52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Thursday, 30 July 2026

Tracy Evans "Explore Nature TE67" Pauce Card



Rummaging in my backgrounds folder, I came across a gel plate background I made a while back using "Paprika" elements ink with white, yellow and purple Brusho paint.

On a piece of white card I stamped the flower (part of the Tracy Evans "Nature Feeds The Soul TE48" stamp set.  I then stamped the flower oagain on to the gel plate printed background, stamping off the edge of the background.

Using the text from the Tracy Evans "Explore Nature TE67" and Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I multi stamped the text down the left hand side of the gel print background.  I wound some cotton thread into loose circles and secured it into position.

On another piece of gel print background, I stamped part of the large "notes" tag, from the same set, then stamped tow of the medium tags on to white card.  I fussy cut the tags, adding holes to them and using Derwent Inktense pencils to colour the white tags.  I fussy cut the tags, layered the tags and glued them into positon and trimmed the edge.  Using a black fine liner pen, I drew the circles. 

I added some white paint splatters, using Dr Ph. Martin's bleed proof white paint.  Returning the stamped flower on the white card,  I coloured it using Derwent Inktense pencils , applied with a paint brush.  I used a gold coloured sparkle pen for the middle to add extra dimension, sadly this isnt really picked up in the photo. I then fussy cut the flower, glued it into position and trimmed the edge.

On a small off cut of white card, I stamped the word "Pause".  This is also part of the Tracy Evans "TE67 Explore Nature" stamp set.  I added some colour and then trimmed and glued into position, adding a rough frame to the word using a black fine liner pen.

Finally, I added a small butterfly to the bottom left hand corner and then some sticky gems in white and black on the edge of the circles.


Tracy Evans Boutique Desgins "Mistletoe TE19" Gold and Red Dot Artist Trading Card



This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  I used a piece of green card with narrow stripes on it for the base. I used the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Mistletoe TE19" stamp set, to. stamp the bunch of mistletoe and the sentiment, using Versafine Clair "Rain Forest" green ink. 

In the background.  I added gold coloured Posca Pen dots.  I used a red fine liner pen to circle the dots then added a red central dot of Posca Pen. On the mistletoe itself, I used a white gel pen for high lights and a gold shimmer pen for the mistletoe berries to add a bit of sparkle.

Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Tracy Evans "A Myriad of Designs TE44" Snowman Artist Trading Card


 

This is my Artist Trading Card for the day. I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black Ink to stamp the snowman and the snow drop.  The snowman is part of the Tracy Evans "A Myriad of Designs - TE44" stamp set.  The snowdrop is part of Tracy Evans "One of a Kind - TE54" stamp set.  I have coloured using Van Goch pastel pencils, Posca Pens and a black fine liner pne.

Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Stampin' Up "Whole Lot Of Lovely" Patterned Paper Birthday Card



A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to be given a whole box of 12x12" Stampin' Up patterned papers by a friend who was down-sizing. I've used a piece of one of those papers for the base of the card, layering it on to a yellow card stock and then on to a white card blank.

For the central area, I used two Spellbinders dies (sorry, I don't recall the names of them, as I have had them for years).  In the yellow cardstock I die cut a scalloped edge square, and in the white a plain square.

On the white square, I stamped the "Happy Birthday" greeting, which is part of a Penny Black stamp set called "Sprinkles and smiles 30-297", stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I then layered and glued them to the patterned paper

Tracy Evans "Framed Delights TE58" Brick Wall and Frame Card



I used Wow! Rich Gold Embossing Powder and ink , heat set o create the central frame, which is part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Framed Delights TE58" stamp set. I then used Ranger Archival Inks through the Tracy Evans "Brick Wall ST9 stencil".  The colours I used are:  Sky Blue, Shadow Grey, Prickly Pear and Tea Rose.

I stamped the frame again and used the extrernal area as a mask to protect the rest of the card, so that I could stamp within the fram.  I used Versafine Clair "Sand Dune" light brown ink to stamp the text, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Winter Delights TE23" stamp set.

Next, I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the wild flowers within the frame.  The flowers are part of the Tracy Evans "Create a garden TE66" stamp set.  I then stamped the bird on the branch, from the same stamp set, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I added touches of white gel pen, a black pastel pencil and a black fine liner pen for extra detail.

Tracy Evans "A Myriad of Designs - TE44" Pumpkin Artist Trading Card



This is my Artist Trading Card for the day.  I used a piece of grey coloured card for the base.  Stamping the pumpkins and ivy, both part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "A Myriad of Designs TE44" stamp set in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink so that I was just able to see the ink lines. I used a circle mask for the moon. colouring the whole image in a selection of colours using Van Goch Pastel pencils.

Monday, 27 July 2026

Tracy Evans "Jar of wishes TE26" Sympathy Card


 

A clean and simply sympathy card using a couple of Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamp sets.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the jar and the poppies. The jar and the poppies are part of the "TE26 Jar of wishes" stamp set.  The grasses are part of the "TE50 On the wild side" stamp set. The sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp and is part of their "Tiny Words" stamp set, also stamped in "Nocturne" black ink.