and not fear it burning. blessings.

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"Sprout" and a Picnic in the Park

I picked up my Cocoa Daisy April Kit and I have such a fun time working with it- it is such an awesome spring kit…just the opposite of what I’m seeing through  my window out there (it is freezing here) .

Let me first tell you about the upcoming crop at the end of the month (April 27-29,2012) – weehee –

Pack your picnic basket (or crop bag) with lots of yummy eats (or scrappy supplies) get out that old comfy blanket (or jammies), and bone up on your heckling skills (hey, it’s BINGO), and don’t forget your sunscreen. You are cordially invited to join us at the park for our Spring Crop, Picnics in the Park, April 27-29th. Everything is set, now we just need you!

But first let’s talk about the April kit :)

Cocoa Daisy is happy to bring you papers in the colors of spring from Basic Grey, Echo Park, My Mind’s Eye, and Crate. They have added embellishments from Maya Road, Prima, Queen & Co., and a pack of exclusive-to-Cocoa Daisy flair from shopEvalicious.com sporting a spring theme. Sprout shouts spring even louder with our exclusive stamp this month, a 5″ stem and leaf.

And the add ons:
Bloom

Polka Dot Wellies

April Embellishment Pack

Make sure to check out the what the Design Team did with this months kit! The International Design Team Reveal comes in a couple days, heading back to the studio to work on it …. :)

Nat

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Über*Media – Acrylic Paint is here

So excited about this new Über*Media online class – it is yet my biggest and most elaborate one – sign ups starting today – check the trailer video out

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kx5UxCPTho]

If you are interested and want to know more about the class go here for the full information and sign up

Have an amazing day :)

Huge hugs

nat

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