ACEO inspiration

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For those of you considering making your own art cards, here’s a great site for inspiration — lots of different styles and techniques at play, in the more traditional ATC size:

ACEO: Art Cards, Editions and Originals

ABC – sometimes it just doesn’t work

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Sometimes a card just refuses to work. I loved the juxtaposition of the three text snippets, but the resulting card disappointed me. Ah, well — you win some, you lose some.

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ABC – solid ground preferred

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This one was inspired by friends who were disconcerted by a small earthquake a few days ago. 😉 As usual, click for the larger image:



ABC – mixed media

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Here’s one that used a little bit of everything — scrapbooking paper was rubber stamped with a musical pattern, then covered with a layer of green tissue paper to mute the background.

Gilder’s paste was used around the card’s edge, while embossing powder highlights the canted verse. Click image for larger version:



ABCs – from the Sublime to the Ridiculous

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Two from Wordsworth (so aptly named), and one from Ogden Nash. I trust you can figure out which is which… 😉

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ABCs – more Eclectica

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It’s an odd grab-bag this evening — one more Emily, plus one Robert Frost and a fortune cookie. 😉

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