You Color My World
Hi readers! Happy Saturday! I was blown away when I asked Nathalie Kalbach to guest on our blog that she didn’t make just one card… but FIVE!! The colors and artistry are absolutely beautiful and I hope you love them as much as I do! I’m feeling quite inspired!
Enjoy!
When I designed my n*Studio stamps for Stampendous! I wanted them to be perfect for Mixed Media and Art Journal projects, but also versatile enough for other projects like cards and scrapbooking layouts. I do love how you can use them for a different set of cards in a more abstract way…with more or less paint :) Let me show you.
For this Birthday Card I used my circle Stamp from the Stampendous! Mish Mesh Set and stamped with Archival Ink on some card stock to create the flower head. I then colored the grid with a water brush dipped in different Lindy’s Stamp Gang Spray Paints. For the stem I used a Versamarker Pen and painted with the brush side the stem and leaves. I heat embossed the stem and leaves with Stampendous! Aged Green Embossing Powder. For the sentiment I used a Pen to write it on card stock, framed it with the pen and cut the words out. I mounted the sentiment on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.
Supplies:
For this card I stamped with Mish Mesh and Archival Ink onto the right side of the card. Then I stamped with the circle stamp out of the Wired Set onto a piece of white card stock which I had previously sprayed with some Spray Paint. Again using a water brush I painted with different shades of Green and Blue over the stamped Mish Mesh Image on the card. I cut out the circle and applied a handwritten sentiment on top of the circle. I mounted the circle on a 3D Foam Pad slightly touching the stamped image on the card.
Supplies:
For this card I used again the Mish Mesh Stamp Set – this time the Burlap stamp and stamped parts of it on three sides of the cards. I colored it in with some Spray paints for a watercolor effect. Using Versmark I stamped with the paint drop stamp from my Grunge stamp set and then heat embossed it with Aged Green Embossing Powder. I wrote the sentiment directly onto the card.
Supplies:
Each of my Stamendous! n*Studio stamp sets comes with a free template which widens the possibilities to use stamps and stencils together. For this card I used the template from the Mish Mesh set and brushed over with a water brush and spray paint. I then used the Wired Circle Stamp and stamped with Versamark on the upper corner of the card. I heat embossed with Aged Black Embossing Powder and then repeated stamping overlapping the other image, this time heat embossing with the Aged Green Embossing Powder. Again I wrote the sentiment on a different piece of cardstock, cut it out and mounted it to the card with 3D Foam Squares.
Supplies:
And last but not least a grungy card. For this card I sprayed with water sprays on top of the card to get a colorful background. After everything dried I used the background stamp from my Grunge stamp set and stamped with black archival ink into the middle of the card. I waited a little bit before stamping again – slightly to the right with versamark and the same image. I heat embossed with Aged Green Embossing Powder. For the sentiment I again wrote the words on card stock framed them and mounted them with 3D Foam Pads on top of the card.
SUPPLIES:
And there you have it – 5 easy cards with my Mixed Media Stamp Sets by Stampendous!Thank you to Simon Says Stamp for having me!Nat
Thanks for reading today and thanks to Nat for being our guest!
Blog Candy Alert!! Follow our blog via email and comment on this post for a chance to win a special blog candy!
wow love the unique style on these cards
Wow, these cards are so different and unique, but I really love them!
Gorgeous colors and great styles.
I love the mixed media art work with the resulting cards! Great job!
These cards are awesome and fun I love her style sometimes I think we are to rigid and regimented in our card making it is nice to see free and fun thanks!
These are all wonderful cards! I really love the colors in the birthday card. I “need” that stamp now!!
Great graphic cards.
Definitelly different and very unique – love them all!
WOW! Nathalie rocks! I love them all!
Talk about stamping out side the square! I love the abstract feel of these cards. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, these are stunning … fabulous use of colour :)
Beautiful cards!
wow when every I try anything like this it looks like mud
These cards are awesome. So artistic.
Thanks so much!
Cool cards!
Love the technique and the color
How cool! These are so neat!
Great style and so colorful. Love the cards. Thanks for sharing.
Love these new Stampendous stamp sets! Wish I could own them all. Such creative cards. I would have never thought to make a flower or to paint the extra lines like in the connected card! Really wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Wow great cards. I love the coloring.Very different. Thank you Nat for sharing
Wow, loven the colors used… so stunning…something new to checkout
WOW wow WOW wow WOW
5 AWESOME cards – such EXCITING designs and colours, LOVE them ALL!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE MIXED MEDIA INSPIRATION :)
… forgot to say that I LOVE the Aged Green Embossing Powder!!!
Love the MISH MESH stamp set. It looks so versatile.
I love how you transferred your mixed media talents to make these lovely cards today.
Great cards! I love the one that looks like a circle of mosaics.
Love the colors of these beautiful cards. You are a great artist!
Super cool mixed media cards!
I just attended Nathalie’s class and I must say these are GENIUS!! Using these mixed media stamps to make colorful and cheery cards – that’s just so versatile!
What fantastic stamps for mixed media and art journaling. They make such great cards too.
Fantastic cards and great designs! TFS! x
Wow a rainbow of Colors !!!
Spring is here baby !
Hugs from France
Lunea ^^
Totally different and for a layout scrapper so cool! Lots of ways to add texture to a background without bulk, love that!
Wow, these are awesome and so ‘arty’. They could be used for such different occasions and perfect for teenage and guy cards too! Love them! xx
Love these! It’s cool to see something so like art in a card.
great projects thanks for sharing! :)
Wow, totally unique and wonderful! So out of any box, I love them all. But I loved the Grunge Color My World the best! Thanks for doing this blog .
WOW what a splash of colours, absolutely stunning and thanks for sharing!!
xx Irene M
Wow! These are amazing! Thanks!
Wow! Lovely, colourful cards.
Very colorful and unique cards.
Amazing selection of cards. Love them all.
Such fun stamps and projects. I especially love the colourful circle.
This color was much needed on the rainy day!
Great colors, love that for inspiration
WAUW wondederful creations, and it sure show, that you don´t always have to have all the latest and most expensive items to make beautiful cards, these are really awesome. Well done and thanks sooo much for the great inspiration.
Some unique and edgy art here! I love that Natalie used basically the same supplies for five completely different looks. Also that she used her own hand-writing to personalize the messages. You don’t need a stamped sentiment for every occasion!
Really unique and out of the box designs, Natalie. WoW!
Very interesting techniques and cards!