52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 12

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 12 is "Food"

This is the first tag for this year, I have made in the caravan, so with minimal supplies to hand, I apologise if it isn't up to my normal standard.

I peeled a label off a tin of baked beans, cut it into sections and covered and glued to a tag.  Around the edge of the tag, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to darken the area.  Using a black pen I wrote around the edge of the tag, saying Always in my kitchen cupboards, no other brand will do,  I like my beans on toast with grated cheese"?

I mounted the tag on to a piece of black card and then added white polka dots of Posca Pen across the surface of the tag.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 11

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 11 is "Greens and Blues"

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For my Week 11 "Greens and Blues" tag, I started out with a navy blue base for the tag.

Some years ago, I saved a lovely photo from a magazine of a piece of green and blue fabric.  I decided to cut it into strips and stick it on to the navy tag base at regular intervals.

I then used Wow! Embossing ink and Wow! Rich Gold Embossing Powder to stamp the sentiment which is part of a Lavinia stamps set called "Heartfelt Verse".  I then heat set the powder, cut the piece to size in a banner shape and stuck it to the tag using double sided sticky tape.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 10

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 10 is "Animal Print"

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For my Week 10 "Animal Print" tag, I started with a plain pink piece of card, stamping the Dark Room Door "Animal Print Background Stamp" in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I cut the piece of pink card to tag shape, then mounted it on to a piece of black card.  Around the edges of the animal print pattern, I used a silver glitter gel pen, to make the pattern stand out a little more.

I dusted a small off cut of black card with an antistatic french chalk bag then stamped the "Stay Wild" sentiment using Wow! Clear Embossing Ink.  (The stamp itself is from a Visible Image stamp set called '"Stay Wild").  I then coated the stamped greeting in Wow! Super Fine Silver Embossing Powder and heat set.  I trimmed down the greeting, using double sided sticky tape to stick it on to the tag itself.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 9

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 9 is "Sparkle"

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For my Week 9 "Sparkle" tag, I started with a plain white tag and stamped the comic book shape (part of the Funky Fossil "Comic Book" stamp set). on to the tag using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I then stamped the same shape on a piece of white card and fussy cut the shape.

Returning to the tag with the stamped image, I stuck lots of sequins around the stamped image, right up to the edge of the tag.  I then mounted the tag on to a piece of black card and cut to shape.

I used double sided sticky foam pads on the reverse of the comic book shape and stuck it on to the prepared tag.

On a piece of yellow card, I stamped the word Wow!, (also part of the Funky Fossil Designs Comic Book stamp set) using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink,  I then used the co-ordinating Funky Fossil "Comic Book Words" die set to cut the word.  I stuck the word on to the tag using a wet glue.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 8

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 8 is "Buildings"

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For my Week 8 "Buildings" tag, I used a plain white tag for the base. Using Veresafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Stampscapes (Polymer from Sweet Poppy Stencils) "Duo Windmill" stamp.

I popped a circle of paper over the sail area of the windmills to use as a mask, they lay the Sweet Poppy 'Harmony Background Stencil" over the top, applying "Abandoned Coral" Distress Oxide Ink through the stencil.

Removing the stencil and the mask, I coloured in the circle area using "Scattered Straw" Distress Oxide Ink.

Using the remaining "Abandoned Coral" Distress Oxide ink on my blending brush, I coloured in the edges of the tag.

I then used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the birds, which are part of the Stampscapes (Polymer) by Sweet Poppy Stencils "Critter Set 1" stamp set.  Finally, adding some touches of 2B pencil to the water area of the tag.

Lavinia Stamps "Shrooms" and Pipin Card

Another quick play session with the new release stamps from Lavinia Stamps, I'm using the minimal stash I have here in the caravan, so I'm having to be more creative with the backgrounds. 

I masked off the edges of the card, then multi stamped the Lavinia "Rosemary" stamp in first and second generation stamping using "Leaf Green" Ranger Archival Ink. I then went around the top edge and sides with a blending brush with "Sky Blue" Ranger Archival Ink.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the large and small "Shrooms" and "Pipin" the hare.  I used black ink remaining on my blending brush to create the landscape using the torn edge of a piece of copy paper.

I then used "Nocturne" again to stamp the "Dill" as bushes, using Posca pens to give the impression of flowers, a black fine line pen to add shadows and chimneys to the "Shrooms", a 2B pencil for the smoke coming from the chimneys and a white gel pen for high lights.

Lavinia Stamps Herbalum Bob Card

Today, I have had another play with some of the new release of stamps by Lavinia Stamps, creating this card, again with minimal stash.

I started by using a blending brush with "Forget-me-knot" Ranger Archival ink to give a blue circle-ish middle.  I then used the torn edge of a piece of paper with Versafine Clair Ink to create the landscape.

I used the same ink to stamp Herbalum Bob,Dill & Sage Pots, Small Shrooms and the Herb Garden Sign.  I used the "Thyme" stamp with "Leaf Green" Ranger Archival Ink to add some height in the background.

To colour the scene, I used a white gel pen, a 2B pencil and assorted colours of Posca Pens,