52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 30

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024:

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 30 is "Embossing"

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This is the tag that I have made for the Week 30. I've opted for embossing folders to create the texture on this tag.

Starting with a piece of cream card, I put through the Big Shot using the Crafters Companion "Scandi Christmas" embossing folder for the background cream design.

I cut three sqaures of dark blue card and put each through a different Apple Blossom embossing folder two with stripes of different sizes and the third with dots.  I used wet glue to stick them to the tag.

I die cut the flower and the word "hope" both are part of the Stampin' Up / Sizzix thinlits set called "Sunshine Wishes" and glued into position, finally using a gold gel pen on the die cuts and splattering gold paint across the surface of the tag.

Male Birthday Card using "Black Ice" Technique (Papercraft Essentials Issue 61)

I had heard about a technique called "Black Ice", so I 
Googled it and found out how to do it.  The best demonstration I found for it is this one.  It is clear and easy to follow.

I thought the look of the black ice, leant itself to a male card, so that is the direction I took.  I used a stamp and embossing folder Apple Blossom set which came free with issue 61 of Papercraft Essentials magazine.

I started by embossing a piece of black card and mounted it to a white card blank.

Using a piece of mirror/foil card, I dragged a black StazOn ink across the surface, from top to bottom.  I then rotated it and dragged it in the opposite direction so that there was equal amount of ink at both the top and the bottom of the foil card.

Using the stamps from the magazine I mentioned earlier, I stamped the sentiment and beer glasses, also in Black StazOn ink.

Using a Versamark clear ink embossing pad, I dragged it across the surface, in the same direction as earlier, from top and bottom, I didn't want total coverage, but more of a streaked effect.  I then coated it with clear embossing powder and heated till raised.

I finished the card, by mounting the foil section onto a piece of black card and then mounting that with foam pads for elevation onto the embossed surface already prepared.

I do like the look of this technique, but it is very hard to get decent photographs as I seem to pick up the colours on mirror card from around me.

Week 16 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2018

In the week that the TV has had a lot of coverage of the Commonwealth Games, it seems only right to make the Week 16 Prompt as "Sport".

My tag started off as a background of brayered Distress Oxide inks.  When dry, I then ran it through the Sizzix Big Shot to create the embossed pattern using an "Apple Blossom" die.  I then ran a silver ink pad across the surface so it coloured the raised areas.  I then lightly inked the edges in a black ink.

Using 5cm letter dies, I used the Big Shot to cut the letters for the word "Run".  I then used foam pads to elevate the letters from the base of the card.  I added dots using a white Signo pen.

I stamped the image of the trainers using a free stamp from issue 56 of Creative Stamping magazine.  I then coloured the trainers using Promarkers.

Sam x

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If you are interested in joining the challenge, please take a look at the group Facebook page, where you can upload your images and talk to others taking part in the challenge. It is a really relaxed challenge where you do what you can, when you can. The more the merrier.

If you would like to find out more information about this challenge or see the list of previous prompts, please click on the button to the right of the "home" button at the top of this page.

Silver Anniversary Card

I made this card to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of our friends.

I used an Apple Blossom "That Folder" embossing folder on black cardstock.  I used a Versamark ink pad on an Apple Blossom "Wavy Sentiment" stamp and then heat embossed using Papermania "Superfine Silver" embossing powder.

Using a die, I cut the bow with hearts in a silver glitter paper.  I finished the card, by adding some self adhesive silver coloured gems.

Here's a close up in case the embossed background can't be seen in the larger image.

Apple Blossom Thinking Of You Embossed Card

I fancied doing a white on white card today, ending up creating this "Thinking Of You" Card.

I started off using the Big Shot and the Apple Blossom "That Folder" to emboss the background. Using the Apple Blossom "Banners & Blooms" die set, I cut the banner. Using the co-ordinating Apple Blossom "Wavy Sentiment" stamp set, I stamped the "Thinking Of You" greeting and stuck the banner in to position.

Using Stampin' Up "Botanical Builder Framelits" dies I cut assorted flowers and foliage.  Using another Stampin' Up set, "Pretty Pine Thinlits" I cut some fir tree foliage.  I then assembled and glued the flowers and foliage into position.  Finally, I added some self adhesive pearl gem stones to finish the card.

Pink Embossed Card (Apple Blossom emossing folder, dies & stamps)

I have continued to play the Apple Blossom dies, stamps and embossing folder.  Making this card.

The White MonochromeTag (using Apple Blossom Embossing Folders & Dies)

Today I have been playing with some new embossing folders by Apple Blossom which I purchased from Craft Stash.  

I decided to make a white monochrome tag.  I used the "That Folder" EFOB0014 to emboss the background.  I then die cut the flower and foliage scroll using the Apple Blossom "All Occasions Collection" die set.  The flower was secured using a white brad.

Here's a close up of the embossed detail: