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Tombow Tots- Creative Cards
Whew! A few web problems here, sorry I’m late in posting this one! Let’s just cross our fingers that these cute pictures load properly. This tot project was brought on solely by one little girls need to send her cousin a card. That combined with some new product sitting on my desk that she was just itching to see. (It was sparkly, can you blame her?) It’s all good though, I know just how she feels, don’t you? The product was Sparkle Flock…. if you haven’t tried this stuff run out and get some. It’s so much fun to play with! We just dipped Star brads into MONO AQUA Liquid Glue and then directly into the flock jar and …..oh the fuzzy happiness! Then it was onto a special card for a special cousin. Of course I had to make my own version while she made her’s on mine. Inspired by her patterned paper, I used a few different stars and the MONO AQUA Liquid Glue (for the thicker lines) and MONO Glue Pen making some buttery embossing goodness. Oh the effect is so perfect. This is definitely one I wish you could see in real life. The texture, the color and even the dimension… and it was so fun to just sit down and create with my kids. After all this is what it’s all about, right? Creating special moments with your kids, instilling in them confidence and creativity at the same time. Multi-Tasking in the best way! Happy Tuesday!!
Marie Browning taught everyone at CHA how to make these adorable cards at one of our Make and Take booths. She used My Mind’e Eye (Pretty Paper Line) patterned paper and embellishments. Then stamped and colored everything with Tombow Dual Brush Pens one white cardstock.
I live far away from family and it’s something that has been hard on me and my family. So, I’m always thinking of ways to make the distance seem less, even if it’s for a few minutes. This card was super easy to make and so much fun! I love the file folder and accordion surprise inside! I used Mono PowerBond to adhere the journaling inside, Mono Aqua liquid glue for the ribbons and Mono Metal Liquid Glue to secure the ‘love’ dog tag on the inside. (the paper clip just holds up the journaling until the recipient is ready to open it up) If you have someone you love, be sure to tell them! Happy Wednesday!
Sarah made these AWESOME little love notes using our MONO Adhesive DOTS. Everything is held together by that adorable cherish clip and Sarah can write her Family Valentine’s thoughts and notes to her cute little family (and still have them write her some back!) I love cute, quick projects that turn into treasures!
This one’s for my baby sister. 22 last week! The card turned out beautifully. I have always loved the gated look but sometimes it ends up feeling really bulky and heavy so this is a gated card using transparent paper. MONO Vellum adhesive and a few rub-ons. You can’t see the adhesive and it’s strong enough to hold up to the continuous opening and closing of the card. I’m sure I’ll be making more like this, I love how quick it came together and how different it feels. What have you created lately using your Mono Vellum Adhesive?
Every year we’re in a mad rush the night before Valentine’s to make up 4 dozen class Valentines. This year, I thought ahead thanks October Afternoon’s farm fresh line. After the kids used all the stickers on their cards last month, I knew that the adorable images were too cute to run out of! So I ordered the stamp set too. I also went online and ordered a bunch of these cute pig noses for my daughters pre-school class and some silly piggy key chains for my son’s Kindergarten class. You could make these with any pig item and some candy kisses. Try mini pigskins (footballs), small pig stuffed animals, or even pig pencil toppers. Whatever you can find! To make these fun Valentine’s… Continue Reading
Shemaine Smith has got to be one of the hardest working designers in the industry. She is always coming up with something new and always pushing the envelope a little. Her work is filled with texture, color and LIFE. She is a design team member for Imaginisce, Paper Posies, Jacksonbelle Embellishments and Get Sketchy. To top it off she uses TOMBOW on ALL of her projects! She’s a doll to work with and her creativity just makes you want to be around her hoping it will rub off onto you! She made this great card for Get Sketchy last month and I thought it would be the perfect card to kick off a great February here at Tombow! Continue Reading
Marie Browning is at CHA this week doing an adorable make and take project.
Check out her video on facebook – HERE! Make and Take
The trick to making the colors blend like watercolors is The Blender Pen! First to use the brush side of any coloron any piece of plastic (an old cd, or other non-porous surface) Then using your blender pen you can pick up your chosen ink color to pull the colors into your stamped image. Start shading where you want the color to be the most intense then gradually work in tiny circle to lighter shades. Work in small area at a time and don’t over blend. It’s super easy and the effect is BEAUTIFUL! The Blender Pen comes with any of our 10 piece sets and our 96 color set. Try this technique on your next card or layout. We’d love to see what you come up with! Because it’s CHA, and because we’re excited about this awesome technique, post your project using this technique here or on our Facebook profile before Thursday at midnight and on Friday we’ll choose 1 lucky artist to win a set of 10 dual brush markers from our new line!
Did you know that happiness can be found in the form of paper? I did! October Afternoon sent over some of their new product lines and I have to tell you that I was so excited to have fresh, new, ADORABLE stuff that was just waiting for my hands to get to work! It’s instant inspiration. All this week , we will be partnering with October Afternoon. Be sure to check both our blogs often this week. We’ll both be posting TONS of inspiration and giveaways. This was a quick card I made up with the *few* supplies that were left after my kids made their Thank You cards last week. All Paper, Stickers and Rub-Ons are from the Farm Fresh line. I added the buttons to the flower centers with MONO AQUA and the papers were attached using our great MONO Permanent Adhesive roller. An easy, quick and WAY CUTE friendship card made in under 5 minutes thanks to the perfect pair, Tombow and October Afternoon!
I’m loving seeing everyone’s talent and creativity. It’s so fun to get a peek into your lives. Remember that to fully qualify for the contest you need to have a link on your blog and/or listing Tombow product was used. I’m trying to comment on everyone’s blog but a few won’t accept my username but I promise we’re looking at all of your amazing efforts. We’ll post the winner Thursday!
Today we’re posting another great card by Debbie Fisher.
This card has so much depth and texture to it! The colors are perfect too. Debbie used Mono-Adhesive Permanent for the beautiful patterned paper and Mono Aqua Liquid Glue for the Embellishments and ribbon. Thanks Debbie, we love your work!
