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New In-Person Classes added for Seattle & New York City

I am super excited that my friend Birgit Koopsen from the Netherlands will come to the States and we will teach together a second year at an Artfusion Event -this time organized by The Ink Pad in New York City.

Here are the details for my class on September 28, 2014 – 2.30-6pm

Walk With Me – Altered Book Workshop

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You can sign up here

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After teaching at the upcoming Create Mixed Media Retreat in Somerset, NJ,and Create Mixed Media Retreat in Dallas, Texas  I am thrilled to announce that I will also teach at the Create Mixed Media Retreat in Seattle, WA October 24-26, 2014

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If you want to check if there is other workshops close to you where I teach this year- check out my Workshop List here. If you want me to come and teach at your store or a retreat you organize- please contact me – I would be happy to work something out with you.

Have a gorgeous day

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  • Sue Clarke

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    TEXTURE GALORE CANVAS looks awesome!
    You are one busy artist Nat.

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CREATE Mixed Media Retreat in Dallas, Texas

Wohoo- I am going to Texas! I have never been there- so, I am very excited to teach classes at the CREATE Mixed Media Retreat in Dallas, Texas – September 17-21, 2014.

Here are the classes I am teaching:

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IT IS ALL ABOUT LAYERS: ARTJOURNAL CLASS (6 HOURS) • NATHALIE KALBACH
Date & Time Price Materials Fee
Friday, September 19• 9am-4pm $152 $15
Skill Level: All Levels Technique: Bookmaking & Art Journaling
You will leave with… a load of knowledge about paint media and techniques and various finished pages in your art journal.
Description: Create depth and dimension by adding several layers with different paint and other media to achieve intriguing art journal pages. Learn about different media and playfully explore how to express yourself in your art journal. It’s all about the layers—so come and join us!
Students Should Bring: Please bring 5-8 different colors of Acrylic Paints as well as Black and White Acrylic Paint, (Liquitex) Matte Gel Medium, (Liquitex) Gesso, a white and a black journaling pen, a water jar, brushes in different sizes and formats, a fashion magazine, 2-3 cosmetic sponges, an old credit card, a water mister, baby wipes, a paper roll, a craft mat, optional deli paper, a brayer, an apron, scissors, palette paper, a heat gun, and an/your Art Journal. I use a Ranger Dylusions Journal but you can also use a Strathmore Mixed Media Sketchbook – whatever you prefer to work in.
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ENCRUSTED SHRUBBERY CANVAS (6 HOURS) • NATHALIE KALBACH
Date & Time Price Materials Fee
Saturday, September 20 • 9am-4pm $152 $15
Skill Level: Intermediate Technique: Collage & Assemblage
You will leave with… a beautiful finished home decor item and lots of knowledge of techniques that you can apply in future projects.
Description: We will create a wonderful home decor canvas using Acrylic Paints, Stamps and Templates as well as Embossing Media and create a one-of-a-kind piece of art.
Students Should Bring: Please bring 12×12 inch big stretched and pre-gessoed Canvas, 5-8 different colors of Acrylic Paints as well as Black and White Acrylic Paint, (Liquitex) Matte Gel Medium, (Liquitex) Gesso, a water jar, brushes in different sizes and formats, 6-7 cosmetic sponges, a water mister, baby wipes, a paper roll, a craft mat, a heating gun, an apron, scissors, palette paper, black permanent inkpad, versamark embossing pad
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TEXTURE HEAVEN ART JOURNAL (3 HOURS) • NATHALIE KALBACH
Date & Time Price Materials Fee
Saturday, September 20• 6-9pm $89 $25
Skill Level: Intermediate Technique: Printmaking & Surface Design
You will leave with… a finished texture art journal and lots of technique ideas for future projects.
Description: Create wonderful texture pages with monoprinting, stenciling and stamping techniques, encrust them with different Embossing Media and bind them together in a beautiful tactile art journal.
Students Should Bring: please bring 3-4 colors of not too thick Acrylic Paint- I prefer Liquitex Soft Body 4 pieces of lettersized sturdy white cardstock or sketch book paper, (Liquitex) White Gesso, Brayer, Rubber Brayer, Black Permanent Ink Pad , Versamark, Heating Gun, 6-7 Cosmetic Sponges, Baby Wipes
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TEXTURE GALORE CANVAS (3 HOURS) • NATHALIE KALBACH
Date & Time Price Materials Fee
Sunday, September 21 • 9am-12noon $89 $20
Skill Level: All Levels Technique: Collage & Assemblage
You will leave with… a wonderful tactile canvas that serves as a home decor item.
Description: In this workshop you will create a stunning and unique canvas that will be a wonderful home decor item. Learn how to create dimension and texture with tissue paper, items of daily life, acrylic paint, lace, burlap, and gesso. Learn how to reveal the interesting and eye-catching texture with acrylic paints, art bars and acrylic inks and add some fun stamping techniques on top.
Students Should Bring: Please bring 12 x 12 stretched primed canvas, 5-6 different acrylic paints – colors you like, black acrylic paint, pencil, 2-3 sheets of plain white 12 x 12 cardstock, water jar, brushes in all sizes bristle and round, apron, cosmetic sponges, baby wipes, scissors, black journaling pen, White Gesso (Liquitex) , Matte Gel Medium (Liquitex)

I hope I will see some of you there! You can register here
Have a gorgeous day
Nat

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Artvergnugen at The Ink Pad in NYC – Dates & Themes for May and June are up!

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The new dates for Artvergnugen at The Ink Pad in New York City are up for May and June (April is already sold out- there is a waiting list) :

  • PanPastels! – May 9th
  • Wax & Oilbars! – June 27th

It starts the moment you sit down, an experience that is distinctly Art Journaling. A quick exhilaration, a sense of control, the art media’s surprising responsiveness as if they were simply an extension of you.

There is a word for this creative experience: Artvergnugen ! Artvergnugen is what makes your journal a piece of art.

Join Nathalie once a month and play each time with a different art medium or supply. Learn techniques, tips and tricks to take your art journaling further and turn it into Artvergnugen.

You will have to bring basic supplies – list on The Ink Pad Website – while Nathalie will bring the art medium/supply of the month for you to share. Sign up for as many of the sessions you want but be quick – space is limited.

Have an amazing day

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Mixed Media Classes at Scrap N Crop in Malaysia

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I had a wonderful time teaching at Scrap n Crop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I taught my Über*Media Acrylic Paint with loads of techniques around making your own background papers, as well as a Texture Season Canvas and a PanPastel Class. Here are some pictures of the class

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Scrap n Crop is an amazing store. A two story house filled to the brim with awesome products and a nice workshop room. It is massive. The coolest- not only awesome new product- but also older out of stock products that are still on high demand. If you wonder where all the cool Hambly Transparencies went…you can sniff those beautiful screenprinted beauties right there…and yes, some of them fell into my suitcase. With all the mixed media supplies and special treasures…makes your heart beat a bit faster!

 

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Of course seeing my Stampendous! signature Stamps and my StencilGirl Products Stencils in the store made my heart beat faster too. It is kind of unreal to see those things so far away from home – pretty pretty cool. And oh we used them all in the classes too.

 

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The first thing I learned myself on the first day was…you cannot talk to long when you have the acrylic paint laid out already. The paint dries so quick in this climate…unbelievable. Without a Slow Dri Medium it is really really hard to get anywhere. I have taught in pretty hot weather …unforgettable is Israel and Greece and one summer day in Spain makes me still faint, but boy this one beat it all. I had to change my teaching style instantly in order to make the demos work .

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We created a lot of texture with my stamps, stencils and acrylic paint – and stacked loads of papers

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and I loved seeing the results

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The girls were so talented and it was fun seeing them play with different acrylic media

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Of course we had to do a photo session the last evening.

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This photo of Val, Penny and me cracks me up…apparently Val too- LOL- she couldn’t stop laughing.

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It was sad to say good bye but we were sent of with freshly home made waffles and a loaf of yummie bread to the airport in the crack of the dawn. Thank you to all my wonderful students- it was wonderful to meet you. A special shout out to Saza who had her contractions during my class but was going to finish the first class because she waited so long for it. But then she really had to go…Congratulations to her wonderful baby she gave birth to the next day! I for sure will never forget this ;)

Thank you again to Val and Penny for inviting me to Malaysia for this Mixed Media event- it was awesome! Loves!

And that is it…Asia…so what is next on my teaching agenda? You can check my in-person workshops out here.

Huge hugs and have a gorgeous day

Nat

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  • Angeline

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    GReat to be in your class Nat! HAd tons of fun :)

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  • Laura Strack

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    Nat, You are loved the world wide. Aren’t you glad you didn’t have to delivery a baby? Congratulations to Saza! Love that story! We love our art time, don’t we?

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  • Sue Clarke

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    *your teaching skills that is:-)

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  • Sue Clarke

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    How wonderful that you get to travel and bring our teaching skills to other countries Nat. One city at a time you could create a more colorful, peaceful world. I believe that it could happen.

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Painty Fun at Bizzy B’s in Toronto, Canada

It was so much fun to come back for the third time to Bizzy B’s in Toronto and teach some workshops. Barb and Tony, as well as the amazing students make me always fell super welcome – love coming back- it is a special treat to be reinvited :)

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I was pretty stoked to see my Signature Stamps with Stampendous! and Stencils with StencilGirl Products on the “Nat”Wall. It was fun incorporating them in my workshops and seeing the students playing with them was the coolest ever!

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We played also with the new Creative Palette by Stampendous! for Mono Printing on Friday

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Saturday we were going fully into Artvergnugen :) – a six hour Artjournal Class – it was so much fun!

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This is Marg – she traveled all the way from Newfoundland for the second time to take my class- Thank you Marg- that is a LONG way – I love your smile and creative fun!

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And sunday we had a wonderful Canvas Class- loved again to see all the 22 different canvases created with the same materials and technique

 

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Thank you Barb and Tony from Bizzy B’s and my sweet Canadians for having me again – you inspired me !

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  • Krista

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    Hi Nathalie, hope you are feeling better. I see you are working with the Creative Palette. How do you get detailed prints? I M not having much success? Thanks!

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      Kristia, I like it. I am not sure what might cause your problems- but it might be “too much” paint. Roll out thinner layers- you really do not need much paint for the prints. Hope that helps. nat

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  • nurse-ratchet

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    It was truly an amazing weekend…if anyone is wondering whether to take a workshop from Nat…never ever hesitate, Nat is a generous, inspirational task master, oh, I mean teacher. Your stamps are amazing, and your stencils sooo much fun to use!! Thank you, Nat and Barb and Tony and all the ladies that came out to play with us!,

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  • margm3c

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    I had so much fun. Learn a lot. Thanks Nat. Cannot wait till next time!

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  • Stampendous Stamps

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    Nathalie, it’s so great to see your photos of these classes! They’re just terrific and everyone looks like they’re having so much fun! Thanks so much for sharing our products with the world, we make a great team!!

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  • Felicia Aaron

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    Nathalie, I so wish I lived closer and could have been a part of the wonderful time it looks like you guys had! That studio looks FABULOUS!!! Wish it was around the corner from me!!! Maybe not…..I wouldn’t have a paycheck left!!! LOL!!! Thanks for sharing your fun, creative time!

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  • Marjolaine Walker

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    Looks like you had an amazing time, love all your new products!

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  • scrapinsue

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    I must get that crackle stencil!
    Lovely art journal pages and looks like a fun and creative time.

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Malaysia Workshops – Contest !!!

I am so excited to be in Malaysia next month – March 22-23rd, 2014 to teach some fun Mixed Media Workshops. The even is organized by the amazing Scrap’n Crop and they had this wonderful idea for a contest to win a 1/2 day seat at the event and more! so if you are in the area and you would like to win- check it out!

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To all of my visitors today who enter the context- Welcome – so thrilled to have you! Good Luck to you and I hope I will see many of you at the wonderful event in Malaysia!

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  • Eva Ng

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    I deserve to win SnC’s 2014 CELEB ART RETREAT with Nathalie Kalbach 1/2-day workshop on 23rd March 2014 because I wanted to explore more in mixed media as I just started a piece & it is a great opportunity for me to be more “artistic” & a platform for me to try something more.

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  • Joanne Wong

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    I deserve to win SnC’s 2014 CELEB ART RETREAT with Nathalie Kalbach 1/2-day workshop on 23rd March 2014 because it would be an amazing opportunity for me to learn this new form of arts and crafts from a pro :)

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  • jackiepn

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    I won’t be in the area, but wanted to say WOO HOO! –Nat!
    Awesome for you and for all that will be able to go and play! have fun! hugs “)

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  • scrapinsue

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    I will not be in Malaysia so I don’t want to enter the contest but it sure sounds like fun. Unless of course airfare is included. LOL

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  • Yuzz Yusof

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    I deserve to win Scrap-n-Crop’s 2014 celeb retreat with Nathalie Kalbach 1/2 day workshop on 23rd March 2014 because I would love to learn all her tips, techniques and her layers of work is an explosion of texture, dimension and jewel tone colors.

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  • namizam muda

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    “I deserve to win SnC’s 2014 CELEB ART RETREAT with Nathalie Kalbach 1/2-day workshop on 23rd March 2014 because this is my new craziness towards the art media area. love to play colours and see how i can create with the stuff around me. cant wait till the day we play with all of them.

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Back for Classes in Toronto – February 7-9, 2014

February 7-9, 2014 I will be back again in Toronto, Canada for some fun creative classes. Always such fun being at Bizzy B’s and having the greatest time.

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Friday Feb 7 – 7pm to 10pm

Unleash your creativity while learning how to make the most of your art tools and mediums- including Nathalie’s signature stamps from Stampendous a. Develop a small art journal filled with fun colorful techniques, textures and print layers to be used as a reference tool for later mixed media and scrapbooking projects.

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Saturday 8; 10.30 am – 4.30 pm :

It starts the moment you sit down, an experience that is distinctly Art Journaling. A quick exhilaration, a sense of control, the art media’s surprising responsiveness as if they were simply an extension of you.

There is a word for this creative experience: Artvergnugen ! Artvergnugen is what makes your journal a piece of art.

Join Nathalie and play with different art media and supplies. Learn techniques, tips and tricks to take your art journaling further and turn it into Artvergnugen.

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Sunday 9: 11am-5pm:

To say it with Monty Python “First you must find… another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle. (“A path! A path!”) Then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forrest… with… a herring!”

We will create a wonderful home decor canvas using my Signature Stamps and Templates with Stampendous and create a kind of a piece of art…and that with loads of paint and other media just without a …herring.

To book the class please call at Buzzy B’s – more information about the classes, prices, supply lists- here

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Have a gorgeous day

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  • cynfulcreations

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    Can’t wait to see you next week, Nathalie! (and Marg too!) I already know I’m sitting beside Nurse Ratchet, we are all going to have so much fun!

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  • nurse-ratchet

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    All signed up and ready to Artvergnugen!! Nat….for the Texture journal are the letter sized white cardstock to be gessoed? Thought I might get a head start!! Soooo looking forward to winter camp!!

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    • nathalie-kalbach

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      yeah cannot wait to see you :) nope- no gessoing needed :)

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  • Marg Dinn

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    Sooooo looking forward only 10 more sleeps!!!

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A Taste of Collage Workshop at The InkPad

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Cannot wait for Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and my Collaborative Collage Workshop on March 1st, 2014 at the InkPad in New York City. We both love to do Collages and doing this class together will be so much fun!

In this one-day workshop Nathalie and Julie will share their favorite techniques for experimenting with paint, stenciling, layering, and composing pleasing collages.

Nathalie and Julie’s approaches are different but similar and this is a unique opportunity to get both points-of-view in the same class!

For more details and sign-up go to the InkPad .

 

Have a wonderful day

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  • Wendy Journalista

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    An all day workshop with TWO of my favorite teacher/artists? Heaven! I’m in!

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  • Laura Strack

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    A match made in art heaven! So wish I could attend but can’t fly to NY right now. But one day I will, my sweet friend!

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  • kat82ren

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    wow this is fantastic!

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  • scrapinsue

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    I SO wish that I could go but my head might explode to take a class with both my scrappy crushes in the same room. I know that you two will have a blast and so will your students!

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Give The Gift Of Creativity

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Only 6 days until Christmas. Need a gift for a creative artist or crafter? You can now give someone a gift certificate to CJS 2014.

Just select the “$20 Gift Certificate” product in the n*Studio shop and check out online. (/shop/gift-certificate/20-gift-certificate/) On the billing and payment page, you’ll find a section to name the person you want to give CJS to. Just enter their name and email address along with a personalized note.

The recipient will then get an email from n*Studio that includes a discount code for anything in the n*Studio shop. If you want to give the gift certificate to the recipient personally- just have it sent to you and you can print it out.

All they have to do then is add Creative JumpStart 2014 to their cart and checkout using the code. And voila, they’re in!

I will also add other gift certificates later today with different values if you want to gift one of my online workshops in the shop.

Wishing you a wonderful day

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