Tangled on the Inside

For this challenge, set back in October 2011, Laura used inspiration from Jo in NZ.
The idea for this challenge was to use one tangle as the 'string' and then fill in all the spaces with other tangles.  A tangle within a tangle....

My new favourite is Sand Swirl, so that’s what I used to form the string. I also used Sand Swirl in the centre and then worked outwards using Braze, Coaster, Khirkee, Knaze, Hypnotic, and a tiny bit of Paradox.
I enjoyed tangling on the inside!

Happy tangling...
Claire

Sunflower Fun

Back in October 2011, Laura invited Penny to set the challenge for the week.

Penny wrote “In Republic of South Africa, on 12 October we have Bandana Day, which is run by the Sunflower Fund.  This is an organization founded in 1999 in support of the SA Bone Marrow Registry for people suffering from leukaemia. Every year our local retailer (Pick n Pay) sells Sunflower bandanas and the proceeds go towards the Sunflower Fund...everyone wears a bandana, somehow, somewhere on this day!”

So the challenge was set – to use the Sunflower Fund logo as inspiration for the tile.

I’m currently facing challenges with my laptop, so wasn’t able to use the actual logo. Instead I drew my own sunflower, split it into sections and tangled in each section.

I used a lot of tangles - Florz, Wud, Knightsbridge, Lotus Pods, Bunzo, Paradox, Striping, CO2, Gingham, Koryl, Zedbra, Shattuck, Socc, Sand Swirl, Hurly Burly, Paisal, Prestwood, Tripoli, Spinners and Tipple... Woo hoo!

So here it is:

Happy tangling...
Claire

Hope

In this challenge set in October 2011, Laura asked us to represent hope, in whatever form that took for us personally.
I chose to use the word as my string, and fill it with tangles beginning with the letters H, O, P & E.
I used Hibred and Hollibaugh, Orlique and Opus, Pea-nuckle, Pokeleaf and Paradox, and Echoism and Emingle!
Happy tangling...
Claire

Better than a Pair of Ducks

Back in September 2011, Laura challenged us to draw a monotangle using only the official tangle, Paradox.
She gave us a handy link to Margaret Bremner's Paradox tutorial, which I went through before I got stuck in. The tips are really useful.
The string pictured below went through some minor changes as I tangled, when I realised that some sections needed to be broken up further.
I made a couple of 'mistakes'... But was pretty pleased with the result.
Might have to try a few more monotangles.

Happy tangling...
Claire

Creative Genius

This was a challenge in the String Theory series, originally set back in July 2011 by a guest challenger, Sue Jacobs.

Wow - I love this challenge! Strings have always been a problem for me, and in this challenge Sue has handed me a fantastic way to come up with my own strings... Tie a weight to an actual length of string, set the weight down on the tile and let the string fall!

For my string I used my headphones! So here is my string:

Then I got tangling...

Unshaded

And here is the final Zentangle:

Creative Genius
Tangles: Floo, Jonqal, Locar, Ibex and Paradox

I think I'll use this technique again!
Happy tangling...
Claire

Zendala Dare 29

A big shout out to Erin who managed to get the dare up even though she's feeling under the weather... Hope you feel better soon!

The template this week is a really nice one:

Dare 29

I got stuck a little along the way... thinking too much!
I chose to use Florz again, like in my tile for the weekly Diva challenge, inspired by this Zentangle post from Maria earlier in the week.

So here she is - unshaded:

Tangles: Betweed, Florz, Sparkool, Scallops, Paradox 

 Shaded:

 Up close and personal:

I had great fun with this! How did you get on???

Happy tangling...
Claire

A Little Help from my Friends

So in this challenge set back in May 2011 by Laura, the idea was to get someone to draw a string for you.

I had MoH draw this string:

MoH's String

and then I worked my magic, and this is the result:

Ta-Da!
Tangles: Nzeppel, Fescu, Crescent Moon,
Meer, Scallops, Paradox

Happy tangling...
Claire