In this new MIX-Ability challenge Dina uses a standard billing envelope liner and layers of color to create this wonderful mixed media piece.
The base is a 4" white Art Square that because of it's 4 ply solid core thickness, won't buckle or wrinkle when layers of gel medium, collage, stamping and color are applied - making it the perfect substrate for mixed media!
Visit Dina Kowal Creative for the details.
Happy New Year 2017 !!
We are so excited to be included again in the Seasons Givings Blog Hop!
This really is a spectacular event and all the credit goes to Latisha Yoast for her vision and organization! She has created a wonderful way for all of us...to thank all of you...for the love and support that has enabled everyone on this list to continue to share their creativity. And, as we learned last year, this is a great way for us to introduce Inchie Arts - Art Squares to those unfamiliar with our products.
This year we introduced our Little Village kits, Original and 2. The response has been tremendous and as we, and others, continue to experiment with how they can be used, there is no doubt that these will become part of your year round papercrafting and card making. If you are looking for samples and ideas on how to use Little Village kits be sure and visit the Inchie Arts Facebook page.
We would like to extend a very special thank you to all the artists and crafters who shared their work with us!! You continue to inspire and demonstrate that Art Squares are the perfect substrate for everything from stamping and coloring, mixed media, Gelli Plate, die masking, watercolor, stencils, Pan Pastels, Stendoodling, photo collages, cubes, tags and so much more.
Whether you already love our Art Squares....or are super curious to create with them....please leave a comment below on THIS POST as your entry to win this collection of Inchie Arts - Art Square and Little Village products. In order to be eligible please leave a comment between now and Sunday January 8th at 12 midnight PST. We will randomly select one winner and will post their name here on our blog, and on our Facebook page, on Tuesday January 10, 2017.
The Inchie Arts - Art Square Giveaway Package includes: 2 packages Original Little Village, 2 packages Little Village 2, one package each of white: 1" Inchie Squares, 3" Art Squares, 4" Art Squares, ATC size (2.5" x 3.5") Art Squares and 2" x 4" SWATCH Art Squares.
THANK YOU for stopping by and we hope you will visit again to see if you won, but more importantly to explore this blog and our Facebook page to see what you can create with Art Squares.
And what a list for this year - WOW!
Heidi Ramsey Blankenship
Thank you for visiting All In An Inch from Inchie Arts! Don't forget to leave a comment below on THIS POST as your entry to win the Inchie Arts - Art Square and Little Village products shown in the picture. In order to be eligible please leave a comment between now and Sunday January 8th at 12 midnight PST. We will randomly select one winner and will post their name here on our blog, and on our Facebook page, on Tuesday January 10, 2017.
Happy New Year everyone!!
We were pretty excited when Kae Pea, owner of RubberMoon stamps agreed to let us share some of her wonderful Little Village creations with us.
One of the reasons that we love RubberMoon stamps is that they can be combined to create the most wonderful visual stories.
Beginning with a 4" white Art Square as her base and then using no less than 9 different RubberMoon stamps and 3 pieces from a Little Village kit she has created this adorable 'scape'. According to KP, the background was tinted using Pan Pastels, while the more vibrant colors were created using Acrylagouache. (I have just learned of this product from KP and am eager to give it a try)
Using the same materials as above on an ATC size white Art Square (one of these comes in each Little Village kit) and 4 small pieces from Little Village kits, I would guess that she used 10 different RM stamps on this one!
Be sure and visit RubberMoon to see all of the wonderfully imaginative stamps that can be used with Little Village kits to tell your very own stories.
Working with the Little Village kits can be overwhelming as there are SO MANY options in terms of how you can color and decorate them!
We laughed when asking Sharon if she was finished with her sample for today's post and she said, "Not yet, I can't decide how I want to color them!" But decide she did, and we think her sparkly Little Village is a perfect example of how you can color and decorate them for the holidays.
Just as Dina did with her Spooky Village on Monday, Sharon has mixed the components of Little Village 2 with a super cute town silhouette die cut that she positioned in front of, and behind the Village pieces. And to add additional 3D dimension to her piece she actually used the dies to emboss extra details of doors and windows into the LV pieces!
By using a 4" white Art Square as her background she was able to accommodate a lot of pieces! And of course the color and sparkle comes from painting the background and pieces with Perfect Medium, Perfect Pearls and the addition of a bit of glitter tape.
Please visit Sharon's blog, PaperFections to learn all the specific details. And be sure and visit Ellen Hutson's inspiration and education blog, theCLASSROOM, every day this week as they join us in celebrating all things Inchie Arts - including 20% off all in stock Inchie Arts merchandise at Ellen Hutson LLC.
Little Village kits, Original and 2, are new from Inchie Arts!
This is the first time that Inchie Arts has experimented with die cut pieces. The kits were created to provide a series of small shapes that when decorated and assembled would be like little buildings, or a "Little Village". All of the components of each kit are made from our signature 4 ply museum grade matboard. In addition to the small pieces, each kit includes a white Inchie Square and a white ATC size Art Square that may be used as a background piece.
These are all of the components of the Original kit. You can use the carrier sheet as a stencil for drawing buildings on your ATC background, cut more pieces of your own choosing, or even as a palette to test stamping and coloring ideas.
Just to give you an idea of how they might be assembled, here are the pieces from the Original kit arranged (before decorating) in the same way as shown on the packaging. The original kit is distinctive because it has a crescent moon. A single panel village is a perfect size to put on a card.
As soon as we shared the Original kit with our friends there were immediately requests for another version with a greater assortment of shapes and sizes. Here are all the pieces included in Little Village 2.
This layout shows the pieces arranged in a similar fashion to the sample shown on the front of the packaging. And by popular request we made sure there was a steeple, circles for moons, suns and clocks, and even a Mansard roof!
Each kit has completely different pieces so that they may be combined and mixed to create oodles of versions of Little Villages.
By using ALL of the pieces in both kits, you might create a standing 2 panel layout that looks like this!
There are SO MANY pieces that you can spread them out by adding another ATC size Art Square to create a 3 panel standing Little VIllage.
Or, use only a select few pieces chosen from each kit and arrange them on a bigger background like our 4" white Art Square.
(select pieces from both kits, spread out, with an extra white ATC Art Square background to create this 3 panel piece)
Now that you know what they are, be sure and stop by again for the next several days to see different ideas for coloring, stamping and decorating Little Villages.
And, if you want to see more creative ideas for Little Villages and other Inchie Arts products, visit Ellen Hutson's education and inspiration blog, theCLASSROOM this week to see samples from their design team! And while you are there you can see (and purchase!) every size and color of all Inchie Arts products! at Ellen Hutson LLC.
A new collection of Penny Black 'brushstroke' stamps are perfect for Elizabeth Allan's technique of what we like to call "painting" with ink.
She begins by stamping a white 4" Art Square using a very light Distress ink. Then she stamps additional Distress color inks directly onto an acrylic block, creating a palette of sorts. Using a wet paintbrush, she then picks up the paint from the acrylic block and 'paints' over the original stamped image.
Because the Art Squares are a 4 ply solid core matboard they can stand up to lots of layers of moisture, making them the perfect substrate for this technique!
For all the details and specific ink colors visit the Studio Sessions blog.
Jill just has a magic touch with paints and her newest video showcasing Shimmerz with Penny Black stamps is no exception. Of course we are thrilled that she is using our 4" white Art Squares as the substrate, as they are perfect for this type of stamping and painting.
And, as part of the launch of this new series, her video will be featured today on both the Penny Black and Shimmerz blogs...and there are giveaways!
For a direct link to watch Jill's video click here - https://youtu.be/eCn4SsymGaU
(and for more tips about watercoloring with Art Squares scroll through our WATERCOLOR link in the categories section to the right)
For those of you that follow our Inchie Arts blog you will know how privileged we are to have Dina Kowal, also a designer for Impression Obsession Stamps, as a member of our design team.
Whenever we share photos of Dina's work with Art Squares, you can be sure that all the details will be available on her blog, Mama Dini's Stamperia, including this wonderful ornament made from 2" Art Squares and decorated with a new holiday die from Impression Obsession.
And while you are there, check out some of her recent work with 4" Art Squares AND our new SWATCH size that is 2" X 4" - perfect for both horizontal and vertical images!
Be sure and visit Mama Dini's Stamperia - so many great ideas!!
If you haven't visited Jill Foster and Elizabeth Allan's Studio Sessions blog lately you will love their new series Studio TIPS. In her first tip, Jill talks about when she gets stuck for card layout ideas she will often refer to a sketch or template. While she has created a stash of her own favorites - we discovered all kinds of online sketch blogs and groups.
Here are just a few of the ones that we found:
http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/
http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/
http://operationwritehome.org/sketches/
http://cardabilities.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html
And, we love that Jill's template allowed her to incorporate a white ATC size Art Square that she stamped and watercolored!
Be sure and visit Studio Sessions for all the details.
If you follow Jill Foster's design work, you know that she is a wonder with color. But her post today over on the Penny Black blog shows a unique and wonderful way to use a flower bouquet stamp.
I think we are so 'trained' to place a stamp, in this case a vase of flowers, on our paper and then put all our energy into coloring either the flowers...or the background. Jill has taken a unique approach by stamping the flowers in the 4 corners of a 4" white Art Square creating a gorgeous frame and focal point for a sentiment!
See all the details on the Penny Black blog!
