Inchies!
I very recently discovered inchies! I joined a swap on craftster to make and receive some of these great little works of art.
There are whole blogs devoted to these!
http://smallworldofinchies.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/inchies/
http://artjunk.typepad.com/art_junk/square_love/
Other people have made tutorials, and probably many have had similar ideas as mine, but here is a quick tute of how I am making a base to start my inchies.
This is the end product: (i know I always like to skip to the end to see what it looks like first. :) )
I gathered some supplies:
I used a manila file folder to make a stiff base. I also used a glue stick, scissors
and a small paper trimmer.
I cut the folder into strips and then squares using the paper cutter. Man inchies are small! A 1 inch square does not seem very big at all. Than I traced one of my squares and cut it out to make an inchie view finder.
I desecrated this book to get my inchies:
I know that you could scan or copy the pages first but I was in too much of a hurry. Plus as a bonus I managed to get 2 of the exact same book! However, I found that I wanted inchies on both side of the same page. Now what?
I held my page up to the light and glued a cardstock square to the back.
I cut the folder into strips and then squares using the paper cutter. Man inchies are small! A 1 inch square does not seem very big at all. Than I traced one of my squares and cut it out to make an inchie view finder.
I know that you could scan or copy the pages first but I was in too much of a hurry. Plus as a bonus I managed to get 2 of the exact same book! However, I found that I wanted inchies on both side of the same page. Now what?
I held my page up to the light and glued a cardstock square to the back.
The great thing about this glue is I can kinda wiggle the square around until i am pleased with the framing of the image. Remember that images slightly off center can be more eye catching (check out the rule of thirds for art).
Now I added some more squares to the other faces I wanted.
Once all squares are glued in place I can cut them out without fear of ruining another image!
Now I just need to embellish! I will probably add some mod podge over the whole thing to protect and seal the surface. Hope this helps someone! Leave a comment if you have a question or if you liked this technique! :)
Now I added some more squares to the other faces I wanted.
Once all squares are glued in place I can cut them out without fear of ruining another image!
Now I just need to embellish! I will probably add some mod podge over the whole thing to protect and seal the surface. Hope this helps someone! Leave a comment if you have a question or if you liked this technique! :)
