More inchies! Today's post will highlight five cards and six envelopes - packaged into a frosted coffee-style bag with an inchie clothespin clip!
timesaver tip: Using these coffee-style bags with a decorative clip will save time from creating a gift box. The muted transparency of the bag adds to the allure of this gift! Plus the decorative clip can be utilized by the recipient long after the cards have been used.
The inchie clothespin post can be viewed here. I failed to mention where I got these hinged, wooden clothespins in my previous post: I salvaged these from my mother-in-law's home last month. She passed away in January and we cleaned out her home and went through everything a few weeks ago. This may sound silly, but my thoughts of her hands on these clothespins, working ever so dilligently, inspired me to save them, bring them home, and make them into art...or what I hope you see as art! :) However, I know these clothespins can also be found at Target, Wal-Mart, and other, similar stores.
For the cards, I am using a new product from Inchie Arts, called Inchie Papers: 108 fabulous papers come pre-cut in 1-1/2" squares. These papers range from classic, whimsical to elegant - and for a fast gift it was quick (and fun) to pull out a few... and dang! They all coordinate! The card bases were cut from Memory Box Eggshell 3-3/8" x 5-1/4", to fit a standard 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" envelope. The perfect size for a quick note! 
I stamped the splendiferous sentiment (A Muse) onto each card front in black ink (Palette Hybrid - Noir), then stamped a Lockhart large butterfly at random with Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger). Sprinkled on clear embossing powder (Ranger) and heat set. I hope you love this effect - seeing this makes me fall in love with heat embossing all over again! :)
Next, the small Itty Bitty Butterfly (Lockhart) was stamped directly onto each Inchie Square using Palette Hybrid ink in Noir. Colored in using only a few Copic Markers (B21, B23 and YG95 - that's it!). You can stamp directly onto the Inchie Square - these are packaged (72 pcs) from Inchie Arts (available here) in black or white, and super-ultra-premium matboard is the material. 
I outlined each Inchie Square with the Copic B21 marker - using the chisel tip, then adhered it to an Inchie Paper. Adhered this unit to the embossed card front and stamped the IB Butterfly onto each envelope. Packaged into a frosted coffee-style bag and finished the gift off with an inchie clothespin - altered with Inchie Papers too! I used Glossy Accents to adhere the Inchie Papers & the Inchie Square to the clothespin - dry time is mere seconds. Love that! 
I outlined each Inchie Square with the Copic B21 marker - using the chisel tip, then adhered it to an Inchie Paper. Adhered this unit to the embossed card front and stamped the IB Butterfly onto each envelope. Packaged into a frosted coffee-style bag and finished the gift off with an inchie clothespin - altered with Inchie Papers too! I used Glossy Accents to adhere the Inchie Papers & the Inchie Square to the clothespin - dry time is mere seconds. Love that! 
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you can use this speedy gift idea for someone special!!
Inchie products (Inchie Squares, Inchie Papers), Lockhart Stamp Company, Memory Box papers, Copic markers - http://www.ellenhutson.com/ Source for coffee-style bags: Nashville Wraps
