A week in the zen...

Zendala Dare #6

Diane & Carolien’s Weekly Zentangle Challenge: Y-Z-A

I am going through the old zendala dares while waiting for new ones. I used the #6 template as a string for Diane & Carolien’s alphabet challenge.

This was a great template and the first time I have tangled a star!

Yomaha -Zopfe-Aquafleur

Inside my journal

Lately there has come very few tiles from my pens.

But last week I not only tangled a lot of tiles, I also worked in my sketchbook, took part in some challenges and learned some new tangles. What a great feeling!

I layered tiles and below them put notes about what we did last week, a book I read last week, an inchie and a twinchie.

Two by two by Tuesday challenge: Amoeba

 I went for the tangle 'amoeba' which was new to me. I really liked drawing it.

Joey's weekly tangle challenge #64: Alphabet monotangle: Arukas

Arukas is one of my absolute favorite tangles. It has endless possibilities. I made some arukas tiles, but this was the one I liked the best...

I can't wait to see what B-tangle Joey picks for next weeks challenge!

Zendala dare #5

This wasn't my favorite template... But a challenge is a challenge, no cheating!

So I gave it a go... It turned out a bit too busy for my own taste... I tried adding some color to calm it down...

Rick's paradox, all boxed up, cubine, zonked, beadlines, tipple

Every Inchie Monday #24: Etna

I will be forever amazed at how much drawing you can fit in a square inch!

I love this challenge!

#whimsybykelly2015 day 159-164

A week in color...

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #218: "White on Black"

 I really enjoy drawing white on black so this challenge was right up my alley...

joey's weekly tangle challenge #61: Tangle a flower shaped string
Zendala Dare #3

 

Inside my sketchbook

My son sat down next to me while I was tangling and asked if he could make a tiny drawing too!

He only wanted to color in though so I drew him a string and this is as far as he got before something else caught his attention...

Watching him I just got an urge to color in, it's so relaxing. So I made one for myself too...

Every inchie monday #21: "Envelope"

 This weeks inchie I made on a piece of an actual envelope...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 139-145

For the love of zendalas...

I've really been missing Erin's Zendala Dare...

It's a month now since the last one...

So I decided to just go ahead and start at the beginning! That leaves me with lots and lots of zendala templates as I only just got started doing them at #95...

Here's my take on the very first Zendala Dare...

Zendala Dare #1

Arukas, knight's bridge, inaura, tipple, fescu, zescen, ovolution

Inside my journal...

These are my journal pages from week 16..

Under the zentangle tiles is notes about a book I read that week, a movie and a new tv-show I started watching...

On this page I wrote a little about what we did this week...

Under the picture of my Sofie's Universe is a picture of a birthday card I made for my nephew and under that I wrote about his birthday party and his present...

Every Inchie Monday #17: "Shell"

My favorite challenge of the very many available has to be this little one!

If you, like me, cannot get enough of the inchies, you should check out the twinchie challenge too!
The Two by Two by Tuesday Challenge...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 115-117

Scratch that...

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #206: "Tools/Trade"

 "This week's challenge is to try using tools or materials you've never used before for tangling."

 How perfect that I today received a package from Amazon containing black tiles and some scratch tiles too...

The scratch tiles I saw someone use on a blog, do not remember who or where, but I really wanted to try this. Also it was something I knew would drag the kids away from their ipads and do something creative for a while...

Black tiles I haven't tried tangling before. Only some scraps of black paper last week when I bought some white gelly rolls.

So my submission for this weeks diva challenge is these two...

Wavy border, Locar, Maryhill, Poke-leaf, Tipple

Inaura, Inapod, Poke-leaf, Eke

Drawing white on black was very enjoyable. Luckily the pack I bought contains 75 tiles, so I'll be playing more with that.

The scratch tile was really fun to do. I remember loving thise as a child.

For the next one I'll dig out a knitting needle and see if the lines can be cleaner with that. The nib on the little stick that came with the pack is rather thick and makes very uneven lines when drawing round...

My daugther did some flowers and hearts on hers. My son scratched his name and then proceeded to scratch off all of the black... That's my boy, so thorough...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 57

Love is in the air...

 In Denmark we call December the feast of the hearts... It seems in the states that would be febuary...

Valentangle for the Diva #204...

I was trying to make a heart with my new favorite tangle; Ixorus... Checked with my daugther and though she did see a heart I just wasn't feeling it - so I decided to go all in on the watercolor pencils...

Not really all that happy about it... Maybe all this hearty stuff is getting a bit too much for my taste...

 Joey's weekly tangle challenge #47 is also a valentangle...

Again, I'm not that happy... I might just redo that one... Love the string...

String #39

Luv-A, Hugs N Kisses

Every Inchie Monday #6: Night

(No hearts!!!)

#whimsybykelly2015 day 40

Going Diva style...

I just love this weekend... So much time and nothing at all that I have to do...

The cleaning is out of the way - the laundry is done...

We're having leftovers for dinner today... Easy peasy...

I am so feeling the zen...

So much I decided to do the Diva challenges all the way from #1...

Well maybe not all today...

But the first 6 then... Great challenges!

I also decided to use only tangles that I already know - a little practice is good...
All though Ixorus is new - I really love that one... It's a keeper!

Diva #1: Simplicity - Tangle used: Mooka

Diva #2: Two pencil string - Tangles used: Up N Down, Copada, Cresent moon, Unyun, Agua

Diva #3: Eyes Wide Shut - Tangles used: Isochor, Locar and some swirlyness

Diva #4: Starry Eyed Surprise - Tangles used: Arukas, Joy, Indy-rella, Ahh

 Diva #5: Orbs - Tangles used: Tipple, Chainlette, Jetties, Cruffle, Sedgling, Nipa, Vitrivius, Bulb lantern

Diva #6: Ixorus - Tangles used: Ixorus, Isochor, Ahh

I'm feeling the love for #4...  And for the music the Diva supplied for it...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 39

For the love of fridays...

 I love friday...

Friday means tomorrow I get to sleep in...

Friday means the kids can stay up till they fall asleep cuttling up with their mom...

Friday means take-out - no cooking!!!

But most of all, friday means 2 hours home alone... 2 hours of uninterrupted creative time...

I love friday...

And I have been quite productive today...

It's a string thing #78

Valentines string by Adele Bruno

Tangles:

Hearty

Love Line

LG

I am the diva's weekly challenge #203: UMT - Athitzi by Seven

String #7

Tangles:

Athitzi

Hollibaugh

Sez

#whimsybykelly2015 300 creative days challenge: Use my tangle Awaysis

String: I drew one...

Tangles:

Awaysis

Balloya

Tipple

Mr. E

#whimsybykelly2015 day 37

Lucky fingers...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 27

joey's weekly tangle challenge #45

Tried my hand at Joey's tangle challenge, litteraly...

Well, almost - it's my sons hand...

I was trying to do the lines in the palm with hollibaugh...

My son (6) likes to pick his nose so I put tipple on the fingertips, because, you know, sometimes he gets lucky...

And on the indexfinger I put joy, that's his favorite nosepicking finger...

I'm not going to tell him that though...

My daughter would laugh out loud if I had made it for her... So would my son, but when the laugh is on his account he gets utterly insulted...

It's incredibly amazing how these two little wonders we made can be so completely different...

(You're supposed to pretend you did not notice how many times I messed up my arukas...)

Gimme some Rixty...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 20
I am the diva #201

Another special week for our Diva... Moebius syndrome awereness day...

Learn more about Moebius here...

So this week our string is the Moebius syndrome foundation logo...

I learned a new tangle today and decided to use it; Rixty...

(Thanks to Jamie for pointing it out!)

A very versitile tangle indeed and I will absolutely be playing around with that one more. It is so very relaxing to draw... Love it...

Also still feeling the love for poke root... And gave it another go today...

This tile and the purple one I painted with watercolor before drawing...

It felt kinda slippery when drawing on it, but I do like the look of it...

Thank you!
For your comments... Everyone is so sweet!
 

That's new to me...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 18

That's new to me #1

The "That's new to me!" weekly challenge is new to me...

I love learning new patterns, great idea for a challenge...

I surfed right over to tanglepatterns and found a new to me tangle starting with the letter T, which is this weeks promt...

Tearce is what I fell for and I really like it...

Also sneeked in my favorite, which coincidently also is a T tangle; tipple...

I tried really hard to make a light and airy tile as I always seem to fill every empty space... I think I succeded...

And in the spirit of using my good stuff... I used an official zentangle tile...
I love them, but my budget says no to US airmailing prices... :|

The diva's 200th...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 12
I am the diva challenge #200

My second submission for Diva's monday zentangle challenge.

I'm very happy to take part in her 200th anniversary.

Congrats.

 

Monotangle featuring my favorite tangle pattern:

Tipple.