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Yearly Archives: 2015

Hi everyone, Beth Watson here! Welcome to day two of the Tombow USA and Simple Stories Week here on the blog! Simple Stories provided me the Pumpkin Spice collection, which is PERFECT for me since I live in Florida and don’t get seasonal weather. Instead I can craft up some […]

AUTUMN Banner featuring Tombow USA and Simple Stories

October 6, 2015 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / DIY Decor / Giveaways tagged Beth Watson / Dual Brush Pens / Foam Tape / MONO Glue Pen / Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive / Xtreme Permanent Adhesive by Beth Watson

Hello and welcome to Tombow USA and Simple Stories week! All week the Design Team will WOW you with AMAZING projects using Tombow and Simple Stories products! I’m Daniella Hayes am I am sooooo excited to share my project with you!! I made this SN@P-Book, using the “We Are Family” collection […]

Tombow USA and Simple Stories Week!

October 5, 2015 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Scrapbooking & Project Life tagged Daniella / Mini Album / Simple Stories / Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive by Daniella Hayes

Hello and Happy Saturday! We hope you have thoroughly enjoyed our lineup of guest letterers this week. But, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. We’re capping off our Lettering Week with a whimsical lettering tutorial by our very own Signature Designer, Marie Browning. With more […]

Lettering Tips from Signature Designer Marie Browning

October 3, 2015 in Design Team / Giveaways / Guest Designers / Handlettering / Parties & Entertaining tagged Hand lettering / Lettering / Marie Browning / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Tombow Glue Pen by Tombow USA

Lauren Fitzmaurice is a left-handed calligrapher from Owensboro, Kentucky. She is also a full-time teacher, wife, and mommy to two sweet boys, Lauren enjoys a good doodle and working on lettering projects in her spare time. She believes that lettering makes life more fun and also loves to encourage and learn […]

Lettering Week: Tombow like a Lefty with Lauren!

October 2, 2015 in Guest Designers / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Fudenosuke Pen / Hand lettering / Lauren Fitzmaurice / Lettering / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Tombow like a Lefty by Jennie Garcia

Howdy Letterers! I’m Abby G, I live in Dallas. Yes, I love lettering! A quick intro about me…Weekdays I’m a full time Art Director for a crafting company. At night, I’m a full-time illustrator and hand letterer. I’ve been in this industry since I was 8. However, my relationship with hand […]

Lettering Week: Spacing, Colors and Glue Pen Fun with Abby!

October 1, 2015 in Guest Designers / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Abby Guempel / Fudenosuke Pen / Hand lettering / Lettering / MONO Glue Pen / Tombow Dual Brush Pens by Jennie Garcia

Hi Tombow! My name is Maia Then and I am the art Director of a Publishing Agency. I live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where I make all my lettering! When I say that I Love Lettering it falls short! I’ve been practicing for 6 years and I’m lucky to […]

Lettering Week: Big, Bold and Colorful Lettering with Maia!

September 30, 2015 in Guest Designers / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Fudenosuke Pen / Hand lettering / Lettering / Maia Then / Tombow Dual Brush Pens by Jennie Garcia

Lettering. We do it even up here in the Great White North. I’m Amanda from Say It Pretty Designs in Vancouver, BC (Find me on the web at sayitpretty.com and on Instagram @amandaarneill). I started hand lettering when my second daughter was born and I haven’t stopped since. I think […]

Lettering Week: Mix and Match Letters with Amanda!

September 29, 2015 in Giveaways / Guest Designers / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Amanda Arneill / Fudenosuke Pen / Hand lettering / Lettering by Jennie Garcia

Sharisse is a brush calligrapher located in Sacramento, California. She enjoys engaging with other calligraphers and handlettering artists and learning something new every day. When she is not chasing her toddler twin boys or working at her day job, you can find her creating, teaching, or blogging about brush calligraphy. […]

Lettering Week: Applying Pressure in Brush Calligraphy with Sharisse!

September 28, 2015 in Guest Designers / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Brush Calligraphy / brush lettering / guest designer / Hand lettering / Lettering / Tips / Tombow Dual Brush Pens by Jennie Garcia

This week we are remembering the past! You saw the 50’s, 60’s 70’s and 80’s. Now is my turn to share with you my 1990’s inspiration! I thought about the fashion… Oh God NO! That was an awful time for fashion! But then I thought about TV and I have […]

Brush Lettering inspired by FRIENDS! By Jennie Garcia

September 25, 2015 in Design Team / Handlettering tagged Hand lettering / Jennie Garcia / Lettering / Tombow Dual Brush Pens by Jennie Garcia

Hey there and welcome to the 80’s! You’ve made it to the neon years. The 80’s were filled with big hair, bell bottoms, bright colors and hardly any technology. I was born in ’81 and loved growing up during this time. What I remember most is talking. Whether it was […]

I Love the 80’s

September 24, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged neon inks / Stamping / Tombow Aqua by Latrice Murphy

All this week we are doing blasts from the past here on the Tombow USA. I got the 1970s so I decided to make a card inspired by a jacket my dad had in the 1970s. I used Tombow Dual Brush Pens to color and stencil a fun 70’s inspired […]

1970s Inspired Birthday Card

September 23, 2015 in Adult Coloring / Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General by Jennifer

This week on the blog we are being inspired by different decades of art. As a child of the 60’s, I have to say that I love the Pop Art movement. Artists like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and especially Peter Max really defined this era. The bright colors and dark outlines highlight […]

I Love the 60’s: Pop Art Faux Letterpress Home Decor

September 22, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Beth Watson / Dual Brush Pens / Foam Tape / Xtreme adhesive by Beth Watson