Each year I enjoy taking a walk down memory lane and picking my Top 10 Favorite Non-Holiday cards of the year (you can see my 2022 Picks Here & my Top Five Holiday cards here). Here are the cards I've chosen this year in to no particular order. 1. This Mother's Day Daisy Card was … Read more
We're still creating with Christmas Trees (or Pine Boughs) at Jingle Belles. I decided rather than saving my ICAD (Index Card a Day) Art, I would see how many I could turn into cards. The Christmas Tree prompt card (using a STAMPtember set from Simon Says Stamps) was the perfect place to start. I … Read more
July was the end of #dyicad2023 on Instagram. Here are my final index cards. For day 57 Bird, I returned to my collection of vintage stamps (that used to be sent out to raise money for all sorts of organizations, but these are from the National Wildlife Federation). My dear dear mother-in-law (who … Read more
Here we are at week 8 of daisy yellow #icad challenge. Day 50 was a Note to Self. I found some affirmation-like sticker quotes and attached them to one of my discarded gelliprinted index cards. Day 51 was Topiary, but I wasn't feeling that, so I did an off-topic clean-up collage … Read more
Another week of #dyicad2023 fun. For day 29 Evergreen, I stamped a NBUS stamp from Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember in Evergreen Ink (ended-up looking more black in the photo, but trust me it's green). Day 30 Playground I took a shot at drawing (so not my strong suit). I doodled with … Read more
I'm still having fun creating Index Card Art. For day 22, I just combined a random collection of gelliprints, which I thought produced an Unexpected result. I finished with some snark that can also be unexpected (but then again, when it comes from this mouth, maybe not so much). Day 23, … Read more
It's the end of Week Three of creating art with the annual ICAD (Index Card a Day) Challenge on Instagram (come follow me at @smilynstef). For Day 15 Sea Glass I felt a little lost. I decided I would try gel printing on an index card to create the milky look of … Read more
I've still been plugging along with the Index Card A Day Challenge on Instagram (@SmilynStef). For Day 8 I had fun with some semi-transparent butterfly images from my stash and a collaged background of torn gelliprints. For day 9, Fuchsia is one of my favorite colors (and flowers), so I gelli-printed … Read more
Each year, I do two months of gelliprinting challenges, and I love the feeling I have creating art every day. For years, Lauren has done two months of Index Card a Day art (June & July), so I decided to join her for that fun. You can see my daily posts on Instagram (@SmilynStef) There … Read more
Here are my Index Card a Day creations for this weekend. June 8 ~ Faux Quilt I punched one inch squares from the scraps of designer paper on my work table and created a faux quilt background. I couldn't stop listening to the song *Carry On* by the band Fun. today, so that was my … Read more