(Another) ICAD Round-Up

Celebrating another week of hot weather and cool index cards! ♥

Day 30: Mandala Monday

Off-prompt today, the last Mandala Monday of June. I've gone with a very funky, deconstructed version of a mandala, for which I had a lot of fun filling in the doodles with my Letter It Fineliners and doing some shading on the bands of color with my sadly neglected Prismacolor pencils. 

(Bonus Discovery: It turns out said pencils make a pretty cool photo backdrop... just sayin'...)

Day 29: Sunrise

Going a bit tangentially from sunrise (a time of day I dislike seeing) to sunny side up... a type of egg I very much enjoy eating. Handcut and paper-pieced from the Big Box of Scraps.

Day 28: Dinosaur

I'm calling this one, "Unsung Heroes of the English Restoration" a joke which literally nobody but myself will get and I'm fine with that. 

Day 27: Pink

Super scrap-tastic PINK flowers, for which loosely drawing, hand-cutting and pattern stacking are pivotal. The background is a white gridded card which looked so stark next to the vivid blooms that I felt compelled to make a super-fast plaid with some pink brush pens!

Day 26: Fog

Debating between weather fog and brain fog... I wound up splitting the difference. Several shades of blended Ranger Distress Oxide Inks over white embossed text with stenciled letters cut out and popped up.

Day 25: Licorice or Lollipops

Here's a very very tangential take on LOLLIPOPS... they don't have sticks and look more like the swirly peppermint candies which can only be found (as far as I know) next to the cash register in an old-fashioned, family-owned pizza place.

We have an outstanding, creative and delicious local pizza place; if you ever drive 202 in Branchburg NJ you should stop at @dominicks_njboardwalkpizza ♥ They have 6-10 different pies by the slice each day; we especially love their brisket, buffalo chicken and mushroom slices, yum yum!

Day 24: Gemstone

Not the fanciest card I've ever made, but a tiny personal triumph: I've tried time after time after time to draw faceted-looking gemstones and somehow I could never do it... and finally... I can do it! In fact, after the first two, I didn't even need to look at the clipart drawing I Googled to use as a reference! Go, me!

Pink Alexandrites (my birthstone) drawn with a Letter It Fineliner from Ranger; colored with Perfect Pearls (in Blush) and a waterbrush; shadowed and highlighted with pens.

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Wishing you a wonderful, fun and creative start to the month of July; keep cool and craft on!