Zendala Dare #7

Yet another great Zendala Dare from Erin at http://thebrightowl.blogspot.co.uk/

After doing these dares for a few weeks now I am realising that I have a distinct style and I tend to use the same tangles again and again. So for the first one I just went with the flow and I think this is my favourite. Of course 'snake' is in there :-)  (btl-joos). Its a very graphic look.

I then thought I should try and produce something a bit softer, so I started with Fengle in the middle which is a fantastic tangle. I then used 3 new tangles that I have not tried before, beadlines, BB and Pokeleaf. This one has a completely different look

I then went back to a few tangles that I have used before and I am not so sure about this third tile, but I suppose there are no mistakes in tangling so here it is anyway. I used Shattuck, Stricles, Paradox and Mooka.

I am the Diva - Challenge #71

This week yet another great challenge from Laura at http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.co.uk/

I found using Pea-nuckle really difficult. I can not do it in a way tht flows easily and it's not relaxing to use for me. I have to concentrate too hard on getting it right. I am too much of a perfectionist. I went for a tangelation and made it stripey, to match my favoutite tangle pattern which sneaks in again!
I don't think I will be using pea-nuckle again, but it was good to try it out.

Zendala Dare #6

Hard to believe that we are already on dare number 6 and what a great zendala template this week. I found this one a bit easier, it flowed more easily.

Here's a link to Erin's challenge page http://thebrightowl.blogspot.co.uk/

For my first attempt I thought I would try and use some new tangles. I tried out tripoli and wirly bird for the first time and I though they went nicely with the template. Then added in a few favourites of paradox and BTL Joos (Snake :-)  )

For my second attempt I just went with the flow and something completely different popped out!

Another great fun challenge, thanks Erin

I am the Diva - Challenge #70

This weeks challenge from Laura at http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.co.uk/ was really great fun. My first problem though was no brown pen. I searched the house and finally found something I could use. Probably not Sepia...just brown.

Last week I really was inspired to try steampunk by Alice  at http://thecreatorsleaf.blogspot.co.uk/ submission to Erin's zendala dare.

Brown seems to go well with the whole steampunk thing so I gave it a go with a ZIA. I am also working on my shading and trying to get more depth in my tangles. I still have a way to go with this but it's not a bad start.

I then did a more traditional tile and tried to make this one more organic in line with the brown pen.

It was a fun challenge which certainly got me out of my comfort zone of black.

Zendala Dare 5

Time for Zendala dare 5 from Erin at the Bright Owl , http://thebrightowl.blogspot.co.uk/

This one also said Art Deco to me. So that was the theme of my first tile.

The next one I just decided to have a bit of fun and 'snake' was back again. Snake seems to feature very frequently in my tangles somewhere. (Not sure what the real name of this tangle is)

I am the Diva-Challenge #69

This week's challenge from Laura at http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.co.uk/ was to use the tangle groovy.
I have not used this one before so it was a bit of an adventure.

My last attenpt is the following tile, where I used the tangle 3 time in 3 different scales and one of them I added some modifications. I like the overall finished effect.

Before that I had a new blue pen so I thought I would try something blue, I was watching TV and saw a flag and thought why not do something patriotic. So here's my Groovy flag. It's a bit skew whiff but apart from that it captures what I was looking for. I shaded in black which was a mistake. I think next time it should be blue shading. However this is my first attempt as colour so I guess you live and learn.

My first attmpt at this tangle did not work but I would be happy for any advice people have. I was trying to get the look of a vortex, but I did not manage to get the feeling of depth that I needed, it looks very flat, any hints on how to do this would be appreciated. Where it's black in the middle I started with a net then checks, but it all looked too busy so I just went for black in the end!!

Zendala Dare 4


Time for the weekly Zendala dare by Erin (Hope you are having a lovely cruise!)

http://thebrightowl.blogspot.co.uk/

This week's challenge was to use the Ocean and/or Mexico as inspiration.

OCEAN

I started off with the Ocean as I thought this would be easier, however it turned out to be more tricky to get the right feeling

I used Snaylz Trayl as I thought this looked like shells and River stones along the edge to give the watery feeling, then finished off with Antodots to give a seaweed type feeling aroung the edge.

MEXICO

Rather than go with colour on my Mexico tile I took inspiration from Mexican designs that you see on rugs and blankets.

The tangle around the outside is Ambler, but the other two tangles I made up myself, I hope that's allowed! I think it gives an Aztec/Mexican feel.

I am the Diva-Challenge #68

I am the diva has a weekly challenge   http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.co.uk/ and this is my first go at one of them.  The challenge this week was to use just 2 tangles hybrid and strircles. I have not tried this kind of challenge before so it took me a while to get going. Because I have been doing a few Zendala's recently my finished tile turned out pretty structured and simple, but I like it.

I think it looks like a funky brolly (Thaks an Umbrella for all you non UK folks)