#dailyatc2026: First Month Complete

 I have completed my first month of this year's challenge to myself - a daily ATC, following the prompts over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art and using Clarity stamps, stencils and stickers.  Here are my offerings for the second half of January.

Lightening Strike

Kite Flying

Piece of Clothing

City

Middle Child

Anchor

How much I love you

Childish Dream

Magic

That one time

Raindrop

Farmers' Market

Hunger

Creepy Crawly

Perfection

I prepared all the backgrounds for February using alcohol ink on a gel plate (Salmon, Pink Sherbet, Shell Pink).

Autumn Colours Art Journal Page

 The current theme over on Try It On Tuesday is Autumn Colours and I thought this art journal page fitted the bill.

Cover a double page spread in transparent gesso and dry thoroughly. Add Tea Dye, Gathered Twigs and Frayed Burlap Distress paints liberally over both pages and blend out. Dry thoroughly.

Add Sepia Archival ink through one of the Clarity petite leaf stencils. Cover both pages.

Blend Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon Distress paints. Pounce through the Clarity Maple Leaves stencil using a foam blending tool. Add leaves to both pages.

Add three leaves from the NDSC #46 stencil by pouncing Tarnished Brass Distress paint through the stencil.

Fussy cut a magazine clipping of a boot. Add it to the page, sealing with Distress Collage medium.

When dry add shading with Faber-Castel Big Brush markers blended out with a finger.

Die cut the #8 NDDC leaf aperture from a range of orange, rose gold, kraft, and gold card as well as offcuts of autumnal coloured Clarity designer papers.

Cut out as many individual leaves as possible ad add along the bottom of the page. Add three further maple leaves by pouncing metal leaf glue through the same stencil as before, adding metal flakes and burnishing.

Add ‘kicking’ using wooden letters glued into place with acrylic glue.

To finish, print the rest of the sentiment using the large font on a Dymo Letratag and clear plastic tape. Add to the left hand page.

Did Somebunny Say Spring?

The latest prompt over on Try It On Tuesday is Spring Fling.  I thought this art journal page would fit the bill - it is quite simple, but trying a new technique; using embossing powder over the top of texture paste.

No Rain, No Flowers: A Tag

I had fun with the February prompts over on Tag It Tuesday.  The colours this month are red and orange and the four techniques are add thread or other fibres, use a quote found on interest or Facebook (see HERE), add a flower, drawn, painted, or collaged and use Washi tape.  I used all six promts and this is the result.

Autumn Leaves: An Art Journal Page

I made this journal spread last year for a challenge over on Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art .  I feel that it fits one of the October Missions over on Mission Inspiration so decided to share it again.  The theme was Autumn Leaves, the suggested colours red, orange and yellow and the prompt words Leaves, Acorns, Sunset, Wind and Rain. 

Grunge Journal Page

It seems ages since I joined in with one of the monthly challenges over on Mission Inspiration, despite my many Quarantine Quickie tags.  This page follows the June prompts.  The theme was Grunge It Up, the suggested colours Brown, Burnt Orange and Patina Green and the suggested prompt words were Distressed, Rustic, Decaying, Shabby and Neglected.

Catch A Falling Star: A Tag

This is a very belated attempt at the July challenge over on Tag It Tuesday.  The four prompts were 1) Use a stamp in at least three places, 2) Use something you print, 3) Add a pocket and 4) Add aluminium foil.  As you can see, I managed to fit all four prompts onto my tag.

For prompt 2 I added some printed book text from Romanian play onto a #8 manilla tag, sealed it with matte medium, dried and trimmed the edges.

Next, I gave it a coat of white gesso to knock the text into the background.

For prompt 4 I used the largest Clarity nested oval picot die with aluminium foil and added it to the left side of the tag, trimming the excess.

To create a pocket for prompt 3, I stamped the Clarity New Design Club stamp #91 onto a piece of stencil card in Twilight Versafine Clair ink.

I gave the pocket a denim look by colouring it with Faber-Castell Polychromos (143, 144,151, 247).

Next, I fussy cut the pocket and added it to the bottom of the tag.

Having used a stamp once, I stamped twice more (prompt 1) using the star stamp from the Dee's Friends Patience A5 stamp set in Golden Meadow Versafine Clair ink.

Then I coloured the stars and the button on the pocket using Faber-Castell Polychromos (185, 184).

I added the word 'star' using Word Chains 11.  Stamping in Twilight Versafine Clair ink and heat embossing with clear powder.

I added the first part of the quote using my Dymo Letratag.

To finish, I added some details with a dark blue fine liner and some alcohol ink to the aluminium foil to give it more of the feel of a moon.

Making a Focal Point Stand Out against a Layered Background

This is the ATC that I made for the Clarity March ATC swap.  I imagine it will be the last one for a while, but I enjoyed playing with some of the New design Club stamps.  I also made a card using the same technique which I will share tomorrow.  The theme as you can see was 'Bloomin' Lovely'.

The Earth Laughs in Flowers: Art Journal Page

Here is my contribution to the March challenge over on Mission Inspiration.  The main prompt was 'Spring has Sprung', the colours sky, lemon and peach and the prompt words, Birds, Earth, Fresh, Bloom and Life.  As for all the pages this year, I worked in my leather bound journal with handmade paper.

Safari Art Journal Page

I didn't find time to join in with Mission Inspiration in 2019 so I am determined to do better in 2020.  There are no longer individual steps to follow, just a theme, a colour palette and five words of inspiration.  This month the colours were clay, amber and sunset, the words: Safari, Jungle, Explore, Journey, Wildlife and the theme 'Animals of the World'.  Here is my interpretation.

Kicking Up The Leaves: An Autumnal Journal Page

I made this journal spread especially for a challenge over on Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art recently.

September Tag: All Geared Up for Leyburn

Having not joined in with a challenge on Tag it Tuesday for a while, I went back and completed September's challenge belatedly.  As I went to my first ever Clarity Open Day in Leyburn N. Yorkshire at the end of September, I decided to celebrate the event.

Thanks a Bunch Tag: Turning One Stamp Into Two!

This tag was made for the launch of Tina's Layering Stamps over the weekend.  I decided to remove one of the rectangle panels from its frame to create the background.  It was easy to do and gives me more flexibility with the stamp.

Brayer Background Bookmark Tag

I haven't joined in with a challenge on Tag It Tuesday yet in 2019, so decided to work on a quick tag as I was up very early yesterday morning.  The tag will be used as a bookmark as I always have a few books on the go at any one time.  This challenge always consists of four prompts, at least two of which have to be used.  For once I actually included all four.  The prompts for February are: Add one letter from your name; Add numbers; Doodle with a white pen and Fussy cut and attach something.