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2013/365…by Sarah Little
CREATIVITY GALORE!
My Mind’s Eye has always been a favorite of mine…the company is always coming out with great products and designs. their collections are fabulous to work with, and this one was no exception. “Follow Your Heart” has a touch of vintage and whimsy, and it was so unlike my normal choice of patterns. there was so much of it i knew whatever project i did had to use as much as i possibly could!
i was intrigued and i hatched a plan…it took me a while to get the idea out of my head, but in the end, it turned out better than i hoped.
i saw this idea (yes, yes, i spend too much time checking out other blogs and pinterest!) but this ideas was to keep a stash of index cards and each day, or as often as possible, take the time at the end of the day to write your thoughts about the day, things that happened, funnies, tragedies, what have you. a journal, without using a bound book.
i created this box to hold these index cards and perhaps some pictures along the way. i titled the box 2013/365. which means that i’m saving it for 2013 (yes, i’m crazy! but i’m already doing something else to document 2012) and that i’ll attempt to do it for a full year. the dividers i created are blank, and more than likely i’ll do some scrapbooking on them. but putting them together was easy, and they look classy. i attribute that to the paper line!
using the 6×6 stack i trimmed them down to fit inside the box – 3×6. then i made them sturdier by backing them to each other with Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue. then using a circle punch i created tabs for the top of the dividers by folding them in half and gluing them down with the MONO Aqua.
inside the box is a quote, decorated with the very vintage mini chipboard banners. and the outside of the box buttons and paper were layered with Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Glue. and the metal paper clip was held down with an ultra sticky Power Tab.
i used Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner to put paper to paper and a Dual Brush Pen to help ink up some of the edges on the paper.
so yes, now i am officially crazy, but i am officially ready for 2013. but you don’t have to wait that long. create a box and start today. document your life!
Jump on over to My Mind’s Eye and see all the neat things they have created with Tombow!
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WOW! Two of my favorite companies team up this week on Tombow!! If you follow my blog, you know how much I love My Mind’s Eye. I love that their double sided papers allows you to mix and match to your heart’s content. Ü MME really spoiled the DT with all the goodies they sent us.
I used Tombow’s Mono Adhesive Mega Roller to put these 3 cards together. With as much adhesive as I use, I think I will be using this product alot more. I also like how it feels in my hand and gives a smooth run of adhesive.
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I also used Dual Brush Pen #N95 Cool Gray 1 to add shadows on each of the cards around the birds. The birds are precolored digis by Scrappin Doodles. I’ve been sick with bronchitis the past 10 days and this was a way I could make some quick and easy cards and still show off My Mind’s Eye paper and Tombow products.
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I love the little pop up embellishments that My Mind’s Eye sent us. The box of goodies I received were all from the Miss Caroline line.
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Be sure to stop by the Tombow and My Mind’s Eye blog this week to see all the goodies both design teams created.
A HUGE “Thank you” to My Mind’s Eye for all the goodies!! I will be showing more projects using the products they sent.
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To easily transfer a pattern onto thick paper, such as watercolor paper, make your own graphite paper using Tombow Drawing Pencils.
Take a copy of your pattern (My favorite is source is copy-right free Clip Art from Dover Publications) and with a 5B Drawing Pencil, cover the backside of the pattern with graphite.
Use Removable Adhesive and adhere the pattern to the paper you will be working on. With a 4H or harder Drawing Pencil trace the pattern.
When you lift up the pattern, you will see the image transferred onto your paper. With this project I inked the traced image with a permanent pen. I then used a MONO NP Eraser to remove the traced lines.
I finished the artwork with a Dual Brush Pen splash background and colored the violets with Irojiten Colored Pencils.
It’s that easy! Try it the next time you need to transfer a pattern onto a surface! Join us again for more Tipniques!
The theme this week for Tombow is Hugs. The fun thing about this challenge is that you can make a card/project for any occasion or the best occasion….”just because”. Can’t we all use a hug?
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Cutting Cafe has a Hershey Kiss shaped box that I thought would be perfect for my project this week. I cut the box with watercolor paper and made raspberry stripes with Dual Brush Pen #837 Wine Red.
**Tip: to sponge edges to match ink color; color on plastic with Dual Brush Pen and pick up with a sponge, then sponge the edges.
I used Mono Multi glue on the tabs to glue the box together. I stamped 0031D Consider Yourself from Inky Antic’s and adhered it with Mono Adhesive Permanent to the box.
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Then just filled cello bag with Hershey Raspberry Hugs and tied off with a bow. Wouldn’t this just brighten your day….”just because”?
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This is a great project for children and teens. There is a really nice YouTube presentation of traditional black and white friendship bracelets – this is a colorful Tombow version using the Dual Brush Pens.
Start by cutting strips 8 ½” x ¾” from ordinary cover stock paper. You will also need to cut ¾” strips from overhead transparencies or other clear plastic sheet.
Choose your Dual Brush Pen colors – the best color combinations are those that are close together on the color wheel – some suggestions include: Greens and Blues: 195 Light Green, 373 Sea Blue, and 565 Deep Blue, Pinks and Purples: 725 Rhodamine Red, 665 Purple, and 606 Violet, Oranges and Reds: 933 Orange, 725 Rhodamine Red and 815 Cherry.
Draw the designs onto the paper strip – you can get lots of design ideas from the Zentangle Books from Design Originals.
Use the Dual Brush Blender Pen and blend all the colors together. Let dry.
With Clear Adhesive apply two strips of adhesive to the top of the colored paper strip. Place the clear strip over and rub firmly with a bone folder.
Trim the bracelet to a ½” strip and to a length to fit around your wrist. Cut a Fastener Tab in half and apply to the ends of the bracelet. It’s now ready to wear and share with friends!
This is such a fun project, I hope you enjoyed it and hope you share this with all your friends and tean that enjoy making their own Frienship bracelets.Until next time…
Happy Crafting… 
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How do you like my sentiment? HAHA! I even thought of that myself. This week on Tombow we are focusing on the Irojiten colored pencils. My favorite way to color is using colored pencils and Gamsol, so this is a fun challenge for me.
This is a card I created for CHA and those that took the class loved it. They had alot of fun coloring the image and using the Irojiten pencils for the first time.
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The colored pencils I used are:
Rain Forest: D03Autumn Leaf, D02 Chestnut Brown, P06 Ice Green, V06 Peacock Blue
Woodlands: P11 Rose Pink, P18 Celeste Blue, D15 Mustard, Lg02 Cork, D12 Maroon
Seascape: DL05 Verdigris
in addition:
Saddle Brown #977 was used to create the dots and dashes around the stamped image and Mono Adhesive Permanent to adhere all the pieces together.
I found out at CHA that the image from Stampavie is no longer available, but they do have a new owl image out. Patterned papers are by Echo Park.
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i love making mini books to showcase one event or use up some of my favorite pictures.
i had a stack of “loving family” pictures… you know the ones that you capture a fleeting moment where siblings actually seem to like each other? and children are happy and not complaining? we are trying (very hard) to be a loving family and i wanted to reinforce that as Valentine’s Day is approaching. so i used a mini album that had pages i could make into pockets to keep little notes that we will write to each other. i also wanted a place to keep more of those pictures of precious moments.
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