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.