Tag: icad

I added a widget in the lower left sidebar to show the last 5 cards for my Index-Card-a-Day Challenge. Just for grins, I also included a widget to show a random set of cards from the ICAD Flickr pool so you can see what others are up to.

What I’m finding out is that I’m thinking and planning ahead for what I will do next before I’m finished with the current day’s card. I need to let go and just let the inspirations come each day, even if there are no inspirations that jump to the foreground.

Wrist Distaff

Remember when everyone made one of these with instructions from one of the ancient Spin-Off magazines? I came across this one this morning. It is made with some spindle spun tussah silk and assorted beads. I may have even dyed the silk. I don’t use it much because the silk is very sticky and the fiber really stick to it, making a mess of my fiber.

ICAD2 Materials: fountain pen, watercolor pencils.

I’ve been trying to do a little bit of art everyday, but I’ve been failing miserably. Then I came across the Index-Card-a-Day Challenge.

Create something on a simple index card. Anything. A poem. A scribble. A story. Stitch it. Paint it. Collage it. Or any combination of them. It doesn’t matter. Just create something on an index card.

The challenge runs from June 1 (tomorrow!) through July 31. A mere 2 months. 61 days.

Since the medium is cheap, readily available and small, it doesn’t intimidate the same way a large blank (artist quality) canvas would.

My only personal rule for this challenge is to use only what I have on hand. I will not buy anything specifically to work on this challenge. However, I can use the by-product of something I purchased for some other purpose. I’m thinking receipts or leftover scraps from a sewing project, etc.

I have a huge stash of index cards because I find them so handy for all sorts of stuff. I have watercolor pencils and paints. I have ink and stamps. I have glue, fabric and yarn (oh, boy! do I have fabric and yarn!)

Let the challenge begin!

P.S. I don’t think I will be joining the Flickr group. I may or may not post my cards on any regular basis. I haven’t thought that far out yet. The important thing is to create!