Tangled Treasure

Tangled Tile Treasure This weekend my daughter and husband and I went digging around in a closed tile store and picked through old samples to find some fun treasure...Immediately, I felt the need to bring it home and pick up a pen and do some zentangle. My daughter [age 4] also got into the spirit and created a tile for my friend Dedra, who invited us on this adventure! We hope you enjoy our tangled treasures!  Zentangled Tumbled Marble...

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An Award!!! I'd Like to thank...

Meighen over at ♥scrappin_3rdeeschik♥ blog honored me last weekend with a blog award! Such a nice suprise! I'm so honored!!!  After receiving this award you have to give it to 8 other bloggers and tell us 8 things about you. :D I Award this honor to the following bloggers1. Laura at I am the Diva--she inspires me with her Zentangles each week!2. Tina at Live, Love & Stamp--fun cards, and co-lover of all things BigShot!3. Lisa at Lisa's Scrap'n...

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You Had Me at M♥♥!

 You Had Me at Moo with digitaldelightsbyloubyloo  This Friday Freebie Digital Delights by LoubyLoo digital stamp made me smile when I saw it. I knew I had to use it in a card! I printed off several of the same digital stamp on my HP Inkjet Printer. I trimmed out one to a 3×3" card and colored it in with my BIC Markers. I then colored a few elements that I wanted to add dimension to and cut them out [the ears, hair tuft, hooves and nose]. I made...

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Weekly Challenge #6| Using IXORUS

Laura at I am the Diva did an amazing zentangle over her baby's leg casts to jazz them up a bit this week. I hope baby Artoo heals swiftly...the love and energy you put into his cast tangles will surely help that. She was inspired this week by the founders of Zentangling newly posted IXORUS tangle and challenged us to break out of our figurative casts by trying something new...go past our confort zone. Since the past few weeks I have been doing...

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And the Winner is....

First of all, let me just say WOW! This was my first ever blog hop to participate in and I am in awe. What a great bunch of ladies to hop with! And of course, kudos to the birthday lady herself for hosting such a great hop! Thank you Jess!!! I am humbled by the outpouring of kindness from everyone who came to visit me and offered such positive words. Thank you all. Now...let me get to what you came for. I have entered the numbers at Random.org and the winner is.... #55 Scrappy Jackie!!! Congrats!!! I have a kit for you which includes the book,...

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KinderStampO's 34 Birthday Balloons and Counting Blog Hop

Hi everyone and Welcome to KinderStampO's 34 Birthday Candles and Counting Blog Hop. Today we have over 40 designers sharing atleast 40 fun birthday inspired projects too. If you arrive from Krista's Paper Cafe then you are in the right place. If you are just here visiting and want to start from the top click here For Jessicas 34th birthday, I wanted to make her something special that could commemorate her special day and provide her with a space...

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Weekly Challenge #5 | Orbs

This weeks challenge inspiration is all about orbs. I am the Diva explains nicely what orbs are and how they have influenced her work this week. I too am influenced by that marvelous spherical shape. I was hoping I would not be once again faced with a brain stump. As I explored what orbs meant to me, I recalled spending a great deal of time while in undergraduate school studying Wassily Kandinsky and in particular being attracted to his more...

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KinderStampo's January Tag Swap | Wishing You a Peachy Birthday!

Jess at KinderStampo.com has a monthly Tag Swap Challenge and beginning in December, each themed challenge has a guest swapper from a particular company. This months challenge guest swapper is the Peachy Queen, Kathy. For my birthday inspired tag, I used Outlines Rubberstamp Co. Package stamp, Basic Grey 6×6 paper stack, Bazzill Basics and Stampin' Up cardstock. After stamping the image onto Basic Grey papers, I used quickie glue and Pearl Ex to...

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House Mouse Happy Birthday

Birthday card House Mouse is probably one of my favorite stamp companies and I love this stamp with the daisies. This was a Birthday Card that I created for my boss Dedra for her 50th birthday. She loves flowers and this stamp just looked like her. The card stock is Die Cuts With a View Birthday MatStack and Bazzill Basics and Bazzill Bling. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and used Gamsol to blend in the colors. I used a Stampin' Up...

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The Process

There's been a great deal of talk about the process lately from my co-bloggers in the Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge. Afterall, the key ingredient in the tangle is the process it takes to get there. The process helps with the Zen of it all. a few ingredients for an upcoming tag project For me, all of my creations are a process. I gather about me my favorite tools and beautiful papers and inks and embellishments. I have background music playing...

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Weekly Challenge #4 | Starry Eyed Surprise!

This week I am the Diva challenged us to be inspired by stars! Anyone who knows me knows I L O V E stars! I have a James Avery Star charm that I wear dangling from a silver box chain around my neck every day. I have stars on my front porch, I have star dies for my diecut machine, I have star punches for crafting, I buy star paper, I have stars on my tree...I love stars. So naturally a star challenge would find me drawing...circles. Yes, I said C...

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Weekly Challenge #3 Eyes Wide Shut. [revisited]

 Eyes Wide Shut #2 as drawn Monday I am the Diva announced the new Weekly Challenge for Zentangle on her blog and I immediately tangled my challenge. I enjoyed my process and was happy with my results. I enjoyed looking at all of the other offerings from the many tangle artists joining the weekly challenge now--beautiful work and inspiration. And then the week just got boring. I was done with my tangle. I had personal tangling I could do...I...

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Blinged-Out Birthday!

It's one of my bosses birthday today and she is a very sparkly type of girl! I created this Blinged-Out Birthday card for her using ultrafine glitters, Basic Grey Bling and an amazing stamp from Outlines Rubber Stamp Co. I love Outlines Rubber Stamp Co. stamps because of their similarity to Zentangle designs. That is what attracted me to them in the first place! This stamp has SO many possibilities, but I thought for my dazzling friend it would...

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Weekly Challenge #3 Eyes Wide Shut

Certified Zentangle Teacher [CZT], Laura Harms of I Am the Diva blog, has begun a weekly zentangle challenge to inspire weekly tangling. This weeks challenge is to draw the beginning string with my eyes closed as described here. So this week, I moved out of my "thinking pad"--a notebook I carry around with me to jot down the many ideas I carry around in my head--to a smallish drawing pad. I traced a 4×4" coaster to make my "tile" [actual Zentangle...

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Warm Wishes!

As we get some chilly weather here in Texas, it reminds me of a cute snowman tag I did back in December for my papercrafty pal Kinder Stampo's Tag Swap the theme was "Wishing you a pink winter wonderland." This 3½" wide tag is acryllic embossed with Stampin' Up's Northern Flury Textured Impressions Embossing folder on the Sizzix Big Shot Express. The cardstock is Bazzill Bling, and white with some Die Cuts With a View Embedded Glitter Paper....

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