Diva Challenge 370 - Mezzanine

This week's Diva Challenge is a UMT featuring Mezzanine by Heidi Sue.  I'd already started a Thank You card which needed a little something.  I decided that Mezzanine might just fill the bill and I'm rather pleased with the results.  Happy Tangling!

Diva Challenge 369

Last week straight lines, this week orbs, circles or all things round.  To be honest I tend to struggle to just draw ... instead I try to imagine what I "should" draw ... try to plan out the best patterns to use together, etc.  I seldom just let the patterns flow.  BUT, today I did.  I started with one little circle, then added another and another.  Then I added an occasional crescent shape.  Finally after all the black bits were drawn and shaded, I decided it needed something more so little red circles were added ... and then lightly colored with red pencil.  TaDa!  It was fun.

Diva Challenge #368

We've missed the Diva and we've missed her challenges ... but she's back and it's time to tangle!  My reality is that I have not spent much time tangling because I've spent most free minutes working on a baby quilt for my first grandchild (a boy) due in January.  What an exciting time!  I'm hoping to complete the quilt within the next few days.

Challenge #368 was to use straight lines only (with the possible exception of a curvy string ... which I did).  Here you go:

DC 364(B) Puf

Our challenge was to do a monotangle using the pattern Puf.  Indeed it is almost magical the way the final connecting lines change what we see.  Our focus moves and a new pattern emerges.

DC 363 Laura's Auras

The challenge this week was to use auras.  I nearly trashed this tile, but persevered.  

DC 362 Somnee

I really like this little tangle by Laura Harms.  I have a feeling it could be quite flexible.  Since I'm attending a baby shower tomorrow, pastel colors were on my mind.  Decided less was more.

DC 361 Amanda Day

Laura celebrates Amanda Day (otherwise known as Earth Day) every year by challenging her followers to tangle on recycled objects.

My tiles included two sides of the same piece of cardboard which had a grid already printed on one side: 

Definitely has some potential ... and some day I may finish it.  :)  Next I flipped over the above tile and following the Diva's sun and rays string idea, I drew the following:

Next, using a piece of paper cut from an envelope, I tried using layers of tangles for parts of the tile.

Finally, with the help of a tile cut from a National Geographic magazine, I added a few patterns onto the nose of a leopard.  I just realized I can't publish this as my work since in fact the photograph is not mine.  Alas, you will have to use your imagination and you'll have to trust me that the result was actually quite cool.  Next time I photograph a leopard, I will most definitely tangle it!