Lavinia Stamps "Coven of Curiosities" card 2

I'm feeling inspired by the new collection called 'Coven of Curiosities" by Lavinia Stamps so made another card.

I used one of the older Lavina Stamps stencils called "Posy" with a "Violet" Archival Ink applied very lightly as I didn't want the pattern to dominate the card.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped "Prue" the witch and one of the "Witch Hazel" branches for a tree.

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink with the Lavinia "Moon Mask" and "Hill Mask".  where I had created the land, I added some touches of green pastel pencil to give a hint of colour.

I used a white gel pen to add detail to the witch and a black fine liner pencil to add shadows and tree roots and dots of Posca Pen for flowers.

Lavinia Stamps Abstract Fish (Sticker Stencil 10)

 

I've had a play session creating the abstract looking tag using a Lavinia Stamps vase stencil.

I used one of the Lavinia Stamps vase sticker stencils from set 10, on it's side for this tag, using Distress Oxide Inks for the colour.  I used Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Abandoned Coral for the three vase/fish.  Then lay the Lavinia Stamps "Nimbus" stencil over the top and used "Festive Berries" Distress Oxide ink through the stencil.

I used a black Posca Pen to colour the surrounding background area.  They used a gold cloured gel pen to draw circles over the background.  I filled some of them with the gold gel pen and some of them I added a "Wink of Stella" to add a gold glittery look.

I used a couple of Van Goch Pastel Pencils for shading on the vase/fish with touches of gold gel pen on the base/tail.  I then used a white and black Posca Pen to create the eye.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 17

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 17 is "The Face"

I used a background I had made using water colour paints in shades of yellow and orange. I used a stencil with "Tiger Lily" orange archival ink to make the patterned background.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink I stamped the Woodware FRS043 "Eyes" clear stamps. I then stamped the eyes on to a piece of white card, coloured in the eye with water colour paints then fussy cut the eyes, glueing them into position on the tag.

Finally, I added some splatters of turquoise, white and black Posca Pens and added a "Hello" word sticker.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 12

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 12 is "Food"

This is the first tag for this year, I have made in the caravan, so with minimal supplies to hand, I apologise if it isn't up to my normal standard.

I peeled a label off a tin of baked beans, cut it into sections and covered and glued to a tag.  Around the edge of the tag, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to darken the area.  Using a black pen I wrote around the edge of the tag, saying Always in my kitchen cupboards, no other brand will do,  I like my beans on toast with grated cheese"?

I mounted the tag on to a piece of black card and then added white polka dots of Posca Pen across the surface of the tag.

Lavinia Stamps Herbalum Bob Card

Today, I have had another play with some of the new release of stamps by Lavinia Stamps, creating this card, again with minimal stash.

I started by using a blending brush with "Forget-me-knot" Ranger Archival ink to give a blue circle-ish middle.  I then used the torn edge of a piece of paper with Versafine Clair Ink to create the landscape.

I used the same ink to stamp Herbalum Bob,Dill & Sage Pots, Small Shrooms and the Herb Garden Sign.  I used the "Thyme" stamp with "Leaf Green" Ranger Archival Ink to add some height in the background.

To colour the scene, I used a white gel pen, a 2B pencil and assorted colours of Posca Pens,

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 50

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 50 is "Use packaging"

For my Week 50 "Packaging" tag. I glued a piece of cardboard on to a tag.  I then peeled off some of the paper covering to reveal some of the corrugated core of the cardboard.  I then mounted the tag on to a piece of black card.

In my bits and bobs box of goodies that I have saved over years, I pulled out a netting from onions, garlic and lemons.  I attached the netting to the tag using staples.

I used That's Crafty "Black Texture Paste" through the Tim Holtz THMM104 stencil for the harlequin design on the top left hand corner. I then used white and pink Posca Pens to splatter paint over the surface.

Using foam pads, I stuck on a Tim Holtz "Paper Doll" and then added a Tim Holtz Ideaology word sticker, saying "Creativity takes courage".

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 48

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 48 is "Music"

For my Week 48 tag, I used a plain cream coloured tag and cut music elements from the Funky Fossil Designs "Turn it up" patterned paper and stuck them into position.  

I used a stamp from the Funky Fossil Designs "Press Play" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink for the central sentiment.  Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink I stmaped the Lavinia Stamps "Music Notes" stamps.

Finally, I added dots and splattered of Posca Pen using turquoise, pink, red and grey inks.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 42

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 42 is "Wax Relief"

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For my Week 42 "Wax Relief' tag, I started by using a cream coloured tag as the base.  I then used a Brusho "Wax Relief Crayon" through the Funky Fossil Designs "Stylish Stencil".

Lifting off the stencil and brushing the small fragments of wax off the surface using a decorators paint brush.

On my glass mat, I added two shades of blue of Ranger Distress Oxide Ink, using "Mermaid Lagoon" and "Prize Ribbon".  I spritzed both inks and the surface of the tag, before swooshing the tag through the colour.  I used a heat gun to dry the surface.

Once dry, I used a 2B pencil to add the shape of the face and eyes as it had got a little lost in the making process.  I used black and white Posca Pens to add dots and dashes over the background.

Another stash busting collage card

 

I have continued my stash busting from last night, by making this collage today.

I've used off-cuts of a Funky Fossil Designs paper pack for the background.  I've then used a couple of their A7 stamps (Vintage Script and Face the music", stamped in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink and "Verdant" a lime green ink.

I've added a strip of Washi tape and some dashes of white Posca Pen.

Using Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink, I stamped the flowers and the bird on to white card and the little sentiment over the lime green script, on the card itself.  If I remember correctly, the stamps came free with a magazine and were designed by Paper Artsy.  I've had them for years. I used

I fussy cut the bird and flowers and stuck them on to the card, adding some yellow and orange Posca Pen to the bird.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 27

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 27 is "Summer"

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This is the tag that I have made for the Week 27.  I decided to go with a bee, as nothing sums up summer to me, than the sound of the low hum of a bee in the distance.

I used Versafine Clair "Medieval Blue" ink, coated in Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and heat set for the Funky Fossil "Hello Gorgeous" flowers and sentiment.

I coloured the flowers by painting the flowers with different shades of Distress Oxide Inks.  I also used Posca Pens and gel pens.

The bumble bee is part of the Funky Fossil "Queen Bee" stamp set, I stamped the bee on to the tag and then on to an off-cut of white card, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I then coated the stamped image in Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and heat set the image.

I fussy cut the bee, inking the edges of it in black ink, then coloured the body using Posca Pens, using "A Wink of Stella" on the wings.  I used wet glue on the underside of the head of the bee, but for the rear end added some black foam pads to stick the bee into position, this gave it a more 3D look.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 25

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 25 is "Mosaic"

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This is the tag that I have made for the Week 25, starting with a plain white tag, I used two Ranger Archival Inks (Buttercup and Sunflower) through the Funky Fossil Designs stencil called "Broken Mosaic".

Using Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" and a stamp from the Funky Fossil "Musings" stamp set, I stamped some text in second generation stamping.

I then used Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" mid blue ink to ink the edges of the tag using a finger dabber.

I splattered a white and a dark blue Posca Pen over the surface of the tag to create more backround detail.

On a white piece of card, I stamped the floral image, which is part of the Funky Fossil stamp set called "Funky Florals", again using Versafine Clair "Blue Belle Ink".

I coloured the stamped floral image using Derwent inktense Pencils (applied with a paint brush) and Posca Pens.  I then fussy cut the image and stuck on to the tag using wet glue.

Finally, I mounted the tag on to a piece of navy blue card and cut it to size. Then added a few dots of white Ranger Enamel Accents.

Floral Card

Continuing my stash busting efforts, I found a small off cut of a gel plate background in my box of "ditch or do" goodies.  It only measured 11 x 7 cm, but I had fortunately had the foresight to jot down on the back what I had used to create the background.  I'd used "Mulberry" Element Ink, brayered on then splattered with white, lemon and purple Brusho paints.

I decided to break up the colour a little more by adding splatters of purple, black, lemon and white Posca Pens.

Using a wet glue, I added some white die cuts which I had never got round to colouring, if I remember correctly they're from a Sizzix/Tim Holtz thinlits die set called "Wildflowers" or something similar. Finally, I added a few dots of white Ranger "Enamael Accents".

Another Stash Busting collage

I've made a dent in my box of odds and ends which I call my "Ditch of Do" box.  Making this card.  

I've used off cuts of patterned paper, cardstock die cuts, Posca Pens and Liquid Pearls too.

This is a very busy collage.  My eye doesn't know where to settle so maybe less is more!

Visible Image "Calm Over Chaos" Card

This morning I've made a quick card using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks to create the coloured background.  The colours I have used are Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon and Picked Raspberry.  

Once the background was fully dry, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the figure and blossom.  Both are from the new Visible Image stamp set called "Calm Over Chaos".  

I stamped the lower part of the figure again on a piece of white card, then fussy vut it and stuck it on over the coloured area of clothing.

Finally, I used a white and orange Posca Pen to colour the blossom.

Funky Fossil Designs "Celestial" Card

I made this card using some older stamps from Funky Fossil Designs.  It was nice to reacquaint myself with them.

I started with a 6x6" piece of white card.  In the middle of the card, using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the lightbulb, which is part of the Funky Fossil Designs "Celestial" stamp set.  

I then stamped the feathers, which are part of the Funky Fossil Designs "Magical" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Medieval Blue" ink.

In the background, I randomly applied three shades of Distress Oxide Inks with a paint brush.  The colours I used are Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage and Wilted Violet.  I Inked the edges of the card with the Wilted Violet too.

Next, using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the hanging jewels, which are also part of the Funky Fossil Designs stamp set called "Celestial". I coloured the jewels with Posca Pens.

I then coloured the bulb and the feathers using Derwent Inktense pencils, applied with a paint brush.  Finally, I added touches of a gold gel pen to the feathers and a white gel pen for the highlights.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 22

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

The prompt for Week 22 is "Footwear / Footprints"

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This is the tag that I have made for the Week 22. 

I started with a plain white tag, using "Shadow Grey" Ranger Archival Ink through the Clarity Stamps "High Heel Shoe" stencil.

Next, I stamped the two shoes and the sentiment, all are part of a Hero Arts clear stamp set called "High Heels - CL303".  Stamping in Versfine Clair "Fantasia" purple ink for the top shoe, "Glamorous" pink ink for the lower shoe and "Nocturne" for the sentiment.

I stamped the shoes on the tag itself and then on a piece of white card.  I coloured the shoes on the white card using a purple Posca Pen and a pink Derwent Inktense pencil.  Then fussy cut and stuck the shoe shapes on to the tag.

I inked the edges of the tag using versafine Clair "Glamorous" pink ink. Mounting the tag on to a piece of purple card.  

I felt the tag needed more, so I used a grey Posca Pen and a pink Gel Pen to add dots in between the grey shoes in the background to finish the tag.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 88

Today is Day 88 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week I'm using "inks".

For the base of this tag, I used four shades of Dylusion Spray Inks, using Lemon Soft, Fresh Linen, Bubblegum Pink and London Blue colours.

I then used two "Oakhouse Studio" stamps, I've had these for years and I believe the company is now closed, but the stamps continue to be pulled out of my stash every so often. I used Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink to stamp the flowers.

I used a white pastel pencil to colour the petails and a white gel pen to go around the edges and also to draw white lines between the flowers.

Finally, I added tiny dots of orange and yellow Posca Pens to the middle of the flowers.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 85

 

Today is Day 85 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week I'm working with "inks".

For this card, I started with a 7x7" white card, using the Funky Fossil Designs "Tree Top 2 layer stencil set to create the tree, using "Coffee and Potting Soil" Ranger Archival Inks for the tree trunk and "Prickly Pear", "Leaf Green" and "Fern Green" Ranger Archival Ink for the tree leaves.

In the sky, I used "Tumbled Glass" Distress Oxide Ink.  For the land, I used "Sea Grass" and "Fern Green" Ranger Archival Inks.  

The badger, is part of the Funky Fossil stamp set called "Forest Friends", stamped in Verafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

I drew the fence in pencil then touched it up with a brown Derwent Inktense Pencil.  I added flowers using Posca Pens.

Funky Fossil Designs "Downpour" Gift Tag

A quick gift tag using the Funky Fossil Designs "Downpour Stencil" coloured with assorted Posca Pens.

I went around the raindrop shapes with in the stencil with a pencil, then coloured the rain drops then using a black Posca Pen filled in the background.

Funky Fossil Designs "Good Vibes" Camper Van Birthday Card

A quick card featuring a camper van by Funky Fossil Designs.  The stamp set is called "Good Vibes".  I've stamped the camper van and the sentiment, part of the "Stripped Back Sentiments" also by Funky Fossil Designs in Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink.  I've added colour to the van using some bright Posca Pens.