Pretty Little Studio & Tombow Blog Hop!

Hi and Welcome to the Tombow USA and Pretty Little Studio Blog Hop! Get ready for two days of beautiful vintage inspiration! You probably came here from  Jenny Garcia's blog!   but if you happened to stumble across my blog go to the Tombow USA Blog  to start! 

Using Tombow with Pretty Little Studio Products is a match made in heaven.  Could crafting get any easier?     Beautiful vintage images, papers and embellishments ready to be assembled into lovely projects!

I was really excited to work with some of the Tombow products I haven't used before. I've always been pleased with the quality and performance I've experienced with their other products so I knew these would be just as amazing.   

I thought I'd really put them to the test for the hop - using the adhesives in different ways.  I used the  Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue to adhere the paper flowers and sequins.

Normally I use a hot glue gun for heavier items, but Tombow kept everything exactly where it needed to be!

I think sometimes the trickiest thing ever to adhere is vellum.  So of course I wanted to try that with the Tombow product.  I used the Mono Aqua Liquid Glue.  This is the clear gel glue.  It worked beautifully and I can't see any trace of it through the vellum. 

The Tombow Xtreme Adhesive was a new product for me.  I used it to adhere the wood veneer butterfly and ribbon from the previous project.   I was really impressed with the strength of the adhesive and am confident that these embellishments are going to stay put! 

I used Tombow Adhesive Foam Squares (another new product for me)  to attach the die cut images.  I've used other brand foam squares in the past.  The Tombow give the same dimension and lift that I love in a foam adhesive, but their hold is strong and permanent. 

If you've experienced elements falling off your projects (I know I have), I can confidently say that is not going to happen if you use Tombow!

 OK Now the part you've been waiting for!  Let me just tell you about the prizes!!!! 

To win, visit and comment on the participating blog posts. You have until April 14 at 11:59 EST to comment. A winner will be picked randomly and announced on April 15 2015.

The Tombow USA prize includes: Tombow Xtreme Adhesive, NEW Tombow Adhesive Dots, NEW Tombow Foam Tape and the Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue!

The Pretty Little Studio Prize includes: PRIZE CONTENTS: 3 Clear 4x6 Transparencies (Jade) (Arrow, Words, Heart Polka) 6 Die-Cuts You & Me, Tabs You & Me, Mini Shipping Tags You & Me, Best Friends PL 3x4 Cards You & Me, Convo Hearts You & Me, Arrow Flair Gold Mine, Gold Note Flags (Die-Cut), You & Me Clouds.

Remember to “Like” Tombow USA and Pretty Little Studio on Facebook. 

Here is the line up in case you get lost.

Friday, April 10:

Tombow USA Blog

Aimee Maddern

Beth Watson

Agnieska Piskorz

Daniella Hayes

Carole House

Jennie Garcia

Jeanne Jachna  (That's Me!)

Pretty Little Studio Blog

Good luck and Happy Hopping!  You're going to love the gorgeous vintage images from Pretty Little Studio, and how wonderful your projects look when they're assembled using Tombow adhesives!

Spring Deer  Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"

Pretty Little Studio Supplies Used:

Die:  Clara

Pattern Paper  Neapolitan & April Showers Collections

Journaling Card Neapolitan Pistachio Nut

Extras:

Stamp: Avery Elle “Happy Spring”

Die:  Spellbinder Tags Trio

The Twinery Twine Seaweed

Paper Flowers Iamroses.com

Sequins

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Congrats Roses  Finished Size:  4.25 x 5.5”

Pretty Little Studio Supplies Used

Die:  Damask Rose

Pattern Paper You & Me Collection

Extras:

Stamp: Waltzingmouse Teeny Trees

Die:  MFT Fishtail Flags, Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily

Border Punch EK Success Double Embossed Dotted Lace

Wood Veneer Butterfly Studio Calico

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Fusion - Elegance

So how is everybody doing?  You're probably wondering what I've been up to since I haven't posted in YIKES!  A whole week?!!  I spent Friday with my daughter, and then the Easter cooking began!  I had my parents and sister over..and then it was Monday!  Time to get all the dishes out of the dishwasher, and back in the china cabinet... and get caught up on emails.  

Tuesday DH surprised me with a day off.  We had lots of fun visiting the Taltree Arboretum in Valparaiso, Indiana.   We walked for hours through different kinds of landscape - forest, wetland, prairie.  I am having a "big year" with my son.  We're writing down all the different birds we see in a journal.  I saw... a Red Wing Blackbird, Trumpeter Swan, and Purple Martin.  Well.. I saw more than that.. but I was missing those from the list!  We took Miss Moriko with us - and she got nose to nose with a potbelly pig... like hey!  what are you?!!  Gotta say.. both of us slept good when we got home!

I'm still making lots of projects - the thing is I never know when they will post.  I'm supposed to wait until the manufacturer posts before I do.   So... I guess you will have to wait a little longer. 

Today I'm playing along with the latest Fusion challenge - it's called "Elegance".    You can be inspired by the photo, or use the sketch.  If you're daring you can FUSE them both together.  I used the sketch as a guideline for my background and added some die cut stamped flowers.  The bow and tag take the place of the two circles at the top of the design.  I couldn't find any bright cobalt blue like in the photo so I settled with some navy.  I love all the different shades of red and pink in the flowers in the photo, and tried to add as many as I could in mine. 

  
Now it's your turn!  Need a little more inspiration?  Check out more projects from the design team and get details on the challenge here at Fusion Card Challenge Blog!

Have a beautiful day and big hugs to you!
 

Supplies:  Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps:  Papertrey Ink Sweet Life Stamps and Dies, Fillable Frames #4
Dies:  MFT Fishtail Flags, Spellbinder Tags Trio
Pattern Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Moments" 6x6"
Wood Look Sequins Serendipity Stamps, Clear Sequins Pretty Pink Posh 
Button Twine Ivory - May Arts  The Twinery - Midnight Blue
Wood Button Jillibean Soup
Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain Dot Navy / White May Arts 

SSCB#42 - Mongrams & Verse

Well I thought Spring was here?  But lately?  Not so much.  Everyday brings either snow or sunshine - and I'm tired of trying to guess which it will be.  Trying to just roll with it for now. LOL.

A new challenge begins today at Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. The theme this month is Monograms & Verse. Serendipity has so many beautiful sentiments to work with this should be a breeze.  You can also make a monogram with one of their beautiful alphabet sets or by masking some of the letters from a verse, or snipping them from die cut letters.  I have been having lots of fun with the new baby bootie die.  I just got my hands on the solid backer so had to put it to work for me. 

I've got lots of pictures for you today because I made two cards - one for the girls and one for the boys.  Girls are Sugar and Spice!

 Ahhhh and the boys... well you know the saying... Snips and Snails and Puppy Dogs Tails of course!!

I hope you'll stop and visit the rest of the team and view their Monograms and Verse projects.  I know you'll be delighted!   

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

We're trying something new at Serendipity - a stamp of the month that is available for 50% off.  This month it's the Jar Label stamp.  You can see it here.












Stamps:  Serendipity Stamps - Sugar & Spice, Snips & Snails
Dies:  Serendipity Stamps Baby Bootie, and Baby Bootie Background Dies
Paper Smooches Flag Tags, Cheery Lynn Mini Sophie's Heart, Spellbinder Classic Circles, Classic Scalloped Circles
Pattern Paper Pretty Little Studio Sand Castle
Twinery Twine Buttercream, Blossom
Buttons, Pearls
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black