Zendala Dare #97

Zendala Dare # 97 is a little late in getting posted. Finally, here it is.

An Audio Meditation

Since participating in an audio meditation with Molly Hollibaugh (CZT) at a Zentangle seminar, Holly at Ha Designs became inspired to make a Zentangle audio meditation and graciously wanted to share it with the Zentangle community.

Holly's soft gentle voice and simple, easy to follow instructions were pleasant to listen to while tangling.

This is the Bijou tile I completed following Holly's Zentangle audio meditation.

 

I certainly hope Holly produces more of these audio meditations.

Many thanks Holly.

 

Weekly Challenge #205: "Year of the Goat"

Chinese New Year 2015: Celebration Of The New Lunar Year In Australia

February 19th, 2015 celebrates Chinese New Year. According to Chinese astrology, each year (starting from Chinese New Year) is associated with an animal sign, occurring in a 12 year cycle. This new cycle begins the "Year of the Goat".

So, in celebration of the Chinese New Year, The Diva has challenged us to incorporate the Chinese New year into our tile.

I used the Capricorn (goat zodiac sign) star constellation as my string. As I was looking at maps of the stars I decided to include Suzanne McNeill’s tangle pattern 'star map' as part of my tile.

Below are images of my string and completed tile for your enjoyment.

If you would like to take a look at other people's submissions to this weeks Diva's challenge, then head on over to The Diva's Blog and click on the links to other wonderful tiles.

Have a grand Chinese New Year & happy tangling everyone. 

Zendala Dare #95

Welcome back Erin!

This week we welcome back Erin, known as The Bright Owl, and her zendala dares.
Erin has been extremely busy juggling family, work and study. She has finally finished her study and is now a fully fledged registered nurse.

I had missed the zendala dares put out weekly by Erin and welcome their return.

Here is my zendala for challenge number 95.

Tangle patterns - squid, amaze, striping



 

Weekly Challenge #203: "UMT - Athitzi by Eleanor Holt"

Athitzi, by Seven, was the pattern for this weeks Diva Challenge. The first week in the month is a UMT (use my tangle) challenge. Athitzi is such a fun pattern using many short lines.

Fun, fun, fun. If you haven't tried athitzi, give it a go.
Also check out other peoples use of athitzi by clicking on the links at the bottom of the page on the Diva's blog.

NEW TANGLE PATTERN - Arcoquatro

So now, that you have been introduced to 'arcodos' and 'arcotres' , today I am introducing 'Arcocuatro'.

When naming this pattern I kept with the Spanish theme. 'Arco' meaning 'arcs' and 'cuatro' meaning four, as this pattern uses four arcs, and is similar to the previous two patterns. 

For Arcocuatro you use the same grid and the first two steps are also the same as in the previous two patterns. You can also draw the arcs by turning your tile 90 degrees

Here are the step outs for Arcocuatro for your exploration and creativity.

Arcocuatro used as a border

Here is a tile with a number of variations.

Have fun with this.

Weekly Challenge #200: "Bi-Zen-Tennial Celebration!"

Hello All,

Laura, better known as 'The Diva', has announced her 200th Diva Challenge this week. Congratulations to Laura for her time & wonderful challenges. Making 200 is a major event.

As her challenge this week, Laura invited us to create a tile using our favourite tangle pattern and adding the number 200 somewhere on it. This is her 'Bi-Zen-Tennial' challenge. I love the name and you can read about how the word 'Bi-Zen-Tennial' came about on her blog.

Nipa is one of my favourite tangle patterns so I used it for this challenge.

This is one variation of nipa I have not tried before and I like the way it turned out. Must do this again sometime.

You can see more entries in the 'Bi-Zen-Tennial' challenge here. If you haven't tried a challenge yet, give it a go. They are so much fun!