Art & Craft Tutorials

Marie Browning

Image transfer is a technique where you can adhere a piece of treated paper to a surface and render the image translucent. The sample shows a frame with the wood grain showing through the translucent image transfers for a romantic, vintage appearance. Light backgrounds usually work best with this technique […]

Image Transfer “Tip-nique” By Marie Browning

November 21, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Foam Tabs / Marie Browning / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Multi Liquid Glue by admin

This technique is a in-direct method that uses the blending palette. It’s perfect for coloring in a section of a stamped image when you want one color blending into another. The Tombow Dual Brush Pens I am using for this technique: 476 Cyan, 703 Pink Rose Step 1: […]

Tombow “Tip-niques” ~ Brush Blending with Dual Brush Pens by ...

November 14, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning by admin

This easy DoodleDab is nice for adding a little holiday flourish on your projects. Use it to decorate an envelope, add it to a stamped image or even embellish the Christmas Dinner Menu. The Tombow Dual Brush Pens I am using for this DoodleDab: 277 DarkGreen, 195 Light Green, […]

Tombow “Tip-niques” Holiday Flourish DoodleDab by Marie Browning

November 7, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning by admin

This is a fun project for kids and adults. Great for a Saturday or Sunday… Step 1: For the base to create a distressed pleated flower on, punch out 1” circles from a scrap of decorative paper and coat with MONO Multi liquid Glue. Let dry completely clear. […]

Tombow “Tip-nique” Distressed Ribbon Flower by Marie Browning

October 31, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Marie Browning / MONO Adhesive Permanent / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Power Tabs by admin

Adhering Die Cuts with Tombow’s Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive I love my die cuts; but gluing fine detailed pieces down successfully can be a challenge. My favorite technique is to use is Tombow’s Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive. The dot technology releases the adhesive only onto to the paper, with no […]

Die Cuts and the “Amazing” Tombow Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive ...

October 24, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Marie Browning / Stamp Runner Dot by admin

Flocking, or adding a soft, matte textured effect to paper, can be applied in ultra fine detail with Tombow’s Glue Pen. I especially like it for adding fur on stamped animals! For the sample I have used green flocking, a piece of printed cardstock and Tombow’s Glue Pen. […]

“Flocking” Tip-nique By Marie Browning

October 17, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Marie Browning / MONO Glue Pen by admin

MONO Aqua Liquid Glue works extremely well for adhering fine handmade papers such as thin tissue paper or other very thin papers to cardstock, chipboard or wooden surfaces. The glue can also be applied to the top surface of the glued on papers to make them translucent. Many different types […]

Monday “Tip-niques” ~ “Playing with Fine Paper” By Marie Browning

October 10, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Marie Browning / MONO Adhesive Permanent / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue by admin

Spooky Bat DoodleDab To make the Spooky Bat, you need to learn how to make the Curve Stroke with the brush tip of the Dual Brush Pen. Spooky Bat loves to embellish a Halloween card, a frightful scrapbook page or even a ghoulish treat bag. To make the Spooky Bat, […]

Monday’s “Tip-niques” ~ “Halloween Fun with DoodleDabs” by ...

October 3, 2011 in Design Team / General / Parties & Entertaining / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Dual Brush Pens / Marie Browning / MONO Adhesive Permanent / MONO Adhesive Power Bond / MONO Multi Liquid Glue by admin

The “real’ rubber stamps from Purple Onion Designs worked famously for this Bouquet Thank You. The rubber takes the color from the Dual Brush Markers so well that you get a perfect stamping each and every time! I have been using this watercolor technique a lot lately, and it worked […]

Bouquet Thank you By Marie Browning

September 21, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Marie Browning / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Power Tabs / Tombow Dual Brush Pens by admin

I enjoyed this challenge; it reminded me of my love of Fairy Tales so I created my own little story booklet. Some lucky little child will receive this and enjoy many hours of bedtime stories from their family! I love the new ‘Once upon a Springtime’ paper collection from Graphic […]

“Once Upon a Time…” By Marie Browning

September 14, 2011 in Design Team / General tagged Fastener Tabs / Foam Tabs / Glue Pen / Marie Browning / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / Stamp Runner Permanent Adhesive / Tombow Irojiten Color Dictionary Pencils by admin

Instead of making just one card, I decided to make a folder full of cards for Nana Jean to use. I kept the stamped design simple so I could make lots to fit in the matching folder. Cards I choose three Dual Brush Pen colors to […]

“Notes for Nana” by Marie Browning

September 7, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General tagged Dual Brush Pens / Fastener Tabs / Foam Tabs / Marie Browning / MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner / Tombow Pens by admin

I had some beautiful stamps and papers from Hero Arts so I went about playing with the Dual Brush Pens, Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Power and Foam Tabs to create this card. The additional tag was created from a ‘mis-stamped’ image using the same materials and […]

“Surprise Me” By Marie Browning

August 31, 2011 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / General tagged Marie Browning / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Power Tabs / Stamp Runner Permanent Adhesive / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Tombow Foam Tabs by admin