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 34 is "Summer"
During the summer months, Rosie our dog likes to swin in the sea, so my tag is about 'Dog walkes by the sea".
I used a plain white card, cut into a tag shape. I then used a Wow! Clear Embossing Ink Pad on the Inkylicious "By The Sea - Waves Stamp Set", coated the ink with Wow! Clear Gloss Embossing Powder and then heat set using a heat gun.
I then used "Shadow Grey" Ranger Archival Ink though the Inkylicous "Scenic Mountain Hills Stencil", adding touches of a dark pastel pencil for extra details
I gave the sky a light covering of "Sky Blue" Ranger Archival Ink. I then painted the sky, using two shades of diluted Distress Oxide Inks: Tumbled Glass and Speckled Egg. For the Sea, I used three shades of diluted Distress Oxide Inks. The colours I used are:Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and a tiny touch of Mowed Lawn. For the sand, I used two shades of diluted Distress Oxide Inks: Tea Dye and Wild Honey. I added extra colour to the sand using a pastel pencil.
Finally, I printed out the words "walkimg the dog on the beach", cut it to size and glued into position, then added a touch of diluted "Tea Dye" Distress Oxide Ink to tone the white down and make it look less obvious.
