52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 30

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2025:

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 30 "Stars"

I used a sheet of Lavinia "Scenescapes" patterned paper for the background of this tag, using "Thistle" Ranger Archival Ink to create the ground for the mice.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Double Trouble" mice in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and then stamped Dill, Thyme & Rosemary, and the Mini Stars 1 stamps in the same ink.

Finally, I added extra detail using a pastel pencil, Posca Pens and a word sticker.

Lavinia Stamps "Floral Spray" Hope Card

Another card from me today using Lavinia Stamps. 

In my odds and ends box of crafty bits that I've saved, I came across a card blank where I had cut out a circle in the bottom right hand corner, I also found a small square of Lavinia Scenescape paper, so my mission today was to make use of them on one card.

On the piece of Lavinia scenescape paper, I used "Paradise Teal" Archival Ink, applied very lightly, through the Lavinia "Honeycomb" stencil.

I then used the Lavinia "White Orbs" stencil with white Pan Pastel to create lighter circular areas.

Using Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink, I stamped the "Floral Spray" stamp (which I believe is now a retired stamp).  Using the same ink, I stamped the word "Hope" which is part of the Lavinia "Blessings" stamp set.

I used a Derwent Inktense pencil to colour the flower, applied with a paint brush.

I added double sided sticky tape around the edge of the piece of patterned paper and positioned below the aperture in the card.

I decided at this stage, I would add a very light pattern using the "Honeycomb" stencil and the ink that remained on the blending brush.

I used a white Uniball Signo pen to add highlights to the flower.  Then used white "Enamel Accents" to add dots to the card, before mounting onto card.

Lavinia Stamps "Fox in the snow" Card

Here's another little card I've made today, using Lavinia Stamps. 

While tidying my desk the other day, I came across a small secion of one of the Lavinia Scenescapes, so I decided to use it rather than bin it.

I used the standing fox from the Lavinia Stamps "Fox Set 1" stamped in three shades of Versafine Clair inks:  Tulip Red, Acorn and Fir Cone.  I created a mask of the fox and fixed over the image and then stamped the "Red Pine" trees in Versafine Clair "Rainforest" green ink.

Using "Weathered Wood" Distress Oxide Ink I grounded the fox and added extra depth of colour to the sky using "Seedless Preserve" Distress Oxide ink.

I used a white gel pen to add detail to the fur of the fox and then tapped a white Posca Pen over the surface to create snowflakes in the air.