Tag Archives: ICAD

ICADs for August 8-12

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I’m behind making my cards but I can catch up this next week :)   Pay no attention to the date on these cards….I finally did figure out that it isn’t July, but August. I don’t know why I’m having problems this month trying to hold onto July.  I went back and changed the 7s to 8s after I scanned the cards…I can’t believe I did the whole week without realizing about the date :(  

If you haven’t visited Patty van Dorin’s blog lately….you should.  She painted a flower pot to put into her newly painted sun room.  She made the cutest “zombie baby charm lamp.” The summer pasta recipe sounds yummy…check it all out here. 

Michelle Geller has a wide range of things going on at her blog Hold Dear.  Her blog is one that I found fairly recently.  Check out her “My Life One August” journal.

ICAD Picks

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I picked five cards from the past two weeks…spanning July 25-August 5.  It’s a challenge to keep coming up with fresh ideas for the cards.  So, for that reason, it has been good for me to keep doing these cards.  I haven’t gotten my critters from Carla Sonheim’s workshop finished yet…this week, on to “Faces 101.”  If you will visit Carlas blog…she has a list of various giveaways coming up, starting tomorrow, August 10 and going through August 19. Go here to find out more.

 

ICADs for July 18-23

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I’m late getting my cards posted. These are for  last week….I always skip Sunday.  I finished my first spiral booklet of cards and started on the second. I’m using the lined side of the cards this time.  I debated getting a packet of loose cards but after doing my first set, I’ve decided that keeping them all together in booklet form is a good thing.  I’m thinking that I will use some of these cards in a visual journal at a later time…I’ll see.  Check out some more links to ICADs over at Daisy Yellow.

ICADS for July 11-16

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We are halfway through the ICAD project.  Today…marks the halfway point.  I will post the card for today first.  For some reason… at the beginning of the week, the first few cards I made I was dating June and then I realized…hey! It’s July  :D   The second card for Monday(7-11), is made from three separate doodles that I used parts of to create the card. The next card shows an altered silhouette that I cut  from a magazine.  The next two are doodles and foam stamps.  The last card is a collage of squares cut from magazines and a flower cut from one of my painted phone book pages.  Check over at Daisy Yellow to read about the great uses for index cards.

I have also been working on my handmade journal…I’m almost ready to show some pages from that….stay tuned!

 

ICADs for June 27- July 2

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I am posting my  “index card a day”  cards all at one time.  I’ve been skipping a card for Sundays.  On the first card I practiced with my Pentel brush pen again.  The other five are collage.  I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July….if you aren’t in the US,  I hope you are also having a great weekend!  Thank you to all who visit my humble little art place in the internets….I appreciate your visits and comments.  :D

 

 

 

 

 

ICAD for last week…

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There’s nothing like a good cup of tea in the morning :)   It’s not so good when you spill it all over your keyboard and lap.  Anyway, that’s partly why I didn’t get the rest of last week’s cards scanned like I planned…the other reason was that we had company…If you read this, daughter dear…not really company :)   After they left,  my computer started acting strangely.  It had been working just fine after the spill so I thought  everything was good to go.  I didn’t equate the strange behavior with the spill until this morning.  We seriously thought I had a virus.  We had an old keyboard from computers past but it wouldn’t work because we needed one with a USB connection.  Off to Wal Mart I went…found one for $12 and I’m back in business. 

My first ICAD is a collage I cut from a cake mix box. Hubs birthday was last Tuesday.  I saved the cake mix box…cut two postcards from the box and used the scraps on this card:

This one is watercolor and pen… plus doodled masking tape:

This next card is a mixture of collage scraps:

For this last one (I skipped Sunday), I used oil pastels on the background…glued collage pieces on top:

Journal Page and ICAD

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Lots of bloggers are doing ICAD (index card of the day), the brain child, if you will, of Tammy over at Daisy Yellow.  It’s been fun looking at all the different spins on creating art on an index card.  Check out Hanna’s creations at her blog.  Here are my cards for yesterday and today:

This journal page started with a watercolor background….then I changed directions on where I was going with it.  I drew the face with a brush and black acrylic paint. You can see some of the first layer peeking through the blue and green.