The original base is just white cardstock that I misted with homemade mist and on the right I stamped Georgia Aquarium. On the corner I used a brad, a piece of fabric, ticket stub, paper clip, and bling. The staples are just decorative because I used my Mono Multi Liquid Glue to glue everything together. I used my Tombow Dual Brush Pen to draw a line around the page. In the mat of the picture I left a little bit extra to use a border punch. Then with my Tombow Dual Brush Pen I outlined the mat and then did the same with a white pen. Lately I am really into banners and I just used the scraps of my black, white and blue section. I also doodled them all.  On the top of the banners I used tape and some rope that I glued with my Mono Aqua Liquid Glue which I love because you can’t see where the glue is at all. For my handmade embellishments I used the Mono Multi Liquid Glue. Felt could be tricky to glue you can’t use any glue because the embellishment might come off but the Mono Multi Liquid Glue works perfect. This kind of creepy mouth sheet is from a pad but I cut of the blank part around the image and did some matting with blue and black. For all the matting I always use my Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive. No project of mine is complete without Tombow Foam Tabs so the whole journaling piece has some dimension.

Working with Blue Iris this week was fun. I can’t get enough of the Mono Multi Liquid Glue for my embellishments.

I hope you like my blue project!!

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]]> http://blog.tombowusa.com/2012/02/02/abc-blue-iris-week-by-jennie-garcia/feed/ 0 http://blog.tombowusa.com/2012/02/01/blue-iris-by-sarah-little/ http://blog.tombowusa.com/2012/02/01/blue-iris-by-sarah-little/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:50 +0000 Sarah http://blog.tombowusa.com/?p=8118 last one! this brings my count of layouts for the year so far to 4…one a week. not to shabby. hmmm…maybe i should set a goal to do 52 layouts this year, one for each week?

the last color challenge is BLUE IRIS. whereas i had a harder time picking out papers and embellishments for my first layout using Tangerine Tango, this time i was able to dig up a few things. even still, i put my Tombow Dual Brush Pen to work. I colored two raw chipboard stars and some white sticker letters with color #555 .

i cut out the outline of the star, and because it was so thin, i used the Tombow Stamp Runner with Dot Adhesive. being able to stamp along the thin outline allowed for better placement and did not pull on the paper, as i feared using the runner would. the slide mechanism is very easy to use and better yet, if some of the dots went over the edge of the outline, because they are dots they clean up by rubbing them away.

i used Tombow MONO Multi to set the buttons and the chipboard stars, and Tombow MONO Adhesive Permanent Runner to glue down the pictures and pattern paper.

we made it through the first month of the year! how are your goals coming? do you have any scrapbooking or craft goals? stick with us, we’ll help you get there!

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After I gather all my supplies for a layout I start by matting the picture, but instead of using just white cardstock, I used Tombow’s  Dual Brush Pen to draw some stripes and then added the photo to do some doodling around it. Before I assemble I everything I doodled the base, the 8 1/2 x 11 patterned paper and the strips of paper with the things I like. Before gluing everything I like to lay everything down to see where it looks better. After I decided, I stamped the heart and the eye so I could use the last one instead of the letter “I”. I also used some die cuts that I assembled using the Mono Multi Liquid Glue, it was great to use the fine tip specially for the black piece of the bird. The fine tip of the Mono Multi Liquid Glue allowed me to glue these detailed parts easily without making a mess. I made some embellishments with my Spirograph and the Dual Brush Pens and glued other embellishments in the center with my Mono Multi Liquid Glue which works great with paper and embellishments like the rose I made. The  8 1/2 x 11 paper, the octagons on the corners, the doily, the mat and the photo were glued with the the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive. For the turquoise rope I used the Mono Aqua Liquid Glue since it dries completely clear you won’t notice where is the glue, the staples on the corners are just for decoration because there is no way that it will keep the shape without glue.  The rest of the embellishments were glued with the Mono Multi Liquid Glue or with Tombow Foam Tabs for a little extra dimension. I used Tombow Foam Tabs for the shadow in the die cuts to make them stand out.

I really love the vibe of this layout!! The Dual Brush Pens help the page feel like it’s moving. This was a nice idea, maybe I’ll make one once a year so future generations can make fun of our likes.

I hope you love my loving project!!

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here we go…another layout! these color challenges have been great! isn’t great to feel accomplished!?!

this layout used the color TURQUOISE, which is quite possibly my favorite color. one thing i love about turquoise is that it can be so many things… summer time when paired with oranges and blues, winter when paired with silver and white, spring with pinks and reds, and fall with browns and greens. it can be used for boys or girls. it is the color to use for tropical pictures and even baseball pictures…okay, if you are a Marlins fan.

anyway, it worked perfectly for these pictures of my daughter dancing in a (extremely cold) winter festival performance.

i used the Tombow Dual Brush Pen #343 to doodle a few snowflakes. i looked back on some of Marie’s instructions on using the pens for doodling and attempted some of those techniques.

the pictures were adhered with Tombow MONO Adhesive Permanent Runner, the snowflakes were popped up with Tombow Foam Tabs, the metal letters were glued down with Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Glue, and lastly i used the Tombow Glue Pen to “draw” over each of the snowflake doodles. push the roller ball tip down until glue starts to flow, and then trace the lines previously drawn. when the glue from the Glue Pen dries it is clear, but leaves a slight shine or wet look.

one more color challenge to go this month. hope you’ve been playing along!

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i never really paid attention before to “the color of the year” or even “Pantone colors” before… but this month’s challenges have had me digging to find the perfect shade of paper or embellishment to match said colors. in the end i’ve come up short and needed to create something to finish the project. in addition to the color challenge i challenged myself to create a scrapbook layout for each of them, to jumpstart the 2012 year, when i will get more layouts done!

i have had these pictures of my daughter and one of her best friends (this one we’ve known since we said their ages in months!) i have even scrapbooked a few of these pictures before. but i had more pictures and the paper already picked out and i was looking forward to getting another layout done.  i needed to add in some embellishment and struggled to find something the right color in my stash.

i found some white paper flowers and grabbed my Tombow Dual Brush Pen #743. i colored around the edges of the flowers. then with a q-tip dipped in water i dragged the color in towards the center of the flower. once the color was blended it was the perfect embellishment  for my layout. (wait til the flower is dry before adhering it to your project.)

to finish putting the layout together i used Tombow MONO Adhesive Permanent Runner for the pictures and paper, Tombow Dual Brush Pen #743 to ink the edges of the pages and write a portion of the title, Tombow MONO Aqua to set the rhinestones in the center of the flowers, and Tombow Power Tabs to set the flowers. WOW, 4 Tombow products on one layout. i love that each of them have a purpose, but work so well together.

I hope you enjoyed my attempt at using HONEYSUCKLE. check back tomorrow for another very pink project!

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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 so many… it works for me. However, when it comes to scrapbooking Christmas memories I always do it the next year. This is the case of this layout, last years pictures and I just did the layout. The good thing about this is that I use things that I already have instead of going to the store to buy more things.

I used an old Momenta paper pack for this layout and the solid textured cardstock for matting and the blue background is from Colorbok.

For the doodling around the page I used the Tombow Blue Dual Brush pen #443 from the Groovy Collection and for the green circle I used the Green #195 Dual Brush pen from the Retro Collection.

For this Cute Santa I did some fussy cutting from another page and the title is a punch out that I matted. I used Tombow’s Foam Tabs on the Santa Claus and all the punch outs.

I used dew drops of the Tombow Mono Multi glue on the I Believe in Santa Punch Out and the letter stickers are from My Little Shoebox.I also used some bling on the Christmas Tree.  Noticed the simple gifts? Well this is the time to save money on gifts before she starts asking for PSP, DS and all the other expensive letters.

Have fun with your family this Holiday Season!!

Tombow products used:

 Foam Tabs

Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive

Retro Dual Brush Pen Set

Groovy Dual Brush Pen Set 

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Jennie

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I love making layouts!! But Once Upon a Time I got obsessed with Mini Albums and then cards. When I snapped out of it I was so behind in my scrapbooking that ever since that happened I am making layouts non stop. Lately lots of them are Double Layouts which I hated doing before. If you are like me and you take 20 pictures of your kids just sitting there, Double Layouts are the absolute BEST!

I love adding a big shape in the middle of a double layout, I feel that it connects the two pages. I used the octagon to continue the street feel.  I used the Alphabet Soup Girl Collection from My Mind’s Eye and the Summer Travel collection from K & Company.

The word SAFETY was cut from the Boys Will Be Boys Cricut Cartridge.

The arrow is also from Boys Will be Boys but the First is from Cherry Limeade Cricut Lite Cart.  For the First I used plain orange cardstock and I drew diagonal lines with the Tombow Retro Dual Brush Pen Set.

The swirl and the cute little girl are Punch Outs from the Paper and Accessories 12×12 Kit.

The bee  is also a punch out. I love using the Foam Tabs because that dimension gives your scrapbook a little more detail.

This arrow is also from Boys Will Be Boys. I don’t have boys but this cart has many images that can be used with girls.

The bike is from the same cart and the doodling on the borders were made with Tombow Retro Dual Brush Pen Set.

I made this lollipop flowers and I free handed the leaves.

Tombow products used:

 Foam Tabs

Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Mono Adhesive Permanent

Retro Dual Brush Pen Set

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Jennie

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The first page is Magic and for the purple I used Bewitched.

The second page I used was Night and I used Rusty Hinge Distress Ink for the border.

In this double layout I tried clustering the products and I really liked how it turned out.

In this part I used the Cards page, Alpha Stickers, Rub Ons (shoe) and Chipboard Elements (hats).

This is from the Cards page and I used the Oct 31 Rub On. Under the card I used a chipboard sticker and above the card I did some doodling with the Tombow Groovy Dual Brush Pen Set.

These are chipboard stickers and one of them is a journaling spot.

Those white swirls is a Rub On, it worked great on the picture. The purple shape is a big cut from Gypsy Wanderings and I used Dusty Concord Distress Ink around it. I also used Tombow Groovy Dual Brush Pen Set to outline the shape.

I used the chipboard stickers and I overlapped Fancy Pants buttons and I used floss to tie the buttons together.

In this card I used glitter glue and I mated the card with the Magic sheet. Below the card I used a Rub On I also did some matting with the Night sheet.

On the Night sheet I used Glossy Accents and glitter glue to make the lamp stand out.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s post to see more Fancy Pants!!

I hope you enjoyed the post!!

Take Care!!

Jennie

Tombow Products Used:

Groovy Dual Brush Pen Set 

Mono Adhesive Permanent

Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Foam Tabs

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the line has so many enchanting papers, easy to use stickers and fun embellishments. i should have taken a picture of all of it before i started working, but i didn’t (too eager to get to work!)

so instead, this time i am entertaining you with a picture of “after”…what i was left with. it may look like a lot, until you see what i started with! and here is a link to everything that is included in this line from Fancy Pants. ( i had MOST of it!)

from my first glance at the papers in this collection i knew that they would be perfect for this COMING  halloween, since my daughter is dressing as a witch. i’ve been working a halloween or two in the past each year and i’ve never been concerned with matching costumes to the paper used for the memory keeping, but it was the perfect choice for this year.

i began with a 2 page layout, using quite a bit of product without making it feel overwhelming or busy. i used Tombow MONO Adhesive Permanent. i left lots of room for pictures to document our costume choices for this year.

once that was finished I started work on a a small album where I could keep pictures of all the events of the holiday – Trunk-or-Treat at church, Trick-or-Treating on Halloween, classroom parties, pumpkin carving, and our own Halloween party. i needed a standard size, so i made mats for pictures that would be printed wallet size. This way I can fit many pictures on a page, even though the page is only 6×12.

for this album i used Tombow MONO Adhesive Permanent  for all the paper embellishments and mats, and i used Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Adhesive to adhere the background papers to the chipboard album pages. (album by pink paislee).

to create the album i spread the pages out…and then all around i laid out the sticker sheets, chipboard stickers, die cuts and paper scraps from previously cut sheets, and worked on one set of pages at a time. first i added some photo mats, then i would scour through all the goodies to find embellishments that complimented each other and helped pull the page together.

title page

filler pages

back page

there is plenty of room to add more pictures if needed, and room to add journaling. two things to keep in mind when pre-making an album.

so in my goal to use as much as i could and i managed a double page layout, a 10 page mini album, and a huge sense of accomplishment…Halloween memories are ready to be made!

sarah

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