Index card a day 2012

Another project FINISHED.

♥ draw ♥ doodle ♥ write ♥ collage ♥ paint ♥ cut ♥ haiku ♥ stamp ♥ stitch ♥

ONE INDEX card each day

JUNE + JULY

61 DAYS : 61 CARDS

 If you start late you do not need to catch up, just start.

The challenge was to create 61 cards. I managed to complete 19. For me, this is a total accomplishment and I deem this project a success!

I had fun playing with supplies that have not seen much use in the past few years. Some were still packed away from our move (3-years ago), some had never been opened and some were all dried up. This project was also a great excuse to buy a few new supplies to experiment with.

I am very happy I came across this challenge. I learned quite a bit from looking at all the cards that other people created. There are some really talented people out there that can make a simple index card look like a masterpiece. Amazing!

To see all my ICAD 2012 posts click here or click on the thumbnails below to get a closer look of a particular card.

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

No. 10

No. 11

No. 12

No. 13

No. 14

No. 15

No. 16

No. 17

No. 18

No. 19

A plethora of index cards

So many unfinished index cards......or are they? I just can't decide.

 

Index card a day No. 19

This card did not start out the way that I expected it would, but now that it is finished, I kind of like it.

I wanted to try using the Distress inks with water. I swiped some ink onto a clear acrylic stamp block. I didn't have a spray bottle with water, so I sprayed the ink with glimmer mist instead. I put the card down onto the ink and quickly learned that glimmer mist is NOT the same as water when it comes to using it with the Distress inks.

I used gesso to stamp an image onto the card and then let it air dry. And since glitter makes everything better, I added some (it is really hard to see in the photo, but believe me it is nice and sparkly in real life).

Supplies: Distress ink, glimmer mist, gesso and glitter

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Index card a day No. 18

I was a stamper before I was a scrapbooker.

I used to work at an educational bookstore that held workshops for school teachers. I would get to help demo the new stamps and latest techniques whenever the Hero Arts rep held a class. Bonus was being able to order whatever I wanted from the Hero Arts catalog whenever the store placed an order. That changed once I started scrapbooking, and soon my stamping and purchase of stamping products greatly diminished.

Even though I knew about Tim Holtz Distress Inks, after all these years I never tried them. Well as of now, that is no longer the case. I finally broke down and bought myself a couple of ink pads and that is all she wrote. I am hooked.

I have to say this project is perfect when it comes to buying ummm, I mean trying out new products.

I thought I would try using an old stamping sponge to blend the ink. It worked okay. I am sure if I had used an ink blending tool it would have worked a whole lot better. I will most definitely have to buy myself a couple of those soon. Very very soon.

Supplies: Pink. Sugar. Pop stamp, white Signo pen, distress inks, Tattered Angels glimmer mist

Index card a day No. 17

For my next index card, I took pieces of tape and randomly stuck them down all over the card. I then colored in all the non-taped open areas with a black marker. Once that was done, I pulled off the tape and doodled in the white space that was left.

I was going to leave it at that but it just looked too plain to me, I felt it needed something more. So I added Liquid Pearls for dimension.

Voila! Done.

Index card a day No. 16

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My computer has been turned off for about a week now and I have to say, I Love it!

Soon the days of almost 24-hour computer usage will return. Of course, I have been hinting about this for awhile now, this class that will soon occupy all of my free time. But, I have yet to even start it. I just like talking about it I guess. I really need to bite the bullet and get this class started so I can actually complain about not having any free time instead of just complaining about the idea of not having any free time.

So, since I have all this free time, you get another index card. I even dusted off my scrapping supplies for this one.

I painted the index card with acrylic paint and made chevrons using Stickles. I used a Maya Road owl stamp which I then colored with markers and a white Signo pen.

I have an speech bubble stamp but it faces the wrong direction. So, I used it as a stencil instead and now that I am writing this, I realize that I totally COULD have used the stamp and then just flipped the paper and used the backside. Go me!

I traced some letters and colored the speech bubble and letters with markers and a white Signo pen.

I attached the owl and speech bubble with framer's tape for dimension and then used some black ink around edges to grunge it up a bit.

And there you have it......index card #16.

Index card a day Nos. 14 and 15

I have to say, I really do like this project. I may not finish an index card every day but I am doing my best to at least work on a card a day. But then once the cards are finished, I have to find the time to share them. Which means some things around here are not getting done.....like the dishes.

Index card No. 14

Here we have a few doodles inside some squares.

Doodling inside shapes is kind of new to me. I usually just fill up the entire page of what ever piece of paper I happen to be using. I think that is probably why I don't usually completely finish said doodles.

Index card No. 15

My markers sure are getting a work out with this project and this card is no exception. I keep expecting the ink to run out, but they just keep going.

For this card I drew some circles and filled them in with markers. I also used a marker to color in the background and then outlined the circles with a white Signo pen.

Index card a day No. 13

Okay here's the thing.

As this project progresses, it seems to take me longer than a day to create a card.

And not only that but it takes me even longer to post it online.

So now because of this I have ended up with multiple cards in various stages of completion. I start working on one, change my mind or maybe I have to wait for it to dry and so I move onto another.

Here's hoping that it doesn't take me almost 2 years (like my last project) to upload and post all my finished index cards online.

For example, I made this card back on June 17 (9 days ago). How is that for timely...

Index card a day Nos. 11 and 12

I have been playing with markers.

Markers are quick and easy for those days when my brain cannot function with much more. I wonder how well my brain will function once I start my next (and final) online course. Keeping my fingers crossed that the creativity (and index cards) will continue.

Index card No. 11

Supplies: markers, Prismacolor pencil

Index card No. 12

Supplies: markers

Index card a day Nos. 9 and 10

Just a quickie index card post for today.

Index card No. 9

Black and white.

Supplies: Zig writer

Index card No. 10

Shades of orange. Playing with crayons, again

Supplies: crayons

Index card a day No. 8

Wow! The response to my index card No. 7 is just overwhelming.

Thank you all so very much!

For my next index card I went with one of the optional prompts given for week 2:   Alphabet stamps.

Apparently, if you hoard crafting supplies, say for instance like....acrylic alphabet stamps and you never use them, they do become permanently adhered to the backing sheet.

I tried to emboss the letters but the embossing turned out grey instead of black. I guess that's what happens when one uses 15+ year old supplies. So, I went over the embossed letters with a black Zig writer, re-embossed and called it done.

Acrylic glaze, stamps, ink, embossing powder & Zig marker

Index card a day No. 7

It's 6 days into week 2 of the ICAD challenge and I finally took a photo of last Saturday's index card. Go me!

This was the perfect index card to work on while getting sucked into watching Sons of Anarchy.

I grabbed some Basic Grey patterned paper, punched some circles, inked the edges and glued them down. A very detailed card for actually very little work.

I have to say this is one of my favorite cards so far.

Supplies: scrapbook paper & black ink

Index card a day Nos. 5 and 6

My next two index cards are all about the crayons.

I decided to play with the neon/fluorescent colors first. When I was younger, I recall there only being one or two of these colors. Not so much the case now.

I found the neon/fluorescent crayons were quite waxy with very little color no matter how hard I pressed. Have the neon/fluorescent crayons always been this way? I seem to think maybe they were and maybe this is why they never lasted as long as the other crayons.

After I got my coloring on, I set the crayon with heat so that I could draw on it with a marker. Using heat melts the wax and only leaves the color behind on the paper. Makes it much easier to work with.

Tell me....How can you NOT love the crayons?

Supplies: crayons, Zig writer

Supplies: crayons, black ink, Stickles

Index card a day No. 4

The goal was to make a quick and easy card.

Easy meant choosing from the list of weekly prompts, I chose Dictionary.

Then I looked through my stash of dusty patterned paper for something that kind of looked like I could have made it myself, a short-cut if you will. Easy-peasy.

But, this short-cut wasn't very quick, it ended up taking a bit longer than I thought it would. Unlike paint, glue takes awhile dry. I always seem to forget that. Of course, working on it in between dinner and such didn't help, as that kind of stretches out the time a bit.

Things I learned while making this card:

• It takes time for glue to dry.
• Stamp pads will dry out and do not last forever....or even 15-years apparently.

Supplies: Patterned paper,  Black ink, Prismacolor pencil

Index card a day No. 3

I started working on this card way too late last night. I didn't want to spend too much time working on it so I kind of just sort of jumped in with the doodling.

I have to say, I really hated this card the entire time I worked on it. It was one big hot mess. I was not happy with the way it was turning out at all. That is until I added the glitter. Now I have to say, I love it! All the stuff I hated about it disappeared. Who knew that glitter fixes everything?

Supplies: Black Zig Writer, glitter

Index card a day No. 2

Another day, another index card. I can't believe I made a card, two days in a row.

I worked with yellow on my first index card and I knew I wanted to use the color blue for my second. I decided to use one of the weekly prompts, Fish. Thing is, I had nothing Fish related that I could use to quickly throw this card together.

So, I decided to draw something. The problem with that is I have no drawing ability what so ever. None. Drawing is TOTALLY way out of my comfort zone.

That is until I came across this:

 How to Draw a Goldfish in 4 easy steps.

And I did it! I drew a Fish!

I really impressed myself with how this Fish turned out and if you knew just how badly I really drew, you would be impressed too. It even got the "thumbs up" from the super talented artistic husband who can draw anything at the drop of a hat. Now that, totally made my day.

Supplies: Acrylic paint, white Signo pen, rub-ons, glitter and liquid pearls.

Index card a day No. 1

 I did something. I started another project.

As if I needed something else to add to my plate, right? What with scrapping (yeah, I scrap, really, I do), editing photos (I'll get right on those 2010 project photos, I promise), and playing with yarn (Saroyan anyone?). The last thing I need is another project.

But wait, this one is fun. Not that my other projects aren't fun. But this one lets me get all creative and stuff. It's a crafty type of challenge and one that I really think will be good for me.

Also, I figured since I already had a bajillion index cards, I might as well put them to good use. Plus, it's something that will let me play with all the goodies I have collected over the years. And so what if I am a couple of days late getting started. I can start right now and still have a great collection by the end of the challenge.

So what is this project you ask?

Well it's an Index card a day challenge.

What's that? Oh, it's where I get to decorate an index card in anyway that I wish. One index card, every day for the next 2 months.

Sounds like fun, right?

I came across the challenge over at The Daisy Yellow blog. All the info on the challenge is there. There are even weekly prompts if you need some help getting started.

That's what did me in, the weekly prompts.

I hadn't yet decided if I wanted to jump in and start the project, until I read one of the prompts......

YELLOW

That one little word is what did it. I got to thinking how I have yellow paint that has been sitting in a drawer (for years) waiting to be used for the first time. I could definitely create something yellow. So, I did.




It's not perfect, but it was fun.