52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Saturday, 9 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 77



Today, is Day 77 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 77, I used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks through a Clarity Stamps striped stencil.  The two colours I used are "Tumbled Glass" and "Mowed Lawn".

I then loosely cut around collage paper foliage prints by Dina Wakley, adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "Wander".

Friday, 8 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 76



Today, is Day 76 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 76, I used two shade of Distress Oxide Inks for the background, using "Twisted Citron" and "Broken China" to cover the white card.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Carabelle Stuidio cling stamp SA70171.  I then added white, black, yellow and red detail using Posca Pens.

Finally, I added a Dina Wakley collage paper swallow and a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker staying "Strength".

Thursday, 7 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 75



Today, is Day 75 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 75, I used four shades of Ranger Archival Ink through a star stencil.  Over the top I applied some Dina Wakley collage paper and coloured the image using pastel pencils.  Finally adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "Be you, bravely".

Wednesday, 6 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 74



Today, is Day 74 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 74 I used a stamp shaped punch I got from Amazon to punch shapes in various patterned paper.  I arranged them on to my white card base.  When happy with the positions, I glued them into place.

I useda lid to draw a circle using a black fine liner pen, adding some dots to the opposited sides of the circle.  I fussy cut a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and then added tthe Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word stickers saing "Creative Journey".

Tuesday, 5 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 73



Today, is Day 73 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 73 I dragged three shades of Distress Oxide Ink from the left to the right hand side, fading the colour out towards the right.  The shades of ink I used are: Salvaged Patina, Speckled Egg and Tumbled Glass. I the wafted the heat gun over the surface, to ensure it was fully dry.

Next, I used a stamp set I have had for 15+ years, I think it's by Sassafraslass?, stamped in two shades of Versafine Clair Inks:  Bali Blue and Nocturne black inks. I added touches of white acrylic paint to the middle of each flower.

Finally, I fussy cut a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and added a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "travelt he world over to find the beautiful".

Monday, 4 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 72



Today, is Day 72 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  This is a challenge where you spend a short time each day creating, using the mediums of your choice.  Mine is 4x4" card, using collage, stamps and stencils.

For my Day 72, I started by using Versafine Clair "Arctic" blue ink to stamp the circles in the background, using a stamp from the Funky Fossil Designs set called "Circularity".

I glued on some pieces of Dina Wakley collage paper birds, colouring some with a green coloured pastel pencil.  I then glued on thin torn edge strips of green and blue paper.

I added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "Encourage Possibility" and finally added a drawn frame using a black fine liner pen.

Sunday, 3 May 2026

Lavinia Stamps "Bridge your dreams" card



For this card, I started by painting a central circle, in yellow, then built the colours up from the middle through shades of green, eventually using a blue shade of ink,  I applied the Distress Oxide Inks with a paint brush, drying each colour before adding another colour.

I then lay the "Ever decreasing circles" stencil by Funky Fossil Designs over the top of the paint and using a wet wipe, removed some of the exposed areas of ink, providing this kind of bleached colour look.

Using Versafine Clair "Fallen Leaves" dark brown ink, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Witch Hazel" stamp repeating the process in a circular motion till I was happy the branches had filled the space.

Next, I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist", a mid green coloured ink to multi stamp the leaves and dots, which are part of the Lavina Stamps "Foliage Set 2" stamp set, again repeating the stamping till the area was full. I used the same ink to stamp the sentiment, which is part of the Lavinia Stamps "Bridge your dreams" stamp set.  Finally, I added some touches of gold coloured gel pen to the branches and white dots using an acrylic paint pen to replicate flowers/berries.