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Goodbye Cornish Heritage Farms Sale

You may have heard by now that Ellen is liquidating her CHF stock at 40% discount.  To that end, I wanted to share a few cards that might inspire you inchie lovers with stamps and paper that are still left in the store.

These cards were made several years ago, but all have an inchie theme and I know how much you folks love new sketches and layout ideas!

Please Note:  If I have not listed the supplies for a card, it means that the product is no longer available.  If you have questions, please ask them in the comment section of this post.

This card features the 8x8 paper pack by Kim Hughes called Mocha Chica has 24 sheets and is on sale for $5.99!

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These next two cards feature the stamp set called Baby Love (Kim Hughes Collection) which is a HUGE set with 27 images for $14.99.

See you soon for the next sketch challenge!

Inchingly Yours, Lisa  

Inchie Card Sketch #6 by Lisa Strahl

Hello lovely Inchie friends!

I had a wonderful post written, but Typepad decided to close down and thus all of my jabbering was lost.  Maybe that's a good thing!

I wanted to share the new sketch with you tonight anyway and I will be back soon to give you all of the details on how I made the digital papers.

Supplies used include:  Black Embellished Butterflies inked with Old Paper and Antique Linen Distress Ink, Inchie Style Stamp Set, Jet Black Archival Ink , Black Tiny Type Stickers, red jewels, Black Inchie Squares and Jenni Bowlin Papers resized and printed from the ScrapHD Program.

Have a restful and creative Sunday, Lisa

Inchie Card Sketch #3 - Canning Inchies

It's Thursday and you know what that means...it Inchie Sketch time!  Makes me soooo happy.  Without delay, let's get to the sketch - as always, don't be afraid to turn it if you are inclined.

I put together a fun little quad of fruit and preserve themed Itty Bitty stamps by Lockhart for this sketch and used Adirondack Dye Ink Pads to water color the images.

 

Stamp the IB Cherries, IB Jar of Jam, IB Jar of Berries and the IB Pear with Graphite Black Brilliance Ink (Tsukineko) on White Inchie Squares (Inchie Arts, LLC).

Press the lid of the Red Pepper Adirondack Ink to the pad and use the lid as your palette to dilute the color with a Niji Waterbrush.  Lay down a VERY light layer of ink on the cherries.

Repeat the process with Cranberry Adirondack Ink, this time just highlighting the cherries.

Lay down a light layer of Willow Adirondack Ink on the leaves and tops of the jars.

Highlight the green areas with Lettuce Adirondack Ink.

Color the Jar of Jam and Pear with Lemonade first and then highlight with Sandal Adirondack Ink.

 

Use the Red and Clear Spica Glitter Pens to add some depth to the images.

Here is a shot of my final images.

 

Other Supplies Used:

-Material Girl 6x6 Mini Deck Paper (Cosmo Cricket)

-Red Pepper Duplex Cardstock (Memory Box)

-Can It Stamp Set (Cornish Heritage Farms)

-Trinket Pins, Crystals (Maya Road)

-Scalloped Dot Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

-white pearls (Kaisercraft)

This card was just a delight to make - I hope you enjoy the sketch this week.  :)  I am going to make you wait one more day to announce the winner of this week's inchie stamp.

Inchingly Yours, Lisa

Inchie Card Sketch #1

How exciting!  Our inaugural Inchie Card Sketch.  I'll let you in on a little secret...I already have 25 Inchie Card Sketches prepped and ready to go.  :^)

Without further adieu, go forth!  Create!  The sketch can be either portrait or landscape.  I have created a few cards below to inspire you.

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Especially For You

Supplies:

-Say Hello Stamp Set (Hero Arts)

-Sassy Petites (Cornish Heritage Farms)

-Baked with Love (Cornish Heritage Farms)

-White Inchie Squares (Inchie Arts)

-Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)

-Spearmint and Frond 6x6 Paper Packs (Memory Box)

-Diamond Lace Edger Punch (EK Success)

-5 Petal E-Line Flowers (Prima)

-Eerie Brads (Basic Grey)

-.05 Black Multi Liner Black Pen (Copic)

Congrats Home

Supplies:

-Birds and Branches Stamp Set (Hero Arts)

-Kioshi 6x6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey)

-Coffee Archival Ink (Ranger)

-White Inchie Squares (Inchie Arts)

-Classic Trim Collection (Webster's Pages)

-1 1/4 White Silk Ribbon (May Arts)

-Glossy Accents (Ranger)

Thank You Home

 

Supplies:

-Birds and Branches Stamp Set (Hero Arts)

-Kioshi 6x6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey)

-Coffee Archival Ink (Ranger)

-White Inchie Squares (Inchie Arts)

-Classic Trim Collection (Webster's Pages)

-1 1/4 Pink Silk Ribbon (May Arts)

-Glossy Accents (Ranger)

We would LOVE to see your cards!  Please leave a comment and link to your card on this post and you just might be chosen for a little *inchie love* in your mailbox. 

Inchingly Yours, Lisa

EDITED TO ADD:  The Inchie Card Sketch Challenge is open until 12am PST the following Thursday so that you have the entire week to play along!

vintage inchies by Cindy Lyles

 

Today's post features a mini one-sheet-wonder combined with a bit of recycling.  Incorporating old dictionaries into art has been my latest craze - and they are FUN!  Try sourcing these at tag/garage sales, local auctions and even your bookshelves at home.  

 

To make the thin dictionary sheets more stable I adhere them to a piece of solar white cardstock using Matte Accents from Ranger.  Smear the adhesive with your finger to completely cover the cardstock.  Then firmly press the dictionary sheet and remove any air bubbles.

 

Next, stamp a few images at random.  I'm using images from Inchie Style set from The Rummage Bin (CHF) and Jet Black Archival Ink. 

 

Punch out images using a 1" square punch or cut into 1" squares.

Sponge Distress Antique Linen over each inchie, then blend edges using Distress Vintage Photo.  Lightly tap edges with Distress Walnut Stain.  The photo above shows the difference between the naked inchies and the ones with the Distress inks applied - big improvement!  Try incorporating thin strips of decorative paper from your scrap pile to further embellish if desired.

 

Stamp swirls from the Beautiful set (Rummage Bin/CHF) onto Arturo light blue notecards, and mat distressed Inchie squares with Licorice cardstock.  Adhere matted Inchie square to upper left corner overlapping the stamped swirl.

Inchie images were repeated onto the gorgeous Arturo envelopes - fabulous weight to these.

'Hello' sentiment is from Kim Hughes Silhouette Blooms I.  Thank you for stopping by today!

Inchies from A-Z: C is for... continued

C is for Clay

It has been a long time since I stamped in clay, but I knew that making Inchies out of clay would be an absolute blast! One of the easiest and readily available types of clay to use is Creative Paperclay. I believe I purchased mine from Michaels. It is simple to use being you do not need a special oven to bake it dry - it will air dry!

 

To create the Inchie above I rolled out a small piece of clay to the depth of approximately 1/8". I then cut it into a 1" square. To smooth any rough edges on the square I moistened my fingertip and ran it around the edge. Next I stamped the Spanish Script backgrounder into the surface by gently laying the backgrounder face down atop my Inchie and lightly pressing evenly over the Inchie. I then used my paper piercer to locate holes in the bottom right hand corner for the mini-brads I knew I wanted to add once the clay had dried.

I stamped the IB Pear in to the excess cut-off clay and then cut around the edge with my Retractable blade knife. I also smoothed these edges with my damp finger. These pieces were then set aside to dry overnight. I did go back several times throughout the evening to make certain that the clay was drying flat.

This morning I added color to my white clay Inchie. I am SO loving the airbrush! I put my Y21 marker in and quickly airbrushed the white square. I then used my Blending Tool along with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to darken the edges. The pear was airbrushed with YR24. The highlight was created with my Special Y21 Light marker. The leaf was then colored with YG63 and YG00. E57 was used for the stem. To attach the pear to the background I used Matte Inkssentials glue.

I think that this could make an absolutely charming piece of artwork when mounted to a larger surface. Perhaps I'll have to give that a whirl next Ü