In Case You Were Wondering...

where I live, I'm in the UK . Perhaps this ACEO gives it away? UK? OK! is a fun piece using map stickers and a vintage postage stamp on hand painted corrugated card. But I can be more specific than that. The second image is of 'Evening Star', which shows my Celtic heritage (I'm a Scot, living in England). It has the atmosphere of a late summer evening in the North of Scotland, the colours of the hills and moorland. I miss it.

Find both these ACEOs and lots more besides just here

Christmas In July...

...has led to me making some Yuletide ACEOs to sell in the sale section in my shop. For the first time, I'm using recycled materials in some of these pieces, mostly old Christmas cards, but there are some 3D pieces, like game markers, in some of them. I thought that it might be fun to poke a little gentle fun at the season, given that it's the middle of summer... hence the two cards shown here, one about turkeys, and the other, Kitty Christmas. Both are available in my artmixter etsy shop, along with other bargains! Why not pop in and have some fun!

White Butterfly

I've been exploring mixed media, recently, and thought that it was time that I used some of those techniques in an ACEO or two. This is the first of them, White Butterfly. It started off as a painting, which I then collaged with tiny pieces of tissue paper, and overpainted, to show the texture. And finally, I added a felt butterfly. I love butterflies; they are a symbol of change, and they crop up repeatedly in my aceos. White Butterfly is available here along with other ACEOs I have made using this technique...enjoy! More will be added over the next day or so!
marion

Bounty?

Yes, you guessed it, I've been making ACEOs for the Bounty competition/challenge. In a way, I have used it as an opportunity to challenge myself, to make things that I wouldn't normally make, or to develop ideas I've had for a while. The challenge to work with trash and found objects produced this piece, Cracked And Torn. It uses materials I've had for a while, but haven't had any ideas for using. The base of the ACEO is a died dryer cloth on pelmet vilene, stitched into. I then added some disintegrating corrugated cardboard, which I found ages ago in a box in the garage; I love those textures and colours. And to finish it off, pieces of snail shell found abandoned in the garden. Unusual? I think so!

I have submitted ten pieces for ACEO Bounty, and all can be found in my artmixter shop!