Day 9: Embroidery
Most of the time I go off-prompt for Mandala Monday, but in this case the official prompt of #embroidery was quite an easy fit! Vintage embroidery diagrams + some coordinating crochet photos + hand stitching + additional line drawings = joy!
Day 8: Sorbet
In retrospect, this is probably a bit more "sherbet" than "sorbet" but it's still scoops of brightness... and a good excuse to blend some Distress Oxide inks through simple circle stencils.
Day 7: Midnight
I traced one of Dina Wakley's Old School Silhouette stencils on the back of a photo of the Rosette Nebula, cut it out, then layered it onto a photo of the moon. I had planned to add a lot more layers and details, but fell in love with just the stark outlines, so I put some text on and left it there.
Day 6: Pretzel
I've done a surface pattern of sorts by drawing a wonky-but-recognizable* pretzel on a pink index card, cutting it out, tracing it onto scraps of tan and brown patterned papers, and gluing them to a gridded card.
*rendering is my weakest skill; my highest drawing aspiration is basically just to end up with something recognizable!
Day 5: Hydrangea
I used a waterbrush to pick up ink from a few shades of purple and green Tombows and painted my stylized blooms on an extra sturdy index card divider… the H one; obviously!
Day 4: Iguana
Fanciful lizardy letters, clouds, ground and sky… all handcut from colorful index cards.
Day 3: Cobalt(ish)
Ok technically, I just went with lots of shades of blue, because I was more interested in constructing my first #OneStapleCollage of the 2025 ICAD season. What's a One Staple Collage? Well, it's an ICAD tradition that goes back at least a decade when Tammy G. posted a brainstorming list of collage styles and one of them was "Stapled Collage" which totally intrigued me and which, for some reason, I immediately interpreted as being a collage held together with ONE staple! It's one of my favorite styles to revisit and I'd invite all ICAD-ians to try it at least once. It's a bit different than a regular collage and possibly more challenging than you think. Since there is only ONE point of attachment, you basically need to construct a stack of items with interesting edges, and try not to bury the best bits under something larger lol. In case the staple blends in a bit too well here, I will disclose that it is placed vertically at the corner of the front window of the charming vintage Lancia motorcar.
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Check out @indexcardaday feed on Instagram for all the official news and prompts; while the hashtag #dyicad2025 will show you what all the ICADians and ICADettes have made so far!
Your 2025 index card series is off to an amazing start! Nine fantastic entries! Thanks for being the first to link to FarmQuest's embroidery/sewing theme! Combining your embroidery pattern with crocheting sample photos was a brilliant strategy coordination! Just like using scaly letters for iguana and nebula photo for a body outline!!! Keep up the brilliance!!
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