String Thing # 78

Here's my tile for Adele's String Thing-challenge #78. She created a new String with hearts and we had the choice between these patterns to fill the string:

• Heartline by Helen Williams
• Hearty by Livia Chua
• LG by me :)
• Love Line by Judy Murphy

I used all of them and colored the tile with some red.

Have a great Valentine's day folks ♥
Joya

Do you know "dangling"?

Last week I bought the book "Zenspirations: Dangle Designs" by the fabolous Joanne Fink. I wanted to by it many times before, and when I discovered a forgotten coupon for Amazon in my mails I had to buy it :)

I know, it's very, very colorful and has much details, but once I started I couldn't stop until my eyes got tired and all blocks were colored :o) Next time, I will try to left more free space and less color. There are so many possibilities and it's much different to Zentangling, but I like it very much just to doodle around without strings and patterns ;o)

Did you ever hear about Dangling or tried it by yourselfs?

Love,
Joya

Square One: Quandary

In the Facebook-group "Square One - Purely Zentangle" the topic of the week is Quandary by Zentangle. I used String 124 and the patterns Quandary, Florz (also by Zentangle) and Phroz by Lynn Mead.

I'm not really satisfied with this tile, it's not really creative and a kind of boring and Quandary is not one of my favourite patterns. And next time I will try Phroz a bit larger so I have more space to draw the details.

Love,
Joya

Joey's challenge # 45

This week we have a very funny challenge at Joey's Blog. We should use our hand as a string and fill it with tangles we want to use. I chose many patterns:

• 8 of Diamonds by Sue Jacobs
• Akoya by Sandy Hunter
• Amphora by Lily Moon
• Antidots by Anita Roby-Lavery
• Antique by Kathy Barringer
• BB by Zentangle
• Lachrymose by molossus
• Lotus Flower by Quaddles-Roost (Deviantart)
• Lyptus by Precious Worker
• Zöpfe by Kunstkramkiste (Simone B.)

Sometimes I like to see the differences between shading and no-shading, so here's the picture of pre-shading:

Have a great week,

Joya

Tackle it Tuesday: A - B - C

This time at the Tackle it Tuesday-challenge we use patterns starting with the letters A, B and C.
I chose these patterns and String 018:

• Ansu by Lori Manoogian
• Arc Flower by JJ LaBarbera
• Bumps by Sue Jacobs
• Caroline by Poppie_60
• Cruze by Caren Mlot

It was fun trying some new-to-me-tangles :o)

Love, 

Joya

String Thing # 77

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so the next two challenges from Adele Bruno's "It's a String Thing" are heart-themed. This week we used String 077 and these patterns:

• Heartrope by Bunny Wright
• Heartstrings by Helen Williams (Click here to view Adeles's past post about Heartstrings)
• Heartvine by Lori Howe
• Luv-a by CZT Sharon Coforio

I added some color (Stabilo fineliner) and some water with a thin brush, so I got a watercolor-effect. I like the way it came out, I think I will try it again :o)

Love,
Joya

Diva-challenge # 202

This week it's Duotangle-time in the Diva-challenge #202 with two of Margaret Bremner's fabulous tangles named Chebucto and Copada. I love Margaret's art and her tangles very much, so this challenge was a pleasure to me :o)

Love Joya