52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 32

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2025:

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 32 "Moonlight"

For the background of this tag, I used Element Inks, using "Lemon Drop" for the moon and then Violet Chalk, Flying Fig and Dark Denim for the surrounding colour, making the edges darker.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturn" black ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps owls and the branches.  I used a white gel pen for highlights and stars and a Lavinia sentiment sticker saying "Time for bed".

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 7

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2025:

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 7 is "Gel Print"

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For my Week 7 "Gel Print" tag, I used a plain white tag to take the Brusho / Colourbox print from the gel plate for the coloured base.

I used the Lavinia Stamps "Tree Branch stamp" with Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink to stamp the branches. I then used Versafine Clair "Pinecone" brown ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Flittermice/bats".

I used two Versafine Clair purple inks (Lilac Bloom and Monarch) with one of the Lavinia "Moon Masks" to spotlight the two of the hanging bats.  I then used a white Derwent Inktense pencil to lighten areas of the moon/spotlight.

At the base of the tag, I used Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink to stamp the Lavina "Climbing Ivy".

Finally, Using a gold glitter/shimmer pen I added highlights to areas of the tag and then added dots of Liquid Pearls in "Blackberry (purple) and a copper colour to give the impression of flowers within the foliage at the base of the tag. I added dots of yellow Posca Pen to the eyes of the bats too.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 1

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2025:

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 1 is "Hello"

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For my Week 1 "Hello" tag, I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks to cover a white tag to create the background colour.  The colours I used are:  Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral and Spiced Marmalade.

I used Versafine Clair "Acorn" Brown ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Tree Branches", in first and second generation stamping.

I then stamped the Lavinia Stamps robins, called "Jemima and Bobby" using two shades of Versafine Clair inks.  The colours I used were "Pinecone" brown ink and "Strawberry" red ink for the chest. 

In the background, I stamped text using the Lavinia "Crystal Signs" stamp for December/January.  I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, stamping the text in second generation stamping so it was quite light in the background.  Over the top of that, I then stamped Lavinia "Musical Notes" using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

The "Hello" word, is part of a Lawn Fawn stamp set called "Simply Sentiments" and is stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

To finish the tag, I added extra detail using a black fine liner pen, a gold gel pen and a white gel pen.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 3

It's Day 3 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge 2024,with a theme of spray paints.

This is my take.  I've used a white piece of card and graduated three colours of Dylusion spray paint to cover the surface.  The colours that I have used are:  Lemon Zest, Cut Grass and London Blue.  Once dry, I cut the card down to a tag shape.

To decorate the tag, I have used a selection of Lavinia Stamps, starting with the "Tree Branch" and one of the owls from the "Echo & Drew" stamp set.  I then stamped the "Vine Branch" and one of the hares from the "Whimsical Hares" stamp set, all in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

Using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink with a Lavinia "Hill Mask" I created the landscape behind the hare.  I used the same ink to stamp the Lavinia "Small Branch".

In the foreground, I have used Posca Pens to give the impression of flowers in the grass and a white gel pen for highlights on the owl and the hare.  Finally, adding a Lavinia "Sentiment Sticker".

Lavinia Stamps "Starr" and the foxes Birthday Card

Willow, our Grand-daughter will be ten next week, so I needed to make a birthday card for her.  I was up early as Hubby was driving our friends to Manchester airport, so it meant was I was able to craft without interuption.

I started by stamping the main features on to a white piece of card.  I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Moon" in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

I stamped the Lavinia fairy called "Starr", the "Tree Branch" the "Wands & Spells" set of books and the "Mini Chinese Lanterns" in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink.

I then stamped the two Lavinia foxes called "Ash" and "Rufus" in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

I used Pebeo Drawing Gum / Masking Fluid with a paint brush to cover the moon, the fairy hat and wings, the books and the Chinese Lanterns.  I used just a thin layer and set aside for a few minutes to dry.

Using a blending brush and the torn edge of a piece of copy paper, I coloured in the sky, using "Blueprint Sketch" Distress Oxide Ink.  Around the edges of the sky I used a darker shade "Chipped Sapphire" distress Oxide Ink.  I blended over the top of the areas where I had used the masking fluid.

I used the Lavinia Stamps "Hill Mask" to create the snowy landscape using two shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Tumbled Glass and Lost Shadow.  I then used Van Goch Pastel Pencils to add extra depth of colour and grounding to the foxes and the books.

I used the Fisk "Maskaway" eraser to remove the masking fluid.

I used a paint brush to colour in the moon using "Lost Shadow" Distress Oxide Inks.

I used the Lavinia "Small Branch" stamp with first and second generation stamping using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink. I added red dots of Posa Pen to the end of some of the branches to replicate berries.

I stamped the Lavinia "Pixie Houses" using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, adding dots of yellow Posca Pens to the windows.

Using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink I stamped little branches popping out of the snow using the Lavinia Stamps "Foliage Set".

To colour the foxes, I used a white gel pen and orange Derwent Inktense pencils to add dimension and detail to the animals.

I coloured the books with various shades of Derwent Inktense Pencils, applied with a paint brush.

I used several shades of gel pens, glitter pens, Posca Pens and "A Wink of Stella" to colour the fairy "Starr".

Finally, I added two outlines to the branches.  First with a blue glitter gel pen and then with a white Posca Pen. I then mounted the card on to a piece of dark blue card and then added it to an 8x8 inch card blank.