Week 09 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2019

The prompt for Week 9 is:  "One Word"

For my tag, I opted for the word "Simplicity" this is reflected in the minimal look of this tag.  I used my "Brother" label maker to create the word and then stamped the flowers, which are from the Hobby Art "Abstract Flowers" set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.

Here is my second tag with slightly more decoration.

I kept my tag deliberately clear of colour other than the band the word sits on, so that the eye is drawn to the word. 

For this tag, I used two stamps from the Stampin' Up set called "Gorgeous Grunge" . I stamped the coloured stripe in a Versafine Clair ink, in a shade called "Glamorous".  The rest was stamped in Versafine "Black Onyx" shade of ink.

I drew the circles through a D'Inkables stencil from Bee Crafty.  For the "Simplicity" word, I used my Brother lable maker.

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You can find more details about the tag challenge here, including a list of the previous prompts.

There is also a Facebook Group for this challenge.  Feel free to pop over and join the other members uploading images of their creations to the weekly albums.  Hope to see you soon.  Sam x

Fairy Make A Wish Card

On the agenda of craft makes for today were three cards, this one is none of them, so I still need to get busy.

I just wanted to play, so using some of the techniques I learnt at a local workshop run by Jo Rice  I went with what I fancied doing.

The background paper is a sheet of the "Shenandoah - Natural Wonders" stack.  It is a lovely double sided patterned paper.  I have used a selection of stamps including some by Lavinia and Bee Crafty to create this card, all stamped in a Versafine ink.  I used a white Signo pen for the lighter areas.

Make A Wish Dandelion Card

Today I've been playing with Distress Oxides and made this card.

I applied the Tim Holtz Distress Inks with a brayer.  I then stamped the dandelion heads using a Hobby Arts set of stamps.  The stamped scrolls of fern are from Bee Crafty..  I've used a white Signo pen to create the dots around the dandelion. (All stamping was done using a Versafine ink).

Week 41 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

The prompt for Week 41 is "Paint it".
This can be interpreted in any way.  You can paint all or just some of your tag/art card.

For my card, I stamped the image of the seed heads using a Bee Crafty "Poppy Heads" stamp and the Bee Crafty "Winged Things" stamp,  I then used a selection of Tim Holts distress inks to paint the vibrant sky.(I apply the inks to a glass mat and dilute and blend to get the colours i'm after).

A Just Because Card

For this card I blended some Panpastels, starting with lighter shades in the centre ranging to the red shades on the edge.  I then set them with hairspray.

Using a Hobbycraft clear stamp of the bird in cage, I stamped the image using StazOn.  I then stamped the same image on a post-it note and cut out the image retaining some of the stick side, I used it to mask the original image of the birdcage.  

I then used a Tim Holtz, Stampers Anonymous stamp for the rays at the base of the cage. The birds above the cage are from "Bee Crafty" Winged Things set.  The sentiment to the right hand side is from a Stampin' Up set called "Vertical Greetings".