Zentangling Randomly

My brain is tired, so I think it's time to take a break from my usual cardmaking for a while, 
but I will be back - I have too many lovely stamp sets not to come back!

This week, I've been Zentangling!

As I haven't done any Zentangles for a while, 

I referred to a book that has lots of fabulous patterns in it.

I've been using blank pages in my journal as they have a dotty grid on them,

which makes Zentangle just a little bit easier.

On some pages, I've drawn outlines with black pen and filled them in. 

Some designs take a couple of hours, others have been worked on over a couple of days.

On some pages, I've drawn the outlines in pencil, filling them in with black ink,

then rubbing out the pencil lines.

It's always a bit of a surprise at how the pattern evolves and comes to completion.

Some pages are definitely more interesting than others,

but how they turn out is random, depending on what patterns I use.

 As I said at the beginning of this post, I'm going to take a little break from crafting

but I will be back, with some fresh ideas and enthusiasm.

Until then ......

Happy Crafting!

 

Zentangle Teddy

The theme at 

Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge

this week is

"Black & White with One other Colour"

so with this in mind I decided I'd play with a bit of 

Zentangling

 

If you know how to doodle, then you will know how to Zentangle,

but this has become quite an art form

and there are heaps of different designs to choose from

or you can make up your own.

In this instance I have just made my own

but if you look on Pinterest there are simply

oodles of doodles (LOL) complete with instructions.

I started by stamping "Teddy" (Stampotique) 

onto the ATC and then again onto scrap card.

I coloured him with Distress Markers in 'peeled paint', 

fussy cut him out and popped him on dimensionals on top of the first image.

I put a piece of washi tape to ground him and then set to work from the top left corner and made my way clockwise around the ATC.  Two extra little pieces of torn washi tape help to balance the design.  I then went around the edges with Distress Ink, again using 'peeled paint' to finish it off.

This was quite fun to play with and it's ok for my first attempt.

For my second attempt I will look at some of the designs and play/copy them

and I will probably get myself a better pen as well.

Happy Crafting!