Hi! Pam here, posting for this week's ZENSday inspiration, while Lynell is off to the UK on a teaching trip! No, neither of these creations were done by me. Both were tangled by our Certified Zentangle expert, Wayne, before Lynell finished his creations off as cards. Actually, both are beautiful enough to be framed works of art in my opinion.
The top shows off what makes the ZEN Flower stencil so special...it's a wonderful way to practice your tangles and doodles. Nice little areas, and plenty of them. The stencil design was first paste-embossed in Glossy White, and once dry, provides the perfect surface to tangle on. I find it so fascinating to see how many varieties of Zentangle patterns there are, and yet these Certified artists are constantly creating new ones.
For example, I've been looking at both the Zen Flower designs above, and the Open Owl design below, and cannot see where any of the tangles were replicated in the other's design!
If you've been doodling for years, you'll find that many of the Dreamweaver Stencil designs are perfect to add your patterns to, without having to create any shapes to work them into. Especially the designs that are referred to as "Open", such as the Open Owl, Open Elephant, Open Butterfly, Open Bird. So...if you are OPEN to creativity, you'll want to get oodles of these designs for your doodles. And tangles of course.
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Showing posts with label Zentangle. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Dreamweaver and Woodware Day Three: Snazzy Mittens!
Each team will be providing the opportunity to win four prize packages of stencil designs, perfect for the holidays. Just leave your comments each day on each players' post as well as the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs, and the Dreamweaver and Woodware Facebook pages. Two random commentors will be chosen from the batch of weekday posts, one each from the DW and WW Facebook pages, and from the big hop on Saturday...from each side of the pond!* That's a total of eight prize packages up for grabs! Here's what you could win:
Check out our creation for today:
How fun is the new Mittens design? The mind just boggles with all the fun techniques that could be used with this stencil...adding any of the fabulous pattern designs in Dreamweaver's repertoire, paper-piecing with all the fun papers that you have tucked away, or as done here, pasted and Zentangled! The mittens were paste-embossed in Glossy White, and the "cuffs" were "sculptured" by swirling a palette knife over the surface of the wet paste to appear fluffy. The new Forever Friends sentiment is the perfect thought for so many occasions.
Don't forget to leave some holiday cheer as you move on to all the players for today:
Remember to follow along with the challenges on the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs for more prize opportunities, and more crafty inspiration, as well as "liking" DW and WW on Facebook.
*Winners selected must be from USA/Canada/UK only.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Dreamweaver and Woodware Day 2: Peace and Zen
Each team will be providing the opportunity to win four prize packages of stencil designs, perfect for the holidays. Just leave your comments each day on each players' post as well as the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs, and the Dreamweaver and Woodware Facebook pages. Two random commentors will be chosen from the batch of weekday posts, one each from the DW and WW Facebook pages, and from the big hop on Saturday...from each side of the pond!* That's a total of eight prize packages up for grabs! Here's what you could win:
Here's some inspiration to spur you on to the rest of the teams' players:
If you haven't broken out your stencils and Micron pens yet, this card should do it for you! Once again, the brand new Peace On Earth design was paste-embossed, this time in gold, and "tangled" by Wayne. This would be gorgeously elegant all on its own in gold, but the patterns take it to another level entirely!
Don't forget to leave some holiday cheer as you move on to all the players for today:
Remember to follow along with the challenges on the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs for more prize opportunities, and more crafty inspiration, as well as "liking" DW and WW on Facebook.
*Winners selected must be from USA/Canada/UK only.
Labels:
Christmas,
DW/WW hop week,
Zentangle
Monday, August 20, 2012
Dreamweaver and Woodware: A Week Long Celebration
Each team will be providing the opportunity to win four prize packages of stencil designs, perfect for the holidays. Just leave your comments each day on each players' post as well as the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs, and the Dreamweaver and Woodware Facebook pages. Two random commentors will be chosen from the batch of weekday posts, one each from the DW and WW Facebook pages, and from the big hop on Saturday...from each side of the pond!* That's a total of eight prize packages up for grabs! Here's what you could win:
Here's what we have to show you today:
Yes, once again, we are showing off Wayne's mad skills with Zentangle. Like last week's post, Lynell pasted the Heart Ornaments in Copper Paste, and Wayne created these interesting patterns on them. Notice how the patterns make the ornaments appear curved and more dimensional? Very clever! No extra embellishments necessary...simple elegance.
Don't forget to leave some holiday cheer as you move on to the other players for today:
Remember to follow along with the challenges on the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs for more prize opportunities, and more crafty inspiration, as well as "liking" DW and WW on Facebook.
*Winners selected must be from USA/Canada/UK only.
Labels:
Christmas,
DW/WW week,
Zentangle
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Dreamweaver's Tree is in a Tangle!
This is Pam once again, and I have the opportunity to share another fabulous Zentangle creation from the creative genius behind Dreamweaver Stencils...Wayne Harlow. Don't get me wrong, Lynell has amazing instincts and talent for great design and art, and no one knows the products and techniques as well as she, but Wayne is the one we all need to thank for physically creating the stencil designs that Dreamweaver is so well know for. For this card, Lynell pasted the Open Christmas Tree with Copper Embossing Paste. When dry, Wayne broke out his fine line pens and went to town creating amazing patterns that take this tree to the next level. Granted, this is not the type of card that you'd want to create fifty of to send to those on your Christmas card list, but for a few special people in your life, who love art and can appreciate the time that goes into it, this is the card that elicits the amazed "WOW!"
It would be a simple process to keep this card more CAS. It could be "tangled" in more random doodles. It could be be sprinkled with a few rhinestones for extra bling. It could be paper-pieced with any of the gorgeous papers to be found in your local craft store. Or, how about adding a stenciled pattern over the surface? This opens up so many new horizons with the open pattern of this stencil design.
Hopefully, the inspiration we've been offering this month has forced you into your creative zone with a need to play along with the team's challenge...Christmas in August. Link your creations to the blog at the bottom, or email your own "WOW" vision to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win this newly-released stencil design...Heart Ornaments:
Next week, August 20th - 25th, we will be doing another exciting collaboration with our main distributor in the UK, Woodware Craft Collection, and their amazing team of designers. Each of these days there will be several players for you to be inspired by, all of them featuring the brand new Dreamweaver stencil designs revealed last month at the Craft and Hobby Association Summer show in Chicago. Of course, there are some awesome prize packages to be won as well!
While you wait impatiently for next week's fun, hop around to the Dream Team blogs and see what they have created for your inspiration:
Labels:
August 12 challenge,
Christmas,
Open Tree,
Zentangle
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