…still more Index Cards (ICAD)

I’m finally caught up!!! Here is today’s Index Card of the Day…and the other five…that catches me up!  From now on, I’ll only post one card per day. When I use these cards up…I plan to get cards that are not in the spiral binding.  They do not stay flat, the metal spiral gets in my way, and the photos turn out all wonky.

Moleskine #23

This spread started with pale blue over- painted with white acrylic paint.  I dripped some red acyrlic ink down the pages and  glued down some collage pieces.  Next, I used my Stabilo marking pencil and used water on the lines to give it a watercolor look.  I used  black and white Signo pens to add further embellishment.  I have  several  “no postage necessary” cards that I have been saving…I’m going to see how many different ways I can incorporate them in my journal pages.

Sneak Peek

Here’s a peek at one of the security envelope books I am working on.  I am making two…one for my daughter and the other for my granddaughter.  I told my daughter NOT to visit my blog…ha, we’ll see if she can resist.  The next thing I need to do is dig out some old photos to put into the pages.  All the pages have an opening at the top. 

  I want to mention  that I did make the pumpkin chocolate chip cake for Thanksgiving (recipe below ) …it was great!  I got a lot of favorable comments about the cake.   I will definitely make it again.  Nuts would be good in it and next time I will use semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips.

Another item that may interest many of you who do most of their art supply shopping online is another source I just found out about.  It is ASW (Art Supply Warehouse). http://www.aswexpress.com/   For example, they have the best price I have found anywhere for Fabriano Artistico Watercolor paper.  I ordered some and I received the order in less than a week.  I paid $29.49 for 10 sheets.   They have a sale going on until the end of the month (12-31-09). Check it out…they have good prices on all their paper goods and most of their art supplies.

 

Art Journal – Reply Cityscape

This is facing the Reply Man. I started cutting shapes from the bars on the reply cards and this is the result.  This time I used more circles and curves.  I like making these black and white collages.  I plan to keep saving the business reply mail cards from magazines and junk mail.  It will be a challenge to see what else I can do with them.

Art Journal – The Reply Man

I stamped the edges of the pages after painting the background with acrylic paint.  I felt like that kind of blocked me from doing the page….I felt “fenced in.”  Next time, any kind of border will be added last thing.  Meet the Reply Man.  He’s made from the bars on the reply cards that fall out of new magazines.  His faithful companion’s name is Barz.  Anyway, I had fun putting them together, so simple, even a caveman could do it

 

Collage – Black & White Junk Mail

I used a mix of black and white reply cards…you know the kind that you  send back postage free…along with some of my doodles,magazine dots and stripes.  I planned to embellish this with water color pencils but after using color in a few areas, I decided I wanted to keep it mostly black and white.  I glued the pieces down with Mod Podge onto a background piece from an old calender.

 

Say Goodbye

Junk Mail, maps and magazine bits comprise most of this composition. It is enhanced with acrylic paint and colored ink. I also used colored pencils.