Candy Bar Wrapper with Hand Lettering DIY

Candy Bar Wrapper with Hand Lettering DIY Make a cute little treat with custom wrapper for a party favor or gift. This would be a great teacher appreciation card with a little gift card attached. Fun for party favors, Mother's day hand outs or a fun neighbor drop off! Supplies Needed for Candy Bar Wrapper: Affiliate Links: Glitter Cardstock Black Cardstock White Watercolor Paper (cut 1/4" smaller than the black paper) Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Tombow Foam Tape Tombow Dual Brush Pens Tombow Water Brush Score Board Stylus Tombow MONOTWIN Folding the Paper: Begin by measuring your candy bar. Then cut the glitter paper the width of the candy bar. Next, score four lines the paper the same size as the candy bar.  Taping the Wrapper: Next use the Tombow Adhesive to tape the glitter paper around the candy bar. Glitter paper can be more difficult to adhere to itself, so the Tombow Xtreme Adhesive is perfect. Color the Dual...

How to Fix a Calligraphy Mistake with Tombow Sand Eraser

How to Fix a Calligraphy Mistake with Tombow Sand Eraser Have you ever worked on an ink project and made a huge mistake? Especially with hand lettering or calligraphy--you get this tunnel vision as you draw each letter and shape...and then boom--mistake! It's super frustrating to get through a project and realize there is an error. I used gouache and a brush pen for these projects and realized they both had mistakes. Enter the star of the show: Tombow MONO Sand Eraser.  This eraser is made for erasing ink, pen, and marker. This was my first time using it and I am sold! There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't. I accidentally wrote your instead of you.  I just rubbed the MONO Sand Eraser on the gouache mistake and it rubbed it mostly up.  It bleached out the black paper a little bit, but at least the quote is correct now. My next mistake came while using gouache and an oblique calligraphy pen. I wrote the instead...

Floral Painted Wood Wreath!

Floral Painted Wood Wreath! This project is super close to my heart! Paint a wooden wreath for the perfect Summer time that is low profile but super stunning. This sweet wreath is a beautiful combination of my mom and myself. Okay, story time: When I was young...like about 10-ish, my mom was really big into painting wooden art. Tole painting was all the rage and she loved it. She bought a bandsaw and was able to cut her own wood pieces.  She started having regular classes of friends that would come over and paint with her. I don't think she made any money, but they covered the cost. Well, one of the projects she did was this wreath. She spent a lot of time painting one wreath and then she decided to paint another to give as a gift. And...like most of us crafters, she never finished it! She passed away from breast cancer when I was nearly 17. So this was just a reminder of a life ended too early.  Here's how it looked when I inherited it a few ye...