Mandala Monday: Zendala Dare #5

Here is my tile for the Zendala Dare from The Bright Owl.  Had to complete it pretty quickly with all the graduation activities this past weekend.  Loving the new tangle Shing from Margaret Bremner, CZT.  I want more time to play with that one.

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New Tangle: LinQ

I love this tangle!  I was surprised how it just sort of was born within 5 minutes of the first stroke.  I was working hard on trying to develop another tangle, that I still haven't quite gotten down and I took a break.  I made the first stroke and linked it up to the first and it just took off from there.  I think this is another very versatile tangle that allows you to take it further and has many possibilities for tangleations.  

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Mandala Monday...on Tardy Tuesday

I decided this week to combine the Diva's Challenge #69 with the Bright Owl's Zendala Dare #4 I call it "killing two tiles with one tangle."  But from the look of things, I wasn't the only one to do this and here I thought I was being creative and clever.  It was fun.  I hadn't tried out groovy yet.  I think I would like to try it on a larger scale than in the zendala.  I really like the look of it on some of the tiles I saw today - I think you get a lot more movement than in the confined spaces below.  

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Challenge 68: Duo Tangle Hybrid & Stircles

Another duo tangle challenge from the Diva and two tangles I haven't used (stircles) or used in a while (hybrid).  This was a fun challenge for me because I am really enjoying reconnecting with tangles I haven't used in a while which also helps me with my new project of creating an organizational system for my collection of tangles.  I have tried various different means of collecting and keeping them, but nothing has reached my expectations yet.  I think I am a very organized person (some people have some not so nice terms for my level of detail) but this did not really apply to my tangle collections.  I hate to admit it but I have a lot of tangles just stored on scraps of paper right now. Yikes!  Anyway - more on organization later when I have it worked out.  

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Mandala Monday: Zentangle Dare 3

What a great time to discover the new Zendala Dares from The Bright Owl when I have set my own zendala a week challenge.  This week I have two zendalas I have completed for the 2nd and 3rd dares.  I can't believe how completely different they turned out and feel.  The first is from dare 2 and was completed earlier in the week after work when I really needed some zen time.  The dare 3 zendala I completed today and seems to have much more energy and even a sort of circus or carnival feel to it.

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Challenge 67: Amanda Day

The Challenge from the Diva this week was to create a tile inspired by Earth Day or as it now known at the Diva's as Amanda Day.  I thought what better to express the Earth than a string of "the Earth."  So my string is based on a Western Hemisphere view.  Once drawn, I realized how much water there is vs. land space on our lovely planet.  The space to draw the continents was tiny and I wanted more than one represented, but you can definitely see that my waves are the predominant tangle on this tile.  I tried to tie my tangles into the continents, not too sure how successful I was.  North America is represented by Baton which reminded me of the stripes on our flag.  Pais represents South America which is Spanish for country so I thought that might fit.  Africa is Wellinstil which has little flames in it and since Africa seems hot to me I thought that worked.  Then I was a little unsure for Europe and I thought of England and Aero candy bars so the bubbles are representing Europe. Greenland got some bubbles too.  It was a fun and challenging challenge this week.  Thanks Diva!

Mandala Monday

I am really enjoying the new Mandala tiles from Zentangle and have decided to complete one a week as I work my way through the 9 different pre-strung tiles.  If you haven't tried them yet, you really should.  The possibilities are endless!

Tangles:Knightsbridge, Antidots, Paradox, Organza, Poke Root, Pepper, Black Pearlz

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