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

Kiss My Grids

This was another challenge set back in August 2011. This time Laura asked us to draw a grid over the string. I love grid patterns, so had lots of fun doing this one.
I used Beelight for the background, then Nzeppel, Socc and my own Khirkee in the middle of the tile.

Happy tangling...

Claire 

Minnie - New Tangle!

So I was heavily inspired by the Diva Challenge this week - Mickey. We were asked to represent Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney in our tile. I watched Steamboat Willie and scoured the internet for pictures of Mickey and his pals, and one thing jumped out at me - Minnie's bow!
If you want to find out more and see Minnie in action, then hop on over to my post "Hey Mickey, You're So Fine..."

And with no further ado, here she is... Minnie:

Minnie
and a bit of Socc thrown in for luck!

I'm definitely one for grid-based patterns, but gave a little bit of free form Minnie a try too.

Hope you enjoy it.
Happy tangling...
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