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Whatevers #12 or Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Are you ready for the 12th Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about…check it out here.

Click here to see what Cat made out of this photo and which story she tells

Click here to see what Vicki made out of this photo and which story she tells

This is supposed to be our last Whatever photo…but mmhh – well….maybe we have news for you in the next days ;)

I love this photo – I will definitely use it again- it totally cracks me up! I had only a couple of art media with me when I was traveling- which was kind of fun to create with limited supplies and limited time too.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Finally a day without husbands- all these household chores were just so boring all three of them had been looking for a fun day together. If they’d only knew how to get the boat going…gosh – why couldn’t they make it work without men?

Their names: Margariete, Mary and Myrtle

I used Ranger Distress Paints, Distress Inks, a white Sharpie Poster Marker and a Liquitex Professional Paint Marker as well as a new bought item I have to play more with: Liquid Pencil by Pam Carriker. The Fabric Tape is actually by a German Brand – I am not really sure which one it was though -I need to find out – LOL- I love it and need more ;) You can also see some negative prints of my new What’s The Point Stencil.

And here is the photo of this month’s Whatever for you:

Here is how it works if you want to play along:

Vicki, Cat and I have made a one-year commitment to each other and picked twelve photos with Whatevers whom we will give a story.
Every month – if possible always on the 15th – each of us will do a post with an individual story that goes along for us with the same photo.
If you want you can play along and we will have the photo for you – just right-click on it to safe it to download and show us your version of The Whatevers.
There is no rules to the story itself- it can be funny, sad, uplifting, breathtaking WHATEVER
There is no rules on the length or the form of the story– it can be a short sentence, an essay, a poem or a soap opera – WHATEVER
There is no rules on the artwork you choose – it can be a scrapbook layout, an altered art project, an art journal page – WHATEVER
Here is a rule though: if you take the photo you have to link back to us andshow us your story.
These pictures are from our personal stash and are for personal use for you only! If you want to use them for a publication whether a book or magazine in print or digital form please ask for permission!
If you want to participate post in the comment section .
You can also join our The Whatevers -Facebook Page

Nat

Whatevers #11 or Times Are Changing (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (5)

Milagros

June 16, 2013 at 2:52 pm | #

joyful and beautiful colors page, it’s a shame that it is over, thanks to this wonderful project three ye have given to us was a pleasure for me to accompany you in this month proyecto.Abrazos

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Vicki Dunn Chrisman

June 15, 2013 at 7:24 pm | #

Wow! The colors and all the contrast on this page is just stunning! Very cool!

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Cat

June 15, 2013 at 5:43 pm | #

This is awesome Nat! I love love all the bright colors mixed with the black, very stunning. Myrtle, lol!!

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louison

June 15, 2013 at 4:26 pm | #

J’aime tout!!! Superbe!!!

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Sue Clarke

June 15, 2013 at 3:36 pm | #

Love it and your use of PINK…I don’t see that color much in your work.
I must play along with this one!

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Standup Bass or…New Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

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New Stencil in the house and it is a 6×6 Standup Bass Stencil :)

One of my favorite things in our household is my husband’s standup bass- I just love that thing – and I thought it would be a great stencil using it for everything related to music, or lyrics you quote , or layouts with bands, theater, concerts…etc :)

I used the stencil positive and negative at the same spot – meaning I sprayed over the stencil , then flipped it over at another spot to get the access paint onto the page and then took another color and sprayed over it again .

Love the dimension and the layers you build up with this method. Other than that I used Derwent Arbars, Dylusions and Liquitex Spraypaints with the background. The stamps you see are stamps I found at a store around the corner I am so in Love with them.

I hope you like my new stencil. It comes in two different sizes 6×6 and 4×4 inches.

Here is what I used for this art journal page

StandUp Bass Stencil	Dylusions Ink Spray Bubblegum Pink	Dylusions Ink Spray Lemon Zest	Derwent Artbars	Liquitex Professional Spray Paint	Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paints
Brayer	Dylusions Creative Journal/Art Journal	Prima typeset Alphabeth Stickers	October Afternoon Ledger Alpha	Liquitex Gel Medium Gloss	Nat’s Stash…old/vintage/fleamarket

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Have a beautiful and creative day !

huge hugs

Nat

I am soooo excited…and I just can’t hide it or Stencil Girl Products (nathaliesstudio.com)
My new Oldtimer Stencil with Stencil Girl Products (nathaliesstudio.com)
My Favorite Mixed Media Essentials: 6. Spray Paints (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (4)

Sue Clarke

June 13, 2013 at 7:48 pm | #

This bass so makes me think of some of the music that you’ve had playing in the back ground of some of your tutorials. And nice that it also comes I the smaller 4X4 size. I must find a local store to get these stencils at.

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Kathy Gledsdale

June 13, 2013 at 2:32 pm | #

Oh lovely!

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muriel

June 13, 2013 at 1:34 pm | #

aah, I so love the sound of stand up bass! I could use your stencil for layouts with photos of when I was expecting my son and listened to pieces of music with this instrument all day long. And I looove your typewriter too, I have some in stamps but not in stencils……….for the moment…..

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Gypsy Chaos

June 13, 2013 at 9:36 am | #

LOVE the double triple use technique. I’ve been ‘printing’ the excess paint on paper for awhile – never thought of doing it on the same project.

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Typewriter or…New Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

Art Journal Liquitex Heavy Body Paint Liquitex Professional Paint Markers Mixed Media Stencil Stencil Girl Products Typewriter

Time to show you my new 6×6 Typewriter Stencil :)

Typewriter …just love them..especially vintage ones. When I was in highschool I owned a huge office typewriter from the 40s. I wanted to be a writer or study journalism when I was a teenager and so my uncle and aunt gave me this typewriter and I hacked on it (you won’t believe how loud this thing was!) and started several books…they usually contained about 5 pages until I thought I would move on and write a different story- LOL. Anyway I knew I wanted to design a typewriter stencil since especially with art journals, vintage photos etc. I saw how it would be so much fun to use it.

I used Wendi Vecchi’s Black Embossing Paste over the stencil which is 6×6 inches – love the fluffy consistency the paste has and once it was dried I dabbed some Liquitex Markers over. The black of the paste makes the colors really pop off ad add even more dimension to the typewriter. Love it.

I used the heavy body acrylic paints for the background because I do love the texture I can create with it.

Typewriter Stencil	Circuit Stencil L161	Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paint	Liquitex Acrylic Paint Marker	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste BLACK	Stampendous Frantage Color Fragments, Sage Color
Dylusions Creative Journal/Art Journal	Brayer	Liquitex Gel Medium Gloss

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Hope you like it :)

Have a beautiful day

Nat

My new Crackle Stencil with Stencil Girl Products (nathaliesstudio.com)
Take a Shower Art Journal Page…or Negative Circuit Stencil (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

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marjiekemper

June 14, 2013 at 4:08 pm | #

Very cool pages! And a great new design… congrats!

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Michelle Hernandez (@willieburgscrap)

June 11, 2013 at 3:29 pm | #

Hellooo AWESOME! This is totally new and exciting- I KNOW it will sell like crazy- props to you Momma!

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  June 11, 2013 at 3:30 pm | #
  
  it is in the envie that went out yesterday to you :) Hopefully will arrive in latest 10 days. hugs nat
  
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Donna

June 11, 2013 at 2:41 pm | #

I really like your message AND the typewriter stencil, absolutely fabulous!

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Sherri Sinclair

June 11, 2013 at 2:28 pm | #

And please tell us about the lady in your layout?

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Jean Marmo

June 11, 2013 at 1:02 pm | #

How cool!!

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Sue Clarke

June 11, 2013 at 12:59 pm | #

Vintage fun! Love the typewriter Nat.

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fran

June 11, 2013 at 8:18 am | #

hi Nat, Just love that ,”it’s never too late………. So true, and reminds us that it is so Thks

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Remember or…Excited for the roads to be traveled

Art Journal art journal techniques Liquitex Professional Spraypaints Mixed Media Oldtimer Stencil Stencil Stencil Girl Products

Played a bit around in my art journal using my new Oldtimer Stencil and Liquitex Acrylic Inks. I collaged a bit on the background and tried some new stamps I found in a junk yard kinda store in the neighbor hood and then sprayed with Liquitex Spray inks over the oldtimer stencil and then rubbed over the Acrylic Inks-

Love how intense the colors got and how the spray painted areas got so much dimension.

Oldtimer Stencil S122	Crackle Stencil L169	Prima Resist Canvas Alphabet	Liquitex Acrylic Inks	Liquitex Professional Spray Paint	Signo White Uniball Pen
Liquitex Gel Medium Gloss	7Dots Studio Sticker

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Hope you have some time for creating today!

Huge hugs

nat

My new Oldtimer Stencil with Stencil Girl Products (nathaliesstudio.com)
Take a Shower Art Journal Page…or Negative Circuit Stencil (nathaliesstudio.com)
Zipper Moments with the Crackle Stencil (nathaliesstudio.com)
My Favorite Mixed Media Essentials: 6. Spray Paints (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (3)

Sue Clarke

May 30, 2013 at 2:48 pm | #

I love the colors you used for this Nat. My day goes so much nicer if I make time to create (even for just 15 minutes).

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Marjie Kemper

May 30, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

Gorgeous colors! Loving how you’ve used the car stencil…. just spied the second one!

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selena

May 30, 2013 at 12:07 pm | #

j’adore toutes ces belles couleurs

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Relaxed or…Art Journal Page with Photos

Art Journal Baltic Sea Mixed Media Stencil Stencil Girl Products

Thank you all for your amazing and wonderful words about my move to the U.S. As some of you stated, it is a scary yet pretty exciting thing ahead. I have been a bit tense the last couple weeks as there is just so much to organize and do for the move, and one of the things that totally relaxed me for a couple of days was my workshop event at the Baltic Sea. Walking at the beach in the morning for a couple of hours was one fo the best things I have done for just calming down and actually also getting my mantra back into my head “Everything will work out perfectly” .

The crazy background is a result of several things that I was showing in classes or where I tried things out in my art journal page. Lot’s of layers and different paint media and materials, tied together with my new Circuit Stencil and Crackle Stencil :)

I usually do not use photos in my art journal- but somehow this was telling me I should because the photos in this case would speak more to me then the background or the journaling and remind me on how relaxing this all was :)

Are you using photos in your art journals?

Have a gorgeous day

Nat

Take a Shower Art Journal Page…or Negative Circuit Stencil (nathaliesstudio.com)
Baltic Sea / Ostsee Scrap Event – Photos (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (7)

Cat Graves

May 26, 2013 at 7:16 pm | #

I have done quite a few mixed media pieces with photos of our dogs. I usually start by painting out the background on the photo but have been known to cut my subject out of the photo. These pieces make a wonderful remembrance of dearly departed pets.

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Jean Marmo

May 23, 2013 at 8:38 pm | #

I don’t do this enough!

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andrenesmith

May 23, 2013 at 2:37 am | #

I havent used photos yet….or scrapbooked any in a long time either….need to get it together huh?! BTW – I am in love with your stencils and want them in my stash NOW!!

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elderscrapper

May 22, 2013 at 11:14 pm | #

All of the time. I finish and then boom I see a photo that just belongs on the page.

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Sue Clarke

May 22, 2013 at 1:22 pm | #

Funny you should ask. I just did last night. I do from time to time if I don’t feel like doing a 12X12 LO and want to have some fun with the techniques. I really must post my Whatevers LO from two times ago. It was tons of fun to play with the stories (before deciding on just one).

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Barb USA

May 22, 2013 at 9:15 am | #

You are going to be so happy living in New York. You are a seasoned professional who will now be going to teach in many countries but, your home will be in New York.
I am excited for you. Enjoy the ride!!!!!!

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Stephanie Coulombe

May 22, 2013 at 6:46 am | #

Sometime I do use pictures in my mini journal. Often I modify the original and maybe do a weird collage with them. I love to play with my pictures but most often it is on scrapbook pages, not as much in my art journal. Good luck with your move!!

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Whatevers #11 or Times Are Changing

Art Journal Whatevers

Are you ready for the 9th Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about…check it out here.

Click here to see what Cat made out of this photo and which story she tells

Click here to see what Vicki made out of this photo and which story she tells

This photo is actually indeed a family photo and I even know who those people are…but I do not know the story behind the photo …so..well…I gave it out to see what everyone comes up with as a story ;)

Times Are Changing

Grandfather was always non approving. Him and grandma had just no patience for the young people. “Too young and full of nonsense”. But grandpa was loosing his fearful influence – Matthias and George didn’t care that he thought the new car was a useless purchase. Their business thrived. So clowning around with the bottle of wine at the family shoot was just their way showing grandpa that his say was over.

Their names: Matthias and Georg – Wilhelms grandsons

I played with my new Oldtimer Stencil :) and Spraypaints and Markers.

And here is the photo of this month’s Whatever for you:

Here is how it works if you want to play along:

Vicki, Cat and I have made a one-year commitment to each other and picked twelve photos with Whatevers whom we will give a story.
Every month – if possible always on the 15th – each of us will do a post with an individual story that goes along for us with the same photo.
If you want you can play along and we will have the photo for you – just right-click on it to safe it to download and show us your version of The Whatevers.
There is no rules to the story itself- it can be funny, sad, uplifting, breathtaking WHATEVER
There is no rules on the length or the form of the story– it can be a short sentence, an essay, a poem or a soap opera – WHATEVER
There is no rules on the artwork you choose – it can be a scrapbook layout, an altered art project, an art journal page – WHATEVER
Here is a rule though: if you take the photo you have to link back to us andshow us your story.
These pictures are from our personal stash and are for personal use for you only! If you want to use them for a publication whether a book or magazine in print or digital form please ask for permission!
If you want to participate post in the comment section .
You can also join our The Whatevers -Facebook Page

You can grab the blinkie here if you want to add it to your sidebar

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have a wonderful day
Nat

Whatevers #10 or The Herblady (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (7)

Milagros

May 19, 2013 at 3:41 pm | #

My page is finished, y ut in the link.
Hughs

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Milagros

May 15, 2013 at 11:59 pm | #

I love it, precious page!! and vibrant colours. Hugs

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Jean Marmo

May 15, 2013 at 10:39 pm | #

Love these each month!

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ziro1970

May 15, 2013 at 7:09 pm | #

This is awesome Nat! I just love the vibrant blue colour in contrast to the old black and white photo!

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NY

May 15, 2013 at 6:03 pm | #

Great concept and design!

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Vicki Dunn Chrisman

May 15, 2013 at 5:42 pm | #

hahahah love it Nat! I have been waiting for this photo. I just think everything about it is so fun! Your layout techniques and colors used… amazing as always!!!

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Sue Clarke

May 15, 2013 at 1:17 pm | #

Nat, I love how you incorporated the Old Timer stencil. This reminds me that I din’t do my LO from the last Whatevers. Oh no. There are so many wonderful and scandalous stories to make with this new photo.

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My new Crackle Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

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Yeahhhh – my next two stencils are out with Stencil Girl Products. Let me show you the one I am the most excited about- it is my dream stencil- the one I always wanted to have – my Crackle Stencil

Here is an art journal page using the stencil with light modeling paste

It dries quick and it is a great way to apply the crackle effect to all kinds of surfaces and not just acrylic painted surfaces.

The stencil is 9×12 inches and I love that you can use it the size as is or just parts as I did to add some texture and a layer here and there.

I so hope you like it too :) Here is what I used to create the art journal spread:

Crackle Stencil L169	Dylusions Creative Journal/Art Journal	Liquitex Cadmium Yellow Light Hue Acrylic Paint	Liquitex Cadmium Red Medium Hue Acrylic Paint	Liquitex Cadmium Orange Acrylic Paint	Liquitex Raw Sienna Acrylic Paint
Brayer	Reflection Numbers Stamp	Archival Ink Black	Prima Canvas Alphabet	Liquitex Light Modeling Paste	Liquitex Ultra Matte Gel Medium
Liquitex Acrylic Paint Marker	Nat’s Stash…old/vintage/fleamarket

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Thank you for letting me share my crazy excitement. Huge hugs and a wonderful day – I cannot wait to show you more!

Nat

Take a Shower Art Journal Page…or Negative Circuit Stencil (nathaliesstudio.com)
I am soooo excited…and I just can’t hide it or Stencil Girl Products (nathaliesstudio.com)
Family Moments with the Circuit Stencil (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (26)

kromacrackle

May 10, 2013 at 6:38 pm | #

Nice crackle pattern, instant effect, very clever! I thought something mysterious was going on in the shower …

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  May 10, 2013 at 6:40 pm | #
  
  Thank you Helen! :) Your kroma crackle is still my fave :) It is the not knowing and the surprise that makes it the best- plus of course..nothing can replace real crackles!!!
  
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marja

May 7, 2013 at 4:52 pm | #

Wow your pages are wonderful and your stencil fabulous. Love it
lovely greet
Marja

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Linda Kittmer

May 7, 2013 at 4:39 pm | #

Congrats Nat! It’s a great stencil and the page you did with it is fabulous!

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Mary C. Nasser

May 7, 2013 at 3:55 pm | #

This is great! Congratulations!
I really want to try this one in my map paintings!!

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Jessica Sporn

May 7, 2013 at 3:18 pm | #

So cool! LOVE this stencil and LOVE the fairy tale page!

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Judy Shea

May 7, 2013 at 3:08 pm | #

This is just beautiful. So glad someone finally came up with a great crackle stencil.

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julie

May 7, 2013 at 3:01 pm | #

Awesome – this is on my list to buy!

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mjmarmo

May 7, 2013 at 2:28 pm | #

Wonderful stencil!

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muriel

May 7, 2013 at 1:09 pm | #

Aaaaaaaaah! Great! I want it too. I am waiting for all your stencils to have been released to order them.

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  May 8, 2013 at 10:17 am | #
  
  Thank you Muriel :) It will now take about 1 or 2 months before we release the next :)
  
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Laura

May 7, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

Aargh! I want it!!
:)

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Michaela

May 7, 2013 at 9:12 am | #

wunderschön!!Kommt direkt auf meine “haben-will-Liste”
LG Michaela

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  May 8, 2013 at 10:17 am | #
  
  Oh ich freue mich :) Ganz liebe Grüße in den Süden! Nat
  
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Riikka

May 7, 2013 at 7:39 am | #

Great stencil indeed! :)

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weevon

May 7, 2013 at 3:46 am | #

What a great stencil. Love it! Totally crackles me up. LOL I really enjoyed the way it looked on your page.

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  May 8, 2013 at 10:18 am | #
  
  LOL- I love the ” crackles me up ” :)
  
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Sue Clarke

May 7, 2013 at 3:25 am | #

I do believe that I must have this one in my stencil collection. It can keep Julie’s stencils company.

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Nurse Ratchet

May 7, 2013 at 2:18 am | #

Loooooooooooooooooooooove this stencil!!!!!

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  May 8, 2013 at 10:18 am | #
  
  And you spied it on the “Shower” page a couple days ago :))) Good eye!
  
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Suzanne Bouchard

May 7, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

WOW! Absolutely fabulous and just when I told myself that I should stop buying stencils!!!!

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Cathy Augros

May 7, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

Wow! This is gorgeous! Love the stencil and the colors! That stencil is sooo detailed; it must gave taken you forever :-). Where did you get the cut-outs of Red and the Wolf? Or did you draw these? Yikes….

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Marjolaine Walker

May 6, 2013 at 11:25 pm | #

Love it!!! Can’t wait to have it!

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Kathy P

May 6, 2013 at 11:22 pm | #

Well, you know we are all going to want that one, Nat…and the next one…and the next one……LOVE how it looks on your pages! Congrats on creating a great new design in a product so many of us love!

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M. Carmen - Cuchy

May 6, 2013 at 11:18 pm | #

A new fave, until you release another one hehehe. That looks like real crackles. Great!
The page is absolutely stunning, Nat. Awesome background and love the text hahaha.
Bring them all in june!!! muacks!

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  May 8, 2013 at 10:19 am | #
  
  Besos my sweet girl! And yes I will bring them in June for Art Mesa :)
  
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Stencil Test Drive Cascading Leaves or…Forget Perfection

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Jessica Sporn asked me and some other artists to be part of her Stencil Test Drive featuring her amazing new stencils for Stencil Girl Products.

Today along with some others I will show you the use of the Cascading Leaves Stencil. I love this stencil. You can either use it as it is in whole or use little parts of it here and there or even make a frame.

In my art journal spread I used it for the background several times layered up with acrylic spray paints and I loved how beautifully the stencil created a deep dimensional feel. I touched it up with some letterpress images, oil based inks and markers. Then I used the stencil for framing the spread.

Have No Fear Of Perfection. You’ll Never Reach It

Salvador Dali.

Supplies: Stencil Girl Productions Cascading Leaves Stencil, Letterpress Blocks, Tissue Paper, Liquitex Acrylic Paint, Liquitex Professional Spray Paints, Liquitex Professional Paint Markers, Louise Nelson Feather Stamp, Speedball Oil Base Block Print Ink.

Don’t forget to check what all the other artists created with the stencil and also get the chance to win a giveaway on Jessica’s Blog.

Jessica Sporn

Michelle La Point Rydell

Judy Shea

Roben-Marie Smith

Have a wonderful day

Nat

I am soooo excited…and I just can’t hide it or Stencil Girl Products (nathaliesstudio.com)
Take a Shower Art Journal Page…or Negative Circuit Stencil (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (17)

Gunvor

May 4, 2013 at 7:02 am | #

Oh, I really love this spread! It “ooooozes” with life! I think I have to get this stencil (too),

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Lynn Cohen

May 2, 2013 at 8:31 pm | #

Another lovely page! Hey to Jessica for awesome leaves!

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wandahentges

May 2, 2013 at 7:26 pm | #

Wonderful spread!!!!

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wandahentges

May 2, 2013 at 7:25 pm | #

Wonderful spread!!!

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Maria McGuire

May 2, 2013 at 6:25 pm | #

Really love how you used the stencil as a border–beautiful spread!

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Kay Wallace

May 2, 2013 at 5:38 pm | #

And excellent way to “drive” this stencil, Nathalie! Love the border that you have created to frame this brilliant quote! Way to go!

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Linda K

May 2, 2013 at 4:09 pm | #

love the effect you achieved by using the spray paint-fabulous!

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marjiekemper

May 2, 2013 at 3:31 pm | #

Love the stencil, and what a great quote!

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Carolyn Dube

May 2, 2013 at 3:18 pm | #

What a forest of joy you’ve created! You’ve created such depth with this stencil!

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Gina Sismilich

May 2, 2013 at 2:55 pm | #

Beautiful pages. I am really loving those leaves in black. They make a neat frame.

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Jessica Sporn

May 2, 2013 at 1:58 pm | #

This is really great Nat – love all the dimension, the colors, the border, and the quote. Beautiful!

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Julie Tucker-Wolek

May 2, 2013 at 1:47 pm | #

This is absolutely gorgeous Nat!! I love it!!!

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Sue Clarke

May 2, 2013 at 1:40 pm | #

The stencil works great as a border Nat. The quote of course is “prefect” (ha ha).

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Judy Shea

May 2, 2013 at 1:30 pm | #

I love how you used this as a border. So many ways to use it and I love what you did here.

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Jean Marmo

May 2, 2013 at 1:28 pm | #

Awesome stencil!!

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Martha Richardson

May 2, 2013 at 12:59 pm | #

Fab page…need this stencil!

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Michelle LaPoint Rydell

May 2, 2013 at 7:11 am | #

Hi Nat! I LOVE LOVE LOVE what you did with the stencil! Those colors are totally awesome, and the leaves border makes the page feel like a jungle I could walk right into. Beautiful work!

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Inspired by Shane Koyczan or…for the bullied and beautiful

Art Art Journal Mixed Media Poetry Shane Koyczan Spoken word TED

I saw this TED talk by Shane Koyczan. I think it is amazing. Shane Koyczan makes spoken-word poetry and music. This video is powerful and touching!

From “To This Day”

“…and if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself
get a better mirror
look a little closer
stare a little longer
because there’s something inside you
that made you keep trying
despite everyone who told you to quit…”

[ted id=1687]

And he said something else on his website which I loved so much that it inspired me to this art journal page.

“Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.”

So true!

Thank you Shane for this amazing inspiration and for being such an enrichment and encouragement to other people’s life through your art!

Have a wonderful day!
huge hugs
Nat

Space Age Bachelor Pad or…Art Journal Page (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

Comments (4)

Martha Richardson

April 30, 2013 at 12:56 pm | #

TFS…I needed THAT message today! Love the page…but…it’s the quote that really grabs me <3

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Sue Clarke

April 30, 2013 at 12:51 pm | #

I continue to love the TED videos that you post Nat. The woman on this page just grabs me. Maybe I can relate to her doing the dishes. Wonderful and different from what you usually share with your fans.

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Michelle Guest

April 30, 2013 at 9:56 am | #

I just listened to his ted talk… It is very good… Your art is beautiful!

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muriel

April 30, 2013 at 8:45 am | #

How I love your page, the colours, the building and what inspired you. Thanks for the link to the talk. I came upon TED two years ago and was so pleased I did; they have such great talks by amazing people.

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