52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
Well here we are on the 1st January 2020. I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to face the new year.
As it is the first of the month, it is time to introduce you to one of my makes for the Lavinia Stamps challenge. The theme for the monthly challenge for January Is "Midnight Magic".
I created the coloured background using Distress Inks in the following shades: Wilted Violet, Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers. Using a paint brush, I created some swirls (in the top left and bottom right corners) using the same colours.
I masked the moon off and edged it with a grey ink. I then used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire) to darken the sky, leaving a halo around the moon.
Using the "Lavinia Fern Heads (Singles)", I curved the stems of the stamp and multiple stamped the image using Versafine Clair "Fantasia" purple ink.
In the bottom right hand corner, I multiple stamped the "Lavinia Berry Wreath" in Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink.
I next stamped the "Willow" in Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink.
I used a stamp that I got free with a magazine to stamp the air bubbles in the background in Memento "London Fog" grey ink.
I then stamped the main fairy figure. I like to think that the way her hair is that she is underwater, which is why I chose this fairy for the central image. This Lavinia fairy is called "Celeste". I have stamped her in another Versafine Clair Ink, this one is called "Twilight" and is a very dark blue.
Once all the stamping was complete, I needed to attempt to replicate foam on top of the water and also air bubbles, so I used a white Posca Pen and a silver glitter Signo Pen. I also used the silver glitter Signo Pen to glitter the fairy wings.
I added white highlights to the fairy and to the fern fonds using a white Signo Pen.
Every week, since the start of 2016, I have provided a prompt for the 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge, which I have thoroughly enjoyed.
Now that the 2019 challenge has come to an end, I have decided not to run the challenge for 2020.
Hubby has recently retired and we want to be able to go away at the drop of a hat... or when the sun shines in the camper van.
The Facebook Group will remain open, so if you want to contribute to previous years prompt albums you can do.
The full list of prompts for the past three years can be found here.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in my tag challenge. Sam xxx
I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued interest in my little blog of makes, I really do appreciate every click on to my blog and the comments made.
Our Christmas will be in two halves, a quiet one on Christmas Day and then a more noisier affair between Christmas and New Year when the Grand Children come to visit, which I can not wait for!
I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and wish you all the best for 2020.
Sam xxx
If you are still with me up to now, you'll be releieved to know this is the final prompt of 2019. It has been another fabulous year and you need to pat yourself on the back for all the fabulous tags you have made over tha past weeks.
The final prompt is "Celebrate the end"
For my tag, I used black card stock and a Funky Fossil "Circle Burst" stencil. I used several different mediums through the stencil, including acrylic paint Sakura Gelly Roll Pens and Signo glitter pens. I added gem stones, sequins and glitter too.
For the sentiment I used a Stampers Anonymous stamp heat embossed using Wow! clear embossing powder with their "Super Fine Metallic Silver embossing powder".
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Check out the challenge Facebook Group here.
I have continued my play with Visible Image goodies, creating this little underwater scene.
This is a small card, with the actual coloured centre measuring approximately 12 x 8 cm. While tidying a file I keep my gelli plate backgrounds in, I came across this off-cut. I was so close to throwing it in the bin , but decided to create something with it instead.
I don't recall the specific colours I used to create the gelli plate background, but before I started stamping there were soft green splodges on a pale blue background, which kind of lent itself to a watery scene, which lead me down this path.
I used the Visible Image "Dare To Swim" clear stamp set and a selection of Versafine Clair inks through out this project.
I started by stamping the sea weed in "Verdant" light green ink. I then stamped the shoal of fish in "Morning Mist" grey ink.
Next I stamped the jelly fish, using "Twilight" a dark blue coloured ink.
I decided I needed another colour of sea weed, so used "Shady Lane" which is more of an olive green shade, colouring the sea weed with coloured pencils.
I then stamped air bubbles using "Warm Breeze" a turquoise coloured ink. I coloured the air bubbles with a white Posca Pen.
I moved on to colouring the jelly fish itself, using a selection of Signo and Sakura Gelly Roll Pens.
I mounted the image onto navy blue card and then onto a plain white card blank. I stamped the last line of the sentiment vertically in "Twilight" ink.
This evening, I had an urge to play with my Visible Image stamps and stencils, creating this card, where I used stamps from three sets and a stencil too.
I started by using three shades of Distress Oxides Inks (Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry and Ripe Persimmon) through the Visible Image "Entwined Butterflies" stencil.
After removing the stencil, I stamped the large butterfly from the Visible Image "Wings of Change" on to the card, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.
While I had the stamp out, I stamped the same butterfly, three times on to white card using "Charming Pink" Versafine Clair Ink.
I also created three masks of the butterfly by stamping onto post-it notes. I fussy cut the post-it butterflies and adhered them over the butterflies stamped on to the card.
Next, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink I stamped the main image from the Visible Image "See Everything" clear stamp set. I also stamped the central eye section onto a white piece of cardstock for later use.
I filled the areas to the side of the central image using a stamp from the Visible Image "Creative Chaos" stamp set, again stamped in "Nocuturne" black ink.
Returning the iris eye area stamped on a white card, I painted the eye itself with "Mermaid Lagoon" blue/green coloured Distress Oxide Ink, cut out a rough oval and adhered the eye over the one already stamped on the card. I then covered the iris in Glossy Accents to give a glassy appearance.
I then glued the white butterflies into position. I decided that some of the dots needed to be filled, I used a black marker pen and a white Posca Pen along with a green Sakura Gelly Roll Pen which matched the matting and layering.
A few weeks back I had been playing with the Funky Fossil "Snow Flurry" Stencil, inking the surface and then spritzing water onto it, then printing the impression onto a plain piece of card. The background of this card is one from that play session, where I have inked the stencil with two shades of Distress Oxide Inks: Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet shades. I like the mottled look this achieves.
I then stamped the angel from the Funky Fossil "Folksy Christmas" Clear Stamp Set on to the bottom right hand corner of the card. I then stamped the image again on an off-cut of white card.
Using Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink, I stamped the words, Love, Peace and Joy across the background, these words form part of the "Folksy Christmas" stamp set.
I then stamped some snowflakes in the two shades of Distress Oxide Inks I mentioned earlier (Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon.
Returning to the angel stamped on the white card, I cut out the head and dress area, colouring with water colour pencils. I then adhered it with foam pads over the angel image stamped on the card, which gives a nice 3D look, especially with the wings in the background.
