Some golden oldies

Some patterns will always be nice to tangle. I can't fit them all in one tile, but these five are among my favorites: Jemz, Tripoli, CO2, Ixorus and Jonqual.

It's a String Thing #202

We're celebrating Independence Day at Adele's challenge with Pop-Cloud, Xplode and CO2:

It's a String Thing #189

Adele gives us a rather loopy string and likes us to use Patience (new to me), Aura-Leah and CO2.

My tile turned out to be pretty dark, but I like it anyway ;-)

Diva's challenge #264

Laura is asking us to create a Spring-like string ourselves. When I think of Spring, I think of the sun that is coming out more often, sunrays, plants growing and a little bit of rain from time to time (to let the plants grow!).

So, my string was inspired by the sun:

And the tangles by the plants (Tagh, Ynix, Meer and CO2) and... some Rain ;-)

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Diva's challenge #251

To raise awareness for the Moebius Syndrome, Laura asks us (like she did previous years) to use the Foundation's logo as a string. Her youngest son has this syndrome, and I wish them all the best!

I support the idea of raising more awareness, so here's my Moebius tile. I filled it with the pattern 100 and put some CO2 in the background. 

Thanks for visiting my blog, you're comments are much appreciated :-)

S-P-C challenge

Diane and Carolien ask us to create a tile with tangles starting with S, P and C. I chose the organic patterns Scrolled Feather, Pystyl and Cruffle, and added some CO2 in the air ;-)

Diva's Challenge #228

This week Cari Sultanik is the guest blogger at I am the Diva's Challenge. Cari asks us to go organic ;-)

I decided to keep my tile simple and quiet. I even wonder if this can be called a 'zentangle', but it was a lovely thing to do. Thanks, Cari!

#-C-R challenge

Diane and Carolien challenge us to use three patterns, starting with a number, with C and with R.

I chose (new to me) tangle 133, CO2 and Riverstones. 

It's a String Thing #86

An Easter egg as a string, that's what Adele Bruno had in mind for us. Together with the patterns Well, Well-Mooka-Z and CO2 I tried to give my tile a Spring-Easter-feeling, but somehow black became a dominant color. Zentangle-life is full of surprises ;-)

Diva's challenge #206

This week, Laura challenges us to try using tools or materials that we never used before. As a matter of fact, I DO have a white Sakura gelly roll pen, and I DO have black paper, but I never really used them to create a tile. I was pleased to find a white pencil for some shadowing too, so I started tangling Featherfall and really loved it. Then I wasn't sure what to put next to it. You can see what result came out of my hands, I think it's OK ;-)

Take a look at the Diva's blog to see what tools and materials the other participants used for this challenge. It's allways inspiring!

That's new to me: S

These days, many people in the south of Holland are celebrating Carnaval. I was born in another part of the country, so I never grew up with getting dressed in silly clothes for 4 days, partying all night long. So, I was pleased with Suzy Mosh' challenge and I enjoyed the quietness at home ;-)

The challenge was to use a new pattern starting with S. I chose Snaylz Trayl and added Punzel, Well and CO2 to it. 

P.S. I like to see how other people enjoy Carnaval: yesterday I saw somebody dressed up like a bag of fries cycling on his bike. That was so funny!

Joey's challenge #44

Joey's son turns 10 years OLS this week, so Joey challenges us to use string 10 and the pattern Joy.

So... here it is :-) and I wish Joey and her family a very happy birthday!

Diva's Challenge #198: "K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple, silly!)"

This week's Diva Challenge is the same as her very first one four years ago: the challenge to simplify. I'm only in (and addicted :-) ) since July this year, so the challenge was new to me. I chose to use Krli-Qs and CO2. 

My tile almost seems too simple to me, but at the same time I like the quietness it sends out. Thanks for that, Laura!

And thank you as well, for visiting my blog! Your comments give me a brighter day :-)

Joey's weekly challenge #36

Joey asked us to use a hexagon shaped style. I decided to fill it with CO2, Navajo, Nzeppel, Spokes, Nymph and a pattern that I don't know the name of (at the bottem in the middle)

Organic feeling