The 100 Day Project 2026 - Day 8

Today is Day 8 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 8, I've used "Salvaged Patina" Distress Oxide Ink through a Funky Fossil Designs stencil called "Dotty Circles Background".  I have then cut a circle shape in patterned paper and glued it on to the card.  I used a fine liner black pen to scribble rings around the paper shape.

I then used the Funky Fossil Design stencil called "Make your mark 1" with "Black Soot" Distress Oxide ink, adding some black dots with a Posca Pen.

Finally, I cut a bird from a Dina Wakley collage paper and added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "With brave wings she flies".

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2026 - Week 9

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 9 is "Handbags & Gladrags".

I used a plain tag for the base and tore strips of patterend paper from the Prima Marketing "Tea Thyme" 6x6 paper stack, inking the torn edges of the paper using "Bundled Sage" Distress Oxide ink, before sticking on to the tag.  I then inked the edges of the tag using "Brushed Cordroy" Distress Oxide Ink.

I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Vintage Script" stamp to finger stamp areas of script using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

I found a suitable Tim Holtz "paperdoll" image and one of his frames and used these together with one of his word stickers.  I coloured the paperdoll image with Derwent Inktense Pencils. then inked the edges of the frame with Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

On the computer I typed the sentiment of "Dressed to impress" printed it out, cut it down and coloured it with shades of "Bundled Sage" and "Brushed Corduroy" to give it a vintage look.

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.

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.

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.