More ATCs

 I love this ATC from Pat Peterson! So beautiful! And it's the perfect ATC for me since I love me some steampunk! Can you see the nifty little bits of metal and jewels attached here and there? Thank you so much, Pat!

I also received this ATC from Judy West from Australia. Judy hosts the Celtic Challenge each week and I love her new tangles. She has something new practically every week! She's been so kind to let me share her tangles on my 4-H Facebook tangle page - Treasured Tangles. I love this ATC, Judy! I keep studying the various sections, the linework, the stitching, the hearts - I love it all! Thank you so much for drawing this for me :).

This is the set of four tiles that I received for the Missing U Swap. We each had the same string, we tangled four tiles with that string, and the host mixed and matched, then mailed us back a set of tiles. This is the set I received back and I love it! Each tile was done by a different CZT. Here they are:

• top left, Julie Evans, Hawaii,
• top right, Denise Knobloch, California,
• lower left, Judy Burkett, Tennessee, and
• lower right, Nancy Roth, Rhode Island.

This is a set I will treasure! I may even end up framing it and hanging it in my studio for inspiration.

Missing U Tile Swap

Many of the CZTs are preparing to go to Tangle University, 2013, soon. For those of us not able to participate this year, we decided to share an ensemble swap called Missing U. 

We were given this string - I show it upside down here to match my tiles. The string is comprised of capital letters M and U - for Missing U. The string spreads out over four zentangle tiles.

I began by transferring the string to my tiles. I attached the tiles together on the back side with blue painter's tape. (Note to self: don't do this next time. The tape was a bear to remove.) Then I started laying down tangles.

From there my tiles just sort of took on a life of their own. One section that started out as crescent moon actually turned into a new tangle that I'm calling 8ball. (I need to play with it some more, but I like it so far.) We are all mailing our completed tile sets to Denise, who will in turn mix and match and send us back four tiles - probably from four totally different sets. I can't wait!

Missing U. Maybe next year I can show you a post about me attending Tangle University, 2014.