Rachel Greig's Artful August Challenge

 Hi Everyone.

I've found another Instagram challenge, to keep me arting after ICAD finished. Rachel Greig's Artful August Challenge has daily prompts, but you can choose what you want to make. I'm going to try and do daily 15 minute art journal pages. I quite like the time limit, and it means I can create something even when I don't have a lot of time. I've also created a junk journal just for the challenge, using a cardboard packaging cover, adding my pages with pamphlet stitch.

Rachel's prompt for Day 1 is Leaves. Here's my 15 minute page. I used collage, acrylic paint, black india ink, Stabilo Woodys, and book page text.

I'm linking my page to Neet's Type theme at Art Journal Journey.

Before I go, here are photos of my complete set of ICADs for Daisy Yellow's 2021 challenge.

June...

July...

Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a happy August and new week.

Alison xox

Daisy Yellow Art's ICAD Challenge - The Final Few

Hello All.

Today I have the final few ICAD's to share with you.

57/61 - Guillemot.

 58/61 - Razorbill.

59/61 - Starling.

60/61 - Collared Dove.

61/61 - European Robin.

I'm sad to see this series come to its end. I hope you've enjoyed seeing my birds. I finished with three of our regular visitors, the noisy, greedy Starling, the pretty Collared Dove, and the cheeky little European Robin.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Thanks so much for your visits and lovely comments on my ICAD art,

Alison xox

Daisy Yellow Arts ICAD Challenge - Week 8

Hello All. 

Here are another week's worth of ICADs for Daisy Yellow Art's challenge. Nearing the end now.

50/61 - Cuckoo.

51/61 - Wood Pigeon. Regular visitors to the bird feeder in our garden.

52/61 - Dunnock.

53/61 - Chaffinch. Another visitor to our garden.

54/61 - Stock Dove.

55/61 - House Martin.

56/61 - Puffin. I've always loved these birds. I finally got to see some of them a couple of years ago, on the Farne Islands on the North East coast.

Wishing you all a happy new week,

thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Daisy Yellow Arts ICAD Challenge - Week 7

 Hi Everyone! I'm back today with this week's little 6x4" index card collages.

43/61 - Jackdaw. I love these little corvids, we often have one or two on our bird feeder.

44/61 - Jay. Another favourite. I love that flash of blue.

45/61 - Tawny Owl. Who doesn't love an owl?! Tawnys are so beautiful.

46/61 - Coot. We see these on our morning walks, usually with 2 or 3 young at the moment.

47/61 - Pochard Ducks. I don't know if I've ever seen one of these. They are winter visitors to the UK.

48/61 - Song Thrush. Occasionally hear these from our garden, they have a lovely song.

49/61 - Kentish Plover. Pretty little birds, not sure if I've ever seen one of these.

That's all for this week. I hope you've enjoyed seeing these little bird-themed collages today.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Daisy Yellow Art's ICAD Challenge - Week 6

 Hi Everyone!

Here are my bird collage ICADs for week 6 of Daisy Yellow Art's challenge.

36/61 - Marsh Tit

37/61 - Golden Eagle

38/61 - Goldfinch

39/61 - Bullfinch

40/61 - Tufted Duck

41/61 - Great Tit

42/61 - Barn Owl

Thanks for visiting me today.

Alison xox 

Daisy Yellow Art's Index Card A Day - Week 5

Hi Everyone.

I have another week of index card art for DYICAD to share with you today. Continuing with the bird collage theme, here they are.

29/61 -  Swallows

 30/61 - Cormorant

31/61 - Feral Dove or Domestic Pigeon

32/61 - Curlew

 33/61 - Mute Swan

34/61 - Lapwing

35/61 - Moorhen

Thank you so much for visiting today, I love reading your comments.

Alison xox

Daisy Yellow's Index Card A Day - Week 4

 Hello All.

Here are my ICADS for week 4 of Daisy Yellow's challenge.

22/61 - Swift

23/61 - Canada Goose

24/61 - Grey Wagtail

25/61 - House Sparrow

26/61 - Golden Oriole

27/61 - Crested Lark

28/61 - Great Crested Grebe

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Daisy Yellow's Index Card A Day - Week 3

Hello All.

Thanks again for the helpful advice and good wishes for my tooth and elbow. My mouth is a bit less sore thankfully, so hoping it's settling down. I'm resting my arm as much as I can, not easy. Thankfully Hubby's on hand to help.

Here are my ICADs for week 3 of Daisy Yellow's challenge.

15/61 - Long-tailed Tit

16/61 - Pied Wagtail

17/61 - Mallard

18/61 - Greenfinch

19/61 - Blue-headed Wagtail

20/61 - Chaffinch

21/61 - Grey Heron

Some of these birds we see quite regularly, the chaffinch visits our garden most of the year, and the heron, mallard and pied wagtail we see on our walks upon the golf course. Sadly the greenfinch has declined in numbers here in the UK, I haven't seen one for many years. The long-tailed tits visit very occasionally, it's always a thrill to spot those. And I don't think I've ever seen a blue-headed wagtail.

Thanks for visiting, I hope you're enjoying my series of bird-themed collages.

Alison xox