FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - November Week 1

The photo prompts this week from Fat Mum Slim were:

Day 5: 5 o'clock
Day 6: a favourite thing
Day 7: reflection
Day 8: something you do everyday
Day 9: small
Day 10: can't {won't} live without
Day 11: night

And here is my weekly round-up:

Top: 5pm - only halfway though the working day;
A favourite thing - Coco sleeping on my feet
Bottom: A favourite thing - sunny days;
Reflection - Sunlight reflected on the interior of the rickshaw;
Reflection - of rickshaw

Top: Something I do everyday - clean my teeth!;
Small - The Tata Nano, a teeny, tiny car
Bottom: Small - Leaves; Tiny flowers

Top: Can't live without - Pen & Paper; Night - Diwali fireworks
Bottom: Night - The road is busy; Diwali lights

Happy snapping...
Claire

Zendala Dare 31

So this is the template for Erin's Zendala Dare this week:

Dare 31

I love geometrical patterns and the Maths teacher part of my brain finds it particularly pleasing :D

And here's my Zendala:

Black & White
Tangles: Jonqal; Socc; Hi-Cs; Gloven; Tripoli; Fescu

With added Blue

I had fun with this one, and put my 005 Micron to good use with the Gloven.
Can't wait for the next one!

Happy tangling...
Claire

Socc

The first challenge each month is from the 'Use My Tangle' (UMT) series. This week Laura challenged us to use Erin Olson's tangle, Socc.

Socc is a great tangle and Erin's story of how it came into being can be found in her Ah-ha moment post over on her blog, The Bright Owl.

I've been super busy at work this week, and also had a few other tiles to finish, so find myself sat on a Saturday afternoon finally posting my response to this challenge.

Socc
with Meer and Up & Across

Socc Close-up

Finally I decided that the tile needed a little colour. I was inspired by Erin's step-out for the tangle - I loved the teal colour she used (my all-time favourite colour!) in the background. For this tile I chose a Cyclamen coloured watercolour pencil.

Cyclamen Socc

As I mentioned earlier, I have been busy working a few other challenges. Here's a few that I've posted recently:

Dex & Verdigogh; A Little Help from my Friends
Initialise; Trip to Tripoli

Bunzo;
Creative Genius; Zentangle is for Everyone

Happy tangling...
Claire

Fairyland

In July 2011, Laura handed over the reins to Carol Bailey Floyd to set the challenge for the week, and the challenge she set was to create a Zentangle fairy home.

So here's my Fairyland:

Fairyland
Tangles: Scallops; Msst; Ahh;
Btl Joos; PokeLeaf; Drupe; Shattuck

Alternative angle...

This was a big challenge for me, as I usually prefer the more geometric patterns!

Happy tangling...
Claire

FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - October Week 5

So October draws to a close and November begins with a fresh set of photo prompts from Fat Mum Slim.

This week's prompts were:
Day 29: Moon
Day 30: Clothes
Day 31: Whatever you Please
Day 1: Something Beginning with 'C'
Day 2: Colour
Day 3: Breakfast
Day 4: TV

And here they are:

Clothes - My sparkly shawl to keep warm at work,
Black vest and shorts, Black jeans and blue toenails
Beige top (under the shawl!), Dog walking gear

Whatever you please... Office Dino trying to decide what to wear
for Halloween... Giant Butterfly? Skater Dino? Thor? 

Moon, Something beginning with 'C'
Colour, Breakfast

TV... It's not working, so I'm about to start a new Zendala!

Join In, Play Along!

Happy snapping...
Claire

Zendala Dare 30 - PIE

The Zendala Dare this week comes with a theme of Thanksgiving, as well as a template.

Erin challenged us to create a PIE Zendala. Complete the zendala using only tangles beginning with P, I and E. And if that weren't enough, use at least one tangle you've never used before!!!

So here's the template:

Zendala Dare 30

I'm not one to shy away from a challenge, so I decided to use not just one tangle that is new to me, but all the tangles would be new to me.


And here's my PIE!

Unshaded

PIE
with Intersection; Purk; Echo; Pavonia; Punzel

Punzel & Pavonia

Purk, Intersection & Echo

A big 'Thank You' goes out to Linda Farmer of TanglePatterns. It's a resource that I find invaluable, as I'm sure do many of you. When I manage to sort out the issues with my cards and PayPal, I'll definitely by sending my donation. You can support TanglePatterns too by clicking here, and Linda will send you her Tangle Guide ebook.

All this talk of pie is making me hungry!

Happy tangling...
Claire

Zentangle is for Everyone!

For this challenge, Laura invited another guest to set the theme. This challenge was set by Carole Ohl, who asked everyone to use the same four tangles in their tile - Pais, Zedbra, Keenees and Baton.

Carole also asked people to send their tiles to her so they could feature in a display at a local restaurant, to bring awareness to people that Zentangle really is for everyone!

So here's the tile I created:

Unshaded

Baton & Pais

Keenees & Zedbra

Zentangle is for Everyone!

Close-up

Here's the link to Carole's post from the Zentangle display... Zentangle really is for EVERYONE!!!

Happy tangling...
Claire