Square One, Diva's Challenge, and It's That String Thing

Well, here we are, at the 11th Hour, as is so often the case. Technically speaking, as far as Square One is concerned, it's actually the 12th Hour, or at least time for the new focus to have been posted. But as I'm always a bit behind, at least on some challenges, this is just par for for the course. The focus on Square One for this past week was Purk, one of my earliest (and still) favorites. When String #158 was introduced, I immediately thought: Bingo, Purk! So here it is (I just turned the string sideways, and added some Bead Lines.)

 

Check out the Square One/Purely Zentangle group on Facebook and see all the other entries for Purk and lots of others. Square One has you going back to the basics; try it, you may like it.

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For Adele Bruno's It's a String Thing #94, 

we were charged to use String Thing #094 by CZT Linda Fine

 and any or all of these patterns:

Wist by CZT Michelle Beauchamp
Jasmin by Simone Bischoff
Sooflowers by Livia Chua
Fleuri by CZT Geneviève Crabe

I used all but Sooflowers; it just didn't fit in my vision. 

I like this one a lot; I'm back to white spaces;
 but I couldn't decide which way is up. 

So in my usual fashion, I'm offering 2 orientations: 

 

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 the last challenge for this week: 

 "Straight Lines all the Tines...er, times"

This week's Diva's challenge is different, but fun.  The challenge is to use ONLY straight lines. I was going to use Paradox, because it's one of my favorites, and even though it uses only straight lines, it does create the illusion of curves and movement. But somehow I ended up doing 2 versions of Arukas. The first one ended up a little sloppy; 

the second is nice and crisp.

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.

Black on White, and some Color

This week, the Diva challenged us to tangle white on black, or, in the absence of those tools, tangle a found object. Since I really like white on black, that's the way for me.

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 Weekly Tangle Challenge #61; 

tangle a flower shaped string

This is more or less the string I came up with:

I forgot to scan it before I filled it in, 

so this is more or less an afterthought; 

but I'm sure you can recognize it in the final tile.

As far as I'm concerned, flowers means color. 

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

and maybe try one yourself.

Back to White Space

This week I'm back to my minimalist tiles 

with lots of white space. 

First up is Joey's Weekly Tangle Challenge #60: Quandary

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

and maybe try one yourself. 

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 Next is That String Thing #92

Use String #98 by Beth Snoderly

 

and any or all of these patterns:

ChocoBox  by Didier Gervy, Cayke by Rose Brown 
Butter by Danae Triantafyllopoulou, 
and Kandy Ribnz by Cheryl Wilson

Once I laid out Kandy Ribnz, I really loved the flow of it, 

and just couldn't see it improved by adding 

any of the other patterns. 

 So I laid it aside, and started over. 

This time I added a little Cayke to it:

I was going to add more, but decided to quit while I was ahead, (I have a tendency to overdo when left to my own devices).

Except for Cayke, or adding layers of Aura all around, which I decided against; I really couldn't come up with anything that I felt would enhance the tile. So there you have it: 

Kandy Ribnz with, or without Cayke

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.

Square One, Joey, String Thing, and Diva

The focus of Square One this week is Tripoli, which I've done here with Onomato and Purk, against a background tangleation of Florz:

 

Check out the Square One/Purely Zentangle group on Facebook and see all the other entries for Tripoli and lots of others. Square One has you going back to the basics;
try it, you may like it.

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Next up was Joey's Challenge #59; 

Mumsy, drawn on black paper:

 After I finished this one, I remembered another one I had done a while back, so here it is , too:

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

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I liked the white on black so much that I decided to use it for the rest of this week's challenges.

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For It's a String Thing #91, we are celebrating the 5th anniversary of  Linda Farmer's Tangle Patterns website. Use a simple "V" as the string:

and these tangles:

Zin by CZT Linda Farmer, 

 2 in 5 by CZT Anita Roby-Lavery, 

and Vano by Anneke Sieben

Here's mine:

 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 lastly, this week's Diva's Challenge, # 216, 

UMT (Use My Tangle), Brella, by Bunny Wright, CZT

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.