Aceo of the day - Snakes n ladders

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - snakes n ladders

Was kind of at a loss for ideas today - you can probably guess where this one came from :)

Aceo of the day - bathtime

Aceo of the day

whimsical cats - bathtime

Time for this little kitty to clean up :) If this was our cat he'd be chasing those bubbles and looking ever so surprised when they burst lol.

Aceo of the day - Red white and blue

Aceo of the day

Whimsical houses - red white and blue

This little house was inspired by the collages we did a the other day. It looks a bit American now it's done but I didn't plan it that way :) Anyways it seemed to work ok so when I go into town on Monday I may get some scrapbooking papers with patterns on to actually collage the border and paint teeny tiny little houses to go in the middle for a few cards. It may work - it may not but you'll never know if you don't try :)

Ebay listings have now ended - 6 sales this time :)

Aceo of the day - Just us chickens

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - just us chickens

No clue where this idea came from - but at least I have a fineline pen that works now :)

Aceo(s) of the day - crafty collages

Aceo(s) of the day

collages - chocolate heart II

collages - chocolate heart

collages - flower petal

collages - star and stripes

Today my 0.05 mm black fineline pen that was on it's last legs yesterday died a death so I decided to get crafty with some collages using bits and pieces from my bits box ( old greeting cards, stick on crystals etc ). Our son wanted to join in too so I gave him a couple of aceo blanks to get creative with and I said I'd put them on mummy's computer for him so here you go :) 

Davion ( age 5 1/2 )'s art cards

Davion's art - One with a "G" on it

Davion's art - One with "13" on it

Aceo(s) of the day

Aceo(s) of the day

whimsical houses - sandy beach

whimsical houses - moon and stars

These are what I've come up with over the last couple of days . I've been a bit distracted with having to look after a poorly boy so haven't had the time or concentration to do anything new really. I can get these little houses done fairly quickly and easily - not much concentration involved so I'll stick with these until the little one feels better :)

Aceo of the day - Little Ballerina

Aceo of the day

Whimsical folks - Little ballerina

Today we have a little ballerina - though my plan to have more of these "people" cards for sale was scuppered when the mother in law decided to visit yesterday so no painting time :(  Also our son just came down with chickenpox so mummy is on calamine lotion duty. Anyways I do have some listings up on ebay ( there was another free weekend ) so visit my listings page

Elain's art on Ebay

for the chance to buy original aceos :)

Aceo of the day - Little Princess

Aceo of the day

whimsical folks - Little Princess

 A bit of an experiment today - decided to do a few cards with people designs. it's another free weekend on e-bay this weekend so I thought I'd try them out to see how popular they are (or not lol ). If nothing else I think this one would make a nice t-shirt :)

Aceo of the day - Old McDonald's Farm

Aceo of the day

Whimsical houses - Old McDonald's farm

 Here's today's bit of fun :) Old McDonald probably has a lot more animals than this - but you can only fit so much on an Aceo size painting ;)

Aceo of theday - Purple and Pink

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - purple and pink

 Was a bit pushed for time today as there was an after school meeting that we had to attend so I just did a quick recolour of one of my earlier designs :)

Aceo of the day - Robokitty

Aceo of the day

whimsical cats - robokitty

Here's todays painting. Inspired when I heard someone mention the game "robot unicorn attack". Maybe I will try a robot unicorn at some point but for now here's robokitty :)

Aceo of the day - Blue willow

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - blue willow

This is my version of the old chinese style willow pattern. I found a poem describing it and thought it was nice :)

"Two pigeons flying high

Chinese vessel sailing by

Weeping willow hanging o'er

Bridge with three men if not four

Chinese temple here it stands

Seems to cover all the land

Apple tree with apples on

A pretty fence to end my song"

I think I managed to fit everything in - and it's the first "houses" aceo I've done to actually have people in lol.

Aceo of the day - Bunnies

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - bunnies

I blame our son entirely for this one. I asked him what mummy should draw and his second suggestion was bunny rabbits. His FIRST suggestion was ducks with guns .... 

Aceo of the day - North Pole

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - north pole

 If I told you where the inspiration for this one came from - you probably wouldn't believe me. Our son was playing lego batman on the x-box and fighting the Penguin. Oooh, penguins i thought....and here you go :)

Aceo of the day - little devil

Aceo of the day

whimsical cats - little devil

So this is how my little devil turned out :) I think they should work ok on t-shirts.

Aceo of the day - stone age

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - stone age

This is what I came up with today :)  I have plans to rework my little angel kitty tomorrow into a little devil kitty - I think I may put them onto t-shirts for myself. I have some transfer paper left over from another project :)

Aceo of the day - Carrots!

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - Carrots!

Today - in a spirit of complete and utter randomness, we have lots of carrots and a ( presumably very well fed ) bunny rabbit. Fun - I has it :)

Aceo of the day - Shades of pink

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - shades of pink

I have no idea where this idea came from - I was feeling pretty clueless so I just put on a dvd and started doodling. This is what I came up with.... and it wasn't even a romantic film - it was Cloverfield O.o

Aceo of the day - kitty heart

Aceo of the day

whimsical cats - kitty heart

The original aceo of this one will not be for sale - I painted it to make into a card for my mum and dad's anniversery next week. Now i just need to think of something to do for a card for my dad's birthday which is 3 days later :)

Aceo of the day - little angel

Aceo of the day

whimsical cats - little angel

This was the other cats idea i had - a cute little angel kitty :)

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Aceo of the day - Alley cat

Aceo of the day

whimsical cats - alley cat

I had a couple of ideas for cat designs so will try to get them painted up today and tomorrow so I can post them up on ebay. Here is the first - a calico alley cat with his supper :)

Aceo of the day - Creepy Castle

Aceo of the Day

whimsical houses - creepy castle

 It has been a busy couple of days - there has been activities at school to go to and as Ebay has a free listings weekend this weekend it was time to make little folders for packaging and sending off my cards in case they sell when i list them - all 25 or so. Must keep up to date with it in future and folder them as soon as they're finished :) 

Anyways - here for today is a creepy old castle. I know it's a bit early for halloween but I was in a gothic sort of mood :)

Aceo of the day - Apple orchard

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - apple orchard

Today a peaceful apple orchard - inspired by the apple that our son has most days on his walk back from school :)

Aceo of the day - shooting stars

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - shooting stars

Here's some twinkly shooting stars for today - everyone make a wish and it may just come true :)

Aceo of the day - Pretty in pink

Aceo of the day - Pretty in pink

whimsical cats - pretty in pink

A cute little kitty cat today to cheer me up on a rainy Sunday :)