I'm back again with week 2 of the #dyicad 2017 challenge. The challenge is for 61 days. This year I am doing it along with my fellow artist and friend, Jenn Engle of Mixed Media Jenn! You can follow along daily on either my Instagram or my Facebook page. Here's a summary of week one, days 8 through 14:
Remember, you can play too! Just jump right in and remember to tag #dyicad2017.
Once again I have decided to take part in a challenge. This time it's the ICAD* challenge for Daisy Yellow Art. She does it every year. I took part in 2015, but only for the month of July. * Index Card A Day The actual challenge is for 61 days. This year I am doing it along with my fellow artist and friend, Jenn Engle of Mixed Media Jenn! We are hoping to keep each other accountable! Let's see how we do. You can follow along daily on either my Instagram or my Facebook page. Here's a summary of week one, days 1 through 7:
The good part about working with small pieces is that there isn't as much pressure and you are free to just play and experiment. If you haven't tried it, you should. You can jump in and play with us at anytime!
Back in June I told you about my plan - because I consider this year a turning point in my life, I wanted to challenge myself, ALL. YEAR. LONG. For the month of July I challenged myself to create an ICAD (Index Card a Day) for every day of the month. I had a hard time in the beginning but once I made the decision to share my ICADs, or heART cards as I call them, the ideas just flowed. I admit the daily video was a lot of work, editing takes loads of time. It isn't easy taking 30-60 minutes and getting it down to around 5 minutes! But I learned so much I don't regret it, PLUS, I have met quite a few new friends from all around the globe. I love that!
Okay so that's checked off my list!
Now for the month of August... I came across this pin on Pinterest. It was a blog entry by Melissa Speelman of FrecklePhoto where she explains a collaborative project she did with her art students. Together they created a giant color wheel using cutouts from magazines. I loved the whole idea and especially loved the end result. See, besides texture, I LOVE color! I of course have a Pinterest board for color, I call it "Color-licious". I also love a good group effort so I decided to invite my friends to take part by asking them to trade bright colored paper with me. Small scraps are all I need. They can be painted papers, gelli prints, wrappers, junk mail, patterned paper from their stashes, even a small found object - whatever! As long as it's colorful. I am planning to get a large piece of mdf and cut it in a circle, then I will just go to town creating. HOPEFULLY this will all be complete by the end of the month. I will then have another challenge completed PLUS a beautiful piece of art for my studio. Of course the best part will be that all my friends took part in it! Do you want in too? Here are the guidelines:
Send up to 5 small pieces of paper (painted paper, gelli print, wrappers and/or patterned papers) OR a small found object.
Suggested size is 3.5" x 2.5" (ATC size)
Take your favorite piece and write your name and contact info on it.
Mail to me at PO Box 583, Rome NY 13442
I will in turn send you 5 of my papers which I have made.
(Please, no extra goodies. In order for this to go smoothly for me I need to prepack my papers to be ready to mail out when yours arrive. If you send me goodies I will feel badly that I haven't included anything extra...5 small scraps is all I ask. I KNOW how generous my friends can be, but this one time please hold yourself back. LOL! Remember the purple bead avalanche?!)
NOW for my July giveaway...here's the scoop: Prize : $25 gift card for Amazon.com Contest ends Thursday, August 7, 2014 at midnight MY APOLOGIES I set the deadline for 12:01 AM but 8/8 sooo it's ended. :(
It's day 31 of my personal ICAD* challenge. YES, I made it! Today's card was made for my new friend Kim Matschell, who I met on the MixedMedia Jenn & Friends Facebook group. You can view her ICAD videos on her Youtube channel, MatschMomma.
It's day 30 of my personal ICAD* challenge. Today's card was made for my friend Sarah Goode. I use a list of 365 Words for my prompts. Sarah chose #141 which was "BLOOM".
It's day 29 of my personal ICAD* challenge. Today's card was made for my friend Tracy Miller. I met Tracy through an online swap community called Swap-Bot. I have swapped with her several times and she is one creative woman! I use a list of 365 Words for my prompts. Tracy chose #100 which was "DREAM".
printout on paper towel (words), $1 store hairspray, baby wipe, stencil (star), Stabilo pencil,Molotow Paint Pen, Sewing machine, Thread (black), and Golden acrylic glazing medium.
I will be sending these little pieces of art out to my friends and followers who request one. If you would one of my future ICADs sent your way, comment below and send your mailing address to me at (thedotnestmonster at gmail dot com).
It's day 28 of my personal ICAD* challenge. Today's card was made for my very good friend Lea Avroch. I use a list of 365 Words for my prompts. Lea chose #236 which was "MIRACLE". Here is her card -
I will be sending these little pieces of art out to my friends and followers who request one. If you would one of my future ICADs sent your way, comment below and send your mailing address to me at (thedotnestmonster at gmail dot com).
It's day 27 of my personal ICAD* challenge. Recently I let my grandchildren loose with my art supplies.(Yeah, I'm the COOL grandma ...they call me G-Ma.)
They played with stamps and ink pads mostly but thought the stencils were great, too. They were working to make postcards to send out as part of a kids' swap I found online - Summer Mail Art Swap for Kids (and Their Adults), hosted by Amy Hood. I think this is such a cool idea, I mean we swap, why not the kids too?!
My grandson, Quadir (Quaddy) made a very cool background and gave it to me. I decided to use it in today's ICAD. Plan to frame it for him to hang in his room.
I will be sending these little pieces of art out to my friends and followers who request one. If you would one of my future ICADs sent your way, comment below and send your mailing address to me at (thedotnestmonster at gmail dot com).
See you tomorrow! (ONLY four more days in the ICAD self-challenge!!!)
It's day 26 of my personal ICAD* challenge. Today's card was made for my new friend, Amy VanDyke. I met Amy on the Facebook group, Art Abandonment.
" Art Abandonment is a group designed to encourage random acts of art, left in various locations around the globe. The idea is that folks can make something and leave it for a lucky unsuspecting person to find. Artists can then post locations and photos of abandoned goodies…and finders can let everyone know that they are the lucky finder! O' sweet abandon! "
(Source: Facebook Group's ABOUT Page)
Coming up with design ideas and mixing it up with different techniques each day can sometimes be difficult for me. I wanted to do something I haven't done for a while. I decided to do some heat embossing this time. I even ended up with a bonus video - another Quik Clip Tip . Here's today's ICAD -
Versamark embossing ink refill and embossing powder.
I will be sending these little pieces of art out to my friends and followers who request one. If you would one of my future ICADs sent your way, comment below and send your mailing address to me at (thedotnestmonster at gmail dot com).
It's day 25 of my personal ICAD* challenge. Today's card was made for my new friend, Jeannie Spaulding. I met her through my YT channel. I use a list of 365 Words for my prompts. Jeannie chose #100 which was "MIRACLE". This one is very fitting. God must have had his hand in her picking that number...well, silly me, OF course He did!
Apologies it was a rainy day so lighting was very poor. But the message still comes through -
I will be sending these little pieces of art out to any of my friends and followers who request one. If you would one of my future ICADs sent your way, comment below and send your mailing address to me at (thedotnestmonster at gmail dot com).
It's day 24 of my personal ICAD* challenge. Today's card was made for my new friend Louise Ladeedah. I met Lou through my Youtube channel. She is a very funny lady and quite the artist. Check her out on YT, her channel is thriftylou. I use a list of 365 Words for my prompts. Lou chose #364 which was "DISTANCE". Pretty appropriate seeing as she lives in the UK!
I will be sending these little pieces of art out to my friends and followers who request one. If you would one of my future ICADs sent your way, comment below and send your mailing address to me at (thedotnestmonster at gmail dot com).
I'm back again with week 2 of the #dyicad 2017 challenge.
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