New Challenge Tile

Loved the challenge this week. Rows are one of my favorite things to do on my ZIA so I really had fun with this challenge. 

Update: I googled what was going on with my iphone and google solved the problem again...I must of made one of the color filters my default setting. I didn't even know that was possible but with technology I am gifted that way :). Here is a photo of my tile without the filter - big big big difference. 

I am also adding my larger ZIA I just finished.  A few weeks ago I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some colored scrapbook pages. They are a heavy stock, great colors and were inexpensive. Some of the pages have a texture on them that is kinda fun too. I always enjoy stripes and it tends to be one of my favorite patterns to play with:

This is a large 12x12 page and the paper really is this pretty shade of green lol....now what do next???

Diva challenge

Had a lot if fun playing with colors this week on the water inspired challenge. I used water color pencils and a colored pencil blender pen.  I also used gelly roll pens on the top of the tile. As I was making the tile I didn't think I would like it but it has grown in me ;). This tile was very quickly done and only took a few minutes. 

Weekend Fun!

I have had a good time this weekend on a new ZIA. I took a large piece of colorful paper and cut it in four and tried to make each one different.

Challenge tile

I did this one first but I was not ver happy with how it turned out. You can tell I had been feeling stressed and my lines are hurried. One on the things I love about zentangling is that if I do it while worried or stressed I may not like the way the tile looks but I feel better after exercising some of those nerves.

I decided to try again but I was still not in love with the tile:

 With the pattern still floating in my head I later used it on my current  ZIA and I like it much better. It is still a work in progress ( I know I cheat with pencils and erasers on my large pages but I don't on my tiles and/or challenges) :)

Challenge tile

Had a good time with the small size. 

Color

I saw this center design done by someone else and I wanted to give it a try. I don't do a lot of botanical designs but I enjoyed this and decided to add color. I will post the design both before and after color.