We had a blast during our Twelve Days of Trees event and want to thank you all for joining us!
And, to announce the winner of the Magnet Display Board and Tic Tac Toes 'inchies'...
Congratulations to Katie Bond!
(Katie, please send an email to [email protected] with your mailing information)
Happy Holidays everyone!
Make your own Tic Tac Toe!
When we first started the Inchie Arts company our emphasis was all on 1" Inchie Squares. And, one of our first products was this neat magnet board that could be used as the perfect place to display your inchie creations. It also happens to be the perfect size for a personalized Tic Tac Toe!
We created our version using the tiny tree stamp from the Impress Botanical Wreath set. Begin by stamping the tree in the center of 12 white 1" Inchie Squares using VersaMark ink. Heat set with clear embossing powder. Draw a fun border with a 0.3 Copic Multiliner pen, drawing a different border for each set of 6 before painting the inside area. We blended our own green and red using Splash Acrylic Inks. Once dry, cut a small section of self adhesive magnet from the 36" X 1/2" strip (we still carry these!) and attach to each finished Inchie Square.
Leave a comment to win this Tic Tac Toe game!
We have a few of these 5" square magnet boards left and will be giving this one away - Tic Tac Toe markers and all! Just leave a comment here on our blog, or on our Facebook page, at any time during the Twelve Days of Trees. We will randomly select one winner from all the comments and will post their name on both the blog and FB on Tuesday December 23, 2014.
"There is, I conceive, scarcely any tree that may not be advantageously used in the various combinations of form and color.” - Gilpin
We are pretty excited to share this unique distressing treatment from a recent post from Virginia's View Challenge #10 - All Things Distressed by their guest designer...our very own Jill Foster!
As Virginia points out, distressing is a technique that has been around for many years and usually involves background treatments with distress inks, focused edge coloring or even tearing the edges of your paper for a tactile distress effect.
But what is unique about this card is that Jill actually tears and colors the edges of a 4" Art Square. Because the squares are a 4ply artists quality mattboard they can take not only a lot of 'distressing', but layers of color as Jill shows in the video of how she created this card.
We just learned about Virginia's View Challenges and hope that you visit not only to see the details and video from Jill, but to participate in the challenge that is open until December 18...and there are also opportunities to win product from Simon Says Stamp and Penny Black!
Thanks Jill for coming up with yet another great way to create with Art Squares!!
I hope all of you had as much fun as we did last week - we owe a very special thank you to all the artists who participated in this wonderful event!
Who would have thought there would have been so many different creative techniques combining Art Squares and Penny Black designs.
All of your comments were heart warming and we hope that you will continue to visit our blog and Facebook pages! Also, if you are new to Inchie Arts we invite you to visit the archives of this blog as there are years of ideas and great tips.
Congratulations to the winners of Inchie Arts products!!
Heather Thompson and Laura Jane
To claim your Inchie Arts prizes please send an email to [email protected] with the sizes and colors of the 4 boxes of product you would like along with your mailing information. If you would like some suggestions or want to discuss what sizes and colors might be best for your crafting style we can talk about that too!
Congratulations to the winners of the Penny Black products!
Linda S. in NE and Molly Seekamp
To claim your Penny Black prize, visit Penny Black online store and then email your selection of $25 worth of Penny Black stamps (woodblock, Slapstick/Cling, or transparent) to [email protected]. Include "Inchie Arts/PB Collabo Giveaway" as the subject line. Don't forget to include your shipping information as well.
