Quick

Just a quick post of some tangles.

In response to I am the Diva's challenge #167, here is my first duotangle using only the two Zentangle patterns Punzel and Well. Happy Birthday, Diva! I had never done either before this challenge, so I did practice a bit. I don't care for the way Punzel does not flow from my hands, but I liked Well, even though I messed up a bit on one section of it, and played with it on my tile. Here is the result:

And a quick response to Artful Creations' "L" challenge. I liked her new pattern "Lori" so much I incorporated it into my tile. Joining Lori are tangle patterns Lachrymose, Lokomotive, La Bel, Laced, Lettuce Farm, Lacy and Logjam. Whew, I packed a lot of L's into this tile - oh yeah, the string was even the letter "L" (below it is on its side).

Celebrations

This week I actually finished two tangle challenges by Wednesday, but have been unable to post them as I was out of town Thursday and Friday. My cousin graduated from University of Tennessee with his Ph.D. officially, then yesterday my husband found out he got another A for one of his class. So we celebrated that too. These celebrations meant a lot of traveling and a lot of eating out. I wish I had taken a picture of it, but I tangled the graduation cards to my cousin. I plan on doing a Mother's Day card tonight too.

Here is the tangle I did for the Diva challenge #166: I enjoyed her new tangle pattern very much and thought of satellites for some reason.I hinted a little at Pweeko within the pattern, but also included Tiding, Laced and Greating in the tile and used string #17 by Joyce Bruns.

Tackle It Tuesday challenge of K patterns where I used string #11 by Yamit Fridman and patterns Keenees, Kuzek, Knightsbridge Kunstler and Keeko.

Happy Mother's Day in advance!!

And then there were three...

Three tangles this week - some were challenging.

First up, the weekly Diva Challenge #165 - this was a UMT (Use My Tangle) challenge and we were challenged to use Anne Marks' pattern Camelia. At first this was challenging to learn, but eventually I got the hang of it. I decided to spice it up a little by also using one of Anne Marks' string patterns from the Tangle Patterns site. I used String #71, with patterns Camelia (of course), Puf, Nipa, Warped Eggs and Kunstler.

Next up is the weekly letter challenge at Cheryl's Artful Creations: J!! I used string #91from David Rae, then used tangle patterns: Japonica, Jeewels, Jetties, Jonqal and Jalousie with bordering of Joy and Jambalee.

Finally, at Tickled To Tangle, the challenge was in celebration of Tangle Patterns' 4th anniversary on May 4th. So we were to use String #38 (which looks like a "4"), and 4 A patterns: Aquafleur, Aura Leah, Axlexa and AA's. I had only ever tried Axlexa before this challenge, so there was quite a bit of learning here too. I really like the flow and fun of AA's, but I seriously do not care for Aquafleur - I had to constantly do over and over again in pencil because I could not get it to look anything like it should. There was nothing fun or relaxing about it for me. Other than Aquafleur, I did enjoy the challenge, though. So, without further ado,,,

And so I anticipate a very busy weekend: Free comic book day, interNational Scrapbooking Day, and May the 4th be with you day.