Saturday Twinchies

I haven't participated in the Small World of Inchies and Twinchies challenge in a while, but today felt like doing so with their ABC challenge.

Here are my two twinchies. The little girl stamp is from Art Impressions.

Small World of Inchies

My family inchie for the Small World of Inchies challenge.

An Inchie in a Twinchie

As I mentioned yesterday, this week I'm guest host at Small World of Inchies. My idea was to create a Twinchie (2x2) which also contained an inchie (1x1).

I chose a school theme for mine, but you can create one with any theme you like. Just link them back to Nancy Dooren's site at http://smallworldofinchies.blogspot.com.

Hero Arts Inchie Challenge

Here are a couple cards I made for the Hero Arts inchies challenge this week. I could make inchies all day long, but my problem is my supply of Hero Arts stamps is somewhat limited. I have some older ones, but very few new ones. This first one I was able to make only because Chris from 2Peas included this little flower set in an RAK I won during WSW. Thanks, Chris!

This stamp is probably one of my newest Hero Arts stamps. It's a swirled flower pot stamp, and I simply cut a one inch square of it out and added a sentiment. It was pure coincidence that the greeting looks like it's hanging....it's actually just part of the swirl.

This last one is a definition stamp by Hero Arts which I simply overstamped with their floating flowers stamp and then cut into four one-inch squares.

I think maybe this is my favorite.

Inchies Challenge

This week's inchies for the challenge at Small World of Inchies. The theme was "birds."

Small World of Inchies

I made these inchies for the challenge at Small World of Inchies. The theme was boys.

I was drawn to these tiny images of Tom Swift books -- just the kind that would appeal to boys. So I based my inchies around these.

Inchies

Sometimes a challenge is more inspirational, giving me ideas, like it did this week with my puzzle pieces. Sometimes a challenge is really that -- challenging. The challenge this week for inchies at Small World of Inchies was to create using "white." I assume they meant only white. Incredibly challenging really.

I think it took me more time and caused more of a mess in my craft area than making some of those batches of cards for Cards for Heroes shown below. How a little inchie can take so much time is unbelievable.

Anyway, here is the result. I think I stuck true to the white challenge.

Inchies Swap

Aren't these lovely inchies? They are the result of the inchies swap I participated in through Joanne Wardle's blog. The challenge for last month was children. You can see all the artists on her blog. Mine is the one on the bottom corner with the "L" on it.

Vintage Inchies

I made these vintage inchies for this week's challenge at Small World of Inchies.

The images came from a photo slide I found in an antique shop. Perfect for these inchies.

Small World of Inchies

Well, as long as I don't have to place them in a grid, I like making inchies. I made these for the challenge at Small World of Inchies to use the color red.
The background on all of them, text, diamonds, and script are all stamps by Technique Tuesday which are the perfect size for inchies.

Butterfly Grid

I've been on a butterfly kick lately what with Wednesday Stamper's insect challenge and the sheet of butterflies I showed yesterday.

I've also been wanting to make one of these inchie grids ever since I saw a call for them from Stampers Sampler. (The example they gave was done by Jacqueline.) If you check out her blog, the Craft Nest, you'll see lots of examples. She makes it look so easy. I don't particularly think it is.After creating my butterfly sheet yesterday I decided to give it another try. I'm pretty happy with this last attempt (and I do mean last attempt.) I think I'll leave this kind of stuff to Jacqueline:)

Inchies Swap for March

I've got so much to put away and organize after my stamping retreat, I've no room to create a thing. But these bird inchies came in the mail today from Joanne's swap, so I thought I'd post these. I think these are a particularly lovely group of inchies this month.

Mine is in the center. The sixth one by Becky is on cloth which is lovely and the eighth one by Kaz is on a tile. Well done everyone!

This and That

Here are a few of the inchies I made for Joanne's inchie swap. The April theme was children.
The image is by Hampton Arts.


This is my contribution to the "Spring" ATC swap from StampinD'Amour. Stamps are by Art Impressions and Rhonna Farrer.I know St. Patrick's day is over, but I thought I'd show my submission to the March card contest from Art Impressions. Their theme was Pot of Gold. This was the best I could do with that as I had no leprechaun or stamps of that sort. I'm not expecting a repeat performance of last month's first prize. LOL!

I've been seeing a lot of inchie cards lately, specifically on Jacqueline's and Kris' blog, and I've been wanting to try one myself. So when I got this pad of paper recently I looked at the back. I saw the little squares showing samples of the patterns inside the package. I immediately thought, "Inchies!" So this is my inchie card from the paper sample.

I made this little Easter ATC from some Rusty Pickle paper. Love this egg hunt invitation paper. The little girls are from the The ATC Store.

Swap, Swap, Swap

I've been busy joining in on a number of swaps lately -- creating things in every size imaginable!

I made this ATC for a monthly swap Kris is hosting. I chose the theme of friends. Stamps are by Hero Arts, Art Impressions, and Studio G.

I made this little Easter inchie for Joanne's monthly inchie swap.

And, believe it or not, this Moo has a cow theme, but I had to stretch it to dairy products as all I had was the ice cream stamp from Studio G. Sandy from 2Peas is hosting this swap.

Inchies/Sketch Challenge

You can never have too many of these cards at the ready -- they can be used for just about any occasion. This particular one I made using the sketch challenge for this week at 2 Peas. I made three inchies using Penny Black stamps. I framed them with a script block from Technique Tuesday which I stamped in blue Brilliance ink, repeating the same at the bottom of the card. I then stamped the generic sentiment at the bottom.

Inchie Tree

I am so excited about this little inchie tree! I first saw one of these at Linda's blog. As I've accumulated a few inchies through Joanne's inchies swap I thought it would be a wonderful way to show them off. The fact that these inchies are made by different women from all over the world is equally exciting.

I simply punched a 1x1 square from a sheet of acetate to back the inchies. That way when I made a small punch at the top for the wire hanger, it wouldn't rip or pull through. And that way the back stays clear so you can see the name of the artist on the back.

This will not necessarily come down with the Christmas decorations. I'm thinking of just leaving it up. Wouldn't it be fun to decorate with different inchies for the different holidays?

Inchies Swap

I've been participating in an inchies swap for the last couple of months that has been hosted by Joanne over at Made by Joanne. This month's theme was just posted, but as I had lots of time yesterday, I got mine done. The theme this month is love.

In lieu of sending postage Joanne asks we send her an ATC or something like that, so I tried to make a coordinating ATC. After working with the inchies, the ATC seemed like an enormous area to work on!

For my inchies and ATC I used a love text background stamp by Hampton Art. With the inchies I punched it so that the phrase "blew her a kiss" would stand out at the top. I also wanted to incorporate in part of the inchies these paper roses I've been hanging onto for years now that I found in an antique shop. Time to use them up! The female images come from Paperbag Studios.

Inchies Swap

Joanne hosted another inchies swap last month and the theme was black and orange.

The artists for these inchies are:

Caz, Joanne, Kate

Alice K, Me, Melanie

Kaz, Zuzu, Seona

Vintage Christmas Inchies

Made these vintage inchies this morning for a swap I'm in. Theme, of course, is Christmas. The background paper is from Daisyd's. All images are from Crafty Secrets.