The ACEO Inspiration Blog

These are just a few of the ACEO's that were added to the prize pool in August.

01. readingsully2 - Halloween with Poem
02. johnniebelinda - Daffodil
03. artistsuetaylor - Halloween Witch
04. Lazyhawk - ZenFlowers
05. leepierce - Bahama
06. kreationkween72 - Bulldog Mermaid
07. BrokenMuse - Rose Droplets
08. MagMoment - On the Edge of Lake Eerie
09. TheCreatorsPalette - Fish Zentangle
10. pinkglitterfae - Sleepytime
11. alwaysartistic - Abstraction
12. RaysOfGrace - Best Friends Greeting Card w/ ACEO Magnet

Kathy of tapestry316 got to choose 7 ACEO's as her prize from this month's prize pool, below are the 7 cards she chose.

01. Raedawn - Up and Away
02. leepierce - Autumn on the Hill
03. BrokenMuse - Midnight Rendezvous
04. Lazyhawk - Good Morning Rooster
05. alwaysartistic - After the Rain
06. johnniebelinda - Miniature Art Landscape
07. RaysOfGrace - Best Friends ACEO Magnet Greeting Card

These are the challenges for August 2010:

Sleep or Sleeping
Abstract
Toys from your childhood
Water
Halloween
Rain Drops
Bicycles
Autumn landscape

*Originally Challenged on the 7 Card Draw Team*

These are just a few of the ACEO's that were added to the prize pool in July.

01. leepierce - ROAD TRIP back in time
02. rsully2sphotography - Lifeguard Tower
03. alwaysartistic - Splash
04. RaysOfGrace - Cascade to Gold
05. johnniebelinda - bird family zen
06. Lazyhawk - Dragonfly

Susan of RaysOfGrace got to choose 7 ACEO's as her prize from this month's prize pool, below are the 7 cards she chose.

01. Raedawn - Golden Eagle
02. LDphotography - American Bride
02. AdventuresInArt - Orange Poppy
04. MagMoment - Zing
05. readingsully2 - Cathedral Stained Glass Windows
06. Lazyhawk - Need Coffee
07. alwaysartistic - Flowers

These are just a few of the ACEO's that were added to the prize pool in June.

01. Lazyhawk - ELEMENTS Earth, Wind, Fire, Rain
02. LDphotography - Orange Julia Butterfly
03. RaysOfGrace - Dawn in Texas
04. MagMoment - Spirit
05. tapestry316 - Sea Horse
06. leepierce - Umbrellas
07. Raedawn - Origin of Water
08. artistsuetaylor - Fire and Ice
09. AdventuresInArt - Purple Butterfly
10. johnniebelinda - A cats curiosity
11. rsully2sphotography - The Louvre, Paris
12. journalartz - I AM HAPPY

Betty of pinkglitterfae got to choose 7 ACEO's as her prize from this month's prize pool, below are the 7 cards she chose.

01. leepierce - Little Light
02. AdventuresInArt - Swan
03. MagMoment - Together
04. Lazyhawk - Under The Sea
05. LDphotography - Orange Julia Butterfly
06. tapestry316 - Oranges Bajoranges
07. journalartz - I Am Happy

Hazel of MagMoment got to choose 7 ACEO's as her prize from this month's prize pool, below are the 7 cards she chose.

01. leepierce - Poppy
02. johnniebelinda - The waters moved me
03. AdventuresInArt - Pink Rose
04. artistsuetaylor - Rooster
05. Lazyhawk - Cloudy Sea No. 2
06. catscradle - Blossom
07. rsully2sphotography - Eiffel Tower ACEO Card

These are the challenges for May 2010:

The Four (sacred) Elements: fire, water, earth and air.
Unusual Creatures
Cats and Kittens
A Flower
Sunshine
Tissue Paper
Paris or Texas
Music/Musical Instruments
City Living
Zentangle
Scrapbooking
Wind

*Originally Challenged on the 7 Card Draw Team*

These are just a few of the ACEO's that were added to the prize pool in April.

01. glorioushats - Raindrops Keep Falling
02. MagMoment - Pink
03. leepierce - Shark Reef
04. artistsuetaylor - Rooster
05. tapestry316 - Oranges Bajoranges
06. pinkglitterfae - The Lonely Mermaid
07. rsully2sphotography - Underwater Glory
08. alwaysartistic - Sand Dollar
09. DBVisualArts - 1/8 Palsm 119
10. MitzvahMinded - Challah Recipe
11. Lazyhawk - Good Morning Rooster
12. catscradle - Rainbow's End

Carole of rsully2sphotography got to choose 7 ACEO's as her prize from this month's prize pool, below are the 7 cards she chose.

01. pinkglitterfae - The Lonely Mermaid
02. glorioushats - Raindrops Keep Falling
03. Lazyhawk - Abstract Jungle
04. catscradle - Rainbow's End
05. MagMoment - Pink
06. leepierce - Shark Reef
07. AdventuresInArt - Purple Dragonfly

  
These are the challenges for April 2010:

Under the Sea
April Showers
Tropical Fish
Parts and Pieces of Birds
Something White
Something for the kitchen
Beach Related
Your favorite Nursery Rhyme or Fairy Tale
Birthdays
Computers
Something with Flowers
Flower Faces
Abstract
Teddy Bears
Friends
Travel
Time Flies
The City at Night

*Originally Challenged on the 7 Card Draw Team*

These are just a few of the ACEO's that were added to the prize pool in March.

01. Lazyhawk - Cloudy Sea No. 2
02. BrokenMuse - Climb to the Top
03. leepierce - Celebrate spring
04. sfcount - A Bird in the Hand
05. DBVisualArts - Where Ever the Wind Blows
06. rsully2sphotography - Blue Heron
07. photomcgee - Cala
08. MagMoment - Waltzing
09. tapestry316 - Hershey in Winter
10. leepierce - Need Coffee
11. martaharvey - Owl in Flight
12. alwaysartistic - Gorgeous Giraffe

Marlene of Lazyhawk got to choose 7 ACEO's as her prize from this month's prize pool, below are the 7 cards she chose.

01. pinkglitterfae - Easter Owl giving out eggs
02. tapestry316 - Hershey in Winter
03. BrokenMuse - Climb to the Top
04. DBVisualArts - Where ever the wind blows
05. leepierce - CELEBRATE spring
06. rsully2sphotography - Blue Heron
07. alwaysartistic - Teepee

These are the challenges for March 2010:
Create an ACEO that depicts your favorite animal.
Birds.
Depict a Full Moon with a bird of prey in the same picture.
Kites. (March is the windy month)
Childhood Memory.
Need Coffee.
Something full of spring.
Nature Silhouetted.
I wanna be where it's warm.
An aceo that shows Spring in the City.
Something or someone that inspires you.
St. Patrick's Day.
Something related to Native American Indians.
Do a continuous line drawing.
Family Fun.
Flowers.
Create and ACEO with clouds in it.
Animal Funnies.
Wildlife of any kind...something from the wild.
The Old Swimming Hole.
In to the woods. (hiking, camping...)
Create a circle on the Etch-A-Sketch, then take a picture.
Vampires.
Create an Easter themed ACEO.
Green

*Originally Challenged on the 7 Card Draw Team*

For our second challenge we had 664 views, 118 link clicks and 55 votes. Wow much better than last time. Way to go everyone.

I hope everyone had a lot of fun and inspiration with the last challenge. Congratulations to Stacy of MagicLoveCrow our winner who won one back issue of the "ATC Quarterly" magazine.

And now for more fun. Before participating please make sure you have read the about page, you can find it here. That way you have an idea how things work.

Your challenge is...

Balloons

This one should be lots of fun, different types of balloons, and occasions, and anything else you can think of)

Don't forget - you may enter up to 3 ACEO's each challenge. Have fun everyone.

When you are ready, upload your ACEO to one of your shops and/or your blog. Then come back here and enter the web address using the inlinkz button below the post, it will display each ACEO at the bottom of the challenge post. Then others can click on the links to visit all of the ACEO’s created for that challenge and may buy the ACEO if they like it.

You have until 11:59 (almost midnight) Mountain Time on August 24th to submit your ACEO's. Then August 25th voting begins, and you may vote until 11:59 (almost midnight) Mountain Time on August 31st.

When voting begins come back to this challenge post. Down at the bottom under the thumbnails you will be able to vote for your favorite ACEO. Each IP address may vote once per challenge.

And now your wondering what the prize for the winner of this challenge is right ? This time the winner will win the below ACEO print AND one other in stock ACEO from my Etsy shop alwaysartistic - it can be an original or print of any price. UPDATE: The aceo print below - the colors are a lot different than in the image below. The background color is very faded.