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

Zendala Dare 43

As it's the first Saturday of the month, Erin set us the extra challenge of using tangles that make us feel like an artist!

Well for me that means Nzeppel has to be involved... This tile I drew made me feel really proud!

Bales and Sand Swirl are other favourites of mine, and this tile really made me feel like an artist!

So here's the template for the dare:

And here's my Zendala:

Happy tangling...
Claire

No Strings Attached

This week Laura challenged us to draw without a string.

Like many others, I started in the corner and worked up and out from there.

And surprisingly, it didn't take me long to do. The choices of tangles flowed one after the other.

The tangles I used were Scallops, Socc, Khirkee, Sand Swirl, Koryl, Lotus Pods, Shattuck and Waves.

Must do this more often!



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

Zendala Dare 32

The last few weeks I've been able to do the dare on a Saturday or Sunday as I'd been tracing it from the screen of my laptop (impatient... Moi?).
But last week my laptop died, so I had to wait until Monday to get the template printed.
And then work and life got in the way. Finally got it done, (and I'm now working on a second version!) and tried a tangle I've not use before, Prestwood.
I also used Sand Swirl, Shattuck, Tipple and Socc.
Happy tangling...
Claire

Zinger!

So Laura's challenge this week is to use the new-old tangle "Zinger".

It's a tangle that Maria has been using for years, that finally got it's official launch in the Zentangle newsletter that went out this weekend.

I enjoyed trying out Zinger. And there were a few other tangles that I've taken the opportunity to try, as I've seen other tanglers using them in their tiles.

In the end, besides Zinger, I used Bales, Koryl, Sand Swirl, Tripoli and Crescent Moon.

Happy tangling...
Claire