New tangles in old books...

 Diane & Carolien's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #17: S-P-V

Static, Printemps, Poke root, Vega

I find Vega really hard to draw. And I couldn't remember it so I googled it and I found this amazing tile by Margaret Bremner (everything she touches is just amazing!)

Look at the way she drew Vega, it looks so cool, I just had to try it!

And while I was drawing the roundings I suddenly had the urge to try that with Hollibaugh which I was drawing yesterday for Joey's Challenge #71...

 Inside My Journal

I've been neglecting my journal lately. I just toss stuff in between pages. I really have to get something done because knowing me, if I get too far behind it'll seem endless and I'll never get it done...

My usual layering... Notes about books I've read and what happened during that week.

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Yesterday I went shopping with my daughter. I love that! We both love looking at everything we pass... Something that drives the boys crazy... lol.

We went to a secondhand store and I found this beautiful old book...

It's an old woodmans book. It has to be pretty old as it's printed in Gothic which I just googled and learned they stopped doing around 1860 and by 1900 everything was printed in antikva.

So it must be over a hundred years old. And well read too. Stained and bend pages.

And would you look at that! It has tangles! Soooold!

Those pages are just begging to be tangled!

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Vacation time is busy time...

Tackle it Tuesday: E

Oh, I missed the deadline for this one. I tangled it last Wednesday...

Boy, how time flies by when it's vacation time...

I used Efilys as the string and surrounded it with a border of Equerre.

Every Inchie Monday 30:Yellow

I brought out my watercolors for this one.

  

Two By Two By Tuesday: Rain

There's been way too little tangling going on here the past week!

So I let them rain down on this twinchie...

 Rain, Ripple, Tipple, Msst

Joey's Weekly Tangle Challenge #71: H Monotangle: Hollibaugh

Hollibaugh is one of my favorites.

(Hush! Don't tell anyone.. I kinda "cheated" a bit with this one and drew it in pencil first. Otherwise it wouldn't have been possible to go over and under like that...)

ATC #1 - For Swap-bot..

This is my first ATC which I made for a swap on swap-bot.

The theme was "Just a doodle".

I used some cardboard from an envelope that came from amazon with a book ("Wreck this book" - wonder when I'll find the time to get that one started! Pfft...). I really liked the color of it and thought it would look great with brown micron and white highlights. I used colored pencils for shading.

Tangles: Hurry, Printemps, Dandi, Fescu, Kozy, Tipple

It's a little weird sending this off into the world... But thankfully the Karen in Oregon was very pleased to receive it!

This is what I got in return, from another tangler. 

I love the laced tangle and the middle that looks like a mandala.

A very lovely tile!

I have made my very first pocket letter this week too. Also for a swap. That was really fun and I will be making more definitely! I see how that can be addicting!

Last week I bought a chromecast and it came in this little box.

Nice and sturdy and such a lovely color... 

Now it looks like this...

I decided to keep one of the inside dividers.

Now it holds inchie, twinchie and ATC sized tiles all cut up and ready for use...

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Mono all the way...

There's a lot of monotangling going on lately with both Joey and Suzy hosting one. And this week (well, last week... I've fallen a bit behind...) the Diva challenge too.

Lucky me, I love monotangles!

The great thing about monotangles is that you really get to know the tangle and have to come up with variations to keep it interesting...

Tangle Me 3: Axlexa

The second week of Suzy Moshier's monotangle challenge stars Axlexa.

A great tangle with possibilities...

I tangled you 4...

Square Axlexa string...

Axlexa with inside aura...

Axlexa with thick and thin lines...

Solid background...

Every Inchie Monday #27: Yarn

It's so fun to draw a yarnball! It's kinda like one of my favorite tangles, Arukas...

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Challenging Monday...

That's New To Me #26: N & Neil Burley

I have seen Narwal used several times and always thought I'd have to try this cool tangle so this was the perfect opportunity...

Numerous pieces of paper later I finally started to get it down...

I really love this tangle just as much as I expected and I will absolutely need to play around with it more another time!

 

And then to the actual New To Me tile...

After Narwal I decided to go for two easy patterns. Swags and Rattia and were both easy looking enough that they didn't need practice. Both great patterns!

The two patterns were from this weeks featured artist Neil Burley. 

Joey's Weekly Tangle Challenge #67: Dugwud monotangle

This tangle took some work for me. I tried really hard to come up with variations but that was not easy at all... I tried shading it different ways and played with the corner circles...

Finally I added a splash of color to spice up the pattern...

But in the end I like the result - so it was time well spent!

It's great learning new patterns, but tomorrow I think I'll stick to tangles I know, that is after all a bit more relaxing! ;-)

#whimsybykelly2015 days 179-180

Tackling Tuesdays again!

Tackle it Tuesday... It's back!

And with a new theme... Alphabet strings. 

This week: A... With A-tangles...

I decided to tangle around an A silhouette.

Arukas, aa's, all boxed up, beadlines, squid, dandi... And some random doodling...

It's a String Thing #98

Just two new to me tangles this time, so I went for it...

It took me a while to get Mel Mel flowing... And I found that I like it better in a row than in a circle...

Somehow everything just wanted to be flowers in this tile...

I could not resist the cruffle butterfly...

Two by Two by Tuesday: "Flower of Life"

I had fun with this as a string! I will have to try this in a bigger scale too... And with color...

Joey's #66: Monotangles C: Cornerz

Another new to me tangle. But this one was easy to learn and fun to draw. Great tangle. Great challenge!

If you like monotangles go check out Suzy Mosh's new Sunday challenge "Tangle Me 3". This week starring Cadent.

Every Inchie Monday: "Enjoy"

Go ahead and take a bite... (Z)enjoy....

Inside my journal

Last week in my journal... As always I layered tiles with notes and other stuff underneath...

#whimsybykelly2015 days 174-178

Kelly's challenge is almost into it's second half of 2015 and I'm still going strong! Who would have thought that? Not me for sure.

I'm very happy that I still manage to do just a little creative every day. By now it's sure to be a habit hard to get out of.

New Challenge: Tangle Me 3...

That's right!

A brand new challenge by Suzy Moshier. This one is monotangles with a tangle chosen by Suzy. The catch is you have to do at least two variations... Hence the name... Tangle me 3... 

Now doesn't that sound fun?

I think so too!

Even though Cadent is not exactly a favorite of mine I decided to give it a go. I do love monotangles!

Tangle Me 3 - Week 1: Cadent

Cadent string - Original cadent with squares - cadent with black pearls and double lines and finally a very simple cadent with nothing in the corners...

See... I tangled you four!

Thanks to Suzy for another great challenge!

#whimsybykelly2015 day 173

To be or not to be... Vano...

Joey's weekly tangle challenge #50: Vano monotangle

My Vano got a makeover... Like the extreme home edition....

Do you still see the Vano in there?

All though it's not exactly what I had in mind, I do like it. I would like to play more with Vano. But that will have to be a playdate for tomorrow...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 64