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Friday, June 19, 2020

Tombow Blocks Background Tutorial

Hello stampers! I have a fun tutorial to share with you using Tombow pens and acrylic blocks to create backgrounds, and also for collage or tissue paper flowers.

Today we are celebrating Midsummer's Eve in Sweden. It's a very traditional celebration of summer, usually involving dancing and singing around a maypole. All that has been cancelled this year. But at least the sun is shining and we will perhaps go and swim in a lake.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background and Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Recently, I found my old Tombow Dual Brush Pens and was impressed to see that they were still juicy and working perfectly. I bought those first pens very long ago in South Africa. I only had a few, so I decided to get more shades and I am having fun with them now. For today's tutorial I used them together with acrylic stamp blocks to create backgrounds. It is a fun and easy technique and I couldn't stop so I ended up making two projects. It is also a great technique if you want to play around with color combos and color mixing. 

You can get a similar look with Mini Distress Inks, but you have more control with the markers. Mix and match the acrylic blocks that you have at home to get different sizes.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Start by scribbling three colors Tombow Dual Brush Pens on an acrylic block.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Mist fairly generously with water.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp the block on watercolor paper.

Stamp the block on a piece of watercolor paper. This could be the base for a mini summer scene on a card. I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper, working on the textured side.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Continue with three shades of orange and yellow, using a small block.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Add blocks until you are happy with the look. You can use blocks in the same size only too.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I also made a tag, using shades of pink, purple and blue. 

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. White emboss circle doodles.


Layers of ink - Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I wanted some big, fluffy flowers on these projects and decided to make tissue paper flowers. It is a favorite technique that I hadn't used for a while. Fold up a piece of Tim Holtz Plain Collage Paper

Layers of ink - Tissue paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.  Cut circles for the flowers.

Cut a rough circle from the folded up paper. Do the same thing with a smaller fold of paper, until you have circles in three sizes.

Layers of ink - Tissue paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Assemble a whole bunch of circles together and staple them in the center.

Layers of ink - Tissue paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Start scrunching up the center of the flower. It looks nicer if you work one or two tissue papers at a time.

Layers of ink - Tissue paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Continue until you are happy with the look of the flowers.

Layers of ink - Tissue paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Color the tissue paper flowers.

Use Tombow pens to add a bit of color to the edges of the tissue paper flowers.
 Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background and Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I used the two smaller flowers for the tag and added a piece of lace trim underneath them. The sentiments come from the SSS Tabbed Sentiments set and was stamped with blue SSS Hybrid Ink from the Key West set. The tag was die cut from watercolor paper.

Layers of ink - Tissue paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

You can also make tissue paper flowers from recycled gift tissue paper.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Experiment with the amount of misted water on the blocks. More water gives a more watery, blended look, while less water gives more texture. It also depends on the surface you use and you need more water on a textured surface such as the watercolor paper that I used here. On smooth (hot-press) watercolor paper, you need less water.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

You can also line up or overlap the blocks, but here I left a small space in between them.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I already had the small flower from before, with a yellow brad in the center. It was made with gift wrap tissue paper, which is a little thinner than Tim's Collage Paper.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The tissue paper flowers are fluffy, delicate and dimensional.

Layers of ink - Tombow Dual Brush Pens Block Background and Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The second panel was turned into a square 6 x 6 in card. I like the color combo on this one and the texture from the white embossed circles.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Spinner Trail.

The Spinner Trail die was die cut from Neenah cardstock and from white SSS Glimmery paper. I colored the Neenah piece with the same Tombows as used for the background. The sentiment was stamped with one of the SSS Hybrid inks from the Key West set.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I distressed the edges and stitched a border with my sewing machine.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The sequins come from the SSS Fall Festival set.

Layers of ink - Tombow Pens Background Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I used the largest flower on the card and this flower also has more layers of collage paper than the others.



Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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1 comment:

  1. Hi Anna-Karin,
    I's always a joy and a real pleasure to come on your blog from time to time and look at your gorgeous projects. I love them ALL :)
    This one is no exception!!
    Beautiful card and tag, with a fun and very clever way of creating them.
    Brilliant as usual, as all you do dear Anna-Karin!
    Sending hugs and love,
    Corinne

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