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Hello Crafty Friends! Jennifer Priest here with a fun card inspired by music, for Music Week here at Tombow USA. Musical instruments have a beauty all their own that looks great on crafts and home decor. Recently I have been into Hawaiian and Latin American colors and themes so when […]

Ukelele Card – Music Week

September 9, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team by Jennifer

Hello Friends! All this week we’re working with Color Wheels here on the Tombow blog. I’m Jennifer Priest and today I am going to share how you can create a beautiful multi-color stenciled card front that looks cohesive by simply choosing marker colors based on the color wheel. You’ll be stenciling […]

Stenciling with Markers – Color Wheel Week

September 2, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General tagged Card / color wheel / stencil by Jennifer

Hello Happy Moms! Jennifer Priest here, and all kidding aside about the “freedom” back to school gives us moms, it’s a fabulous milestone in each of our kids’ lives. I wish I had known about the trend of using the same chalkboard in each of my kids’ back to school […]

Back to School Scrapbook Page

August 26, 2015 in Design Team / General / Scrapbooking & Project Life tagged scrapbooking by Jennifer

Mail art is so fun to look at but it can seem difficult to make. All this week Tombow is sharing mail art here on the Tombow blog. A few years ago I received my first piece of mail art – I had ordered a print from illustrator Helen Dardik’s […]

Coffee Lovers’ Inspired Starbucks Mail Art

August 19, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Handlettering tagged Jennifer Priest / Mail Art by Jennifer

Hey Everyone! Jennifer Priest here with a fun emoji inspired card for this week’s “smile week”. Did you see Beth Watson’s adorable emoji project yesterday here on the Tombow blog? It’s ADORABLE! Like Beth, I love emojis and since I’ve been playing with piñatas, I thought it was a good […]

Emoji Piñata Card – Smile Week – Day 3

August 12, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks by Jennifer

This week the Tombow Design Team members are featuring projects created with paper and embellishments we received from our friends at Fancy Pants Designs. We each received an assortment of items from Fancy Pants Designs’ new releases, Making Waves, Summer Sun and Office Suite. Since we’re nearing the end of summer, it’s the […]

Scrapbook Your Summer with Fancy Pants Designs and Tombow!

August 5, 2015 in Design Team / Scrapbooking & Project Life tagged Fancy Pants Designs / Jennifer Priest / Scrapbook by Jennifer

Make a fun wall accent using Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue as a decoupage medium. I saw these wood plaques with clips on them at a local crafts store for $8 to $20 each that would be cute home decor in my son’s room or around the house but I […]

Decoupage with Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue

July 22, 2015 in Design Team / DIY Decor / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Decoupage / diy / Home Decor / Knockoff by Jennifer

Did you hear us all scream when Tombow told us that we were going to be doing a coloring books for grownups challenge here on the blog? The sun shined a little brighter that day… Coloring books for grownups are everywhere right now and there’s a whole lot more to […]

Creative Coloring Week – Coloring with Recycled Colored Pencils

July 15, 2015 in Adult Coloring / Design Team tagged colored pencils / coloring books / coloring books for adults / joanne fink / Zenspirations by Jennifer

This week the team was challenged to find inspiration from summer trends, using images on a specific Pinterest board. I chose the “Acoustic Boho” image below because I liked the unique color combination, the texture in the Mexican and Native American textiles in the photo, and the geometric patterns. My […]

Acoustic Boho Birthday Card – Summer Trends 2015

July 8, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged birthday card / geometric / hipster / native / trends by Jennifer

The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. I have always loved the red, white, and blue and at one time, I had my entire living room decorated in Americana. Those days are long gone but we can still enjoy some red, white, and blue on cards, scrapbook […]

Red, White and Blue Ombre with Markers – Stars and ...

July 1, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Card / fourth of july / markers / ombre by Jennifer

Remember that summer road trip the family took back in ’84 to Yosemite? Yeah, I don’t remember it either. Scrapbooking’s magic is in the journaling and the best time to journal is right after something happened. With all the summer trips happening, it’s hard to find paper and embellishments to […]

TOMBOW USA AND BELLA BLVD JUST ADD COLOR DAY 3

June 24, 2015 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / Scrapbooking & Project Life tagged Bella Blvd / Scrapbook / scrapbooking / Summer by Jennifer

Father’s Day is a great time to pamper Dad because, well, Dads don’t typically pamper themselves. We have a lot of fun finding cool lotions, breath sprays, and other unique items to give to my husband on Father’s Day. This past week I was in Salt Lake City and I […]

For Dad – Father’s Day Gifts from the Kids

June 17, 2015 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team tagged dad / Gift by Jennifer