Art & Craft Tutorials

Marie Browning

In this post I am going to show you step-by-step coloring with Irojiten Colored Pencils. Irojiten Colored Pencils come in 90 yummy colors and have the perfect point strength; soft enough to put down a color field evenly and strong enough to be able to sharpen without the lead breaking. […]

Color Pencil Shading by Marie Browning

July 28, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / General tagged Colored Pencil Eraser / Irojiten Colored Pencils / Marie Browning by Marie Browning

Here is a ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Artwork) rose that was created using the Fudenosuke Pen, Dual Brush Pens, Blending Palette and Foam Tabs. Look closely at the black lines of the rose. they are varied lines, or lines that go from thin to thick. These are the lines the Fudenosuke […]

Tangled Rose by Marie Browning

July 7, 2014 in General / Zentangle tagged Blending Kit / Blending technique with Tombow markers / Dual Brush Pens / Foam Tabs / Fudenosuke Pen / Marie Browning / Zentangle Inspired Artwork by Marie Browning

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Welcome to the final day of the Chalk Hop with Fancy Pants Designs and Tombow! I created some simple packaging using the Burlap & Bouquets Collection and Chalk Tags from Fancy Pants Designs. With Tombow’s adhesives and Irojiten Pencils I added personalized touches and adhered everything together! I thought these would […]

Chalk Hop with Fancy Pants Designs – second project by ...

July 4, 2014 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / Design Team / Handlettering tagged Barbeque Rub / Chalk Tags / Fancy Pants Designs / Fastener Tabs / Marie Browning / Tombow Adhesives / Xtreme adhesive by Marie Browning

Welcome to the Chalk Hop with Fancy Pants Designs and Tombow! We are showcasing the great chalkboard tags and trims from Fancy Pants and the Soft Primary Irojiten Colored pencils from Tombow! I covered a sketchbook with cardstock and embellishments from Fancy Pants Me-ology Collection. The collection went great with […]

Chalk Hop

July 2, 2014 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / Design Team / Handlettering tagged Fancy Pants Designs / Foam Tabs / Power Tabs / Tombow Adhesives / Xtreme adhesive by Marie Browning

For this post I’m introducing a new technique I call “Subtractive Stamping”. It’s a technique to stamp using old documents or book pages as your background and then color using the Dual Brush Pens or Irojiten Colored Pencils. I start with an old journal page that has been transferred onto […]

Rooster Card by Marie Browning

June 16, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / General tagged Dual Brush Pens / Irojiten Colored Pencils / Marie Browning / Sand Eraser by Marie Browning

Are you up for a challenge? It’s an easy one! Create anything with BIRDS! It can be anything related to birds; nests, feathers, eggs, flying and you can use any Tombow products! Here are a few of my recent works that I hope will inspire you. This Zentangle inspired art […]

Marie’s Bird Challenge

June 2, 2014 in Design Team / Giveaways tagged Bird Challenge / Coloring zentangles / Dual Brush Pens / Irojiten Color Dictionary Pencils / Marie Browning / Tombow Adhesives by Marie Browning

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

This is a quick fix for all you decorative painters out there. I painted this little frog in with acrylic paints on a wooden surface. I was not happy at all with my floating and used Tombow’s Irojiten Colored Pencils to do a quick re-do. Here is Mr.Frog again, this […]

Decorative Painting Trick with Irojiten Colored Pencils by Marie Browning

April 21, 2014 in General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Decorative Painting tricks / Irojiten Colored Pencils / Marie Browning by Marie Browning

Great theme Jennie! I have LOTS of experience with rain! Living in a rainforest on the west coast makes me an expert! You would think I would get tired of dark and wet days but I actually love the rain! I made my rain inspired piece on a page in […]

Jennie’s “April Showers” Challenge by Marie Browning

April 1, 2014 in General / Zentangle tagged Blending Kit / Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning / MONO Adhesive Removable / MONO DOTS Adhesive / MONO Multi Glue / Tombow Adhesives / Xtreme adhesive / Zentangle by Marie Browning

Melissa’s Tombow challenge is “Spring Bling”, so I decided to use some beautiful Secret Garden cardstock from Graphic 45 and create some individual-use packages of fragrant bath salts! Mainly because my spring is still a little damp and cold and comfy, fragrant warm baths are still on my mind these […]

Melissa’s Spring Bling Challenge – Bath Salt Sachets by Marie ...

March 10, 2014 in Blog Hops & Partner Projects / General tagged Marie Browning / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Spring Bling Challenge / Xtreme adhesive by Marie Browning

Here’s another quick project using the new Xtreme Adhesive to adhere and construct embellishments. Where the Dot Adhesive works perfectly with paper to paper, the Xtreme is used for those heavier pieces and different surfaces. Easy to make gorgeous cards when using the beautiful papers from Graphic 45! This embellishment […]

Xtreme-ly Quick ‘n Easy Card by Marie Browning

March 3, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / General tagged Graphic 45 / Marie Browning / May Arts / MONO DOTS Adhesive Runner / Xtreme adhesive by Marie Browning

Is everyone tired of winter? I sure am! So here’s a little spring project to celebrate warmer days ahead. I constructed the shadow box using corrugated cardstock and cardstock. The box was put together using Xtreme for an instant super-strong bond. When working with the Xtreme, remember to ‘side swipe’ […]

Spring Shadow Box by Marie Browning

February 24, 2014 in General tagged Foam Tabs / Marie Browning / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Tombow Adhesives / Xtreme adhesive by Marie Browning