Catching up with Every Inchie Monday

I was very behind with my 'once-a-week' inchies because I've been focusing on bigger projects.  But this weekend I decided to catch up.

Strength



Sunset



Rust



Imagination



Change (a change jar)





Every Inchie Monday - Nest


Until next time, Happy creating!

 

Mini books & Button Fairies

Hi!  Again, even though I haven't been writing here I have been working.  Two new fun things I'm doing are one-sheet mini books which are so easy to create.  It takes longer to decorate them than to make them.  No pictures of them yet so here's my other recent delight -- button fairies.

My first button fairy.  The theme was holiday of choice for a swap at paperfollies. Since Halloween is so near...

The next one I made was for Winter:

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



It's been a long time.

Once I joined paperfollies it seemed time on the blog got put aside.  I was too busy creating things.  One of the challenges was to make a paper bag book.  I had never heard of one but once I got started I was hooked.  I liked the first one so much I kept it and made another one for the challenge.  Here are some pictures:

I decided to keep swapped items from paperfollies in the first one.  It's great for storing ATC's, Twinchies, 4x4's, etc.

This is the second one I made.  The theme was nature so I filled it with pictures and quotes about nature.  I left a few blank spots, too, so the owner can add some of his/her own.

That's all for today.  I'm going away for 10 days so it will be a while until I blog some more.  Until then,  enjoy creating.

New projects for Paperfollies

I've joined the Yahoo group, Paperfollies, and I've been very busy.  They do a variety of very clever projects in the same styles used on inchies:  ATC's, cards, altered art, etc.  Here are some of my recent masterpieces.



House - 5x7 - Paperfollies project May 2011

This house was a lot of fun to do.  I created a "wordle" on line related to the types of art I do.  My face is peeking through the window and my cat is below it, in the corner.  The decorative circle is a painted button.

This project, called Foil Mail, was fun, too.  I hadn't seen this technique in a long time.


I don't usually make cards so it was a nice change to give it a try.

For the mosaic challenge I tried to use a technique called faux-mosaic that I learned about on-line.  It didn't come out like the example but I like the look.  It reminds me of mosaics found at ancient sites, like Pompeii.

And last, but not least, the ATC's - a pair of Graffitti and a pair of Zetti style.

I HAVE been busy --- HAVING FUN!

My Wordle

I know something wasn't done correctly but by using the link, my art wordle, below, you can see the word cloud I made from words that describe the art I do.

My art wordle <a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3630128/my_art"
          title="Wordle: my art"><img
          src="http://www.wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/3630128/my_art"
          alt="Wordle: my art"
          style="padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd"></a>

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.