Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Garden Elements TE30" Snail Artist Trading Card

I started this Artist Trading Card (ATC) this morning, drawing and painting the pink pebble background, painting it with "Victorian Velvet" Distress Oxide Inks. Then set it aside to dry.

Now, nearly tea time I have had an opportunity to finish the ATC.  I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" a dark blue ink to stamp the petals in the corner of the card, using the flower from the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Garden Elements TE30" stamp set, adding a little colour to the leaves using a Derwent Inktense pencil and a silver gel pen.

I then used the "twilight" ink again to stamp the snail, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Love Grows Here TE65" stamp set, adding a little bit of a swirl using a white gel pen.  I used "Twilight again, to stamp the grass/wild flowers, which are part of the Tracy Evans "On The Wild Side TE50" stamp set and the word "Grow" which is part of the Tracy Evans "Special Delivery TE64" stamp set.  Finally, I added some white to the grass/wild flower heads.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Blossoms of Hope TE62" monochrome card

Here I am again, creating another card with a sketch style.  I used a grey card for the base of this one.

I've used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" for the stamping of the flowers and fllower pots, which are part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamp set called "Blossoms Of Hope TE62.  I used "Morning Mist" to stamp the bird, which is part of the Tracy Evans "A Promise Of Tomorrow TE63" stamp set and the partial text in the background, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Magnolia TE43" stamp set.

I have used a selection of tools to colour and shade,  Van Goch Pastel Pencil, Derwent Inktense Pencils, a black fine liner pen, a white gel pen, a 2B pencil, a paper stub and a black and white Posca pen for a few splatters too.

Funky Fossil Designs "Stencil Play" Artist Trading Card

This in my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day, using a selection of Funky Fossil goodies.

I have used a gel press background I'd made a long time ago.  I filed the edges to display the white core of the card and give the ATC a distressed look. 

I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Alpha Numeric Stencil" with "Marmalady" Elements ink.  I then used the animal print section of the Funky Fossil "Animal Tiles Stencil" with Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I then circled the black ink using a gold coloured gel pen.

Next, I used one of the Funky Fossil Designs "Bird Silhouettes" with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne" black ink in the middle of the card.

I used a white pen to draw wavy vertical lines, then added gold dots across the card using a gold coloured gel pen.  Finally, I added a Funky Fossil Designs word sticker saying "Dream Big" from thier "Sentimental Sticker Stack".

A Crafting Niche "52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challege 2026" - Week 32

 

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 32 is "Bubbles or Balloons"

I love the clean lines and the look of white on white, so for this prompt I decided to go all white and just use die cuts.

The cat is a Spellbinders die called "Kitty Cats S2-277". The trellis (D210628) the heart ballooon (D210507) and the cluster of three balloons (D220457), are all Gummianpan dies.

Lavinia Stamps "Fernwick Small LAV1054" Tree of Courage Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card for the day.  Today I have used Lavinia Stamps and stencils.  I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Lavinia "Tree of courage" stamp.  I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp "Fernwick small racoon".

I used a 2B pencil and paper stub to colour and shade the tree, racoom and the moon.  I then used one of the new Element Inks from Lavinia Stamps "Marmalady" very lightly through one of the new Lavinia stencils called "Baroque Flower Stencil.  I then used the remaining Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink that was on my blending brush through the new"Distressed Chequerboard" stencil..  I darkened the left hand edges with the same ink.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Magnolia TE43" Monochrome Christmas Bauble

For the base of this card, I used black card, laying the Tracy Evans  "Bauble 2 - SS7" stencil over the top, securing with a low tack tape. I used "Titanium White" Pan Pastel, throught the stencil applied with a foam applicator, making one lighter thatn the other.

ON the darker side of the bauble, I stamped the magnolia, which is part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Magnolia TE43" stamp set, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.   I used a white gel pen to brighten the lines within the stamped image and for the lighter areas on the right hand side of the bauble. Finally, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink again to add some darker shadows to the left hand side of the bauble.

Lavinia Stamps "Pixie Lanterns" and Pipin the hare monochrome card

Another monochrome card from me.  I used a white card, masking off the edges with low tack tape to keep them clean.  Using Versafine Clair "Morning MIst" grey ink, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Pixie Lanterns" and 'Pipin" the hare.

I then used a circle as a mask and edged the circle with grey ink left on my blending brush from a previous project.  I topped up the ink on the brush and added some grey to the edges of the card and to the top right hand corner.

I used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to shade the hare, lanterns, moon and to ground the hare. I then used the new Lavinia Stamps "Baroque Flower Stencil" with Versafine Cliar "Morning mist" in some of the empty areas.  

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Magic Dwells Verse" in second generation stamping as I just wanted a suspicion of the text.  Finally, I added some white splatters of Posca Pen across the surface to the card.