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Featured Artist: Nathalie Sauboua
 

About Nathalie
	Introduction My name is Nathalie Sauboua. I’m French and living in Bordeaux, the “wine city!” I have had several jobs but since the birth of our little girl who is 3 years old, I work most of the time at home. I spend all my spare time creating. Creating is as important as breathing for me. When I was young, at home, we learned lots of things: drawing, sewing, knitting, painting and so on… I used to scrap in 2004 and last year I had the idea to publish a book about scrap for home-deco. So I did it.   I love creating, imagining and do things never the same. I discovered ARTchix studio a few months ago and it has been marvelous for me to find products we can’t find in France.		Nathalie's Top 5 ARTchix Products 1. Collage Sheets 2. DreamBoxes 3. Rubber Stamps 4. Metal Frames 5. Iridescent Crystal Face Beads

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Artwork #1: Collaged Box
	Title Secret Box Materials Circle Pix Collage Sheet Heart paper mache box (5x5cm approximately) White gesso & paint brush Distress ink “vintage photo” and “worn lipstick” Stamp pad foam (cut-n-dry) Red Stazon ink Little swirl rubber stamp 3-D black paint French rub-ons “quell style” Little transparent decorative pebbles Diamond glaze 1 clear page pebbles (same size as the image)
	Instructions 1. Paint the box (inside and outside) with gesso and let it dry. 2. Apply distress inks all over the box with the cut-n-dry. Let it dry. 3. Stamp the box with swirl rubber stamp and red Stazon ink. Let it dry. 4. Cut out collage image and glue it on the clear page pebble and then on the top of the box. 5. Glue transparent decorative glass pebbles all around the top box with Diamond Glaze. 6. Draw (with 3-D black paint) a fine border all around the top cover and little dots all around the collage image. 7. Transfer rub-ons on each side of the box.
Artwork #2: Artist Trading Card
	Title Family Materials Circle Pix Collage Sheet White ATC card Adhesive aluminum paper Alcohol inks “wild plum – stream – mixative gold” blending solution and applicator tool Black Stazon ink Black vintage lace 3-d copper paint Diamond glaze
	Instructions 1. Apply mixed colors alcohol inks on the adhesive aluminum paper. Add mixative gold and more or less blending solution to get the look you want. 2. Crease and tear up the paper. Adhere each piece on the ATC card. Make little folds to give texture to your card. 3. Ink the edges with black Stazon ink. 4. Glue the black lace at the top. 5. Cut out 6 woman Circle Pix and one man. Adhere the images on the clear pebbles. 6. Glue the images with Diamond Glaze on the ATC card as shown on the sampler. 7. Draw little dots with 3-D copper paint all around the images.

Artwork #3: Gothic Arch
	Title Soeurs Materials I Am An Artist Collage Sheet Cardstock Green scrap paper Text rubber-stamp and black ink Rub-on “famille” Black roller gel pen Little canvas Colour pencils Little wood-stick , black fibers and gold wire ( for the miniature paint brush) Copper 3-D paint Diamond glaze Vintage lace Heart metallic charm “ made with love” 3-D double-sided foam pad Glue
	Instructions 1. Cut a 10x15cm gothic arch in the cardstock and one in the green scrap paper. Glue it together. Stamp on the scrap paper with the text rubber-stamp and black ink. 2. Write the text with the black 3-D roller gel pen, apply the rub-on “famille” and little dots all around the gothic arch with the copper 3-D paint. 3. Draw a little landscape on the canvas inked on the edges with black ink pad. 4. Make a little paint brush with the wood stick, the fibers and gold wire. Glue it on the canvas. 5. Fix the lace with glue at the bottom of the arch. 6. Cut out the collage image, glue it on cardstock and cut all around. Apply Diamond Glaze all over the image, let it dry. Fix it on the gothic arch with 3-D double-sided adhesive foam pad. Glue the metallic charm on it.

Don't miss Nathalie's great classes: Image Transfer on Stone Moo-Cards Triptych Domino Pendants