A Crafting Niche "52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026" - Week 43

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 43 is "Pumpkins / Orange".

I used a white tag for the base, stamping the Lavinia Stamps "Wands & Spells LAV819" books in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I then stamped the pumpkin, which is part of the Lavinia Stamps "Ickle Pumpkins LAV828" stamp set in Versafine Clair " Nocturne" black ink.  I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Broom Stick LAV827" in Versafine Clair "Pine Cone" a dark brown ink.

I then lay the Lavinia Stamps "Charming ST024" stencil over the top of the tag and applied four shades of Ranger Archival Inks through the stencil, facing the colours out towards the top right hand side.  The colours I used are:  Tea Rose, Leaf Green, Sky Blue and Watering Can.  I then edged the tag in "Orange Blossom" Ranger Archival ink.

Next, I used Versafine Clair "Pine Cone" a dark brown ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Witching Hour LAV920" verse towards the top of the tag.

I then started to colour the stamped images using a selection of Distress Oxide Inks.  I used "Tea Dye" for the broomstick.  Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge and Mowed Lawn for the pumpkin, adding touches of orange Posca Pen too.

For the books I used the following Distress Oxide Inks:  Mowed Lawn, Lumberjack Plaid, Fossilized Amber, Rustic Wilderness and Prize Ribbon.

I used a 2B pencil and a paper stub for the shading/grounding, adding touches of a black fine liner pen and a gold coloured gel pne to areas too.

Lavinia Stamps "Coven of the blue moon" Misty Witch Artist Trading Card

This is.my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  I used a gel press background from my stash with blues and purples in it, so felt it suitable for halloween.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the witch, part of the Lavinia Stamps "Coven of the blue moon" stamp set, I deliberately faded the ink out towards the base of the skirt as I wanted a misty lool.  

I used a circle stencil to create the moon with a white pastel pencil.  I then used "Nocturne" ink again for stamping the branches from the Lavinai "Tree of courage" stamp set.  

I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the text on the left hand side of the ATC, the text is part of the Lavinia stamps "Witching Hour" verse.  I then used Hero Arts "Unicorn" white pigment ink, with a finger dabber to create the misty look at the base of the ATC.  Finally adding some coloured berries to the branches using a lilac and purple Posca Pen.

Lavinia Stamps Purple "Penelope"

On a plain white card, I used "Sky Blue" Ranger Archival Ink throught the Lavinia Stamps "Ornate" stencil.  I then used Versafine Clair "Very Peri" Lilac coloured ink to stamp the "Forest Scene" trees.

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to ground the trees and also to create the moon using the Lavinia "Moon Mask".

I then stamped "Penelope" and the "Ravens" using Versafine Clair "Fantasia".  I returned to"Vere Peri" ink and multi stamped the "Witching Hour" verse.

Finally, I inked the edges of the card bringing the colour in and over the stamping to give a lilac hue.  Adding touches of white gel pen, 2B pencil and Posca Pen too.

Lavinia Stamps "Marcie" witch Halloween Tag

 

I've had an early morning play session using my Lavinia Stamps today, making this tag.

In my stash I found a tag with a background I had made a while back, using the Lavinia Stamps "Dynamic" stencil with ink on it to loosely print the stencil pattern on to the white tag.  So I decided to use this for the base of the tag.

There was quite a bit of bright white area, so I decided to use Distress Oxide Inks to colour the areas.  The shades of ink I used are: Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Prize Ribbon.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp "Marcie" the Lavina witch, I then used Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink to stamp the Lavinia "Witching Hour Verse" around the witch. Next I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the "Dill" bushes and to create the landscape.  I then used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink again to stamp the "Vine Branches on the top right hand side of the tag.  

Finally, using some touches of white gel pen and yellow and mauve coloured Posca Pens.