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A Spring Umbrella by Lisa Strahl

Wow!  How can I begin to thank you for that warm welcome?  Talk about warm fuzzies.  XOXO  Your encouragement can only mean one thing...it means that I am going to work REALLY hard for you!

Today's design features two Itty Bitty stamps by Lockhart - the Umbrella and Escargot.  I worked on the umbrella first and then decided that the background paper for the card needed to be "raining" something - how about snails?!!  We'll get to the snails in just a minute.  First, details on the inchie:

Begin by stamping the IB Umbrella on one of the solid green pieces in the Kioshi 6x6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey) with Coffee Archival Ink (Ranger).  Fussy cut out the top portion with Cutterbee Detail Scissors.  Stamp the image again on the green and orange plaid piece in the same pack.

Punch out the image stamped on the plaid paper with the 1 inch square punch.  Cut a piece of Sticky Back Canvas with the Labels 12 Die (Spellbinders).  This die cuts the PERFECT layer for your inchie!

Paper piece your green umbrella top onto the umbrella stamped on the plaid paper with the Quickie Glue Pen.  Fill in the handle of the brelly with Opaque White Gel Pen (Ranger).

Embellish the two stripes with Clear and Orange Spica Glitter Pens.  I can't emphasize enough the shimmer that these pens produce.  They have micro glass flakes for maximum sparkle.

 

Apply Glossy Accents over the entire brella top.

 

Stamp the Escargot with Peach Bellini Adirondack Ink (Ranger) on another green piece of solid paper from the Kioshi 6x6 Paper Pad and layer onto Mango Cardstock (Memory Box).

Punch Solar White Cardstock (Neenah) with the Thanks Edge Punch (Martha Stewart) and apply 1/8 inch double sided tape to the back side.

Final Details:

-die cut Thin Real Wood Birch with Labels Twelve to create another layer for your inchie; cut a thin strip of wood and adhere to the left of the thanks punch border

-add a small Mango Pearl to the top of the brelly

-add small clear jewels in every other hole on punched strip

-finished card size is 3.75 x 3.75 inches

Inchingly Yours, Lisa

P.S.  Check back Thursday to play along with our very first Sketch Challenge!

A Little Hello by Lisa Strahl

It is a thrill to tell you that we (more specifically - Lisa - LOL!) will be updating our little Inchie habitat! As you will find Lisa is extremely passionate about "little things" and it is so wonderful to have her here now sharing that passion with you - so please join me in welcoming Lis!!!

Three BIG Cheers!

-Ellen

For those of you who don't know yet, I am a certified Inchie NUT.  We are talking illness here people! 

I am thrilled to share with you that Ellen has agreed to let me run with the dream that I have for this blog.  Over the next few weeks I hope to share some of the fun things I have rolling around in my brain and that we might share in our love of all things INCHIE together.  Sound good?

Today's inchie focused card was created entirely to welcome you back!

  

My Inchie image is the Baby Bee (Lockhart) which was stamped on sheets from the Earth Love 6x6 Paper Pad (Cosmo Cricket) with Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger) and layered onto Black Inchie Squares.  Clear Spica Glitter Pen was then added to the bees wings and covered with Glossy Accents  (Ranger).  The sentiment is from the Say Hello stamp set (Hero Arts) which as an aside, has some adorable inchie'ish images in it as well that I used in this Sparkly Owl post.

 

A little tip about the silk ribbon bow.  I did not have coordinating ribbon so I used the chisel tip of the YR21 Cream Copic Marker color it.  It was a little to bold, so I went over the ribbon again with my 0 Colorless Blender and just loved how it soften the color and whicked it to the edges of the ribbon!

All of the patterned paper used on this card are from the Earth Love 6x6 Paper Pad (Cosmo Cricket).  The Black Banner Lace Ribbon (Prima) was adhered with thin double-sided tape.

See you again soon!

Lisa