52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Friday, 1 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 69


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oday, 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".

Thursday, 30 April 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 68



Today, is Day 68 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 68 I used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks for the background, using "Cracked Pistachio" for the inner area and "Mermaid Lagoon" for the outer edges.

I then stamped the circle in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  the stamp is part of the Funky Fossil Designs stamp set called "Circularity".  Next i lay the "Ever Decreasing Circles" stencil over the prepared background and lightly rubbed a wet wipe through the gaps of the stencil.  This lifts the ink in that area and provides a bleached colour appearance.  I then set it aside to dry. Once dry, I used a black and white Posca Pen to splatter paint.

I used "Salvaged Patina" Distress Oxide Ink on a page from an old book.  I then stamped the black cirlce again on the book page using "Nocturne" again.  I then stamped a flower from the Funky Fossil stamp set called "In the meadow" using Versafine Clair "Paradise" blue ink. I fussy cut the circle and glued it over the circle on the background piece of card.  Adding some touches of black fine liner and yellow Posca Pen to the flower.

Finally, I added a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology word sticker saying "Remember the now".

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Lavinia Stamps "Magpies" Two for joy card


 

I've had a long over due play with my Lavinia goodies this morning, making this card.

I started by using Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" a mid green coloured ink, to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Vine Branch" stamp.  I then used two shades of Versafine Clair inks:  Twilight and Morning Mist to stamp the Lavinia "Magpies".  I used these two colours as I didn't want a totally solid black colour.

Next, I used "Sky Blue" Ranger Archvial Ink through the Lavinoa Stamps "Waffle Stencil" (I believe it is now discontinued), fading the colour out towards two corners. I then used Derwent Inktense pencils with a paint brush to colour the branch and magpies, using a gold and a white gel pen in places too.

Finally, I added a Lavinia word sticker, saying "Out of the blue".  This phrase is part of the Lavinia "Sentiment Sticker 6" set.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 67



Today, is Day 67 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 67, I coloured a page from an old book using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks.  the colours I used  are Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch.

Then I die cut a piece of 4x4" white card using a die from Funky Fossil Designs.  Sadly I didn't write the name down on the backing card, on checking the website it doesn't appear, so guessing it's now a retired die, as I have had it for a couple of years. or maybe more.

I adhered the white card overf the coloured book page and trimmed the excess from the edges. I coloured the die cut sun area using "Mustard Seed" Distress Oxide Ink and glued into position.

Using a black fine liner pen, I added a loosely drawn frame with some dots. Then glued down a fussy cut swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set.  Finally adding a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "Voyage".


Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Papertrey Ink "Home is where the heart is" card



For this card, I started with a 4x4" piece of card, creating a band of colour through the middle using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks.  The colours I used are: Mermaid Lagoon, Salvaged Patina and Cracked Pistachio.

While the ink was drying, I die cut the white trellis, which is a Gummiapan die. I used a wet glue to stick the lattice over the inked background.

Next I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the sentiment on to the card and the house on to a piece of plain white card.  I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set called "Love Lives Here" for both. Onced glued into position on the card, I used a red Posca Pen to colour in the central heart.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 66



Today, is Day 66 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 66, for the central wave area, I used four shades of Distress Oxide Ink through the Funky Fossil Designs "Wave Rider" stencil. I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the Funky Fossil Designs "Circle Cascade" stamp.

Next, I added a strip of Funky Fossil Designs Washi Tape to the base of the card,  I added some colour to some of the circles using pastel pencils and used a black fine liner to add some dots.

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

Monday, 27 April 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 65



Today, is Day 65 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 65, I've used four shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Salvaged Patina, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon and Faded Jeans) with the Inkylicious "Mini Splatter Circle stamp" to achieve the background colour.

I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the Creative Expressions "Botanical Frames - CE1032 stamp" and the words from the same stamp set, saying "Field Notes".

I added some tissue paper foliage, which had wrapped a previous Inkylicious order and then added the Dina Wakley swallow, which is part of a collage paper set.  Finally I added some black splatters from a Posca Pen.