Love is all you Need

Laura set this challenge in September 2011 to mark the Ten Year anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11 in New York City.
As Laura wrote "Through love we have the ability to change the world."
I love grid-based patterns so that's what I chose to use.
I used the word 'Love' as my string.
I loved this challenge and the end result, even though my attempt at Bucky went wrong! I joined the wrong pair of dots... So I'm calling it the 'Bucky Oops' variation :D
The tangles I used were Chard, Bloom, Nzeppel, Ninja Stars, Beelight, Postl, Up & Across, and finally, Bucky Oops!
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

Bunzo

At work this morning I was wondering what Laura's next challenge would bring, when I suddenly thought about the new official tangle, Bunzo, released my Rick and Maria in their recent newsletter. "I ought to try it out today... maybe I'll get chance during a meeting..."

So when I checked and saw Laura's post, I opened it quickly to see... Bunzo (Ta-da!)
I think my subconscious is two steps ahead of the rest of my brain!

When I got home I pulled out my sketch pad and green pen to practice a little before I got cracking on my tile. But I had so much fun practicing Bunzo that I got a little carried away!!!

And this is what happened:

Wahey!

Updated: Wednesday 31st October
I had sooooooo much fun with Bunzo that I carried on Bunzo-ing :D

Our office is having a bit of a facelift, so yesterday I was asked to move from my desk for a few minutes so the workmen could paint. What a perfect opportunity for some tangling! So I grabbed my notepad and Uni-Ball Eye Micro in pink, and got cracking:

Bunzo and Bales

When I came home after a stressful day I took a look through some of the other Bunzo offerings, and decided to work on a proper tile with Bunzo.

I started out with TanglePatterns String 011, shared by Yamit Fridman, and by the time I'd finished I had this!

Bunzo
with Crescent Moon, Hypnotic, and Up & Across

 A few close-ups:

There may be some more before the end of the week!!!

Happy Bunzo-ing...
Claire