Archive for August, 2010
Artist’s Corner – A Little Inspiration
Tombow takes great pride in providing you with some great tools to create your masterpieces – dual brush pens and drawing pencils to name a few. So, we wanted to take a minute and share with you some places we draw our inspiration from in the hopes that it will inspire you to create your own masterpieces with our products.
And let us know what you’ve created with your Tombow products. We’d love to feature you on an Artist’s Corner in the future. Just comment on this post or post a comment or picture on our Facebook page.
It’s back to school time and even though your kids may be dreading heading back to the classroom, it is the perfect time to stock up on the latest and greatest school supplies.
Our Trac correction tape is the perfect addition to any student’s back to school kit. With its hip design and three cool colors, green, blue and pink, Trac is the fast and fashionable way to correct mistakes.
The compact applicator is easy to hold for precise corrections and even easier to store in a backpack, locker or personal organizer. And since Trac comes in both single and wide tape formats its perfect for any and all types of paper – college rule, wide rule or even graph paper.
So, what are you waiting for? Add the SingleTrac™ or WideTrac™ to your kid’s backpack today!
Yea! My Zentangle book is finally done! I am pleased to announce that “Time to Tangle in Colors” published by Design Originals will be out in the stores this fall!
Here is a Zentangled dragonfly colored with the Dual Brush Pens. The little dragonflies are made using the Tombow Tangle technique. These design and many more colorful creations are included, with step-by-step instructions and color charts for each design. You will soon be doodling these and your own creative designs – it’s easy, relaxing and sure to impress all your friends with this art technique. I will announce on the blog as soon as it’s available!
Aja Wells is an illustrator and graphic designer hailing from Hawaii. After deciding she wanted to be an artist when she was four years old, she earned her B.A. in studio art from Humboldt Start University. Currently, Aja is working primarily in the childrens market.
Aja recently 
featured some great drawings of puppies on her blog, created using our dual brush pens on moleskine paper. Remembering using these pens as a child, she picked up three shades of brown to pair with the moleskine color. As Aja says, “The moleskine paper is super thick and perfect for using markers on – there is zero bleed through to the other side.”
Visit Aja’s blog to see more sketches with dual brush pens on moleskine or website to check out more of her work.
Here is a cute backpack to fill with candies for a teacher. you can find the pattern here.
I just love this paper for school gift projects. All of the paper is by Cosmo Cricket’s Boyfriend line.
Here is the back view:
I used Tombow’s Mono Adhesive Power Bond. I love this stuff! It is sooo strong!
We know that Tombow Dual Brush Pens are used in studios, art schools and households around the country. But did you know that they are also a main stay in the cartoon department at Warner Brothers?
At a tradeshow earlier this year, Fred Bode, Warner Brother’s Director of Character Art & Product Development, stopped by our booth to share his love of the Dual Brush Pens for their cartoon animation.
Don’t you like the picture of Bugs Bunny he drew for us?
We’re continuing our “How do you choose correction tape?” series with a look at the top application style correction tape products. What makes this style so special you might ask?
The benefits include:
- Compact applicator that is great for beginners
- Convenient size that fits in a planner, pencil pouch, etc.
- Space saving and ideal for mobile use
- Economical for students or the occasional user
So, is the top application more of your style? If so then you will want to try our MONO Mini correction tape. And check out the video demo to see it in action!
It is my turn to create a project for Tombow’s Tot challenge. With my boys being older this is truly a “challenge” for me to think very young again. Ü
This fun bookmark would make a great “Mommy & Me” project. My boys are teens now with one off to college very soon, but the next time my nephew comes over, I think we might make one of these together.
The “mommy” part comes from using an exacto knife to cut out the heart center. 
The original pattern called for fabric to show thru the heart. That’s what I did here.
I think it would be fun to put a child’s school picture behind the heart and give to a grandparent who loves to read or even for themselves. You could also have the child draw a picture that would show thru the heart.
My “baby” is 15, but I had him make one (as he is ALWAYS needing a bookmark) to show how that would work. As you can see, he is VERY talented!
He even “drew” the wording for his bookmark and came up with it himself. It has a double meaning. “Tight” as in the boy tightly fits in the heart opening and “tight” as when you shut the book. Clever huh? Ü
I used Tombow’s Mono Glue Stick and it worked perfectly. I wanted to make sure it would since I plan to try this with my 4 year old nephew some time. Obviously the Mono Adhesives would work as well.
Joanna challenged the DT to a different kind of inspiration challenge. She sent a picture to one member and they made an item from it using it as their inspiration. Then sent that project picture to the next member and she created a project from it and etc. Go to Tombow’s blog to see all the inspriation.
Here is the project created by April that I was sent for my inspiration project. 
The inspiration I pulled from her bookmark, was the Basic Grey paper, the long shape of the project (I altered a toilet paper tube), I used a lacy scallop punch for inspiration from the fringe and a flower for the oval. 
I hope you all were inspired.
This is such a great idea for Mother’s Day, what Mom wouldn’t want this on her desk?
When I made my first stationary box (scroll clear down to see) and mailed it, the post office lady asked if I would make her one for her niece for a bridal shower gift.
This was made 
with these postage stamps as the inspiration.
Here is a peek at the inside 
a closer view of the address book and stamps. 
The directions for this stationary box shows you how to make your own address book, but in my stash were these little 3.25″ x 4.25″ composition books. I don’t even remember where I got them, but they come 4 to a pkg. I was so excited to find out that the size was perfect for this. 
I cut these tags with my Cricut using Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. 
These are the little notecards. I made 4 of them (don’t know where they came from either, but were in my stash. Maybe SU!??
And here are the six cards with envelopes (not shown). I kept them generic so the receiver could use them for any occasion.
I used Tombow Mono Adhesive Power Bond to create the box and Mono Adhesive Permanent for everything else.
