52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 20

 

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 20 is "Paint Blowing".

Starting with a white tag, I lay a Tracy Evans "Wild Flower" stencil on to the card and applied Pebio Drawing Gum through the gaps using a paint brush.

Next, I put five colours of Elements inks on to my glass mat,  The colours I used are: Lemon Drop, Sundance, Russet Orange, Blue Atoll and Dark Denim.  I added a little water to a fan shaped paint brush, dabbed it into the ink on the glass mat and then splattered the paint from the brush over the tag, by tapping the brush.  I then quickly used the Tim Holtz air puttfer, not sure what the actual name is, to blow air and spread the ink towards the edges of the tag, you could also use a drinking straw to do this. I did this with all of the colours, using a heat gun to dry the ink between each colour.

Once completed, I wafted the heat gun over the surface to ensure it was fuly dry, before using the Frisk "Maskaway" eraser.  If you don't have one, you can use a finger tip to erase the masking fluid.  

Finally, I added a few pencil details and grounded the flower, using some remaining ink on  a blending brush.  I added some dots of Ranger White Enamel Accents to break up the background colour a little too.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 85

Today, is Day 85 of the 100 Day Project 2026, and it's another clean and simple design from me.  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 85, I used three shades of Distress Oxide Ink, using Salvaged Patinam, Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch through one of the sections of the Visible Image Stamps stencil called "Art Spheres #2".

I then fussy cut a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and added a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "don't forget to fly".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 84

Today, is Day 84 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 84 I've gone for a clean and simple look using "Cracked Pistachio" Distress Oxide Ink through a Funky Fossil Designs Stencil called "Indian Mandala".

I've used a swallow from a Dina Wakley collage paper set and a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "life is good".  Finally adding areas of dots and lines using a black fine liner pen, allowing the beautiful pattern of the mandala to sing.

Visible Image Stamps "Bloom and Grow" Baby Shower Card

Our fourth Grand child is due to be born in July, this is the card I have made for her baby shower, which is in a couple of weeks time.

I used the finger print stamp from Visible Image "Bloom and Grow" stamp set with Versafine Clair "Baby Pink" ink.  I then used the baby stamp and the love word, from the same stamp set with Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink.  

I love the simlicity of this card and how it speaks volumes too!

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 83

Today, is Day 83 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 83 I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Salvaged Patina, Speckled Egg and Tea Dye), to create the background colour.  I then used the Tracy Evans "Distresed Background Snippet Stencil - SS31" with "Cracked Pistachio" Distress Oxide Inks to create the harlequin background.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the flowers, which are part of the Tracy Evans "One of a kind TE54" stamp set.  The sentiment of "The sound of silence" is from another Tracy Evans stamp set called "Create your own story - TE51", also stamped in Nocturne" black ink.

I used a circle mask to create the spotlight, edging the mask in Versafine "Morning Mist" grey ink and colouring the inside edge with a white pastel pencil.  I grounded the flowers using the edge of a torn piece of paper and Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I used a black fine liner pen to add a border and to create grass strands, using a white and aqua coloured Posca Pen to imitate flowers.

Finally, I fussy cut a Dina Wakley swalow from a collage paper set and added some dots of "White Opal" Liquid Pearl dots to the edge of the spotlight.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 82

Today, is Day 82 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 82 I used "Blueprint Sketch" Distress Oxide Ink dragged over two thirds of the white card.  I then used the same ink on an piece of  white card and punched circles into the blue and the white card, positioning the circles on the dragged background.I then added splatters of acrylic paint in aqua and black colours.

I used pieces of Dina Wakley collage paper to cover areas, including three swallows.  Finally adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "follow your heart".

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 81

Today, is Day 81 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 81 I used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Prize Ribbon and Twisted Citron) through an Angela Poole "Lattice Stencil" to create the background design.

I then used a couple of different Dina Wakley collage papers for the face and bird, adding some touches of black fine liner pen to areas,  Finally, adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker saying "embrace the journey".