Archive for September, 2010
Being an artist is about taking chances, and by taking chances you have to face the inevitable — making a mistake. Everyone makes them, but not everyone has to know when you do!
Hide the imperfections of your art and make every crack, tear or rip disappear.
MONO Aqua Liquid Glue is clear from start to finish and is ideal for photos, cardstock, fibers and artist mediums of all kinds.And of course, our liquid glue is perfect for creating your artistic masterpiece as well. With a pen tip for small areas or fine line of glue and a broad tip for large areas there is never any residue or mess.
Let us know how you have used MONO Aqua Liquid Glue on your work – share you projects on our Facebook page.
Everyone is stocking up on school supplies and this year it is all about the back to school savings. Save time, money and the mess when you add our MONO Glue stick to your backpack! With a strong permanent bond perfect for school projects, students, teachers and parents alike will be impressed. The clean, smooth application is ideal for use on paper, cardboard and even photos.
Inexpensive and useful, our MONO Glue stick will produce high quality work and best of all because it’s acid free and non-toxic this glue stick is safe for children of all ages.
Don’t you hate it when your art work is ruined because of a pencil smear? Darla Dixon does too, and that is why she 
loves to use Tombow MONO Drawing Pencils. Darla creates pencil portraits and her work has been published many times and it is even sold internationally.
She prefers to use MONO Drawing pencils because the artist slant and extra-refined, high density graphite help her to create smearproof portraits! With a break resistant point, these Tombow drawing pencils are perfect for blending and will help you to produce crisp, clean drawings with the added value of slow wear for smooth, dense writing and are available in multiple point strengths.
Check out some of Darla’s workon her blog and learn more about MONO drawing pencils on our website.
Darla’s Link: http://www.squidoo.com/tombowmonohomograph
Tombow Brush Pens meet Glimmer Mist! This technique results in a beautiful abstract image with a soft glimmer. Very artsy; everyone will want to know how you did it!
Supplies; Cardstock, Prima Stencil, Dual Brush Pens, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Mono Adhesive Permanent, Tombow White Gel Pen.
Step One
Using Tombow Dual Brush Pens, color the plastic ʻpositiveʼ stencil from Prima. Use the brush tip, no need to be neat about this! The colors used here are 847 Crimson, 856 Chinese Red, 245 Sap Green & 346 Sea Green.
Step Two
Use Tattered Angelʼs Glimmer Mist and mist a piece of watercolor paper – I used Iridescent Gold. Place the stencil colored side down and leave for about 10 minutes to let the colors absorb into the paper. Remove stencils and let dry completely.
Step Three
This is what it will look like after the stencil is removed; do not worry about the bleeds and not-too-perfect image, the next step will fix it!
Step Four
Place the cleaned stencil back over the image. Spritz with a darker Glimmer Mist color that enhances the colors used for the rose. Here I used Turquoise Blue.
Finishing
This is the finished Glimmer Rose panel, trimmed and ready to use on a card.
The finished rose panel was adhered to black cardstock using Tombow MONO Adhesive Permanent. The lettering was added using Tombow White Gel Pen.
*If you liked this post you might also like Time to Tangle, Step By Step Videos and Tea Bag Gift Cards.
We’ve arri
ved at Scrapfest 2010, the nation’s premier scrapbooking event at Minnesota’s Mall of America. Over 6,000 scrapbookers are expected to attend this weekend and we hope to see you here!
Tombow will host three workshops throughout the weekend using our dual brush pens and adhesives. The workshop classes will be taught by professional crafter and Tombow Design Team member Marie Browning today, tomorrow and and Sunday. We will also offer Make n’ Take projects throughout the weekend, so come by and make one with us.
Scrapfest is the biggest scrapbooking party in the nation, and the next three days are going to be fun and filled with new techniques and crafts. We hope that by the end of the weekend you have learned some new Tombow Techniques and love our products even more!
Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter this weekend for updates and if you are at the event use the #ScrapFest2010 hashtag and let us know what you think of the show.
Art is made everywhere, and as any artist knows it is important to make your art distinctive. Anything is possible with Tomow’s AirPress Pen, you can draw the treasures of the ocean you saw on your deep sea dive or draw a picture of earth from outer space because with this pen you can create art in any situation.
So, whether you are wearing gloves or have wet hands the rubber grip of the AirPress Pen will allow you to write something horizontal, vertical, upside down and even under water.
How do you use your AirPress Pen? Comment below and let us know!
Usi
ng glue can get you in some pretty sticky situations, whether you are at the office putting together presentation story board or at home scrapbooking photos from your last vacation. Our MONO Multi Liquid glue is perfect for use in the both the home and at the office.
Dual applicators combine into one dispenser that is designed for maximum comfort and efficiency. With two pen tips, a pen tip for small areas and a broad tip for broad areas this glue pen is perfect for project. This glue is acid-free and non-toxic making it safe for use with photos, cardstock, fibers, and buttons – it’s perfect for putting together projects in a quick and mess-free fashion.
In this fast paced world, where there is no time for mistakes our MONO Multi Liquid glue is essential to every work desk and home office. Simplify your life and add the MONO Multi Liquid Glue to your office supplies collection today.
Joanna challenged the DT members this week to create something about our home town. Comstock’s population was about 67-ish. We’ve had some people move in, so not sure what it is now. We actually live in the country.
My project is of a picture I took in Comstock’s flower garden. This garden is almost one full block by 1/2 block. It is absolutely gorgeous and ONE woman pretty much takes care of it herself! AMAZING!!
Comstock has one main street that is 4 blocks long and the flower garden is my favorite part.
This is the photo I took:
I used Tombow’s Mono-Adhesive Permanent to put the card together.
Ralph Kelly is a cartoonist at Airgrafix Airbrushing in Houston, Texas specializing in drawing caricatures of people. He has created many instructional DVD’s on how to draw and color caricatures.
All of his caricatures are hand drawn and Ralph loves to use the Tombow Dual Brush pens to color his creations because of the pen’s flexible tip and fine brush combination. Visit Ralph’s website to see his work and even send in your own picture to be made into a caricature!
with these postage stamps as the inspiration.
I cut these tags with my Cricut using Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. 
I used Tombow Mono Adhesive Power Bond to create the box and Mono Adhesive Permanent for everything else.
