52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Saturday, 28 February 2026

The Hundred Day Project 2026 - Day 7



Today is Day 7 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 7, I used "Paradise Teal" Ranger Archival Ink on one side of the card, then used the same ink through a striped stenccil, fading the colour out towards the left hand side.

I tore a piece of Dina Wakley collage paper from a larger sheet and stuck a section over the solid blue ink on the right hand side.

I used a fine liner pen to draw a circle adding a Dina Wakley collage bird to the top of the circle, then drew dots on the circle.  Finally, I added Tim Holtz "Idea-ology Chit Chat" word stickers, saying "Creativiey takes courage".

Lavinia Stamps Oscar in monochrome



Today is the first time I have stamped "Oscar" one of the stamps in the recent release by Lavinia Stamps.  I was so impressed with the detail of the stamp I decided to make the card in only black and grey tones.

I stamped Oscar in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I then used the torn edge of a piece of paper with Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to create the landscape.  Adding extra shading/shadows and grass tufts using a 3B pencil.

Finally, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the sentiment, which is part of the Lavinia Stamps "Heartfelt Verse" stamp set.

Friday, 27 February 2026

The Hundred Day Project - Day 6



Today is Day 6 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 6, I used three colours (Prickly Pear, Sky Blue and Garden Patina) of Ranger Archival Inks throught the Creative Expressions "Grateful" stencil.

I used a black fine liner to go round some of the outer dots and fussy cut a bird from a Dina Wakley collage paper set, finally adding a Tim Holtz Idea-ology word sticker.

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Marianne Designs "Silhouette Art Stamps CS1180" - Sympathy Card


 

The need to make sympathy cards, seem to come round far to often these days!

I made this card using diluted pink and orange coloured water colour paint for the background colour.  I stamped the leaf, which is by Marianne Designs and part of their "Silhouette Art Stamps, ref CS1180", using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink. I used the same ink to stamp the Simon Says Stamps "Sorry for your loss" sentiment, which is part of their "Tiny Words" stamp set.

I used "Shadow Grey" Ranger Archival Ink, through the Funky Fossil Designs "Micro Dot Stencil".  Finally, I added a touch of gold shimmer using a gold coloured gel pen round the edge of the stamped leaves.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 5



Today is Day 5 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 5, I've used patterned papers I have made previously along with the bird from Dina Wakley collage papers, Posca Pens, a fine liner pen along with a word sticker from the Tim Holtz "Idea-ology Chitchat" word sticker book.

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Lavinia Stamps Pixy Houses in Silversong Willow Woods



I used a tag from my stash with a Brusho print from a stencil.  I had used Lemon and Leaf Green Brusho.  This was the second print from the stencil so there is less stencil design.

I loosely coloured over the tag using "Sky Blue" and "Leaf Green" Ranger Archival Ink to give a unified coloured base.

I used "Accorn" Versafine Clair ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Silversong Willow" trees, extending some of the branches using the Lavinia "Witch Hazel" branch.

I used the torn edge of a piece of paper with "Shady Lane" Versafine Clair green ink to create the landscapes. I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Pixy Houses"

To finish, I used Posca Pens, a white gel pen and a 2B pencil for extra detail and colour.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 4



Today is Day 4 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 4, I've used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky), through an aperture stencil for the central circle of colour.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Creative Expressions "Botanical Frames CEC1032" and the "nature" word from the same stamp set.

Finally, I added a bird from the Dina Wakley collage papers and added some dots of "Aqua Green" Posca Pen.