Friday
May212010
20 Things Dare Squared
Fri, May 21, 2010 at 05:00PM 
I did a little more brainstorming.
20 things I have used to make an art journal page:
- clear marker
- stamped fabric
- a telephone directory
- a ticket to the Texas State Fair
- fruit stickers
- a big arrow
- kid-painted acrylic backgrounds
- metro tickets
- a grocery list
- thin scraps of scrapbook paper
- tissue paper
- ground rose petals
- jimmy buffett lyrics
- fiber paste
- a bank statement
- $100 bill wrapper
- sheet music
- a chopstick
- wine cork stampings
- bubble wrap stamps
In the comments, list up to 20 things you have used to create an art journal page, numbering each idea. The catch is that you can't repeat anyone's ideas!
Can we generate 1000 ideas together (just 980 to go)?
P.S. As of today, we have come up with 132 things never used in our art journals.
I'm thinking this list will be easier!
Reader Comments (16)
Ditto on the Buffett lyrics! Jimmy's provided the soundtrack to most of my life.
Ok, here's my 20:
1 Eyelash yarn gooped down with gesso and painted (to make vines)
2 Fun foam stars decorated with gel pens
3 warning labels from hubby's nitro tabs
4 Torn scraps of mulberry paper (ultimate favorite for everything from tree stumps to faux quilt)
5 paper towel and watersoluble marker for clouds
6 foil star stickers for "jewelry"
7 hand carved cartoonish stamp of myself
8 homemade alcohol ink (sharpie+ alcohol)
9 indoor/outdoor gloss acrylic paint (super shiny and smooth)
10 backing paper from stickers (neat resist effects)
11 measuring tape (diet page)
12 my house number (reoccurring theme and my symbol for happiness)
13 painted tracing paper (cool texture)
14 digital stamps
15 goofy notes my sister leaves in my door
16 punchinella
17 strips of security envelopes
18 green and blue painters tape
19 my poetry
20 white-out pen
Love your site here...so very inspiring!!!
This one was easier for me than the last one. It seems like there's not a lot that I haven't put in my journal.
1. a photo copy of a dead frog
2. a needle and thread
3. stamping done with an old flip flop
4. trash picked up on the driveway
5. tea tags
6. photos with the people cut out used as a stencil
7. a diagram of my garden
8 a Peanuts self-portrait
9 a map of the zoo
10 business cards
11 yarn sample and photo of a hat I knitted
12 received mail art envelopes
13 eyeglasses prescription
14 newspaper clippings of my son
15 hand tracings
16 my granddaughter's drawings
17 candy wrappers
18 clothing tags
19 buttons
20 church bulletins
Amy, great creative list. I like the concept of warning labels and dire consequences, and personal notes from special people.... thank you for adding 20 things!
Ophelia, Thank you for saying hello, nice to hear from you.
Dawn, You know I adore cross-references, and you've done a brilliant job. Ooh, prescriptions, business cards, artwork created by kids, all in all a solid list of great ideas. Thanks!
RUNNING TOTAL: 60
1. Tea Envelopes
2. wrapping paper
3.Quilt store receipt
4. Postage stamps- current its s sticker right?
5. Return address from business envelope
6.name tag form conference
7. Vendor business cards
8.Clipped list of appointments for the day- names clipped off
9.Drawing from church school hand out
10. Tag from reusable Grocery bag
11.chipboard letters
12 ribbon
13 fabric
14Map from housing development behind us - frowny face here
15. Scout grocery list by son
16. page from Calendar of the day
17.Chocolate Bar wrapper
18. Yarn Wrapper
19. amazon .com invoice
20. signature of child
21. Foil from Dove Chocolate with Quote
22. Magazine clipping and Quotes
The options are endless. The everyday items will be priceless in the future. " do you remember when . . ."
I Always enjoy stopping by.
Carol, Lots of creative additions to our developing list! A conference name tag strikes me as a really cool idea (if only I had any conferences to attend) and wrapping paper could really add some funky patterns to your pages!
RUNNING TOTAL: 76
I love this and the other 20 things series! It gives you a fab prompt, as it is super open to use how you wish.
1.My own doodles glued in
2.bubblegum wrappers
3.flower stickers
4. fluid watercolours
5.an old key
6.cinema ticket
7. notes taken whilst watching a tv programm about space
8.lace
9.handmade paper
10.old music notes
11. a flower from my garden
12.wrapping paper
13. stamps from my collection
14.beads
15. cellotape transferes
16. trees cut from paper
17.an altered image
18.a drawing of my doc martens
19.palette paper( use it to mix on and then cut out and glue in as patterned paper)
20.plastic fork
makealife, Lace would be a lovely item to stamp through! Beads.... all sorts of fun. And doodles! Lots of goodies on your list. Thank you for adding your ideas to our growing list.
I've been art journaling all day - painting backgrounds and collaging - and all sorts of new ideas are running through my mind. I love this creative brainstorming.
---> Everyone, I love all of the twists on ideas, keep em coming! I'm excluding from the running total the ideas that are previously listed in some format, such as the various types of candy wrappers. The total is highly unscientific and unauditable.
RUNNING TOTAL: 87
Ooh, lists are fun! It's funny no one listed the basics...
1. Clear vinyl
2. A picture of a turkey
3. Pictures of past presidents
4. Acrylic paint
5. Paint Pens
6. Watercolors
7. Rolled up newspaper
8. Junk mail
9. Past due bill notices
10. Spray paint
11. Staples
12. Cut up blue jeans
13. Manila file folders
14. Coffee
15. Rum
16. Artificial spray snow
17. Sand
18. Hole punch dots
19. Confetti
20. Hand rolled paper beads
and three more to make up for the "basics"
21. Empty toilet paper rolls
22. Wax paper
23. GLITTER!
There's a comprehensive demo on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtisticBiker
Blade, So funny when the obvious is overlooked. I love to staple things like fabric or thick paper to my pages, and what a cool idea to use hole punch dots. I'll assume the rum is somehow used in creating the page, gives a new meaning to the words "alcohol inks." Resourceful, you are.
RUNNING TOTAL: 107
1. pressed flowers, leaves, grass
2. puzzle pieces
3. drift wood
4. birch bark
5. old 35 mm slide frames
6. rick rack
7. rubbings (tree bark) with crayon
8. hand prints
9. soda and beer bottle caps
10. coffee filters
11. twine
12. paper clips
13. plastic bread bag fasteners
14. twist ties for plastic bags
15. safety pins
16. fruit and veggie stickers (I tend to use these alot for some reason)
17. Sea Salt (with watercolor)
18. envelopes (the whole thing glued on a page)
19. fortune cookie fortunes
20. take out food menu
1. postcard
2. hole reinforcers
3. lavender oil
4. airline ticket
5. bus ticket
6. subway token
7. foreign coin
8. foreign paper money
9. monopoly money
10. monopoly chance card
11. plastic charm
12. cd paper sleeve
13. tooth picks
14. copy of prescription
15. hospital id band
16. rubber band
17. report card
18. mass (saint) card
19. optical lens
20. sand
this was fun!
Kirstin, Menus! Descriptions of the foods, gorgeous or tacky. Fun. Envelopes are excellent for hiding secret thoughts or flower petals. I love slide casings as well, found a stash in my dad's attic. Excellent list.
Emie, Game cards, what fun! A solid list of ideas, I love things like receipts and tickets as well.
Thank you both for joining the challenge!
~Tammy
RUNNING TOTAL: 143
Ok... this might be tough because sooo many things have already been listed. But I'll give it a go! Hope there are no repeats...
1. Clothing Tags
2. Movie Ticket Stubs
3. Book Paper
4. Wrapping Paper
5. Painted Scrap Paper
6. Phone Book Paper
7. Glimmer Mist
8. Tape
9. Quotes From my Favorite Animated Series "Johnny Test" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
10. Melted Down Crayons
11. Chipboard Letters
12. Mod Podge
13. Embossing
14. Masks
15. Stencils
16. Sharpies!!
17. Used Postage Stamps
18. Magazine Images
19. Border Stickers
20. Tag that Came on a Christmas Tree
1. Pages from a thesaurus
2. Pages from a Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue 1955
3. Pages from a childrens Nursery Rhyme Book
4. Pages from a French Dictionary
5. Stamped Tissue Paper (I love using a script stamp)
6. Canvas shapes
7. Beer cans cut out with a Tim Holtz Die on the Big Shot to make flowers
8. Birds feather
9. My unique doodled birds
Sorry I could only get to 9
This is a great list! Many cool ideas - taking lots of notes! Here's my list...
1 - Son’s homework notes
2 - Magazine “blow-in” subscription cards
3 - Fortune cookie cellophane wrapper
4 - Empty Chinese hot mustard packet
5 - Chopsticks paper “envelope”
6 - Envelope window
7 - Index cards previously used for writing/novel plotting
8 - Misc. art supplies packaging
9 - Wide ruled notebook paper
10 - Graph paper
11 - Crimped candy paper
12 - Torn newspaper
13 - Kraft wrapping/packaging paper
14 - Corrugated cardboard
15 - Miniature playing card
16 - Facial tissue
17 - Sewing thread
18 - Barcodes
19 - Sandpaper
20 - Masking tape