My Serendipity Paper

I thought I'd share what I do to make a serendipity background.

I have some large label paper so I peeled it off and used that as a sticky surface.  I keep a box of very small scraps, too small for punching or die-cutting, and use them for a project like this.  I selected mostly blues and greens for this one and and placed them next to each other - like doing a big puzzle.  Once the sticky paper was mostly covered I stamped a floral figure in blue in several places, followed by a script stamp in brown.  I lightly went over all of it with a distress ink.  Then, I dabbed some copper paint here and there.

I needed to make some serendipity inchies for my inchies-onexone group and a set of 2 inchies and 2 rinchies.  Here's what I made with this paper:

Isn't it amazing what scraps can look like!
Happy creating!
Rae Ann

Working ahead

I've been working ahead on inchie themes scheduled for June, July and August in my group Inchies-onexone.  When I sit in front of the TV in the evening I can't sit still.  If I have a theme I can work on I do it then.  Here's another that's ahead of its time.  The theme is NUMBERS.


Numbers



Busy with Inchies!

I've done a lot more inchies than I've posted recently.  I like to share some of them.


Every Inchie Monday - Pink
The background is made with a soft rose ink pad so it's not a "pinky" pink.

One of my upcoming swaps calls for inchie envelopes:

These were fun to make.

I've also been playing with shades of one color by layering shading and stamping.  Here are red, brown, pink, and blue.

I tried a new technique which I found at Go Make Something.  It's Iris pattern #1; I made it into a twinchie.


With the scraps from this I made backgrounds for these:

That's all for today, although I have even more that I haven't posted.  Have a great day.



A New Week - New Inchies

The snow never came (thank goodness) but a lot of rain did.  It is April after all.

For this Every Inchie Monday the theme is 'sing' and the image I thought of right away was 'singing in the rain' so I found the perfect image online.



Every Inchie Monday - Sing

 

For this swap the challenge is to use only newspaper.
I cut out the black section of a big page add to make
the fan elements.



This swap theme is 'blue' so I dug through my
stamps again.

The actual swapping is getting closer.  I can't wait to enjoy the creative efforts of others in my group.


When the weather is bad - make inchies!

Tomorrow is April 1 and they are predicting snow.  It looks like I'll have a day to make more inchies.  Here are my recent additions:

Every Inchie Monday - Winged



These are for a swap - technique of choice
I really enjoy layered collage.




Swap theme - Birds (obviously)




Swap theme - Torn Paper
Here's my trio of pairs, again.



I did these just for fun using heat embossing
and watercolors.

I think this catches me up for now.  Some

ideas are floating around to play with later.

Think spring!

Here I Go Again

Wow! I've done a lot since I last posted.  It was a lot of fun, too.  Here are the fruits of my efforts.

This inchie is for a swap - technique of my choice - Watercolors

I had fun doodling during a TV show with this one.

What if there were a mermaid theme?

The theme for this swap is Africa.  I like to create similar pairs
with different aspects of the same theme.

Every Inchie Monday - Rhythm



A swap theme - Circles




Just for fun - Ladies




Another swap theme - Orange




This swap theme was for technique of choice.  I used
heat embossing with watercolors.




This swap theme is Vintage.



This swap theme is Food.  I decided to depict 2 meals,
before and after, in my six inchies.

As you can see I've been busy.  Being creative keeps me alive and happy and this is certainly doing that. 







This Weekend's Results

I've been working on more of my swap themes.  Here are some of them:

This completes the seashell set.

One theme was 'select your own theme.'

I came up with 'funky hearts.'

Every Inchie Monday for this week is "Endless."

This is a Mobius Strip.  In math it is described as a shape without an end point.

After some better photos there will be more to follow.  Have a great day.

I Been Inchie-ing

I love being given a swap theme.  It challenges me artistically to do something I might not have thought to do on an inchie.  Here are some of the 'inchies-for-swaps' I've been working on.

Theme: Squares

Theme: Butterflies

Theme: Zentangles

Theme: Zetti Style

I also did these sets of 3 (although I will do 3 more seashells for a swap).

First half of a set of six seashells.

Theme: Dog

I have more time on the weekend so I'll be working on some more.  As always, I find Joy in Art and that gives me energy to keep on going.  I hope you have time to find your joy, too.



In the Inchie Mood

I've joined the Group Inchies-onexone and I'm excited about joining in swaps and lotteries and exchanging inchies with other people.  I can't sit in front of the TV without pulling out my art tray table, even if I'm only cutting out cardboard squares.  Last night, however, the creative juices were flowing.  I made these 6 purple inchies from stamps I have:

I also started on a set of 4 in an Easter theme and I'm enjoying how the 3D elements are working out.  This is fun!