#47 plus 11.11.11 plus playing with wool

What a week! I taught a Zentangle class on Wed eve and finally got down to business tangling tiles on Friday, 11.11.11, one at 11:11 am and the other 11:11 pm. It was also my Mother-law's birthday so I gave her the first tile:



After we got back from going out to her birthday dinner, I created a tile which I thought of those who have fought for our freedom, Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas (the lovely folks who have created Zentangle who have just lost a dear family member, Rick's mom), and Laura Harms who created the site of weekly zentangle challenges:



Today I taught a needle felting class at Fletcher Farm School and here are some of the results:



A fun time was had by all.

Challenge #46 Halloween redux

I thought that I was done with Halloween. It's not one of my favorite holidays and I was happy it was over. But noooooooo, it came back with Laura Harms' challenge this week. Thanks Laura. Reliving Halloween, I decided to go with our snowy weekend before the dreaded day. Lots of snow in the northeast, although we only got about 6" here. I even got dressed up a little for a Halloween ski at Viking Touring Center on Sunday. That's me in the front.





The weather, skiing, and company was great. Good to get out on skis!

Now, on to the ZIA of Hallow's Eve.





Boooooo!

Location:Challenge #46 All Hallow's Eve

Challenge #45 Introducing Punzel!

I like Punzel. It's so easy to throw in some variations. I did have fun with this, yet placing it in just the right spot proved to be a bit more challenging for me. Here's my practice page:



As you can see, I just didn't know how to showcase it. Here's the tile I ended up with:



I think it works best as a border. Fun, fun, fun.

I also gave scanning right on to the SD card then transferring it onto my iPad. I like it that I can now crop within the Photo. Yay!

FYI, it's snowing and they're calling for 6-12 inches!

Tangles within a Tangle Challenge

Hmmmmm, which tangle to use as the base tangle? I don't know about you guys, but it takes me a few days of mulling the challenge in my head before I get a pen to paper. I guess it's because I have a lot going on in my life. There's not enough time to really sit and ponder. Or perhaps its because if I get it over on Monday or Tuesday, then what will I do the rest of the week? (Uh-oh, I think I'm on to something.) Later in the week I tell myself to think hard and get going. Finally I get to pick up the pen and start. I chose Ogel, then added some fillers: Polka Dots, Yin Yang-type circles. Spirals, and lines of sorts.




Have fun. Tangle away.
Thanks to Laura Harms and Jo in NZ for this challenge. Also, a very Happy Birthday to Artoo!

Challenge #43 Sunflower Fund

Laura Harms' challenge this week was brought to us by Pennyb from South Africa. Very cool. As she states: In Republic of South Africa, on 12 October we have Bandana Day, which is run by the Sunflower Fund. This is an organization founded in 1999 in support of the SA Bone Marrow Registry for people suffering from leukemia.

The Sunflower is the logo and we were challenged to tangle a sunflower.
Here's mine:

Hope. Challenge #42

Hope. This week's challenge from Laura Harms was making me think. I wasn't sure how to go about this one, but settled for simplicity. While making it I was thinking of those people with cancer in their lives (themselves or loved ones). Good healing thoughts went with every stroke of the pen.



The tile was one that I added watercolor to a while back which was close by. I needed something easy to get to since my back went out today while working on cutting my garden down. I guess I was also hoping that my back would get back together soon. Yup, lots of hope.

This tile is dedicated to friend and co-worker, Karen who is battling cancer now.

Oops & Duo Tangle challenge

Somehow I missed a week. I'll just blame it on the flu that attacked me a week ago. I'm all better now, trying to catch up with life.

This past week I taught two Zentangle classes at Kim Ray's Art Gallery/Studio in Londonderry. They were a lot of fun and can't wait for the next classes on 10/9 and 10/12. Check out my classes page for more information. Here are some of the final tiles:






After missing a challenge entry, I got this week's Diva challenge, a duo tangle using Jonqal and Opus tangle patterns. It felt great to get back to tangling on a tile (MUCH different than on a presentation board). So here's my tile of the week:



Enjoy!