Seeing my own stamp designs and my photo at the Stampendous Booth was sooooo cool.
I came into the Convention Center a little bit before my class started and took a peek at the booth…(the show wasn’t open to the public yet)
I was all by myself and I was looking at this in disbelieve- it honestly felt unreal as if the alarm clock would ring the next minute to make me wake up and realize this was just a dream. Instead my alarm went off that I would have to run to my first CHA class ever- 50 Retailers – waiting to play with my Stamps and other Stampendous Products.
It was a fun class- and after an uncomfortable two seconds realizing that someone hung a microphone on my clothes “FREAK- I never had a mic while teaching” I got the hang out of it, as I already started loosing my voice after teaching the last two days six classes at ArtVenture. I was also happy to see some familiar faces from either working together before or students that took my ArtVenture Class- that was fun!
Teaching Retailers is definitely different. A lot of my students in this class did not come because they love Mixed Media- but because they wanted to get educated in Mixed Media and learn about it because they realized there is a huge demand for it in their stores. It was a very different approach in this class when my usual let loose and get creative. I enjoyed when some of them that never played with paint told me they liked it a lot and get their costumer love for it :) Right on ;)
And btw not every teacher at CHA as a good friend like JumpStarter Joe Rotella who comes with a chef hat into your class to deliver lunch because he knows you never eat right at CHA ;) Thank you Joe- that made me laugh so hard…too bad I had a mic – my already loud laughing must have scared my students a lot – LOL
I learned a lot by teaching this class and hopefully there will be another opportunity for a CHA class in the future. I loved seeing my stamps being used – it made me all giddy :)
Thank you Liquitex, Speedball, May Arts and Imagine Crafts(Tsukineko) for sponsoring my Stampendous Class!
I demoed also a couple days at the Stampendous booth…until I lost my voice totally – but hey…I sounded really interesting- LOL
And I loved having friends over and Cindy Bundy from the Stampendous Designteam showing me her sample
Thank you to all of you who took my CHA Class and came to see my demos ! Thank you also to the awesome Stampendous Staff who did such an amazing job behind the scenes and helped me during and after my classes!
I am going to add a list of the stores that cary my stamps to my website here soon – they are already available and I know some stores have them already in the house :)
More about CHA and which trends I observed will follow :)
have a gorgeous day
huge hugs
nat
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Ursula
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Schick, schick :) – und endlich gibts die Stempelchen auch hier in good old germany in meinem LieblingsShop zu kaufen :)) Werde ich sie also auch bald testen können – Jepp
LG Ursula
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nathalie-kalbach
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Yippeah – und bald sehe ich Dich dann auch :)
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Amante del papel
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I want this stamps there are so amazing!!!
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Jackie P
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Glad that you featured Adrienne’s art- so very cool~ and yes, her children are adorable! I have my stamp set picked out and on the TO BUY list!
Nat, Can you tell me what colour tea/or green or turquoise that is that you used on your banner at the top of your page? I simply adore that shade! It POPS!!!! “)
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nathalie-kalbach
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I assume – since I never keep track of my colors that I use ;) – that it was Liquitex Cobalt Teal- if that is the one you are pointing too ;) In any event- these are all Liquitex Colors.
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darlene
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Cool to feature artists Nathalie. I definately am crazy about your new stamps as I like the raw, organic look…and I’m fascinated with what Adrienne did using them.
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Laura Strack
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Adrienne is a true artist! Wow, love the way she blended her photos into her background. The stamping is amazing and all the texture, perfect Layouts!
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jjflair
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“Whoa,” I said out loud, “She is badass.”
And, my hubby came over to see what I was looking at, and he agreed. And, we stared in awe together and had a great convo about art and style and texture and media. Super inspiring! Thank you!!
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Nurse Ratchet
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FabUlous art…fabUlous stamps!!
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Misty
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Adrienne is amazing!!! Those layouts are gorgeous and oh so unique!
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