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Catchphrase Challenge, continued

A while ago I shared a few pages of a challenge I am doing (or trying to do) put on by Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow called Catchphrase.  It has optional prompts, which I decided I would use because if it's just putting words on a picture, well that's not much of a challenge for me since I use words a lot in my work.

There are 26 prompts.  I'm up to 8 now.  I think the challenge 'officially' ends at the end of August, but I wrote the prompts all down so I'll probably (try to) finish them at my leisure.  I'm in the middle of moving house and let's just say 'nightmare'.  The problem is I have too much stuff.  I'm moving into my late mother's house who also had too much stuff, and well, you get the idea.  If I don't pare it down I'll be featured on Hoarders, Buried Alive in a couple of years.  

Prompt 5 (for me - I'm doing them out of order...gasp!) is Space Age.  I found the most delightful picture in my local paper.  It was this young lady in a paper(?) space helmet.  She was dressed in street clothes.  The ad was for a play at the local Fringe.  I gave her a space suit and some lyrics from Frank Sinatra.  I put her in 'space' (again, are they stars, or is it snowing?).  This could be my favourite page ever.  

I chose "Three Words" as my next prompt to work on (number 6).

For my seventh page, I chose the prompt 'Codes or Symbols".  I chose the peace sign, as well as my take on Picasso's dove.  Added lyrics from John Lennon.  

Last for today is number 8. Because of all my sorting I have corralled most of my washi tape into one box, so I chose the prompt 'Washi Tape' for this one.  I will transcribe the text following the photo for anyone interested - it's pretty funny (says me).

It says:  'Here is a sample of my washi tape collection.  There are 26 in total - not these aren't 'it'.  Do you think I have a PROBLEM? :). I went through a phase where I wanted to buy all the washi tape I could find - it wasn't that easy to find back then.  Then my mother started buying it for me too.  By then it was Everywhere.  So things (maybe) got a little out of hand - we've all been there, right?  I still love it!  Washi xo'

True story. :)

 

New Challenge - Catchphrase

Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow has thought up a new challenge now that ICAD is over.  It's called Catchphrase and it's all about using words in your art.  You can find the details and the index of prompts Here.  Now I'm not one for prompts usually, but I decided that I use words so much in my work that just creating 26 things with at least one word on each one over two months wasn't much of a challenge, so I decided to jump in and try my hand at the prompts, but not in order.  I'm using a 9"x12" journal from my local art supply store.  I love it - the paper stands up to anything, and it lays open flat.  And it was cheap!  

The first prompt I chose was The Sea - I live by the sea, and it's one of the things I missed while I was in London (the Thames is great, but it's not the same!).  I chose a really simple background, and used some of the lyrics from the song 'The Sea" by Corinne Bailey Rae - haunting lyrics and melody.

The next prompt I chose was 'The Beatles".  I chose to illustrate their classic song 'All You Need is Love".  

 

The next prompt I chose was 'Colourful".  Self-explanatory!  The house was made from the inside of the envelope of one of my birthday cards, and the cute little heart flowers were off the front of the envelope.

 

 

The fourth prompt I chose was 'Postage' - one of my favourite things!  I loved the lion on this stamp from South Africa that came in a grab bag of used stamps I purchased in the UK, and thought it was appropriate for my birthday month of August.  The doodled lion is my own design.

 

That's it for now.  I'm going to try to get through all 26 prompts by the end of September.  I've got a good start, and have ideas for some of the others.  Let me know if you're playing along!