52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 9

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 9 is "Handbags & Gladrags".

I used a plain tag for the base and tore strips of patterend paper from the Prima Marketing "Tea Thyme" 6x6 paper stack, inking the torn edges of the paper using "Bundled Sage" Distress Oxide ink, before sticking on to the tag.  I then inked the edges of the tag using "Brushed Cordroy" Distress Oxide Ink.

I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Vintage Script" stamp to finger stamp areas of script using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

I found a suitable Tim Holtz "paperdoll" image and one of his frames and used these together with one of his word stickers.  I coloured the paperdoll image with Derwent Inktense Pencils. then inked the edges of the frame with Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

On the computer I typed the sentiment of "Dressed to impress" printed it out, cut it down and coloured it with shades of "Bundled Sage" and "Brushed Corduroy" to give it a vintage look.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 50

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 50 is "Use packaging"

For my Week 50 "Packaging" tag. I glued a piece of cardboard on to a tag.  I then peeled off some of the paper covering to reveal some of the corrugated core of the cardboard.  I then mounted the tag on to a piece of black card.

In my bits and bobs box of goodies that I have saved over years, I pulled out a netting from onions, garlic and lemons.  I attached the netting to the tag using staples.

I used That's Crafty "Black Texture Paste" through the Tim Holtz THMM104 stencil for the harlequin design on the top left hand corner. I then used white and pink Posca Pens to splatter paint over the surface.

Using foam pads, I stuck on a Tim Holtz "Paper Doll" and then added a Tim Holtz Ideaology word sticker, saying "Creativity takes courage".

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 60

 

Today is Day 60 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week is about "Collage".

For my collage, I have used off-cuts of old scrap booking patterned paper that I have had in my stash for more than fifteen years!  I cut them into strips and layered them across a 6"x 5" card.  By memory the brands used are Crate Paper and My Minds Eye.  Then with the remaining papers I punched circles and glued them over the striped background.

I mounted the colourful background on to a piece of white card and then stuck a Tim Holtz "Paper Doll" of a wedding couple.   Finally, I added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology word sticker staying "never meant to last".

Texture Challenge Card

Today, Wednesday 19th April, Eileen Godwin set a challenge of "Texture".  This is the card that I made.  I was totally out of my comfort zone using the texture paste! 

I started this card doing one thing but it morphed into something quite different as I wasn't sure how to use a product and winged it.  Lesson learnt, check Google first.  

I made a beautiful background thinking it would crackle, but it  didn't as I'd used "Crazing" which was clear when I applied it.  I then put the stencil back on and added the"Crackle" paste, which was very white when applied and stayed white, so I lost the nice background, which resulted in working with what I had left!

I decided to use the inks left on my blending brushes to provide colour to the crackled area.  I'd used a Funky Fossil stencil called "Broken Mosaic" with the Tim Holtz "Crackle" Texture Paste. A small area of the base remained and that was where I had stamped the Funky Fossil "Vintage Script" using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

I decided I would die cut a section of the surface, using a Sizzix Tim Holtz die, but due to the depth only some of it actually cut, which I actually don't mind as it is more informal.

I found some MDF cogs in my stash, so coated them with "Plum" Archival Ink and then added touches of gold gilding wax.  I stuck them into position using Glossy Accents.

I used a Tim Holtz "Paper Doll" and gave the gentleman a bit of colour by using felt tips pens and rubbing off the surface ink, which left just a suggestion of colour.  I used double depth foam pads to adhere the upper body of the paper doll and Glossy Accents for the legs, positioning him as if he were sitting on the cogs.

I found a Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous "Sticker Word" which was suitable, mounted it on dark red card and cut to shape.  Finally, I had some little dark gold looking metal embellishments which I thought worked well, so added these by using some dots of Glossy Accents.

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls Tag

You may remember yesterday the tutorial for Karen Telfer's "24 Days of Tags 2022" was creating a background using Distress Inks and an embossing folder, (you can see the video here). 

While I had everything out to make my tags, I made a few extra backgrounds, as they will always come in handy in the future. I used one of these backgrounds for this tag.  Inking the edges in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink and arranging some Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" stickers and a paper doll too, to create this vintage looking tag, mounted on to a piece of kraft cardstock.

Husband Birthday Card

Hubby celebrates his 56th birthday today.  This is the card I made for him using a scrapbook layout style and a Tim Holtz paper doll.  Heat embossed sentiments and various papers from my stash on a Kraft background.

Week 14 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2018

It's April already, time really has flown this year.  Thank you to all those following this challenge.  I am loving seeing your creations.

The prompt for Week 14 is "Fly".  I thought this one could be interpreted in several different ways.

The background of this tag was made using a brayer and several shades of Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks.

The sentiment is from a stamp called "Fly Away / Flutterby Collection" by Crafters Companion stamped in Versafine ink.

The wings were created by using Distress Inks on Yupo paper.  I then die cut the paper using Stampin' up "Butterflies Thinlits".  The girl is from a Tim Holtz "Paper Dolls" pack coloured  using Promarkers.  Finally I added white and black dots to the background and then inked the edges.

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So Giddy Tim Holtz Paper Doll Tag

One of the reasons I like being creative with tags, is that it doesn't matter if it works or not.  It allows my mind to roam in any direction I choose with no agenda.  This tag is one of them.  I sat at my desk and it just came together.

I used oxide inks on a page of an old Welsh hymn book, you can just about see the notes through the colours.  The little girl is one of the Tim Holtz paper dolls.  I gave her a little bit of colour using Promarkers.

I stamped bits and bobs, created faux foxing using Stampin' up "Gorgeous Grunge", used a bit of lace, a few layers of petals and found some mini gold baubles I had rescued from the Christmas crackers a few weeks ago - you never know when things may come in handy.

Take A Seat (Steam Punk Style) Tag

Yesterday, I sat down at my desk to craft with a total blank mind.  I went through my scraps of paper and found a piece of red mottled paper and covered a tag.  I then took a script and music stamp and stamped a couple of areas.  I then inked a couple of the corners.

Next, I die cut some cogs and then inked them in browns and rust colours.  I found an off cut of a paper tape measure and inked it in the same colours. I then stuck them down.

I found part of an old ticket, inked it and stuck it to the left.  I die cut a couple of numbers and stamped an hand with a finger pointing.  Finally, I used a Tim Holtz paper doll, coloured in his face and the waistcoat with Promarkers and then stuck him down.  

For this tag I really struggled as it felt I was totally out of my comfort zone.