Inchie Art

Not much time for art this week, but I did get this "inchie" finished for an upcoming "Fall Inchie" swap. This is actually not an inch square, but 1 1/2 inches square. This is an 8-for-8 swap and we will be exchanging them this coming Tuesday. I punched 1 3/8" squares from a fall leaves patterned paper and sprayed with Golden Terracotta Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels (love this stuff!) and layered it on a 1 1/2" square of rust cardstock. I edged this with a copper pen. The title "autumn" is part of a small collage stamp which I stamped on glossy cardstock on which I'd smooshed several colors of Adirondack dye ink. The two tiny leaves were punched from bits of inked and embossed scraps and attached with a tiny brass brad.

Finally - my inchies!

After trying for several days, I was finally able to post the picture of my own 25 inchies I made for the swap I previously mentioned (see March 21). These are all 1.5 inches square and include stamping, images and words. See how I displayed those inchies I received in the other blog post.

Inchies

Many online groups are swapping "inchies" - tiny, one-inch square works of art. I hosted a swap this fall, but the participants preferred doing them a bit bigger - 1.5" square. The swap was 25 for 25 and each square had to have some stamping, an image and either a word or letter. When we received the squares we also had to make a project to showcase them. This is a photo of the simple wallhanging I made with black cardstock and a ribbon hanger with the squares I received. I used black as it best enhances the varied colors. For some reason Blogger isn't letting me upload the photo of the squares I made. This was a fun project and not as challenging as you might think!