World Card Making Day
I am very moved by the outpouring of kindness and understanding that you have given me in your comments! You have touched me in a deep place in my soul with your connecting to me … and letting me know about it! This is an added bonus I did not expect when I started blogging!
Happy Dog, ACEO © Diane Clancy
I promised I would give you the link to the World Card Making Day (WCMD)- which was yesterday, October 6, 2007. If I had known earlier, I would have shared this so all of you could have the chance to play too. It is a little like Rima’s challenges … different blogs set up a kind of card to make and then details were posted during different times of the day and then people went to town creating cards!
ACEO (Art Card Editions and Originals) and ATC ( Art Trading Cards) are 2.5 x 3.5″ cards (made of many different materials) that people trade and collect. They are the same size as a baseball card (at least baseball cards in the US - I don’t know about other countries) and people often keep them in plastic sleeves that people use for baseball cards.
I have had a request to make some of these ACEOs and so I saw an opportunity that would force me to push myself fast and furious without worrying about quality .. sort of like it was for me when I took art classes. I produced tons of work because there was a deadline without the pressure of having to be perfect … I am sure many of you understand what I mean.
If you want to see the ACEOs I made yesterday they are posted at my other blogs here
and here. I posted until 2 am my time last night so there may be some you didn’t catch. There are no duplicate ACEO images between the 2 blogs. And I hadn’t posted on either since I posted about the Blog Action Day - so that is when you will know you have seen all the ACEOs.
For me it was a great chance to get the brush going again without worrying about meaning or what it looked like. I need to do my environmental challenge so hopefully the brush got loosened up so now there is just the brain (or heart and soul) that need loosening.
The other thing I wanted to share is about this painting. I just was putting paint down and I thought it looked terrible - so I almost threw it aside. But I am very conscious of the earth and thriftiness. So I put a little more on it. Then I wiped a brush on it. Then put a bunch of marks in the back. Then, magically, at one moment, it showed itself as a dog. A pretty cool dog too I think. So I went back and reworked it a bunch more times … I thought you would be interested to know about its history. I think it is one of the strongest images from yesterday .. and it almost got thrown out!
I want you to remember that persevering is important. Things may not go quite right at the moment, in life and in painting, but keep stick with your process. You helped me persevere yesterday with painting and painting when it all looked like total junk to me .. then it gelled. So I want to pass this along to you!
~ Diane Clancy
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Diane Clancy creates vibrant paintings that feature color and vision to inspire and uplift people. Says Diane, "I feel very blessed to have this opportunity to express myself through painting. I love that people say my artwork enhances their lives."
October 7th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
I love this little doggie that just appeared out of the swirl of colors. You are right, it is the best one. You are one a roll now!
October 7th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
I am so h appy you joined us yesterday! If anyone reads this in time, you can still enter all of the challenges until midnight tonight California time!
I need a break!! lol
October 8th, 2007 at 5:28 am
Happiness! That’s what is flowing from you now. Great - you have broken through again.
October 8th, 2007 at 9:09 am
all of this just makes me smile. i would love a play day to be creative without worrying so much about the end results or if it will sell or how much it costs to make. i’ll go take a look at your other cards and report back.
~Sue
October 8th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Hi Im back. I like the 3 Stamps Challenge you have posted on your wordpress blog, and the doodle challenge on Blogger. Those seem very free to me. Of course, I like this doggie too.
~Sue
October 9th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Hi Bobbie, I am delighted you like this doggie!! Let’s hope I can stay on a roll!
Hi Julie, I am delighted to have been part of Saturday! Thank you for including me and being supportive.
Hi Frances, Happiness … I like that .. happiness from creating!! Thank you!!
Hi Sue, I am so glad you are smiling. It is rough in a lot of ways working to make a living out of all this!! Those 2 are ones I particularly like too - for similar reasons - freedom and flow but still a lot of clarity. I think that is part of what I am trying to learn for these kind of quick ones … it is difficult when the what will people think, is it worth anything … gets mixed in!!
Thank you all!!!
~ Diane Clancy
October 10th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Wow, this is awesome post on World Card Making Day.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
I can see you have been a very busy bee. Your Aceos are whimsical and lighthearted…yet another peek into your lovely character. And I agree, perseverance is key..It’s funny, you know, I must have been thinking about that because as you were making your cards, I created a collage which I called “practice makes perfect.” (I will post it sometime soon).
October 11th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Hi Neda, thank you for saying more whimsical about me! Yes, that old thing, perseverance!! I look forward to seeing your collage … it is more fun to do something well already … but learning is fun too … but if stuff just looked better right off!!
~ Diane Clancy
October 12th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Hi, Just wanted to show some love in here!
October 12th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Hi Trading Cards, thank you so much! Love is always welcome!! ~ Diane
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Intriguing view covering World Card Making Day. I enjoy this interesting posts!
October 27th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Hi there…Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..holy Saturday
October 27th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
[...] ACEO (Art Cards Editions and Originals) or ATC (Art Trading Cards) today. As I mentioned in this post, ACEOs or ATCs (the same thing, just different artists call them various names) are like baseball [...]
October 28th, 2007 at 7:41 am
[...] They (also called ATC - Art Trading Cards) are 2.5 x 3.5″ big. (You can read about ACEOs here and here.) When I mentioned I was going to put some ACEOs in my Etsy Shop, you suggested that I [...]
November 18th, 2007 at 4:22 am
HEY, THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA USEFUL INFOS FROM YOUR SITE. I SEE. THANKS ANYWAY :)!