Funky Fossil Designs "Tree Silhouette Dies" Sympathy Card

 

Sadly, time to make a sympathy card. 

I used a watered wash of three Distress Oxide Inks for the background colour, using the following shades of ink:  Weathered Wood, Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar.  I wafted the heat gun over the surface to dry it.

Next, uisng an off-cut of white card I die cut the trees using the dies by Funky Fossil Designs "Tree Silhouette Die Set" and glued them on to the card.  Finally adding a stamped sentiment, using Versafine Clair "Morning MIst" grey ink to stamp the Clarity Stamps "Entwined Sentiment" saying "Deepest Sympathy".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 100

Today, is Day 100 of the 100 Day Project 2026, the final day of this project. This has been a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 100 I used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks to create the idea of a sky, using Tumbled Glass and Speckled Egg shades of ink.  Round the edge of the card, I used "Peeled Paint" Distress Oxide Ink.

I used Versafine Clair "Shady Lane", a mid green coloured ink to stamp the Penny Black cling stamp called "Windswept - 40-790".  I then coloured some of the leaves using three shades of Posca Pen, using a dark blue, a green and an aqua shade of acrylic paint pen. I then added gold coloured polka dots between the leaves using a gold gel pen.

Finally, I fussy cut the swallow, from a Dina Wakley collage paper set, this swallow has apeared on all one hundred of my makes for this challenge.  I then added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "throw kindness around like confetti", which I thought was apt with the leaves falling through the air.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 22

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2026:

This is a weekly challenge. I provide you with a prompt/theme each Sunday morning through out the year.  The challenge is very relaxed.  You can do as much or as little as you like.  You can create cards, tags, Artist Trading Cards (ATC's) or index cards, the choice is yours. You just go with what ever is in your head at the time.  You can stamp, get inky, use patterned papers, texture, embellish it is all down to you.

There is a dedicated private Facebook Group, with a lovely bunch of people who are already sharing their makes from previous challenges.  You can find the group by clicking this link.  I'd love you to join in. 

The prompt for Week 22 is "Wedding Season".

This tag is a mash-up of three brands of stamps & stencils, from Lavinia Stamps, Penny Black Stamps, Papertrey Ink and Funky Fossil Designs.  I've used lots of different inks too, so the description may be a bit long.

I started with a cream coloured tag, stamping the Penny Black hedgehogs, which are part of their "every which way - 30-008" clear stamp set, stamping in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I then painted Pebeo drawing gum, a masking fluid over the top of the stamped image.

Next I used the same ink to stamp the arch, which is the Lavinia Stamps "Arch of angels" stamp. I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Brick Wall stencil" with four shades of Ranger Archival Inks through the stencil and to colour the church door.  The shades of ink I used are: Chrome Yellow, Leaf Green, Tea Rose and Shadow Grey.

In front of the church door, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Texture 3" stamp, again in "Morning Mist" grey ink. I used two Lavinia Stamps for the foliage around the door,  The stamps I used are: Leaf Creeper and Foliage Set, stamped using two shades of Versafine Clair green ink.  the colours I used are:  Shady Lane and Rain Forest.  I then used a lilac and white coloured Posca Pens to create the impression of flowers.

I removed the dry masking fluid from the hedgehogs and coloured them ink using a paint brush with Distress Oxide Inks.  The colours I used are Weathered Wood, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar and Tattered Rose.

I then used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks with a blending brush round the edge of the tag,  The colours I used are:  Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint and Walnut Stain.

I stamped one of the Lavinia Stamps "Fairy Charms" to hang over the hedgehogs.  Finally, I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the Papertrey Ink sentiment, saying "happily ever after...", which is part of their "Love Lives Here" stamp set.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 99

Today, is Day 99 of the 100 Day Project 2026, and it's another clean and simple design from me.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 99 I used Versafine Clair "Arctic" blue ink to stamp the open dots in the background, which are part of the Visible Image stamp set called "Grunge Tones".

Next, I used Versafine Clair "Adriatic Sea" a mid blue colour ink to stamp the grungy looking numbers, which are part of a Visible Image stamp set called "Distressed Christmas".

Then using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the Butterfky and text background, which is part of the Visible Image "Antisocial Butterfly" stamp set.  I then stamped the butterfly again on white card, fussy cut the image and glued into position on the base card.

I added colour to the butterfly using an aqua coloured Posca Pen, then added a "Wink of stella" to the wings to give a lovely gold shimmer, sadly the photograph has not really picked that detail up.

Finally, I added the signature swallow, part of a Dina Wakley collage paper set and a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sentiment saying "hello my darling" to the top right corner.

Stampin' Up "Studio Sketches" jug and pear card

A quick play in my craft room, using a stamp set that has not seen the light of day for a very long time. It was originally going to be a clean and simple design, but my mind took it into a very "busy" direction resulting in this card.

I used a wood mounted Stampin' Up stamp set called "Stuido Sketches" using the jug and pears stamp, stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I then painted the image with Distress Oxide Inks.  The colours of ink I used are:  Dried Marigold, Bundled Sage, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint and Speckled Egg.

Undecided what to do next, I cut up sections of Tim Holtz Idea-ology" collage paper and glued it on to the card in random positions, overlapping the text in places. 

I then used a black and peach coloured Posca Pen to splatter acrylic paint across the surface.  Finally adding a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "be open to whatever comes next".  I thought this sentiment apt as I had absolutely no idea where I was going with this card!

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 98

Today, is Day 98 of the 100 Day Project 2026, and it's another clean and simple design from me.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 98 I cut an aperture using a Spellbinders circle die in a piece of white card, discarding the middle and using the remainder as a frame.  Then in pencil I lightly drew round the circle over a piece of card of a matching size, so I knew the area I would be working on.

I put the circle frame to one side and stamped the wading birds, part of a Stampin' Up stamp set called "High Tide", using Versafine Clair "Nocturne: black ink. I then painted the background scene using Distress Oxide Inks,  The colours I used are: Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass, Broken China and then Speckled Egg for the sky area,

I used Versafine Clair "Morning MIst" grey ink to stamp the grasses, which are also from the "High Tide" stamp set.

I glued the circle frame over the top of the painted area, then fussy cut a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "always take the scenic route".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 97

Today, is Day 97 of the 100 Day Project 2026, and it's another clean and simple design from me.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 97 I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks for the background colour. The shades of ink I used are:Salvaged Patina,  Boken China and Cracked Pistachio.  I then used "Broken China: Distress Oxide Ink through the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Distressed Background Snippet Stencil - SS31".

Next I used one of the stamps from the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamp set called "Garden Elements - TE30", stamped lightly in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink. Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the lily (from the same "Garden Elements" stamp set), on to the prepared background and then on to an off-cut of white card.  I fussy cut the one of white card, glueing it into position over the stamped image on the background.  I added some colour to the lily by painting with "Saltwater Taffy" Distress Oxide Ink.

I added some dots of white and black Posca Pen around the lily.  Then fussy cut a Dina Wakley swallow from one of her collage paper sets. Finally adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "keep moving forward".