Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Poppy TE39" Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day - a clean and simple design, reflecting and remembering those fallen.

I used two shades of Versafine Clair inks to stamp the poppy.  Using "Nocturne" for the stem and leaves and "Morning Mist" for the flower head.  I used "Candied Apple" and "Black Soot" Distress Oxide Inks to colour the poppy.  Using a 2B pencil and paper stub for shadows and a black fine liner to pen to draw the wavy line round the edge of the ATC.  Finally adding a word sticker saying "silence".

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Quiet Moments TE72" Artist Trading Card

 

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  For the backgound colour, I have sprinkled some Lindy's Snozzleberry Magenta paint granules on to a spirtzed card surface.

Once the surface was dry, I was able to commence with the stamping.  Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the butterfly off the edge of the ATC.  I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the honeycomb and Versafine Clair "Dahlia Pink" to stamp the circles. The butterfly, honeycomb and circles are all part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Quiet Moments TE72" stamp set.

I used a white pastel pencil to fill the middle of the circles and edged them with a stitch detail using a black fine liner pen.  I filled some of the hexagons and the wing side of the butterfly using a pink glitter gel pen. In the background, I added tiny dots using a white gel pen.  Finally adding a word sticker saying "out of the blue"

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 15

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

The prompt for Week 15 is "Spring"

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This is the tag that I have made for the Week 15.  

I started with a white tag and stamped the branches, feeder and bird in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  All the stamps are part of a Clarity Stamps set called "Garden Birds".

I then lay the Clarity Stamps "Peacock Feathers Stencil" over the tag and used "Sky Blue" Ranger Archival Ink through the stencil.  Around the edges of the tag, I used "Bundled Sage" Distress Oxide Ink.

I then coloured the stamed image using various shades of Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush.  

• For the bird I used "Squeezed Lemonade" and "Faded Jeans".
• For the branches I used "Tea Dye" and "Gathered Twigs".
• For the blossom I used "Spun Sugar" and "Victorian Velvet"

Finally, I added a Lavinia Stamps word sticker from their Stickers #6 set.