Latest ZIA

Made this after learning the technique from Suzanne Binnie at the CZT gathering this past Saturday.
I had a ton of fun and will post more when I'm more awake tomorrow.

Off to class!

With butterflies and an inevitable headache, I am heading here: http://www.hotelprovidence.com/

To get my name on this: CZT List

I will probably tweet some pics or if I am feeling adventurous I might even do a post!

Wish me luck!!   :o)

Well hello again...

I've been pretty lazy lately, I'll blame it on the heat (and not just because I'm lazy in general.. nooo).
But the past few days I've been tangling like crazy to prepare for my CZT seminar next week (actually 7 days from right now is check-in at the hotel... EEEK!).
I am pretty scared, excited, and nervous to say the least.  I don't normally do anything with out having someone I know with me for one, never mind going to another state and staying with a random person in a hotel room for two nights. 
So if any one needs any Zentangle supplies you can come to me after next week!  ;o)

Here are some of my latest, and they are pretty great too, if I do say so myself... heh heh
These are from my Strathmore Visual Journal (5.5 x 8in):

Tangles used: Prestwood, Paradox, Hypnotic, Arc Flower, Strircles, Tipple, and a new one by Bren I saw on Ustream that I think she said she is going to name Rings.

Here is another one that I made by tracing two Zentangle tiles and had them overlap in the middle. Tangles used in the left one are: Tripoli, Flukes, Meer, a tangleation of Knightsbridge + Strircles, Ixorus, and Tipple. On the right I used Opus (the one on the bottom - the one on the top I made up and don't have a name for yet), Arc Flower, Onomato, a variation of Footlites, and another grid one I made up that looks like Florz with a grid.

And here we have my latest on an official Zentangle tile (which are 3.5x3.5in):

Tangles used: Crescent Moon, Coaster, Yincut (one of my favorite tangles), Chillon, Drupe, and Tipple.

Oh and one last Zentangle related thing - my thanks for registering letter was hand lettered by the amazing Maria Thomas (one of the founders of Zentangle).  It was raining unfortunately so the ink smudged in a couple places, but I still am in love with this lettering!

Okay maybe it was me drooling and I imagined the rain part, HAHA kidding! ;o)

Well that's all for now folks, I will update sooner than I have before, I promise!  

Show and Tell time...

Okay, maybe mostly just show.   ;o)
Here are some things  I've done lately....

I just learned a new-to-me technique and did these two canvases with it:

6 in x 6 in

Here are the cute sides  :o)

4 in x 4 in (no cute sides on this one)

This one is just fun with stamps on a colorful paper background...

6 in x 6 in

Here again the sides are done - this time with stamps!

And here we have one of my few attempts at an ATC...

And last, but not least I made 2 of these.  One was for mom for Mother's Day and then once she showed it off at work one of her co-workers wanted one too!

Some of my latest work....

Two small canvases....

Card for mom

While watching Kerri make a card for her Mom, I decided to try one too....

Front (scrapbook paper)

Cut and Color...

Let me preface, I have always loved L'Oreal's Feria hair color.  When I saw the commercials (yes, sometimes I do actually pay attention) for their new Midnight Collection my interest was piqued.  When the word "violet" was intertwined with the word black - I was in love. 
My hair is naturally a dark brown... these pictures were taken last weekend:

This is air dried weird curly-wavy-ness

Here's the link with the official swatch...  L'Oreal Feria M32
So I took my box of fun-smelly-hair goop and went at it.Here is a work-in-progress picture..

I could totally rock a pixie cut, no?

And here is the hot mess I was left with...

What the WHAT?! 

Umm... First off my hair was DARKER BEFORE this "black" hair dye.
Next, violet?? NOT AT ALL.. believe me, I am a purple expert.  This was maroon at best.

I am so unhappy.. But now as I search, I see others have had the same problem.

Boo to you L'Oreal!  Guess next time I'll stick to the last foamy John Frieda Black color.

I'm sure though the next purpley black hair dye that comes out I'll try inevitably.  I'm a sucker like that.

Quote Page...

My first real Art Journal page.. kinda.. ish..

From my daily calendar for 2012's The Happiness Project.

Sketchbook Project...

I finally got my sketchbook to what I would call "finished."
Here are my favorite pages.  I hate my scanner, so I'll post the official scans from the professionals later.

It wouldn't be reflective of me if I didn't draw an owl (with some purple of course).

Fun on old foreign language book pages.

A little ode to Zentangle with a different doodle in each one... hard to do!

A two page piece on more book pages with words I hope aren't too offensive.

My favorite..  I think this would be amazing as a stamp!

Canvas Create - January 2012

Here's my finished piece for January's installment of Donna Downey's Canvas Create class - not too bad if I do say so myself  :o)

Signed up ..

So I just signed up (paid for) 2 classes...
One is a workshop by Nathalie:
http://nathaliesstudio.com/online-workshops/ubermedia/gesso-english-2/
...who is also hosting this wonderful project too..
http://nathaliesstudio.com/tutorials/creative-jump-start-summit-2012/

The second is a monthly project/class by Donna Downey:
http://www.donnadowney.com/shop/home.php

To further the UIU theme....

Belated Project Zentangle pieces

So late last year I took at class with Wendy www.letsgotangle.com a class called "Project Zentangle"
It was a little bit of the Zentangle 5 book.. with some variations (to use a Zentangle phrase).
We made some magents:

And I made a double-sided pendant:

And then last night I made this with some Shrinky Dink plastic Wendy gave us (I topped it with some glossy accents...cuz shiny is always good...heh):

Use It Up! (UIU)

I am going to do my best to update on this monthly.  It's a great idea..
Now that I've organized a bunch, I should be able to find everything..  I think  ;o)

Happy Birthday 2012!

Well I started out well today, organized and cleaned up, long overdue.
I also took a quiz and it say's I'm an ISTJ  (I've never taken one of these personality tests before).
I am Eeyore...

typelogic.com/istj.html
http://keirsey.com/4temps/inspector.aspx

Biscuit Done!

First of the 3 piece commission for a friend at work..
Here's the pic of Biscuit:

And here is my version:

One last pic

Here's a pic of me and my craft table at work (can't wait until next year!)
I blocked out the face of the girl sitting next to me only because I don't know her, and don't want to be sued...lol

After the fair...

Sold 15 pieces of work!  Awesome!  My first time selling was a success.  Now to load up my etsy shop!
Here's what I have left if anyone wants some art :o)

4x4 Canvas

18x24 Canvas

8x8 Canvas

4x4 Canvas

5x5 Canvas

4x4 Canvas

5x5 Canvas