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Stroll Through the Hood

Hamburg

A lot of times I get asked what inspires me. And one of my key answers is always “a stroll through the hood”. It might be street art, it might be thoughts or feelings connected with certain sights, it might be stuff I find to buy…in one way or the other you might find the photos, the thoughts, the feelings, the colors or anything from those strolls in my art journal, a mixed media project or a scrapbooking layout.

I would love to show you once a month what inspired me while strolling through my neighborhood. I hope you like the little insights into my daily life where I live (at the moment Hamburg, Germany). This is also a wonderful way for me to remind myself on the inspiring things in the hood. Maybe you get inspired by those posts and even invite ME to a stroll in YOUR hood – feel free to grab the logo and leave a comment for me on the post and share!

I love these pillars that some of the houses have around here- this one is my favorite as it has also so much texture – ahhh – I want to create a background that looks like this

This is outer wall to a garden of a kindergarten in the hood. I love this – it is funny and I am sure the kids love it too.

I was rushing to go out with some friends when I passed by this clothes stores and the decoration made me stop. Love the clothespins lamps- such a cool idea – it is formed chicken wire and attached to it are the clothes pins

Love this view out of the window of the train right before you roll into my neighbor hood train station. BTW…notice T-Shirts ? Yes…the ONLY day so far in this spring there it was warm enough and I spent it in train….LOL

I thought this was such a fun idea – in this shop which sells things from local designers and artists you step up from the shop into the window display and you can walk around the display and check the things out in the window. Great idea to make it part of the shopping experience.

Hope you liked it- see you next month in the hood

hugs

Nat

Stroll Through the Hood (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

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micki7764

June 2, 2013 at 5:33 pm | #

That’s one of the things I miss about Germany. Living in the midwest you don’t see that. Sigh, I have a love/hate relationship with your blog. LOVE you, your art and your photos but yet, photos of “the hood” really (really) make me homesick for Bad Hersfeld. :-(.

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rains

June 1, 2013 at 9:19 pm | #

European neighborhoods are so cool to me! I love the details that you see and share.

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mjmarmo

June 1, 2013 at 4:01 pm | #

Love seeing your hood!

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Sue Clarke

June 1, 2013 at 3:19 pm | #

I love the stroll through your hood Nat.
Such a beautiful area with tons of street art!
You will get more of an inspiration from nature if you come to my hood. You’re invited.

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scrapvat

June 1, 2013 at 11:43 am | #

Such cool photos. How nice to do this. A good idea to kick start creativity :D thanks for sharing.

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starlightdoodler

June 1, 2013 at 7:39 am | #

Love your hood, looking forward to next month

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Michelle Guest

June 1, 2013 at 6:49 am | #

I like the idea of the customers becoming the window art!
I glad you are going to get to experience living in America, but I’m going to miss your foreign tours…

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Stroll Through the Hood

Hamburg Photos

I would love to show you once a month what inspired me while strolling through my neighborhood. I hope you like the little insights into my daily life where I live (Hamburg, Germany). This is also a wonderful way for me to remind myself on the inspiring things in the hood. Maybe you get inspired by those posts and even invite ME to a stroll in YOUR hood – feel free to grab the logo and leave a comment for me on the post and share!

While walking to the grocery store I caught sight of this awesome graffiti car- how fun!

This house is getting torn down right now. Very sad- I always loved this house. I used to live for many years right next to it.

my subway stop…love the old water tower. I saw this when I came home from a trip in the train, passing fast by – made me happy to be home soon.

Saturday Flea Market – love strolling there after grocery shopping – It is always inspiring and you find lot’s of stuff…like a letterpress cabinet ;)

This made my friend Sandra and me laugh forever, we nearly wet our pants. Taken in clothing store here -in the changing area. On the right it says “Please do not hang anything on the lightbulbs, thanks”.

I recognized the bird from a different place when I posted some street art photos from the hood a couple of weeks ago.

Taken in the park around the corner. It is called “Planten un Bloomen” – which is the name in a regional language called Plattdeutsch (a kind of Low German not often spoken anymore – if someone here once in a while really starts talking in Plattdeutsch- I understand ZERO). English and Plattdeutsch have a lot of similarities since they come from the same language origin. So you can probably get the sense of the name “Planten un Bloomen” :)

Wonderful treasure store …unbelievable what you can find there! I got some really cool old stamps there.

Since we are not getting too much sun here …as soon as the sun is out and even if it is freezing cold- everyone sits outside for lunch or for coffee, to watch what is going on outside …in the hood.

Hope you liked it- see you next month in the hood ;)

hugs

Nat

A Stroll Through the Neighborhood or…Love Streetart (nathaliesstudio.com)
Where young people go to retire or…Sternschanzia (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

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Enikö

May 9, 2013 at 5:00 pm | #

Love seeing you stroll through the neighborhood! I’ve always been intrigued by Hamburg since I read about the Beatles hanging out there in their youth, LOL! I live on a small rural island (Martha’s Vineyard is off the coast of Massachusetts in the US) so it’s very different from where you live…perhaps I’ll post a little tour one day.

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  May 10, 2013 at 10:32 am | #
  
  Ohhh I always wanted to go to Martha’s Vineyard. Some day :) Yes yes take me on a tour :)
  
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Carrie

May 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm | #

Thanks for the glimpse into your world! My husband and mother-in-law have some relatives in Niedersachsen who speak Plattdeutsch, I think. I haven’t met them, but my mother-in-law told me about Plattdeutsch, and how different it is.

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Jean Marmo

May 6, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

Love seeing your hood!

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fran

May 5, 2013 at 5:36 am | #

love that expression “the hood” I haven’t heard it before.

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Anna Ely

May 5, 2013 at 3:59 am | #

Thanks for showing us around your “hood”! It’s been 20 years since I was in Germany last….would so love to go back again! I may just have to take a stroll around mine and share!

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Suzanne Bouchard

May 5, 2013 at 1:52 am | #

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your neighborhood! I loved the store that sells old stamps. WOW!

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Sue Clarke

May 4, 2013 at 3:25 pm | #

I love “walking” through your hood Nat. That car is awesome and I wonder if my hubby would like to change our mini-van to match it. I especially like to see your pics since we do not live in the city and only get to Boston about 6 times a year.

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weevon

May 4, 2013 at 2:25 pm | #

Thank you for the walk thru your hood! Love seeing places I have never been, especially the places you would never see in a tour.

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Marsha.

May 4, 2013 at 10:30 am | #

<3!

I love walking in my city and there is always something to see and think about. But it's not half as cool and inspirational as your neighbourhood!

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Michelle Guest

May 4, 2013 at 8:22 am | #

Very cool tour… I love seeing your neighborhood… I love the store you call the treasure store- those are the best places to find unexpected treasures!

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A Stroll Through the Hood

Gängeviertel Hamburg Sternschanze Street Art

Wait and see ;)

This one is so very detailed – amazing!

The dove is one of my favorites

This sculpture in front of the building makes me happy

this is so simple and yet so effective

best satellite dish design ever!

lots of individual I’s

does that necessary mean We?

and I just want to have this on my studio wall

Hope you had fun strolling around in my neighborhoods ;)

nat

Where Young People go To Retire or…Sternschanzia (nathaliesstudio.com)
Street Art Album – Prima Marketing (nathaliesstudio.com)
London Part II (nathaliesstudio.com)

Nat

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petyvic

April 8, 2013 at 3:36 pm | #

Thinking that i will go around the city with camera on hand, ready!!!!!!!TFS, Nat

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Nurse Ratchet

April 7, 2013 at 4:29 pm | #

Inspiration!! Will be taking my camera to work and taking pics….tx Nat!, I did notice worn Tibetan prayer flags in the detailed fantasy animal art!!

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Sue Clarke

April 7, 2013 at 3:41 pm | #

The satellite dish is so very creative…I think they are so ugly when I see them around here…now decorating them is great.
You have me appreciating street art much more than I used to. In Somerville, MA there are some nice ones to see. I enjoyed the walk thru your neighborhood Nat. Thanks!

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mjmarmo

April 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm | #

So cool. Don’t think there is anything like that here.

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rains

April 7, 2013 at 2:42 pm | #

These are in your neighborhood? So cool. I didn’t know it was ok to paint a satellite dish. I want to paint ours! And I love that sculpture in front of the building.

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M. Carmen - Cuchy

April 7, 2013 at 9:47 am | #

walaaaa. I love that I/we wall.

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Weckruf (Wake-Up Call) or…A FAST Forward Making off a Canvas

Acrylic paint canvas Collage Hamburg Liquitex Heavy Body Paint Liquitex Professional Paint Markers Liquitex Professional Spraypaints Mixed Media Video

The image of this window with some landmarks of Hamburg kept coming up when I was sketching things in my art journal and on my iPad. So I figured it was time to finally just put it on a canvas.

Here is a FAST Forward Movie of the Making off (it is not a step by step tutorial- although most steps are extensively in there ;) ) – I hope you enjoy it. I have a List of all Supplies used below

I had lot’s of fun playing with the new Liquitex Professional Paint Markers – loved that there are so many ways to use them and the colors are just to die for .

Liquitex Ultra Matte Gel Medium

Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paint

White Gesso

Liquitex Professional Spray Paint

Liquitex Acrylic Paint Marker

Liquitex Freestyle Paddle Brush

InLinkz.com

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24cmx30cm Canvas
Loads of old Book Paper

I have some other ideas for this image – color wise etc…so you might see this coming up again in a different look :)

Would you like to see more fast-foward videos in the future?

Have a wonderful day :)

Nat

If you want to learn different techniques for art journals and mixed media canvases using Acrylic Paints, Gesso or Acrylic Inks come and take my Über*Media Online Workshops.

Nat

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Lea Fritts

November 23, 2015 at 8:23 am | #

Oh my goodness, Nat, I love watching you create! I could sit and watch your videos all day long and just soak up your creativity. Please create more videos and never stop! LOL! Looking forward to “Jumping” again!

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Lisa Flaherty

April 1, 2013 at 3:31 am | #

I loved watching your process, seeing your artwork come to life, Nat! So cool to see you make choices while adding different layers of media to the piece. Love it!

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cal8007

March 31, 2013 at 1:18 am | #

Always love watching your process!! Paint markers, mmh!

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Eeva Hall

March 30, 2013 at 7:40 am | #

Love the canvas!! I love videos.

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Cyndi

March 29, 2013 at 6:45 pm | #

Brilliant! Much fun! Yes..you can make more :)

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petyvic

March 29, 2013 at 3:46 pm | #

Hi, Nat! i love the music used! it goes with the theme. Pls., continue with these kind of fast forward videos….they keep me awake!… lovely idea…TFS!

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Laura S

March 29, 2013 at 3:17 pm | #

Loved it, Nathalie! The paint markers look fun. More fast forward videos would be great. TFS! Did you title your canvas, “Starry Starry Night in Hamburg”? :)

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andrenesmith

March 29, 2013 at 3:23 am | #

Beautiful canvas! The video was alot of fun to watch so yes to more!!

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Teresa

March 28, 2013 at 11:03 pm | #

Thank you very much for this video! very simplicity do wonderful work! I love these videos fast forward! thank you!

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rains

March 28, 2013 at 7:34 pm | #

So much fun! I love the music. And you are so talented. Thanks for sharing your process.

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elderscrapper

March 28, 2013 at 6:25 pm | #

I loved watching this. It is great to see the way you show and name the products so that we have most of our questions answered before we even need to ask them. Thanks, Ami

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Kathy P

March 28, 2013 at 5:54 pm | #

Oh, Nat, I can’t tell you how helpful this type of video is for me, as a newbie mixed media person! Seeing how you pull it all together really helps me to ‘get it’. And love your finger work! Can’t wait to try this out in my art journal!

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Heidi

March 28, 2013 at 4:49 pm | #

Yes, Please more videos! Thank You!

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Ann Powell

March 28, 2013 at 2:30 pm | #

Yes please do more of these videos! And are there faces in the windows? Love this whole thing! Thanks Nathalie!

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- Nathalie Kalbach
  
  March 28, 2013 at 9:06 pm | #
  
  Ann, no faces- but uhhh- what a fun idea! :) Nat
  
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mjmarmo

March 28, 2013 at 12:41 pm | #

So fun! I love seeing backgrounds! I love how you did yours. I am too ocd and need to lay the pieces very straight and even. I need to learn to let go!

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Sue Clarke

March 28, 2013 at 11:57 am | #

Must have paint markers!
Wow, can you teach me how to make my hands work that fast Nat? LOL

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Gerd

March 28, 2013 at 8:22 am | #

Thank you for the morning entertainment! Your final canvas is fabulous and I love the music!

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Charlotte

March 28, 2013 at 8:01 am | #

Oh, imagine the fun you could have with those paint markers!! Never seen them before, but there’s another thing added to the looooooong list of arty desires. They look cool! Great canvas, too! Looks great. Can’t wait to see what you might do with it. x

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melanie reed

March 28, 2013 at 7:01 am | #

very cute video… I’ve seen these paint markers in my art supply store – they look interesting, but I don’t know what to do with them. I’d love to see more fast-forward videos!

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Where young people go to retire or…Sternschanzia

Hamburg Portlandia Sternschanze

A couple months ago Dina and I had a fun conversation and she introduced me to Portlandia. She mentioned she had put a bird on something and just called it art. She explained to me that this is from Portlandia. Portlandia is a satirical sketch TV Series in the US playing in Portland, Oregon. It shows in a of course over-pointed way the life in some pockets that each city has – up and coming neighborhoods. places that no-one before wanted to live, and then kind of get artsy and fun….then popular.

Portlandia can be everywhere – it is actually right here, where I live in the Sternschanze in Hamburg- LOL. That is probably why I laugh so much about this series – It is hilarious. I love my neighborhood-I do …but I also love to make fun of myself and us the people who live here. It is colorful, different, provoking and inspiring…sometimes stupid, sometimes nerve wracking…sometimes just plain funny

When I watch this video about the “Dream of the 1890s” and I think of all my friends and people around here that have beards right now, wear suspenders, ride weird bicycles and …

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Or when I walk somewhere to run errands in the morning and see some people “working” on their laptops out-side in front of a cafe, and when I go home later in the evening- they would be still there. EVERY day! We have more cafes when you can imagine. I guess this is “where young people go to retire”.

Or in Portlandia you see this video about the “2 Girls 2 Shirts” Store- and when my husband and I saw it we yelled out loud “1 Girl 1 Sweater” because that is pretty much the store right across of your house.

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Point of this? No point…just showing you a little peek into my neighborhood and if you sometimes think I am weird – LOL- I am just the product of my environment – ;)

Have a gorgeous day

hugs

Nat

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cal8007

March 11, 2013 at 3:02 am | #

Mh, gonna have to check that program out, it might turn out to be El Paso, TX, where I live, because there are many weird people here too LOL!

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annie!

March 7, 2013 at 6:26 pm | #

I’ve never seen Portlandia…probably because I live in Colombia…but I’ll definitely look for it now when I visit the States. Your girl portrait is fab!

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Marsha.

March 6, 2013 at 9:54 pm | #

<3! For Portlandia, but even more for Sternschanze. It's awesome!

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Lisa Flaherty

March 6, 2013 at 5:17 pm | #

I loves me some Portlandia! Great post, Nat, and sounds like a fun and interesting community you live in! Cracking up about you and your husband and the “1 Girl 1 Sweater!!!” Too funny!

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Sue Clarke

March 6, 2013 at 4:50 pm | #

Never heard of the show but it looks funny. Two girls two shirts is a hoot.
I just came back from a week in Orlando, FLA were many folks go to retire and many go as tourists. So interesting to see the retired folks driving around slowly and the vacationing folks rushing to have fun in the theme parks.

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Michelle Guest

March 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm | #

Every place we live ends up emprinting something into our makeup for us to carry as a part of ourselves… &… If we move we take that something to a new area… Its what makes life interesting!
*cute post*

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Mary Hutchinson Hicks

March 6, 2013 at 4:26 pm | #

I’ve never even heard of this show, but will definitely check it out! The videos really made me laugh – thanks for sharing!

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rains

March 6, 2013 at 3:02 pm | #

we love this show too. It’s so interesting to hear you have the same type of town there.

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mjmarmo

March 6, 2013 at 12:56 pm | #

Sounds like a creative and fun place!!

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Laura b

March 6, 2013 at 8:00 am | #

I love the show portlandia. Yes, it is over the top, but that’s what makes it so funny! My family just doesn’t get it, but I do!

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Studio DaphNat: Modeling Paste Technique Results

Hamburg layout Modeling Paste Result Studio DaphNat tv tower

Letzte Woche habe Daphne und ich die Modeling Paste Technik gezeigt und natürlich wollen wir Euch auch unsere Endprodukte nicht vorenthalten ;-)

Last week Daphne and I showed you the Modeling Paste Technique and of course we want to show you our end results too ;)

*Entering Hamburg*

Journaling: When you walk through Hamburg you will always see the tv tower. When coming home from a trip you can see the tv tower from far away! It is the sign of coming home- the welcome sign the sign of HOME!

Supplies: Modeling Paste, Chalks, Neocolors II, Colors Conspiracy, Prima Lace, Heidi Swapp Journaling Tag, Fancy Pants Overlay, American Crafts Thickers, American Crafts Pens.

Vergesst nicht Daphnes Ergebnisse anzuschauen!

Don’t forget to check out Daphne’s result!

Nat

Charleen

July 24, 2008 at 5:47 pm | #

wow, the texture is great again and the colors are wonderful!

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Eeva

July 24, 2008 at 3:41 pm | #

This is sooo cool!!!!

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Kristina

July 24, 2008 at 6:41 am | #

That is so beautiful. Absolutely love that background. Haven’t seen anything like it.

Have a great summer, Nat. :)

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Barbara

July 23, 2008 at 10:51 pm | #

Holy Crap Batman!!!!!!!!!!

Someday I’d love to just sit and watch you scrap! I’d learn so much from you.
Congrats on being in the Somerset Memories aug/sep issue, just sitting there in the bookstore this afternoon looking threw it {yah, call me cheep} and how exciting to see some more of your craft! So Congrats!

Hugs too!

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christiane

July 23, 2008 at 9:43 am | #

i MUST try it too!! what an amazing result!! wanna touch it tooo!! :D

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jana

July 23, 2008 at 8:43 am | #

hach, sooo schön !

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Melli

July 23, 2008 at 7:59 am | #

wow so cool … das sieht total genial aus … ich glaub ich muss diese Technik unbedingt mal probieren

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scrappermimi

July 23, 2008 at 3:41 am | #

I just want to touch this, there is so much texture and dimension! Fabulous!

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aimee

July 22, 2008 at 10:37 pm | #

that is freakin’ awesome!

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Daphne

July 22, 2008 at 8:29 pm | #

oooooooooh schatzie! I knew you were going to make something beautiful with this amazing coloured background!

Love the journaling and your layouts about Hamburg; I can always feel your love for the city :-)

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KimmyS

July 22, 2008 at 8:20 pm | #

Yay – das Layout schreit wirklich “zuhause”
Unser heissgeliebter Turm.
Klasse layout – die Technik ist echt genial

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milkcan

July 22, 2008 at 8:20 pm | #

So cool! I’m going to check out the technique link!

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Linda Beeson

July 22, 2008 at 6:39 pm | #

YUM! Just plain YUM! I have that stuff, ‘spose I should pull it out.

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merryheart2

July 22, 2008 at 6:14 pm | #

Hi Nat
awesome layout. i love it.
i’m gonna go check out how to do this technique.
Sandra

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