A Crafting Niche "52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 35

 

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 35 is "watercolour"

A few weeks back I saw a technique on Instagram where the posted had made three water colour stripes over a stamped image.  It was a technique that stuck in my mind, so thought I'd give it a go.  I did try stamping first, but I didn't like the way the stamping reacted to the paint, so I have achieved a similar look but carried out in a different way.

I started by using watercolour paper and a large mop paint brush, laden with water and brushing the water along the lenth of the tag.  I then used diluted pink, yellow and blue childrens water colour paint and using the same brush adding the colours the length of the tag, starting with yellow down the middle, pink to the left and blue to the right, allowing the colours to run into their neighbouring colours.  I then set it aside for a couple of hours to dry naturally.

I then started to stamp, initially using Versafine Clair  "Morning Mist' for the images further away and then Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink for the images in the forefront.  I used a selection of cling Stampscape Stamps that I bought from Sweet Poppy Stencils, who hold a licence to reproduce the stamps in to a clear stamp rather than red rubber.

Lakeside Cove

Critter Set 2 & 3

Lilygrass

Pine and Rocks small & medium

I added shading using a 2B pencil, a paper stub for blending and a white pastel pencil.  I added touches of colour using Derwent Inktense Pencils and "Morning Mist" Versafine Clair Ink,

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 20

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 20 is "The Great Outdoors"

For this tag, I used Stampscape polymer stamps from Sweet Poppy stencils for the stamping, using the Birch Tree Large and Medium and the Deer Silhouette stamped in Versafine Clair second generation stamping.  This gave me a very light stamped image that I was able to use water colour paints to colour, adding shading using a black fine liner and a white gel pen,  I added touches of Posca Pen to the reeds to give the impression of flowers.

Lavinia Stamps "Blackberry" Card

I've been playing with my Lavinia Stamps again this afternoon, making this card.  

I used a blue and a yellow water colour paint to create the background.  I then stamped the Lavinia "Blackberry" in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.

Next, I used the Lavinia Stamps "Elegance" stencil with "Pumice Stone" Distress Oxide ink to create the patterned background.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Fern Branch" and the Simon Says Stamps "Tiny Word Encouragement" sentiment, both stamped in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.

Finally, I coloured the blackberries with water colour paints.