Hop with Tombow, DCWV and May Arts

Welcome to the DCWV/May Arts/Tombow Triple Threat Blog Hop!  All this week, designers from these three great companies are sharing projects they created by teaming up some fun paper from DCWV’s Honey Chic stack, with a variety of adhesives from Tombow and some beautiful ribbon from May Arts. 

If you have come here from Jennifer's blog then you're on track! If not, you can go back to any of the company websites and start the hop from there!   

I was so happy when I found out we were hopping with DCWV and May Arts and knew that I wanted to showcase all of the wonderful color in the DCWV Honey Chic paper pad so I went searching on Pinterest for some inspiration and found this  card and knew it would be the perfect start.

I used Tombow Xtreme Adhesive  to adhere the cardstocks to a white card base.  It is hard to tell, but some of the prints have glitter on them and using a good, strong adhesive is a must.  I cut banner ends on several strips of cardstock from the pack and then added a strip of May Arts Grosgrain Double Band ribbon toward the top to cover the top edges of the banner strips.  I also tied on some May Arts String Burlap Ribbon over the Grosgrain ribbon and tied it with a bow and a button.

Be sure to visit all the blogs today and leave comments for your chance to win some great prizes!  Three lucky readers will win a Triple Threat prize pack of you own, including a stack from DCWV, a spool of ribbon from May Arts and Xtreme Adhesive, Power Tabs, Removable Adhesive and Fastener Tabs from Tombow.  Winners will be chosen from comments throughout the week, so make sure you check back daily to increase your chances of winning!  Also, please make sure you have popped on over to Facebook and “liked” each of the company pages (DCWV / May Arts / Tombow), because really, what’s not to like?!

Now, head on over to Karen's blog to see what kind of spring craftiness she has in store! 

PLEASE “Like” all 3 companies on Facebook:
TombowUSA
May Arts Ribbon
DCWV

Witchy Kitty

Happy Wednesday! Fall is definitely here.  The weatherman says we might have a little rain this afternoon.  We need the rain for sure, but the cold can stay away.  

It is time for another Repeat Impressions Designers Choice Challenge on The House That Stamps Built blog and my fellow RI Rock Star. Geri has challenged us to create a Halloween card.  Being the newbie on the team, I did not have a Halloween stamp, so I had to put my thinking cap on for this one.

I used the Repeat Impressions, Peaceful Observation #2001-M to create my card.  This kitty is actually looking through a window at falling snow.  I put my thinking cap on and cut out the windows, added a starry background and witches hat that I had cut with my Silhouette and voila...I have a witchy kitty!

Be sure to stop by each Rock Star's blog today and check out their amazing creations.

Cheri 
Deonna  
Joy 
Joyce  
Karen  
Geri
Brenda

Melissa-you are here.

Why don't you join us?  Challenge a friend - then link your card on Wendy's blog, The 

House That Stamps Built and Wendy will have a random drawing and that person will win a great gift certificate from Repeat Impressions --- can't wait to see all your creations using the challenge this week.

Hop with Tombow and Fancy Pants

Hi there!  This week the Tombow team hopping with the Fancy Pants team. Fancy Pants was so generous, it was hard to decide what to use. I created a Mini Photo Wallet using the Fancy Pants Collecting Moments collection.  Whew, say that fast three times!

If you just happened by my blog today, be sure to head back to the Tombow Blog and start the hop from the beginning.

Here are a few pictures of the wallet after I had completed the construction phase and below is a video (my first) showing all of the details once the wallet was complete.  

       

I was inspired to create this wallet from this video by Jen Wright that I found on You Tube.   I changed a few things along the way, but the basic construction was from Jen's great tutorial.

After all of the pieces were cut, I began by giving all of the edges a quick swipe with some Tea Dye Distress ink and then I went about applying the pattern papers to each section using Tombow Power Bond for the larger sections.  For each of the little pockets, I used Tombow Mono Multi.  Mono Multi is great for adhering pockets because it dries completly and your tags, photos and notes will not get stuck inside.

I used several of the sticker from the Sticker Fundamentals sheet to embellish the tags/pockets after I had completed the construction of the wallet.  I added some Tombow Mono Multi to the back of each sticker to make sure that there was a long lasting hold.

As a finishing touch I added some May Arts trim that I adhered using Tombow Mono Multi.

Here is the video, I hope you like it!  I don't have a video camera so I used my Samsung Galaxy S3 cell phone so I apologize for any shakiness.

Before I send you on your way to the Fancy Pants Blog where you can check out Diane and Mindy's awesome creations be sure to leave a comment each day on the blogs playing along for a chance to win some fun prizes and "like" both companies on their FB pages (Tombow & Fancy Pants) and then comment that you did and what you liked about the post.  Giveaway is only open to US/Canadian residents.

Tombow:

Power Tabs (https://tombowusa.com/craft/detail/52135)

Foam Tabs (https://tombowusa.com/craft/detail/52129)
Pink Stamp Runner (https://tombowusa.com/craft/detail/62162)

Fancy Pants:

Now it's time to head over to the Fancy Pants' blog.

The schedule for the week will be:

Monday:

·         Tombow Blog: http://blog.tombowusa.com/

·         Debbie: http://debbiedee.blogspot.com/

·         Fancy Pants: http://www.missfancypants.typepad.com/

o   Nicole & Amy

Tuesday:

·         Tombow Blog: http://blog.tombowusa.com/

·         Melissa:  http://www.inkclinations.blogspot.com/

·         Fancy Pants: http://www.missfancypants.typepad.com/

o   Diana & Mindy

Wednesday:

·         Tombow Blog: http://blog.tombowusa.com/

·         Jennie: http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

·         Fancy Pants: http://www.missfancypants.typepad.com/

o   Pamela & Jess

Thursday:

·         Tombow Blog: http://blog.tombowusa.com/

·         Marie: http://mariebrowning.wordpress.com/

·         Fancy Pants: http://www.missfancypants.typepad.com/

o   Angie & Greta

Friday:

We will announce the winners of the blog hop prizes at 3:30 Eastern Time via Facebook and the blog!

Spring Damask

Hi!  Wow, we have had some nice days this week and that makes me a happy, happy girl!  

Today I am sharing a Spring card with you.  I just love the chartreuse and pink together, it screams Spring.  

I used the pretty Damask image from the Gourmet Rubber Stamps Rustic Floral Appetizer set and the sentiment is also from GRS and it is called Create The Future.

I started with a top fold pink card and added the white embossed panel and print panels with Tombow Stamp Runner.  Next I wanted to pop up the decorative panels but I didn't want extra height so I used Tombow Power Tabs instead of Foam Tabs.  The Power Tabs are about 1/3 of the height of of the Foam Tabs which makes for a great option to have.

The wrinkle ribbon and beaded trim are from May Arts.  For a finishing touch I added a paper flower to the knot of the bow with another Power Tab.  

Power Tabs are thin and very strong so I am sure this card will reach its destination with no problem.

BLD Tuesday-Just Saying Hello!

Hello, I can't believe it has been a whole week since my last post.  Crazy, isn't it?

Today I am sharing a card I created with the Charlotte's Flowers digi image from By LORi Designs.  

The print papers for this card are from the Pebbles Family Ties collection.  I just love the pretty spring feel to this card.  We are supposed to have some awesome sunshine here today, that always makes for a happy girl :)

 Be sure to head on over to the BLD blog and check out what the rest of my teamies have created this week.

So Very Kind

This is my second post today, please scroll down and check out my cute 3D project.

The card I am sharing with you today is for this months Gourmet Rubber Stamps color challenge.  I substituted ivory for the gray in the inspiration picture, but other than that I stuck to the colors.

I love, love the inspiration photo below and knew what I wanted to do as soon as I saw it.  I used the Rustic Floral Appetizer set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps and embossed it with white powder.  I added color to the stem and leaves with a little Guacamole ink from Clearsnap and for the blossoms I used Tombow's Dual Brush Pen in #126 (Light Olive) and then I smeared the inks a bit with a baby wipe to give that watercolor effect.

 Here is our awesome color inspiration:

Be sure to hop on over to the following blogs and check out the projects from the rest of the team!

GRS Blog

Deb Felts

Jeni Allen

Jennifer Ingle

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Taylor Usry
Melissa Cash
and don't forget our fabulous guest designer:
Jeanne Streiff

Recipe:

Stamps: Rustic Floral-Gourmet Rubber Stamps

Cardstock:  Dark Chocolate, Ivory-Gina K. Designs, Ivy-Bazzill, Dk Grn-American Crafts

Inks/Markers:  Guacamole-Clearsnap, Rich Cocoa-Memento, Versamark-Tsukineko, Light Olive Marker-Tombow

Adhesives:  Foam Tabs, Stamp Runner-Tombow

 Extras: Leafy Die-Memory Box, Ivory Crochet Trim-May Arts, Brown Ribbon-??, Petite Oval/Scallop Dies-Spellbinders, Textile Texture EF-Cuttlebug, Diamond Stickles

Happy Spring

Hey there!  It is ABC (anything but a card) week again at Tombow and this week we are having a fun hop with PRIZES!

If you arrived at my blog from Debbie's amazing blog, you are right on track.  If not, be sure to pop on over to Debbie's blog and leave her a comment for a chance to win an amazing prize pack from Tombow.

I created this adorable Watering Can from a Silhouette cut file by Snapdragon Snippets.  I used Tombow Mono Multi to adhere all of the print panels to the can and to create the can itself.  The pretty flowers are also a Silhouette cut file from Snapdragon Snippets. You can find it here.  The flower comes with two sets of petals, if you use one your flower will look like a tulip.  I put both together and I think my flowers look a bit more like a rose. :)

I added the Happy Spring cut out (also from the Silhouette store) with a bit more Tombow Mono Multi.  The panels for the sentiment are adhered together with Tombow Stamp Runner and then the whole panel is popped up with Tombow Foam Tabs.

For a few finishing touches, I added some colored flat droplets to the spout using some Tombow Mono Multi, a tiny pink rose to the front with a 1/4 of a Tombow Power Tab to hold it in place and an assortment of May Arts ribbons to the handle.  

Be sure to stop by each of the blogs along the hop and check out the amazing projects  from the rest of my Tombow teamies and our Guest Designer, Michelle.  Don't forget to comment along the way for your chance to win the amazing prize package shown below.

Debbie

Melissa (you are here)

Jennie

Marie

Michelle (Guest Designer)

Tombow Blog

The winner will be announced on the Tombow Blog and FB page on Wednesday April 3^rd at 3:30 Eastern Time. 

BLD Sweet Pea

Hi Ya'll!

Happy mid week to each and everyone of you.  I was just looking in my blogger dashboard and found that this post from over a week ago never went live!  Egads!

So let me share this adorable card with you now.

This image is the super sweet image is Puddle Jumper Ella Three designed by the ever so talented Lori Boyd of By LORi Designs.  I colored the image in with Tombow Irojiten Color Pencils and OMS.  The pretty print paper is from Doodlebug.  I love it!

I hope your weekend is amazing!  See you back here on Monday when I will have two new posts to share.

Little Girls and Boys

Good morning!  

I am thrilled to be sharing four cards that were created with the two new Appetizer sets from Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  The sets are called Magical Birthday and Have a Ball.  Take a look, I think you will love them!

Today, I am sharing a few quick and easy cards with you. The first two would be great for the special little girls in your lives. 

Both cards were created using the Magical Birthday Appetizer set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  I inked up the butterfly using green, pink and orange pigment inks from Clearsnap and embossed it with clear powder. For the Unicorn, I inked up the stamp with blue, aqua and purple pigment inks from Clearsnap and embossed with clear powder. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the the GRS Happy Birthday Truffles set.  I used Tombow Stamp Runner to adhere the print panels to the solid cardstocks for both cards and the striped panels were lifted up with Tombow Foam Tabs.  The pretty ribbons are from May Arts.

Now, I wouldn't want to leave the boys out, so these next two cards were created using the Have a Ball Appetizer set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  For the first card I stamped the image/sentiment with black ink onto white cardstock and then layered the sentiment to a red scrap of cardstock.  The black panel is embossed, although you can't see it in the picture.  For the basketball card, I stamped the image/sentiment in Clearsnap's Candied Yam Chalk Ink onto Kraft cardstock and added a navy layer under the sentiment panel.  The embossed and sentiment  panels were added to the cards using Tombow Stamp Runner and then the sentiment panels were popped up with Tombow Foam Tabs.  Although these cards are for the wee boys in our lives, I added just a bit of ribbon from May Arts to each one.  Nothing to fru fru for the boys though :)

Be sure to stop by the following blogs and check out the teams amazing creations.

Gourmet Rubber Stamps

Deb Felts

Jeni Allen

Jennifer Ingle

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Taylor Usry
Melissa Cash
Jeanne Streiff (Guest Designer)

Butterfly Dreams

Hi there!  Welcome to one of two Gourmet Rubber Stamps releases this month.  Today I am sharing a card from the GRS Laura Hunter Series.  

Laura's images are classic and beautiful and I know you will love them.

I tried something a little different with this card.  I started by stamping the Butterfly image onto some white cardstock and then inked up the entire thing with Colorbox Pigment inks from the Jelly Beans Queue and then covered the image with a glue pad and then added Warm Highlight glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs over the top.  Next, I used  a Tombow Mono Zero Eraser to remove the glitter from the butterflies and then I added some Glossy Accents to give them shine and dimension.  The image is layered onto orange cardstock and then popped up onto some yellow print paper with Tombow Foam Tabs and then added to a purple card base using Tombow Stamp Runner.  I finished the card with some pretty purple ombre ribbon from May Arts.

Please be sure to stop by the Gourmet Rubber Stamps Blog and the design team blogs below to check out their amazing creations.

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Melissa Cash
Jeni Allen

Love Bird

Hi there!  This week my fellow Tombow teamies are teaming up with Fancy Pants and have been sharing some amazing projects created with supplies from the Fancy Pants Love Note collection.  Today I am sharing a little Love Bird with you.  

I pulled this little wooden bird out of my stash of "to be altered" items and coated both sides with Tombow Mono Multi and then added some of the pretty print papers from the collection.  I used SWAK for the front and Devotion for the back.

I used Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots to adhere the floral trimmed ribbon and then added some Tombow Mono Multi to hold the braid and then behind each of the buttons I used 1/4 of a Tombow Power Tab.  

The sentiment is from the Sticker Fundamentals sheet and was mounted onto a banner from the Banners sheet.

I used a combination of Tombow Foam Tabs and Power Tabs to adhere each of the floral/ribbon elements.

Mmmmm, ice cream

Hello!  I hope you are all recovering from the hustle and bustle of Christmas.  We had an amazing day with lots of good food and family time.

Today I am sharing some ice cream cone boxes that I made for an upcoming birthday celebration. 

I used my Silhouette Cameo and this cut file from SVG Cuts to create these adorable boxes.  The tops come off and you could easily fill the boxes with candies or small toys for the kiddos.

At first the boxes are a little fiddly to put together, but after I had completed the first one, they went together in a snap.  I started with the cones and cone panels first.  To create each of the cones, I used Tombow Mono Multi on each of the glue tabs and held them for a 5-10 count and they were nice and secure.  The cone panels are separate and I ran them through my Cuttlebug with a plaid embossing folder and then added some Tombow Mono Multi to each panel and applied them.  I added a little color to the bottom of the cones with some Tea Dye Distress ink.

The tops consist of the cone top and the panels that were cut from print papers.  Again, I used Tombow Mono Multi to hold the cone top together and then again to attach the panels to the cone.  For the top of each cone, I used a Tombow Power Tab to attach the red buttons creating a cherry on top of each cone.

Finally, I used an assortment of trims and embellishments to decorate each of the cones.

Don't you think these would make adorable party favors for a child's birthday party?  I sure do!

OCL138 Spooky & Sweet

Happy, happy, joy, joy....glad it is the weekend.  Had a great class this morning and then came home and made a little treat "folder" for the Our Craft Lounge Challenge for this week.

This week the challenge is "spooky and sweet" and I managed to wrap both of those up in this one project.

I created a simple folder from a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet of kraft cardstock.  I scored at 4" from  each of the ends to create a little folder with a 1/2" spine.  I didn't create a pocket for the inside, instead I just added some Tombow Mono Dots Adhesive to the inside and stuck a snack size bag of Nutter Butter cookies right on top.

I ran the folder through my Cuttlebug with a  Sizzix plaid patterned embossing folder.  Sorry, I don't know the name.  I then went about decorating the front with various scraps of paper that were on my desk.  I cut the spiderwebs with my Cameo from THIS Silhouette cut file. I stamped the sentiment and spider from the Our Craft Lounge A Little Witchy set and tied the folder closed with some 1/8" black velvet ribbon from May Arts.  I thought this ribbon might be too fancy, but it kinda looks like fuzzy spidey legs :)

Here are the details for this weeks challenge.  Why don't you play along?

Play along with us this week and be entered to WIN a $20 gift certificate from  Our Craft Lounge. You have until 11:59pm Thursday, October 18th to enter.   Participate as many times as you like!   A random winner will be selected and posted  on the OCL blog at the beginning of next month. Here are the rules: use any stamps that you wish – BONUS POINTS when you use OCL stamps!  Link to your card/project at the bottom of the OCL challenge  post using the link tool provided – **be sure to link DIRECTLY to your challenge card – not a general blog or gallery link & add the appropriate photo.  Use the challenge as your basis – do whatever inspires you, but please base it on the challenge. If you upload to SCS, please use the Keyword OCL138.  We can’t wait to see what you CREATE!

merry woofmas!

Hellllllooooooo!

This week on the Tombow blog we have been teaming up with the awesome folks at May Arts and sharing great cards and projects with you.  

I decided it was time to start thinking about my Christmas cards, and this year I wanted to create cards that are cute and whimsical instead of my normal serious cards.  Although this Impression Obsession stamp is called McScottie, this dog looks just like my Abby girl.  I inked up the stamp with Tombow Dual Brush Pens (N95-Cool Gray 1, N00-Black and 847-Crimson) and stamped on to some ivory cardstock.  I used Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots Permanent to adhere all of the layers together.  I popped the image panel up onto the card with Tombow Foam Tabs.  I used the May Arts AKB14 Solid/Ivory Check ribbon in red to finish off the card.  I computer generated the sentiment and attached it to the card with Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots.

back to school

Hi there, this is ABC (anything but a card) week on the Tombow blog and these are the challenges that I struggle with the most.  School has started back up here in my neck of the woods so I decided to create something for a friend of mine who teaches 5th grade.

This project was fairly quick and easy too!

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I started with a 6" tall tin that I had in my stash and slathered on some Tombow Mono Multi adhesive and let it sit for about 10 minutes until the glue turned clear and reached its repositionable state and then I added some dollar store colored pencils around it to create  a vase. 

I tied some wide May Arts Chevron ribbon around the vase and added a tag that was cut with my Silhouette using the Petite Scallops cut file.  I used Tombow Mono Dots Runner to adhere each of the tag layers together.  I stamped the apple from the Gina K. Designs Stippled Nature set using Red Pepper and Cranberry Adirondack inks. The leaf was stamped in Lettuce and Meadow Adirondack inks.  Both of these were stamped on their corresponding GKD Silhouette cuts and added to the tag with some Tombow Foam Tabs to give them a little height.  

 Did you know that Tombow Mono Multi could be used as a repositionable adhesive?  This is great for projects where you need a temporary hold.

Mermaid Basswood Canvas

Good Morning!  This week the Tombow team has teamed up with the folks at Walnut Hollow to bring you lots of inspiration.

Today's creation started with a blank Basswood Canvas from Walnut Hollow.

My sister loves mermaids and I couldn't resist using this sweet Eva the Glam Mermaid digi image from Michelle Perkett.  I printed the image on some 140# cold press watercolor paper and then watercolored her with a variety of Tombow Dual Brush pens.

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I used papers from the Authentique Fresh collection paired with some solid cardstocks from American Crafts.  For the paper to canvas and paper to paper applications, I used Tombow Mono Multi adhesive with the exception of Miss Eva Glam, I used Tombow Foam Tabs to pop her up off of the canvas just a bit.  For all of the seashells and flowers I used a combination of Tombow Power Tabs and Tombow Foam Tabs.

Look at this pretty rainbow of color!  When I watercolor, I layer many colors, so even though you might not see each color individually, they are there. 

Yes, I was the kid in school who had to have every color of crayon in the box. :)