Monthly Archives: March 2008

Second Teasury – in the Main Treasury!!

Posted on by March 31, 2008

This morning at about 5 am the main treasury opened up – so I grabbed one of those treasuries too. It has some overlap from the other treasury I made, but I really wanted to feature some of the other painters I had chosen. Since you have to be there just as it opens up .. it is very exciting .. you have to put the name in fast enough and everything. So here it is … I hope you like it!! If you are an Etsy member, I hope you will click and comment and help me stay near the top. Thanks to all the wonderful groups I am involved with, I on page 3 out of 22 the 333 treasuries within several hours. It is harder to get to the top of this treasury. I want to showcase painters more …

Dance of Dreams Treasury

(Another) Dance of Dreams Treasury, Etsy

This lasts for only 2 days – it is the luck of the draw whether it is 2 or 3 days. t this point I am at the top of Treasury West with yesterday’s treasury – the hottest of the  222 treasuries!! When I do another treasury, I probably will not post it here .. don’t worry, we will go back to bubbles .. I just want to share this excitement with you!! Thank you for reading about this!!! Thank you for being part of my community!!

Etsy has a very cool thing called a Treasury – someone puts together 12 items of people’s work with some common theme. This theme is Dance of Dreams. I am so so excited because this treasury is my very, very first one I ever made!!! Here is this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! My shop is Diane Clancy with lots of bubblescapes and Fanciful Animal Images.

I have mentioned the VAST group (Visual Artists Street Team) that I belong to at Etsy. Here is the VAST Blog if you would like to know more. We also help each other market-our art work – we are an online, international group that is creative, loves art, creates original art and has an Etsy Shop.

I also belong to BBEST – Boomers and Beyond Etsy Street Team. This is a very active group who work hard at marketing and being visible. Here is the BBEST Blog … The Boomers are 40 and over … lots of fun!

The Interior Design Team at Etsy is another team I belong to. This is a group who work to make your home and office look beautiful with lovely items!! Here is the Interior Design Etsy Team. The motto is “Where Networking Work Pays Off.” They also network on other sites that offer products besides Etsy.

I am also part of the ACEO Street Team group (ACETSY) at Etsy. Here is the ACETSY Blog if you would like to know more.

Here is one more Etsy Blog. Anyone with an Etsy Shop can join this blog … so there is a great variety of items. I hope you enjoy finding out about these wonderful shopping opportunities!

Thank you for looking at my being showcased!! Here is my Etsy Shop.

~ Diane Clancy

My Very First Treasury!!!

Posted on by March 30, 2008

I am so so excited!! You have seen some of the treasuries I have been in … today I took the plunge and made one myself. I spent over 3 hours choosing the images to go in it .. and read and reread the directions to do it correctly. Also, you have to be there just as it opens up .. so it is very exciting .. you have to put the name in fast enough and everything. So here it is … I hope you like it!! If you are an Etsy member, I hope you will click and comment and help me stay near the top. Thanks to all the wonderful groups I am involved with, I went to near the top of the 222 treasuries within a couple of hours.

Dance of Dreams Treasury

Dance of Dreams Treasury, Etsy

I had chosen more than you can put in … I got confused and all … so I have another lot of gorgeous paintings that I can use for another one. This lasts for 3 days. You can have only one at a time, but there is another treasury too … so I hope and can get that one. But that one will open up at about 3 am … so I don’t know. Thank you for reading about this!!!

Etsy has a very cool thing called a Treasury – someone puts together 12 items of people’s work with some common theme. This theme is Dance of Dreams. I am so so excited because this treasury is my very, very first one I ever made!!! Here is this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! My shop is Diane Clancy with lots of bubblescapes and Fanciful Animal Images.

I have mentioned the VAST group (Visual Artists Street Team) that I belong to at Etsy. Here is the VAST Blog if you would like to know more. We also help each other market-our art work – we are an online, international group that is creative, loves art, creates original art and has an Etsy Shop.

I also belong to BBEST – Boomers and Beyond Etsy Street Team. This is a very active group who work hard at marketing and being visible. Here is the BBEST Blog … The Boomers are 40 and over … lots of fun!

The Interior Design Team at Etsy is another team I belong to. This is a group who work to make your home and office look beautiful with lovely items!! Here is the Interior Design Etsy Team. The motto is “Where Networking Work Pays Off.” They also network on other sites that offer products besides Etsy.

I am also part of the ACEO Street Team group (ACETSY) at Etsy. Here is the ACETSY Blog if you would like to know more.

Here is one more Etsy Blog. Anyone with an Etsy Shop can join this blog … so there is a great variety of items. I hope you enjoy finding out about these wonderful shopping opportunities!

Thank you for looking at my being showcased!! Here is my Etsy Shop.

~ Diane Clancy

Showing Some Treasuries

Posted on by March 29, 2008

I have been working on another Native/Exotic entry … but it is not going that smoothly. Everything has been taking a long time today … so I am sharing these treasuries I am in instead of sharing one of my paintings. Almost every day lately at my other blog I have been posting treasuries – if you ever want to check them out.

I have mentioned the VAST group (Visual Artists Street Team) that I belong to at Etsy. Here is the VAST Blog if you would like to know more. We also help each other market-our art work – we are an online, international group that is creative, loves art, creates original art and has an Etsy Shop.

I also belong to BBEST – Boomers and Beyond Etsy Street Team. This is a very active group who work hard at marketing and being visible. Here is the BBEST Blog … The Boomers are 40 and over … lots of fun!

The Interior Design Team at Etsy is another team I belong to. This is a group who work to make your home and office look beautiful with lovely items!! Here is the Interior Design Etsy Team. The motto is “Where Networking Work Pays Off.” They also network on other sites that offer products besides Etsy.

Etsy has a very cool thing called a Treasury – someone puts together 12 items of people’s work with some common theme. This theme is Etsy Anonymous. I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! I bet regular readers of this blog will identify my piece without reading my name. Thank you Karen Lorraine! Karen Lorraine has jewelry, moons, fairies and more in her shop!!

Etsy Anonymous Treasury

Etsy Anonymous Treasury, Etsy

This theme is Tabletop Art Gallery ACEOs. I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! I bet regular readers of this blog will identify my piece without reading my name. Thank you L D Photography! L D Photography has lovely animals and goddesses in her shop!!

Tabletop Art Gallery ACEOs Treasury

Tabletop Art Gallery ACEOs Treasury, Etsy

I am also part of the ACEO Street Team group (ACETSY) at Etsy. Here is the ACETSY Blog if you would like to know more.

Here is one more Etsy Blog. Anyone with an Etsy Shop can join this blog … so there is a great variety of items. I hope you enjoy finding out about these wonderful shopping opportunities!

Thank you for looking at my being showcased!! Here is my Etsy Shop.

~ Diane Clancy

Two Things Challenge – Native/Exotic

Posted on by March 29, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Native & Exotic. The concept came prettily easily, but getting the right bubbles was harder. A lot of the wild, cool patterns I wanted to use didn’t show up in the sunlight as I had hoped. But the native transparent bubbles were nice and easy. I thought you might like to see last week’s entries …. they are here. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Native & Exotic

Native & Exotic, Digital © Diane Clancy

Susan Elkin has posted again … I thought you might like to check her out. Here is Susan’s blog. She has been shy about posting so I hope you will go over and say hi! Hopefully she will be regularly posting.~ Diane Clancy

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Illustration Friday – Pet Peeves

Posted on by March 27, 2008

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Pet Peeves. My pet peeve is people who take up all the room and think others are inconsequential or invisible. I am not talking about large or heavy people!! Not at all! I am talking about those who take over and dominate others and leave no room for the rest of us. Notice the whole place takes on the coloration from the dominant person – we are just invisible!! Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Pet Peeves

Pet Peeves, Digital © Diane Clancy

Pet Peeves

So many, do you have time?

People late, or early

Chewing gum or tobacco

Smoking or smelling smoke

People who dislike smokers

Nose rings or those that don’t like them

Or tattoos

Such a variety for us

All to choose!

Mine …

People who dominate

Walk all over others

Think they have

A corner on the truth –

Know more than the rest of us

(All put together)

Power over, not power with

No room for other’s

Thoughts or feelings

The rest of us are only

Reflections of their reality

We don’t really exist

Then, I need to remember

To take back my own

Sense of Self

And, know,

Just a hot air bubble

No real power

Insecure, frightened, fearful

Power is in me

Love and compassion is

My real power and strength

Kindness is true strength.

 

~ Diane Clancy

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Pet Monologues & Dog Beach

Posted on by March 26, 2008

This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see there blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a cool post about a Dog Beach – check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

Violet in Butterflies

Violet in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

How are You?

Posted on by March 25, 2008

I am progressing day by day and doing a little catching up on the piles of paper all around. I am now down to a big pile with little scribbles … like ID, passwords, email and such for lots of the sites I have joined up. I want to write them on a few pieces of paper so I can find things again. Sometimes being sick is a blessing when I can putter around and catch up a little.

Poetic Mountain at Night

Poetic Mountain at Night, Digital © Diane Clancy

How is everyone doing? Clearly in my neck of the blogosphere, it is fairly quiet. Lots of people are taking a break … spring fever in the northern hemisphere?  My feedreader is not jumping and active like it usually is. What are you up to? I always enjoy hearing about you!!

~ Diane Clancy

Comments in Email

Posted on by March 24, 2008

I forgot to tell you – you can now check a little box (near where you comment) and you can get the comments for a post in email … (like in Blogger) … I am still one foot in front of the other – but want to say HI!  I hope you like these jewels below!!

Lime Gemstones

Lime Gemstones, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

Happy Easter and Renewal

Posted on by March 23, 2008

This is from the Simple Pleasures series …. The Dead & Alive ones the last several days can be in celebration of Easter for those who celebrate!! This seems to be in celebration of spring coming (hoping here) and renewal in general … On second thought – good ideas for Easter!

Verdant

Verdant, Digital © Diane Clancy

I have not had energy to visit blogs the last couple of days … but I will catch up.  I appreciate those who have been commenting anyway – thank you!!    I have turned a corner, but it is clear I have at least another week with being able to do very little – it has been a rough month. Here’s to all of us feeling the life force flow through us to heal and align!!!

~ Diane Clancy

Two Things Challenge – Dead/Alive #3 & Color

Posted on by March 22, 2008

I know I entered one the last 2 days, but I had so much fun that I wanted to make another entry that would feel very different! I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Dead & Alive. It was fun once I thought of the concept of live emerging from death!! I thought you might like to see last week’s entries …. they are here. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Renewal Dead & Alive

Renewal Dead & Alive, Digital © Diane Clancy

I have done 12 versions of this … 6 of them in this color scheme. I was going to show you the 6, but … I make these in Bryce and Bryce creates a tif file that is a Preview type (a generic graphic program.) I open the Preview file in Photoshop and do my prep work there, make it bigger, add a signature and generally make it mine.

This morning I had the 6 Preview files open trying to decide which I liked the best … to show you. I was going to show you all 6 because I thought it would be helpful to see the difference … but then I opened all 6 in Photoshop and it changed the color drastically. So there were sort of 12 versions … Then I went back to Bryce and the color looked different yet there …

Saturated Renewal Dead & Alive

Saturated Renewal Dead & Alive, Digital © Diane Clancy

So I got discouraged and decided instead to write about color shift from program to program. I knew the colors shifted between Preview and Photoshop … but usually the more vibrant color in Photoshop is what I like. This time it reduced the subtleties and differences between the images.

I am learning so much about Bryce as I am working on these paintings … shifting fog and seeing what happens … shifting haze and seeing what the difference is. I learn the most when I have a picture almost where I want it but not quite .. so I tweak and tweak.

I have now gone and reduced the saturation in Photoshop so I like the painting better – it was irritating me. But I have decided to show you both versions so you can see the difference.

OK, now I have gotten both versions up online and they don’t look all that different to me … and!!! they are less saturated than they were on my computer screen.  Yet I am looking at them on my computer!! But even between browsers there is incredible color shift. Well, you have a post about color … and perhaps that is interesting to you. I sure hope so!

Yesterday I made it to my Remicade day for the Crohn’s Disease I have. They were a little leery about giving it to me since my lungs are still not very good … but they decided it was ok. It had been hard to walk for about a week from arthritis, and the Remicade helped immensely!! The initial use of Remicade was for Rheumatoid Arthritis – I guess the 2 diseases have a lot of similarity because we with Crohns often get their medications after they get them.

I got a higher dose than I have ever had because it was being less effective … so hopefully I will notice a great difference and start to feel more energy than I have in months!! Thank you for all your caring and healing thoughts!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Two Things Challenge – Dead/Alive #2

Posted on by March 21, 2008

I know I entered one yesterday, but I had so much fun that I wanted to make another entry that would feel very different! I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Dead & Alive. It was fun once I thought of the concept of live emerging from death!! I thought you might like to see last week’s entries …. they are here. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above. Spring Dead & Alive, Digital © Diane Clancy Today is my Remicade day for the Crohn’s Disease I have … so I should feel much better by the time I come home … And it is 2 weeks late from my being sick – you can’t have it with an infection. So I am looking forward to this!! ~ Diane Clancy Technorati Tags: 2 Things Challenge … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Two Things Challenge – Dead/Alive & Ranked

Posted on by March 20, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Dead & Alive. It was fun once I thought of the concept of live emerging from death!! I thought you might like to see last week’s entries …. they are here. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above. Dead & Alive, Digital © Diane Clancy Kim Barker has Laketrees for a blog. One thing she does is rank the Top 101 Artists Blogs and I have been included. I am thrilled that I am in there … I am not in the main list yet – I am near the bottom – but when she redoes the list, she will put me where I go … I am so excited to be in the Top 1o1 Artists Blogs! Thank you Kim! The last several posts Kara at Mother Henna has written have been about Mr Rogers. She has quite a wonderful series honoring him as he would have turned 80 today. This is Mr Rogers from the Neighborhood. I encourage you to go over an enjoy! ~ Diane Clancy Technorati Tags: 2 Things Challenge, Top 1o1 Artists Blogs, Mr Rogers … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Pet Monologues & Listed

Posted on by March 19, 2008

This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. I sure was moved and I think many of you were too!! Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see there blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! There are some really cool photos in the couple of previous posts!! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate! Bucky in Flowers I, Digital © Diane Clancy I thought you would like this image of our family pet – just kidding. We took it out in the back yard – just kidding. But I did make this fanciful animal image. I found this blog the other day – It is called Power Guides … and lists top artist blogs – AND this blog is listed! I am very excited!! I am now really hoping to be well enough to go Friday for the Remicade … my body desperately needs the treatment and I think the infection might at last be backed off enough – even though I am no where near well. Thank you again for all your good wishes!! ~ Diane Clancy Technorati Tags: Power Guides … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Illustration Friday – Heavy

Posted on by March 18, 2008

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Heavy. I sure hope you like it!! Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings! Heavy, Digital © Diane Clancy Heavy Heavy to carry Heavy meaning dense … These bubbles are dense Heavy atmosphere Oppressive and weighty A little depressing Heavy is a deep thought Wow, heavy man! Heavy a positive thought Heavy a sad thought Heavy, part of life. This has been quite a couple of weeks … but I hope I will heal in time for my next Remicade treatment this Friday. One can’t take it when one has an infection because it suppresses the immune system … and I have had to put it off twice already … and I can’t go past 8 weeks without trouble and the medicine turning on me. But I think I will be ok now. I sure hope so .. I am still very tired. ~ Diane Clancy Technorati Tags: Illustration Friday … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

ACEO Book!!

Posted on by March 17, 2008

This is part of the Simple Pleasures series – this one is Nightfall … for resting for all of us! Any healing sent my way is still appreciated!! I am going to have to catch up tomorrow with your blogs … Nightfall, Digital © Diane Clancy Remember that ACEO book that I am part of? I am on the cover!! Here is the blog about it … it looks great! And here is the listing in case you would like to buy this exciting book. ~ Diane Clancy … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Dawning Feeling Better & Spring

Posted on by March 16, 2008

This is part of the Simple Pleasures series – this one is dawning … for my hopefully dawning health and for all of us in the northern hemisphere with dawning spring! Any healing sent my way is still appreciated!! Dawning, Digital © Diane Clancy ~ Diane Clancy … [CLICK TO READ MORE]