52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 17

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 17 is "Pinks and Purples".

For my tag, I started with a white base which I covered in "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide ink.I then added a moon mask and started to build the colours up round the moon, starting with Shaded Lilac and Victorian Velvet, then moving on to darker colours using Seedless Preserve, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet and Villainous Potion Distress Oxide Inks.

I used Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink, to stamp the grass and birds, which are both part of an Inkylicious stamp set called "Windswept Set".  Finally, I added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker to the bottom saying "collect beautiful moments".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 64

Today, is Day 64 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 64, I drew around the outer and inner edge of a roll of sticky tape to achieve the two circles, then added black lines using a fine liner pen,  withing the circles I added off cuts of plain and patterned card.  Adding gold coloured dots using a gel pen.

Finally, I added a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker, saying "Memories".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 63

Today, is Day 63 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 63, I've used strips of patterned and plain paper along with a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set, paired with a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "Determined" and a white die cut branch. I've used a fine liner black pen to add lines to the edge of the piece and to draw a circle.

Visible Image Stamps "Bring on the beers" Birthday Card

I don't want to speak too soon, but I appear to be on a roll with my card making the past couple of days!

For this card, I started by stamping the glass of beer, (part of the Visible Image "Bring on the beers" stamp set), using Versafine Clair "Sand Dune" light brown ink.  I then stamped the glass again on a post-it note, fussy cut the shape and used it as a mask over the first stamped image.

Next, using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamed the Visible Image "Fibaoacci' curve and grid. I then used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the "Cheers" which is also part of the "Bring on the beers" stamp set, along with the "Big Birthday Wishes" sentiment which is part of a Funky Fossil Designs stamp set called "Stripped Back Sentiments".

I then coloured the beer glass and the background, uisng assored shades of Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush. The colours I used are:  Wild Honey, Tea Dye, Weathered Wood and Lost Shadow.  I also used a white gel pen and a gold shimmer pen on areas of the glass,

I mounted the card on to a piece of black card for the sides only, then mounted it on to a kraft square card blank.

Lavinia Stamps "Liberty" New Baby Card

For this card, I used "Sky Blue" Ranger Archival Ink through the Lavinia Stamps "Feather Leaf" stencil.

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp "Liberty" and the "Mini Pipin", along with the Personal Impressions sentiment, from their "Double Sayings" stamp set.  Colouring the image with painted Distress Oxide Inks. Finally adding touches of white gel and a gold shimmer pen.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 62

Today, is Day 62 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 62, I've used some torn strips of patterened papers, paired with drawn black lines, a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker.

Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Cat Birthday Card

This year, with so much going on, I don't seem to have actually made many birthday cards, so it was nice to make this for a young man we have known for many, many years.

For the cat and balloon, I used the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous stamp set (ref:THMM109). Stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and coloured with Distress Oxide Inks, using "Fired Brick" for the balloon and "Rusty Hinge" for the cat.

In the background, I have used the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous (ref: THMM102) brick wall stencil with three shades of Ranger Archival Ink, using Shadow Gray, Leaf Green and Tiger Lily colours.