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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

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I am a big note taker. I have a terrible memory and am always writing things down (usually on scraps of paper that I then lose from time to time). I decided to make some fun note pads for myself and others. They are very easy to make. This size […]

Handmade Notebook by Debbie Fisher

November 29, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Debbie Fisher / Irojiten Colored Pencils / MONO Adhesive Permanent by Debbie

I use a poem or a saying sometimes to inspire a journal page when I can’t think of anything to draw or write. I often need that extra visual stimulation that poetry offers to get me going on polishing my writing and drawing skills. Here I used Robert Burn’s “A […]

“Fine Pen” Tip-niques by Marie Browning

November 28, 2011 in General tagged Irojiten Colored Pencils / Marie Browning by admin

This week Tombow is teaming up with the fine folks at Walnut Hollow to share some incredible altered projects. In case you have missed any of them you can find them here: Debbie, Sarah, and Jennie. Aren’t those girls talented? I was thrilled to receive this Tissue Box to work with. I knew I wanted to […]

Teaming up with Walnut Hollow……by melissa cash

November 25, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Dual Brush Pens / Foam Tabs / Melissa Cash / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / Power Tabs / Walnut Hollow by Melissa

Image transfer is a technique where you can adhere a piece of treated paper to a surface and render the image translucent. The sample shows a frame with the wood grain showing through the translucent image transfers for a romantic, vintage appearance. Light backgrounds usually work best with this technique […]

Image Transfer “Tip-nique” By Marie Browning

November 21, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Foam Tabs / Marie Browning / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Multi Liquid Glue by admin

raise your hand if LOVE the autumn season like i do?!? and i am sure just like me, many of you enjoy a few crafts to spruce up your home this time of year?!? for the last few years i have made place cards for the thanksgiving table. to keep […]

pumpkin placecards…by sarah little

November 16, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Glue Pen / MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner / Sarah Little by Tombow USA

This technique is a in-direct method that uses the blending palette. It’s perfect for coloring in a section of a stamped image when you want one color blending into another. The Tombow Dual Brush Pens I am using for this technique: 476 Cyan, 703 Pink Rose Step 1: […]

Tombow “Tip-niques” ~ Brush Blending with Dual Brush Pens by ...

November 14, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning by admin

We are so pleased to be able to help with this initative, providing cards for our armed forces to use to write home to their loved ones…..Each of our designers have created cards that are sure to be a sure winner when they are given AND received. There are loads of sites helping […]

Operation Write Home….

November 11, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General by admin

How do I get ready for the holidays?? To be honest I am always behind, except when it comes to shopping. I hate to be in lines for hours so I always do my shopping at the beginning of November. But I work on cards two weeks before Christmas. Since I don’t do […]

“How Do You Get Ready For The Holidays?” By Jennie ...

November 10, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General / Scrapbooking & Project Life tagged Christmas / Doodling / Double Layout / Dual Brush Pens / Jennie Garcia / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Scrapbook / Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive / Tombow Foam Tabs by Jennie Garcia

ready for what??? the holidays! my husband and i are trying to do “organized christmas” this year; to have everything cleaned, decorated, bought and prepared for by the first week in december. it is ambitious, but i’m excited about having a plan! a plan is good… being prepared is good… […]

getting ready….by sarah little

November 9, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged MONO Adhesive Power Bond / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Sarah Little by Tombow USA