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Katie Smith

Tombow April VIP Club Unboxing + NEW Tombow MONO Edge Highlighters!

This post contains affiliate links. which help pay for this site. That being said, I never promote anything I don’t love! If you purchase using them, I might get a small commission at no additional cost to you. Hey guys, Today I am unboxing Tombow’s April VIP Club box! If you want the April box, they have limited quantities available and once they’re sold out they’re gone. so get it now. Tombow has recently made some changes to their VIP (Very Inspirational Products) box, t

Katie Smith

Pantone Color of the Year: Ultra Violet Art Journal Pages

*This post contains affiliate links. which help pay for this site. That being said, I never promote anything I don’t love! If you purchase using them, I might get a small commission at no additional cost to you. What do you think of the Pantone color of the year, Ultra Violet? I took over the Tombow account and shared 2 crystal inspired art journal pages using Ultra Violet as my main color! This color reminds me of crystals and galaxies, so on these pages I used a crystal

Katie Smith

Easy Colored Pencil Hedgehog Art

*This post contains affiliate links. which help pay for this site. That being said, I never promote anything I don’t love! If you purchase using them, I might get a small commission at no additional cost to you. This year, 2018, is the 30th anniversary of the Irojiten Color Dictionaries, Vol 1 was introduced in April of 1988! wow. Yesterday I took over the Tombow USA instagram account, showing how to use Irojiten colored pencils to color in this cute little Hedgehog doodle,

Katie Smith

Colored Pencil Butterflies

Hey everyone, I wanted to let you know that I have a new blog post up on the Tombow blog this week using their 1500 Colored Pencils. These colored pencils are one of Tombow’s newest products and I was pretty excited to get my hands on the 36 pack, which has so many pretty colors including metallics! For my project this week I showed an easy way to draw butterflies, and how to color them in using the 1500 Colored Pencils. Read the full tutorial here. #cardmaking #coloring #dra

Katie Smith

Keeping a Travel Journal: My Top 3 Tips!

Who loves travel journals? Keeping them or just looking at some of the really cool journals on pinterest? Today I am up on the Tombow USA blog sharing my top 3 tips for keeping a travel journal, so if you’ve ever wanted to start one of your own, go read my post! I’ve packed along a journal and mini art kit on my last couple of trips to Colorado, and loved using them to document my time in the mountains. Read the full post on Tombow’s blog here. #artjournal #tombow

Katie Smith

Creativation 2018: Trends Recap

Hey guys! I’m back home in my studio after a week in Arizona! I was in Phoenix for the annual Tombow Design Team Summit where we do product training, and this year Tombow decided to combine the summit with the Creativation show, which I thought was a really great idea! Creativation (formerly known as CHA) is a show put on by AFCI (Association For Creative Industries) and is a trade show for businesses and manufacturers to attend and show their new products. Friday was a day f

Katie Smith

My Top 3 Tombow Gifts for Artists

This week on the Tombow blog, those of us on the design team have each been posting holiday gift guides, all aimed at different creative hobbies. My post is up today, and it is all about my top 3 Tombow products for Artists! If you want to see the list, Here it is. I’d also recommend checking out the other lists on the Tombow blog! Gift ideas for Paper Crafters Gift ideas for Card Makers Gift ideas for Scrapbookers Gift ideas for Letterers Gift Ideas for Mixed Media Crafters

Katie Smith

I’m a 2018 Tombow Design Team Member!

Y’all, I can finally share some exciting news: I made the Tombow USA Design Team for 2018! Tombow is an amazing company to work with. They really empower artists and I’m thrilled to have made the team again. You can view the rest of the 2018 team members here. See all of my Tombow projects from 2017 here. 2018 is going to be such a great year here. I hope you enjoy seeing my work! #tombow

Katie Smith

DIY Fall Travelers Notebook Inserts

I’ve recently stumbled onto the world of Travelers Notebook’s, and I think they’re pretty neat! Today I am up on the Tombow blog sharing a tutorial on how to make your own TN inserts! More specifically, Fall themed inserts! Grab the full tutorial over on the Tombow USA Blog here. #tombow #tutorial

Katie Smith

DIY No-Sew Perfect Binding Journal

*I received products as compensation for this post and this post contains affiliate links. If you purchase using them, I might get a small commission at no additional cost to you. However all opinions are my own and I love Tombow products. Today I am excited to show y’all how to do a really cool book binding technique called “Perfect Binding”. Perfect Binding is actually a term for a type of binding, I promise that I’m not bragging that this journal is PERFECT, although it

Katie Smith

Galaxy Color Combos with Dual Brush Pens

Hey everyone! I’ve got a new post up on the Tombow USA blog! Tombow just released 2 brand new Dual Brush Pen sets- a Galaxy (!!!) set and a Pastel set. I put together 10 color combinations you can make with these sets to create 10 different galaxies! Hop over to the Tombow blog to see them all and to learn how to make a galaxy with Dual Brush Pens! #tombow #tutorial

Katie Smith

DIY Glue and Ink Resist Mixed Media Technique

As I was browsing through pinterest recently I saw a kids craft that involved squirting white glue into wet watercolors, and I immediately wanted to try it as a mixed media technique! Instead of white glue and watercolors, I grabbed Tombow Dual Brush Pens and MONO Aqua Liquid Glue. The MONO Aqua Liquid Glue works great as a resist (once dry), but this is the first time I’ve used it in wet ink. Here’s what you’ll need: Tombow Dual Brush Pens (I used their new galaxy set) Tombo

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DIY Mini Album You Can Mail

Hey guys, I am up on the Tombow blog today sharing a new tutorial! I created a mini album scrapbook built into an envelope so that you can easily toss it into the mail to a friend! Grab the full tutorial on the Tombow USA blog here. #scrapbooking #tombow #tutorial

Katie Smith

How To Create A Traced Portrait

I’ve got a fun sketching technique to share with y’all today! I love to sketch portraits freehand (drawing nerd!), however sometimes I want to do things the easy way- tracing! So today that is what I’m going to show you. For this project I am creating a portrait of one of my favorite artists- Frida Kahlo, but this will work on just about any photo, I think. 🙂 I recently received Cricut’s new Bright Pad (Thank you Cricut!) and I am using it in this project. The Bright Pad is

Katie Smith

Get Messy Season of Color- Week 4

It is the Season of Color at *Get Messy. So for the next few weeks I’m working in this handmade journal. *Get Messy Art Journal is an art journaling program that is a school, art playground and family. We are a group of like minded art journalers who have come together under this art form to learn, share, practice our skills and push past our creative limits with hopes to inspire. Our community values consistent creating, encouragement and support and trying new things. We

Katie Smith

DIY Repeated Stamp Pattern | Tombow + Lawn Fawn Blog Hop!

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

Katie Smith

Color Swatching the Tombow TwinTone Dual Tip Markers

Tombow has released a second new product this past week, the first being their *MONO Drawing Pens and now the second are these *TwinTone Dual Tip Markers! Today I am sharing a color swatch I did with the TwinTones, as well a mini review. The *TwinTone Dual Tip Markers are a double sided marker, with 2 different tip sizes- Bullet tip 0.8mm; extra-fine tip 0.3mm. These markers are a lot like Tombows Dual Brush pens in that they are double sided and they have a water based ink t

Katie Smith

New Art Product Review: Tombow MONO Drawing Pens

Today I’m sharing some exciting news about a brand new product from Tombow: *MONO Drawing Pens! You guys know I have a thing for any new art supply! Being a part of the Tombow USA design team means that I got the chance to use this new product before it was officially released, and so far I am loving it! I’ve been experimenting with the pens in a few different ways, such as drawing (duh), art journaling, etc. They are a lot like the Pigma Micron Pens that I’ve been using in t

Katie Smith

Celebrating National Scrapbook Day with Tombow

National Scrapbook Day is the first Saturday in May, and this year those of us on the design team are celebrating by showing the many creative ways you can use scrapbooking supplies! Today I am up on the Tombow blog sharing how I used scrapbooking supplies in my art journal! Tombow sent those of us on the design team a package filled with paper crafting goodies. I also made a mini album using some of the products which you can see here. Are you celebrating National Scrapbook

Katie Smith

Celebrating National Scrapbok Day! – Mountains Mini Album

Hey guys, today I wanted to share this mini album I made! National Scrapbook Day falls on the first Saturday of May, and *Tombow sent those of us on their design team a package to celebrate the day! It inspired me to finally scrapbook these photos from my trip to Colorado last year (right before leaving for this years trip!!). Tombow partnered up with a few amazing paper crafting companies, and they sent us so many goodies! I want to thank them here and then I’ll get on to sh

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