Happy Thursday! Today I’m sharing a quick and easy Christmas layout called “Merry and Bright!” The Spotted Paper from Core’dinations is my favorite! It can be hard surface to glue paper on but the NEW Tombow Xtreme Permanent Adhesive works amazing with paper! The ornaments are die cuts from the […]

Hello! As you read this, my oldest son will have just graduated from college (WHERE does the time go???) AND will be getting married the 31st of this month, so we are super busy here as I am blessed to be able to help them out quite a bit with the […]
Quick and Easy Gift Idea by Debbie Fisher

Here is a fun ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art) with a colorful frog amongst a forest of organic tangles. Zentangle® is an easy to learn method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns. It is fun and provides a lighthearted way of relaxing, while shifting focus and perspective. Zentangle was created […]
Frog and Mushroom ZIA by Marie Browning
Happy National Teacher Appreciation week from Tombow. Tombow USA wants to celebrate National Teacher Appreciation week with you! What better way than with a giveaway? Check out our Facebook for your chance to win a FREE Tombow Tote ($39.99 Value). All you have to do is “Tag a Teacher.” Tombow totes […]
Tag a Teacher

We were so excited to have Michele Kovack as our guest designer this week! In case you missed it, here is the beautiful card she created: Big thanks to Michele for being a guest designer with Tombow! This week’s Blog Hop Prize includes: It includes: Xtreme Adhesive MONO Adhesive Removable MONO […]
Winner of Blog hop with Michele Kovack

We are so excited to announce our Guest Designer this week, Michele Kovack! Michele Kovack is a 5th grade teacher by day and crafting ninja at night! She started scrapbooking right after the birth of her daughter,19 years ago. Her Daughter was born with severe mental and physical impairments. Michele says, “This hobby became my […]
Guest Designer Michele Kovack

When I agreed to be Tombow USA’s first weeklong guest designer, I had no idea how challenging it would be to create seven illustrations in a week. And I’ll be honest, I didn’t quite pull it off. I created five in five days, rested on day six and created one […]
Thank you Tombow USA for a Breakthrough Week!

After my vibrant illustration on Thursday using Tombow’s NEW bright dual brush pens, I toned things down a little with their NEW dual brush pens in muted colors. Check it out!
Taking a Breather with Tombow NEW Dual Brush Pens in ...

“I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.” ― Bob Schieffer I know, what a random Bob Schieffer quote, right? But I love Bob […]
Have Fun with Tombow’s NEW Dual Brush Pen Set in ...

“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.” ― Jorge Luis Borges So it turns out that creating a new illustration […]
Creating Ephemeral Moods with Tombow Dual Brush Pens

“[S]topping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel [expletive] from a sitting position.” […]
Surreal Dreams with Tombow Dual Brush Pens

“Across this wide country there are many of you in that predicament. You, also possessed of that unaccountable urge which seemingly comes from nowhere, want to speak the language of art. You love to draw. You wish to draw well. If there is any change, you greatly wish to make […]