52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 45

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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 45 is "Colouring Pencils & Pens"

For this card, I used my Derwent Inktense pencils with water to create the patchy background colours.

I used Versafine Clair "Fantastia" ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Indra" and the "Let your spirit take flight" sentiment.

I used "Storm Dust" grey Derwent Inktense pencil to draw the diagonal lines across the tag.

I then added colour to the stamped moth by using two Derwent Inktense Pencils. The colours I used are: Sea Blue and Malibu.

Lavinia Stamps "Indra the Moth" on an archival ink background

Inspired by a demo by Eileen Godwin, I created this card.  For the base colour, I used three shades of Elements Inks:  Sundance, Confetti and Della Blue.

Here's a short video clip which shows the glittery surface of Indra.

I used Wow! "Mistletoe Magic" embossing powder and their clear ink pad to stamp the moth image and then heat set.

I used Archival Inks through several Lavinia Stamps stencils:  Dynamic, Elegance and Posy.  Using White Pan Pastel through "White Orbs" stencil.

Using "Purple Delight" Versafine Clair ink, I stamped the "See a fairy make a wish" verse.

I stamped the "Inspire" word, part of the Lavinia "Inspire Me" stamp set in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I inked the edges of the card twice.  The first time using "Twilight" dark blue ink creating a broader coloured edge, then on the very edge, I used "Nocturne" to make the whole thing stand out a bit more.

I used a white Signo gel pen on the moth to highlight some of the design on the moth. 

I then used white and black enamel accents for extra detail, finally mounting the card on to a white card blank.

 

Lavinia Stamps "Indra" on a spray ink background

Today, I have been using my Lavinia Stamps again to create this card.

 I used Wow! Clear embossing ink and the Lavinia Stamps "Indra" the moth stamp on white card, coating the stamped image with "Wow! Angel Eyes Embossing Powder and heat set.

Over the stamped image I brushed on Pabeo Drawing Gum.  This provides a protective coating to what ever is being covered, which once dry can be rubbed off at a later date.

I then put the piece of card in my spray box and spritzed three shades of Dylusion Spray inks on to the surface.  The colours I used were London Blue, Crushed Grape and Fresh Lime.  Any ink left on the surface, I puffed away using a Tim Holtz hand puffer thing sending the ink to the edges of the card.  I set the card to one side for a couple of hours to dry while I took the dog for a walk.

Once dry, I was able to rub off the drawing gum using my finger.  This revealed the original white card base and the turquoise embossed image.

Using the same Wow! ink pad and embossing powder, I added the heat embossed Lavinia Stamps sentiment, which is called "let your spirit take flight".

In the bottom right hand corner and up part way of the right hand side, I stamped the "Vine Flourish" using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I used the same ink to edge the card too.

Next, I used the Lavinia Stamps "White Orbs stencil" with white Pan Pastels to create the idea of movement.  I dotted a white Posca Pen and a silver glitter Signo Pen for added detail to Indra and to the background.  Then mounting the card on to a piece of black card and then a white card blank.

Lavinia Stamps "Indra Moth"

Yesterday I had a card in my head that I wanted to make, however the one I ended up making has little resemblance to the one in my head.  In fact I don't really like it, because it is too dark. I

So many times it has come close to ending up in the bin, but I decided to save and upload it.

I used Confetti Elements ink brayered on to the card, then used another Elements ink called "Violet Chalk" through the Lavinia Stamps "Pebbles" Stencil.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Indra Moth" using Versafine Clair "Fantasia" purple ink, colouring areas with a white Signo Pen.  Over the top of the stencilled area to the right of Indra, I used the Lavinia "Words Of Spring" stamp with Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink.

I added splatters of white and black Posca Pen and used "Watering Can" Archival Ink to make the lines in the bottom right corner.  Finally Stamping the "Take Flight" sentiment, which is part of the Lavinia "Let your spirit take flight" stamp, also stamped in Fantasia.

Lavinia Stamps "Indra" on a Brusho Gel Plate background

This morning I used one of my lesser used Lavinia Stamps to create this card. 

In my stash, I found a background I had made many months ago, using a circular Gel Plate and Brusho paints, so I decided that this would be my base.  

I used the Lavinia "Indra" large moth stamp, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and then coated in Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.

Around the edge of the circle and moth, I used "Shaded Lilac" Distress Oxide Ink through the Lavinia "Feather Leaf Stencil".  I decided this was too pale, so I then used both the large and the small "Maple Leaf" stamps, in two shades of Archival Inks "Fern Green" and "Prickly Pear".

I used a white Gelly Roll Pen to add highlights to areas of the leaves and the moth.  I added two shades of Liquid Pearls "White Opal" and "Lavender Lace" to areas of the card too.

Lavinia Stamps Indra and Honeysuckle Card

I had an urge to play with some Lavinia Stamps, so with no agenda I made this card using two of the fewer used Lavinia Stamps I have.

I started by creating the base using two shades of Distress Oxide Inks - Picked Raspberry and Squeezed Lemonade covering the surface.  Using a wet fan brush from approximately 10" above the surface I gently tapped the brush to create splatters.  I left them on the surface for about a minute then blotted with a piece of kitchen roll.  This created the bleached droplet effect.

Using the Lavinia Stamps "Honeysuckle" stamp, I multi stamped the image over the prepared background, using a Wow! Clear Embossing Pad.  I then covered the stamped images with Papermania "Enchanted Gold" embossing Powder and heat set.  This resulted in a very subtle stamped image with a little bit of glitter which adds a lovely quiet sparkle to the background.

On a separate piece of card, I prepared a background using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Picked Rasberry, Abandoned Coral and Wild Honey. I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Indra" moth/butterfly in Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink on this new background.  I then coated the stamped image with clear embossing powder and heat set.  

I then cut the image using the Brother Scan n Cut SDX1200.  The machine scuffed a little section of the image, I think it was user error as the inked background may not have been totally dry, but I was able to rescue the situation buy cutting off the fine antenna.

To rectify the problem.  I stamped the "Indra" image over the heat embossed honeysuckle and adhered the cut image on the top.

I have deliberately left this card sentiment free, so that I can use it for a suitable occasion at a later date.