Doodling, drawing, coloring with markers…did we not do all of these things as children and teenagers? Growing up and getting into scrapbooking, I feel like I had forgotten what it was like to draw. The best way to get back into doing something you love (or trying something new) is […]

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine’s last week. We had a big snow storm the Monday before and we are suppose to get another snow storm this week so I thought it was the perfect time to share this wintery quick and easy project using a stamped image […]
Penguin Post It by Debbie Fisher

Pat Niemuth from Northwoods Rubber Stamps shared this beautiful blending technique with me recently. It really makes the Dual Brush Pens Colors rich and glorious! I’m starting with a stamped and embossed butterfly stamp from Northwoods Stamps. Just one of the many wonderful works of art by Jean Arneson. I […]
Blending Technique with Tombow Dual Brush Pens by Marie Browning
Giving a gift card? Why not create a little sleeve for it that was specifically designed for the recipient? You will need a piece of cardstock that is 3 1/2″ by 5″. Score at 2 1/4″ and 4 1/2″ Fold on score lines and add Tombow Mono Multi […]
floral gift card sleeves….by melissa cash

Happy Valentine’s Day!! I hope you are having a great day so far, full of Valentines and candy!! I made this cute Valentine Owl using Paper Piecing. To glue the papers on the rest of the card I used the Mono Adhesive Dots Runner. The best glue I have ever […]
Guess Hoo? By Jennie Garcia
Need a quick card for the big day? This card is actually one you can START while you’re at work at the office. All you need is a little cardstock and some Correction Tape! Fold the cardstock to create a card base. Cutting an 8.5×11 piece of cardstock into two […]
Love From the Office – with Jennifer Priest
Only a couple more days until Valentine’s Day! I have a sugar free treat to share with you today. I saw these cute Valentine pencils and remembered I had a fun pencil box pinned (instructions here) and decided to make these for some special people in my life. Because my […]
Valentine Pencil Boxes by Debbie Fisher

Still time before Valentines’ Day to make a few more cards! Tombow adhesives makes it possible for easy and quick card construction and Quietfire Design makes it lovely with their gorgeous calligraphy stamps. I am using the beautiful papers from Fancy Pant’s Love Note collection with the sophisticated colors of […]
Heart Card by Marie Browning
The Colored Pencil Techniques My Creative Classroom Class starts Feb 21, 2013. We would love to have you join us in this fun technique class using our Irojiten Colored Pencils and adhesives. MCC staff is also giving a free seat giveaway. You can find the information here. You will learn all […]
Colored Pencils Techniques MCC Class
Hi there! This week my fellow Tombow teamies are teaming up with Fancy Pants and have been sharing some amazing projects created with supplies from the Fancy Pants Love Note collection. Today I am sharing a little Love Bird with you. I pulled this little wooden bird […]
Fancy Pants Love Bird….by melissa cash

This week we are working with the Love Notes Collection from Fancy Pants Designs. I love these papers so for my layout I layered a few of the patterned papers with the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive. I really wanted to use a strip of the Love Struck paper on the […]
My Whole Heart Layout By Jennie Garcia
My family doesn’t make a big deal out of Valentine’s Day but that doesn’t mean I don’t love the papers and embellishments! Opening up the goodie pack from Fancy Pants Designs that we were sent to work with for our hop this month immediately jumped out to me for one […]