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Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Birds on a Wire

This week Laura challenged us to use Mary Kissel's tangle, Birds on a Wire.

For all of you interested in other forms of art, have a look at what I've been up to in my blog post "Daisy Yellow's Index Card a Day Challenge".

Also check out my new tangle pattern, Dilmore, and what I've been up to with Rick and Maria's Zentangle Grid Ideas

Back next week with another installment of the Diva's Weekly Challenge.

Happy tangling...

Claire

Monday, 10 June 2013

New Tangle - Dumbelles

Here's the second in my series of new tangles, Dumbelles. This one was inspired by the pattern on some paving slabs in the housing compound where I live.

The first in the series is Dilmore.

Happy tangling...

Claire

P.S. If you've seen this tangle anywhere before then please let me know - I don't want to claim credit for anyone else's patterns!

Sunday, 9 June 2013

FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - June Week 1

This week's prompts from Fat Mum Slim were:

3. On my table

4. After dark

5. Environment

6. Transport

7. Bright

8. An animal

9. From low down

Happy snapping...
Claire

Saturday, 8 June 2013

Zentangle Grids

In their last newsletter, Rick and Maria gave us some wonderful inspiration in the form of repetitive "grid seed ideas".

I got my random number generator working and picked D4 and then A2 to work with (see the newsletter for their table of grids). And here are the outcomes:

I look forward to doing more of these!

Happy tangling...
Claire

New Tangle - Dilmore

I've been busy recently coming up with some new tangles! So here's the first in my series... Dilmore

This is probably the most organic tangle I'll ever come up with, as I'm usually more at home with geometric patterns. It's based on patterned fabric in the rickshaw I was taking to work one morning, and I couldn't help myself!

So here it is:

Hope you like it.

Happy tangling...

Claire

P.S. If you've seen this tangle anywhere before then please let me know - I don't want to claim credit for anyone else's patterns!

Daisy Yellow's Index Card a Day Challenge

This year, through some of my Instagram buddies, I came to know about ICAD 2013. This is a challenge run by Tammy Garcia on her blog 'Daisy Yellow' to produce an Index Card full of art for 61 days... Just one little 3 by 5 index card a day, throughout June and July.

So why an index card? I totally agree with Tammy's reasoning... I have a fear of ruining good paper, so I'll not try new media or techniques in case I go wrong. Index cards are cheap - and small - and you can't be scared of ruining something that's so cheap. In my case I went one step further. I have an old diary from 2011 that I was given about a month ago. I've made my own 'index cards' from the pages of this diary!

Tammy gives theme ideas for the week and 8 prompts a week to choose from - but these are all optional. You can do whatever you like, or you can pick or choose from the prompts and themes if you choose - it's totally up to you! Also there's no pressure to go back and catch up... If you want in on the game, then just start! From any day!

I had great fun with this first week. I did 7 cards, and made a front and back covers from an old tissue box...