Washi love...

Every Inchie Monday #1: Galaxy

My very first inchie of 2016!
For this one I decided to go black... Then stippled a galaxy of white gelly roll with a touch of purple and glitter.

After seeing the awesome 2015 inchie displays my fellow inchie... inchiers... inchiees... (There's tanglers doing zentangle, so are we inchiers??) (Or do I just really need to go to bed... ;)

Those amazing displays made me want to make one of my own.

But last year (it seems like it was just last week...) I put all my inchies on little tags and used them in my journal, so I couldn't make a display.

I'm not sure what I am doing this year, so for now I'll just save them in an envie...

I have been making some pocket letters lately, but my swap partners have not received them yet, so that's for another time...

Swapping

This was for a washi tape swap I did a while back.

I have a serious addiction for washi tapes and I love these swaps!

I had 3 partners for this washi swap.

That means 3 letters with wonderful washi for me! Awesome!

A letter is not mandatory in these swaps. Just a note. But I really like writing letters, so I pretty much always write one for the swaps I take part in. And of course in a washi swap one should always pretty up everything with even more washi!

I hope you all entered the new year safe and sound...

An inch of yogurt...

Every Inchie Monday #42: Yogurt

I wasn't exactly feeling inspired by this week's word...

Can't win 'em all...

This is an envelope for a pocket letter I just made...

My swap partner for this one likes elephants...

Another one with an elephant...

And a few more envies...

You would think I had a lot more to show for a week of fall vacation time, but really it has been all about the kids this week, just as it should be! :)

#whimsybykelly2015 day

Rhythm and cake...

 Every Inchie Monday #37: Rhythm

What better way to show rhythm than by dancing?

Drawn with micron005 and then I let my watercolor pencils dance all over it...

If my skin was darker I'd totally have this color hair!

Two by Two by Tuesday: Cake

Mouthwatering layered cake...

In fact I got such cravings for cake that I asked my daughter to bake one. When sugar is involved she only ever has to be asked once!

So by the time I finished this little twinchie the whole house was smelling of delicious cake!

This is why I have kids! lol!

The next birthday in our household will be my daughters 10th, so since she's such a sweetheart, baking for her mom and all, I topped the cake with a 10...

Inside my journal...

 

Layering things to get enough room for notes about the pictures and some notes about what we did the past couple of weeks...

The pocket letter on the right was a blue/green themed one I sent off to Monique in Germany...

 Monique is also a tangler, so I tangled her an ATC for the middle pocket...

There's also some die-cuts, ribbon, a bag of bling and brads, buttons, tea, washi samples, sticky notes and a little crochet pattern as she likes to crochet.

More zentangle on the envelope in the form of Hollibaugh...

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Loving pocket letters!

Every Inchie Monday #36: Ear

No one said it had to be a human ear!

I find human ears kinda nasty, so here's a sweet, soft, lovely, big kitty ear <3

Two by Two by Tuesday: Treasure
A good old treasure chest!

I colored it with watercolor pencils and used some glittery gelly pens for the gold and pearls.

After water...

 

Before water...

 Sometimes I skip the water part of these watercolor pencils (not because I'm a chicken and scared I'll ruin it and have to start all over! Really!) but just look at the difference!

Swapping Pocket Letters...

This pocket letter is themed 'All about me'...

1. My country with a letter. 2. I love washi with washi samples. 3. A recipe for my favorite apple pie and a tea bag. 4. My favorite tv-show with pretty buttons. 5. My favorite color with sticky notes. 6 My favorite animal with cat washi, cat stickers and cat sticky notes. 7. I love to read. Book recommendations and book pages from an old Danish book to use in crafting. 8. Tangled ATC. 9. Tiny bag of my favorite candy!

All wrapped up and ready to go into...

...a pretty envelope and off to Gini in the UK.

Another pocket letter!

This one was to have only washi tape as goodies!

For the backside I printed out qoutes. This way it will still look pretty when all the washi samples have been taken out in case my swap partner likes to keep her pocket letters in a binder.

A pocket letter has to contain a letter! Decorated with lots of washi to go with the theme...

All wrapped up!

Into the envie and off to Sylvia in Illinois...

I really love making the envelopes even though they will probably get tossed in the trash. But hopefully she will have a moment of joy when finding it in the mailbox...

I love receiving pretty mail and always save it!

This envelope contains washi samples and a card that I forgot to take a picture of and don't remember at all what look like!

Hey, I just turned 40, I'm allowed to be forgetful!!

Whatever it was, Karen loved it so all is well... And she is saving the envie, yay!

Swapping a tea cup ATC. This was the second ATC I have ever made...

I have sent out another 4 swaps this week, so I am keeping busy! lol!

The last creative piece I want to show you is a card I made for a colleague whom I will have shared my employment with for exactly 10 years tomorrow!

#whimsybykelly2015

Still trying to stick with the whimsy challenge of being creative every day in 2015!