Having ordered various punches, all claiming to be "approximately" one inch square, I have discovered a fun way to frame your inchies, thus creating a new phenomenon: the Frinchie!!
In order to create these you need two different square-hole punches. One needs to be exactly one-inch square and the other needs to be a few millimeters smaller.
Begin by taking a strip of scrap card stock and punching a couple of holes with the smaller punch. (Make sure these are at least an inch-and-a-half- apart. You need extra room around the small hole to punch the exact one-inch square).
Next take your one-inch punch and eyeball it over your already-punched smaller square. I do this by flipping the punch tool over so I am working with it upside down. It takes a couple tries before you start getting "frames" that are even on all four sides. Don't give up!
Now that you've got some frames, you can start adhering them to your inchies. In reality, since there is so little space to work with in a one-inch square, you need to create an inchie with framing in mind - placing your words and images more centrally in the square to avoid losing the artwork under the "frame."
Here, I have used two different "smaller" punches to make these frames. If you look close, you see the ones on the left are thicker frames than the ones on the right.
Please leave me some comments and links if you decide to make Frinchies of your own. I would love to see what you come up with, framing your one-inch masterpieces!
I love the idea of framed inchies, sorry: "Frinchies"! And I love those word-plays, too!
Posted by: 1st. lady of kleinochsenfurt | June 29, 2009 at 10:45 PM
You can make a whole new collection of these frinchies and put them in a coin collecters book...
Jacqueline
Posted by: Jacqueline | July 30, 2009 at 01:17 PM