Diva #300 and Joey #149,

This week marked the 300th challenge from the Diva;

and it's the annual Moebius Syndrome Awareness challenge.

Can you believe it? 300 challenges. Laura Harms, the Diva,

has been issuing weekly challenges for 6 years.

Laura's son, Artoo,  was born with this syndrome 

(it's not a disease);  find out more about it on her blog: 

I am the Diva . And she poses the Moebius Syndrome 

Awareness challenge every year during the week

 of Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day, which was 

Tuesday, I believe. And Purple is the color of the day; 

which is right up my alley, since I am definitely 

a Purple Person.

 

This is the Moebius Foundation's logo; which is 

used as the string for this challenge:

 

But I tweaked it a bit. Here is my tile:

Unfortunately, I got a little behind on my challenges this week,

which is why I'm posting my tile at the 11th hour. Better late 

than never. I hope you like it.

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.
http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/ 

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Joey's Challenge #149

Joey's challenge #149 continues the Finish My Tile 

format. But this series uses alphabet strings, with

 corresponding tangles of the same letter. Since this is the

  fourth challenge of this format, we are on the letterD.

Here's Joey's beginning tile, using Dicso, on a ZIA/ATC:

 

And here's my tile; a monotangle as usual:

I originally wanted to do this challenge in color. But

it really wasn't working; so after a few tries I just gave

up and did it in black on white, with graphite shading.

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

Well, here I am again, at the last possible moment, 

finally posting my challenge tiles for this past week.

I'll try to make this short and sweet, because it's late, 
and I really need to go to bed.

The first one I started (but actually the last one I finished)

 was Joey's Challenge #148. Along with Finish my Tile 
 challenges, Joey is continuing the alphabet theme:

using the letter C as the string, and Catkin as the tangle.
Here's her tile:



And here's mine, still a monotangle

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, from Adele Bruno,
at Tickled to Tangle. Here's her string:

 

using Fassett, Paradox, and Trimonds

and here's mine:

I love Paradox; and I like Fassett as well. And before 

I realized it, I had filled the tile with those 2 tangles, 

leaving no room for Trimonds. In fact, it came out 

quite busy, but I like it anyway.

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. Although, actually, it's usually more Monday evening before they're posted. 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, or evening, when she offers the new ones.

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Last is the Diva's Challenge, which was to use the

new, terrific tangle, Drawings. I had run out of time;

but wanted to submit a Drawings tile. And, luckily,

I had one that I did for another challenge earlier.

So here it is:

This is another tangle that I really love.

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 Challenge #147, and Diva's #298

Joey's challenge #147 continues the Finish My Tile 

format. But this series uses alphabet strings, with

 corresponding tangles of the same letter. Since this is the

 second challenge of this format, we are on the letter B.

Here's Joey's beginning tile, using B-Twixt, on a ZIA/ATC:

And a little late this week, but here's my tile. As you can

 see, I'm still determined to do these as a monotangle.

Take a look at Joey’s site to see the other entries,
and maybe try one yourself.
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Diva's Weekly Challenge #298:

 

The first Monday of every month is a Use My Tangle 

challenge; where the challenge is to use a tangle

created by one of the tanglers.

 

This UMT is Orbs-la-Dee by Anneke van Dam

 

Here's my tile; also including Paushalov:

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 & White, and Gray all over; Again

Since I've been doing so many gray tiles, using

black, gray, and white pens on gray paper; I decided

to try Sonya Yencer's 14 Shades of Gray technique. It

turns out to be totally different from the way I've been

doing my gray tiles. So it just gives me another way to

explore gray. Here's the 1st tile I did in this technique:

Now I have to see what else I can do with it.

 

Check out the 14 Shades of Gray group on Facebook
to see what it’s all about.

 

 

Joey #146, and It's A String Thing #178

Joey is continuing her Finish My Tile challenges, 

(Thank You, Joey) but with an added twist:

For the next 26 challenges, she will provide a letter string,

and the appropriate letter tangle. This is, obviously, an A

string; and the tangle is A-dalfa. It's on a ZIA tile, actually

an ATC; Artist Trading Card: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

In my usual fashion, I did a monotangle, Black on Gray:

 I'm rather fond of this one, and think I may do some 

more gray tiles; especially since I just sent away for

Sonya Yencer's 14 Shades of Gray.  I had already done 

some gray tiles before, to quite good results; and I would

like to take it  further.

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

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At Tickled to Tangle, this is the string:

 

and the tangles to use are:

MySwing by Simone Menzel, CZT,
Zonked by Barbara Finwall,

and Panthe by Nancy Newlin
  

I really struggled with these tangles, in order to get

 them all to play well together. I finally decided to put

 them on a gray tile; which I had already used in my tile

 for Joey's challenge (see above), and do My Swing  

in white, to make it stand out against the other 2 

busier, grid based (also more geometric) tangles. 

 That seems to have worked, more or less; at least

  to keep them all from fighting together. It wasn't till

I scanned it that I realized it was on the tile lopsized.

 But I wasn't going to try to remedy that at this late date.

 So what you see is what you get.

Be sure to check out all the entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday afternoon, when Adele Bruno posts them. Although, actually, it's usually more Monday evening before they're posted. 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, or evening, when she offers the new ones.

 

Square One; Drawings, Icanthis, and Stella

As usual, I'm playing Catch-up, this time on Square One;

with the focus tangles: Drawings, Icanthis, and Stella.

I really like all these tangles, although I still haven't 

mastered Icanthis quite the way I'd like. But it's a start.

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.