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The Index Card challenge is winding down and I have several more cards to show you.

Tammy asked us to ponder some questions about ICAD.  Here are some of my answers!

Have you tried new techniques, themes, mediums, materials, palettes, pens?

     Yes.  I tried using the Crayola Wild Notes Index Cardswhich were fun, but the colors were not as bright as I expected.  You can see what it looks like in the circles on the last card in this post.  I also used a lot of my homemade stickers!

Do you look forward to your creative time each day?

     Of course!  I love creating art and I always look forward to it.

Have you made a little time each day for the past two months for a bit of art?

     I have not made art every day.  I would make a bunch of index card artworks in one day.

What was it like to make an extra card?

     Well, I usually made 3-5 cards in one sitting, because once I get on a roll with something, I like to keep going.  I will sit down and decide "Ok, today is my day to scrapbook."  or "Today is my day to paint."  and then I will stick with that.  I know the goal of Index Card a Day is to make one every day, but I did not make the index cards in that way.

Are you ready for something fresh and new?

    Yes, but I'm not sure what!

Do you love flipping through your cards?

    Of course!  I like that the artwork fits in the palm of your hands.

Did this inexpensive, flimsy canvas surprise you?

     There is a lot you can do with just a simple index card.  I painted on some to create backgrounds, used oil pastels and lots of collage.

Did you stick to the challenge?

    I did not create one every day, but I did make a sizable collection of index cards!

How many cards did you complete?

     I think I made 25 cards.  The cards have gotten placed in various sketchbooks, bags and desks, so I need to collect them all again!


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Index Card Mosaic

 I made a mosaic of all my index card artworks!

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From Index Card to Journal Page

I made this index card artwork using a variety of object scans, stickers, translucent image and scrapbook paper.  See details about the ICAD project here.

I decided to integrate that index card into an art journal page that I had started.  What do you think?

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Index Card Art

I love these index card artworks I've made.  Linking up to Daisy Yellow's lovely Index Card a Day art challenge.

You will notice that I used one of the stickers that I made from this tutorial on sticker making.

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Index Card a Day Art

Two more index cards for Index Card a Day!

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Glue it Tuesday and ICADs

 I've been making some index cards!

Linking up to Glue It Tuesday and Index Card a Day!

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Glue It Tuesday and Making Index Card Art with my Daughter

What happens when you give scissors, stickers, glue, crayons and index cards to a 3 year old?  

Daria had a blast creating Index Card art.   Cutting, coloring and adding stickers were the best part.

I made some index cards also for Daisy Yellow's Index Card a Day challenge.  

These cards are also perfect to share with Glue It Tuesday!  Check out the other fun participants in both of these challenges.

I have a question for you.  Be honest!  I just updated my header of this blog.  Do you think it is too busy?  Should I make it simpler?

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ICAD #2, Glue It Tuesday and Watercolor Doodles

Index Card a Day #2

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I made my second index card for Daisy Yellow's Index Card a Day.  My goal is to make half of the cards.. about 30.  I like the idea of making quick index card artworks...  with my other projects going on (Project Life scrapbooking, working on my Professional Development Plan for school, organizing stuff at school, playing with Daria) we'll see how much I get done this summer.

Daria's at daycare once per week this summer to keep her in the swing of things.  Today she is there.  My plan today is to write this blog post, then I need to deep clean the house and do laundry.  I know, I lead an exciting life!  We watched my brother's dogs this week and with 3 dogs in a small house, that creates a LOT of fur balls!

When I pick up Daria from daycare I'm going to take out the index cards and scrapbooking stuff and see if she wants to make some art with me.   

I'm reading this really interesting book I got from the library called Life at Home in the Twenty-first Century: 32 Families Open their Doors which is way different from other home design books you will read.  These are pictures of middle class families' homes in their every day life... real-time observations in unstaged homes.  Bottom line is that Americans have too much clutter!

• American children (a small percentage of the world's children) buy 40% of the world's toys! 
• 3/4 of the families in this study use their garages for storage only, not for their cars!
• The researchers noted that how cluttered the refrigerator is with schedules, photos and magnets is directly proportional to how cluttered and messy the rest of the house is.   

Looking at this book made me realize our house is not as cluttered as it could be, but we definitely have too many material objects.

More colorful art:
Here are a couple of watercolor doodles I made awhile back and never posted.

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ICAD and other artwork

I made the first index card for Daisy Yellow's ICAD challenge.  She is challenging you to create artwork on an index card every day in the summer. 

Index Card art with stickers, washi tape and gelato crayons.  Do you see the #1 sticker?  I'm going to put a small number on each card in the order I make them. 

Detail of an art journal page with stickers

an in progress drawing of a girl.  I used this as a demo for my 5th graders on using the grid technique.

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Index Card a Day Challenge

Index Card a Day!