Royal Inchie

I got myself a stamp set for Mother's Day.  I have been wanting a Crafty Secrets stamp set ever since they first came out, and NOW I own one.

I think I have broken an *inchie rule* somewhere by going outside the confines of the one inch area--but since I am fairly certain that there aren't any *inchie police* I am safe.

Materials Used:

• Stamps: Bird Notes (Crafty Secrets);  ???(Brenda Walton);
• Ink: Palette Noir; Old Paper Distress Ink;
• Paper: white; black; dp from MME and Paper Studio;
• Accessories: gold ep (SU!); Prismacolor Pencils; Stickles and Liquid Pearls (Ranger); Diamond Glaze (Judikins); foam tape;

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Just playing....

I was just playing with some things I had on my desk.  This layout and stamps is very similar to my inchie tag from last week--but I thought I would try it with some new colors.

I am trying to use up my Perhaps paper from Basic Grey--Not because I don't like it, but rather so I do use it all and it doesn't become lost in my HUGE bin of scraps.

All stamps are from Starving Artistamps and you can get them for 10% off by using the code julidis. (then hit recalculate to make sure the discount is taken)

 

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Inchie Horse

I was just playing around with a couple of techniques yesterday.

I am still discovering the wonders of the inked Cuttlebug folder technique. With this folder (textile) it reminds me of tin ceilings and old wallpaper. (one of the houses I lived in as a child had flocked wall paper almost exactly in this pattern). I love the instantly aged look this technique gives--and the irony of "instantly aged"-hee hee.

The inchies are from two different horse stamps--Galloping Horse and Horse looks back. I stamped the images with Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk ink (Clearsnap), and watercolored them with dye ink re-inkers.

Materials Used:

• Stamps: Horse Looks Back, Galloping Horse
• Paper: Chocolate Chip, Bordering Blue, Kraft, Sahara Sand (SU!), White
• Ink: Brocade Blue Craft (pigment), Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk Ink, various re-inkers for watercoloring
• Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder, metal charm, brads, twill tape, ribbon, foam tape

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Authentic Grace

For this card I combined a couple of challenges from the Challenge Forum at SplitCoast Stampers.

The background is craft (pigment) ink applied to the inside of a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then run through the machine to print and emboss on the paper. This was fun for me--especially since I like to get messy every once in a while--it wasn't TOO messy though.

The butterfly image is an *Inchie*, which seems to be a current trend. I admit, at first I was skeptical, but I think it is fun. I will definitely try working with this size again.

Materials Used:

• Stamps: Small Freak butterfly, Mini Positive Words, Silhouette Asters (Large), Grace Girls (Sentiment)
• Paper: Whisper White, Black, Sahara Sand & Taken with Teal (SU!), light turquoise dp (My Mind's Eye)
• Ink: Taken with Teal (both Craft/pigment and Classic/dye), Sahara Sand, Old Olive, and StazOn Jet Black
• Accessories: jewels, foam tape, embossing folder, rectangle hand punch, ribbon, prismacolor pencils and LOMS