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the dress
i have been using hambly with my tombow products for several years…since the invention of Tombow MONO Vellum adhesive.
there are many fun projects that can be created with their clear screen prints…clear cards, clear favor boxes, cutting up the screen prints to use as individual embellishments and using the screen print as a background for a layout, which is what i did with this project. because the layout was about a dress my mother made by hand i sewed through the screen print and the cardstock for the detailing around the scalloped edge piece and the title “dress”. i used the Vellum adhesive to hold it in place. then i cut up another screen print sheet that had several frames and used one over the focal picture and another to frame around the title. i used Vellum adhesive to put those down too.
i have several more ideas and lots of hambly product to play with, i’ll be working on a few more projects to post in the next few months. so many ideas, so little time. what about you? any hambly projects you have in the works?
-Sarah
“tangle” supplies;
Tombow MONO Adhesive Dots , Tomobw Dual Brush Pen – N15 black , Tomow White Gel Pen
the idea of the “ZENTANGLE” is interesting to me. all those doodles in
the notebooks of my college classes actually have a name now! well, unfortunately i am
not much of a doodler now, but i took inspiration from the zentangle
and put it toward my scrapbooking.
this layout was inspired by the doodling now called zentangle. Both the pattern paper blocks on the page and the title were a result of the research i have done concerning zentangle. the result is a fun technique that fits my style. i’m coining my own phrase and calling it a “scrap-tangle”!
using coordinating pattern papers (all of mine came from OCTOBER AFTERNOON’s recess line) i cut (mostly) straight lines from one of the pattern papers. then using the other coordinating patterns i filled in a 4″ square piece of white cardstock. the final result is similar to the different doodling one might do with they were creating their own zentangle.
*tips* (because i tried this three different ways)
*you can doodle a zentangle first.
i took my 4″ square piece of white cardstock and drew directly on it first.
then using a piece of vellum i laid it over the design and traced it.
next i flipped the piece of vellum over onto the pattern paper i wanted to use and re-traced the lines on the back side of the vellum.
this will transfer the lead from the front side of the vellum to the pattern paper.
now you have a guide to cut out your shapes out of patterned paper.
a suggestion with this method – number each piece that is traced on the vellum AND on the pattern paper. so when all of your pieces are cut out you can fit it together like a puzzle with a pattern.
*another way to do this is to use scraps pieced together
generously apply adhesive to the background you want to use, again mine was the 4″ square, and then apply pattern paper. i used the Tombow MONO dot runner, as it is a little more forgiving if the pieces need to be adjusted.
then after laying down the background pieces i covered the seams, where the pattern papers came together, with the bold strips.
*keep all of your “bold” strips the same pattern paper. it will keep a cohesive feel to the final piece.
*try to make your bold lines wavy, not always straight
*use your Tombow Dual Brush Markers and ink the edges of the pieces being put together. it makes the “scrapped zentangle” have more definition.
“scrap-tangle”!
i have been on a frame kick lately. i love frames, and i keep buying them, but i don’t always fill them right away. this frame i’ve had for quite sometime, and because of the odd sizes and the number of pictures it needed i never felt like i found what i wanted to use it for.
so fast forward to last week, when i got a fun box filled with basic grey’s max and whiskers line! i don’t have animals, but i immediately was impressed with how masculine the papers looked. then the ideas started flowing…pictures of my husband, with the kids, in the frame, just in time for Father’s Day. so i used some of the pattern paper as the background, letter stickers, the paper ribbon and some embellishments. because i wanted to use the lumpy embellishments i took out the glass and made sure it would last with Tombow MONO POWER BOND Adhesive. the end result was totally unique and very quick to come together. once i had the idea it was put together in 15 minutes. thank you basic grey for having a paper for every occasion. happy father’s day!
-sarah
one thing i love about maya road are their chipboard albums. they are extremely versatile and fun to use, not only as albums, but also as other altered projects. for the tots project this week i used this large flower album. it had six “pages” with a pre-punched hole. i chose not to use it as an album, but as a decoration in my daughter’s room.
my little girl loves to paint, so i turned over some purple acrylic paint and a paint brush and she thoroughly enjoyed herself. even my son came in from playing baseball to help her out (secretly he loves painting too!)
once we painted both sides and let them dry i let her use the Tombow MONO Glue Pen to adhere small white clips.
i hung the new flower “clipboards” on the wall in her room. now she can add art work or pictures to decorate with.
to step the end result up a little (maybe more for the adult than the tot) i took the liberty of adding a few embellishments and some pattern paper to a couple of the flowers. too many pretty purple papers…i couldn’t not use them!
so, i got a little ambitious with my graduation inspired project. perhaps too ambitious. but the result is unique and something i’ve never pulled off before, so i’m feeling pretty good right now!
graduates of all ages have received the beloved dr. seuss book oh the places you’ll go as gifts for their special occasion. i’ve been wanting to create a dr. seuss inspired page for a while now (wanted to try the doodling) so this provided the opportunity i’d been waiting for.
this page was created with Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner and the Tombow MONO Glue Pen. and lots of Doodlebug crushed velvet flock.
typically i advise crafters and scrapbookers not to be adhesive abusers. but in this case, abuse away.
using two different adhesives achieves differing results. the glue pen holds the flock a little more clumpy, where as the permanent tape runner is more an even and smooth texture.
there are pros and cons of each, for instance, when using the glue pen you have to work quickly to get the flock on it before it dries. I suggest doing a section at a time and pressing the flock into the glue. then shake off the excess.
the permanent tape runner does not have a quick drying time, so i was able to roll it out in several places and then cover a larger area with the flock. in this case, dump flock on the paper and then move it around and rub it into the adhesive.
i’ve got some sweet pictures of my son finishing up pre-k from last year that will finish of this page.
now i’m not telling you that you will be able to get all the excess flock back into the bitty bottles (even if you use a tidy try) or that you won’t accidentally spill one of the bottles of flock on the table (like i did twice), or that you need to try a 12×12 layout like this one, but do try to doodle letters or a small drawing on a card or tag and fill it in with the flock or even glitter.
and remind me… i need to tell you all about Tombow’s MONO Glue Pen sometime. it is a fabulous, must-have adhesive, and i’ve got a few tips for you.
-sarah
i have to admit, i found graphic 45 at my local archiver’s and called joanna immediately. she got on their website while we were on the phone, and before our conversation was over she had contacted them to do a partnership….and here we are, less than a month later, creating with their gorgeous paper! we’re doing a graphic 45 partnership later this month and i was just too excited not go give you a little sneak peak so keep watching for this fun team-up.
there is so much that i want to do with it…but for my first project using graphic 45 i was loving the fact that i could mix and match several of their lines. i ended up using two sheets of paper from the botanicabella collection, one from times nouveau collection, and the tags from the communique collection. i added my journaling with tombow dual brush pens. i love that they have a brush tip and a fine pen tip so i have more flexibility in my work. my adhesive is my trusty MONO DOTS adhesive runner. one thing is for sure, graphic 45 is now on my list of companies to watch… remember to check back soon for this fun upcoming partnership.
start by going to home depot or lowes or a similar kind of store and picking up some sheet metal.
unfortunately the smallest piece i found at home depot was 12×18, so it needed to be cut down to fit the 8×10 frame. this was the most difficult part, but perhaps a very nice person in the store can help you out. so my 12×18 piece became two 8×10 pieces.
next i gathered up paper and embellishments that coordinated together. the finished picture is october afternoon’s report card line, and the in-process board used the cherry hill line, also by october afternoon. i picked up some chipboard circles that i had from bazzill basics, and i made sure i had my Tombow MONO MULTI liquid glue...my adhesive of choice when putting together chipboard and other altered projects. lastly i made sure i had my scissors and paper trimmer, some “raw” magnets and a picture frame. (take the glass out of the picture frame)
i cut my paper so it was about an inch to an inch and a half bigger than the sheet metal. then i spread Tombow MONO MULTI over the front of the metal. i adhered my pattern paper to the front and folded the excess to the back, gluing it down to the back too, also with my MULTI.
using stickers and paper scraps decorate the front of the sheet metal. i choose to do just a few simple strips.
then cover the chipboard circles with pattern paper, when the glue is dry cut from the pattern paper with scissors or rub the edges with sand paper. embellish the front with stickers, rub-ons, etc., and use Tombow MULTI to adhere a magnet to the back. fyi, “raw” magnets are pretty strong. when gluing them to the chipboard circles be sure to separate them so they don’t accidentally “stick together”.
not pictured…i also took Tombow MONO AQUA liquid glue and a foam brush and coated each finished chipboard circle/magnet, to seal the elements together and protect it a little.
my daughter loved helping to make these for her teachers. i let her pick the embellishments and put down the glue. it really goes together quickly, even when little hands are helping out. she even choose to use buttons for some of the magnets instead of chipboard pieces. nice touch miss c!
thank you to all you teachers! as a parent and a teacher myself i completely understand the challenges you face each day. you are truly appreciated!
i had seen an idea to use a picture frame as a message board over a year ago and i just had to made some… i went through my scraps, bought some frames and was totally uninspired. fast forward to last week. i opened a box that had the lovely early bird collection from Cosmo Cricket and i knew just how to use it! i’ll definitely be making more of these, what a fun gift. it came together quickly too. just a paper trimmer and Tombow MONO MULTI liquid adhesive is all it took to wrap the paper around the chipboard that is included with the frame. a few Cosmo Cricket chipboard stickers, a quick title and i was done. seriously, fifteen minutes from start to finish! i’m off to get a jumpstart on this fun gift for a few special people in my life. thanks Cosmo Cricket, for some much needed inspiration.
