52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2025 - Week 1

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 1 is "Hello"

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For my Week 1 "Hello" tag, I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks to cover a white tag to create the background colour.  The colours I used are:  Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral and Spiced Marmalade.

I used Versafine Clair "Acorn" Brown ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Tree Branches", in first and second generation stamping.

I then stamped the Lavinia Stamps robins, called "Jemima and Bobby" using two shades of Versafine Clair inks.  The colours I used were "Pinecone" brown ink and "Strawberry" red ink for the chest. 

In the background, I stamped text using the Lavinia "Crystal Signs" stamp for December/January.  I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, stamping the text in second generation stamping so it was quite light in the background.  Over the top of that, I then stamped Lavinia "Musical Notes" using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

The "Hello" word, is part of a Lawn Fawn stamp set called "Simply Sentiments" and is stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

To finish the tag, I added extra detail using a black fine liner pen, a gold gel pen and a white gel pen.