'A' Tangles

Another fun prompt in  Zentangle All Around. Use the first letter of either your first or last name. Draw it on your paper. Then tangle with only patterns that start with that letter. 
This is a piece of paper about 4" x 6" that I had pre-colored with some  Color Bloom sprays. I used the letter A from my first name and drew it on the paper. The tangles I used are: Ahh, aquafleur and avreal from  Zentangle HQ and my own airways and All Boxed Up. White highlights came from a gel pen. What a fun idea!

Stack Your Stripes

Here is a new stacking challenge for you -

stacking stripes.

Basically this means one tangle per stripe, all stacked on top of each other or next to each other. Stacked stripes can be horizontal or vertical. And one tangle per stripe. This is a great way to learn some new tangles, and to practice the ones you've been working on. These two I'm showing you are very different in appearance. I did not plan it that way, but that is the way they turned out. Why don't you give stacking stripes a try today?

Fall is Almost Here

Fall is almost here, if you discount the fact that the high tomorrow in Florida is supposed to be 91 degrees. I will be glad when the high temps go away for awhile, even if it does only drop 5 degrees! For a girl who grew up in Newfoundland, where the average summer temp hovers around 61 degrees, these Florida temps of 90-102  in the summer are just killers. Add to that hurricane threats and wildfires, and you will see why I am excited about fall.

I made this two-sided bookmark for a swap my friend Sandy Hunter is hosting. The first picture, the front, features two of my own patterns - punkin' and blox. The back has ambler and avreal, two patterns I've not used before. I really like avreal - the one down the middle! Color is courtesy of my Koi watercolor set. Shimmer (if you can see it) is from my twinking H2Os. Shipping this off to the swap tomorrow. When I receive one back, I will post it here for you to admire :).