Inchie Nuts About You

Happy Groundhog Day.  I don't actually own a groundhog stamp so I thought this squirrel was pretty close.
This cute little squirrel is from the retired Stampin' Up! set called Wildlife Reserve.   The card ended up being very Clean and Simple. 
I stamped the squirrel and then colored him with my Copics and colored pencils (Prismacolor).  Then I punched him out with a one inch square.  Next, I punched out 4 other 1" squares and colored 3 of them in with 3 of the Copic colors I had used to color in the squirrel (a pale blue, clay, and light brown).  I left one of the squares white.  Lined the squares up on the card.  The 4 colored squares are adhered directly to the card and the squirrel is popped up on dimensionals.  I added the sentiment (smARTworks) but now that this is posted I see it is a bit crooked.  Drat, I even used my Stamp-a-ma-jig and everything .. grrrrr! 

Drop back in on Friday to find out what image Linda and I decided to use for our second challenge!!!  

Have a great day!
Donelda

Tone on Tone

I saw THIS card on Kim Hughs' blog.  Her card was inspired by Regina's card as you will see on Kim's post.                                                              I loved the tone on tone and it happens to be one of my favorite layouts so I had to create my own version.  But I couldn't stop at one ... and ended up with 3 quite different versions.

I decided to make my squares smaller and use butterflies (Martha Stewart) and leaves (Punch a Bunch).  The buttons on the butterfly card are from BasicGrey.  The yellow was a bit too bright but a bit of Copic marker colored on it made it the perfect match.  The sentiment comes from Around & About Sentiments (Papertrey Ink) which I can't seem to stop using!!  I even inked up just bits of it to add on this first card.  I've also used the stripes from the Background Basics :Retro (Papertrey Ink) and some text for the leaves (Background Basics: Text Style - Papertrey Ink) on this first card.

Thanks for dropping by my little blogging corner of the world.  Enjoy your day!

Donelda

Christmas Gift Card Holder #2

Here is my next Christmas Gift Card Holder.  My friend really liked this color combo - it was fun to create something Christmassy with them! 

Supplies: Flourishes (Inkadinkadoo), sentiment from Take a Bough (Papertrey Ink); True Black twill (Papertrey Ink), black crochet yarn, dimensionals, Score Pal (see the scoring around the edge of the green paper!).

Have a great day!
Donelda

Purrrrfect Birthday

This card was created based on an old CPS sketch.  I really liked it.  I did flip it though, so the cat would be looking into the card.  I wanted to use some of the images form my Inkadinkado inchie set called Cats Galore.  I love the tiger strips and that magical cat image is perfect for a card for a cat lover!!   I created the sentiment using Simple Alphabet (Papertrey Ink) and the stitched circle is from Borders & Corners {Circle} (Papertrey Ink). 

Enjoy!!

Donelda

Hero Arts - Antique Engravings #3

Here is the 3rd card I made using the wonderful new stamp set from Hero Arts, Antique Engravings.

For this card I used some of the smaller images in the set. This little butterfly, the humming bird, and the dragonfly. I decided to use one of my favorite inchie layouts!! I stamped the images onto some white scrap cardstock and then colored 'around' them with a light blue Copic marker.

The rest of the card is pretty straight forward. I love creating cards with the color combination of Black and White with a small pop of color. I never seem to do it enough!!

Thanks for dropping in today. Another card tomorrow ... and it's my favorite of them all!!

Donelda

Inchie INKlings - Sketch #3 - Birthday Mouse

So you know how much I love working with inchies!! I decided to play with Ellen's 3rd inchie sketch!

What a fun little card. My neice plays the violin so maybe I'll keep this one for her.

Images were colored with Copic markers in browns and pinks.

Supplies: Stamps - Mouse and Cake - Inchies #3 (smARTworks), inchie swirl - Inchie Flourishes (Inkadinkadoo), Flourishes, Scattered Showers (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Brilliance black, Close to Cocoa (SU!); Paper - Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink), Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Other - pinking sheers (Provo Carft), markers (Copic), dimensionals.

Hope you had a great day!

Donelda

Inchie INKlings - Sketch #1 - Chickadee Thanks

I have re-discovered the Inchie INKlings site! When I lost my hard drive a number of months ago, I had to remember and locate all of my favorite blogs. I continue to find some like the Inchie site! Yesterday Ellen announced that they were going to have sketch challenges and posted the very first one. Well, you all know how much I love my inchies so I just had to play along!!!

See the brown and straw colored papers ... they were freebies that I got from our Communications Officer at work. You see, she had a whole box of paper samples from different companies. She didn't want to move the box any more and thought I might be able to use some of the paper. I was so excited!!! You should see all the yummy papers!! So I created this little card to give to her to say thanks using some of the papers she gave me!!!

Supplies: Wildlife Reserve (Stampin' Up!), Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink); Ink - jet black, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Paper - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), Coastal White, Straw (Domatar), Clove (Fraser); Other - Copic marker, pencil crayons (Prismacolor).

I am off to check out all the inchie projects I've missed out on over the last year!!!

Donelda

Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge # 60 - Sketch

I really liked the most recent Clean and Simple challenge - it was a layout! Everything here is created with scraps!!!! and I enjoyed making my first card so much I went ahead and create 2!!!

Butterfly Trio

Supplies: Stamps - Background Basics: Text, Around and About (Papertrey Ink); Paper - White, Kraft (Stampin' Up!) other colors (scraps); Ink - Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Other - crimper (Fiskers), border punch (Fiskers), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), sponge.

Best Wishes

Supplies: Stamps - Turning a New Leaf, Rustic Branch (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Versamark, black; Paper - White (SU!), kraft file folder, all other paper are scraps from my bin; Other - 1" square punch, dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping in! Keep scrolling up and down, I've got a bunch of challenge cards created and posted!!

Donelda

smARTworks - Inchie Artwork

I had a lot of fun making this Inchie hanger. This great leaf inchie is from smARTworks Inchies #3 set. I stamped it 3 times, cut it out and distressed the edges with my scissors. Then I adhered it to this green rectange and faux brown ribbon. It looks like a piece of home decor.

I did some paper piercing along the sides of the green cardstock and then did faux stitching.

I hope you have a great day!!

Donelda

Christmas Card Reveal Countdown - Day 14

You know how much I love inchies ... so I decided to use them on a Christmas card. After coloring this tee image (Believe - Papertrey Ink), I cut it into 1" squares and then sponged around each. Added all this to a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. A very interesting result but this was very time consuming and I'd never have the patience to make more than one of these cards.

One particular detail that I really like here is that I took my white gel pen and added just a bit to the berries on the card. You might need to click on the image to get a larger view to see it!! I'll be doing that again!!

Sentiment stamp is from Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink).

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you tomorrow for Day 15 of my countdown!

Donelda

smARTworks - Birthday Inchies

So here is yet another inchie card made with one of the smARTwork inchie sets! You know how much I love creating with inchies!! I love, love, love this image ... it looks so medevil or something!! I decided to vary from my typical "three-in-a-row" and went with this 4 square grid. I picked 4 colors that I love putting together (which doesn't happen very often - usually I'm a 2 colors at a time kinda crafter!). I stamped the same image in the different colors, adhered them to a bit of Kraft cardstock and then added all this onto a Chocolate Chip card base with dimensionals. The sentiment is stamped with Chocoloate Chip ink as well. I had contemplated doing some stamping on the card base but decided that it would just detract from the focal image. Supplies: Stamps- Inchie Squares Set 3 (smARTworks); Ppaer - Whisper Whtie, Kraft, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink), Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Other - dimensionals, 1" square punch. I'm still looking for more layouts to use with inchies...any great ideas out there??? Donelda

Turtles and Frogs

So, here is another card I created using some of the inchies from the inchie sets by smARTworks.

I colored the frog, turtle, and waterlily with my Copic markers. A few small strips of colored cardstock and a bit of ribbon finished off the card.

Supplies: Stamps- Inchie Blocks Set 3 (smARTworks); Paper - Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Old Olvie (all Stampin' Up!); Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black (Tsukineko); Other - ribbon (Michaels), small scallop scissors (Provo Craft), dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping in!!

Donelda

smARTworks - Chinese Inchies

If you've been on Susan's blog recently you would have seen this card posted there. This was a card I created using one of the new inchie stamp sets put out by smARTWorks. and you all know how much I love inchies ~ I couldn't resist getting at least one of their sets!! I would love them all....but one at a time!! I wanted to create an inchie card that is different that when I usually do with inchies...3 images in a row. So, I decided to use 2 of the more oriental images and add this cool chinese coin in the middle. I used my Copic markers to color in the images, drew a box around the orange mat, and added the sentiment to the designer paper. Do you have a favorite layout when you use inchies?? If you have a great one I'd love to see it, I need inspiration. Thanks for dropping in. Donelda

Inchie Memories of Las Vegas

So, my husband and I took off for a short vacation in Las Vegas during my spring break. We were about half way to the airport when I realized that I had forgotten my camera. We figured we'd just not have any pictures of this trip ... but while we were there, I devised a way to have some memories. You see, I've been totally addicted to inchies these days...so I had inchies on my mind. And then I started seeing lots of pamphlets, and coasters, and coupons ... with pictures and logs on them... and then an idea popped into my head. Ultimately, I created this "Inchie Book". My husband was totally impressed. In fact, his comment was that this cool little book had a record of all the great stuff we did.

The book is made from light cardboard that I covered with some red cardstock. It simply folds out and has a third little flap and it all gets tied up with some hemp.

This is the firt flap with some of the inchies.

And here is the second page with the little flap. When I attached the cardstock, I left the top open and I slid in some memoribilia that could not be used to make inchies.

Here is a close up of some of the inchies. I simply told the "stories" by writing around each inch image.

I think this was an ingenious way to create a keepsake of our trip. Who says you need a camera when you go on vacation!! Thanks to all my inchie friends who always inspire me :-)

Enjoy your day,

Donelda

Inchie Post #9

This is the last inchie post! YEah!! But I did really enjoy making all these inchies.

Here are a few individuals that I made singles.

See the white butterfly.... it is stamped onto a small mirror. The grass inchie has some plastic shrunk fish jumping in there!! Heheheh, crazy inchie world!!

Inchie Post #8

Some more inchies. The blue and green are Twinkling H2Os which was painted over top of the clear embossed snowflakes. Cool cool cool effect!!

I was totally excited about this idea. Sudoku - mini me style!!

and these are my son's FAVORITES!! Go Mario!!

Just one more inchie post left for tomorrow!

Donelda

Inchie Post #7

Some crazy frogs!

These are really interesting. The technique is called ghosted background. Very cool!!

love the browns and blacks together. Simple but I love them!

Thanks for dropping in. I hope you are not tired of my inchies yet. Just a few more posts.

Donelda

Inchie Post #6

These are some of my very favorite inchies. The wings have dazzling diamonds on them. Love it!!

Yummy strawberries!!

...and my son was very fond of these guys!! Yuigio guys!!

Thanks for dropping in tonight.

Donelda

Inchie Post #5

So here are some of my favorite inchies. This is not my typical style of inchies... but I thought I'd give it a try. I actually like it. I added the blue head band and the feather. What fun!!

I {heart} letters....they mean you can read and reading is power!!

and a bit of a holdiay theme! These are cute felt rabbits that I found at the local dollar store.

Thanks for dropping in!

Donelda

Inchie Post #4

Heheheh - more inchies!!

Serindipidy squares. the wings are colored with a jelly roll pen.

Cola girls!

Luck of the irish!!

Thanks for droppin in!

Donelda