I've used the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Wilderness - TE52" stamp set for this card with Staming in Versafine Clair "Twilight" and blending inRanger Archival "Bluebird" and Distress Oxide "Mermaid Lagoon inks for this Christmas card.
The sentiment is part of the Simon Says Stamp set called "Tiny Words - Christmas".
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 18 is "Bank Holiday Fun"
For my Week 18 tag, I roughly colovered a tag in blue, green and turquoise water colour paints to create a coloured background.
Once the background was dry I lay the Katkins Kraft "Ocean Textures" stencil over the tag, applying "Forget Me Not" and "Garden Patina" Ranger Archival Ink through the stencil.
Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink I stamped the Woodware "Beside the seaside - FRS697" stamps on to the tag and also on to a piece of white card.
Over the surface of the tag, I splattered white Posca Pen.
Returning to the stamping on the white card, I used water colour paints to colour the seagull and the wooden pillar. I fussy cut the stamped images and stuck them over the stamped image on the tag.
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 16 is "Time"
Another caravan crafting tag for the challenge. I used a piece of patterned paper for the base, which was part of a "John Next Door" Craft Essentials magazine pack. The cog stamps and the sentiment are also from the same pack, which I stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.
I used a stripes stencil with a blending brush and nocturne black ink to create the extra layer to the tag, finally splattering a turquoise coloured Posca Pen over the surface and mounting on to black card.
I raided my file of previously made backgrounds and came across a Brusho background that I felt would work with a stamp I had in mind. This card is the result.
Using the Brusho background, I stamped the Sweet Poppy Daisy from their "A5 Daisies" stamp set, using three Versafine Clair inks (Acorn, Summertime and Tulip Red).
I then stamped the sentiment, which is part of the Sweet Poppy stencil stamp set called "Hugs and Kisses" in Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink.
I used Derwent Inktense pencils to colour the daisy, using lots of different shades of red, orange and yellows. I then used a metallic gold gel pen and a gold shimmer pen to add extra detail to the petal area. I wasn't totally happy with it, so added some dots of red, yellow and orange Posca Pens to the petals too.
Back to my "go to" style of crafting with Lavinia Stamps making this "congratulations card.
I started by stamping the Lavinia Stamps "Midnight Meandering" rabbits in second generation stamping using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.
In the background, I then stamped the foliage using Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" with the Lavinia "Leaf Spray" and "Foliage Set" stamps.
I then used two shades of Ranger Archival Inks: Leaf Green and Cornflower Blue through the Lavinia Stamps "Waffle" stencil,fading the colour out towards the edges.
I moved on to the finishing touches using gel pens and Posca Pens for the flowers. I touched up the colour of the rabbits using Van Goch Pastel Pencils, then finally stamped the "congratulations" sentiment (part of a Simon Says "Tiny Words" stamp set) in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.
