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Monthly Archives: December 2011

I wanted to share a quick, easy and cheap idea for a gift. Since I just moved to the States I wanted to send our family photos of our daughter and I made a photo book (that can be easily made with any kind of binding system). I just […]

The Gift That Keeps on Giving By Jennie Garcia

December 15, 2011 in Design Team tagged Jennie Garcia / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Tombow Foam Tabs by Jennie Garcia

This is the other challenge I was telling you about that had me stumped. The only thing I could think of was organ donation and Sharron said “no” to that. Ü So it was back to the drawing board….what to do. I came across these free printables and thought that […]

The Gift that Keeps Giving by Debbie Fisher

December 14, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Debbie Fisher / Dual Brush Pens / MONO Adhesive Permanent / MONO Glue Pen by Debbie

while contemplating ideas for this week’s theme ….”the gift that keeps on giving” i decided to look up the origin of the saying. did you know that it was coined to promote “talking machines”, “talking machine records” in 1924, which was a phonograph. who knew???? i certainly didn’t. but that […]

a year of dates…by sarah little

December 14, 2011 in Design Team tagged MONO Adhesive Dots Runner / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / Sarah Little by Tombow USA

It’s OUR Birthday but YOU get the gifts… The Tombow Blog is 2 years old and we want YOU to help us celebrate… just go to our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/tombowusa between Dec. 13th, 8 am (EST) – 16th, ending at 4:00pm (EST) “Like” us and be entered to win a “BLOG” (Big Load Of Goodies) from […]

Happy Birthday to Us…

December 13, 2011 in General / Giveaways / Parties & Entertaining by admin

Here are a few hints for making your packages look really gorgeous this season – and also suggestions for making it easier and faster to wrap it up! Use solid colored or tone-on-tone designed wrapping paper. This gives a nice plain palette for pretty embellishments. Some examples include plain brown […]

Wrap It Up for Christmas by Marie Browning

December 12, 2011 in General by admin

This week the DT Coordinator at Tombow gave us the challenge to create “recipe cards as gifts”. I decided to get some of my Christmas Granola made and ready to go. I created the recipe card in Word and then printed it and stamped it with the Spring Branch stamp […]

granola gifty………by melissa cash

December 9, 2011 in Design Team tagged Melissa Cash / MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner / Power Tabs by Melissa

This week, the girls of Tombow have been giving you ideas for that cooking fan in your life. I made a mini with pockets that way, that special person can put their own recipe cards there. My main inspiration was the traditional kitchen style with the housewife in the apron […]

Recipe Book

December 8, 2011 in Design Team tagged Jennie Garcia / Mini Album / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Stamp Runner Permanent Adhesive / Tombow Foam Tabs by Jennie Garcia

as my kids are getting older and we are being torn in so many directions with activiites and holiday parties i wanted a way to keep FAMLY as an important part of this Christmas season. we have several countdowns in the house, but i wanted one that helped us spend […]

christmas countdown…by sarah little

December 7, 2011 in Design Team / Parties & Entertaining tagged Fastener Tabs / MONO Adhesive Permanent / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Glue Pen / Sarah Little by Tombow USA

Welcome to a new challenge week! This one had me stumped for the longest time (plus another one coming up, Sharron really keeps the DT on their toes Ü) and was suppose to be posted by last Thursday and I just didn’t have a clue what to do until an e-mail […]

Recipe Card Challenge by Debbie Fisher

December 6, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Debbie Fisher / MONO Adhesive Permanent / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / Power Tabs by Debbie

Ready for the holidays? Here are a few fun DoodleDabs to add to your cards, envelopes and tags! Here’s a review of how to make a teardrop stroke and a two-toned teardrop stroke.Teardrop Stroke Using the brush tip, ‘dab‘ onto the paper to make the teardrop stroke. It’s […]

Dual Brush Pen Holiday Doodle Dabs By Marie Browning

December 5, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General tagged Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning by admin

Happy Friday! As we near Christmas I will share with you some little gifties that you can make to give to those who you want to know that you are thinking of them during the holidays. Perhaps it is a coworker, or maybe your favorite UPS/Mailperson. Today I am sharing […]

sweet treat….by melissa cash

December 2, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Melissa Cash / MONO DOTS Adhesive Runner / Tombow Foam Tabs by Melissa

It’s ABC Week in Tombow, so this week you’ve seen everything but cards. Lately I’ve been a little hooked with Wall Hangings and I wanted to do a Home Decor Project for my new craft room. I used some of my favorite things like dress forms, wings, corrugated cardboard texture and […]

ABC Week- Anything But A Card By Jennie Garcia

December 1, 2011 in Design Team tagged Heat Embossing / Home Decor / Jennie Garcia / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Power Tabs / Tombow Foam Tabs by Jennie Garcia