When I think of summer, one of the things I remember from my childhood is learning to ride a bike and then once we (my brothers and I) learned, we rode all over the farm. Bicycles seem to be the “rage” with stamping images now. I am seeing them all […]
6 I drew the white circle for the card with my trusty old compass measuring 3 ½” from center and cut the scallop edge with my decorative scissors. It was embossed with a CB folder swiss dots. The purple circle was cut the same way with a measurement of 3 ¼” […]
“Happy Bear-day” By Karen GoGuen
3 Take a “Leap” using Tombow Dual Brush Pens It looks like this little green frog is ready to leap onto the closest lily pad and relax. He is ready for Summer!!! Using the Tombow Dual Brush Pens in the Retro colors, it will help you bring this guy to life. […]
Take a “Leap” By Guest Designer Carrie Tuttle
3 i work well with schedules…and likewise i *think* my kids do too…. i needed a schedule for the summer to keep us on track. can’t have wii going all the time or too many lazy days when you sit around and let the house and let it implode around you. […]
sticking to a summer schedule by sarah little
3 I love extreme views – like this close-up drawing of a dragonfly. I wanted the colors to be extreme and really ‘pop’ in this drawing so I choose Tombow’s Irojiten Colored Pencils as my coloring medium. I lightly sketched the dragonfly using a 2H Tombow Drawing Pencil and then […]
“Extreme Dragonfly” by Marie Browning
This month’s DT challenge was to show how we celebrate Memorial Day. To be honest, we don’t really do very much. I do reflect and give thanks for those who gave their lives serving our country and for those still serving. One thing we do now is take the wreaths that […]
Memorial Day Celebration By Debbie Fisher
3 I have always had a fascination with moving cards, creating them whenever I can. Whether it slides, jiggles, swings, teeters or spins the reaction from the recipient is the best part of it all!! Instructions: Cut green card stock 6”x 8 ½” and score at 4 ¼” to form the […]
“Tire Swing Dragon” by Guest Designer Karen Goguen
4 Parchment craft….also known as Pergamano is the art of embellishing parchment paper through the techniques such as embossing, perforating, stippling, cutting and coloring. To start I took a piece of parchment paper and placed it onto a pattern. I used painters tape to tape it to the pattern. With a […]
“Parchment Butterfly” By Guest Designer Karen Goguen
4 The easel card is one of my favorite folds. It is so versatile. I have used it to create cards, photo album cards and gift box easel card combos. For this project I have designed a Note Card and Tag Set. The box measures 4 ¾” x 4 […]
“Easel Note Card and Tag Set” by Guest Designer Karen ...
4 I painted the wooden frame with white acrylic paint. The first smaller frame is made with adhesive backed cork. I punched the pieces of cork with an EK Success border punch and cut 45 degree angles for the corners. I used Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Glue to adhere the cord to the […]
“Ahoy” by Guest Designer Karen Goguen
3 We’ve had a wonderful week with Penny Black and both Tombow’s and Penny Black’s Design Teams … and I want to take this opportunity to share all of their creativity with you one last time. Here we go…. Debbie’s, eye popping, “Just For You” card… Elizabeth’s beautiful, “Just A Note” box… Marie’s […]
Penny Black and Tombow having fun…
8 from the time i got my box filled with penny black stamps and “eye-popping” cardstock i knew what i wanted to do…. so i grabbed my Tombow Dual Brush Pens and set out to see if i could get the image from my mind onto paper. i am not a […]