Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Diva Challenge # 332, Joey Challenge #182 etc...


"2 Squared"
Ha-krall, Abukas and Printemps

The Diva is back from her Summer hiatus. The challenge is to create a string using 2 squares.

9 piece ensemble series
ATC #5 
Featuring: "Muscari"
Additionally: Pixioze, Batumber, Striping, Paisley Boa and Fescu

The "92 Days" Summer prompts are complete and now we're moving on to a series of prompts called  "The Little Zen Menu" from the Facebook group Tangled and Journaled Too! 5 or 6 prompts are posted every Saturday to choose from. I have one last pocket journal to complete so I decided to start with the weekly zendala template (selected from Erin Olsen's "Weekly Zendala Dare challenge  from her blog "The Bright Owl") and incorporate as many of the other prompts as makes sense.

Zendala template #43
Rixty
Yellow/Green

Zendala Template #58
"Dyon"
"Binda"
inkidoodles.com (Melinda Barlow's Echo-lined Mooka)
blue/violet

Travelling Tangles completed this week:

my finish...

...to this inspiring start by Deb Huff
my finish...
...to this start by Stephanie Jennifer


I came home from work last night to some lovely Travelling Tangles in my mailbox. Aimee commandeered them;-)
"Why you needs happy mail? you got me!"

My nieces had given me and my sister gift certificates to this art studio a couple of Christmas's ago and we finally got it done;-)

Drinking wine and making art with the family. Good times🍻❤😀




Thanks so much for stopping by! Your thoughtful and generous comments delight and inspire me.




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19 comments:

  1. Gudrun S.September 12, 2017 at 11:50 PM

    Wonderful tiles :-))

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  2. Anita A Westin CZTSeptember 13, 2017 at 4:41 AM

    Love your 2Squared Tile for the Diva!😍

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    1. Michele WynneSeptember 13, 2017 at 8:32 AM

      Thank you Anita! That's my favorite one this week;-)

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  3. ria matheussenSeptember 13, 2017 at 9:34 AM

    Aimee is right, when you have an animal in the house, you never feel lonely and especially not with such a wise cat as she is!!!
    I know your face and you look very happy with after creating these beautiful family art, but are the other girls sisters?
    Lovely tiles and beautiful colours but this week my absolute favorite is the black/white tile for the Diva.


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    1. Michele WynneSeptember 14, 2017 at 8:50 AM

      Thank you Ria! Yes, Aimee is the best companion. We had a lot of fun at that paint night. My sister is on the left and the girls are my brother's daughters.

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  4. Malerisches FrankenSeptember 13, 2017 at 10:27 AM

    Your squares for the DIVA challenge are arranged and drawn in a wonderful way.
    The centerpiece for the mosaic is, like the other parts, beautiful in harmonic and powerful colors. I think your art work develops to a wonderful mosaic.
    And I like your heartwarming cat.

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    1. Michele WynneSeptember 14, 2017 at 8:53 AM

      Thank you Margarete! I had a great time with the challenges this week;-)

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  5. Suzanne Fluhr September 13, 2017 at 12:23 PM

    You have been a very busy tangler person---all with nice results. I really like the way you use color under your tangles. Your template #58 is so elegant. Dino (our dog) has absolutely no respect for paper. If someone leaves a newspaper on the couch or puts the mail there while going through it, that is where he wants to rest. I see we're lucky he's not a cat who can jump. ;-)

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    1. Michele WynneSeptember 14, 2017 at 9:07 AM

      Thank you Suzanne! I came across a you tube video of someone using highlighters under the colored pencil, so I tried it with the blue/violet and it looked great! The weekly prompts include a color prompt so I'm thinking I'll see if I can keep trying out the highlighter theory;-)
      I've taken to keeping a largish masonite clip board handy so I can keep working when Aimee decides to situate herself in the middle of my work space. I had it on my lap and she stepped right down onto it and made herself comfy. She's a hoot;-)

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  6. Anne's tangle blogSeptember 13, 2017 at 11:21 PM

    All beautiful as always, but the zendala is my favorite!!!

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    1. Michele WynneSeptember 14, 2017 at 9:10 AM

      Thank you Annemarie! I'm glad for the weekly zendala prompt because left to my own devices, I avoid them.

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  7. Susie NgSeptember 14, 2017 at 1:04 AM

    With me it is the Mooka/Msst tile. I wonder how your brain works. a few blues in the corner and you produce the most beautiful tile. There are so many every week on your post. May I ask what you do with all your tiles? Keep them in a shipping container? you should have your own art gallery, yes mam.

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    1. Michele WynneSeptember 14, 2017 at 9:22 AM

      Thanks Susie! I've had that blue/purple tile for months, staring at it, trying to figure out what to do with it. When in doubt, Mooka (then aura).
      The completed travelling tangles go in an album. The rest either go on my inspiration board or in a box. Some of my favorites get laminated and made into refrigerator magnets that I give as gifts here and there.

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  8. jeanchaneyazSeptember 14, 2017 at 8:08 AM

    I enjoyed your post, especially of the wine and painting. Lovely tangling too!

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    1. Michele WynneSeptember 14, 2017 at 9:26 AM

      Thanks Jean! The funniest part of that night was that neither my sister or my nieces even knew who Monet was. I had picked the class because I happen to love Monet. My sister thought the bridge ruined the whole painting so she didn't paint it;-)

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  9. ~ joey ~September 15, 2017 at 8:06 AM

    Oh I really enjoyed this post! So many fun things to see, your Diva is brilliant, love the colours that you are using in my challenge, your sketchbooks and swaps are bursting with beauty and how fun is an evening of painting with family!? You are all very talented! xo

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  10. HeidiSueSeptember 16, 2017 at 5:34 AM

    Oh my goodness, what fun you've been having! As always, inspirational and awesome!

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