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Fragmented J.C. Canvas

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The last couple weeks I was working on a new 27.5×31.5 inches canvas. I had back in Hamburg already created a Hamburg themed one for the other side (below) and brought an identical canvas so that I could do a Jersey City Theme.

I  cannot wait to hang the second canvas and I hope it will be looking as good up there as the other one. Lady Liberty btw ….I know you think NYC, right? pffff- no way…she is standing with her back to Jersey City…meaning she is in OUR yard…not NYC’s yard ;)

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I am up for another canvas this size…but I might have to rethink the wall spacing problem soon ;)

Have a wonderful day

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Nat

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  • laurajo

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    I remember the Hamburg canvas. Love them both…Lovely pair! You must post a pic of them hanging together :)

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  • nurse-ratchet

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    FabUlous…is there extra white accents to commemorate the worst winter in several decades?.

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  • gunvor

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    They are both great! I just love lady liberty and how everything seems to grow from her. And the colours are stunning!

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  • Deborah A. Pierro

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    I love your new JC abstract! Didn’t you sell the Hamburg abstract to your old art firm?

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Those two will look awesome next to each other. Love how Lady Liberty came out (with your view showing). You’ll just need to erect a few more walls in your place.

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Love…It’s in the little things

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Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you!

How about a funky Love shadowbox today?

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I whitewashed the wooden canvas with gesso – as I wanted to have the wood grain still peaking through and then stamped right onto it and used the template in my stamp set with different acrylic colors. I also included some of my old beloved Hambly Rubons and some Prima Washi Tape. I cut out some of of my stamped images for the stems and stamped also on cork again – I just love the look of acrylic paint on cork. I put a supply list for you below.

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Lot’s of Love to you!

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  • Cindy Gay

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    Love the layout Natalie!

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  • Laura Strack

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    Those stamped cork flowers are too cool. Happy Valentine’s Day!!

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  • Jan B

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    Okay, that is SO stinkin’ CUTE! Love the color, the dimension and, yeah, the acrylic on cork.

    Happy Valentine’s Day! :)

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  • Michelle

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    Girl!! This is fabbo!! Love your new stamp designs- congrats!! Keeping it moving over there! So glad for you!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Love the paint on cork. And I recognize that couple from The Whatevers.

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Painty Fun at Bizzy B’s in Toronto, Canada

It was so much fun to come back for the third time to Bizzy B’s in Toronto and teach some workshops. Barb and Tony, as well as the amazing students make me always fell super welcome – love coming back- it is a special treat to be reinvited :)

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I was pretty stoked to see my Signature Stamps with Stampendous! and Stencils with StencilGirl Products on the “Nat”Wall. It was fun incorporating them in my workshops and seeing the students playing with them was the coolest ever!

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We played also with the new Creative Palette by Stampendous! for Mono Printing on Friday

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Saturday we were going fully into Artvergnugen :) – a six hour Artjournal Class – it was so much fun!

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This is Marg – she traveled all the way from Newfoundland for the second time to take my class- Thank you Marg- that is a LONG way – I love your smile and creative fun!

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And sunday we had a wonderful Canvas Class- loved again to see all the 22 different canvases created with the same materials and technique

 

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Thank you Barb and Tony from Bizzy B’s and my sweet Canadians for having me again – you inspired me !

huge hugs

Nat

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Comments (9)

  • Krista

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    Hi Nathalie, hope you are feeling better. I see you are working with the Creative Palette. How do you get detailed prints? I M not having much success? Thanks!

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Kristia, I like it. I am not sure what might cause your problems- but it might be “too much” paint. Roll out thinner layers- you really do not need much paint for the prints. Hope that helps. nat

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  • nurse-ratchet

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    It was truly an amazing weekend…if anyone is wondering whether to take a workshop from Nat…never ever hesitate, Nat is a generous, inspirational task master, oh, I mean teacher. Your stamps are amazing, and your stencils sooo much fun to use!! Thank you, Nat and Barb and Tony and all the ladies that came out to play with us!,

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  • margm3c

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    I had so much fun. Learn a lot. Thanks Nat. Cannot wait till next time!

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  • Stampendous Stamps

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    Nathalie, it’s so great to see your photos of these classes! They’re just terrific and everyone looks like they’re having so much fun! Thanks so much for sharing our products with the world, we make a great team!!

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  • Felicia Aaron

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    Nathalie, I so wish I lived closer and could have been a part of the wonderful time it looks like you guys had! That studio looks FABULOUS!!! Wish it was around the corner from me!!! Maybe not…..I wouldn’t have a paycheck left!!! LOL!!! Thanks for sharing your fun, creative time!

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  • Marjolaine Walker

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    Looks like you had an amazing time, love all your new products!

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  • scrapinsue

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    I must get that crackle stencil!
    Lovely art journal pages and looks like a fun and creative time.

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Quirky J.C. or Mish Mesh Stamp Set

Let me share another layout I did with the third of my sets of  my signature stamps for Stampendous! for CHA

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For this layout I used my Mish Mesh Stampset:

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It comes with a free template which I used here and there with yellow.

I started out with some mono printing using the new Stampendous! Creative Palette – stamping into it with my stamps and then using the two colored stamps on cork. I cut out the cork circles and added them tot he layout. I applied Stampendous Aged Embossing Enamel on top of the letters – I love how you can grunge things up with it – also added some yellow acrylic paint on the letters to repeat the color.

The sight where they sell these tires was one of the first ones when I visited Jersey City for the first time last year and hahhaa- you bet I thought that would be a good spot to live if they have stores like that ;)

want to know where my stamps arrived so far? – I started a list of the stores carrying them – so check it out. If you stock them as a storeowner let me know :)

Here are the supplies I used with this Layout:

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Have a beautiful day

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nat

 

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  • Laura Strack

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    Ooh, cool, I’m close to one of the stores that’s carrying your stamps! I’m gonna have to plan a small road trip :) I love the Mish Mesh stamp set!

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Rules Schmules or… New Art Journal Page

Are you guys also covered over the ears with stuff to do ? I bet you are. Crazzzzyyy times. At least a new Art Journal Page

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I was checking out a color combination in my art journal for a CHA Project – I love the blue, purple and vibrant green.

The Quote by Claude Debussy reads: Works of art make rules, rules do not make works of art!

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That is why I enjoy art journaling so much. Don’t get me wrong…working on CHA Projects with super-secret-not-yet-revealed-stuff is super fun…but there are also a LOT of rules. What you can use, what you can combine, what you can make, how big, how small… etc. And that is why this quote came back to my mind…so time to throw it in my art journal and move on ;) Get these projects done…oh…and CJS14…and Christmas Shopping and …Cleaning of the house… I bet you can relate :)

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In any event- I hope you have a couple minutes to do something creative and play! Take them :)))))

Have a wonderful weekend!

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  • Pam in New Jersey

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    All the best for a wonderful holiday and new year in your new home!!

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  • scrapinsue

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    I am up to my ears in wrapping presents right now.
    I love the blue and purple together and only recently have added this neon green to the mix. I like it and so does my 11-year-old son.
    I can only imagine just how busy you are right now Nat.
    “New” country, CJS 2014, CHA and all the rest.
    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you and yours.

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too Sue! huge hugs
      nat

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  • kat82ren

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    I love them, and the color is amazing!!!

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  • ddhurlbut

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    I really love this art journal page, colors, texture and quote combined to make me say AHA this morning 4 days before Christmas! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas Nat! Thanks for ALL the inspiration your share throughout the year, YOU ROCK!!!

    Peace,
    Donna

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Awww- thank you Donna! Merry Christmas to you too! huge hugs Nat

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  • Kathy P.

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    What a perfect quote for this time of year! Running, running out of time, running round in circles! No time for creativity—-but that makes Dec. 29, when everyone leaves and I can kick back, so much sweeter! For me, January is total crafty time!
    And I love that color combo!
    Have a very merry Christmas, Nat—your very first living here in the States!

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Merry Christmas to you too Kathy! Hope you can stop the circle running just a little bit this weekend :) huge hugs, nat

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  • Wilma Voermans

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    You are so right with this quote! When I have to make something with a lot of rules, my inspiration flys out of the window…and I sit there thinking about what am I allowed to use and what not? But he…there is always the art journal to loose frustration ;)

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We’ll all Float On Anyway …or Art Journal Page

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I love how the background for this page turned out – it was very bright and wild until I covered most of it with black and that made it for me.

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Embossed with my old stamps I designed for Sultane and Stampendous Aged Green Embossing Enamel  – love that stuff!

Have you used any older Supplies you “found” again recently?

Have a gorgeous day

Nat


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  • amyomalley

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    my watercolor crayons – I hadn’t used them in years (and I had the old BIG set of the ones from Stampin Up – I’ll never run out of colors!) Agree that it is fun to shop in the stash!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Wow, really different colors for you Nat.
    Somehow the black lends itself to the words.
    I’ve been purging my supplies and re-discovered my colored water pencils. It’s always fun to “shop” in my own stash of supplies;-)

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Brayer Background Technique

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Those of you who were part of the Creative JumpStart 2013 saw the videos that me and my artist friends posted on my website throughout January. The videos are not available here anymore, since I have to make room for new fun things to come ..still thinking ;) …but I thought it would be nice to repost my 10 technique videos over the next couple weeks- so that you have access to them whenever you want.

And now let’s jump to the 6th video in my Über*Media Creative JumpStart 2013 Workshop which was the Brayer Background Technique  – one of my faves :)

If you have no external speakers on your pc – turn up the volume a lot (the audio is very low in this video)

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This and the other techniques are part of some of my Über*Media Online Classes.

They are there to free your creativity with techniques and how-to’s that go beyond one certain project. I want you to learn something new that you can adapt to your own style and can use for many projects to come.

Über*Media classes are dedicated to different kinds of media that cross a variety of materials.

I do have several Über*Media Workshops available right now for example Über*Media -PanPastel, -Acrylic Paint, -Gesso, -Acrylic Ink and -FoamStamplifier.

For my Creative JumpStart Über*Media Workshop I showed some of my favorite Über*Media Techniques that can be used in your Mixed Media, Scrapbooking, Altered Art and/or ArtJournal Projects.

 

And here are the supplies I used in the video:

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I hope you enjoyed todays technique :)

Nat

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  • Amante del Papel

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    i love this technique, thanks for sharing

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  • Kathy Gledsdale

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    Oh yay I can see it now and how pretty it is too!

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  • Maggie M

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    I agree, a 2014 Creative Jumpstart video series would be AWESOME! I loved the 2013 series:) Hugs and Happy Holidays Nat.

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  • Christine Szekeres

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    Will there be a Creative JumpStart 2014?!? I had a wonderful time learning and playing this year so I’m hoping there will be! Thanks for sharing these with us again!

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Spackle Tackle Technique

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Those of you who were part of the Creative JumpStart 2013 saw the videos that me and my artist friends posted on my website throughout January. The videos are not available here anymore, since I have to make room for new fun things to come ..still thinking ;) …but I thought it would be nice to repost my 10 technique videos over the next couple weeks- so that you have access to them whenever you want.

And now let’s jump to the 5th video in my Über*Media Creative JumpStart 2013 Workshop which was the Spackle Tackle Technique  – one of my faves :)

If you have no external speakers on your pc – turn up the volume a lot (the audio is very low in this video)

This and the other techniques are part of some of my Über*Media Online Classes. They are there to free your creativity with techniques and how-to’s that go beyond one certain project. I want you to learn something new that you can adapt to your own style and can use for many projects to come.

Über*Media classes are dedicated to different kinds of media that cross a variety of materials.

I do have several Über*Media Workshops available right now for example Über*Media -PanPastel, -Acrylic Paint, -Gesso, -Acrylic Ink and -FoamStamplifier.

For my Creative JumpStart Über*Media Workshop I showed some of my favorite Über*Media Techniques that can be used in your Mixed Media, Scrapbooking, Altered Art and/or ArtJournal Projects.

 

And here are the supplies I used in the video:

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Hope you enjoyed this :) have a gorgeous weekend
Nat

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Comments (8)

  • Tami Howse

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    Thanks so much for the “refresher”, Nathalie. I didn’t take notes during Creative Jumpstart (my first year this year to attend) and I’m sorry I didn’t. I loved it, though! I can’t wait to try this technique again!
    Fondly, Tami

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  • ลиqεŁล

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    Gracias por tus clases! La técnica es genial!!! Te deseo unas Felices fiestas!! besitos

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  • grandscraperona

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    Nat…i have used this tech several times, because always the effect is different depending on on the colors and the spots of water created. !…thanks for replaying all your ten techs. Waiting for 20l4 Jumpstart!…Have nice Xmas time…

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  • Nurse Ratchet

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    One of my faves and I had not remembered it for awhile….TX LGL!!

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  • Pam in New Jersey

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    I forgot how much fun Creative Jumpstart is !!!!!

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  • rillamom

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    I hope you are planning to have a Creative JumpStart Summit 2014! I just loved CJSS 2012…..

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  • Dee in NH

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    Thanks for the revisit. I love it!

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The Yellow No. 2 Pencil or …a new canvas

Finally I had time to create a new canvas –

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the first one in my new home here in Jersey City. And of course…if you live in an old pencil factory – you have to get inspired by your surrounding buildings :)

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It was a bit crazy to work on the canvas in the middle of unpacked boxes but I am so glad I did. I think I will do a couple more yellow pencil canvases…

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Here are some of the supplies that I used

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Have an amazing day

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  • Janene

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    I love the colors and the building is fabulous. Techniques are used so well it makes the piece so interesting and I could spend some time looking at each little detail. The pencil is a bit contrived, but I think it will be a big hit, and probably the first to selll.

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  • Jackie

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    Just gorgeous Nat!!

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  • Micki

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    OMG, I LOVE this. It is so freakin’ awesome!!!!!

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  • Lea Kimmel

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    Oh, Nat, I love this! Very, very cool! And, most appropriate for your new home! Can’t wait to see pics as you get it decorated and situated and all that fun stuff! You always inspire me!

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  • muriel

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    Ah! I love how the building melts into the background.

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  • Kirsten Alicia

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    Gorgeous canvas, love the colours.

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  • Amante del Papel

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    I love the old buildings! this canvas is perfect!

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  • Ursula

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    Deswegen hast du keine Zeit zu mailen ;)) Der Keilrahmne ist wieder sowas von genial geworden – und passt sowas von prima zu meinem ….. da winkt der Zaunpfahl meine Liebe ;)) Liebe Grüße Ursula

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  • Di Fritzsch

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    Awesome! (My favorite pencils, too) I love popping in to see what you’ve done to a canvas, and to find so many cool things… Absolutely marvelous!

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  • Jeanette - Tettiz

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    Fantastic piece!! I hope to see MOOOORE from you and that the move to the US will give you LOADS of inspiration to create gorgeous things for us all to drool over! ;-)

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  • Laura Strack

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    Beautiful! Glad to see you are inspired to create in your new digs.

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  • Jean A Marmo

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    I just love this!! The colors are amazing!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Nice. Did you sketch that building Nat? Looks like a photograph.

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