52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 23

 

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 23 is "Bright and beautiful"

For this tag, I used a white tag for the base, coating it with three shades of Ranger Archival Inks using the Buttercup at the top, Tea Rose in the middle and Carnation Red at the lower area. I lay the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous stencil THMM108 over the top of the tag and applied the same shades through the stencil to achieve the circle designed background.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the birtd, which is part of the Paperartsy stamp set designed by "Kate Crane - KC009".  I then stamped the bird again on to white card.  I coloured the image using Posca Pens and then fussy cut the bird

I used Versafine Clair "Summertime" orange ink to stamp a crown over the prepared background of the tag, the crown is also part of the Kate Crane KC009 stamp set.  I glued the bird figure on to the tag then used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the sentiments, which are also part of the same stamp set.

Funky Fossil "Folk Garden" card

A quick make this afternoon, using one of the stamps from the Funky Fossil Designs "Folk Garden" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Grass Green" ink.  I've then matted and layered onto white and kraft card. 

Happily Ever After Wedding Card

I've made this clean and simple wedding card today, using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the birds and the hearnin the middle of the card.  The stamp is from an old magazine (Creative Stamping Issue 71).  I then added the sentiment in the same ink.  The "happily ever after" is by Papertrey Ink and is part of their Love lives here" stamp set.

I added a circle mask over the stamped area and then lay the Lavinia Stamps "Replenish" stencil over the top, applying "Weathered Wood" Distress Oxide Ink through the stencil.

I coloured the central stamped image using Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush,  the colours I used are:Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass for the birds.  Picked Raspberry for the heart and Weathered wood to ground the birds.

Stampin' Up "Wetlands" Thinking of you card

I've been playing with a Stampin' up stamp set to make this card.  I used their "Wetlands" rubber cling stamp set with Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" ink to stamp the wading birds.

I then used four shades of Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush to colour the image.  The shades of ink I used are:  Tumbled Glass, Speckled Egg, Broken China and Antique Linen.

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" again to stamp the sentiment, which is part of a Simon Says Stamp set called "Tiny Words".

Crafty Individuals Floral Tag

 

Undecided what to make, I opted for a little gift tag.  I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the central floral image, using a Crafty Individuals cling rubber stamp, which I think may have come free with a magazine, many years ago.  I coloured the stamped image using Derwent Inktense pencils, applied with a paint brush.

I then used "Weathered Wood" Distress Oxide Ink though the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous "String Stencil - THS103" on a plain white tag,

I mounted both the tag and the central image on to grey coloured card, then used foam pads to mount the central image on the tag itself. Finally adding some dots of white Ranger Enamel Accents.

Lavinia Stamps "Indian Flourish" Card

It's a grey and rainy day here on Anglesey, so an ideal time to craft!  I hope the weather is kinder to you where ever you are.

I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks, using Squeezed Lemonade, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet. for the area where the feather would be.  I then used Squeezed Lemonade through the Lavinia Stamps "Splendour" stencil for the background patter.  Edging the card in the same yellow Ink.

I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the feather by Lavinia Stamps called "Indian Flourish".  I used sections of the same stamp to stamp the border.  I stamped the sentiment, part of the Lavinia Stamps "Heartfelt Verse" stamp set and inked the edge of the card in "Twilight" dark blue ink too.  To finish, I added detail to the feather using a gold coloured gel pen.

Paperartsy Kate Crane ATC (KSM010)

Today, I received delivery of an order I had placed with Art From the Heart for the lovely and quirky Paperartsy / Kate Crane stamps.  I love the whole design, quite unlike many of my exisiting stamps.

Because I have been using so many blues and greens in my recent makes, I decided to go all out with colour. Covering an ATC (artist trading card), which measures two and a half by three and a half inches with a bright coloured Jane Davenport washi tape.

I then used a black and a white Posca Pen to doodle a rough frame around the edge of the ATC.

On a plain piece of card, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black Ink, I stamps the Paperartsy/Kate Crane image, it has a reference of KCM010.  I then fussy cut it and glued it on to the ATC.

I coloured the image using Distress Oxide Inks and Posca Pens. Finally adding a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "story" to the top left corner.