The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 46

Today, is Day 46 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  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 46 I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Abstract Ovals stencils" with two shades of Distress Oxide Inks, using "Faded Jeans" at the top and "Bundled Sage" through the lower section of the stencil.  I then added a touch of "Tumbled Glassd" Distress Oxide Ink to the very top of the card.

I recycled a piece of printed tissue paper from an Inkylicious Crafts order and glued a secrion to the lower area of the card.  I then cut out three Dina Wakley collage paper swallows and glued them into position.

Finally, I used a black fine liner pen to draw a rough frame around three sides of the card and then added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying  "live simply... give generously".

Papertrey Ink "Love Lives Here" New Home Card

 

For this "New Home" card, I've used assorted patterned papers in my stash to make this card, using the Papertrey Ink die set called "Love Lives Here" for the houses, with the "Welcome sentiment being part of their stamp set called "Winter Hills".  The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I've added touches of gold coloured gel pen on this card too.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 45

Today, is Day 45 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  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 45 piece, I've been stamping using two shades of Versafine Clair inks with the Visible Image stamp set called "Grunge Tones".  The colours I used are "Verdant" and "Bali Blue" inks.

I then used another Versafine Clair ink, "Blue Belle", to stamp the Penny Black stamp called "Windswept - 40-790".  

I fussy cut the Dina Wakley swallow from a collage paper set, used a blue fine liner pen to draw a rough border and to finish, added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "Imperfection".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 44

Today, is Day 44 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  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 44, I used a pale blue water colour paint for the base.  Added torn strips of Tim Holts and Dina Wakley collage papers and some hand made paers.  I drew a circle round a lid and added dots to it, finishing with a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 43

Today, is Day 43 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  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 43, I drew scribbles and marks using Tim Holtz "Water Colours Pencils", then added some Dina Wakley collage paper and a couple of pieces of card, finally adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "be fearless".

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 14

The Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2026:

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 14 is "Ovals"

For my tag, I positioned an oval stencil in the middle of my tag as a mask.  I die cutting a very small oval shape from so acetate using a Spellbinders die.  This shape was used with various shades of Ranger Archival Inks around the edge of the central oval shape.  The colours I used are: Pink Peony, Sky Blue, Shadow Grey and Vivid Chartreuse.  

Removing the central oval mask stencil, I then positioned the other bit of the stencil over the tag, securing the position with a piece of low tack tape.  I then built up the central scene.

on the tag, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Ashfoot" the hare in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I then stamped "Ashfoot" again on a post-it pad and fussy cut the shape, then placed it over the stamped hare on the tag.

Next, I coloured the land and sky area.  For the grass, I used "Leaf Green" Ranger Archival Ink.  For the sky, I used some blue ink that remained on my blending brush.

I then stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Witch Hazel" tree branch, in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink. From the tree branch I then stamped the hanging bell, which is a Lavinia stamp called "Bells", stamping in Versfine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I used the same ink to edge the oval.

I then used Versafine Clair "Avocado" mid green ink and "Shady Lane" olive green coloured ink to stamp the  leaves in the tree (a Lavinia mini stamp) and the Lavinia "Leaf Spray" and "Foliage" stamp set.

Removing the mask on "Ashfoot", I then coloured him using Derwent Inktense pencils.  I added some shadow under him using a 2B pencil and finally added some flowers to the grass area using white, oragnge and yellow coloured Posca Pens.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 42

Today, is Day 42 of the 100 Day Project 2026.  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 42, I painted the background colour using a kids water colour set.  I then positioned various patterned and plain papers in my box of collage birs, till I was happy with the layout and glued into position.

I added a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker for the sentiment, saying "live gently upon this earth".  Finally extending the dots on the patterened paper to the base card, adding a flight trail to the bird, using a black fine liner pen and adding dots to the plain card using a gold coloured gel pen.