The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 56

Today, is Day 56 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  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 56, I used three shades of smooshed Distress Oxide Inks to create the background colour.  The shades of ink I used are: Salvaged Patina, Broken China and Mowed Lawn.

I used Versafine Clair "Adriatic Sea" blue ink to stamp the Funky Fossil Designs floral stamp from the "Hello Gorgeous" stamp set.  I stamped it again on white card, fussy cutting elements of it and over stamping one of the flowers using the Funky Fossil "Vintage Script" stamp.  

I added colour using "Tumbled Glass" Distress Oxide Ink and a gold and glue glitter pen along with a white acrylic paint pen.  Finally adding a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 27

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024:

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 27 is "Summer"

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This is the tag that I have made for the Week 27.  I decided to go with a bee, as nothing sums up summer to me, than the sound of the low hum of a bee in the distance.

I used Versafine Clair "Medieval Blue" ink, coated in Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and heat set for the Funky Fossil "Hello Gorgeous" flowers and sentiment.

I coloured the flowers by painting the flowers with different shades of Distress Oxide Inks.  I also used Posca Pens and gel pens.

The bumble bee is part of the Funky Fossil "Queen Bee" stamp set, I stamped the bee on to the tag and then on to an off-cut of white card, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I then coated the stamped image in Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and heat set the image.

I fussy cut the bee, inking the edges of it in black ink, then coloured the body using Posca Pens, using "A Wink of Stella" on the wings.  I used wet glue on the underside of the head of the bee, but for the rear end added some black foam pads to stick the bee into position, this gave it a more 3D look.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 66

Today is Day 66 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week the prompt should be "Dollar Shop Finds" but as we don't have Dollar shops here in the UK, I am having a week of creating for the sale of it.

For this make I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Tie Dye" stencil with "Chrome Yellow" Archival Ink and "Wilted Violet" Distress Oxide Ink.  I then splattered paint from a purple Posca Pen across the surface.

I inked the edges of the card with Versafine Clair "Fantasia" purple ink then used the same ink to stamp the flower and sentiment, both are part of the Funky Fossil Designs "Hello Gorgeous" stamp set.  Finally adding some dots of orange Posca pen to the middle of the flowers.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 49

Today is Day 49 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week has been all about stamps and stamping.

I seem to have a theme of circles in the past few days and that has continued into this card.  I drew different sized circles with a pencil across the card.  I then painted them using Prima Confection "Tropicals" water colour paints.

Once the paint was dry, I then used Versafine Clair "Medieval Blue" ink to stamp the Funky Fossil Designs "Hello Gorgeous" stamps, designed by Ann Corbiers-Scott.  Finally adding touches of yellow and orange Posca Pens.

Funky Fossil "Hello Gorgeous" Kraft Card

It is horrendous outside tonight.  I slept for a couple of hours to be woken by very strong winds and now rain hammering on the windows, so decided to get up and craft with soothing music in the background.

I made these two clean and simple cards using Kraft card as the base.  I used the Funky Fossil "Hello Gorgeous" clear stamp set with a Wow!  Clear embossing ink and Wow! Bright White Super Fine Embossing Powder.  I'm really happy with the finished result too.

Funky Fossil 25% off Discount Code - Ava Tag

A quick reminder, that you can get a massive 25% off everything on the Funky Fossil site when you quote "FFSALE25" at checkout before midnight (UK time) on 1st January:  https://www.funkyfossil.co.uk

I've used acrylic paint and bubble wrap to create the background design of this tag.  I've then used the Funky Fossil "Ava" stencil with "Monarch" Versafine Clair Ink.  I've used two Funky Fossil stamp sets "Musings" and "Hello Gorgeous" in "Morning Mist" and "Monarch" Versafine Clair inks.

Funky Fossil "Hello Gorgeous" Card

Today, I've been playing with a new Funky Fossil stamp set called "Hello Gorgeous", it's a beautiful floral set that can be used for so many occasions. 

I stamped the floral image in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink then coated it in Wow! clear embossing powder and heat set.  I then coloured the image using Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush.  For the surround, I used "Mowed Lawn" Distress Oxide Ink through the Funky Fossil "Micro Dot" stencil. I added extra colour and shimmer using assorted Signo and Sakura pens.