Diva Challenge #326, Made by Joey Challenge #175 etc.....

Diva Challenge #326

Guest blogger Elisa Murphy

"Nzeppel Monotangle"

I was done...

then decided I wasn't...
I shouldn't have done that

"Nzeppel" is one of my Top 20 faves so I was anxious to jump right into this one as the perfect motivator to monotangle the crap out of it. I grabbed one of the extra rope string tiles I'd started for the Joey Challenge I guest hosted a couple of weeks ago and got going. Somewhere midway I was not gelling with the tile at all. The sections were too similar and I wasn't getting the contrast I wanted. I sat it aside after I got all the line work down and thought I could fix it in the shading and mucked it up even more. But, that's ok. It's all part of the journey.

I started again.

"Nzeppel" Monotangle

take 2

Made by Joey Challenge #175

Guest blogger Stephanie Jennifer
"Naida"

I've been following Joey's challenges for a couple of years. Very early on in this pursuit I decided to make ATC's my format for these challenges and I've been known to tweak the prompt to fit.

Here's the latest in my Eco-print Series:

I got a little behind with my "92 Days" prompts last week:

I had a little more play with "Peanuckle" after last weeks Diva Challenge. 

It's growing on me;-)

One of the challenges with this project is dealing with the bleed through from some of the various mediums that I use. I learned a long time ago not to be fussy or precious with my art. So instead of limiting my tools to avoid the bleed, I try to embrace it. It's not easy sometimes.

...and on the Travelling Tangles Project front:

I sent this ATC to Sue Bailey in Australia...

...Sue's gorgeous finish

I need to amp up my Betweed game

this is lovely

me: "Aimee! You better not be on Chewy.com again!!!" 🐾💞

Aimee: "What. Ever."

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Diva Challenge #324 and more...

Diva Challenge #324

Guest Blogger: Jessica Davies

"Tangled Heart"
on a watercolor tile
Tippled

There are two things that vex me in my pursuit of Zentangle Zen. Hearts and Monotangles. 

Laura, our Diva is taking the Summer off to enjoy family time and we'll be treated to some challenge fun by a series of guest bloggers for the next couple of months. Jessica challenges us with hearts (the monotangle angle is my own). Her hearts are Fab (click the above link to see her awesomeness) .

I'm not a "hearts and flowers" type and always dread the dreaded heart/valentine inspired challenges that come around once a year. But, I always try to be a good sport and I thought I'd mash this up with my self-challenge to do monotangles. Besides, a heart is just a string, right?

Now, speaking of guest bloggers, I made my guest blogger debut at this week's Made by Joey's Weekly Challenge. You can see the challenge here, and if you haven't participated, I'd be delighted if you did. Within that post I touched upon on what I'm calling 20 Monotangles, inspired by my concept of mastering my Top 20 Patterns.

Last week, I made my first attempt at Eco-printing on watercolor paper and here are some pieces I created this week:

4 "x 6" ZIA

on eco-printed paper

These are just too much fun!

more eco-print paper inspiration

5"x 7" Zia

This week's "92 Days" prompts from the Facebook group "Tangled and Journaled, Too!"completed:

Aimee sez: "Put that sticky down and rub my head!"

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