{"id":111,"date":"2012-11-28T23:57:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T04:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=111"},"modified":"2012-11-28T23:57:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T04:57:14","slug":"006-thinking-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2012\/11\/28\/006-thinking-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"006: Thinking Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2057\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-111-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/006-InternationalPanel.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/006-InternationalPanel.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/006-InternationalPanel.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/006-InternationalPanel.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=111-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('111-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_111-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_111-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=111-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Today&#8217;s podcast features three very talented ladies from around the world:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Nathalie Kalbach<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34160f72970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017c34160f72970b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Resume\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34160f72970b-800wi\" alt=\"Resume\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Kalbach is an European Mixed Media Scrapbooker. Her layered work is an explosion of texture, dimension and jewel tone colors.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c341610fb970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017c341610fb970b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"BeforeIdie01\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c341610fb970b-500wi\" alt=\"BeforeIdie01\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn Nathalie\u2019s workshops she shares her secrets for using paint and ink products to reveal texture, tips and tricks for embedding found objects and embellishments and how to unlock your personal creativity. \u00a0She has taught workshops in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Israel, Germany, France, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, The Netherlands and Norway. Also her Online Workshops are very well visited and a big hit.<\/p>\n<p>Nathalie has been published in many Stampington Publications including her own column &#8220;Nathalie\u2019s Studio&#8221; with <em>Somerset Memories<\/em> as well as in numerous magazines from around the world and several idea books.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about Nathalie and find her work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nathaliesstudio.com\/\" target=\"_self\">n*Studio blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Louise Nelson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34161659970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017c34161659970b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Louise Nelson1\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34161659970b-500wi\" alt=\"Louise Nelson1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLouise currently lives in an inner city suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. She has a day job working full time as a Perioperative Nurse [RN] for an agency; working mostly evening and night shifts in public hospital emergency\/trauma operating theatres in and around Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e44fa4a970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e44fa4a970c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"P1000676-1\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e44fa4a970c-500wi\" alt=\"P1000676-1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLouise has always had creative hobbies, before taking up scrapbooking 6 years ago she loved to restore furniture. Since she started scrapbooking she has also devloped a love for portrait photography, and recently she has begun to dabble in painting.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e44fab1970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e44fab1970c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"P1020918\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e44fab1970c-500wi\" alt=\"P1020918\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDuring the last 6 years Louise has been fortunate to have been a Creative Design Team member for Scrapbooking Memories Magazine [AUS] in 2009 and currently a Scrapbooking Memories Master for 2011-12. Also fortunate to be invited to be on the Creative Design Team for UK based scrapbooking magazine; Scrap365. Currently she creates for Aussie Scrap Source, Jenni Bowlin Studio, Imaginarium Designs, Tattered Angels and 7 Dots Studio. She has been blessed to be published in Scrapbooking Memories [AUS], and have also been featured in the last 4 editions of Somerset Memories, with technique articles and layouts in the reader gallery.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017ee5b9c2ca970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017ee5b9c2ca970d\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"P1030207\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017ee5b9c2ca970d-500wi\" alt=\"P1030207\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYou can read more about Louise and find her work on <a href=\"https:\/\/louise-justloolabelle.blogspot.com.au\" target=\"_self\">An Uninterrupted View<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Birgit Koopsen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017ee5b9c981970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017ee5b9c981970d\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Head shot\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017ee5b9c981970d-500wi\" alt=\"Head shot\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBirgit is married to Erik and mom of 3 beautiful kids. She lives in a little\u00a0village called Winsum in the north of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e450275970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e450275970c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Color me a little rainbow - birgit koopsen - Internationally Inspired\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017d3e450275970c-500wi\" alt=\"Color me a little rainbow - birgit koopsen - Internationally Inspired\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBirgit started scrapbooking\u00a0officially when her youngest child was one year old, in 2003, but actually she has been doing it since she was a teenager. Birgit always enjoyed photography and\u00a0&#8220;pimped&#8221; her photo albums, just didn&#8217;t know there was a name for it\u00a0and special products. She loves how scrapbooking keeps all the beautiful memories\u00a0of special events and everyday life alive. Especially for her children! But she also loves the creative outlet it gives her! She just loves to get her hands dirty!\u00a0Be creative, play, experiment!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34162482970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017c34162482970b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Hanging out with Nat layout - birgit koopsen\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34162482970b-500wi\" alt=\"Hanging out with Nat layout - birgit koopsen\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBirgit loves color! Bright,\u00a0happy and bold colors are her favorites to work with. Lime Green, turquoise,\u00a0pink, orange, yellow and red. Her style goes from clean and geometric to \u201cbusy\u201d\u00a0layouts with lots of details and colors. \u00a0Birgit loves to play with paints and inks and use\u00a0non-scrapbooking products! In the last few years she fell in love with mixed\u00a0media and very much enjoys creating \u201coff-the-page\u201d projects like canvases and\u00a0Art Journal style mini albums.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34162520970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017c34162520970b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Summer Breeze canvas - brigit koopsen - Tattered Angels\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c34162520970b-500wi\" alt=\"Summer Breeze canvas - brigit koopsen - Tattered Angels\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the last 8 years\u00a0scrapbooking slowly turned into a job for Birgit. She teaches and demonstrate in her own studio\u00a0at home as well as in scrapbook stores and at (international) scrapbook events,\u00a0shows and conventions. She also does freelance work for magazines. She was given the\u00a0privilege to work on a couple of wonderful DT\u2019s like in the past for Infocrea,\u00a0MyStampBOX and until last year Prima. Currently she&#8217;s a DT-member for Scrapbook\u00a0Adhesives by 3L, a certified Tattered Angels Designer, an endorsed educator for\u00a0WOW! Embossing Powders and designing for Sizzix and Craft Stampers Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c341627a8970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017c341627a8970b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Let's go dancing art journal - birgit koopsen - Wow Embossing\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c341627a8970b-500wi\" alt=\"Let's go dancing art journal - birgit koopsen - Wow Embossing\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYou can read more about Birgit and find her work <a href=\"https:\/\/birgitkoopsen.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_self\">on her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you might have guessed, today&#8217;s episode includes our first ever (and certainly not our last) roundtable. \u00a0On the episode there&#8217;s a lot of laughter (a lot) as we discuss working in the very U.S.A.-based craft industry when you don&#8217;t live in the U.S.A. \u00a0We discuss economics, cultural differences, personal journeys, shipping costs, and so much more! \u00a0You won&#8217;t want to miss this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s podcast features three very talented ladies from around the world: Nathalie Kalbach Nathalie Kalbach is an European Mixed Media Scrapbooker. 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