Challenges square one July - August

In July, I only participated to two challenges, 'Munchin' and 'Hollibaugh' of the Square One Pure Zentangle facebookgroup.  But I tangled a lot other things during our hollidays: the children's notebooks, stones etc.  You can find it in the other items on my blog.

Here my tiles with Munchin and Hollibaugh.
Munchin I made in our hotel in Oxford, and Hollibaugh I made in our cottage in North Wales.

In August, I tried to follow some more challenges.

Week 1: Cirquital
I made a cirquital that looks also natural or organic, so I could also post if for the Diva Challenge this week.  I'm quit happy with the result.

Week 2: Schway
This was a new pattern for me, so I had to learn it first.  Not my fovorite yet, but I made this nice tile anyway, using the string of this weeks Diva Challenge.

Week 3: Jonqal
Another new pattern for me, this is why I like challenges.  It forces you to learn new things and get inspired by it.  This is a lovely pattern to me, I'll surely use it again in the future.  Here my tile I made this week.  Besides Jonqal I also used Eke, Tipple and a pearl

Week 4: Windfarm
Already the last week of the summer hollidays ! Time passes quickly. My Windfarm with Knightbridge in S-shapes.

 

Lighthouse - Diva challenge #229

It's a while ago I made a post for the weekly Diva challenge, but the challenge of this week #229 had my attention.  (And also because of the time I can spend during the holliday's ofcourse)  The guest blogger Sandy Hunter asks us to focus on the white part on your tile. 

I still had a sketch in my sketch book that I dit not work out so far, and I thought is was perfect for this challenge.  It is a sketch of a new modern lighthouse that was build in Oostende (at the sea side in Belgium), and my husbend and I  saw it during our Easter holliday's there .  It had a big red pattern on the front, and I decided just to leave that part white in my tile, so it draws your attention.  I used Betweed, ING, Crescent moon, pearls for the lighthouse.  For the background I used Shattuck and Paradox.

I also post my tile for the previous challenge #228 of guest blogger Cari Sultanik, where we had to make a tile which looks organic or natural.  I post here my Cirquital tile I made last week for the Square One facebook group.  It it full of natural elements.

Challenges April square one

I really enjoied the Square One challenges of this month.

Week one: Nipa
Trying out some dewdrops

Week two: Fanz
My first renaissance tile

Week three: Jetties
First I did Jetties and meringue
And it inspired me to another Jetties with only circels: Cirquital, Crescent Moon, Betweed, Fat man

Week four: Diva dance

I combined Diva dance with barberpole and BB and added some black. And I got some very nice reactions on this one !