Beads of Courage

The Diva Challenge this week was to create something inspired by "Beads of Courage" which you can read more about here.  I chose to do a very simple tile combining Rixty and Beadlines.

I have also been working on ATCs this week. The Facebook group Zentangle: Stacked and Tangled has set up an ATC swap in which everyone participating is to create 20 "stacked" ATCs.  I have completed two so far.  My first is on a hand marbled ATC which is shown untangled in an earlier blog post. The tangles used are Gneiss, Hollibaugh, All Boxed Up and something kind of Bunzoish.

The second is on watercolor paper using Distress Markers. The tangles used are Keeko, Bales, a variation of Cadent and Scared Straight.

As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

Happy Tangling!

All Boxed Up

The Diva Challenge this week was to use Alice Hendon's tangle, All Boxed Up. I used this tangle on three tiles, though on two of the tiles I did a triangular variation. The first tile is All Boxed Up surrounding a Sez variation.

My second tile is a stacked tile using N'Zeppel, Striping, Pia, All Boxed Up and a slightly wonky Msst. Msst is the focus tangle for Square One this week, so this tile will be posted to the Square One: Purely Zentangle group, as well as the Stacked and Tangled Facebook group.

My final tile this week is in the Sgraffito style, using a "Scratch and Sketch" tile which came in a st of 60.  This tile is also stacked, using All Boxed Up, Msst, Rain, and All Boxed Up again.

I also wanted to share my recent find of an Artist's Tile Album which is a photo album made specifically to hold 3 1/2" square tiles...288 of them to be exact.  I have been searching for the perfect way to display all of my tiles for a while, and this is it.  I hope others find this helpful as well.


As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

Happy Tangling!