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

Favorite things...

Two by two by Tuesday: Favorite things

It's great to see more people participating in this biweekly twinchie challenge!

Zendala dare #4

The zendala dare is one of my favorite challenges. Unfortunately there has been no new challenges for a long time now...

Which is why I started from the beginning and am now up to dare number 4.

Every Inchie Monday #22: Pillow

Inside my journal

A peek into my journal with some zen, inchies, books I've read and under the tile and zendala is layered more stuff I created and also notes about what we have been doing.

As you can see I'm also revisiting one of my absolute favorite tv-shows.

You should go check out Joey's "Inside my sketchbook" and participate. I love sneaking a peek into Joey's sketchbook and it would be fun to see more join in.

It doesn't have to be an actual sketchbook - anything goes!

#whimsybykelly2015 day 146-151

Back in black...

TACKLE IT TUESDAY, TANGLES STARTING WITH Y AND Z

 

String: I drew a border with loops...

Y-ful power, a new tangle I have seen used so many times, never getting around to trying it, so thank you!

Yomaho, I think I've already learned another tangle that is very much like this one...

Zopfe, a new tangle I learned for the tangled thursday biweekly challenge...

Zinger, well known...

Zilly, much like Zinger...

Zescen, great tangle, very nice to draw...

And yesterdays creativeness...

New "challenge" from madebyjoey...
 

"Inside my sketch book..."

 Every friday Joey will share pages from her sketch book and she invites us all to join in...

I don't really have a sketch book (all though I am planning on making a cut-n-paste one as Joeys have done.) So for this (or last week, I fininshed the pages yesterday but the content was made last week.) I will share my tangle-journal/diary...

 Whatever I drew during the past week is put in between the pages of my journal. Then I finish 2 pages for each week during the weekend... (Or whenever I find the time/feel like it...) Using some of the tiles/drawings I made and some pretty paper. Then I write or draw/tangle or watercolor...

I usually have a lot more stuff than I have room for on two pages. So I layer it all and make sure almost everything can be lifted to see what's hiding underneath.

Sometimes I make a pocket on a page or glue two pages together to make a pocket for storage.

Under this first tile I wrote about a book I read last week and under the second I wrote a little story about how my son takes after me...

I tangled a little here and there with new tangles I learned last week...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 83-84

Out with the green, in with the rose...

Joey's weekly tangle challenge #52: "Rose in a Sphere"

Rose in a sphere...

This was a though one!

I'm not ecstatic... If you read yesterdays post, you know that I messed up the Rose pattern and pretty much gave up on the whole thing...

But after sleeping on it... No, I'm not giving up on more than half an hour work!

Grabbed a sharp blade and cut out the square that I messed up! Then taped a little piece of paper on the back of my sphere, voilá (well, that's what we say in Denmark when we think we have been really smart!) Now you can hardly even see it...

It does look round, but the edges looks flat. Maybe it's the black... I studied Margaret Bremner's sphere (which by the way is amazing!) and thought I did what she did, but no...

This was no walk in the park... But I still had fun doing it...

Can't wait to see what Joey thinks up for next week...

Tangled Thursday: Use the tangle "Zopfe"

Zopfe is a really lovely tangle that I have never used before, so I am very happy to take part in this challenge and fall in love with yet another tangle...

I kept it simple to get well acquainted with Zopfe and only added Beadlines...

The string I did by making a loop on each side of the border...

Now, this tile, I am very happy with!

 #whimsybykelly2015 day 81