It's All in the Cards

Hi, Friends,

This will be a quick one, as I am sorry to say I am suffering from sciatica at the moment, and sitting at the computer for any length of time isn't easy.  But!  I wanted to share with you my latest batch of ICAD creations.  I hope you like them!

Feather:  Materials used: tissue paper, sticker, flash card, paper lace tape, scrapbook paper, rubber stamped image. 

Colored Pencil:  Materials used: colored pencils (of course!), washi tape, vintage image. 

Collage:  Materials used:  Vintage image, paper scraps, paper lace tape.

Magic Marker

Acrylics:  Materials used:  Ranger acrylic paints, scrapbooking papers. 

Masking Tape:  Materials used:  Ranger acrylic paint background with washi tape.

Caran d'Ache:  Materials used:  Caran d'ache Neocolor II water soluble crayons. 

Till next time,

New ICAD cards

More index cards for Daisy Yellow's ICAD Project.  I am really enjoying this project, and I'm developing a daily art practice.  I've always had difficulty doing art on a daily basis. Like New Year's resolutions, I would have the best of intentions, but would somehow drop the ball.  Maybe I'm able to keep up with this because I'm letting go of the outcome, not overthinking the process and just trying to have fun and use some of my hoarded art supplies.

Blues.  Materials used: Gesso, Faber-Castell Gelatos, decoupage tissue paper, vintage dictionary page, vintage bird image. 

Freedom.  Materials used:  Japanese paper, found image, vellum, Faber-Castell

Big Brush Marker. 

Linen:  Pencil on index card. 

Rust.  Materials used: Image by Artchix Studio, paper flowers, rhinestones, paper from 7 Gypsies and DCWV, Tim Holtz Tissue Tape. 

Summer.  Materials used: Image from flickr.com, gel pens, decoupage tissue paper. 

Owl.  Pencil sketch on index card. 

Off the Page.  Materials used:  Rubber stamp, Distress Ink dauber, vintage egg and bird image, page from vintage women's medical dictionary. 

Visit these other ICAD participants:

• Art with kids at The Color Palette
• Nathalie Nayer at http://nathalienayer.blogspot.com/2011/06/cockerill-sambre-index-card-5.html
• The colorful work of sirens_idyll at http://m.flickr.com/?done=1&id=5778820990&magic_cookie=e55e5c84cfdb5d8c63616f1c02a9a358&title=&description=#/photos/sirens_idyll/sets/72157626774355301/

Under Construction

Hello, everyone!

It's been a while since I have posted, and I have some news. I'm taking a course with Liv Lane to build a better blog. I began this blog a little over a year ago, and frankly, I'm just not happy with it. I wanted to focus on my art, and to a certain extent, I have. However, I have had trouble maintaining my enthusiasm for blogging, and thinking up topics.

You would think a professional writer would have no problem blogging, wouldn't you? But that's just not the case--at least, not with me. I've felt both naked ("what if I say too much?") and invisible ("nobody reads my blog") and quite honestly, I've wondered if it was worth continuing.

Until I saw Liv's course.

I am going to really try and make this blog a pleasant place to visit, one that you will enjoy reading, and I will enjoy writing. If you have suggestions about things you would like to see here, such as giveaways, guest artist interviews, or freebies, please let me know. I do love hearing from you.

In the meantime, here is a freebie for you today: a vintage rose playing card. Please right-click on it to download, and enjoy!

Also in Bloglandia:

• Daisy Yellow is sponsoring the ICAD project. Read all about it here!
• Lenna and her husband celebrate their anniversary; and 
• If you like armchair travel, visit Paris Breakfasts. I can't say how much I love this blog!

Until next time--take care, and stay cool!