Artist & Aesthete

Hey y’all! Today those of us on the Tombow Design Team are teaming up with Lawn Fawn’s Design Team to show you some awesome ways to use Tombow and Lawn Fawn products! Lawn Fawn makes the cutest stamps so they pair up perfectly with Dual Brush Pens! You may have landed on my post from Lynnette’s blog, but if not, start at the beginning of the hop here. At the bottom of my post, you’ll find the lineup for the rest of the hop – make sure you check out everyone’s awesome projects

Hey y’all, I have a mew tutorial up on the Tombow blog today! This week those of us on the Tombow design team are creating projects showing ways to use the Tombow Blending Palette, so I’m showing you how to use the blending palette 2 different ways to easily blend Dual Brush Pens. Get the full tutorial here. *I am an affiliate for Tombow. This post might include some affiliate links. If you purchase using them, I might get a small commission at no additional cost to you. #c

You all know that I love watercolors (okay, so I love most mediums… shhhh!). They are not only vibrant and colorful, but also so fun to work with. They have a certain style to them that is fun and artsy. What if you don’t have any watercolors, but want the look? I’ve got a solution for you! DIY Faux Watercolor Coloring. For this technique you’ll need water based markers. What I used, and recommend, are Tombow’s Dual Brush Pens. I used the set of secondary colors and they blen

Hey guys, Happy Wednesday! I’ve been testing out a new blog feature here on the blog, Art Journal Wednesdays. The problem is that I don’t always have new pages to share, so I’m renaming this feature to “Paint + Paper” and I plan to share my art journal pages, scrapbooks, project life pages and card. That way it’s more open, and I can share things other than JUST art journal pages. I feel like I never share just layouts or cards anymore, so I’m excited for this feature. Today

Hey guys, Today I’m on the PWP blog sharing a tutorial on how I made this fun, bright patterned background. I used some of their new stamps and neon inks by Tsukineko. Hop on over to PWP to read the full tutorial. #cards #PaperWings #tutorial

Today I am guest posting at Heather Greenwood Designs! I’m to sharing how I made these fun, artsy backgrounds for these cards using Tim Holtz alcohol inks. If you haven’t tried alcohol inks, they’re a lot of fun to play with. I’m just sharing a couple of my favorite ways to use them, but there are lots of techniques online. I’m a huge fan of Heather’s mixed media tutorials! You should definitely hop over there are read a few of her awesome blog posts. #cards #tutorial