EIM Coastline and DC 291

Every Inchie Monday's challenge word this week is coastline.  I've seen some very lovely coastlines in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Oregon, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Bermuda, and Saint Croix.  I'm a most fortunate woman to have se

en such lovely sites with my own eyes.  I understand the warning issued to Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Here is my little coastline ...

The Diva's challenge was to use a Halloween theme if you were so inclined.  I chose to use as a string the boys' jack-o-lanterns.  I like the originals much better.  :)

DC 290 and EIM Pirates

The Diva Challenge this week is a duotangle using Flux and NZeppel.  Flux is one of my favorites and I don't think I've ever attempted NZeppel before.

The word for this week's inchie is Pirates.  I've drawn only one.  :)

DC 289

For me, this autumn has been especially beautiful.  The colors have been amazingly vibrant and opportunities for photos seem endless.  Fittingly, this week the Diva's challenge is to use leaves as the string.  My favorite in the above is the oak leaf filled with the pattern flux.  Have a great week!

EIM Horizon

Growing up in South Dakota gave me ample opportunities to see the distant horizon ... something that is usually pretty difficult in New England unless you are at the ocean.  I do miss the prairie ... the big sky and seemingly endless fields.  This week's word is horizon and here's my interpretation:

EIM: Direction

It's been a while since I've posted any inchies ... because it's been a while since I've made any.  :)  Life has been busy.  My daughter was married October 1st ... my son was married June 25th.  In July we enjoyed a family reunion.  In addition this year we've had two deaths in the family.  2016 has been quite the year ... but it's not over!  This week my husband got some interesting news about an upcoming work assignment.  Life continues to surprise.

And so "direction" is a good word for the week.  We never quite know what direction life will take us.  But, wherever life takes us, with God's help, we can enjoy the journey.

DC 288

The Diva Challenge this week is to use the tangle pattern "Gourdgeous."  It is not my favorite.  After drawing the theme pattern, I decided to mimic the gourdeous pattern by adding some "rounding" to the ribbons.  

After posting, and after looking at the tile for a few days, I decided it definitely could use some shading.  Here's the result.  (The second photograph was very washed out, so I "enhanced" the color with the saturation setting on the iphone.  Interesting.)

DC 287 UMT Dreamcatcher

This was Use My Tangle week, featuring Daniel Lamothe's "Dreamcatcher."  I'd never used this tangle before, and was surprised and delighted by both its simplicity and possibilities.  As you can see, I used the tangle as a string, but saw many beautiful tiles where Dreamcatcher was the star attraction.  I think this pattern will go into my "favorites" file.