52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Friday, 15 May 2026

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.

Thursday, 14 May 2026

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".

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

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".


Tuesday, 12 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 80



Today, is Day 80 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 80, I've used a stamp from Funky Fossil Designs for the central circle, it is part of the Funky Fossil "Circularity" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink. I dragged the "Tumbled Glass" Distress Oxide Ink across the card from the left and the right, towards the middle.

I've used an assortment of Dina Wakley collage papers adding touches of colour using pastel pencils and a fine liner. Finally, I added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "it's all persepective".

Monday, 11 May 2026

The 100n Day Project 2026 - Day 79



Today, is Day 79 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 79, I've used lots of odds and ends of patterned and stencilled papers including pieces of Dina Wakley & Tim Holtz collage paper, adding a Tim Holtz "idea-ology" word sticker, saying "travel".

Sunday, 10 May 2026

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 78



Today, is Day 78 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 78, I cut a dark blue coloured card three and a half inch square and glued on to a white background.  I then used two shades of green (for the landscape) and a white (for the moon) Pan Pastel.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Forrest Scene" trees, using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the "Small Pixie Houses".

I added a Dina Wakley collage paper swallow and a Lavinia Stamps word sticker from their "Sentiment Stickers 6" set.  Adding some touches of gold shimmer pen to the threes and landscape.