Yearly Archives: 2014

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

May 12, 2014 in General / Zentangle tagged Coloring zentangles / Drawing Pencil / Dual Brush Pens / Fudenosuke Pen / Marie Browning / MONO Twin Permanent Black Pen / Shading Zentangles / Time to Tangle with Colors / Zentangle 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

May 8, 2014 in Giveaways tagged #ThankATeacher / Teacher Appreciation / Tombow Tote by Tombow USA

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

May 7, 2014 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / Giveaways / Guest Designers by Tombow USA

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

May 5, 2014 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / Giveaways / Guest Designers tagged Crafty Secrets / guest designer / JustRite / Michele Kovak by Tombow USA

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!

May 5, 2014 in Guest Designers tagged guest artist by Arlene Ellis

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 ...

May 2, 2014 in Guest Designers tagged guest artist by Arlene Ellis

“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 ...

May 1, 2014 in Guest Designers tagged guest artist by Arlene Ellis

“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

April 30, 2014 in General / Guest Designers tagged art / guest artist by Arlene Ellis

“[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

April 29, 2014 in Guest Designers tagged guest artist by Arlene Ellis

“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 […]

Simulating Watercolor with Tombow Dual Brush Pens

April 28, 2014 in Guest Designers tagged art / Dual Brush Pens / guest artist / Watercolor by Arlene Ellis

Guest Designer Arlene Ellis

April 26, 2014 in Guest Designers tagged guest artist by Tombow USA

Woooo Hoooo! It’s Friday! I hope your week went well and send you wishes for a great weekend! I have been busy helping to organize a stamping retreat (our 13th year) that will be held next weekend. There is lots and lots to do to prep as we have 4 […]

recycle/repurpose…..by melissa cash

April 25, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General tagged Melissa Cash / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Tombow Foam Tabs / Tombow Xtreme Glue Tape by Melissa

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