52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Monday 18 March 2024

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 30



Today is Day 30 of Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week is all about "texture", so I looked around my stash and came across some skeleton leaves that have been lurking in my cupboard for close on twenty years, so I decided to make use of some for this challenge today.

I sprayed the surface of a cream coloured tag with spray adhesive and positioned the skeleton leaves.  Because edges kept lifting, I went over the top of the whole tag including the leaves with "Matte Distress Collage Medium" to ensure everything stayed in position.

I inked the edges of the tag with two shades of Versafine Clair ink, first using "Pine Cone" a brown ink and then on the very edges using "Nocturne" black ink.  I then mounted the tag on to a piece of black card.

I used a black Posca Pen to splatter paint across the surface of the tag, finally sticking some Nuvo "Rose Gold Sequins" over the top using Ranger "Glossy Accents" as adhesive.

Sunday 17 March 2024

52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2024 - Week 12



The challenge for 2024 is weekly.  I will 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 Crafting Niche 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2024:

The prompt for Week 12 is "Ireland

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This is the tag that I have made for the Week 12.

I've opted to used the Irish flag for the background colours.  I masked off the central section, using low tack tape and then used Versafine Clair "Green Oasis" on the left hand side and "Russet Orange" Elements ink on the right hand side.

I used the lips/kiss from the Visible Image stamp set called "Dare to be different", stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

Finally, using a Dymo tape printer, I printed the words "The Blarney Stone" deliberately placing the words "Blarney Stone" words upside down.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 29



Today is Day 29 of the Tiffany Johnson creative #100daysartplay challenge.  It's also the start of Week 4, so there is a new theme.  The theme for Week 4 is "Texture".

I thought I would kick this theme off with a clean and simple design, using a Gemini/Crafters Companion deep embossing folder that screams texture to me.

I mounted the card on to a piece of dark blue paper and then on to a white card blank.

Using Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink, I stamped the Simon Says Stamp sentiment, which is part of their set called "Tiny Words - Birthday" on to white card, trimmed and then mounted it on to matching dark blue paper.

Saturday 16 March 2024

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 28



It's Day 28 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  It's the last day of using household items.  I've used a jiffy bag, cardboard and a page from an old book for my household items.

For my tag, I have used the paper side of a jiffy bag.  I scrunched up the paper and then smoothed it a little and inked the surface so that the crease lines were inked up, using "Paprika: Elements Inks.  I then glued the paper on to a tag and trimmed the excess off.  I then inked the edge of the tag with the same ink and then with Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I then used some sheets from an old hymn book, using both the music notes and the text.  Tearing into smaller piees, then adding a bit of colour using various inks.  I then glued the paper fragments into position.

I used the "Paprika" Elements Inks again, this time through the dotty end of the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous stencil with a reference of THMM101.

I splattered black and white paint over the surface of the tag using Posca Pens. I then mounted the tag on to red card.

I rummaged through my stash of pre cut die cuts and found a couple of hearts.  I stuck the large heart in the middle of the heart.  I had a small off cut of cardboard with the corrugation exposed so I gave it a coat of Gesso, when dry, I then rubbed some "Paprika" Elements Inks over the raised edges, then stuck it horizontally in the middle of the tag.

Finally, over the top of the cardboard, I added another die cut heart from my stash and added a small button in the middle and then added some dots of Ranger black Enamel Accents across the surface of the tag.


Friday 15 March 2024

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 27



Today is Day 27 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge.  This week is all about using household items. For my tag, I have used an instruction sheet from a box of medication, torn and pasted, collage style, using Distress Collage Medium on to a tag base.

Over the top of that, I have masked off horizontal stripes.  In each alternate stripe, I have painted "Candy Floss" Pink Paperartsy Acrylic chalk paint.

Once the paint was dry, I used a black fine liner pen with a ruler to edge the pink stripes.

I used Versafine Clair "Rain Forest" ink to stamp the Penny Black "Breezy - 40-111" cling stamp over the background design.  I then inked the edges of the tag using the same ink.

Finally, I mounted the tag on to a piece of matching green card, punched a hole in the top and added a large button to the tag.  The button had been lurking in my stash for some time, so it was a good reason to make use of it!

Thursday 14 March 2024

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 26



It's Day 26 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week is all about using "Household Items".  For my make, I have used the netting bag that holds onions from the supermarket.  I also rummaged through my stash and found three embroidered daisies that had been rescued from an item of clothing years ago.

I started with a cream coloured tag, uisng "Pebble Beach" Ranger Archival Ink through the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous "String - THS004 stencil".

Next, I used "Red Geranium" Ranger Archival Ink through the "Sparkle Layering - THS132 stencil" to create the stars.

I used double sided sticky tape to secure the onion nettin on the reverse of the tag.  Then mounted it on to a piece of dark red card.

Finally, I glued the gold embroidered daisies, salvaged from an item of clothing, many years ago, into position across the tag.

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 25



It's Day 25 of Tiffany Johnson Creative #100dayartplay Challenge - a quarter of the way through.  This is day four of a week of using "Household Items".

This is my Day 25 make.  I started using a piece of cardboard from a cereal box for the background.  I covered the cardboard with pieces of scrunched up and smoother sticky packed foil tape.

I mounted the foil covered cardboard on to a piece of teal coloured card.  Using the off cuts of the teal card, I cut it into thin strips and stuck them in position over the copper foil, alternating from the edge of each side.  

Moving the prepared background to one side, I took some white paper straws, arranging the position of the lengths till I was happy and put some tape along the middle on both sides to retain the position.  I then wrapped the central area in more copper tape.  I then positioned and glued the drinking straws on to the background using double sided sticky tape.



For the central embellishment.  I glued two layers of 2x2" pieces of cereal box cardboard together.  With more of the same cardboard, I die cut two hearts and glued them together then glued them to the middle of the square.  I tore off a strip of copper sticky backed tape and scrunched it up into a tight ball, I then smoothed it out a little and positioned over the cardboard.  

I used a paper stump to outline the heart and I smoothed over the surface of the heart using an old store card.  I then went over the whole square, including the heart with a black Sharpie pen, then rubbed off the surplus using a piece of kitchen towel and then a soft cloth to buff it.  Finally, mounting the square on to the background using foam pads.