ICAD 2022 - Week 5

This is the second post for today as I realized when I was typing it up that last week's was still in my draft folder. 

We've had two multi-day visits from our daughter and her family at the condo the past two weeks so life has been a little topsy-turvy.  GS2 is a very early riser and rising early is not in my wheelhouse so I've been both elated to have them and exhausted at the same time.  I haven't posted much because I've also been trying to catch up on a few of these cards...... which I finally did thank goodness.  I'll share some pictures from our visits in a later post.  But now, on with ICAD Week 4.

Day 29/61 - Neon

I don't remember the name of the tangle that I used on this, I just know that I used a selection of neon highlighters and Stabilo markers.  

30/61 - Magicial

There are two cards for this prompt because I was using the first one as an audition card to see what each kaleidoscope pencil would give me in the form of a tree.  Then I couldn't decide which one looked more magical - all the colorful trees, or the forest scene.  

31/61 - Postmark

I took a little liberty with the cancellation motif to create these using Crafter's Choice metallic markers that can be found at the Dollar Tree (which charges $1.25 now).  How did I get those lines to echo so well, I cut a pattern/stencil from another index card and added pencil lines at 12, 3, 6, and 9 first, and then evenly between those two more times.  The metallic markers completely covers the pencil marks.

32/61 - Sky

An acrylic blue sky with credit card smeared iridescent white clouds and some paint pen tree tops.

33/61 - Quatrefoil or Ogee

Well, this has both.  Micron marker and watercolor pencils.

34/61 - Rooster

I had the red, white, and blue background ready to go on Independence Day before I realized that the prompt was Rooster.  (Which we joked we were going to nickname Maverick because he rises so early and has not yet got the concept of quiet in the morning.)  The sun was cut from another card, painted with paint pen, and then I drew the rooster and added the lettering before gluing to the background.

35/61 - Yellow

I saved a picture that my cousin Janis had taken at Assateague Island National Park which she posted on Facebook recently.  That became my inspiration for this card, but it doesn't come close to doing justice to her photograph.  She lives near Assateague and has shared countless beautiful photos of the wild horses there.  She, and the few ladies she hangs with, do not approach the horses and follow all the rules of the park.  Her camera lens is one of those very powerful (and large) ones that can get closer to the animals without getting physically close.  Apparently there is an app that helps them to identify the horses and their bands by name which is very interesting.  Recently one of the male horses on the island had to be relocated to Texas because he was deemed to be dangerous due to unfortunate human contact by those that do not know how to follow the rules.  People can use the beach there and if they don't follow protocol, like not feeding the horses and securing the food that they bring, the horses sometimes are able to get into coolers and bags and that's not good for them.  And people seem to forget that these are wild animals and can get spooked and will spin and kick to defend themselves if they feel threatened if you get too close.  The horse that had to be removed had kicked someone before and was getting more aggressive trying to protect his band.  Hopefully he will thrive in his new home, though he won't have the beach anymore to roam.