Give a mile, take an inchie

"Inchies" are the hot new craze sweeping the scrapbooking world! There are so many people making them.

Never heard of 'em? Here's what they are... wee little, inch-sized canvases. Many people use heavy watercolor paper -- 140 lb. paper is the popular choice. And basically, you just do whatever you want and decorate as much as you can in this tiny space. Then people use them to decorate cards, frame them, whatever. Right now I'm participating in a swap of them so I should have gobs of them soon from friends. I plan to frame them and use some as magnets. Will be fun to see what people do.

This is a set that I made over the weekend for an online inchies class hosted by Lifetime Moments.

Birthday Gift for Dad (part one)

This is a birthday gift I made for my dad. More details and photos below...

Birthday Gift for Dad (part two)

I make a lot of homemade gifts. This is one that I made for my dad for his recent birthday. It's a wood block that I covered with Club Scrap patterned papers that represent different parts of his personality: the explorer, the teacher, the collector, the lover of life, and the family man. I used

• for "explorer": papers, stickers, and stamps from the CS Time & Space kit
  
• for "teacher": papers and stamps from the CS Science kit
  
• for "collector": papers and stamps from the CS Fossils kit
  
• for "family man": papers from the CS English Garden kit, Making Memories rub-on letters and "Love" stamp
  
• for "lover of life": papers from the CS Aromatherapy kit and Stampin Up stamps
  

I applied the papers with Club Scrap's bookbinding glue to make sure the papers were really stuck to the wood. After I applied all the papers and stamped them, I applied Mod Podge decoupage glue to seal everything. Then I added some dimension with various doodads: the seashell, metal charms, a watch part, etc. I just mailed it to him and can't wait to hear what he thinks. :]