I am hosting a couple of inchie swaps on the Cricut messageboard where you have to use either blue/black, blue/brown, pink/black or pink/brown as the primary color combinations. You are also allowed to use white where needed. Usually, inchie swaps are in groups of 5o or so, but I made mine with only 20 spots. I did this for a couple of reasons. One, it is my first time hosting a swap and I didn't want to bite off more than I could chew. Two, I really wanted to make mine detailed and with only 20 to make, I was able to spend more on each.
Here is my first set that I made for Group One of the Pink/Brown Swap:
I had sooo much fun making these! And it was super quick to make them considering how much gluing I had to do.
The base is a brown 1" square cut with a Paper Shapers punch. The swirly pattern is a clear stamp from Inkadinkado's Flourishes set stamped with Tsukineko pigment ink in Moonlight White. The pink flowers are mother of pearl beads that I found in Wal-Mart and the center is a clear rhinestone. The three rhinestones along the bottom are pink rhinestones.
These were so much fun to make and I can't wait to make my other sets!
Over the past few months, I have participated in the swaps over on the Cricut Messageboards. They are so much fun, a ton of work and extremely addicting!
One of the more recent swaps that I have participated in was an Angel Swap. There were twelve spots, and I signed up for one spot in the first group.
My original angel was going to be a cat angel. I had planned on cutting out a doll base from either EDPD or PDDU, then adding the cat head from DC (using mulberry paper and making him tear-bearish) as well as a cute outfit and angel wings. Next thing I know, I had decided to make a "rockstar" heart - you know...the heart with wings. It was going to say something like "Rockstar Angel". Well, I couldn't find a heart I liked, so I started searching and came across a cool guitar. I don't know what happened to that idea as I ended up using an SVG file of an old key with a heart for the hole. The wings were also an SVG file. I will have to find the location of the files so I can share them as they are beautiful.
I sent 11 of my 12 in to Dolly as I just HAD to make my husband's Valentine's Day card with mine. Here is the result:
I call this "Key to My Heart Angel". The key is cut out of yellow card stock (see the little heart at the top of the key?). The wings are cut from white card stock and glittered. I then tied a thin piece of sheer, red ribbon around the key above the wings and finished it off by gluing a jewel to the top of the key.
I started the card by stamping the background image using Blazing Red StazOn Ink with Stampbabilities Swirls and Curls stamp on white card stock. I then tied a knot in a scrap piece of ribbon I had lying around and taped the ends on the back of the stamped background. I then pop-dotted the key and added it to the background next to the ribbon. I matted this embellished background piece with red mulberry paper and then glued the whole thing down on a Paper Studios Kraft Card. The Kraft Cards have matching envelopes.
Inside, I stamped the word "LOVE" with the Red Stazon Ink and a stamp I received from a participant in my inchie swaps (Thanks Kelly!!!). I added my own sentiments with a red glitter gel pen from American Crafts which matched the Stazon Ink perfectly.
It turned out beautiful and my husband loved it!
Happy Valentine's Day!
