Best of… Gift Ideas
While skimming through past posts I found that a lot of our projects are not only gift oriented but food oriented. Sharing recipes is just as special as sharing a secret. Add on to that a special layer of pretty paper and it’s probably the best gift ever! I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that we all like to share our passions with others. Everyone from musicians playing music for others or authors sharing a good book, it’s almost a right of passage. Sharing things that you love with someone else is it’s own non-verbal way to show you care. For crafters giving a little gift that is presented in a special way or made from your own hands seems to send a message above and beyond the intended gift purpose. This fun Peeps in a Jar project was so popular in the spring but doesn’t have to be just for the Easter. Have you seen the Red, White and Blue Star peeps out there? I know that they’re out with a vengeance during Valentines, Halloween and Christmas. Apparently these squishy candies are available all year round and with a little color tweaking this project works for anything. (and trust me, it’s yummy all year round!)
You can find April’s full instructions and recipe here.
If you liked this you might also like “Welcome to Holland” Tulip Cookies, Candy Bags (which would be adorable filled with trail mix for camp!), and Cherry Coke. What about you? What have been your favorite gift posts? Remember that we’ll post a winner Monday. Enjoy your weekend!
-Joanna Wallace
Amanda Grazini is a freelance illustrator and teacher at Quanta Academia de Artes based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her avant-garde artwork has been featured in a number of Brazilian exhibits including Fungos na Via Libris, Livraria Pop and Revista Collectiva.
Amanda prefers our Dual Brush Pens for the color variety, which she frequently uses to create sketches. Visit to see Amanda’s website to see her editorial and sketch work.
One of the best parts of be Tombow’s Blog Editor is the fact that I get to work with so many wonderful companies and even more amazing men and women. I have loved, LOVED working with each company to bring you all the best team-ups from the best companies with the best products to share with you the latest and greatest. My favorite team up so far has got to be IMAGINISCE. Their team is wonderful, their products make me melt and their ideas knocked our socks off! These altered blocks by Debbie have been one of our most viewed with everyone going back and re-checking it for reference and I have to say, I really, really love that.
you can read the original post HERE and if you like this altered project you might also like the altered Project Life/Pink Paislee Layout and the Altered Pencil Box using Tombow/Graphic 45. What have been your favorite altered items or team-ups been?
My favorite project that I’ve done with the kids has to be the SPARKLE COASTERS… super easy, super cheap, super great gift, super fun to make and SUPER CUTE!
These are super easy and super cute. My daughter and I made these up for Teacher Thank You gifts. They’d make fun Christmas gifts from kids too. Click HERE for the original post and instructions.
If you liked this then you might also be ineterested in…
Summer Picnic Plates and a fun Finger Puppet Board Book too!
This week we’re pulling out a few of our favorites over the last year… just in case you missed them the first time around. 
and just because I’m feeling generous and super summer-y let’s throw in a giveaway for good measure. Just take a few minutes to look through our archives and then comment on any (or all) of this week’s posts with your top 2 favorite posts since we started …. winner announced next Monday!
Today’s ‘best of’ is a favorite video…. Summer Paper Hibiscus, watch the video HERE.
If you like this you might also like the Vintage Paper Roses and the Daisy with Dragonflies video’s too.
Hambly Screen Print Overlays can sometimes be overwhelming to work with because it comes with it’s own level of stress just for adhering it. I have seen so many people rework their initial designs just to cover/hide the adhesive. Oh you know you’ve seen it… the random flower placed over the glue dot or the picture placed just right to cover the sticky tabs… and then the edges flap a little tooo much and you hope and pray the layout doesn’t get touched much because your sheet protector just might not hold it all together the way it was in your mind. You know you’ve been there. It’s funny cause, it’s true! At the same time it’s sad because there is a simple solution! Your design shouldn’t be compromised just because of logistics. Seriously, for a few dollors save yourself the headache and go out and get a little Tombow’s MONO Vellum Adhesive. Then stock up on all the Hambly your desk can handle, I promise that it’s worth it.
So if you happened to have a little Tombow’s MONO Vellum Adhesive and a few Hambly Screen Print Overlays… What would you make without worrying where to
There is nothing more serene than nature. Our Tombow Dual Brush Landscape Set helps artists capture the tranquil essence of nature in landscape drawings. The set, which comes in a 6- and a 10-pack, features earth tones, variants of green and blue and a blender pen that gives landscape drawings realism.
The featured landscape was created by illustrator Jim Nichols for the Landscape Set packaging.
We dooo! That’s Whooo!!! Remember to comment so that we have a chance to show you how much we love you and check out his so cute Tombow/Hambly bag by our own Debbie Fisher…
This week Tombow is partnering with Hambly Studios. Hambly sent the Tombow design team a wonderful package. It was full of clear cardstock overlays and stickers. The cardstock is VERY thick and sturdy…perfect for making a fun little box.
A few weeks ago, Splitcoaststampers had THIS wonderful tutorial. I had planned to make a different clear box, but it just didn’t work very good, so went with this one and love it! This box is soooo easy to make! I will definitely be making more of them. Its’ perfect for just the “little something” to give as a gift box for any reason.
I did a couple of different things than the tutorial. Because I was using a clear cardstock, I didn’t fold the sides down, but cut them off. I used Tombow’s Mono Adhesive Power Bond and WOW is that stuff strong! I am loving that product! It is perfect for making my little boxes and home decor items that I love to create.
I used the aqua hearts overlay to make the box. For the front I adhered an owl from one of Hambly’s sticker sheets onto a label from a label sticker sheet. I love their Kraft Cardstock Stickers. It was just the perfect little “something” to decorate the front of my gable box.
Thanks Debbie for the great ideas and thank to all of our wonderful loyal blog family for looking and remember to keep the comments coming, this weeks giveaway is a-maze-ing!
We’re continuing our “How do you choose correction tape?” series with a look at the side application. Consider us your all-knowing guru when it comes to correction tape of all types.
The benefits of side application:
- Allows full view for accurate corrections – quick, clean and complete coverage
- Long lasting with large tape supply
- Great value for frequent user
So, is the side application more of your style?
i have been using hambly with my tombow products for several years…since the invention of Tombow MONO Vellum adhesive.
there are many fun projects that can be created with their clear screen prints…clear cards, clear favor boxes, cutting up the screen prints to use as individual embellishments and using the screen print as a background for a layout, which is what i did with this project. because the layout was about a dress my mother made by hand i sewed through the screen print and the cardstock for the detailing around the scalloped edge piece and the title “dress”. i used the Vellum adhesive to hold it in place. then i cut up another screen print sheet that had several frames and used one over the focal picture and another to frame around the title. i used Vellum adhesive to put those down too.
i have several more ideas and lots of hambly product to play with, i’ll be working on a few more projects to post in the next few months. so many ideas, so little time. what about you? any hambly projects you have in the works?
-Sarah
