FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - December Week 4

The prompts from Fat Mum Slim this week were:
24. Tradition / something you always do
25. Lunchtime
26. Mess
27. How you relax
28. Cold
29. Hot
30. Something that made you smile this year
31. Self portrait

Tradition - oats with honey for breakfast and Christmas music
Lunchtime - handmade chocolates
Mess - rubble lying in the compound
How you relax - doggy snuggles

Cold - ice in my freezer!
Hot - boiling water
Something that made you smile this year - the garden in my housing society
Self portrait - me... The new fitness regime has already begun

Join in in 2013!

Happy snapping...
Claire

Diva Dance - Diva Challenge 100!

Find out more about this really special challenge on Laura's fantastic blog, I am the Diva...

Here's my response:

Happy tangling in 2013!
Claire

Zendala Dare 37

This week's dare from Erin used this template:

And this is what I drew:

Tangles used: Florz, Nipa, Knightsbridge, Nekton, Coaster

Happy tangling...
Claire

25th December - Nativity

And a child was born...

I found this wonderful pic on the internet at daily coloring pages... I just tangled it up!


Merry Christmas

24th December - Christmas Pudding

Zendala Dare 36

Sooooo late on this dare, but a bad cough and cold, too much work and my daily Christmas Countdown slowed me down! So yes, I'm publishing this on Christmas Day, as I finally get some time to myself...

I liked the template as soon as I saw it:

And this is how it turned out:

I used the tangles Pooma, Fife, Diva Dance (Waltz), Socc and Sand Swirl.

Happy tangling...
Claire

23rd December - Believe

FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - December Week 3

The prompts from Fat Mum Slim this week were:
17. On the floor
18. Makes you feel merry
19. Something beginning with S
20. Weather
21. Tree
22. Decoration
23. Joy is ...

On the floor - flower
Makes you feel merry - tree
Something beginning with S - stockings on the board at work
Weather - wish it would snow in Mumbai

Tree - finally with lights
Decoration - on my tree
Joy is ... Zentangle
Advent Tangling

Happy snapping...
Claire

Another Christmas Countdown Catch-up!

21st December - Bell

22nd December - Sleigh

Phew... caught up now!

Christmas Countdown Catch-up

I've been ill so got behind on my Christmas countdown. So I've cheated on a few and printed out pics I found on the internet and then coloured and tangled them!

17th December - Elves

18th December - Father Christmas

19th December - Penguin

20th December - Noel

16th December - Angel

FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - December Week 2

The wonderful prompts from Fat Mum Slim this week were:
10. Under
11. Sweet
12. Hat
13. Lights
14. Something green
15. Outdoors
16. Something you made

Under - this was above my head
Sweet - chocolate brownie... yum!
Hat - I really struggled with this as I don't wear hats... Then I realised some of the kitchen jars were wearing hats!
Zentangle freebie!

Lights - fabulous light coming through the window on our journey out of Mumbai
Something Green - acrylic paint
Outdoors - near to where we stayed in Karjat
Something I made - a star for Christmas


Happy snapping...
Claire

15th December - Three Wise Men

14th December - Gingerbread Man

Posted late and poor quality due to spending Thursday and Friday out in the sticks for an offsite planning session from work...

13th December - Candy Cane

Posted late and poor quality due to spending Thursday and Friday out in the sticks for an offsite planning session from work...

12th December - Peace

11th December - Reindeer

Looped Border String

The challenge this week, set by guest challenger Margaret Bremner, is to use a string with loops drawn on each side.

So here is my tile:

And the string I used:

Happy tangling...
Claire

10th December - Baubles

FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - December Week 1

The prompts from Fat Mum Slim this week were:
3. Something you held
4. Black and white
5. Looking up
6. From where you live / your country
7. Stars
8. Someone you love
9. Out and about

Something you held - a Rubik's Cube
Black and white - Compound Doggie
Looking up - Sky & Trees
From my country - Red Double-Decker Bus
Stars - Pretty Stickers
Someone you love - Coco Poco Loco
Out and about - Horn Ok Please!
And a freebie :D - one of my Advent countdown tangles

Happy snapping...
Claire

9th December - Holly

8th December - Snowflake

So Erin's Zendala Dare this week challenged us to make a paper snowflake and use that as our template.

This fit perfectly with my Advent countdown, as I'd planned to draw snowflakes on the 8th!

In the Zendala I used these tangles:
Loblolly, Hurry, Khirkee, Shattuck, and Waft.

Here are a few more pics to show the process:

Happy tangling...
Claire

Zendala Dare 34

I'm a little late posting my response to last week's Zendala Dare. I've been tied up with my Advent tangling!

The template is quite a nice one:

The tangles I used are all new to me...  Loblolly, Bugles, Fungees, and Lanterns.

I think I should have avoided the colours though.

Happy tangling...
Claire

7th December - Presents

6th December - Joy

5th December - Christmas Tree

Keenees

So the challenge from Laura this week is to use the Keenees tangle from Donna Hornsby.

I also decided to try some pencil shading for the Hollibaugh background. It looks better in real life!

Check out other recent posts for my Zentangle Advent countdown... So far there's a snowman, a star, a candle and a stocking.

Happy tangling...
Claire

4th December - Stocking

3rd December - Candle

2nd December - Star

FMS Photo-A-Day Challenge - November Week 4

The prompts from Fat Mum Slim this week were:
26: In the cupboard
27: Tree
28: Vehicle
29: Big
30: On the wall
1: 8 o'clock
2: Peace

In the cupboard - clothes... We only have one cupboard!
Tree - many trees!
Vehicle - the humble rickshaw
Big -  my building
On the wall - Ganesha
8 o'clock - and finally tangling
Peace - Coco-pie sleeping!

And I'm so excited as December's prompts are here!

Happy snapping...
Claire