The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 80

Today, is Day 80 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 80, I've used a stamp from Funky Fossil Designs for the central circle, it is part of the Funky Fossil "Circularity" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink. I dragged the "Tumbled Glass" Distress Oxide Ink across the card from the left and the right, towards the middle.

I've used an assortment of Dina Wakley collage papers adding touches of colour using pastel pencils and a fine liner. Finally, I added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "it's all persepective".

The 100n Day Project 2026 - Day 79

Today, is Day 79 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 79, I've used lots of odds and ends of patterned and stencilled papers including pieces of Dina Wakley & Tim Holtz collage paper, adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker, saying "travel".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 78

Today, is Day 78 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 78, I cut a dark blue coloured card three and a half inch square and glued on to a white background.  I then used two shades of green (for the landscape) and a white (for the moon) Pan Pastel.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Forrest Scene" trees, using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the "Small Pixie Houses".

I added a Dina Wakley collage paper swallow and a Lavinia Stamps word sticker from their "Sentiment Stickers 6" set.  Adding some touches of gold shimmer pen to the threes and landscape.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 19

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 19 is "Vintage Vibes"

For my Week 19 tag, I used lots of bits and bobs I have squirrelled away over many years.  I've used pages of book test, hymn book notes, parts of paper doilies and the brown paper that comes in Amazon packages, to name just a few.

I used a "Photobooth Film Strip", whicjh is part of a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" set, with a reference of TH93799. I've also used stamps from two Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous stamp sets.  Finally adding a small metal locket frame around the central image of the film strip.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 77

Today, is Day 77 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 77, I used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks through a Clarity Stamps striped stencil.  The two colours I used are "Tumbled Glass" and "Mowed Lawn".

I then loosely cut around collage paper foliage prints by Dina Wakley, adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "Wander".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 76

Today, is Day 76 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 76, I used two shade of Distress Oxide Inks for the background, using "Twisted Citron" and "Broken China" to cover the white card.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Carabelle Stuidio cling stamp SA70171.  I then added white, black, yellow and red detail using Posca Pens.

Finally, I added a Dina Wakley collage paper swallow and a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker staying "Strength".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 75

Today, is Day 75 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 75, I used four shades of Ranger Archival Ink through a star stencil.  Over the top I applied some Dina Wakley collage paper and coloured the image using pastel pencils.  Finally adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "Be you, bravely".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 74

Today, is Day 74 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 74 I used a stamp shaped punch I got from Amazon to punch shapes in various patterned paper.  I arranged them on to my white card base.  When happy with the positions, I glued them into place.

I useda lid to draw a circle using a black fine liner pen, adding some dots to the opposited sides of the circle.  I fussy cut a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and then added tthe Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word stickers saing "Creative Journey".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 73

Today, is Day 73 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 73 I dragged three shades of Distress Oxide Ink from the left to the right hand side, fading the colour out towards the right.  The shades of ink I used are: Salvaged Patina, Speckled Egg and Tumbled Glass. I the wafted the heat gun over the surface, to ensure it was fully dry.

Next, I used a stamp set I have had for 15+ years, I think it's by Sassafraslass?, stamped in two shades of Versafine Clair Inks:  Bali Blue and Nocturne black inks. I added touches of white acrylic paint to the middle of each flower.

Finally, I fussy cut a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and added a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "travelt he world over to find the beautiful".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 72

Today, is Day 72 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 72, I started by using Versafine Clair "Arctic" blue ink to stamp the circles in the background, using a stamp from the Funky Fossil Designs set called "Circularity".

I glued on some pieces of Dina Wakley collage paper birds, colouring some with a green coloured pastel pencil.  I then glued on thin torn edge strips of green and blue paper.

I added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "Encourage Possibility" and finally added a drawn frame using a black fine liner pen.

Lavinia Stamps "Bridge your dreams" card

For this card, I started by painting a central circle, in yellow, then built the colours up from the middle through shades of green, eventually using a blue shade of ink,  I applied the Distress Oxide Inks with a paint brush, drying each colour before adding another colour.

I then lay the "Ever decreasing circles" stencil by Funky Fossil Designs over the top of the paint and using a wet wipe, removed some of the exposed areas of ink, providing this kind of bleached colour look.

Using Versafine Clair "Fallen Leaves" dark brown ink, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Witch Hazel" stamp repeating the process in a circular motion till I was happy the branches had filled the space.

Next, I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist", a mid green coloured ink to multi stamp the leaves and dots, which are part of the Lavina Stamps "Foliage Set 2" stamp set, again repeating the stamping till the area was full. I used the same ink to stamp the sentiment, which is part of the Lavinia Stamps "Bridge your dreams" stamp set.  Finally, I added some touches of gold coloured gel pen to the branches and white dots using an acrylic paint pen to replicate flowers/berries.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 71

Today, is Day 71 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 71 I spritzed water on to some "Salvaged Patina" Distress Oxide Ink on my glass mat, then smooshed/dragged the card through the ink to achieve a patchy coverage, with various depths of colour.

Once dry, I used the same ink through two Funky Fossil Designs stencils:  Harlequin Babckground and Swallows.

I then fussy cut a swalow and a crow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and glued into position, adding a few extra lines using a black fine liner pen.  I then drew a part circle round the crow.

Finally, I used a splatter stamp from a Funky Fossil Designs stamp set caled "Distressed Elements" with Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, using the same ink to ground the bird.  Then added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "everything has beauty".

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 18

 

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 18 is "Teddies and Toys"

For my Week 18 tag, I started by painting a white tag with shades of green, using a childs water colour paint set, so nothing fancy for the base at all. Then using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the sentiment, train and carriages, which are part of the same stamp set from "Boys and their trains" by Personal Impressions.  I stamped the train and carriages again on white card and coloured with Posca Pens. fussy cut them and placed to one side.

Returning to the green tag itself, I used "Cobalt" Ranger Archival Ink through a Tim Holtz / Stampersanonymous stencil, I apologise I don't recall the name or of it as I've used it so often the writing has rubbed off, but the reference is THS130.

I then used another Tim Holtz / Stampersanonymous stencil, THMM178, using the lower half with the polka dots on it, with a white Texture Paste by Daler Rownay.  Once dry, I inked the edges is black and then glued the fussy cut train and carriages into position.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 70

Today, is Day 70 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 70 I have played with shapes and lines.  I started covering a white card with "Tumbled Glass" Distress Oxide Inks.  I then lay the Funky Fossil Designs "Melting Circles" mask over the top and applied "Mowed Lawn" Distress Oxide Ink through the mask.

I then used a black fine liner pen and a gold coloured gel pen to create lines and dots around the pattern.  Finally adding a Dina Wakley collage paper swallow and a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "Cultivate Kindness".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 69

Today, is Day 69 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 69 I used three shades of Distress Oxide ink on a water saturated background to achieve the water colour stripes in the background,  the colours I used are Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon and Salvaged Patina.

I used a heat gun to dry the card before drawing a part circle round a lid uisng a black fine liner pen.

I cut two shapes, the moth and the swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and glued them into position.  then coloured the moth using a couple of pastel pencils. 

I used a gold coloured gel pen to create a polka dot background around the part circle then added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder".