Weekly Challenge #127: "DuoTangle v. VII: Cirquital/Opus"

This week's challenge from the Diva was a DuoTangle.  Use Cirquital and Opus only in a tile.

Here is my entry:

Weekly Challenge #126: "Stencil Fun" #2

This week's Diva challenge was to tangle with a stencil. This was indeed a challenge for me as I had no stencils. So I improvised and used the handles of my scissors as my stencil. I ended up with a fan-like string. 

Here is my second entry: 

Tangles used were: Golven, Waves, Inapod, Coaster, Arc Flower, Ixorus, and Por Fin.

Weekly Challenge #126: "Stencil Fun"

This week's Diva challenge was to tangle with a stencil. This was indeed a challenge for me as I had no stencils. So I improvised and used the side of a plastic basket as my stencil. I ended up with a grid string and decided to make it weave tangles through it. 

Here is my entry:

Tangles used were: Piza, Palrevo, Z-Trik, Fang, Love Line, Coaster, Snugz, Girlande, Fancy Nancy, and Arckles.

This is the string I used from the plastic storage basket:

Weekly Challenge #125: UMT v. XVIII Birdie Feet

This weeks challenge from the Diva is a UMT challenge (Use My Tangle). Awesome fun. The tangle for the challenge is Birdie Feet by Owl Loving April.  I gave it a shot and I think I like it this week.  

Here is my entry:

Weekly Challenge #124: "We Are Calgary"

This week's challenge is an open challenge - The Diva only asks that we keep Calgary in our hearts this week, and any part of the Earth where people are dealing with incredible struggles and tragedy.  So here is my entry for Calgary. 

Weekly Challenge #123: "Guest Post: Is it a Zentangle?"

The challenge for this week is: can you do a Zentangle without using existing patterns or tangeleations* of them? And what are your experiences while doing so? 

Wow, this was interesting.  I spent a while thinking about what that actually means.  My interpretation of this assignment is to create a Zentangle without any known tangles.

My entry for this week:

Weekly Challenge #122: "Grid (un)Locked"

This weeks challenge from the Diva is to use a grid seed from Rick and Maria's Zentangle Newsletter or come up with your own.  I decided to come up with my own.  I actually came up with three.  It was fun.

The first one, Thor, I used two variations of in the tile.  Guess which movie I saw the pattern in.  =) The second one on the bottom I called Webbed,.  The third I haven't come up with a name for it.

Here is my entry:

I hope you like it.

Weekly Challenge #121: "UMT XVII: Birds on a Wire"

This weeks challenge by the Diva is to use the tangle pattern called "Bird on a Wire" by Mary Kissel.  I really ended up liking this pattern!  I love birdies, so I tried to make my version of Bird on a Wire with a beak!

I feel like I coped out on last weeks challenge.  I was so busy at work I didn't have time to take any breaks. This week, I set aside time to tangle. In other words, I made myself take a timed break when I was stressed. It helped.  I need to do that on a more regular basis.

Here is my entry:

Weekly Challenge #120: "Tangleation Nation; Bales"

This is me taking Bales on a drive....I may dress it up more...for now, here it is.  This is the beginning.  I will finish at a later time.  Life is just too busy sometimes, even for the fun things.

My entry:

Weekly Challenge #119: "Ebony and Ivory"

This weeks challenge is Ebony and Ivory.  Rick and Maria had a post on this too.  I found this one a challenge indeed.  I am half happy with my entry.  The Quare turned out well along with the beads, but the Waft did not have the effect I was going for.

Here is my entry:

Weekly Challenge #118: "UMT v. XVI - Kuke"

This weeks challenge is a Use My Tangle.  This week the tangle is Kuke by Katy Abbot, CZT.  I know Kuke was inspired by a cucumber slice, but it reminds me of the Chineese Baoding Balls that my brother gave me one year for Christmas.

Here is my entry:

I used Kuke, Keenees, Cruffle, and Vitruvius.

Weekly Challenge #117: "New Official Tangle: Schway"

This weeks challenge is to use the new official tangle Schway.  This was indeed a challenge for me.  I had a hard time working with this tangle.  I wouldn't call it good, but I took a stab at it and this was what I came up with.

Here is my entry:

Weekly Challenge #116: "Blind Sighted"

This weeks challenge is using a blind string.  This one is difficult for me as I like structure and I am a bit of a perfectionist about my art.  So I drew the border, then put my pencil on a edge and closed my eyes and scribbled a string.   I hope you like it.

Here is my entry:

I used the following tangles: 'Nzeppel, Antidots, Purk, and Cyra.

My string was lame, but I made the best out of it I could.  I always forget it is supposed to be a guide and not a rule.  So this time I made myself go outside of the lines a bit to make it make sense to me.  I made a copy of my string so I could scan it later.  I had to retrace the string so the scanner could pick it up.

Here is my string: 

 

Weekly Challenge #115: "Amanda Day - or Earth Day"

This week's challenge is our Mother Earth and whatever that means to you.  However you'd like to interpret that.  To me that means using organic tangles.  I just love organic tangles!

I used the following tangles: Brax, Flowervine, Dooleedo, Antidots, and  Aura-Leah.

Here is my entry:

Thanks for stopping by!

Weekly Challenge #114: "You with the Stars in your Eyes - Stars v 2.0"

This weeks challenge is to use stars!  Whatever that means to you. Whatever goes...hmmm.  This one took me a while, mostly because I started a new job and am so busy learning new stuff.  This was a good de-stresser.  =)  Thanks for the awesome challenge!

Awesome fun!

Here is my entry:

Weekly Challenge #113: String Theory v. XXIV "Hip to be Square"

This week's challenge is a string challenge!  Square in a square in a square, etc.  This one is going to be fun!

Check out the Zentangle blog for some really neat examples!

Here is my entry:

I used the following tangles: Z-Trik, Hibred, and Ving.

Weekly Challenge #112: UMT v. XV "Tuxedo"

The first Monday of the month is a UMT challenge (Use My Tangle).  This time it is by  LeeAnn, a.k.a Ledenzer.  The tangle is called Tuxedo.  (Click the name to see instructions.)

This tangle allows for many different ways of decorating it.  I think it is a very versatile tangle.

Here is my entry:

Weekly Challenge #111: "More-Mooka-Madness Monotangle-Mania"

The challenge this week is to use ONLY Mooka!  Mooka is a one string kind of tangle that you make pods without lifting the pen.  I like it more with flux type ends, so I tried to keep mine that way.  I discovered I like Mooka more than I thought and will use it more now that I am getting the hang of it.

Here are my entries this week:

Weekly Challenge #110: "Get rid of the box"

So the Diva's challenge this week was to go outside your comfort zone.  Since I always tangle on paper, I decided to use a different medium.  I chose a pretty flat stone I found while walking my sweet yorkie Corey at the park.  I have always been drawn to pretty stones and smooth ones are even nicer.  I also decided to only use one of my own tangles.  I usually pick only tangles I have found on tanglepatterns.com or in one of the Zentangle books.   I named this tangle Plop.  It is made up of two teardrops drawn in a diagonally divided square.

So here is my try at get rid of the box:

Weekly Challenge #109: "Zentangle Quest"

This weeks challenge the Diva used Maria Thomas's new "string container".

From the Diva's site:
"A few weeks ago, Maria Thomas posted a really neat blog post about a new technique or method of using tangles.  You can read about the technique and the photo that inspired it here. "

Here is my attempt:

Weekly Challenge #108: UMT v. XIV "Whyz"

The Diva's weekly challenge is using the new tangle Whyz.
Here are the steps for Whyz:

Whyz was a difficult tangle for me to master.  Well, I wouldn't say I have mastered it yet, but I finally got the hang of it.  I would mix up which way the Ys went.  I had to really pay attention when I did this one.   It really does make a nice pattern and it is very versatile.  Thanks for the challenge! 

Here is my entry: