Tutorials, Tips & Tricks

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

For Debbie’s challenge, we are using the Pantone’s Color of the Year: Radiant Orchid! As it is so close to Valentine’s Day, I thought a cute ‘n quick card would be fun! I really wanted to do something with candy, but alas, no candy stamps (I have so many […]

Debbie’s Challenge: Glittery Radiant Orchid! by Marie Browning

February 3, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Art Glitter / Debbie Fisher / Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Glue Pen / MONO Removeable Adhesive Runner / MONO Twin Permanent Black Pen / Penny Black by Marie Browning

You can use Tombow’s Dual Brush Pens on vellum with great success! It’s a great introduction to blending for beginners as the vellum is forgiving and beautiful! The trick to working on Vellum is to stamp on the front, and then do all the coloring on the back. You can […]

Blending on Vellum by Marie Browning

January 20, 2014 in Cards & Papercrafting / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning / MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner by Marie Browning

I thought I would share with you the drawing, even though it needs finishing, that I started at NAMTA (International Art Material Trade Show) that was held this past week in Minneapolis. I used the Irojiten Colored Pencils, Vol. 3, Deep Tone 1. I would also like to thank Canson […]

I’m Nuts for Irojiten Colored Pencils! By Marie Browning

May 6, 2013 in Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged blending with Colored Pencils / Canson / Colored Pencil Techniques / Irojiten Color Dictionary Pencils / Marie Browning / NAMTA / Studio Design by Marie Browning

Pat Niemuth from Northwoods Rubber Stamps shared this beautiful blending technique with me recently. It really makes the Dual Brush Pens Colors rich and glorious! I’m starting with a stamped and embossed butterfly stamp from Northwoods Stamps. Just one of the many wonderful works of art by Jean Arneson. I […]

Blending Technique with Tombow Dual Brush Pens by Marie Browning

February 18, 2013 in Cards & Papercrafting / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Blending technique with Tombow markers / Canson / Dual Brush Pens / Foam Tabs / Jean Arneson / Marie Browning / Northwoods Stamps / Pat Niemuth by Marie Browning

This little owl is the star of the workshop Tombow will be presenting at the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) in Anaheim later this week. He is put together with MONO Multi Liquid Glue, MONO Aqua Liquid Glue, Dot Adhesive and Power Tabs. He will illustrate how easy it is […]

Mixed Media Owl by Marie Browning

January 7, 2013 in General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged CHA / Marie Browning / MONO Adhesive Dots Runner / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Power Tabs by Marie Browning

We are 5 days away from Christmas!! Can you believe it?? Already!! Just in case you need to squeeze a few more cards in, or in case you need embellishments for your layouts and December Dailies I have a tutorial and a bonus tip for you!! This tree is really cute and […]

Tree-mendous Tree Tutorial!! By Jennie Garcia

December 20, 2012 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged adding ribbon to cards / Card Making with Scraps / cards / Christmas / Foam Tabs / Greeting Cards / Holiday Cards / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Power Tabs / Recollections / Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive by Jennie Garcia

Today I have a tutorial on the Joy Fold Card. Is incredibly easy!! Don’t forget that October 6th is World Card Making Day!! The base will be a 4 1/2″ x 8 1/2 piece of cardstock scored at 5 1/2. Your card will still be an A2 card but, with […]

Hi Joyful Tutorial!! By Jennie Garcia

September 27, 2012 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged cards / Doodling / Jennie Garcia / MONO DOTS Adhesive Runner / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Power Tabs / Sizzix / Tombow / Tombow Adhesives / Tombow Foam Tabs / Tutorial / Twine by Jennie Garcia

Welcome to the Tombow/May Arts Blog Week!! We are so excited to be sharing some amazing projects featuring May Arts ribbon and Tombow adhesive and more. To me, May Arts has always been the gold standard in ribbon so I was uber-excited when I received the goodie box from May […]