Flippin' books...

Every Inchie Monday #16 : Poetry

Ugh... Tough one!!

A tiny little poem... And here it is in my journal...

 Snail Mail Flip Book

 This is my second snail mail flip book. It's also my new addiction...

The 'hello' was sent to as goodie in a pocket letter along with a ton of other die cuts. I am really loving them. They are all white, so I watercolored it in a matching color.

This one got a little (a lot) bulky so I had to tie a ribbon around it to keep it fairly closed. 

On the first page I made a little pocket for some journaling cards. There is a tiny card in the tiny envelope...

My letter is clipped to the back of the flower card which flips upwards...

Under it is a little bag of butterflies die cut pieces and under that is a piece of acetate with some stickers from fruit which my partner in this swap collects...

Inside the flip book...

I attached some cardstock to the back of the bicycle card to make a pocket for some washi samples.

The tag flips up....

And behind it you find a little envie with stickers...

When I glued two pieces of cardstock together for this page I made a pocket for some journaling tags...

Last page... The polka dot bag holes some diy paper bows...

My swap partner also collects coins so I found a Danish one a taped it in the corner...

Into the envie and off to Canada!

Something fishy...

Every Inchie Monday #15: Fish

Flowers and animals, those are my favorite things to draw, so this was a nice and easy one. (I see next week is poetry... Oh my...)

Here we have it in my journal it is very own frame...

Actually doodling frames is a favorite too!

Snail mail love...

Every Inchie Monday #14: Grandmother

I feel a bit like I cheated with this one as I dug out a picture of my mum (turns out I take way to few pictures of my mum!), grandma of my daughter who's back you also see...

Ah well, I had a great time looking a pics!

Flip Book

I came across a tutorial video on youtube and fell in love... 

I watched a ton of videoes of flip books in all shapes and sizes. And just when I decided I had to put down the ipad and pick up some paper... There was a flip book swap on swap-bot!

So here's my very first flip book...

The front is very simple because the paper was so adorable...

It ended up being quite bulky so a little ribbon with a bow keep it closed.

Open up to a cup of tea and, since it was easter time, some bunny buttons!

I made the envelopes, there's 3 for her to use.

Not done yet!

Jumping into the deep end with my first one... 4 pages!

The envie holds a letter. The pink journal card flips up, as does the tag behind. I hid some goodies in there...

Notice something sticking out on the top? I made a pocket when gluing two papers together and put some tags in it.

 Flip to the other side and find a half page that flips up and reveals more goodies. For the last page I made a pocket to hold journal cards and sticky notes.

Into an envie and off to the United Kingdom...

This was so much fun to make and I have finished my second today, that one goes to Canada...

Let's make another!

Peanuts!

Every Inchie Monday #13: Peanuts

It's funny, in Danish the Peanuts are named Radishes. Wonder who came up with that translation...

Blue Pocket Letter...

My swapbot partner for this swap liked pink/orange color combo as well as the color blue so I tried to incorporate that.

The backing is a project life card I cut down in size to fit the pocket. The page strip is from an old Danish book I found in a thrift shop. The lovely stamp was sent to me from a swap partner in Malta.

My partner also likes dolphins and these are just the cutest!

I love making these little pocket letter charms!

Happy Easter!

Knock, knock...

Every Inchie Monday #12: Door

Last year we had 'window' and I made one that opened up, that was fun, so I did the same with this door...

Let's take a peek...

Boh!
Haha!

Butterfly Pocket Letter...

I adore butterflies!

So I set up a pocket letter swap on swap-bot.com themed butterflies...

I got a new stamp. Perfect for the pocket holding the letter!

The decorations in this pocket was goodies in previously received pocket letters.

Using the WRMK fuse tool I made a matching pocket letter charm...

Washi, washi, washi!

Every Inchie Monday #9: Towel

Washi Sample Swap...

 I love washi tape!

So these swaps of samples are some of my favorite swaps!

For this one we swapped 25 samples of 12 inches. I made this little washi sample book for my partner...

 It opens by lifting the washi strip on the side...

And reveals two playing cards wrapped with clear tape, then wonderful colorful washi tape!

It opens again on both sides for a total of 6 playing cards.

I got the idea from a washi book that was sent to me in another swap from a partner in Japan. I just loved it so much I had to make some myself!

Another washi book...

And one more... Yes, I'm going crazy with the washi books!

I like this one the best...

This was a rainbow colored washi sample swap on swapbot...

After these little washi booklets I have discovered something called flipbooks. Little booklets like these but with little pockets filled with goodies and fully decorated.

That's my next project! Fun, fun, fun...

(That is if I can stop watching youtube videos and actually get started!!)

Valentines...

Every Inchie Monday #8: Earth

I didn't feel like drawing the planet earth...

I was more in the mood for some doodling, so this is what I got...

Valentines Pocket Letter...

We don't celebrate Valentines Day in Denmark so this is the first time I have made anything Valentines themed!
This pocket letter was for my pocket letter pal Aparna in India.

Here was the chance to use my tiny cupid stamp!

The middle pocket is a printed image that I went over with some glitter gelly roll. It was actually my starting point and what I chose the colors from...

Butterflies and a beer...

Every Inchie Monday #7: Beer

 I might as well admit it... I hate beer.. Never drink the stuff...

Diet coke... That's me...

If it absolutely has to be something with alcohol in it I'll take an ice cold glass of Bailey's.

I have been wondering what to do with the inchies this year as I want to have them side by side.
But I don't think I want to hang them anywhere. So this weekend I had an idea for my journal...

I actually intended to just do a frame for each inchie as we make them but once I got doodling there was no stopping me! lol!

Sadly I was out of the polka dotted paper, which I adore! So I had to find something else for page two.

Let me tell you it was hard not to get busy doing some of the inchies! Oh, how I itched to do the dolphin and the whale!

Butterflies for France...

This butterfly themed pocket letter I made for a swap on pocketletterpals.com where I was paired with a French pal Armandine who sent me the most precious PL in return.

I just hope she enjoyed this one as much as I enjoyed hers.

For the corner pocket with a bow around I used the backing from a pack of stickers. It was just too pretty to trash! The bottom corner with a flower was backing paper from a pack of brushes.

The butterfly lady I found on a google search and printed out.

A lot of these pretty butterflies were sent to me as goodies in pocket letters.

 

I love my alphabet stamp set and use it all the time!

I see more butterfly pocket letters in my future!
Mostly because I just bought a new paper pad filled with them...

Slip into an inch...

Every Inchie Monday #6: Slippers

I knew right away how I wanted to do this one. Finally an easy one!! lol!

I drew the slippers on polka dotted cardstock and glued on yarn for the part of the slipper that I do not know the English word for. Actually I don't know the Danish word for it either...

Is there a name for that part of a slipper?

A little rhinestone slipped (!) in there.

After our very manly theme last week, we need some sparkle! ;)

Now could I please have me some slippers-weather!

Pocket Letter of Bs... 

This was for a swapbot swap and went all the way to Africa!

Everything in this pocket letter was to begin with B.

Letter in Danish is 'brev'. Perfect for my first pocket. Then Bird, Bronze, Bow, Birdcage, Brads, Butterfly, Big and Buttons.

All except one pocket are cut down journaling cards. They are so pretty!