Hello ICAD 2020

Hard to believe we're already well into the first week of this year's Index Card a Day project. But then in 2020, time has either FLOWN past at warp speed or crawled like... a thing that crawls really slowly. Meanwhile, here's my ICAD roundup:

the book

you definitely do not need a fancy book in which to keep your index cards, and i don't make one to be a showoff, honest; but because i love making little books and know from experience that having one will spur me on to add a new card each night.  

day 1: off prompt

(mandala monday)

i love the optional prompt lists that tammy g posts at daisy yellow and on social media. but for me, mondays are always going to mean mandalas, and finding extra time on eight consecutive sunday nights to make a mandala AND an ICAD is not going to happen. so for june and july, mandala mondays are index-card-centric; while at the same time, i will joggle around the prompts so that i can do the ones that speak to me, on whatever day i get them done. again, i stress the importance of tailoring ICAD to make it work for you. 

day 2: hopscotch

when we were looking at the prompts, my sister said "hopscotch" made her think of "butterscotch", which apparently stuck in my head when i sat down to make this card.

day 2a: #blackouttuesday

i was impressed and moved by both the level of participation in #blackouttuesday and by the  thoughtful and sometimes profound messages that people expressed. i wanted to remember this one, so i made the simplest of cards.

day 3: marigold

an actual drawing, from a reference photo!
colored in with archival inks using sponge daubers.

day 4: sequins

if you ever think to yourself, "i wonder if it would be fun and meditative to use a dot marker to make dozens of small round shapes, then pierce a hole in the center of each one, outline and add a shadow?" let me save you some time by answering NOPE. 

day 5: 1980's

(one-staple collage)

kind of psyched to have worked this beloved ICAD tradition into week one!

(if you're wondering what i'm talking about: the first or second year i did ICAD, tammy g had brainstormed a whole list of creative prompts and twists. "stapled collage" immediately obsessed me; and for reasons i can't explain, i immediately decided the whole collage should be held together with ONE STAPLE. i made one and posted it, tammy saw it and made one too, and it kind of became A Thing. it tends to revive most years and is a very fun/challenging collage exercise because the structure of having only one attachment point changes EVERYTHING!)

If you're already ICAD-ing I hope you're having as much fun as I am; if you're not yet ICAD-ing, it's NOT too late to start! The (entirely optional!!!) prompts for weeks one and two are here. Don't worry about catching up, just jump in and give it a try! ♥