String Thing #121

At Adele Bruno's Tickled to Tangle site this week, 

she offers this string as the basis for It's a String Thing #121

 

Once the tree is penciled in, add the amoeba-like shapes that Aquafleur begins with, like so ~

 

and fill each section with Aquafleur, 
which is one of my favorite Tangles. 
She suggests varying the sizes of the sections for more variety.

This is what I came up with:

I'm rather pleased with it. I hope you like it, too.

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, 

when she offers the new ones.

Paradox for Square One, It's a String Thing #120

Paradox is one of my all-time top favorite tangles. 

Last week it was the focus on Square One.

Here's my latest version. Somehow it never got posted: 

Check out the Square One/Purely Zentangle group on Facebook, and see all the other entries. 
Square One has you going back to the basics;
Try it, you may like it.
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Over at Adele Bruno's site, Tickled to Tangle, 
this is the string for It's a String Thing #120 


with
Gourdeous by Maria Thomas, Zentangle® co-founder. 
and Lichen by Jennifer Hohensteiner 

Here's my tile for It's a String Thing #120:

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, when she offers the new ones.

Diva's Challenge #243; Just a Little Taste

The challenge this week is to intentionally 

leave the majority of your tile empty;

giving the tile just a tiny taste of tangle.

So this is a tiny taste of the tangle Biscus: 

 Perhaps it's not quite tiny; 

but it does leave more white space than usual.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site to see the other 

wonderful entries. It's amazing how different 

all the responses are. Maybe you'll be inspired 

to try out one of the Challenges yourself.

Joey's Weekly Challenge #85, Diva's Challenge #242

Joey's challenge at this week is to do a Verdigogh monotangle. 

I've always liked Verdigogh; but somehow this challenge proved a bit challenging, shall we say. Using it as a monotangle was what threw me off. I kept wanting to use color, but it just never seemed quite right. I tried white on black, but even that didn't do it. So I finally settled on the traditional black on white. Then it seemed unfinished somehow. I knew it needed shading; but I wasn't sure how. This is my best effort. 

At least it doesn't seem so flat.

  Take a look at Joey’s site to see the other entries, and maybe try one yourself.

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The Diva's Challenge is to use the new 

Official Tangle, Gourdgeous. I still haven't mastered it 

to my liking; but here is what I came up with:

I'm not completely happy with it; but I really wanted to submit something for this challenge. Especially since I've been a little behind posting my work. So, it is what it is.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site to see the other wonderful entries; it's amazing how different all the responses are. Maybe you'll be inspired to try out one of the Challenges yourself.\

Joey's Weekly Tangle Challenge #84, Square One: W2

Joey's Weekly Tangle Challenge #84 is to do a monotangle o f Undu. I had tried it out when it was first introduced; but thought it was so much like Diva Dance that I didn't get too excited about it. Don't get me wrong, I love Diva Dance in all its permutations. But I didn't see any reason to have another tangle so much like it. So when I saw that it was this week's monotangle, my first thought was Eh! But then when I started working on it, I really started enjoying myself. This was one of those real Zen-like Zentangle experiences. 

It practically drew itself; I had a Ball! 

The problem was; when I was finished, I realized that I had left no space to put my initials. So I improvised, and put teeny-tiny initials right on the tangle. Then I had a devil of a time deciding which direction looked good; but they all looked good to me. So, I tossed an imaginary coin, and this is it. 

I hope you all like it as much as I liked drawing it.

 Take a look at Joey’s site to see the other entries, 

and maybe try one yourself.

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Square One's focus this week has been W2, 

never one of my favorites. But I decided 

to give it a try; and found that it worked out 

pretty well, although it's a little messy.

It's still not a favorite; but I may use it again.

 Check out the Square One/Purely Zentangle group 

on Facebook, and see all the other entries. 

Square One has you going back to the basics;
Try it, you may like it.

Zendala Dare #113

Here is Erin Olson's template for Zendala Dare #113

 

and here is my interpretation:

 

Be sure to visit the the Bright Owl's site; see the other wonderful entries, and maybe try out one of the Zendala Dares yourself. 

 

Diva #240, String Thing #115

The Diva's Challenge this week is to tangle Autumn Leaves, 

in honor of her son Artoo's 5th Birthday.

It's been a long time since I've been back home to see 

real autumn leaves; so this is just my imagination at work:

And of course, a belated Happy Birthday, Artoo.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site to see the other wonderful entries; it's amazing how different all the responses are. Maybe you'll be inspired to try out one of the Challenges yourself. 

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It's a String Thing #115 uses 

string # 116, by CZT Sandy Hunter;

and any or all of the following tangles:

Fandance by  CZT Diane Knauff  
Swarm by Maria Thomas  
and Cruffle, also by CZT Sandy Hunter

 I only used a couple of variations of Fandance, 

along with Cruffle. 

I couldn't  fit Swarm into the mix.

 Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, 

when she offers the new ones.

Joey's Challenge #83,

Joey's Challenge is up up the letter T, 

so the monotangle for this week is Ta-Da

This was the first one that I did: 

 But it seemed somehow lacking. 

I thought color was what it needed; 

so I tried doing it with colored Microns, colored pencils,

couldn't come up with anything I liked. 

Then I tried white on black, silver on black. 

Nothing seemed to do the trick.

So I stuck to the black on white; but tried to jazz it up a bit.

Take a look at Joey’s site to see the other entries, 

and maybe try one yourself. 

 

Zendala Dare #112

Here is the template that Erin Olson, the Bright Owl 

has offered for this week's Zendala Dare:

 

and here is my take on it: 

 After I did this one, I checked some of the other responses, and saw that someone had used the negative space to tangle in; 

and I kind of liked that idea, so I did this one:

 followed by this one, 

using the negative space going in the reverse order:

Once I got started, I almost couldn't stop. 

But I restrained myself. So this is it for now.

Be sure to visit the the Bright Owl's site; see the other wonderful entries, and maybe try out one of the Zendala Dares yourself.

String Thing #114, and Zendala Dare #111/Halloween

This week's String Thing uses String #114

 

by Dorothy Allison

with any or all of these patterns:

Ahh  - the 14th pattern listed on TanglePatterns,
Ta-Da - the 14th pattern listed under the 'grid' tab on TanglePatterns,
and
Teenos - the 14th pattern developed by Adele Bruno. 

At first I wasn't sure how these patterns would go together.

But once I started with the first pattern that came to mind, 

the rest all fell into place. And this is the result:

I'm pretty happy with it.

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, 

when she offers the new ones.

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 When Erin Olson posted the template for Zendals Dare #111, 

I somehow missed the fact that it was supposed 

to have a Halloween theme; so I did this one:

I like it, but since it has nothing to do with Halloween,

I did this one, too:

Be sure to visit the the Bright Owl's site; see the other wonderful entries, and maybe try out one of the Zendala Dares yourself.

Joey #82, & Diva #239

I seem to be doing things in twos this week.

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First off, the Diva's challenge is to use Munchin, 

and she suggested doing it white on black.

Unlike some other tanglers who said they don't like doing white on black, I love doing so. I had already done one when I watched Molly Hollibough's video on doing Munchin. 

 And then I decided to do one with curved lines:

I like them both a lot; I hope you do, too.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site to see the other wonderful entries; it's amazing how different all the responses are. Maybe you'll be inspired to try out one of the Challenges yourself.

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Next up was Joey's Challenge #82,

a Striping Monotangle:

I wasn't sure about this one; so I did another:

I like this one better, but I decided to post them both after all.

Take a look at joey’s site to see the other entries, and maybe try one yourself.

 

 

 

 

Joey #81, Diva #238

Joey's challenge #81 is to do a Monotangle of Rosewood.
Here's mine:

Take a look at joey’s site to see the other entries, 

and maybe try one yourself.
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The Diva's challenge #238 is UMT (Use My Tangle)
Tri-Bee
This is what I came up with:

Be sure to visit the Diva's site 
to see the other wonderful entries; 
it's amazing how different all the responses are. 
Maybe you'll be inspired to try one of the Challenges yourself.

Joey's, It's a String Thing, & Square One

Playing Catch-Up

Joey's Challenge # 80: Queeries Monotangle 

I did 2:

Take a look at joey’s site to see the other entries, 

and maybe try one yourself.

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Next up is It's a String Thing #112

Use String #112 by Yamit Fridman 

and
Minline   by Mei Hua Teng (Damy)
Puffle by CZT Sandy Hunter
and Kisses by Adele Bruno

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, 

when she offers the new ones.

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And, last 

Square One: Jalousie

I did 2 of these, too.

Check out the Square One/Purely Zentangle group on Facebook 

and see all the other entries. Square One has you going back to the basics; Try it, you may like it.

 

The focus on Square One last week was Meringue, 

a really fun tangle.

 This week's focus is Zenith

This was fun to draw; not so much fun to shade. 

I'm not sure I was up to the challenge.

 

 Check out the Square One/Purely Zentangle group on Facebook and see all the other entries.  Square One has you going back to the basics. Try it, you may like it.
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Here's my entry for this week's It's a String Thing #111

We began with
ONE new tangle - Hamail by Tina Hunziker, CZT
ONE favorite tangle of your own,
and 

ONE string line you will create.

The favorite tangle I've used here is a variation of 

Puffle, by Sandy Hunter

It has elements of Kandy Ribnz, Kitl, and Onion Drops.

I like it a lot, and use it often.

Check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them.  And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, when she offers the new ones.

String Thing #107, and more

On August 25th, seventy-six years ago, 

the movie The Wizard of Oz debuted in the United States.  

It's a String Thing #107 asks us to 

tangle the Yellow Brick Road this week,

and begin with 

TanglePatterns String 111 by CZT Maria Vennekens ~

 

and

Zenith by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas - their newest tangle

Pixioze by CZT Margaret Bremner - her latest tangle
and

Ann by Adele Bruno, from her very first blog post

So this is what I came up with. 

This was one of those tiles that just fell into place. 
The only real thinking I had to do was to decide 
what color to make the butterflies (the tangle Ann)
I really like it; I hope you do, too.

As always, I urge you to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, when she offers the new ones. 
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Over at Joey's Weekly Tangle Challenge #75

it's onto another week of the

Alphabet Monotangle Challenge

and this week is the letter L

 

LinQ Monotangle

  Here's mine

 This was done first, no shading. 
Then I thought maybe it needed shading, 
so I did this one

I'm really not sure which I prefer. What do you think?

Take a look at Joey’s site to see the other entries, 
and maybe try one yourself.

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 And last for this week,
 the guest blogger at iamthediva is 
CZT Holly Atwater.
She offered 2 challenges: 
the first is any or all of 3 Audio Zentangle Meditations,
the second is the tangle Betweed.
I chose to do all 3 of the Audio Meditations:

The first was very straightforward, 
and I zipped right through it.

 
But in the second and third I found it hard 
to understand the audio; it just wasn't loud enough. 
I suddenly realized that while I was wearing my hearing aids during the first one, I wasn't wearing them during the second and third. So I put them in, and tried again. The second one was still a little hard to hear, but the third one was fine. 

 

All in all, it was an interesting and enjoyable experiment. 

I would certainly do such meditations again.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site to see the other entries; it's always amazing how different all the responses are. Maybe you'll be inspired to try out one of the Challenges yourself.

And perhaps you'd like to try the Audio Zentangle Meditations. 

You can access them at Holly Atwater's blog

String Thing #106

This week, String Thing #106 is using String #107, 
by Lily Moon

and
Asian Fans by CZT Suzanne McNeill  

and Bud and Budlite by Adele Bruno

My interpretation

 

I did this tile before reading Adele's 

"Tips for Tangling Asian Fans".

Therefore, mine are not as precise as they might be. 

But, otherwise, I'm very happy with it. 

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday afternoon, when she offers the new ones.
 

"The Undulating Tangles in C and S minor"

This week's guest host at I am the Diva is Sharla Hicks, CZT

Her challenge is to use an old favorite 
undulating C or S curve tangle 

and work in a series 
OR find a new one and begin a new series. 

Here is a series of tiles using Squid, which is full of undulations.
The first 2 are the same, except the first is unshaded, 

and the second is shaded.

 

 This one has less appendages and more Tipple

This one speaks for itself

And, of course, this one is white on black.

There are also some older ones I did a while ago:

 This one is Mooka masquerading as Squid
I call it Son of Squid

 and Son of Squid with Tipple

 For now, I think I've exhausted all avenues in this series, 
so I'm going to quit.
Thanks, Sharla, for a fun adventure.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site 
to see the other wonderful entries; 
it's amazing how different all the responses are. 
Maybe you'll be inspired to try out one of the Challenges yourself.