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Opposites Attract – Michelle Rydell

It is Tuesday and that means it is time for my Creative Squad to show you a fun project. The theme for March is Opposites Attract and the team will use my new Bird Foam Stamp, Rubber Stamp and Stencil Set. Just as opposite colors on a color wheel highlight one another, or yin and yang fit together so comfortably, sometimes the best is brought out when we celebrate extreme differences!

This week we’re happy to show you an art journal page by Michelle Rydell, which has us singing along with her! Take a look at her musically inspired interpretation of our theme.

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The first thing I thought of when I heard this month’s theme, was the song “Opposites Attract,” by Paula Abdul. I thought it would be fun to use that as inspiration for my journal spread!

Here’s how I made the spread (the song running thru my head the whole time)…

I used the cling stamp bird first, and stamped her with versamark ink, so I could emboss her in a variety of bright colors. I poured each color of embossing powder on separately, so that I could shake the extra off and back into the jar, without the colors getting mixed up.

When I was done, this is how my bird looked. The stray bits of color don’t matter because I will be cutting her out.

Next I used the foam stamp bird. For my vision to come to life, I needed this guy to be facing left, instead of right. In order to accomplish this, I stamped him onto my gelli plate, and then pressed my kraft paper onto the plate, and voila, a left facing bird! (Just a note: If you don’t have a gelli plate, you could probably accomplish the same thing by substituting any non-porous surface, such as a piece of acetate or a plastic placemat.)

Once I had my two birds cut out, the rest of the page came together quickly. I painted a simple nighttime background on the left, with a paper-pieced tree branch. On the right side of the spread, I used the stencil that comes with the set to create some bushes in the background for my daytime bird. The hearts were cut from some underpaper on my desk that had pink paints and sprays on it. The lyric from the song was written with markers for a finishing touch.

I just loved working with this fun set! The birds are adorable and I love how you can mix and match them to create all kinds of different looks!

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I love how Michelle showed us step-by-step her process for creating this fun page. Her placement of the bird up-side-down on the tree really made me smile and her lettering is just gorgeous too!

Besides the supplies listed below, Michelle also used kraft paper and underpaper to create this art journal page.

Nat*s Bird StampSet	Ranger Dylusions Acrylic Paint	Sharpie Waterbased Poster Paint Marker	Versamark Embossing Ink Pad
Zing! Opaque White Embossing Powder	Zing! Opaque Leaf Embossing Powder	Zing! Opaque Aqua Embossing Powder	Ranger Magenta Embossing Powder
Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate 6×6

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And maybe you will even play along -we would love to see how you interpret the theme – email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share what you did at the beginning of next month!

See you next Tuesday for project inspiration from around the globe.

Nat

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Dee Ann O'Brien

April 26, 2016 at 7:58 am | #

Fun use of the birds to cleverly send a message!

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Karen Petitt

April 25, 2016 at 9:10 pm | #

I have to play in my journal tomorrow now! All these gorgeous journal pages have made me want to get covered in paint or ink and play with my stamps and stencils. Just awesome inspiration and awesome art! Many thanks for the blog hop, the fabulous inspiration and for sharing your art with us Karen x

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gwenlafleur

April 19, 2016 at 7:14 pm | #

Really beautiful page! Love the colors and lettering, really love the way that you used the different colors of embossing powder. So cool!

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Joi@RR

March 24, 2016 at 1:16 pm | #

Ahhh so darling Michelle – and so true – opposites attract!!! Love your upside down bird – eheheheheh!! And all the bright colors on black and on white – you thought of everything!! SUCH a fun page. Nat’s stamps look FABULOUS once again!!! Happy Easter! j.

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Sharon Fritchman

March 23, 2016 at 6:00 am | #

I LOVED this song so much and Michelle’s creativity really shines here! Awesome!!!!!

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Jenny Petricek

March 22, 2016 at 8:14 pm | #

Wonderful spread! (And a great old song from my 1990’s childhood!)

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- Michelle LaPoint Rydell
  
  March 23, 2016 at 9:21 am | #
  
  Thanks so much Jenny!
  
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Sue Clarke

March 22, 2016 at 5:24 pm | #

LOVE it. The phrase, the colors and the birds being opposite each other (plus day and night). Nice job!

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- Michelle LaPoint Rydell
  
  March 23, 2016 at 9:20 am | #
  
  Thank you Sue! I appreciate your kind words!
  
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marsha.

March 22, 2016 at 4:44 pm | #

Love it Michelle! Love the colours, the night and day contrast, the bird upside down and your lettering <3! And the lyrics… I had totally forgotten about that song!!

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- Michelle LaPoint Rydell
  
  March 23, 2016 at 9:19 am | #
  
  Thanks Marsha! It was such a fun set to work with! I love what you did with it too!
  
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Gayle

March 22, 2016 at 12:08 pm | #

Exquisite! What a clever interpretation of the theme!

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- Michelle LaPoint Rydell
  
  March 23, 2016 at 9:17 am | #
  
  Thank you so much Gayle!
  
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phinner

March 22, 2016 at 11:36 am | #

This is super Michelle!!! Its all very cool, I especially like how you formatted the lyrics with the cursive and block lettering! Now I’m off to find my Paula Abdul cassette, LOL!

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- Michelle LaPoint Rydell
  
  March 23, 2016 at 9:17 am | #
  
  thank you Phin! I appreciate you noticing that about the lettering! Have fun looking thru your cassettes!
  
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Michelle LaPoint Rydell

March 22, 2016 at 11:15 am | #

Thanks Julie! and LOL about the song!!!

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Julie Tucker

March 22, 2016 at 8:30 am | #

Love love love this! LOVING what you did with the bird .. and now I have that song in my head! LOL!!!!

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Opposites Attract – Cheiron Brandon

Art Journal Bird Creative Squad Foam Stamp Mixed Media Rubber stamp Stencil

It is another Tuesday and therefore time for my Creative Squad to show you a fun project. The theme for March is Opposites Attract and the team will use my new Bird Foam Stamp, Rubber Stamp and Stencil Set. Just as opposite colors on a color wheel highlight one another, or yin and yang fit together so comfortably, sometimes the best is brought out when we celebrate extreme differences!

So here is the gorgeous Cheiron Brandon with her beautiful interpretation of the theme in form of an art journal page

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I had all kinds of thoughts when I heard the theme “opposites attract”. I decided that since I love bright rainbow colors so much, I would try to mix up some paints that were a bit of a different palette this month for my art journal page. So for me my opposite was to start out with colors I would not normally use. I mixed up a bunch of pastel greens, yellows and pink and just went with it!

I created the pink background with a brayer, then used a stamp from the Kaffee Klatsch stamp set along with some yellow paint to create some texture on the background. I gave my page a border using the Batik stencil.

I wanted to create a scene for my bird so I used the stencil included in the Bird Foam stamp set to create a little garden. I layered the “trees” in different greens and then painted around them with acrylic ink to make them pop a bit. To create the bird I painted some blues onto a separate piece of paper and once it was dry, I stamped over it with the outline bird from the Bird Foam stamp set that I “inked” up with black paint using a foam tool.

Once I created my bird, I added some more trees to ground him to the page. Once he was all done, I added a tiny crown, some lavender splatter and a few words to complete the page.

Not my normal color palette, but in the end I love how the colors look! It’s always great to try something new :)

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I hope you enjoy Cheiron’s project as much as I do. I love how she stamped the patterned bird side of the foam stamp on a pre-painted piece of paper and then cut it out, as well as her layering of the stencil shapes in the background and in the foreground. And the crown…too cute!

Besides the supplies listed below, Cheiron also used acrylic paints, music sheet paper and a pencil to create this art journal page:

Nat*s Bird StampSet	Nat’s Foam Stamp Trio	n*Studio Kaffee Klatsch Stamps	Batik Stencil
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING	Liquitex Acrylic Inks

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Maybe you will even play along -we would love to see how you interpret the theme – email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share what you did at the beginning of next month!

See you next Tuesday for the another project with the theme ‘Opposites Attact’.

Nat

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Wednesday Hop with Nathalie Kalbach and Friends

April 28, 2016 at 12:23 am | #

[…] Creative Squad Member Cheiron Brandon […]

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Karen Petitt

April 25, 2016 at 9:00 pm | #

I love how you have used this new bird, in fact checking back through the posts I have been completely and utterly inspired by all of the DT! The way you have used colour and the paints really works for me because it feels like it’s something I too could achieve! Many thanks for the blog hop, the fabulous inspiration and for sharing your art with us Karen x

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Joi@RR

March 10, 2016 at 10:06 am | #

Bright, springish, and fun Cheiron. You made a lovely world for Nat darling bird! j.

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Gwen L.

March 9, 2016 at 11:51 am | #

Great page Cheiron! I love the way you used the stencils to create a scene… and the little crown on the bird! Great idea to use colors that are the opposite of your usual palette – I love that idea!

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Michelle LaPoint Rydell

March 9, 2016 at 6:15 am | #

This is such a beautiful page Cheiron! I LOVE the colors you used, and the way you created a scene with the stamps and stencils – the stamps in the background make awesome clouds! Cute crown too!

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Miriam Prantner

March 8, 2016 at 12:24 pm | #

Wonderful page! I love the bright pink with the greens and how that cool blue of the bird contrasts.

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Opposites Attract – Gwen Lafleur

Art Journal Bird Creative Squad Foam Stamp Mixed Media Rubber stamp Stencil

I am so excited as this is the first Tuesday for my Creative Squad to show you a fun project. The theme for March is Opposites Attract and the team will use my new Bird Foam Stamp, Rubber Stamp and Stencil Set. Just as opposite colors on a color wheel highlight one another, or yin and yang fit together so comfortably, sometimes the best is brought out when we celebrate extreme differences!

So here is the wonderful Gwen Lafleur with her amazing and stunning interpretation of the theme in form of an art journal page

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For the this month’s theme of “opposites attract,” I decided to interpret it in two ways. You can see lots of complementary colors used throughout the piece, but the main way I created “opposites” was by contrasting bright / shiny / new with old / rusty / brown. I tend to use this type of contrast in a lot in my work, so I thought it would be fun to really emphasize it for this piece.

To make the page, I created a background with black gesso and layered some color on top to create a kind of distressed look, but using a mix of bright and dark colors. To add more old / new contrast, I used the Circuit stencil with gold ink. For the birds, I stamped each side of the foam stamp plus the rubber stamp on cardstock, then decorated each of them separately.

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The bottom bird used the rubber stamp, and he’s all about bright colors, beads, gloss and shine. The middle bird used the detailed side of the foam stamp and he’s a fun little hybrid. I made the top look rusty, but layered shiny dimensional paints on top. I cut out a section from the bottom following the lines of the stamp and added some fabric – it’s vintage sari fabric, but it has shiny sequins on it. The top bird is from the solid side of the foam stamp and is all old and rusty with no shine or bright colors. I used acrylic paints, texture paste, and Viva Rusty paint and patina to make it look like a piece of rusted metal, then added a vintage metal button for his eye.

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To finish, I positioned each of the birds on the page and then used the leaf stencil that comes with the stamps and stenciled the base of the leaves where I wanted them. I kept the same pattern as I added the leaves – brighter green at the bottom moving to brown and dark leaves at the top.

It was so much fun to work with these stamps and stencils – they’re so versatile! Plus, this month’s theme was challenging yet enjoyable, and I really love how it turned out!

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Wow – I hope you enjoyed Gwen’s project as much as I did. I love how she used all three bird stamp surfaces and created them differently yet cohesive and the texture and detail in this page is stunning!

Besides the supplies listed below, Gwen also used several dimensional paints, misc fabric, jewel and metal buttons to create this art journal page:

And maybe you will even play along -we would love to see how you interpret the theme – email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share what you did at the beginning of next month!

See you next Tuesday for the another project with the theme ‘Opposites Attact’.

Nat

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Dee Ann O'Brien

April 26, 2016 at 7:54 am | #

Wonderful birds- inspiring. Great technique directions!

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- gwenlafleur
  
  April 26, 2016 at 1:35 pm | #
  
  Thank you so much! So glad you liked it :)
  
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Karen Petitt

April 25, 2016 at 8:43 pm | #

Oh no and dang! I now have to change what new stamps and stencils I had planned to purchase in May. This is just dang! For me it was an OMGee when I hopped over, I love the rich deep colour which is so perfectly opposite yet matches the rusted layer. I own one of Natalie’s stamp and stencils sets and I knew when I could I was going to purchase more of her tools. Today’s post has reminded me not to plan ahead so much because I need these new stamps and stencils so very much! Just as I thought it couldn’t get better this month you guys release these beautiful products.
Thank you so much for the blog hop, the awesome inspiration and for sharing your gorgeous art with us Karen x

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- gwenlafleur
  
  April 26, 2016 at 1:35 pm | #
  
  Thanks so much Karen! I have to admit, this is a pretty fun stamp set… plus it’s 3 stamps and one stencil in one! You really kind of have to have it ;)
  
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VikiB

March 5, 2016 at 10:59 am | #

That is an awesome piece! I love the contrast and the addition of the circuit looks so cool.

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- gwenlafleur
  
  March 9, 2016 at 11:52 am | #
  
  Thank you so much! I couldn’t resist adding the circuit stencil as part of the opposites theme – so glad you like it!
  
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alisa

March 2, 2016 at 7:26 pm | #

Love the creative team! Great ideas

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- gwenlafleur
  
  March 3, 2016 at 10:43 pm | #
  
  Thanks Alisa! I’m thrilled to be included in such fantastic company :)
  
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cheiron

March 2, 2016 at 4:27 pm | #

Amazing page Gwen. I am loving the colors and texture!

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- gwenlafleur
  
  March 3, 2016 at 10:42 pm | #
  
  Thanks Cheiron! I can’t wait to see what you did for this challenge :D
  
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Martha Richardson

March 2, 2016 at 8:42 am | #

I’m so glad to see a Creative Squad! Love the project and tutorial ;)

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- gwenlafleur
  
  March 3, 2016 at 10:41 pm | #
  
  Me too Martha! And thank you! It was fun to work with this month’s stamp set :)
  
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Michelle LaPoint Rydell

March 1, 2016 at 6:30 pm | #

Gorgeous page Gwen! I love how you combined the rusty elements with the bright colors – it really pops!

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- gwenlafleur
  
  March 3, 2016 at 10:41 pm | #
  
  Thanks Michelle! I really like the contrast of old and new… glad I’m not the only one!
  
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Sue Clarke

March 1, 2016 at 8:24 am | #

I love how you used the Circuit stencil Gwen!
Makes it seem like branches. Nice job.

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- Gwen L.
  
  March 1, 2016 at 11:37 am | #
  
  Thanks Sue! I thought that was a fun stencil to use for this – it felt like it fit, but still added some cool (to me!) contrast :)
  
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More hours or …. In My Art Journal Today

Art Journal Foam Stamp Rubber stamp Stampendous Stencil Urban Scribble

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see!” John Burroghs

Apparently I didn’t find the day too short to repeat myself but was at the same time not concentrated enough to write everything grammatically right in my art journal spread -LOL – can you spy it? Oh man, embarrassing but …oh well… here you go … the real deal;)

I played with different greens and yellow and orange acrylic paint and stamped the city shape using the pattern art of my Urban Scribble foam stamp with purple as a nice contrast to the orange. I applied the paint with a brayer to the foam stamp- goes quick and easy.

As you can see in the WIP (Work In Progress) Picture above I added a little border to my stencil in the set with duct tape as to prevent over spraying when using the stencil with spray paint. Here I just added paint to the surface, then placed the stencil on top and rubbed areas of paint off with a baby wipe – at other spots I stenciled through the stencil.

For the Journaling I used a bamboo sketching pen and black acrylic ink- I love to write with the pen …so much, that I like to double my words ;)

What would you do if you had more hours in the day?

Here is a list of the supplies, I used for the art journal spread above.

Nat

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Joi@RR

February 14, 2016 at 4:35 pm | #

No one can make a skyline look like you Nat. This is just INCREDIBLE. The background is sooo YUMMY and the colors so BRILLIANTLY FABULOUS. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this and your urban scribble. No – can’t see any mistakes at all. GORGEOUS to me. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY sweet Nathalie. You are dear to me. ❤❤j

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Kim Collister

February 12, 2016 at 1:36 pm | #

Loved your post and your journal pages! Great Color!
XO

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Urban Scribble Card AND The Shop is Open!

Foam Stamp Mixed Media nStore Rubber stamp Stampendous Stamps

Isn’t this Card by Janelle Stollfus using my new Urban Scribble Stamp Set – just super cool! I love the gorgeous vibrant colors. Janelle used watercolors, and pencils and acrylic markers to create the background and color in the rubber stamp image included in the set! Thank you so much Janelle for sharing !

And – I have news – as so many people asked, where to get my stamps and other products – well hopefully your local craft and art store carries them…but if you do not have one close by or if they do not carry them…I just opened my own web store for you too and you can get my new stamp sets and some other items there :)

If you live in the United States, you can order directly and immediately from this site. If you order several items the shipping rate is calculated automatically per item. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to set it up differently in the store. But if I can ship your total order for a cheaper price than the automatically calculated price (which is most of the time the case with several items), I will refund you the difference.

If you require international shipping, please email me in advance of your order at orders@nathaliesstudio to discuss shipping options as international shipping can be variable and expensive. I can look into the best option as soon as I know what you would like to order and give you a quote.

I hope you visit my new n*Store and if you use any of my stamps or stencils- please share with me – I love to see what you create with them!

Have a beautiful day!!!!

Nat

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Sue Clarke

January 28, 2016 at 5:23 pm | #

Let’s hear it for your own store online!!! Woot.

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maura

January 28, 2016 at 3:11 pm | #

Love it!

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Song Bird or… In My Art Journal Today

Art Journal Bird Foam Stamp Stampendous Stamps Stencils

Free after E. E. Cummings “My head is a living forest full of song birds.”

I made this page based on a background that to be honest was really really bad. The colors were just awful on the spread, so I used some gesso here and there to tone it down and then I layered my new frond masks which are part of my new Bird StampSet on top of the background. You can pop the fronds out of the plastic and that gives you a stencil and masks in one :)

I then used Carbon Black and Parchment Spray Paint and sprayed over the masks, which revealed after lifting them, the really cool colors and designs. I used a brayer to layer some white paint on top of the foam stamp and the patterned and the solid side to stamp the birds onto the spread.

An easy way to make something nice out of a really ugly beginning :) And a great way to start the day with a little art journaling warm up.

Thank you all for your wonderful comments about the new stamp sets- I am so excited! They are being shipped right now to the Brick-and-Mortar stores and they are already available at some Online Stores. I will list the stores as soon as I have an update from the Stores. I will also have them soon available on my website for you to purchase direct if you cannot buy them locally. I cannot wait to see what you are doing with them and I am also excited to share some more projects and tutorials with them soon :)

Hope you have a wonderful day- with or without song birds in your head ;)

hugs

Nat

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colourfly

January 24, 2016 at 6:22 am | #

Liebe Nat, Ich finde deine neuen Stempel so supertoll…. Kann eskaum erwarten diese zu kaufen!!! Ich hoffe, dass sie auch in good old Germany zu haben sind?!
Die Journal Seite ist super!
Ganz liebe Grüße, Sabine

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  January 24, 2016 at 9:26 am | #
  
  vielen Dank Sabine! Ja- in Deutschland sollte es sie auch geben – ich poste sobald ich weiß, welcher Shop in Deutschland sie führt :) Liebe GRüße in die Heimat :)
  
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Jenny Petricek

January 23, 2016 at 4:23 pm | #

Love this spread, Nathalie! I love the dark background and the colorful fronds that pop out in front of it!

I appreciate that you explained the process of how you arrived at this particular background. Sometimes the most delightful surprises come from adding to and covering things that we weren’t happy with originally!

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  January 23, 2016 at 6:44 pm | #
  
  That is so true, Jenny!
  
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gloz

January 22, 2016 at 1:47 pm | #

Hi Nathalie, Thanks so much for leaving a comment on my blog. I am really enjoying my Creative Jumpstart 2016 and I have decided to use it as a new diet ploy for myself! I tend to nibble all night long in the winter, there-by gaining weight. But of I am doing art projects between 8 and midnight, I can’t eat at the same time!

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Archival Ink Black	Ranger Archival Ink Pad SEPIA	Prima Micro Beads	Golden Fluid Acrylics
Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic Paints	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint	Viva Decor RUSTY PAPER Paint	Viva Decor Patina Paints
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Nat’s Urban Scribble Stamp+Stencil Set	Nat’s Foam Stamp Trio	Nat’s Mark Maker Stamps	Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic Paints
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See you next Tuesday for the another project with the theme ‘Opposites Attact’.

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