Food For Thought
“There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.”
- Martha Graham

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We Made This:
Sea Monster

Sea Monster
by Dylan Self, at age 7

Dylan is learning to use Photoshop and colorized this drawing (Gustave Doré’s illustration of Ludovico Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso”) in one of his first lessons. Dylan is now 8 years old (born April 2000) and is quite the aspiring artist already. His mother, Charlotte Self, is an accomplished artist as well.

see more at:
http://artfamilia.etsy.com

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PaperStreet’s 1st Annual

Shades of Pink ACEO Challenge

Gypsy Soul (Pink 2) by Charlotte Self

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and there are several groups on flickr where you can post your pink artwork or photos to raise awareness & funds for breast cancer research charities.

Charlotte has challenged herself to make 1 pink collage every day for the rest of October, which she’ll post in the two fund-raising groups below. For each photo added to these groups, Yahoo will donate money to charities & research organizations in the United States and several European countries.

Now we’re stepping it up a notch & challenging YOU! This is an open call to any artist interested in creating ACEO art trading card collages with a pink theme. Images will be submitted to the two Flickr groups & will not only be oggled by tons of people, many of whom will doubtlessly mutter “Ooh, shiny!” to themselves as they gander and gawk at your lovely work… Where was I? Oh, yea… We’d LOVE it if you’d submit them to the groups yourselves, but we understand that many of you might not have or even want a free Flickr account – so we’ll be happy to post them for you, just let us know! We’ll also be willing (albeit grudgingly) to withhold posting work at the request of any participating artist. Now, the fun stuff!!

Metamorphosis (Pink 3) by Charlotte Self

We are offering 3 free Pink themed collage sheets to all entrants to base their collages on.

Collage sheets and complete “Shades of Pink” ACEO Collage challenge rules can be accessed at: http://paperstreetsupplies.com/contests/

Feel free to message us with any questions.

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Pink-0001.jpg . Pink-0002.jpg . Pink-0003.jpg
Pink-0001.pdf . Pink-0002.pdf . Pink-0003.pdf

“Pink” is the theme, otherwise the contest is fairly wide open. Collages should be approximately 2.5″ x3.5″ (trading card sized). We do ask that you use *primarily* images from the three free pink-themed collage sheets to create your collages, but you are welcome to use outside images for secondary elements, extra touches, etc. – and since it’s for a good cause, we’re willing to accept any/all pink entries. We do ask that you keep it family friendly – nudity is acceptable, but nothing raunchy please. Images deemed distasteful will be removed at our discretion (keep in mind, we have an 8 year old son).

We also ask that you join and cross post your pink images to the following flickr groups – your pictures can help raise money for breast cancer research!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/passionatelypinkforthecure/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/pink2008

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DEADLINE FOR CONTEST ENTRIES IS
10/31/2008 11:59pm PST
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Dragon Whisper (Pink 4) by Charlotte Self

HOW TO ENTER:

Entering couldn’t be simpler. Just create a collage (digital or otherwise) & send us a copy of it via email.
You can reach us anytime by writing to support@paperstreetsupplies.com

*PRIZES!!*

“‘Cause hey, what’s a contest without prizes, eh?” – Nunzio

Prizes will be awarded to
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners
and are as follows:

~ 1st Place ~
1 months email subscription to the
Catch of the Day daily newsletter & downloadable collage sheet.

~ 2nd Place ~
2 week email subscription to the
Catch of the Day daily newsletter & downloadable collage sheet.

~ 3rd Place ~
1 week email subscription to the
Catch of the Day daily newsletter & downloadable collage sheet.

We will also be giving away $3.00 PaperStreet coupons for any
Honorable Mentions
that catch our eye, make us laugh, whatever the case…

Deadline For Contest Entries: 10/31/2008 11:59pm PST
We will judge the images & post the winners
here on the contest page by 11/7/2008

Pieces of Me (Pink 5) by Charlotte Self

Thanks & best of luck to you all!
- Ken, Charlotte & Dylan

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