Tombow and Art Glitter

Supply List

Tombow Marker 743

Tombow Marker 452

Tombow Marker 055

Tombow Blending Mister

Small Water Color Brush

Art Glitter Double Sided Sticky Tape

Art Glitter 185 Varsity Blue Ultrafine Pearlescent Glitter

Art Glitter 297 Hibiscus Ultrafine Tranparent Glitter

Anna Griffin Embossing Folder

Patterned paper

WhiffOFJoy.com Shopping Willow Stamp

K. Andrew Designs Fashionable Friends Stamp Set (sentiment)

Paper Doily

One of Clare's favorite glitter techniques is a simple way to add sparkle strips.  It is made with double sided sticky tape and looks great on a card or a page.  Clare got this look by just cutting the double sided sticky tape and notching one end.  She removed one red side and adhered the tape to the project.  She then removed the final side of the red tape protector and pored on the Art Glitter.  Clare stamped  her shopping girl and colored her with Tombow Markers, using the Blending Mister and a small water color brush.  One of Clare's favorite things to do with the Tombow markers is to distress her paper edges!  It is difficult for to find distressing inks in brighter colors.  So, Clare' often runs the markers along the edge of the paper, using the paint brush side of the Tombow Marker and then blending it with the Blending Mister and a small water color brush.  Clare used this technique to get the yellow edge on the plaid paper stripe behind the doily.  And this is also a great way to repeat the color in your stamped image.

If you would like to see more of Clare Dempsey's work, you can find here blog Here.

Just a Note

Ingredients

• Art Glitter Designer dries clear Glue
• Ultra fine Metal Tip
• Sticky tape
• Art Glitters: #181 Mint Chiffon, #D82 Fandango, #94 Key Lime,  and #373 Fairy Dust
• Tombow Foam Tabs
• Tombow Markers: #725, #025, #195, #606 and #555. 
• white card stock
• Fushia Sheer Satin center ribbon
• Ranger's Tumbled Glass Photo Distress ink
• Foam Applicators
• scissors
• Kraft Knife
• Heart Scallop die
• Big shot expression
• polka dot embossing folder

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Directions

Step 1

Heather started out by creating a card base out of white card stock.  She then cut a piece of white card stock 1/2 inch smaller around.  She used a scallop heart spellbinders die and cut out two hearts.  She also embossed her smaller piece of cardstock and hearts with a polka dot embossing folder.  She colored the smaller heart with #725.  She tied the fushia ribbon around her card piece and held it in place with the Art Glitter Sticky tape.

  Step 2

Heather used a Martha Stewart Lace punch with a scrap of white cardstock.  She colored it with #606.

 Step 3

Using the Designer dries clear glue, Heather attached the punched pieces to the back of her card piece.  The glue works great to hold the punched piece to the embossed card piece!

Step 4

Next Heather used some Foam Tabs from Tombow to elevate her heart die cut!

Step 5

Heather used the Ultra Fine Tip Applicator and Designer Dries Clear glue to add some dots of glue to the embossed piece.  Please refer to photo below.

Step 6
Next Heather added the Fandango Hexis...she thinks they are SUPER FUN!!  What a great way to Brighten up your cards!  She then applied more of the Designer Dries clear glue to the heart.  Important to use the dries clear, because she used Fairy Dust glitter on the heart.

Step 7
Next Heather used the Tombow #195 marker to draw some leaves.  She cut them out and added a Tombow Foam tab to the back of each one.

Step 8

Heather added the leaves to her card, then used the Ultra Fine Tip and Designer Dries clear glue to outline and create a vein on the leaves.  Heather used #94 Key Lime glitter on the leaves.

Step 9
Heather used Tombow #025 to color her newsprint candee, and then added it to her heart shape (please refer to photo below).  She loves the added "pop" of color!

Step 9
Heather used another scrap piece of white cardstock, and cut the edges to resemble the edge of a ribbon.  She inked it and used the Tombow #555 marker to hand write "hello."

Once last look at Heather's Finished Card
Heather loves the Bright Crisp colors of the Tombow Markers!!  So cheerful!

Thank you for stopping by and hope you enjoyed Heather's Tutorial using

Art Glitter and the fabulous
 "Tombow Products!"

Ultra fine Metal Tip to apply glue to her tag on the left and added both #56 Pumpkin and #188 Black Vinyl glitters. Heather's tag to the right used  #91 Orange Crush and #188 Black Vinyl glitters.  She love LOVES the TOMBOW FOAM TABS!
Christmas Mitten Ornament

Heather used the TOMBOW Foam tabs to elevate her focal image.  She used #160 Rose Gold glitter on the edges of her mitten, #324 Country Red was used on the candy canes, red ribbon, tree ornaments, holly berries and red scallops. 

Heather outlined the tree with #295 Ensalada and  #300 Camel glitter was used for the tree trunk. The star and the tag on the front of Heather's mitten were outlined using  #196 Lion's Mane glitter!
Feel free to stop by and see Heather's other projects using Art Glitter on her blog.
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Just Because!

Just because I love Art Glitter and Penny Black Stamps



Supply List:
Art Glitter #38 Sea
Art Glitter #349 Garnet
Art Glitter #85 Crystal
Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive
Penny Black tiger lily stamp
Close To My Heart Say phrase stamp
Inks and blender pen

Begin by stamping the Penny Black Tiger-lily stamp on a white card stock circle (3.75 inches) with black ink.  There are many ways to color stamped images.  Designer, Missie Todd, likes to use a blender pen and any water base ink can be used for blending. Another option would be watercolor markers such as Tombow .  When coloring images with ink use a blender pen to pick up the ink from the ink pad (or the lid of the ink pad) and the blend.  Always start with the lightest color you plan to blend then add in the darker colors as you go.

After coloring the stamped image add a phrase (stamped) and use Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive to add accent glitters to the stamped image. 

Create the card base of your choice for the image.  The example illustrated used a silhouette cameo to print the passage and cut the card and card front.

Attach the card front to the card base using double sided adhesive tape.  The final step is to attach the stamped image to the card base/front. 

 

Thanks for stopping by to see Missie's creation and don't forget...

Order from Art Glitter the entire month of July in the amount of $25 or over, use the code PB20, and you will receive 20% off your order total! And remember, Art Glitter is MADE IN THE USA!!!

Missie Todd
createdbymissie.blogspot.com

Fall Wreath with Tombow and Art Glitter

Art Glitter is having an exciting cross promotion with Tombow.  I knew as soon as I heard we were going to do something with them that I would be using one of my favorite products, Tombow Dual Brush Pens.  So, here is how I made this wreath:
MATERIALS:
Art Glitter Dries Clear Fabric Adhesive
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 62 Copper Canyon
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 197 Flax
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 295 Ensalada
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 90 Melone
Tombow Dual Brush Pens in various fall colors
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
Tombow Power Adhesive Tabs
Inkssentials Craft Sheet
Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Leaves Die
Manual Die Cut Machine (I used Cuttlebug)
1/4 yard Muslin
1/4 yard Brown Duck Cloth
Brown Wrapped Florist Wire
Green Wrapped Florist Wire
18" Grapevine Wreath
Burlap Ribbon
Small Styrofoam or Carvable Pumpkin (I bought mine at the Dollar Store)
Wire Cutters
Mister
Paper Towels
Small Paint Brush (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Use Die Cut Machine and Tattered Leaves Die to cut leaves from muslin and duck cloth.  There is no magic number, although I had at least 16 of each leaf.  You should judge it based on your own thoughts of how full the wreath should look.  Also, I found that the muslin cut best with 6 layers and the duck cloth with 3.
2)  Use the brush side of the Dual Brush Pens to color in the muslin.  There is no wrong way to color these.  I wanted tons of color, so I used many pens, but an almost monochromatic look is good, too.  I focused on a different set of colors in each type of leaf.  You don't have to do a great job on coloring these, as the next step erases many errors. Just make sure you saturate them. It might be a good thing to let kids help you with!

3)  Set leaves on the craft sheet and mist with water.  Because the colors are water based, they will move and blend.

4)  Remove the leaves from the craft sheet and set on paper towels to dry.  Allow to dry completely.

5)  Cut the wire into pieces about 4" long.
6)  For each leaf, match the colored top of the leaf with a duck cloth bottom leaf.  Remove the top leaf and set aside.
7)  Use Fabric Dries Clear on duck cloth leaf and smear with either your finger or craft brush.  You want to completely cover the upside of the duck cloth leaf with a light coating of glue.  You don't want to make the glue too saturated so that it removes the color.
8)  Set wire on duck cloth leaf about 1" on the leaf and 3" beneath it.
9)  Match up the colored leaf and press down.  Hold for a few moments and set aside to thoroughly dry.
10)  Make a small puddle of fabric glue on the craft sheet. Use your finger or brush to put a light coating of glue on the leaves where you want them to look "frosted" with glitter.  Don't put over the whole leaf, because you want it to be a lovely accent, but still see the coloring.
11)  Glitter the leaves.  I used the Flax for the leaves with yellow, the Melone for the primarily red leaves, and Ensalada for the green leaves.  You do not want to use the opaque glitter for the leaves because it would obliterate the colors underneath.

12)  Cut styrofoam pumpkin in half.  I used a styrofoam knife.
13)  Cover the pumpkin with Tombo Mono Adhesive.  You can use the wide applicator end, your finger or a brush.  Don 't apply glue to the bottom.
14)  Glitter with Copper Canyon (one of my absolute favorite colors).  Because it is opaque, it can cover an ugly color or even an unattractive seam (Dollar Store pumpkins are not pretty).  Let dry.

15)   Wrap the burlap ribbon around the wreath.  Don't tie yet. 
16)  Attach the pumpkin with Power Adhesive Tabs on the bottom.  You can enhance the adhesion with a little of the Mono Adhesive squeezed into the cracks with the fine applicator.
17)  Use wire to wrap leaves around the vines.
18)  After your placement is correct, use the Mono Adhesive with the fine applicator to glue the backs of some of the leaves to the wreath and make more secure.

You're finished!  Don't want to make a fall wreath this late in the season?  Just imagine how great this wreath would look with frosted Sizzix holly leaves and sparkling mini houses in the center!!!  I feel another project coming on!   Happy Holidays, everyone!

 

Laura

 

Holiday Terra Cotta Pots with Tombow and Glitter

The idea for these terracotta candle pots is inspired by a photo I seen on Pinterest recently. The original photo used plain pots but I imagined them all decked out for the holidays in silvery bliss. I checked my stash and I did have several varieties of Art Glitter silver glitters on hand, so I grabbed my scissors and a bag and trekked outdoors to gather some pine boughs and pine cones. I added four terracotta pots to the items I gathered outdoors and this is what I started with. My supply list was actually quite minimal for these:

• Art Glitter No. 508 Silver Moon Microfine Opaque
• Art Glitter No. 611 Antique Silver Fine Vintage Glass Glitter
• Art Glitter D24 Hi Ho Silver Dazzlers
• Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
• 3/4-inch paint brush

I pulled some old plastic packaging from the trash bin and squeezed a good amount of Designer Dries Clear (DDC) onto it (this is my palette). I brushed the DDC onto the bottom portion of the pots - working on one at a time. Remember, the DDC dries pretty quickly when brushing a thin layer on, so work in small sections at a time. I chose the No. 508 Silver Moon Microfine Opaque because the opaque helps to block out the terracotta color and the microfine gives a nice smooth finish to the pot. I found it easiest to pour the glitter into a plastic disposable sandwich tub and use a spoon to spoon the glitter over the glue area. After coating the lower portion of the pot I moved along to the rim. I wanted the rim to have a chunkier look and even more sparkle than the lower portion so opted to use Art Glitter Vintage Glass Glitter No. 611 Antique Silver Fine. I love the sparkle of the Vintage Glass Glitter. I applied the Vintage Glass in the same manner as the glitter on the lower portion. To finish off the rim I chose to use Art Glitter D24 Hi Ho Silver Dazzlers. If you want sparkle, you can't go wrong with Dazzlers. I applied the Dazzlers with a technique I seen on Donna Salazar's blog during the 2nd Annual Handmade Holiday Blog Hop recently. You can watch her video here. I poured the DDC onto a non-stick craft sheet and twirled the rim in the glue, making sure I had a good thick coat on it. Then I dipped into the Dazzlers which I also poured into a disposable tub. This method really works well to totally coat the rim and it leaves a nice thick coat that reminds me of good salt on the rim of a margarita! While I had the glue on the non-stick craft sheet I brushed it on the very tips of the pine cones and rolled them in the Dazzlers too.

When the glittered pot was dry I added a strip of silver tinsel under the brim to cover the open space.

I added a candle to the center of the pot and stuffed the pine boughs and the glittered pine cones around them. All it needed now were the gift tags.

These are punched with Fiskars XXL Tag Lever Punch. They're really cute shapes and the size is perfect! To decorate them I inked my rubber stamps (Hero Arts) with Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Grunge. The tags are edged with the pens as well, then finished off with a strip of twine (The Twinery) and a bow.

These little pots can be decked out for any occasion but I just love all the silvery bliss for the Christmas season.

Have a crafty holiday and stop by my blog for more crafty inspiration.

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Way Simple Glitter Christmas Tags by Emily M Miller

I am all about simplicity at Christmas time. When I received my package of Tombow Toys I immediately started playing with the stamp runner first and moved on to the Mono Multi Glue, because deep down inside, I am a glue junkie. I was already familiar with the Dual Brush Pens and a plan began to form in my head…

Back to simplicity, I wanted to make some cheep easy tags for Christmas. Tombow and Art Glitter to the rescue! Here they are, a little on the Dr. Seuss side, but I like them!

Things you can’t live without:
A rainbow selection of Art Glitter Opaque colors. I used -- Ultrafine: #119 Cranberry, #140 Canadian Blue, #62 Copper Canyon, #351 Pink Diamond, #350 Butterscotch. Ultrafine Hologram: #136 Chromosphere, #331 Sunburst. Microfine: #519 Reed, #505 Gypsy Mauve
Tombow Dual Brush Pens Set, I used the Jewel set
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive
Tombow Stamp Runner
Mailing Tags: 2.5” x 4.75”
Ribbon

Since it doesn’t require any dry time, I’m going to start with the backside. Way easy, way fast, simply run the stamp runner along four sides of the tag. This tape runner is unique because it has a dot texture pattern on it. Now rainbow glitter your exposed tape.

Rainbow Glittering is a part of Barbara Trombley’s Art Glittering System. It is a simple technique that looks exotic! It is based on the fact that with glue and glitter, which ever color hits the open glue first is the winner. So you can cover a spot that has already been glittered and not change the color. History lesson done, on to fun.

Hold your tag in one hand with one end dipped toward your glitter jar/tray. Load up your spoon with that color and slide it along in a line over a small area of the exposed glue that is closest to your tray. Tap off the excess glitter away from the exposed glue. Move on to the next color and create another strip of glitter along the exposed glue, making sure you overlap your first color a little and tap off excess glitter away from exposed glue again. Keep adding new strips of color until glue is covered. Once you do it a couple of times it becomes fast and easy.

Can you guess which colors are the holograms in this photo? I bet you can!

Now you can write in your Tos and Froms with the fine tip of the Tombow pens.

Flip your tag and draw a tree with the brush tip of the Tombow pens. I hold it in my hand like an artist’s paintbrush to take advantage of the full width of the tip. Then just make quick sweeping curves that meet in the middle. No need to be exact. Glitter will cover all that.

Again use the broad side of the brush pen for the base of the tree. Then use the tip of the brush pen to make a tree topper. Slide a different brush tip color along edges if desired.

The Mono Multi Adhesive makes great dots! Just squeeze a tiny bit till glue starts to come out and touch the tag. Cover with a color, then make more dots and cover with another color and so on till done.

Then draw around the brown hole at top and cover with glitter color of choice. Set aside to dry. Tie a ribbon through hole. Done!

I know I’m pretty long winded for such a quick easy tag, but I just love talking about glitter and glue! Enjoy, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING! blogbyemm.com

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