52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 47

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024:

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 47 is "Swirls & Flourishes"

For my Week 47 "Swirls & Flourishes" tag, I started with a cream coloured tag for the base.

I inked up a Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous "THS032 Flourish Layering Stencil" using three shades of Distress Oxide Ink.  I then spritzed the inky surface and lay the cream tag over the top.  Sadly it moved a little so the pattern can not really be seen.

Using a red rubber decorative crow stamp I have had in my stash for years (sorry no idea who made it), I stamped the bird on to the now dry surface of the tag using Versafine Clair 'Nocturne" black ink.  I then stamped it again on a piece of white card and fussy cut the bird for later use.

I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the flourishes.  These are from a polymer stamp set I have had for many years which I think may have been made by 7gypsies?

I then used wet glue to adhere the bird on the white card into position.  I used a black fine liner pen to accentuate the outline of the bird. I used a Derwent Inktense pencil to draw a branch for the bird to stand on.

I added dots using a gold gel pen and also platinum coloured Liquid Pearls.  Finally, adding the "on my adventure" sentiment from the Lavinia Stamps "Sentiment Stickers 6" set.

Lavinia Stamps Dancing Mice Birthday Card

 

This will be my final make before I pack up my crafting things for moving house.  The move date has not yet been confirmed, but I need to get ready.  I'm likely to be not properly crafting for a couple of months.  However, I am well ahead on the tag challenge, having made tags up to mid March, so those posts are scheduled on here and will pop up each Sunday morning.

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For this card, I started with the Inkylicious Mini Splatter Circle, using two shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Kitsch Flamingo and Abandoned Coral ink.

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Musical Notes" using both the small and large stamp set.

I then used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the dancing mice, using the Lavinia "Basil and Bibi" and "Tilly and Tango" stamp set.

Finally, I stamped the "Happy Birthday" greeting, part of the Lawn Fawn "Simply Sentiments" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 46 Bold & Bright

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024:

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 46 is "Bold & Bright"

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For my Week 46 "Bold & Bright" tag, I used a white card cut to a tag shape.  I then blended several shades of Distress Oxide Inks across the surface.  The colours I used were Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet.

I then used some of the same colours of Distress Oxide Inks through a couple of Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous stencils.  The stencils I used were THS132 Sparkle Layering Stencil and THS006 Dot Fade Layering Stencil.

For the drift of dragonflies across the tag, I ues a die from the Stampin' Up "Detailed Dragonfly Thinlit" set, cutting two of the them in white card.  I then used wet glue to stick them on the tag, trimming off the surplus.

I mounted the tag on to black card, then added a "Wink of Stella" to the wings of the dragonflies to give a lovely spakle.

I used a white Posca Pen to add dots around teh dragonflies, then added a word sticker saying "See the light" from the Lavinia Stamps "Sentiment Stickers 6" set.  Finally, I added some dots of hot pink coloured Liquid Pearls called "Dazzle" and set the tag aside to dry.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 45

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024:

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 45 is "Metallic"

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For my Week 45 "Metallic", I scrunched up some sticky backed silver foil then coated a plain tag, smoothing the surface till it was flat but still had texture.

I used a piece of copper coloured foil sticky backed foil tape, stuck to a piece of card then die cut it into a circle shape.  I used double sided sticky tape to stick the disc on to the silver foil tag.

Next, using a piece of black card, I die cut the woodland scene using a die from Funky Fossil Designs called "Forest Glade Die". on the reverse around the cut out area, I added some strips of double sided sticky tape then stuck the black die cut card on to the silver tag.  I then trimmed the edged down.  Then mounted the tag on to a piece of black card and cut, leaving an equal sized edge to each side.

Using another piece of the same black card, I die cut two black cats using the "Large Sitting Car Die - style 871" by Poppy Stamps Inc.  I used foam pads to sandwich the two layers of cat shaped card together.  Then added more foam pads to the underside and stuck the cat on to the tag.

Finally, I added some white highlight lines using a white Signo gel pen and then added a sentiment, which is part of the Lavinia Stamps "Sentiment Stickers 6" set. 

Lavinia Stamps Frosty "Street Lamp" Tag

On Saturday, I received my order of the new Lavinia Stamps release called "Starlight Whispers".  Sadly I wasn't home when the stamps arrived, so as I was up early this morning, decided to have a quick play.

I started with a plain white tag, using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks to create the background.  The names of the inks I used were Squeezed Lemonade, Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the Lavinia "Street Light", the figure "Annie" and "Mini Rune".

To the left hand side, I used the Lavinia "Gip" stamp with Versafine Clair "Morning Mist", stamping a bird from the Lavinia "Bird Collection" in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

In the bottom left corner, I used the Lavinia "Small Branch" stamp with Versafine Clair "Pinecone" brown ink, adding red berries to the branches using a Posca Pen.

I added shadows to the stamping using a 2B pencil and added a more frosty look to the branches by ading touches of of silver glitter using a Uniball Signo pen.

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 44

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024:

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 44 is "Knitting and Stitching"

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For my Week 44 "Knitting & Stitching", I used a cream coloured tag for the base.  Using "Chrome Yellow" Ranger Archival ink through the "Knitted Background Stencil" by Funky Fossil Designs.

I used Versafine Clair "Chianti" dark red ink to stamp the thread and sentiment, sorry I don't recall who makes the stamp, I've had it for some years.

I used a "Red Wine" coloured Posca Pen to add the stitchec detail around the edge of the tag.

Clarity Stamps "Retirement Card"

My friend retires from her TA job in the local primary school tomorrow after many years of service, so I made her this card.

For the central area of the card, I used two stencils from the Clarity Crafts "Seedheads & Tiles" stencil set.  For the square background I used "Vivid Chartreuse" Ranger Archival Ink .  I then lay the decorative leaf stencil from the same set over the top and applied "Fern Green" Ranger Archival Ink through the stencil.

I dusted the surface of the card with an anti static bag of chalk, then stamped the words "On your retirement", part of the Clarity "Entwined Sentiment" stamp set, using Wow! Clear Embossing pad, coated the words with Wow! Rich Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.

I mounted the card on to a piece of dark green card then on to a white card blank.  I used a Signo Uniball gold coloured pen to add littel dots around the central tile and around the extremities of the inner leaf.