Inchies: Bird INCHIES: Due July 15

[Elena]

Due date: July 15
Sign up: July 10
Number of inchies: 9 for 9 (only one set)
Number of players: 40

This swap is for BIRD inchies. 1" X 1" pieces of art. ALL mediums are welcome. Please, no stickers. Don't just embellish a pretty paper. Be creativie, use textures, paint, ribbons, buttons... Show your ART!

US: Send a SASE.
International: Send a SAE.

Have fun! Any question, please ask! :jiggy:

1. Robin
2. grammysammy437
3. euphoria
4. Wigbag
5. Codesmom
6. Bright-Spark
7. lildebi
8. Mandy
9. Donna
10. lola123-withdraw
11. jonquil
12. Linda4atc
13. KatieV
14. dmnh
15. crazycat
16. chaosatlanta
17. Rooskie
18. Siena

[Robin]

I'm In! You got room for me? :D

[Elena]

Sure Robin, welcome!

[Bluebelle235]

Be creativie, use textures, ribbons, buttons... Show your ART!



So, chunky inchies ??????? Like miniature chunky pages ???? :err:

[grammysammy437]

I would love to play again, the last swap was awesome. grammysammy437

[Elena]

Bluebelle235, my intention was not to make these like miniature chunky pages, but that you can embellish them as much as you want! and use glaze, paint, etc. Are you in?

Welcome grammysammy437!

[euphoria]

I'd love to join. Birds are one of my favorite subjects! Am I right in assuming these are 1" each? Not bigger, right? Thanks. :)

[Wigbag]

Can I join? Yeah!! Birds!!!

[Codesmom]

I would like to join the fun

[Elena]

Welcome euphoira, Wigbag and Codesmon!

[Bluebelle235]

Bluebelle235, Are you in?


I think I will have to pass - thanks.

[Elena]

thanks Bluebelle235, maybe next time :)
Yes euphoria, inchies are 1" X 1". You can look at the ones I have made on my gallery "Other Art".

[Bright-Spark]

mutter, mutter, I think I am drawn to this.

Can you sign me up please? I would like to try my hand at some more inchies.

[Elena]

Sure Bright-Spark, welcome!

[Robin]

My " Bird Inchies " are ready to be mailed out on Thursday!
Extra for the hostess! :D

[lildebi]

Oooo...I just made some bird inchies. Please sign me up. I will scan and post pics of my inchies tomorrow and you can let me know what you think. I usually do hand drawn stuff, but I am in a collage kind of mood right now:-)

[Mandy]

ooohhhh me me me!

[Elena]

Robin those are beautiful and lovely inchies!

Welcome lildebi and Mandy!

[lildebi]

here are my bird inchies. I am sending in 12, Elena please pick 3 as a thank you for hosting. I am just putting my info on the back of each and will pop in the mail manana (tomorrow).;)

[Donna]

Sign me up please !

[Elena]

lildebi those are really great inchies!

Welcome Donna!

[Elena]

I have been out of town the last couple of days and won't be back home until Sunday. I will update the card received then :wub:

[lola123]

may I?

[Elena]

Sure lola123! Welcome!

[Elena]

robin, your inchies are here. Thanks for the extras!

[lildebi]

my birds have gone postal. Let me know when they arrive;)

[Elena]

thanks lildebi, I'll let you know.

[jonquil]

would love to play please

[Elena]

Welcome jonquil! Glad you join us!

[Linda4atc]

Hi Elena can I join to please? ... I want to say thank you to wigbag for bringing me here. I noticed your sweet comment about my animal inchies, went to your profile and then to your post and ended up here. I should not be adding another project right now ... ohhh well. :laugh:

[Elena]

Sure Linda4atc, welcome to the swap! I glad you found us :wubclub:

[Elena]

lildebi, your inchies are here! Thanks for the extras and all the goodies :jiggy:

[KatieV]

I'd like to join, please :cute:

[Elena]

Welcome KatieV!

[dmnh]

Elena I would like to enter this swap, please. I finished up the other inchie commitments I had and I'm ready to do more!
Thanks muchly!

[Elena]

Sure dmnh, welcome!

[Mandy]

mine are in the gallery

[Elena]

Nice inchies Mandy! :notworthy:

[Elena]

codesmom, your inchies are here! thanks for the bird card!

[KatieV]

I just put my birdies in the gallery, and Elena already found them! They'll go out tomorrow.

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=17911&w=s

[Donna]

Mine are done and will be in the post today.

[Linda4atc]

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=17949&w=l Here are my inchies the top row has a background paper, then a image transfer and on top of that the birds and glitter accents... row two has a painted background the flower branch is rubber stamped and painted then birds are collaged over that. ... the parrot in the bottom left is on a background of green paper with a wash to mute the colors ... and the last five are painted backgrounds.

[Elena]

KatieV, donna, Linda, beautiful work everybody! I can't wait to see them in my mailbox:notworthy:

[crazycat]

Add me to the list!!

I'm an inchie virgin, so be gentle with me! :cool:

[Elena]

Sure crazycat! welcome!

[crazycat]

Woot! Woot! :jiggy:

[grammysammy437]

Mine should be there tomorrow or the next day, the guy at the post office kept feeling the envelope and asked about three times whats in here, but I do not think he ever understood. I was afraid he was going to make me reopen it. Sam LEe

[Elena]

thank you for letting me know grammysammy437. I think that employee was just being nosy :eek:

[crazycat]

Mine should be there tomorrow or the next day, the guy at the post office kept feeling the envelope and asked about three times whats in here, but I do not think he ever understood. I was afraid he was going to make me reopen it. Sam LEe

One time last year, I remember reading that someone took her stuff to the post office and the clerk asked what was inside. She said, "Altered art." "What?" asked the clerk. So she repeated herself in a loud, clear voice, "Altered Art." The clerk looked at her funny and then wrote "Ultra Hot" on the customs form. :spinny:

I was working on my inches and trying to talk at the same time. I got confused and called them 'benchies' -- bird inchies. :wacko:

[Elena]

I received beautiful little birds today from KatieV and grammysammy437, thanks for the extras :jiggy:

[jonquil]

Here are my birdies - they will be in the post on Monday

[Elena]

Great inchies jonquil, thanks for letting me know.

[Elena]

Donna, your beautiful inchies are here!

[Donna]

Glad they arrived safely :)

[chaosatlanta]

Sign me up too, please!

[Elena]

Welcome chaosatlanta!

[chaosatlanta]

Beautiful birdies everyone!

Here are mine:
http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=19128&w=l (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/index.php?n=19128)

I made some serendipity squares last week, so I used some of those for the bases. They are collaged paper with acrylic paint, metallic marker, and stamping. I then added some hand drawn birdies and edged the inchies with gold metallic paint.

~Cheryl

[KatieV]

Beautiful birdies, Cheryl!

[Elena]

wow! Can't wait to see them in person! thanks for posting them!

[crazycat]

My inchies are having issues. Or maybe I'm having issues with my inchies, whatever.

I used shrinky dink to make my inchies and some of them are exactly 1 inch x 1 inch, and some are a tiny, tiny fraction larger. So close that unless you hold them up to each other you can't really tell. They all started out the same size, but a few of them just didn't shrink up as small as others did.:eek:

My question is, should I chuck the 'not quite inchies' and make more?

[Elena]

crazycat, if you have to hold them together to be able to tell the difference, I don't think it matters. You can send them and if I find they are too big, you can send more, or I can return them with your returns.

[KatieV]

Oh, neat! Shrinky-dink inchies!

[Elena]

I don't know what Shrinky-dink inchies are :unsure:

[KatieV]

You never tried shrinky-dink? It's plastic that shrinks up when you heat it - fun stuff!

[Elena]

I'll find out how it looks when I get crazycat inchies!

[crazycat]

You can send them and if I find they are too big, you can send more, or I can return them with your returns.

Roger that! I'll have them in the post ASAP!


shrinky dink inchies = shrinkinchies??


Here are the final nine

[Elena]

crazycat those are beautiful! Everybody is doing such pretty inchies!!

wigbag your inchies are here! Thanks for the extra :)

[KatieV]

shrinky dink inchies = shrinkinchies??




Maybe they're dinkies!! :laugh:

Lovely birds!

[RoOskie]

Elena, I know it getting down to the wire but may I please join??? Pretttttyyy Pleeeaaasseeeeee??? - Rooskie

[RoOskie]

Elena, I didn't wait for a reply. Too excite about my birdies!!! Here they are and will go in the mail tomorrow. Hope you like them. I'm in love with INCHIES!!! :yes::yes::yes:

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[Elena]

Rosskie,those are lovely! Thanks for joining!

[Elena]

jonquil, you inchies are here, thanks for the extras :wubclub:

[Elena]

Linda4atc and Mandy your birds are here! Thanks for the extras:notworthy:

[Elena]

chaosatlanta and rooskie, your birds are here! Thanks for the extras!!

[Siena]

Hi Elena,
I simply cannot resist all the gorgeous little birdies here... I have to sign up if it's ok with you. This would be my first attempt at inchies; hope I do ok! So... pretty please may I join?

[Elena]

Sure Siena, welcome to the Inchies world!

[euphoria]

My birdies will be winging their way to you as of tomorrow (I dropped 'em in the mailbox on my way home from work). The ones I've seen so far are wonderful!

[Elena]

Thank you for letting me know euphoria.

[Siena]

My little birdies are almost done--here are six of them. I have to say, it was really HARD to come up with a workable idea for these. I tried so many things, but none were quite right. Maybe now with this inchies experience under my belt, next time will be easier!

Anyway, here ya go:

[Elena]

Siena, those are amazing! Thanks for posting them!

[Elena]

dmnh your birds are here! Thanks for the extra and the goodies!

[RoOskie]

Siena....I absolutely love you birdie!!! Love the texture! :yes: - RoOskie

[Elena]

10 days to due date!

[Bright-Spark]

Mine will be flying your way tomorrow, Elena!

[Elena]

Beautiful! Love the combination of colors :)

[Elena]

bright-spark, your inchies are here! Thanks for the extras! I really appreicate them!

[Elena]

siena, your pretty birds are here! Thanks for the extras!

I am working on having the inchies loaded in the swap gallery. Hopefully it can be done :confused:

[Elena]

euphoria, your inchies are here! thanks for the extras!

Just waiting for crazycat inchies which should had been mailed on Monday...

I e-mail Adryanna the file with the inchies to put on the swap gallery yesterday. Watch for them!

[euphoria]

I wonder if that's the first set finally arriving, or the second set I sent a few days ago!? (I think I wrote "Bird Inchies Part Deux" on the second envelope!) :)

[KatieV]

I saw the inchies in the swap gallery, how cool! :)

[Elena]

Yes, Inchies are in the gallery now!

Euphoria, those seems to be the second set, they were postmarked on the July 12th.

[Elena]

crazycat inchies arrived today.
I have swapped the inchies already and will be on your way tomorrow. Thanks everybody for being such great players!

[euphoria]

I got my inchies today! Whoo-hoo! Each one is unique and lovely! Big thanks to crazycat, Mandy, Codesmom, lildebi, Linda4atc, grammysammy, Siena, Wigbag and Jonquil for making these bee-YOO-tee-ful birdies! I love each one.

[KatieV]

I got mine today! Thanks for hosting, Elena! Off to leave iTrader and rep points :)

[chaosatlanta]

Received my fabulous birdies as well. Thanks Elena for hosting, and everyone for their wonderful art! Off to do the iTrader/rep thing.

[Robin]

Thanks Elena for always being such a great hostess~!

I received from: KatieV, crazycat, BrightSpark, Linda4atc, Codesmom, lildebi, Jonquil and Elena

[grammysammy437]

My Inchies got here, just a lovely job by all. Thanks, Elena. I left rep points and the one for Elena, it only took me 28 min to do 9 people. This computer is slow. Sam Lee

[Donna]

My lovely inchies have arrived Elena, thanks for hosting, you did a great job :) Off to leave ITrader/rep points now.
Donna xx

[Bright-Spark]

Mine were waiting for me when I got home tonight!

Many thanks to Elena for hosting and to Robin, dmnh, Linda4atc, Euphoria, Mandy, Crazycat, Lildebi, Katie V and Jonquil for being so creative and sharing.

[Siena]

Tiny birdies from grammysammy437, chaosatlanta, lildebi, Donna, RoOksie, Wigbag, Crazycat, dmnh, and (unknown artist--collage with a bird and a face) were nesting in my mailbox today! Thank you all; they're gorgeous!

[dmnh]

My birdies came flying in while I was away this past week. I think they showed up on Monday as they were in the bottom of the stack of mail in the box.
Thanks to Elena for hosting the birdie inchie swap and thanks to KatieV, codesmom, rooskie, wigbag, chaosatlanta, Linda4atc, Donna, grammysammy and lildebi for some awesome birdie inchies!
I'm off to leave iTrader and rep points!