Inchie Arts, LLC was started 3 years ago.  They make squares, but they’re quite different from other materials because they are made from the highest quality matte board in the marketplace today.  The “Inchie Squares” are solid core material, not paper stuck to cardboard or chipboard.  They work just like high quality art paper and can be colored with both wet and dry mediums from color pencils, pastels, watercolor paints, Copic markers to stains and dyes without warping or disintegrating.  And of course their thickness provides a perfect platform for embellishing!

Inchie Squares were originally introduced to rubber stampers for direct stamping and coloring, but are now widely used by mixed media and fine artists for their ‘art paper’ behavior.

Inchie Arts has a creative blog where you can find additional helpful information about Inchie Squares and get great inspiration on how to use them too.

This challenge requires you to create a project using the color challenge and squares.  There are many was to create projects using squares.  You can punch or die cut squares, add square embellishments, or even design a square card shape.  Don’t forget that squares can be incorporated into other paper craft ideas, including scrapbook layouts, mini albums, and other altered art.

The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

*White/Cream may be used as an additional neutral color.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. Use squares.

You have until Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Tina Fussell and Ashley Cannon Newell.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

If you miss the deadline, please do not link your posting in the comments area.

NOTE: **If you are having difficulties with our link widget, please click the question mark link to get help from their blog. They offer useful step-by-step instructions.

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We also have a Flickr Group available to share your projects. Please add your projects to Embellish Magazine Flickr group.

If you want to use the graphic above, feel free to, but make sure you right-click and choose the “Save Image As” choice to save it to your computer, then upload to your blog!

After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. The designers will be highlighted in a blog posting.  You can find all blog postings related to challenge winners in the drop down category menu on the right sidebar at the top, called “Embellish What’s Hot.”  Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win a prize pack from Inchie Arts.   Here are the prize pack contents:

The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

This design team never ceases to amaze me!  I know I can always count on them for true inspiration.  Using all sorts of “inchies” by Inchie Arts, Charlene, Maile, Mariana, Sarah, and Tina have showcased squares to their fullest potential. Everyone used the Inchie Squares in their own way, including heat embossing, stamping, coloring, fabric overlay, layering, inking, and even on a scrapbook layout!  These great squares can embellish any paper crafting project.  We hope we have inspired you to use your squares in creative ways too!

They have used the following Inchie Arts products: (1) black and white 1″ Inchie Squares, (2) 1.5″ Inchie Squares, (3) 2″ Twinchie Squares, and (2) green + purple inchie notes – 3.5″ square folded notecards.  Make sure you click on their photo or name to check out their blogs.  Many of the designers include valuable information about their projects, plus more inspiration is always available to check out!

Ashley

Charlene

Maile

Mariana

Sarah

Tina

Challenge ends Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

Lisa

1. Ann
2. Diane
3. Emily
4. Laura
5. Sasya
6. Sharm

Wow!  The Embellish Birds Color Challenge was amazing!  There were so many beautiful entries.  I love it when you can stop by one place and get so much inspiration.  Obviously, a lot of designers like birds!  If you haven’t already, please make sure you go check out the entries.  Want something to do for the next couple of days?  Try out our current Embellish Quirky, Cutesy, Clean Color Challenge.  There’s always something here for everyone at Embellish Magazine, even if it gets your out of your comfort zone every now and then!
Congratulations, Lisa!  Your fabulous tags won the Embellish Birds challenge.  The other “hot designers” really made us smile as well.  Check out their links above.  Lisa, please send us a message using the “Contact Us” form on this site.  We will then connect to you to The Angel Company by Christina so you can claim your prize!

Thanks to everyone for participating and we sure hope you participate more.  We so enjoy seeing your projects.

Lawn Fawn is dedicated to providing you with the best in photopolymer clear stamps, both in quality and design. We’re so glad that you’ve decided to visit our little corner of the web and look into our imaginations.

We like to create stamps that make us smile and inspire those around us. We’re excited to be making beautiful and happy things for you, and we can’t wait to see your gorgeous creations! Participate in our Flickr and Facebook pages, follow us on Twitter and read our blog. We love to feature our customers and give away free stuff, so don’t forget to follow us on the web!

This challenge requires you to create a project using the color challenge and a quirky, cutesy, clean style.  There are many was to create projects in a quirky way, including using stamps.  Show us your favorite ways to create quriky, cutesy, and clean paper craft projects.

The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

*Brown/Black make be used as an additional neutral color.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. Use Quirky, Cutesy, Clean style.

You have until Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Boldlifestyle Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

If you miss the deadline, please do not link your posting in the comments area.

NOTE: **If you are having difficulties with our link widget, please click the question mark link to get help from their blog. They offer useful step-by-step instructions.

IE v6 Brower Users: The link widget is not compatible with IE version 6. Please feel free to download Firefox for free here. You can also update your IE browser here. Sorry for any inconvenience in the cross-browser issues, but we hope you give Firefox a try!

We also have a Flickr Group available to share your projects. Please add your projects to Embellish Magazine Flickr group.

If you want to use the graphic above, feel free to, but make sure you right-click and choose the “Save Image As” choice to save it to your computer, then upload to your blog!

After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. The designers will be highlighted in a blog posting.  Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn.  The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

This design team takes on another challenge!  Using Lawn Fawn stamps, they’ve created quirky, cutesy, and clean cards.  Feel free to click on each photo or their names to jump to their fabulous blogs!  Also, if you’re interested into any of the stamp sets showcased here, they are linked to Lawn Fawn’s online store!  Some may be sold out due to popularity and high demand, but you can sign up for notification to order when the stock is replenished.

Ashley used Partly Cloudy

Charlene used Sew Lovely

Maile used Bake me a Cake

Mariana used Critters in the ‘burbs

Sarah used Bannerific + Sophie’s Sentiments

Tina used Petite Florals

Challenge ends Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

Cristina

1. Agata
2. Kate
3. Kim
4. Lissette
5. Lorena
6. Lynn

Thanks to everyone for participating in the Embellish Ric Rac Color Challenge.  The burst of orange was just the kick we all needed to get our creativity flowing again!  Check out all those great entries for some cool and fun ideas on using ric rac.  Congratulations to Cristina for creating her fabulous clean and graphic sailer card.  Cristina, please send us a note using the Contact Us link letting us know you’re the winner and we will get you connected with Kim Bell of ippity stamps (by Unity)!

Still up for a challenge?  We have our Embellish Birds Color Challenge that’s going on now through Thursday night.  It features some great colors and who doesn’t have birds of some sort in their stash?  OK – even if you don’t, please head on over to the challenge post and check out what other designers have been creating using birds.

To my Embellish Magazine fans, here is the final batch of CHA photos from the trade show and consumer supershow!  I hope you’ve enjoyed the photos we were able to capture during our attendance.

DeNami Design {with Paulina + Kelly)

DeNami Design

DeNami Design

Splitcoaststampers

Debbie Olson

Michelle Wooderson

PTI Booth

Ranger with Claudine

Unity

Jillibean Soup

My Mind’s Eye

Sassafras

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Core’dinations {with Graphic 45}

Making Memories

Little Yellow Bicycle

Cosmo Cricket

EK Success

So, you thought that was it?  NOT!  There are so many more pictures of booths, product samples, and new products over in a Flickr gallery here!  I hope you check them all out!  A music highlight video will also be featured soon!