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Good Things Just Keep Happening – Cheiron Brandon

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Today, Cheiron Brandon from my Creative Squad is sharing three wonderful cards using this month’s theme: “Good Things Just Keep Happening.” I invite you to join me and my Creative Squad this November, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, to remind ourselves to be thankful for even the smallest things.  Every once in a while it feels nice to slow down and recognize the good stuff that’s all around us.  What Good Thing happened to you today?

 

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Hi there! It’s Cheiron with my post for November and we are playing with the theme of Good Things just keep happening. I am thankful today that I finally have my own studio in my house where I can create and I get to relax there every night even if its just for a small amount of creative time. I couldn’t wait to try out Nat’s new stencil release and wanted to try out all the patterns. You know I am a card maker, so I cut a bunch of card panels, took out the stencils and made 3 cards with 3 different techniques.

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For my first card, I wanted to do some basic ink blending through the Santiago stencil, but decided that I wanted to keep the squares in the center white…so I masked them off with some masking paper.

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Then I blended my inks through the stencil with the foam blending tool.

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Once that was done I removed the masking paper

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And then adhered the panel with foam tape to a card base:

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For my second card, I played around with some Distress Paints in Fossilized Amber, Aged Mahogany, Gathered Twigs and Spiced Pumpkin and pounced paint through the Toledo stencil. Then I sprayed the entire thing with a bit of Tarnished Brass Distress Mica Spray. This one will be perfect to send as a Thanksgiving card!

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For my last card, I pulled out my Gelly Roll Moonlight pens and colored through the Buenos Aires stencil, I have not played with these in a while and forgot how good they look on black paper.

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I am thankful today that I got to play with these fun new stencils and that I get to create something almost every day! 

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Thank you Cheiron for those amazing cards! I love them all so much – the Gelly Roll – Card blew me away though – it looks like stained glass- yum!
Here are the supplies Cheiron used to create her cards- some links are affiliate links:
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Maybe you will even play along with us -I would love to see how you interpret our monthly themes. Email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share your projects in my “n*Spiration From Around the Globe“..

Nat

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  • Joi@RR

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    Love them. So fun, cheerful and unique. j.

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All the Colors I am … or In my Art Journal today

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“And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet”

Such a beautiful quote. I played with my brand new StencilGirl Products 4×4 Buenos Aires Stencil

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On a pre-painted background I used the stencil with different acrylic paint colors.

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Stenciling through the stencil, but sometimes also painting the background, laying the stencil on top and removing the paint through the stencil.

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I love the layering effect I got by repeating this over and over

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I added the journaling and overpainted a magazine image with acrylic markers.

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Here are the supplies I used for this art journal spread – note some links are affiliate links.

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Have a wonderful day!

Nat

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n*Studio + StencilGirl present: Latin Impressions

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I am super excited that I have six new Stencils being released today with StencilGirl Products.

Let me tell you a little bit about those stencils

n*Studio and StencilGirl Fall Release: Latin Impressions from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.

The Creative Squad has been busy with the new stencils as well, check out their amazing projects:

Here is Michelle’s beautiful book mark using the Santiago Stencil.

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And Tina did a really cool Faux-Encaustic project using the Santiago Stencil as well.

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Marsha did these super cute colorful wood block houses using the Buenos Aires and the Toledo Stencil.

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I hope you like my new Stencil Designs! Which one is your favorite?

The Stencils are available in the shop now and …don’t forget there is still the Website Launch Party on and you get 20% off in the Shop and on Online Workshops – use the Coupon Code NEWNAT20 when checking out!

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Have a wonderful day!

 

Nat

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  • Jill

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    Can’t wait to get my hands on these babies! I absolutely love your journal pages.

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  • stresso

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    Woo hoo! Loving these. Congrats on the release

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Thank you so much Stephanie :) have a wonderful rest of the week! Nat

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  • Joi@RR

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    COMPLETELY AWESOME – love them all. And so excited for you Nat. Great projects from all the design team too. Just WONDERFUL. Xj.

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Thank you so much Joi! They are really fun to work with and I love the creative squad’s projects a lot too :) Nat

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Stepping Up The Game or … In my Art Journal Today

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“Be the kind of girl that makes other girls step their game up”

I started this page in one of my classes with the middle pattern showing one of the Versailles Foam Stamps stamped with acrylic paint.

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and then kept on going at home adding more patterns using the Buenos Aires Border Stamp and the Buenos Aires Tile Stamp on top.

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On the bottom I used one of the Chicago Stamps. To finish it up I layered some acrylic ink on top which was mostly resisted by the stamped images. This is a good way to add some color to the background after you stamped.

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But it looked also very good without the colored backgrounds – next time I guess *wink.

Here are some of the supplies I used for this journal spread – some links are affiliate links:

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Hope you are having a wonderful day

Nat

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Europe Workshop Tour- Part 1 – Sightseeing in Toledo, Spain

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I am back from my Europe workshop tour just to leave for another Workshop in Dallas in a couple hours :) But how about I finally share some photos from my four-country trip?

DISCLAIMER: This Blog Post contains a picture with a naked statue – some might think of it as totally inappropriate – but it is called ART . If you have a problem with art, you might be better off looking at something else . Don’t email me to complain, don’t visit my blog anymore because I might post things like this again and for sure shield your precious kids’ eyes !

I arrived in Spain, Madrid and was picked up by my wonderful friend Cuchy. I loved this statue by Fernando Botero in front of the Madrid Airport.

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I used the first day to adjust to the time difference and mostly filled my belly with good food and hung out with good people :)

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The next day we took the train to Toledo – prepare yourself for a major picture overload as I really loved it there!

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A city with a history of more than 2000 years …yeah that is what we call old in Europe ;)

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Since the Festival of Corpus Christi was coming up , the streets and houses were already decorated.

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The first stop was the Cathedral of Toledo

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The Sacristy ceiling painted by Luca Giordano – he used both hands …and it took only four years – insane!

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Altar Piece painted by El Greco

 

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After a nice stroll through the city

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we went to the Synagogue of El Transito – beautiful stucco and details

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Next we stopped at the Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo

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And just before an epic thunderstorm started  we made it back to the train station …of course not without taking a “where is Nat pic” ;)

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That was a pretty good start of my trip – next up are some pictures of the awesome Art Mesa Workshop – we had so much fun :)

Nat

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  • Vickie Doswell aka okienurse

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    oh my goodness such awesome pictures and things to see. Spain is one of my favorite places to visit and have been there many times. Being from Oklahoma USA it is a far cry from the norm here. Speaking of norms nudity is a big deal in the religious south and I think you summed up my feelings exactly with your disclaimer. I am hoping that was tongue and cheek and that you haven’t actually been accosted by people offended by your posts. I love them. Thanks for sharing! Vickie

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  • Mel

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    Die Bilder sind großartig – aber Dein Disclaimer hat´s mir angetan… ;-)
    Hummel-Hummel!

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  • stephanie

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    Welcome back! Awesome pix

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  • Joi@RR

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    Love the skyline pictures like the Toledo picture and the Where is Nat picture because… I hope you will paint them. I love your skyline paintings so much. And of course, ALL of these were sooo wonderful. What fabulous inspirations for you to use in your artwork. I just can’t WAIT to see what comes out onto your canvas from these pictures Nat. What a great trip. Thank you so much for a glimpse of it thru your eyes. I love traveling with you!! j.

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Thank you Joi! I cannot wait to get into my studio either to paint :) I am sure some inspiration will get into my future work :) Thanks for traveling with me

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  • Ami Pilon

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    Nathalie,

    Julie must be drooling with all of the patterns that you are seeing. I can just see the stamps that would be carved. Your photos are very special.

    Thanks for sharing.

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Ami, heheh- I think Julie was drooling ;) Thank you for your sweet comment!

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  • Kelly Belton

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    Magnifico!

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  • Kathy P

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    Awesome pics, Nat! Looks like you had a great time! Thanks for reminding me that I have to get back to Europe again! Love it’s architecture, people, and diversity!

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Thank you Kathy! Yes – I am of course biased – but Europe is a special place :)

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