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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

With IAAP‘s EFAM 2014 just around the corner, we thought it would be a fantastic idea to share our Correction Tape Buying Guide with you! Everybody makes mistakes. And luckily, we make the best ways to correct them. Thanks to its trusted quality, Tombow Mono Correction Tape has no doubt stood […]

Tombow’s Guide to buying Correction Tape

July 27, 2014 in General tagged correction tape / Correction Tape Buying Guide / EFAM 2014 / IAAP by Tombow USA

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

Hey there, it is Friday and I hope you all have lots of fun stuff planned for the weekend. It looks like the weather here in Central CA is going to be pretty nice. Lately, I have been seeing stacked die cuts show up on the internet and I really […]

thinking of you….by melissa cash

June 20, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General tagged cards / Foam Tabs / Melissa Cash / MONO DOTS Adhesive Runner / MONO Multi Liquid Glue by Melissa

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

Hi there! I am back with the final card in my star series. This card would be great for the graduate in your life. I chose to use the colors of our local high school, but you could change it up to fit whatever school you needed it to be. […]

congratulations….by melissa cash

May 30, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / General / Parties & Entertaining tagged Melissa Cash / Tombow Xtreme Glue Tape by Melissa

Operation Write Home Memorial Day Bloghop

May 24, 2014 in General by Tombow USA

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

“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

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 […]

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